The Upcoming War

At the border between Land of Fire and Yugakure, Kakashi brought the members of the training team to find Kumogakure Shinobi.

"Up ahead is Land of Fire. Those who want to enter will require permission aside from Land of Fire's Shinobi!" Kakashi, who wore Anbu's mask, walked to the sight of Kumogakure Shinobi.

Because Nagasawa and Minato were upset with Kumogakure Shinobi's behavior, they finally decided to give Kumogakure the first and last warning.

And after careful consideration, Nagasawa chose Kakashi as the person that would warn them.

After all, Kakashi deserved the credit as he was Minato's disciple and also the leader of the Fourth Hokage's Anbu training team. Moreover, this was also part of Kakashi's duty.

Of course, it was partly because Kakashi happened to pass by in front of Nagasawa when he was thinking about who to send.

"We have not entered the Land of Fire, Konoha Anbu! Don't you see we are still in Yugakure's border." He grinned.

"I don't think Konoha has the right to meddle in the business between the Land of Thunder and Yugakure! Or perhaps Konoha thinks they are some sort of the ruler of the world?"

"Haha, although Konoha is not the ruler of the world, it is certainly not something that your village can handle. Have you forgotten how your famous A-B duo was defeated by our Hokage?"

Kakashi immediately retorted, mocking Kumogakure Shinobi for falling short from his Hokage.

Nagasawa had already told him to be as brazen as he could be and not give Kumogakure any chance to gain the upper ground.

"Fourth-sama and B-sama were still young at that time. I don't think your Hokage can be as lucky next time."

The Kumogakure Shinobi was enraged upon hearing Kakashi's mockery and immediately retorted.

"Haha." Kakashi just laughed without saying anything back.

"You bastard!" Although Kakashi did not say anything, he knew from Kakashi's laugh that Kakashi was looking down on Kumogakure Shinobi, Raikage, and Killer B, which made him even more angry.

"You better don't have any funny ideas. If I see any Kumogakure Shinobi here tomorrow, Konoha will declare war on Kumogakure. This is Konoha's final ultimatum for Kumogakure.

Kakashi's momentum burst out, and the three tomoe in his left eye merged, forming Mangekyō Sharingan as he glared at Kumogakure Shinobi.

Although he had not yet undergone Secondary Hashirama cells' implant and would not use Kamui under normal circumstances, scaring these Shinobi with Mangekyō Sharingan should be doable.

Whoosh!

Sensing the sudden burst of terrifying aura from Kakashi, Kumogakure Shinobi named Toroi took out a number of square-shaped Shuriken in various sizes.

Being dispatched as the Captain of the vanguard force, Toroi was naturally quite skilled. He had Magnet Release Blood Limit, and his strength was regarded as an elite among Jonin.

However, because Kakashi did not make a move, Toroi did not make a move either.

If Kakashi was not so powerful, Toroi naturally did not mind killing one of Konoha's Anbu before the war began.

But with the momentum that Kakashi showed, he realized that he might not be able to beat Kakashi.

Kakashi's men behind him took out their weapons, ready to engage the Kumogakure Shinobi.

Seeing their Captain was taking his stance, Kumogakure Shinobi was also gearing up for a fight.

However, the fight didn't occur in the end. Seeing that Kakashi did not seem to have any intention of making the first move, Toroi sealed back his Shuriken and told his men to stand down.

"Konoha Shinobi, I will report this matter to Fourth Raikage. I hope you won't regret your arrogance this time."

Toroi dropped such a threat before leaving with his men.

After no longer being able to sense the Kumogakure Shinobi's presence, Kakashi's men couldn't help but ask curiously,

"Leader, although seeing their frustrated expression is satisfying, if this causes a war, isn't it a bit..."

Kakashi smiled and said, "Don't worry, these are all Captain Nagasawa's order. He should have his own plan."

"If it's Captain Nagasawa's order, then it should be fine." Hearing that it was Nagasawa's order, the members of the First Squad was no longer anxious.

As Anbu, who worked under Nagasawa, they naturally knew how reliable Nagasawa was.

"Maybe Captain Nagasawa was worried that Kumogakure Shinobi would not dare to start the war, so he specially sent the leader to do this." A member of the team tried to guess Nagasawa's train of thoughts.

"Maybe. In any case, as an Anbu, we must carry out the task properly. We can't let our guard down, in case Kumogakure attacks." Kakashi said to his squad members.

Despite what he said, Kakashi would not actually wait until tomorrow. He could leave the monitoring job to a Sensory Ninja. His task was to intimidate Kumogakure Shinobi and bring a portion of the Fourth Hokage Anbu to the border to strengthen the defense there.

He himself would not wait until tomorrow. Today, he would return to Konoha to make some preparations for the upcoming Secondary Hashirama cells implant.

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"How dare Konoha underestimates us!" the Fourth Raikage slammed the table with widened eyes as soon as he received the information from his men. Fortunately, the table was specially made, so it wasn't destroyed.

"They want to declare war on us? When did Konoha become so high and mighty? How dare they!"

When he heard this information, Raikage was a little skeptical at first. Konoha was still recovering from the Third Shinobi World War and it was also attacked by both Nine-Tails and a Shinobi who could use Wood Release. Where did this confidence come from?

Shouldn't Konoha be trying to win Kumogakure Shinobi's good side to prevent further casualties?

"There's something fishy about Konoha. Are they planning something?" Dodai frowned. He couldn't figure out Konoha's action this time.

"Could it be that the information we get out wasn't just an information that Konoha leaked out to confuse us? Is it actually a valid information?"

"Impossible! If Konoha really had such a skilled Shinobi, why didn't we see him fight during the war? Konoha was in quite a dire situation back then." The Fourth Raikage said after considering Dodai's words.

At that time, Konoha was driven to a corner by Sunagakure. At that time, the Four Great Shinobi Countries thought that the legend of Konoha was finally going to end.

The Fourth Raikage didn't believe that the person could predict the future and knew that Konoha would win.

"Gather our men. Since Konoha wants a war, we will give it to them!" The Fourth Raikage said furiously as he slammed the table and stood up.

Dodai actually wanted to say something, but he decided not to. That information was indeed a bit ridiculous and unrealistic.