Naruto, starting with immortality, I'm going to buy up the ninja world!

Chapter 61 The Name of Uchiha Madara Reappears in the Shinobi World, and the Reaction of Konoha'

Although the battlefield in Amegakure was slightly disrupted by the intervention of the two masked men, this did not affect the outcome of the war.

Konoha has achieved victories on multiple battlefields, and the overall trend of the Ninja World War has tilted in Konoha's favor.

At the same time, with the outbreak of this battle, the name of Uchiha Madara reappeared in the ninja world, causing a great sensation.

Konoha, Hokage Building conference room.

The Konoha F4 gathered together, and sitting opposite them were the three legendary Sannin who rose to fame during this Ninja World War.

In order to transmit the intelligence back, the three of them broke away from the main force and were the first to return to Konoha with the intelligence.

"That concludes our account of everything that happened on the Rain Ninja battlefield."

The atmosphere in the conference room was extremely oppressive at that moment.

"Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Tobi...?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi muttered the two names, paying little attention to the latter, Tobi. Although he had told Jiraiya and the others that Tobi was very powerful and possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan, he hadn't personally witnessed or experienced that kind of pressure. Hiruzen didn't think Tobi was that strong; he only felt that his three students were still too young.

But Madara Uchiha is different; his name represents far too much.

The Asura of the Ninja World, a founding elder of Konoha, the head of the Uchiha clan, and the strongest rogue ninja in the history of Konoha...

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt immense pressure and wanted to take a drag on his cigarette, but found his pipe wasn't with him. He could only look to his old friends for help.

"Danzo, Tsubaki, Enma, what do you think?"

Before Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado could figure out what to say, Danzo Shimura snorted coldly.

"What are you still looking at? Madara Uchiha is already dead. It was the First Hokage who dealt with him personally. Do you still dare to question the First Hokage? It must have been the work of that inherently evil Uchiha clan. On the surface, they went to war against the Land of Rain with the village, but in reality, they sent someone out to impersonate Madara Uchiha."

Hiruzen's ambitions have been laid bare! They want to create the illusion that Madara Uchiha is still alive, and then seize the opportunity to take over the Hokage position and rule Konoha!

We must punish the Uchiha clan!

Danzo Shimura spoke with absolute certainty, as if the truth of everything was exactly as he described.

There was no Madara Uchiha at all; it was all a conspiracy by the Uchiha clan, and their goal was the Hokage position.

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not respond to Danzo Shimura immediately. He knew his old friend's personality very well. Regardless of whether it was the Uchiha clan or not, he would put the blame on him first.

Before, among his teacher's disciples, Uchiha Kagami had the best relationship with him, but after Kagami died, Danzo began to target the Uchiha clan relentlessly.

Although targeting the Uchiha was a strategy left by their teacher, Danzo went a bit too far.

"Xiao Chun, Yan, what do you think?"

The old scoundrel, Mitokado Yan, spoke up.

"Hiruzen, I also think Danzo is right. Madara Uchiha is already dead."

Xiaochun, who was switching dorm rooms, nodded in agreement.

There was nothing they could do; after all, they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they had only heard about it from the three ninjas and seen some intelligence sent back from the front lines.

Seeing that these guys didn't believe they had seen Uchiha Madara, Jiraiya slammed his hands on the table, stood up, and said urgently.

"But old man, we really didn't lie! That guy really was Uchiha Madara. He summoned the complete Susanoo and defeated Hanzo of the Salamander who had summoned a summoning beast with a single strike."

We were telling the truth. Everyone else on the battlefield saw it too—that enormous blue giant, like a god.

"Alright, Jiraiya, I understand. You three have worked hard too, go and rest now, Konoha still needs you."

Hiruzen Sarutobi finally spoke up, telling the three of them to leave and rest first.

Jiraiya wanted to say something more, but Tsunade stopped him.

"Let's go, Jiraiya. Let's go rest. The old man and the others will make their own decisions."

Seeing Tsunade's response, Jiraiya had no choice but to give up.

"Well then, we'll take our leave now and say goodbye, teacher."

Orochimaru stood up, said goodbye, and left with the two of them.

As the conference room door closed, Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a while before finally letting out a sigh.

"Sigh, there are some things I shouldn't have said before, but it seems I have no choice but to tell you now."

The three were somewhat puzzled, wondering what Hiruzen Sarutobi was up to.

Danzo Shimura stated frankly.

"Monkey, just say what you want to say. Is there anything you can't tell us?"

The two rowdy duo nodded. They were old acquaintances and considered themselves a team. They believed there should be nothing between them that they kept from each other. They even knew that the monkey would sometimes use a crystal ball to peek into the women's bathhouse.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and said.

"Actually, when the teacher was still alive, he talked to me privately about some things. At that time, the teacher asked me not to tell anyone, including you."

Upon hearing this, the two slackers didn't react much.

However, a hint of envy, jealousy, and resentment flashed in Danzo's eyes.

'As expected, the teacher is biased towards that monkey. So what if I was a little late in speaking up? What did I do that's worse than the monkey?'

Although his mind was filled with complicated thoughts, he didn't show it on his face.

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't notice the fleeting, unusual emotion on his old friend's face, and continued speaking.

Do you know how the teacher escaped back then?

Koharu, the girl from the next room, replied matter-of-factly.

"Wasn't it because our teacher was incredibly powerful and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to severely injure Gold Horn and Silver Horn before escaping?"

This is what Tobirama told them back then; at that time, he didn't intend to tell anyone about Uchiha Izuna's existence.

However, today, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt it was necessary to tell them the truth.

"It's highly likely that what Jiraiya and the others said about Madara Uchiha might actually be true."

"Monkey, what nonsense are you spouting! Your apprentice got carried away in battle, have you gotten carried away too?"

Upon hearing this, Danzo immediately stood up and loudly questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi still maintained a serious expression.

"Danzo, let me finish what I have to say."

"That's right, Danzo, don't get excited. Let Hiruzen say what he really has to say first."

"Yes, we're all old friends, there's nothing that can't be discussed slowly, right?"

The two rowdy duo immediately spoke up to mediate and calm everyone down.

Hiruzen Sarutobi continued.

"The teacher called me in for a talk, and the topic of the talk was the truth about how the teacher escaped from the battlefield."