Chapter 568: Choice from the Heart

The attitude is the most obvious.

The Sand Village has the most direct and sincere attitude of surrender.

It is almost just a step slower than those small ninja villages. Compared with the Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure, the Sand Village surrendered the fastest. Not only did it express its willingness to surrender unconditionally to the Hikari Village through official channels at the first time, but the ninja village also sent Ebizo as the representative of the delegation, and the few senior ninjas such as Hatotaka all headed towards the location of the Hikari Village with all the internal affairs, personnel and other information of the Sand Village.

Chiyo said only one sentence.

It is necessary to make the first generation of Tianying recognize the surrender of their Sand Village in the shortest time, and send the corresponding Hikari ninja to their Sand Village to integrate their remaining Sand ninjas.

It should be said.

The moment Chiyo's order was announced, almost everyone in the entire Sand Village was relieved.

Fight to the death! ?

For the so-called glory of the Hikari Village! ?

Don't joke.

In such a chaotic era, saving your own life is the most important thing. Don't forget that the so-called five major ninja villages were established only more than 60 years ago. Even if we look at the average life span of ninjas, it can only be considered two generations at most, or even more accurately from the perspective of civilians.

It can only be considered one generation.

It is not necessarily true that there is a high sense of identity and belonging.

In this world, the cognition in this aspect is very weak. Even survival has become a high luxury. How can we expect these ordinary humans to have high literacy! ?

That is simply asking too much.

To make people know etiquette, they must have enough food.

Unfortunately, even though Sand Village is one of the five major countries, it is the poorest one.

Now the Hikari Village led by Menma is in full swing, and it has the power to completely sweep the ninja world.

How can ordinary people in Sand Village be willing to try to stop the chariot with a mantis arm! ?

Once the war continues, the survival and safety of ordinary people like them will be a big problem. Even if we take a step back and say that the Hikari Village has a higher war literacy and does not affect ordinary people, for many people, they have relatives and friends who have become ninjas.

They also don't want to see their relatives and friends die in the war.

Anyway, the glory of the ninja village has nothing to do with the people at the bottom of the society, so why struggle! ?

Surrender is their best and only way out.

In such a situation, the people's eyes are still very sharp. Therefore, the moment Chiyo's order was just conveyed, the whole Sand Village was boiling.

That's right!

It was boiling.

As if surrendering was a great victory.

Chiyo stood in front of the large French window, looking at the excitement and happiness of the villagers who had survived the disaster. This old man who had been working hard for the ninja village for decades also sighed silently in his heart.

‘That’s it, that’s it, as long as people are still alive, everything is fine. ’

After Chiyo Youyou said this, her face seemed to become older and her body became more hunched.

Willing to surrender.

Or to fight to the end.

In fact, for Menma and the Hikari Village, it is completely irrelevant. In the case that most of the most important hostile forces in the ninja world have been pacified, it is the general trend for the Hikari Village to unify the ninja world. If the remaining people are willing to surrender and cooperate with the subsequent acceptance work, then everyone will be happy, but if they are not willing.

It will not waste much power and time of Menma and the Hikari Village.

Those who need to pay the price of blood are those who do not know the destiny.

The Hikari Village of Mist, the Hikari Village of Sand, the Hikari Village of Rock, and the Hikari Village of Cloud.

There is not much power left at all.

That day, after dealing with the tens of thousands of White Zetsu troops outside the village, Menma handed over the task of integrating the four major ninja villages, or annexing the four major ninja villages, to Shibuki and Karin.

The only words he said were that those who knew what was good could relax some requirements and give them basic treatment and status, and those who didn't know what was good would be destroyed directly.

No need to give any mercy or tolerance.

Now all the dominance is controlled by their Hikari Village.

Menma and his men can fully implement the tough military and political strategy of "those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish"!

Only in this way can a new country with complete order be established in the future.

Might is right.

