In Uchiha You's eyes, Kaguya Ren was different from that of others. He believed that the tragic condition of this ninja before his death was not caused by the exhaustion of chakra, but because the time attribute of his body was triggered.

It is precisely because time has been sped up to the point where the lifespan is about to end that the person appears to be about to die of old age. This is the law of nature and not a sign of death after extreme chakra extraction.

Of course, this is not common sense in the ninja world. Normal people would not think this way when it comes to things like time. Not even a pervert like Orochimaru would think this way. Even the person involved, Kaguya Ren, had never thought about it in this regard.

Only a time traveler who knows Kaguya Otsutsuki's abilities can associate the power of time with the relationship between the Corpse Bone Vein and the Co-killing Ash Bones.

However, even if only Uchiha Yuu thought of this, it would be difficult for him to get Kaguya Ren's body. This is the body of a Kage-level strongman, and it also has a rare blood limit. His head can harvest intelligence, and his body can be used for blood limit experiments. In Konoha Village and Kumogakure Village, which attach great importance to blood limit research, it is very valued.

As long as Uchiha You saw the greed in Orochimaru and the Third Raikage's eyes, he knew how difficult it would be for him to intervene, but he really wanted to intervene and make a profit.

He was able to obtain bone relics from Kaguya Kaiye, so the more powerful Kaguya Ren should have better things. Moreover, he may have touched the ability of the Co-killing Gray Bone before his death.

No matter what kind of power system it is, the power of time is the strongest power, without a doubt.

So appetizing.

But Uchiha You still rationally decided to give up.

Miwa Masayo couldn't help but ask, "Why give up, meow? Didn't Orochimaru do something to you, meow?"

Uchiha You replied helplessly: "That was a matter of luck. At that time, I took you into the wind and there was indeed no trace left. But I couldn't completely blend into the wind yet. I could only hold on for a breath."

"Who would have thought that Orochimaru would be so cautious for more than ten minutes? I almost couldn't hold on."

"If it weren't for the Ice Release Ninja Ling pressing hard and transferring Orochimaru away, the two of us would have been exposed in front of Orochimaru."

Miwa Masayo asked curiously, "It's exposed, you're not an enemy of Konoha, can Orochimaru eat you?"

Uchiha You scratched his head and explained to Miwa Masayo: "That won't happen, but Orochimaru is one of the candidates I chose to support as the Fourth Hokage. Before we establish a more stable alliance, I don't want him to doubt me."

"The reputation of the cold-blooded Orochimaru for being suspicious and cunning is not a slander without any basis. If this guy had doubts about me before we confirmed our alliance, I would have been in trouble in the future."

Miwa Masayo suddenly became interested. She asked curiously, "You, you said Orochimaru is one of the candidates for the Fourth Hokage. Is there any other ninja who can compare with him? I don't think there is such a ninja in Konoha Village, meow."

"I also think that there is no ninja in Konoha Village who can compare to Orochimaru."

"Meow?" The tabby cat looked at Uchiha You with her big eyes, expressing her doubts without saying a word.

Uchiha You smiled and waved his hand, and replied: "I am not worried that Orochimaru will die in the war."

"What I'm worried about is that Orochimaru is such a good fighter and has such a high reputation in Konoha Village that he will be treated the same way as Hatake Sakumo."

"…He, he is Sarutobi Hiruzen's disciple! His most beloved disciple, nya!"

"Orochimaru is indeed Sarutobi Hiruzen's favorite disciple, the one he is willing to entrust his mantle to. But Orochimaru threatened the power of the Third Hokage. In the eyes of the Third Hokage, this is an unforgivable mistake."

"The Third Hokage...isn't that Sarutobi Hiruzen, nya?"

"Yes, but not entirely."

"You humans are too complicated, meow. This sounds like a headache, meow."

"Haha, it's okay."

Just as the two sages were whispering, Uchiha Yuu's name suddenly came out of Orochimaru's mouth, which made him and her shudder.

It turned out that the Third Raikage and Orochimaru were fighting for Kaguya Ren's body. They skipped the stage of lecturing on the right and wrong of theories with just a few words, and the two of them were just competing with each other in terms of verbal strength as if they were playing cards.

The Third Raikage snorted coldly: "Orochimaru, are you being unreasonable?"

