Chapter 602 Sweeping the End

However, the situation of Kumogakure is even worse than that of Kirigakure.

In the battle with Madara, the Hidden Cloud Ninja suffered the most, with only about a thousand of the 20,000 ninjas left alive, including a large number of wounded.

At this time in the Hidden Cloud Village, due to the recklessness of the Raikage Ai, all the ninjas were brought to the battlefield, resulting in that now there is no one left in the Hidden Cloud Village except the ninja school students who did not go to the battlefield and the retired ninjas who were useless due to injuries.

Xi was surprised to find that he was the only ninja left in the Hidden Cloud Village who could still speak.

Under such circumstances, and with Minato's constant persuasion of Xi during this period, Xi finally made the same decision as Yuanshi.

The whole village took refuge in Konoha.

After all, Kumogakure actually has no way out. The number of ninjas is so small that it is almost equivalent to the destruction of the village. Even its status as a ninja village is almost unsustainable, let alone defending its own piece of land.

The current Kumogakure can easily destroy even the second- and third-rate ninja villages that it used to look down upon.

Joining Konoha became the only option for Kumogakure.

Minato struck while the iron was hot and took over the task with Nozomi in the Hidden Cloud Village.

After receiving the message from Kisame, Minato simply left the more than 4,000 Konoha ninjas he brought with him to reorganize with the Cloud Ninjas on the spot, and temporarily kept Aofan behind.

Afterwards, Konoha would naturally send more ninjas to Kumogakure to reorganize these ninjas and allow them to completely integrate into Konoha.

Minato directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique and returned to Konoha after resting for a while.

Then Minato set off for the Hidden Mist Village with a few capable men and four thousand ninjas.

Kadoki was also not idle. He came to the Iron Kingdom alone and tried to persuade the Iron Kingdom to formally merge into Konoha.

The result was beyond Kadoki's expectations. The Iron Country was ready to surrender as soon as they saw Kadoki.

However, the Iron Kingdom chose the Fire Kingdom instead of Konoha Village.

The Iron Kingdom still adheres to the path of the samurai and has no intention of merging into the ninja village and becoming a ninja.

The Iron Country still has more than a thousand samurai, a number that only the Fire Country Daimyo can absorb.

In this regard, Kadoki expressed his understanding on the one hand, but on the other hand, while he was amazed at how quickly the Fire Country Daimyo acted, he also became a little wary of the Fire Country Daimyo.

Of course, it's just a little bit.

In front of Konoha, which has unified the entire ninja world, the power of the Fire Country Daimyo is destined to not cause any big waves.

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While Kadoki and Minato were busy trying to persuade the ninja village to surrender, Uchiha Madara was in charge of the final cleanup work.

The Star Ninja Village in the Bear Country is still dreaming of becoming the sixth Kage. After the demise of Sand Village, it even brazenly declared itself to be one of the five major ninja villages.

In this regard, Madara had no choice but to come and deal with the dissatisfaction.

The Peacock Technique, which the Star Ninja Village was proud of, was completely powerless in front of the Tenkai Shock Star, and the Star Shadow couldn't even withstand a slap from Madara.

The star on which the Star Ninja Village depended for its survival was also sealed away by Madara-sama and handed over to Kadoki for sealing and disposal.

This was something Kadoki had agreed with Madara-sama in advance. Kadoki didn't want such a large amount of highly concentrated radioactive material to continue releasing radiation wantonly in the ninja world.

After wiping out the Star Ninja Village, Madara headed north and arrived at the Land of Demons.

There is no ninja village in the Demon Country. There are only shrine maidens and sealing techniques passed down from generation to generation to seal the legendary monsters. It is very isolated from the entire ninja world, and does not fight with the world. Its strength is very poor, so Madara doesn't bother to care about it.

In the case of the Ghost Country, we can use secular means to incorporate it into the territory in the future. Using guns and knives is a bit too much of a bullying.

After passing through the Land of Demons, we arrived at the Snow Ninja Village in the Land of Snow.

Relying on the powerful ice escape technique of the ice and snow environment, as well as the high-tech chakra armor that can store chakra, the strength of the Snow Ninja Village is still quite good.

Fuuka Nuto, the leader of the Snow Ninja Village and the Daimyo of the Snow Country, is also an ambitious man. Before Madara arrived, he and his men were planning to launch a surprise attack on the Iwagakure Village and occupy the Land of Earth.

Madara didn't tolerate them and directly fired a Tenkai Shock Star at them.

Snow Ninja Village, destroyed!

As Madara-ye left the Bear Country and the Snow Country, Tenzo led the ninja troops stationed in the Wind Country to occupy and pacify these areas one by one.

Then, there was only one target left in the entire Ninja Continent.

Iwagakure Village.

Thanks to Ōnoki's little tricks, the Iwagakure Village managed to retain a considerable amount of power.

The five thousand most elite ninjas, and more than a thousand ninjas who returned from the battlefield.

If one is willing to squeeze the power to the limit, one can still squeeze out three or four thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people, and barely make up the ten thousand.

But this little bit of strength pales in comparison to Madara and his army of 30,000 White Zetsu.

What's more, Ohnoki is still seriously injured and has not recovered.

Ōnoki immediately sent a request for help to Konoha.

But Minato and Kadoki were busy collecting the fruits of victory and had no time to pay attention to him.

In other words, with the situation in the ninja world having progressed to this point, Konoha no longer needs to be in cahoots with Ōnoki.

Minato sent a letter of persuasion in response, stating that as long as the Iwagakure Village was willing to join Konoha as a whole village, Konoha would provide its full support.

As expected, this proposal was rejected by the stubborn Ōnoki.

So, Minato only sent Kakashi to lead 5,000 ninjas to the Land of Earth to take charge of the post-war cleanup work.

The third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, was notoriously stubborn and conservative, and the Iwagakure Village under his rule was also as stubborn as a rock.

It would be better to wait until Madara has cleaned up the Iwagakure Village before reaping the rewards.

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At this time, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the Iwagakure Village as being in ruins.

Dragging his seriously injured body, Ōnoki, with the only elite troops of the Iwagakure Village, used the mountainous terrain around the Iwagakure Village to tenaciously fight against Madara.

Although the White Zetsu Army suffered heavy losses, they were ultimately defeated.

The bodies of the Iwagakure ninjas were lying everywhere. Even those who barely survived had lost their ability to fight. Lao Zi and Han were also captured by Madara.

No matter how tenacious Ōnoki was, he was ultimately unable to hold on alone and fell in the rubble in a panic, unable to move.

"Damn Konoha..." Ohnoki cursed in a low voice, but unfortunately no one could hear the sound.

Ohnoki hates Konoha for taking advantage of the situation, hates Konoha for not saving people, hates...

Forget it.

How could Ohnoki, who is known as the Three Scales, not see the current situation in the ninja world?

Although the news of Kumogakure and Kirigakure being incorporated into Konoha has not yet reached Iwagakure, in Ōnoki's opinion, it is only a matter of time.

The two villages had lost almost all their elite troops and had no power to resist Konoha.

The only way to survive and preserve the inheritance of ninjutsu is to join Konoha.

Oonoki understood this when he received Minato's letter of surrender.

I'm sure that Kumogakure and Kirigakure must have also received something similar.

Konoha had a good plan. It took advantage of the opportunity of Uchiha Madara's resurrection and attack on the ninja world to retain its strength and pick up the advantage.

Moreover, Konoha has the new Six Paths Sage Umino Kakuki, so it has no fear of backlash.