This sentence is not absolute, nor is it suitable for any time, but in the current stage of the ninja world approaching unification, it is a 100% correct sentence.

Don't talk about other empty things.

What the people want is very simple.

That is order, stability, and food and clothing!

The leader who can satisfy all these is the best leader, and the country that can provide all these is the most beautiful, and it is the country that the general public will protect together.

Humans are sometimes very complicated, and sometimes they are so simple.

Menma also trusts the abilities of Shibuki and Karin.

After explaining all this.

There is also the handling of all the subsequent miscellaneous matters in the village, such as the subsequent handover work of some important senior ninjas in the four major ninja villages such as Dodai and Ganze.

Menma took his family with him.

There were also Sasuke and Itachi brothers who went to Konohagakure together.

This time, Toneri did not follow.

Because he also has a more important task, which is to wait for the ninja troops from the ninja villages of various countries to be integrated, and then take Suigetsu and a part of the light ninja troops to locate the remaining tens of thousands of White Zetsu.

It is worth mentioning that.

The control of the Heretic Golem is currently in Menma's hands.

Because he obtained Uchiha Madara's Samsara Eye.

Menma had this pair of eyes transplanted for a short time before. With his super vitality and current level of strength, he can use these eyes relatively freely. At least they are several times stronger than Obito and Nagato. .

There is no problem in controlling a mere outsider golem.

Menma has not yet thought about how to deal with the heretic golem, so he will conclude a psychic contract for the time being and wait until the right time.

Menma naturally cannot be like Otsutsuki, who ruthlessly planted trees to absorb the energy of an entire planet to satisfy his own selfish desires.

But if he could use his own enemies to cultivate the Ten-Tails, Menma might still consider it.

Anyway, everything needs to be prepared, because you might be able to use it in the future.

That's what Menma himself thinks.

Fire Nation.

In the hinterland area.

Hidden Leaf Village.

Menma and his party, who were speeding all the way, spent two days on the outskirts of Konoha Hidden Village due to their normal rush.

"Konoha..."

In the side position.

Itachi looked at the gate of Konoha Hidden Village, which was very close at hand, with a very complicated look in his pupils.

For this filial son of the Uchiha clan.

Konoha's status in his heart is still very high.

Something that must be said.

Sasuke and Konoha.

Seems to be equally important.

At most, Sasuke is a step above.

Otherwise, Itachi would not have left those back-ups in the original work, especially entrusting Shisui's eye to Naruto, wanting to cast a genjutsu on his younger brother so that his younger brother would not conflict with Konoha. , and even wanted his younger brother to protect Konoha Hidden Village.

The situation was unknown at the time.

There is a possibility that the Hidden Leaf Village led by Naruto could fail.

Itachi's behavior was enough to show the importance of Konoha in his heart.

So, when the two brothers fought before.

As long as there is a slight possibility.

Itachi hoped that Sasuke could favor Konoha slightly, or at worst, a neutral situation.

This is for his brother, and also for Konoha's consideration.

certainly.

Now, these are meaningless things.

Even Senju Hashirama, the ninja god, cannot stop Menma's progress, so he should honestly choose to stand on Menma's side.

To comfort myself, the name of Konoha Hidden Village has disappeared.

Everything else will not change.

Sasuke, who had already transplanted Itachi's eyes and obtained the Eternal Eyes, looked straight at the gate of Konoha Hidden Village with an indifferent look of ultimate hostility. If possible, he even wanted to open their Uchi directly. The Wave Clan's exclusive Gundam goes to ravage the Hidden Leaf Village!

You must know the blood feud in which their Uchiha clan was wiped out.

It was still firmly engraved in Sasuke's heart.

It's just that the current Sasuke is not the second pillar of the past. Although he is not very mature yet, at least with Menma, Sasuke can still control himself.

Of course, the most important point is that Menma has promised that anyone who was directly connected to the destruction of the Uchiha clan would not be able to survive.

