Chapter 136: The Council of Elders (Edited)

Konoha.

When the news of the war between Iwagakure and Konoha reached Konoha, the upper echelon of Konoha was shocked.

The first reaction of Danzo, Hiruzen, Koharu and Homura, upon receiving the news, was that the report was false.

When they confirmed the authenticity of the information, they went from disbelief to shock, and then from shock to horror.

Finally, both Hiruzen and Danzo arranged a council meeting with the two elders, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, to discuss Naito's recent performance.

On the highest floor of the Hokage building.

It was a small room, but it was one floor higher than the meeting room.

Many Elite Jounins could attend the meeting room, and without a doubt, Sakumo was qualified to attend.

However, only the Third Hokage, Koharu, Homura and Danzo, the elders of the Council of Elders, could enter this small room and participate in such a meeting.

"What do you think about Naito?", Hiruzen asked as he swept his gaze over the other three, shock still evident on his face and his tone held a hint of awe.

"Either control him or kill him, a ninja like Naito is almost like a Jinchuriki... No, he seems to be even more powerful than a Jinchuriki in some aspects!", Danzo's expression was very cold, but his eyes revealed his surprise, he didn't expect Naito to accomplish something like that on the battlefield.

It was too unbelievable!

Koharu was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Danzo is right, Naito is too useful on the battlefield, his existence is almost like a weapon of war for us, he must be controlled like a Jinchuriki!"

Hiruzen pondered a bit as he listened to Danzo and Utatane's opinion, then he turned to Homura and said, "And you, Homura, what's your opinion?"

"I think Naito is currently more important than a Jinchuriki, but I don't think we should do anything about it, we need his presence on the battlefield," Homura said slowly.

At these words, Hiruzen nodded approvingly and began to ponder.

Seeing this, Danzo couldn't keep quiet anymore and said, "Hiruzen, what else is there to think about?! just give him to me and I'll make him a perfect weapon of war!"

With that, Danzo added in his mind, 'There might also be hope in unifying the ninja world'.

Hiruzen stared at Danzo for a moment and finally shook his head, "I think Homura is right, there's no need to rush it."

"I asked Sakumo, and he said that he still has the strength to suppress Naito, so there's no need to deliberately control him, he's still under our control."

Danzo frowned and said, "If that little brat's strength grows even more, can Sakumo suppress him?"

"He has grown beyond our expectations in most cases! When that happens, will Konoha be ours or his?"

Danzo's words made Hiruzen frown slightly, but in the end, he looked at him and said sternly, "Even if he grows more, even if Sakumo can't suppress him, I will!"

Hearing Hiruzen's words, Danzo immediately frowned.

He was about to sharply refute, but before he could say anything, he was silenced by Hiruzen's next words, and his pupils shrank sharply.

He saw Hiruzen look at him, and slowly say, "Besides, losing control of Naito is one thing, but Danzo, you... Aren't you too interested in controlling Naito?"

"Besides, you seem to be very interested in the kyuubi's new Jinchuriki, Danzo, are you planning something behind our backs?"

The shock on Danzo's face was very clear, indeed, he is thinking of a way to control the new Jinchuriki, but he didn't know how Hiruzen knew about this.

Would he be a traitor in his roots?

That was impossible!

"Well, the Jinchuriki is very important, it's normal that Danzo is paying too much attention to this issue," Koharu said, trying to defend Danzo.

On the other hand, Homura looked at Danzo and said, "However, this kind of thing is still up to Hiruzen to consider, Danzo, you should try not to overstep your boundaries."

Danzo remained silent.

Hiruzen withdrew his gaze from Danzo, gave him a slight glance and said, "This is it, the meeting is over."

In general, Hiruzen turned a blind eye to Danzo's actions, but when it came to power, Hiruzen did not hesitate to refute and rebuke Danzo.

Just like in the anime, Danzo teamed up with Orochimaru to make him the fourth Hokage, and this threatened Hiruzen. He always felt that Orochimaru is too dark inside and unfit to be a Hokage; therefore, so he strongly opposed Danzo's decision.

This made Danzo's hatred towards Hiruzen grow even more, which made him finally arrange an assassination to kill Hiruzen, but ultimately failed.

At that time, Hiruzen did not take the matter personally, he always thought of Konoha first, the Village was more important to him than anything else, including himself, in the end, Hiruzen chose to spare Danzo, after all, Danzo was central to the village, so he limited his authority and forced him to deal only with the dark side of the village, in his opinion, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.

...

The decisive battle between Konoha and Iwagakure attracted the attention of the entire ninja world.

Even Kumogakure, which was not participating in the Second Ninja World War, and Kirigakure, which was far away across the sea, was very concerned about the results of the battle between Iwagakure and Konoha.

And when the results of the battle were quickly broadcast to the entire ninja world, it shocked everyone who heard them.

Everyone in the ninja world was shocked!

All the ninja of Iwagakure who managed to escape, upon seeing that person, upon hearing his name, they began to tremble with fear!

Naito was almost like a nightmare for them!

The figure that was covered in blood, who traversed the battlefield, unrivaled wherever he went and slaughtered countless ninja, caused countless people to be shocked and terrified.

The code name 'Yujin' has disappeared into obscurity.

And instead, a new name came to light, Yuu Naito, the Ashura of Konoha!!!!

The Ashura who descends to earth, reaping the lives of countless ninjas, turning the world into hell wherever he passes!!!

In addition, the fame of Hatake Sakumo, who single-handedly defeated the Third Tsuchikage's advisor Shoudu and cut off his arm, increased rapidly in the ninja world.

He was already famous for being the White Fang of Konoha.

Now, his name would resonate in the ninja world.

The two gained a great reputation.

Ashura of Konoha! White Fang of Konoha!

Two titles and two people, they were like two swords drawn in the Second Ninja World War, greatly boosting the morale of Konoha's ninja!

Thus, Naito became completely famous in the ninja world.

Even Naito did not expect to become famous before the three Sannins.

He may not be strong enough to become famous, but his achievements in this battle have brought him into the spotlight of the entire ninja world.

Inside Konoha.

Minato, who eventually became Chuunin, was preparing to take a mission, so he approached the Mission Hall to receive information about available missions.

However, the ninjas at the counter were all gathered together and no one paid any attention to Minato, all their faces were full of surprise.

"Unbelievable!"

"How did this happen?"

"That goat, Naito... No, Naito-sama is very strong!"

At first, Minato didn't mind the chatter of those people, but when he heard Naito's name, he couldn't help but approach and ask curiously, "What happened to Naito?"

One of the ninjas at the counter turned his head and looked at Minato, and said in utter amazement, "You still didn't hear about that?!"

"What do you mean? find out about what?" asked Minato, confused.