Orochimaru chuckled and said, "Speaking of reason, I am talking about the greatest principle in the ninja world. My Konoha has the most jonin present today, and the biggest fists, so we deserve the corpse of this Shikotsuki clan."

The Third Raikage narrowed his eyes and retorted: "We have Ai and Bi in Kumogakure. Even the jonin of Konoha are only inferior to him."

"Kumogakure has the A and B teams, and Konoha also has the Ino-Shika-Chou team. There are more than one team here."

"I have the perfect Jinchuriki Burubi. You have seen the power of the Eight-Tails. It only takes one Tailed Beast Ball to kill all the ninjas in Konoha."

"Haha, we have Uchiha Yuu and Cat Sage in Konoha. This is a sage combination. The sage fire technique they use may not be as good as the Tailed Beast Ball, but it is no problem to destroy the Kumogakure ninja."

Swish, the eyes of the Hidden Cloud Ninja and the Konoha Ninja were all focused on Uchiha You, but more of them were focused on Miwa Masayo above his head.

Uchiha You felt a little nervous when he was being stared at: It’s not me, I didn’t, Orochimaru, don’t tell the truth nonsense.

Miwa Masayo was also nervous, but fortunately she and Uchiha You were very experienced in this. During the study sessions, they practiced for a long time under the watchful eyes of the Uchiha people and had already trained themselves.

Although the gazes from the jonin and the Kage were more stressful, they responded flawlessly with their honed skills, the two sages' eyes scanning everyone present and gazing intently at their - foreheads.

As long as there is no direct eye contact, you will not be affected by the other person's gaze. Instead, this indifferent look will add great pressure to the other person.

An unchanging and indifferent gaze is like a mirror. The amount of pressure the viewer feels depends entirely on how heavy his or her thoughts are.

Anyway, Uchiha Yu himself doesn't know.

The Third Raikage stared at him fiercely for a while, then retracted his gaze after making sure he hadn't scared anyone. He spat, "How are you going to deal with this old man's fists?"

"Haha, Lord Third Raikage, you are indeed very powerful, but do you really think you can conquer everything by yourself?"

Orochimaru's voice turned stern: "My Konoha Village is not a small ninja village like the Hidden Frost Village. Your personal power is not as strong as the first Hokage!"

Before he said this, he glanced back very obscurely, and several Konoha jonin who had cooperated with him for a long time immediately used the instant body-flickering technique and pounced on Kaguya Ren's body.

But the Hidden Cloud Ninjas were not pushovers either, and they rushed forward almost at the same time.

Orochimaru finished speaking during the fierce but short battle between the two jonin. The coordination was perfect, which made his words several times more persuasive.

When Orochimaru finished speaking, he and the Third Raikage looked at Kaguya Ren's body at the same time.

They saw a flame appear above the corpse, and then the flame suddenly expanded into a fireball. Miwa Yashi jumped out gracefully and landed steadily on the corpse.

Then the cat hermit waved his claws and slapped the air, and under the reverse summoning, Uchiha You appeared with a cloud of white smoke. He reached out his hand without hesitation and grabbed the corpse in his hand. Then he used the instant body-snap technique to dodge the ninja swords of the three Kumogakure jonin and returned to the group of Konoha ninjas.

Miwa Masayo even used the fire jump to return to the Konoha Jonin camp ahead of time. She used the time of falling to wait for her owner's return and landed steadily on her favorite shoulder.

The Third Raikage clenched his fists again and stared at Uchiha You closely. There was no greed in his eyes anymore, but they were filled with murderous intent.

Obviously, the Third Raikage already knew that Kaguya Ren's body could not be retrieved, and he was considering whether to take the risk and kill this Konoha ninja who came and went so erratically.

Even though he always talks about the "strongest shield" and even reveals the "strongest spear", he knows very well that the fundamental support for his strength is the fastest speed.

Without enough speed, the Third Raikage would be kite-flew to death. What's the point of fighting for the title of the strongest Kage?

So when he saw Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masaya cooperating and performing a space jump, he realized that this was the limit of speed. No matter how fast he ran, he could not be faster than this method that did not require time.

Naturally, the Third Raikage wanted to kill.

But the next moment, Orochimaru blocked his view, and the Third Raikage noticed that on the other's smiling face, a pair of cold snake eyes flashed with sinister murderous intent.

It was obvious that Orochimaru also had the intention to kill, but not against the Third Raikage, but against this group of Kumogakure jonin.