Just don't affect the general public.

Sasuke is the one who can truly suppress the anger in his heart.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo had already died individually, and the latter even died in Menma's hands.

Now as long as those two old guys also pay the price of blood, they can barely pay homage to the thousands of members of their own clan who died a few years ago.

Brothers Sasuke and Itachi had completely different states of mind.

Menma and Naruto brothers also had completely different moods.

As Naruto, who has been aiming for his father since he was a child, determined to become Hokage, and has countless people who care about and cherish him in Konoha Hidden Village, he really can't help the destruction of Konoha Hidden Village. accept.

Three days ago, when he saw Menma returning, he said in front of him that Konoha Hidden Village had officially chosen to surrender.

Naruto clearly felt like he was being emptied out of his heart.

It seemed as if it suddenly became empty.

His eyes became extremely dim.

But Naruto also knew very well that all this was a foregone conclusion and he was powerless to change it.

Now I don't know what kind of identity he will have when he returns to Konoha Hidden Village.

Naruto really had mixed feelings inside.

He was the strongest defender and supporter of Konoha Hidden Village.

He is also the younger brother of Menma, the conqueror.

Such a combined identity.

Naruto's heart was filled with a slight sense of anxiety and disobedience, but the parents he respected and loved the most chose to side with Menma, which made Naruto feel speechless. Full of frustration.

Menma glanced at Naruto with an extremely troubled expression. When he turned to look at the gate of Konoha Hidden Village in front of him, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

He decided to defect to Konoha more than ten years ago.

Three years ago he formally implemented this plan.

To be honest, he didn't really think he would succeed. The future was uncertain. So what if he was a time traveler?

One mistake and he could be defeated.

Not to mention the threat from Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu, Obito and others at the end.

Let’s talk about Menma when he just escaped from the Hidden Leaf Village three years ago. In fact, he only had a Kage-level power to survive. If Tsunade and Jiraiya really determined everything, they would have to capture it again no matter what the cost. If Menma is captured or killed.

It’s really hard to say that Menma can definitely resist it.

That time point.

Menma is extremely weak.

Menma himself had foreseen this. He had also thought about staying in the Hidden Leaf Village and taking the route of the 'Uzumaki Naruto' in the original novel. That would be the safest.

The worst thing that can happen is that after they fully grow up, they can settle accounts with old guys like Shimura Danzo and Mito Monen.

But in the end, Menma gave up. In his heart, he was very resistant to such a 'compromising' lifestyle.

It might sound a bit contrived to say this.

But Menma really chose to leave Konoha Hidden Village with a strong will, or in other words, a sense of consciousness that he would rather live in peace than in peace.

This is the only way to do it.

Only then can the numb thoughts at that time be clear.

The difficulties encountered along the way are really only Menma himself knows best.

All I can say is that God really still cares about Terumema.

Whether it is every step of the force-building plan that he implements, or the various step-by-step experiments he seeks to make himself stronger, he succeeds step by step, and there is no setback.

if not.

three years.

There was no way Menma could reach this point.

It is really commendable that the prophecy advantage of the time traveler can be fully utilized in this way.

You must know that Uzumaki Naruto in the original book only had the help of the Six Paths Sage to reach the level where he could fight against Uchiha Madara and the goddess Uchiha.

Menma can survive today.

I really came out of it step by step.

"Let's go, starting from today, the ninja world will usher in a new order!"

Menma let out a breath of turbid air, and while speaking this sentence lightly, he also took steps towards the main entrance of Konoha Hidden Village.

Sasuke and Itachi followed immediately behind.

"Naruto, I hope you can remember what your brother said before. Today, or tomorrow, as long as things in Konoha are settled, your father and I will leave. In the days to come, we can only You two brothers have taken charge of it yourself. Mom doesn’t want to see you do something wrong again, even if it’s something you once insisted on. Do you understand?”

Kushina touched Naruto's head with a very serious expression and said every word.