Chapter 124: Squadron Leader (Edited)

Once his identity is revealed, it would be impossible for Naito to continue as an Anbu.

In other words, after this war, Naito would basically have to leave the Anbu department.

When Naito thought that he had to leave the Anbu department, his eyes showed understanding about what was happening.

His current status is that of an Anbu of the Anbu department's special squadron, at the same level as an Anbu Sub-Captain, AND his merits in this short period of less than a year were much more than those Sub-Captains!

If he will continue to gain merits in the war, it was almost certain that Naito would become the next Anbu Captain of the Anbu department after Sakumo.

The Anbu Captain of the Anbu department would undoubtedly not only have some influence in Konoha, but he would become second only to the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and his status would be above Danzo, Homura and Koharu.

If Naito was not as strong as he is now, Hiruzen would choose to train Naito as an Anbu, but things are sometimes like that, the stronger one becomes, the more afraid they will be of him.

After all, once Naito became the Anbu Captain of the Anbu department, along with Naito's rapid increase in strength, he could threaten the position of Hiruzen and people like Danzo!

Even if Hiruzen trusted Naito to become Anbu Captain of the Anbu department, there was no way Danzo, Koharu and Homura would do it.

So, he was pushed to the front line as a Genin.

By sending Naito to the frontline, even if Naito gets more merits in the frontline, it will only increase his ninja status.

After this war, even if Naito gained many merits, he would only be promoted to Elite Jounin at best.

Thus, Naito's influence on Konoha's political power will be greatly reduced, although he will be a hero of Konoha, while he will not influence Konoha ninja much, he would be acceptable to people like Danzo and Hiruzen.

Thinking carefully about the causes of why things ended up in this situation, Naito's face finally couldn't help but show a bit of mockery, directed at both Danzo and Hiruzen.

Political power?

He wasn't even interested in that!

In the face of absolute strength, what good is political power in the face of an existence like Uchiha Madara who can wipe out an entire Grand Ninja Village with his own strength?

It's not that Hiruzen and Danzo are wrong in their thinking, they are just doing what they think is right from their point of view.

As an advisor to the Hokage and Hokage of Konoha, it stands to reason that with their knowledge of the ninja world, they think they know a lot, but their knowledge can't compare to Naito's.

Naito knew that Madara, who was strong enough to wipe out a Great Ninja Village, was not only not dead, but also that a terrifying existence like Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed in the moon and was alive.

In front of these people, the so-called Anbu Captain, Hokage or even the daimyo of the fire country meant nothing.

"So be it, I stopped wanting to wear this mask a long time ago," Removing the mask from his face, Naito used shock power, shattering it into pieces and after shattering it, Naito turned around and walked away without looking back.

He headed straight for the area where the Konoha ninja had gathered.

Here, Naito saw familiar people, some of them were Naito's classmates, though Minato was not among them.

"Hello, Naito!", Someone immediately recognized him and then greeted him.

Naito looked up and didn't pay attention to him, but still returned the greeting, nodding his head.

The person who greeted him was Tsunade's younger brother, Nawaki.

"Hey, why do you look so listless, are you a little scared?"

Nawaki walked towards Naito with a big smile on his face, put his arm around Naito and then said, "This is not the style of the Genius of Konoha."

The corners of Naito's mouth twitched slightly, no wonder Tsunade cared about Naruto in the anime, in fact, Nawaki's personality was very similar to Naruto's, and he managed to distract Naito from his business with just a few words.

It was a pity that he was killed too young and couldn't accomplish anything.

Noticing that the corners of Naito's mouth twitched in a sign that he didn't want to speak, Nawaki thought Naito was still scared, so he smiled and said, "If you're scared, you can follow me, I'm the one who will become Hokage, there's no way I'll die here!"

"..."

Naito's face twitched as he heard this sentence.

Are you sure these words will not be your last words?

Nawaki wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by another voice.

"Attention," The voice was so loud that it instantly silenced the noisy field, and all the ninja looked towards the source of the voice.

There, one of the future three Sannins, Jiraiya, stood on a raised platform.

"I am a Konoha Elite Jounin, and I will be...," Jiraiya had a serious expression as he walked forward, trying to boost his aura.

But alas, not everything in this life goes the way you want it to.

Plaf!!!

Just as he reached the edge of the high platform that had been built, Jiraiya stumbled and fell.

Naito: "..."

Nawaki: "...."

The whole crowd: "..."

Jiraiya became very embarrassed and the atmosphere was ruined.

It was a mistake!

Good thing Jiraiya didn't fall with his face to the ground, but simply landed softly and, after a slightly embarrassed cough, advanced with a serious attitude.

He acted as if the inside had never happened and continued, "Well, I'm about to declare the names of the leaders of each squad!"

During the decisive battle, the division of the ninja team was completely different, they were no longer small teams, but formed squads with many people.

There were over a hundred people on the field, and they were quickly divided into three squads, and then Jiraiya began to arrange temporary leaders for the squads.

The reason they were temporary was that they could die at any time during the war.

Of course, in reality this temporary squad leader was of little importance, as Sakumo would lead the army, but he could not start the whole army by himself, so temporary leaders had to be appointed for the squads.

This temporary leader would only be asked to lead the squadron in small battles, when Sakumo could not send orders.

Soon after, Jiraiya selected two temporary captains, who had been previously decided internally, two extremely experienced ninja who were basically ready to be promoted to the Chuunin level.

Next, the temporary leader of the third squad was appointed.

It was Naito!

"Well, Naito... I didn't hear of you for a long time, but you will be the temporary leader of the third squad!", At first, Jiraiya felt familiar when he said this name, but the moment he saw him, he immediately recognized him, since he was the one who fought Minato and won a year ago, even though he hadn't seen him in a while, he still didn't forget his face.

Although he was the one who announced Naito as the leader of the third squad, he felt really uncomfortable, why did they choose an inexperienced kid like Naito to be the leader of the third squad?

However, because it was Sakumo's order, he couldn't do anything about it, but he didn't feel it was the right decision.

Thinking about Naito's strength and skill, and how he managed to win against Minato so easily, he should be much stronger right now, even if he lacked experience, he felt that maybe he might be qualified since Sakumo chose him.