manynovel Chapter 366 People's hearts are about to crumble.
Chapter 366 People's hearts are about to crumble.
Konoha Village.
While preparations were being made in Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure.
The elders, led by Ino-Shika-Cho, were starting to get a little anxious.
Because they all knew that Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had escaped to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Although Konoha Village can still hold its ground, it has no decisive power if several countries invade.
They immediately joined forces and convened a meeting of Konoha's top officials.
The first thing they did was...
"Now that Konoha has basically stabilized, the village cannot be without a supreme leader. I propose that today we enthrone Elder Uchiha Chiyo as the Fifth Hokage."
At the high-level meeting, an elder of Qianyao, whose face was somewhat unfamiliar, stood up and made a suggestion.
Qianyao looked around and could tell that this elder belonged to the three clans of Pig, Deer, and Butterfly.
As soon as this elder spoke, the other elders followed suit.
Akimichi Torifu, seeing the chaotic scene among the elders, spoke directly:
"Now let's vote. Raise your hands if you agree that Uchiha Chiyo should be elected as an elder of the Hokage."
All the elders raised their hands.
"Are there any dissenting or abstaining votes?"
Although Akimichi found the process of gathering wind a bit troublesome, it was a necessary procedure.
Not a single elder objected or abstained.
Their reason for hastily proposing Chiyo as Hokage was simple: they were worried that Chiyo would also run away.
The Uchiha clan expelled Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Chiyo didn't seem to be in any hurry to inherit the Hokage position.
They were all getting anxious.
The Uchiha clan only numbered a little over a thousand, and they thrived anywhere outside of Konoha.
But the others in Konoha were in trouble.
Only by elevating Chiyo to the position of Hokage can Konoha be bound to him.
Qianyao had some idea of what these people were planning, and found it somewhat amusing.
He himself did not become Hokage; he was simply too busy.
The others, unaware of Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation ability, were naturally quite panicked.
So, Orochimaru captured a few White Zetsu and directly unleashed the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage through Edo Tensei. These three countries simply wouldn't be enough to defeat them.
However, others were unaware of this and only wanted to associate the Hokage position with Senyo, since Senyo was now the undisputed strongest ninja in the world.
"Unanimously approved, Elder Qianyao, what do you think?"
The elder's words brought Qianyao back to his senses.
"The process for the Hokage position includes a vote of confidence, right? Also, Tsunade, don't you have any objections?"
Chiyo spoke slowly and deliberately, glancing at Tsunade as he spoke.
Tsunade rolled her eyes at Chiyo. Although she knew Chiyo had powerful backing, many things were still hidden:
"In times of emergency, we must act expediently. If you do not succeed to the throne soon, the people of Konoha will fall apart."
"Okay, you can make the arrangements."
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The Land of Fire, possessing the most fertile land, has always been coveted by several other ninja villages.
When Konoha Village was discovered to be so weak, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure were all making preparations.
Seeing this situation, the other smaller ninja villages also began to observe and wait.
They knew very well that a new Shinobi World War was about to begin.
While all nations were actively preparing for war, things were also far from peaceful in the Land of Demons.
In the land of ghosts
Town outpost, this is the outer outpost of Jingfang Town, one of the three major towns in the Land of Demons.
It's described as a relatively large town, but it only has a population of a few thousand.
These outposts were established to prevent wild animals from invading the city.
After all, the country has a small population and most of the land is forest, with many wild animals.
Tonight is no different from any other night; the chances of a beast tide occurring in early summer are slim.
The guards passed the time chatting and smoking.
The outpost has two tall towers, and this is the only place with electricity. Two huge searchlights shine into the forest to observe the situation.
There are many traps around the outpost, which are used as warnings when a large-scale beast tide is coming.
"Oh!"
"Oh!"
A series of dull thuds followed, indicating that a very heavy object had fallen to the bottom of the trap.
"Hey! What's that!?"
The soldiers on the watchtower shouted in surprise, and the other soldiers rushed over to check the situation.
The sounds of traps being set in the woods and the thunderous footsteps prompted the sentries to shout:
"Enemy attack!"
"Boom!" Rows of trees were knocked down.
A long line of stone golems, with slow and heavy steps, approached the outpost.
"Quickly! Everyone, to your positions!"
The soldiers inside the watchtower were all roused, shouldered their bows and arrows, and came to the wall.
"Ready!" All the archers drew their bows!
"Fire!" All the arrows shot directly at the stone golem, but all that followed was the clanging sound.
The stone golem was unharmed.
The sentries were also sweating profusely when they saw this!
"Useless!? Could this be the ghost army of demons!?"
The stone golem had now arrived in front of the wall built by the watchtower.
The stone golems stretched out their hands in unison and pressed down on the wall.
An overwhelming force suddenly pressed down.
The sentries on the wall immediately fell down due to the violent shaking.
"Boom!"
With a dull thud, the outer wall of the outpost was completely demolished.
The stone golem moved with unstoppable strides, gradually closing in!
"Go and report this!"
"The others must be held off!"
The sentries were very dutiful. Apart from a few who managed to escape and deliver a message, the rest of the sentries were like mantises trying to stop a chariot, being trampled flat by the stone golems.
……
The Land of Demons has never been ruled by a daimyo.
Although the priestess is nominally the supreme leader of the land of demons.
However, the position of priestess is now semi-divine.
They don't actually participate in politics; politics is decided by some nobles in the Land of Demons.
This place is too poor, and resources in all aspects are very scarce. It is only because they are a buffer state between major powers that they have been able to live in peace.
The nobles here are simply families that have become slightly more successful.
In the incident of the resurrection of the demons three years ago, the priestess sacrificed herself.
However, it does not actually have any impact on the operation of the country.
They didn't care that the priestess's successor went to the Uchiha clan, because children who didn't inherit the priestess's power wouldn't be of much use if they stayed in the country.
It would be better to go to Konoha and curry favor with the great ninja village.
Only the priest Zhiyan knew that Maitreya was not dead, but was living in another form.
Now that the demons have resurrected the stone golems, they have immediately begun attacking various towns in the Land of Demons.
How can the Land of Demons, which has no ninja villages, withstand these indestructible stone golems?
That night, Jingfang Town was completely flattened, and a large number of people could only flee while crying and screaming.
The Kingdom of Demons also urgently sent a message to the Temple of the Witch Goddess, asking them to come up with a solution.
Because ordinary people simply cannot deal with the stone golems of the Ghost Legion.
In the absence of the shrine maiden, the priestess Tomoyuki is the supreme commander here.
He immediately sent the message for help to Miroku, who was in Konoha.
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