Konoha: Starting the Game as Yoriichi

Kusuo was thinking this in his heart. At the same time, on the streets and on the rooftops, Konoha ninja were flashing past, up and down, everywhere.

Hm? Everyone is in such a hurry, and many of their faces are filled with anxiety.

Kusuo frowned. He roughly sensed the breathing around him. He was shocked to find that almost half of Konoha's ninja, including people from all the great clans, had already rushed to the public square in front of the Hokage Tower.

"What on earth is happening?" With deep doubt, Kusuo held his sword, strode forward, and rushed towards Tsunade's location.

Before long, in front of the square, a large number of ninja had already gathered. Seeing Kusuo arrive, many people made way for him, nodding and greeting him with respect. Kusuo nodded back as he quickly went upstairs, heading straight for the Hokage's office.

He opened the door. "What on earth happened? To gather so many ninja... I've only been back for such a short time. Has something else major happened in the village?" Kusuo got straight to the point, directly asking Tsunade.

The moment he looked up, Kusuo naturally noticed first thing that Tsunade was wearing the red gemstone silver earrings he had bought her. Sensing his gaze, a trace of unease flashed across Tsunade's face, but it was quickly covered up by a deep worry. She changed the subject.

"There's a problem in the Land of Demons." Tsunade frowned, her face filled with concern.

Hearing this, Kusuo was stunned. The Land of Demons? The country controlled by the priestess? He had a sudden realization. If there was any other place in this ninja world that could possess strength comparable to the five great nations, then the Land of Demons was one of them.

Mōryō and the Priestess. These two supernatural, powerful existences, once their restrictions were lifted, were in a certain sense even much stronger than the Tailed Beasts. But if he remembered correctly, this event should have happened two and a half years later. At that time, Neji had become a jonin, and many of the other Konoha 12 had been promoted to chunin, only then being qualified to participate in the mission.

For it to break out ahead of schedule now... all of this was truly somewhat unexpected. On second thought, his own butterfly wings had even been able to influence the team assignments, temporarily severing the bond between the two children of destiny. Coupled with the rumors he had heard in the Land of Wind, it wasn't so surprising that the Mōryō of the Land of Demons would rampage prematurely.

"I understand," he said in a deep voice. Kusuo was already prepared in his heart.

Taking a deep breath, Tsunade's face also showed a hint of embarrassment. After all, to always be troubling Kusuo like this... to be honest, she herself felt a little bad about it. But she couldn't help it. The current situation in the village was what it was; they needed him too much.

"I was originally going to inform you. Since you've already come ahead of time, then I'll just say it directly. Jiraiya, Kakashi, and the others are currently in the Land of Wind handling the handover mission. Right now, Konoha is short on manpower, so this support mission will have to rely on you to lead the team."

"During this time, you've been running all over the place. Thank you for your hard work."

With that, Tsunade actually gave Kusuo a slight bow. This gesture surprised him somewhat, but his face remained unchanged, calm as ever. Seeing the beautiful scenery created by Tsunade's bow, he turned his head away, not taking advantage of her vulnerability.

"You don't need to thank me for this kind of thing. I've already said, we each take what we need," Kusuo said faintly. In his heart, he had long since seen through all of Tsunade's actions. Heh. Without being indoctrinated by the Will of Fire, he had never developed much of a sense of dependence or responsibility towards the village. Tsunade and the others naturally wanted to tie down his heart. After all, to have such a monstrously strong swordsman stay in Konoha was enough to deter all the other nations. That would naturally be a joyous occasion for everyone. But if he were to defect, or even become an accomplice of the enemy... with Kusuo's strength, the entire Konoha, and even the entire ninja world, would be unstoppable. She, Tsunade, couldn't do it. Jiraiya couldn't do it either.

After all, the Kage of the past all represented the peak combat power of a village. But Kusuo's existence completely surpassed the standard scale, just like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha of the past—so strong it was despairing and frightening. Now, even Kage-level strength didn't seem to be enough anymore.

"I'll go back and pack. I'll make some simple preparations," Kusuo said, standing up. Since he had already decided to go and clean up the mess in the Land of Demons, then he needed to think of a strategy in advance.

Returning home, Hinata and Hanabi saw the contemplative look on his face. Hanabi was about to go up to him but was stopped by her sister, who put a fair finger to her lips to shush her. "Kusuo is thinking. Let's not disturb him."

Hanabi then stopped her strong impulse and reluctantly followed Hinata to the kitchen to prepare things.

At the dinner table, while eating the loving food prepared by the two sisters, Kusuo calmly explained the village's upcoming mission.

"Ah? You're going out again so soon?" Hanabi was clearly disappointed. He had just come back not long ago, and now he had to go out on a mission again. Big brother is too busy. He doesn't have any time to spend with us properly.

Hinata understandingly placed her hand on his, smiling slightly in support. Seeing this, Hanabi also put away her own willful little temper and said seriously, "Big brother, then you must be careful!" This time, she didn't say to come back soon. Because she could feel from the commotion in the village that this mission was going to be much more difficult.

Seeing the two sisters' considerate performance, Kusuo felt a warm current in his heart. He stretched out his arms and pulled them into his embrace, feeling somewhat emotional. With the understanding and companionship of such lovely people, what reason did he have not to work hard?

Mōryō. A creature nurtured by the negative emotions of humans. Dealing with it should give me a good amount of role-play percentage, right? After all, its strength was no less than that of a Tailed Beast-level powerhouse.