Since the Konoha ninjas present are obviously stronger, there is a chance to wipe out the Hidden Cloud ninjas here.

I believe that when this news reaches the Iwagakure Village, the Tsuchikage Ōnoki will change his defensive policy to an aggressive offensive stance.

By then, the Hidden Cloud Village in the south would officially go to war with the Hidden Leaf Village, and in the west it would have to defend against attacks from the Hidden Iwagakure Village with all its strength. The dire situation is enough to give people a headache just thinking about it.

Even if the Third Raikage returned unscathed from this battle, the decline of Kumogakure was inevitable.

Even if he killed many jonin of Konoha Ninja, it would not have much impact on the financial resources of Konoha Village. The loss of thirty jonin could be made up in at most half a month.

What's more, Orochimaru is also here, how can the Third Raikage kill people at will?

Orochimaru figured it out in his mind in an instant, and he was naturally moved.

Although Konoha and Kumogakure will officially go to war because of this, Orochimaru also thinks it is very worthwhile. Besides, it is just a declaration of war and does not mean that Kumogakure will really fight with Konoha.

On the contrary, now, when the two families have not declared war and are still cooperating to fight against the Kirigakure ninja, isn't there any fighting between the Kumogakure ninja and the Konoha ninja?

Of course not. Not only do the ninjas from the two families fight each other every day, but the fights are also very intense.

At least from the statistics, the number of battles between Konohagakure ninjas and Kirigakure ninjas was not as many as the number of conflicts with Kumogakure ninjas.

After the Third Ninja World War officially started, the boundary between war and peace was not so clear. Unless one side had its backbone broken and had to worry about being attacked all the time, it would be unlikely for them to seriously abide by the armistice agreement.

When the Third Raikage saw Orochimaru's murderous intent, he retreated without hesitation. How could killing the enemy and eliminating hidden dangers be more important than protecting his own elite forces?

He waved his hand and ordered his son and subordinates to retreat quickly. He in turn blocked Orochimaru's sight and intimidated him.

Only after his subordinates had gone far away did the Third Raikage slowly turn around and leave. Before he left, he fiercely said, "You are very good, Orochimaru. You are really very good."

Orochimaru laughed and said nothing.

…

After the battle of Hot Spring Country, which brought together the three families of Kumogakure, Kirigakure and Konoha, ended, the Kirigakure ninjas completely withdrew from Hot Spring Country, and the Kumogakure ninjas also silently retreated hundreds of kilometers.

The Hidden Cloud Village did not gain the greatest benefit in this battle and also exposed its true strength. The Third Raikage withdrew its troops without hesitation.

With the hundreds of kilometers of land given up, the density of the Hidden Cloud Ninjas increased greatly, while the Konoha Ninjas were greatly dispersed, and the situation in the Land of Hot Springs was stabilized again.

As the only winner, the Konoha Ninja occupied most of the land of the Land of Hot Springs.

According to Orochimaru's idea, he didn't want to occupy these lands at all. He just wanted to maintain enough mobile forces to deal with any emergencies.

But now that he has decided to compete for the position of the Fourth Hokage, he has to consider the overall interests of Konoha Village. In order to boost the morale of Konoha Village, he gritted his teeth and spread out the ninjas in his hands, weakening himself and forming a new balance with the Hidden Cloud Ninjas.

Orochimaru was very dissatisfied with this, but this situation was an indispensable shot in the arm for the villagers of Konoha Village.

For the overall interests of Konoha Village, he gritted his teeth and sacrificed his advantage in the Land of Hot Springs.

Sure enough, when the news of the smooth progress of the Kingdom of Hot Springs spread back to Konoha Village, the whole village was excited. The villagers even spontaneously held a parade to express their excitement.

After the war started, Konoha Village was fighting on all sides, and all the news coming from all directions was bad. A group of old guys returned in disgrace after being defeated, but the ninjas who died in the battle could never come back.

The large-scale deaths of Konoha ninjas brought endless sadness to the Konoha Village, especially since the largest number of deaths were civilian ninjas. Although it was not to the extent that every household was in mourning, every neighbor had a ninja who had died in battle. The negative emotions of sadness and pessimism were unable to be shaken off, and the impact on morale was not small.

The Third Hokage was worried about this for a long time, but he could do nothing about it and could only hope for good news from the front line.

