In Konoha, inside the Hokage Office, Hiruzen sat restlessly in his seat. He had a premonition that something big was about to happen.

This was just a feeling, but Hiruzen trusted this feeling implicitly. Before going to sign the peace treaty with Kumogakure, he had a similar feeling, but he didn't voice it at the time.

He hadn't expected that Kumogakure would erupt into internal strife, and their group almost suffered total annihilation in Kumogakure.

When Kagami and Danzo went to reinforce Uzushiogakure, Hiruzen had the same feeling, and in the end, Kagami sacrificed himself in Uzushiogakure. This was originally a sure thing, yet Kagami, one of Konoha's top three, sacrificed himself in Uzushiogakure.

At that time, Hiruzen was stunned. It would have been difficult even for him to defeat Kagami, and theoretically, the Kage of other villages were also in the same boat.

However, according to Danzo, Kagami was defeated by a powerful individual with seemingly little effort.

Even now, Hiruzen didn't know who had done it.

Logically, there shouldn't be such a formidable person in the Ninja World, so he suspected that this matter might be related to Danzo, after all, Danzo... well, those who know, know.

The betrayal of one's own people, even for a strong individual, can lead to being ambushed, and this is the most fatal, such as a backstab at a critical moment, or poisoning.

However, such things are difficult to investigate, and the other party is Danzo. Hiruzen found it difficult to investigate him, and there was no real need to investigate Danzo.

Not long ago, he experienced a similar premonition, but it happened to coincide with Kazuki releasing Three-Tails and destroying Kirigakure.

Hiruzen thought it was about that incident and didn't dwell on it, but he didn't expect that the front line in Kirigakure would encounter problems.

Now, with another incident causing him to be restless, he was unable to remain calm.

Could it be that problems have arisen outside again?

Kirigakure, Iwagakure, or Sunagakure?

In Kirigakure, although most reinforcements still need one or two days to arrive, with Kazuki there, surely nothing major could go wrong, right?

Fortunately, a letter was soon delivered.

Hiruzen quickly took the intelligence, and his entire body froze for a moment, an expression of disbelief on his face, followed by a surge of ecstasy.

Kazuki had actually broken through the Kirigakure army alone, with at least two to three thousand people dying at his hands.

Moreover, that Susanoo, over a hundred meters tall, reminded Hiruzen of Madara from back then. He still vividly remembered Madara.

Before the establishment of Konoha, Madara was the nightmare of countless people. Countless strong individuals and families were annihilated at his hands.

If not for the First Hokage, Konoha would have probably been destroyed by Madara, and now, Kazuki already possessed battle power like Madara's, capable of taking on an entire village alone.

Hiruzen had seen such things before, but now, the younger generation's Kazuki could also achieve this. This was a good thing, and it might not even be Kazuki's limit.

In the future, Kazuki might continue to grow and get stronger. After all, he was still under twelve years old. He still had a long time.

Next, it was necessary to properly teach Kazuki some other abilities. As a Hokage, merely having strength was not enough.

Even if one is willing to delegate authority to subordinates, possesses invincible strength that seems to suppress everything, and holds an unshakable position of power, if they cannot properly restrain subordinates, the lives of the populace might become miserable, living in dire straits.

Therefore, those in power do not necessarily have to be the best, but they must learn all aspects.

And now, besides Kazuki, no one else can become Hokage.

However, are Kazuki's eyes truly without problems?

Hiruzen knew that after Kagami awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, his eyesight deteriorated with increased use.

Kazuki had used a hundred-meter Susanoo, single-handedly challenged thousands of Kirigakure ninjas, and routed the entire Kirigakure army.

Even the Third Mizukage disappeared under Kazuki's attack. He seemed to have vanished, but everyone knew that he might have been obliterated.

This matter quickly spread throughout the Ninja World.

Upon learning this news, the Third Raikage immediately denied this possibility. He suspected that Mito might have taken action, but to deter others, all the credit was given to Kazuki.

This way, even after Mito's death, she could continue to deter other villages.

Aside from the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Mito, the Third Raikage did not believe anyone else could achieve this.

As for the First Hokage and Madara, who were once called god-like existences, the Third Raikage had never seen them truly fight and believed they were mostly exaggerated.

If Hashirama was truly that powerful, why were other villages still established?

Clearly, even Hashirama was not invincible. They could not face four villages simultaneously with just one village.

It is said that during the first Five Kage Summit held in Konoha, Hashirama even bowed his head to the other Kage.

Is that something a true strong person would do?

Evidently, Hashirama's strength was far from as powerful as it was boasted.

As for Mito being able to achieve that, it was reliant on the power of the Nine-Tails, as Nine-Tails is almost universally acknowledged as the strongest among the nine Tailed Beasts.

The Third Raikage had fought the Eight-Tails not long ago, and it could be said that they were evenly matched, which means Nine-Tails is superior to him.

Therefore, the Third Raikage could accept Mito achieving this. As for Kazuki achieving this step, it must be something Konoha exaggerated.

However, if Mito is nearing her death, for Kumogakure, this might be an opportunity.

It is imperative to nip the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in the bud after Mito's death and before the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has fully grown, otherwise Konoha will once again be invincible in the Ninja World for decades.

At the same time, the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails Jinchuriki must be trained as soon as possible.