After saying goodbye to Hinata and Hanabi, Kusuo picked up his sword and rushed towards the Land of Demons at top speed. Currently, the timeline was in complete disarray. Because they hadn't been promoted to chunin or jonin, the Konoha 12 were all left in the village. As for that guy Naruto, there was even less need to say more. He hadn't even developed a few of his Rasengan techniques.

Therefore, this time, he was acting alone. The other jonin and ANBU, such as Asuma and Kurenai, needed to deal with the vast terracotta army.

Kusuo, however, had another idea in his heart. Being familiar with the entire plot, he understood that the core of a creature like Mōryō was the evil and other negative emotions in people's hearts. Even his Crimson Blade could not completely sever it. Unless... he could completely sever the evil thoughts of everyone in the ninja world. But that was impossible. If he really did that, then there would be no need for Obito and Madara to carry out their Eye of the Moon Plan. After all, if everyone was good, world peace would have been achieved long ago.

The only way was to rely on Mōryō's nemesis. The priestess of the Land of Demons. Shion.

Traveling over mountains and across rivers, Kusuo headed straight for the center of the Land of Demons. There, lay his target.

...

"Reporting to Lord Raikage! The Land of Demons has sent a request for aid!"

"Reporting to Lord Tsuchikage! The Land of Demons has sent a request for aid!"

In the general's residence in the Land of Iron, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, the Fourth Raikage, A, and the Mizukage, who was being controlled by Obito, were sitting together at this time. They were acting on the orders of their respective Daimyo, and with a tacit understanding, they had gathered together for the first time.

At this crucial juncture of their negotiations, the sudden urgent news made their brows furrow.

"The evil entity of the Land of Demons has revived? Requesting troops for support?" The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, flew in mid-air and quickly read the request letter.

On the other side, the Fourth Raikage, A, had also finished reading the message.

"This..." Looking at the letter, the two of them were clearly a little hesitant. A request for aid from the Land of Demons had happened once before in history. And it was at that time, after experiencing the tragic price of ignoring it the first time, that most of the ninja villages came to recognize the terror of the sealed monster, Mōryō.

But the previous generation's priestess, Miroku, had just sealed Mōryō's main body again at the cost of her own life, suppressing it in a volcano. And now, there was a problem again.

Most importantly, they were in the middle of secret negotiations, planning a three-nation attack on Konoha. For a moment, both Kage were caught in a dilemma.

The Mizukage, controlled by Obito, however, was expressionless. Onoki and A saw his indifferent performance and felt a little displeased. It had been this Mizukage's idea to propose cooperation with the Akatsuki and to ensure the operation. But now, his attitude of "it's none of my business" was very annoying.

"What do you think, Lord Raikage?" Onoki finally turned his gaze to the Raikage of the Cloud Village.

A struggle flashed across A's face. "We can't ignore the crisis in the Land of Demons. The previous generations have already learned a bloody lesson. But if we send troops now, we will definitely run into Konoha's people. At that time, it will be difficult to handle." After all, just now they were comrades-in-arms. The next second, they would declare themselves enemies and launch a large-scale attack. If word of that got out, they would be condemned by the entire ninja world.

"That's what I was thinking," Onoki nodded in agreement, clearly also in a deep dilemma.

Sitting opposite them, the Mizukage controlled by Obito sneered with disdain. "Perhaps the two of you have forgotten why we are sitting together. The harm of a mere Mōryō... can it possibly be compared to that person?"

"He is a powerhouse who can cut down the One-Tailed Shukaku and slay the members of the Akatsuki who were acting in a duo."

"If we continue to drag this on, I'm afraid we will then have to face another figure like Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju pressing down on the world. Do you wish to see this happen? To see someone standing on your heads?"

"Or, to put it another way, a mere Mōryō, if left alone, is just an unrestrained Tailed Beast, perhaps a slightly stronger existence at most. Could it be that dealing with the Land of Demons takes priority over the plan against Konoha?!"

The Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, said these words with a cold smile. The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, and the Fourth Raikage, A, instantly fell silent.

Hatake Kusuo. Indeed. The pressure this man brought them was too great.

After a long silence, Onoki took a deep breath and finally made a difficult decision. "Then we... shall continue the meeting."

...

Kusuo looked at the building in front of him. That was the palace where the priestesses of the Land of Demons had lived for generations. At this moment, the sounds of frantic and anxious fighting were coming from inside.

"Protect Lady Priestess!"

"We must not let the enemy pass through here!"

"Quick! The front line, hold your ground!"

Flames raged inside. Four people dressed in white coats were using a strange combination ninjutsu. Its power was immense, and in an instant, it had reaped the lives of the defending samurai. The arrows that came shooting at them were also all blown away by a single Wind Style ninjutsu.

With savage grins, the three men and one woman had already fought their way into the interior of the palace. A beautiful young girl with long, light golden hair was lying on her side on the main throne, as if she had no soul, standing still.

"Quick, protect Lady Priestess!"

"Take Lady Priestess and escape through the secret passage!"

Inside the palace, loyal guards were still using their lives to block the enemy's approach. Unfortunately, all of this was just a drop in the bucket.

"Haha! We're going to complete the mission so easily! It's practically effortless!" The four people in white clothes casually killed the Land of Demons' guards who were blocking them, laughing wildly as they looked at the young girl on the main throne.

"Fire Style! Air Floating Death Lotus!"

One of them spat out a scorching spiral of flame from his mouth, which spun through the air towards the priestess.

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