Now, the news of victory has finally arrived, the haze in Konoha Village disappeared instantly, his pressure was suddenly relieved, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

What he faced next was the dilemma of happiness: should he continue to support Orochimaru of the Land of Hot Water and strive for a greater victory, or support Jiraiya of the Land of Rain and reverse the situation of being sandwiched between the Sand Village and the Iwagakure Village?

Of course, the fleshy tug-of-war in the southern River Country is not within the scope of consideration. The commander there is not his, the Third Hokage's man, and victory may be worse than defeat.

Thinking about the trouble of choosing between the two, Sarutobi Hiruzen unconsciously took out the crystal ball from the drawer, stroked it, and began his leisure activities that had been interrupted for a long time.

As for worries, they are happy worries anyway, so it doesn’t matter if you wait for a while.

…

After the war, the worst hit was naturally the Hidden Mist Village, which lost most of its ninjas, especially the Snow Clan, the Kizuna Clan, and the Kaguya Clan, which were the main forces, whose strength suddenly declined.

Among them, the Snow Clan suffered the most. After Ling's death, the only remaining Kage of the Snow Clan was the Third Mizukage. After being injured by Uchiha Madara, he has never recovered from his injuries.

Upon hearing the news that the Kirigakure Ninja Army was completely wiped out, and that his most promising junior Ling had also died on the battlefield, the Third Mizukage was filled with grief and anger, vomiting blood repeatedly, and fell into a coma on the spot.

The Third Mizukage's injuries flared up, triggering the eye power bomb that Uchiha Madara had buried for a long time, which directly tore apart the Third Mizukage's consciousness, and he died that night.

His death was so sudden that he didn't even leave behind a single word to designate the Fourth Mizukage. This had already triggered the biggest crisis for the entire Hidden Mist Village.

During the war, the Kage of the Hidden Mist Village in the Land of Water, the Third Mizukage, who was known as the strongest, was beaten at home. No one in the Hidden Mist Village even knew who did it. The Hidden Mist Village had never suffered such a humiliation since its establishment.

From the neutral faction headed by the Master to the Kaguya clan, the Snow clan, and the Hozuki clan, all felt their faces swollen and uncomfortable. All the ninjas in the entire Kirigakure were enraged. They vowed to avenge the Third Mizukage. It didn't matter if they didn't know who did it, anyway, it was no more than the ninjas from the other four major ninja villages, so they just beat them all.

Driven by a rare feeling of solidarity against a common enemy, the three major ninja clans and the master of the Hidden Mist Village issued a joint order, prohibiting the three major ninja clans from acting on their own, requiring the Hidden Mist Ninja Army to assemble and fight in a unified manner, and civilian ninjas must also give the greatest possible cooperation.

Therefore, the Kirigakure ninjas who landed on the mainland were no longer scattered in several countries, but were led by the three major ninja clans, forming a huge ninja army of tens of thousands of ninjas, and launched an unprecedented attack on the Konoha ninjas.

In the past two wars, the three ninja clans of the Hidden Mist Village each took the lead and attacked their own targets, with the main attack being a loose attack.

The Hidden Mist Village obviously had many powerful ninjas, but they played the role of troublemakers and clowns in the war, and no one took them seriously.

But this time, the Hidden Mist Village gathered a huge ninja army and took unified action, which actually made the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Leaf Village cautious. Even Konoha had to avoid the attack of the Hidden Mist Village and retreat hundreds of kilometers after being attacked by the Hidden Mist Village.

At that time, the Kirigakure ninjas were full of vigor, confidence and majesty.

When the news reached the Hidden Mist Village, everyone was excited, as they finally confirmed that the large army was much more powerful than the large ninja clan fighting alone.

But now the situation has changed suddenly. The army of tens of thousands of ninjas was defeated, and more than 7,000 ninjas were lost along the way. The three most important ninja clans were the focus of hunting in Kumogakure and Konoha, and the casualty ratio was as high as 90%.

The backbone of the Hidden Mist Village is about to be broken. This blood feud is too great. The death of the Third Mizukage is nothing compared to it. The Hidden Mist Village must take revenge.

But before they can take revenge, they must first choose a new leader to serve as the Fourth Mizukage.

Only in this way can we obtain military funds from the Daimyo of the Water Country, allocate supplies, and make up for the terrible losses of this defeat.

But who will be the Fourth Mizukage?

The vigorous battle for the Fourth Mizukage has begun.