Naruto: Are you worthy of being called Sage Mode?

Sarutobi Hiruzen spent a long time practicing this time, and several years passed in the blink of an eye.

Sarutobi Hiruzen successfully entered the middle stage of foundation building!

Miki-chan has reached the seventh level of Qi refining, while Tsunade has reached the fifth level of Qi refining.

Shisui and Itachi, the new generation of ninjas in Konoha, have fully grown up, and Naruto and Sasuke have also entered the ninja school and started studying.

The biggest change was the structure of the ninja world during this period.

Apart from its steady expansion, Konoha did not engage in external wars.

However, the small countries around the Fire Country have been completely controlled in secret. The Star Ninja Village and the Takumi Ninja Village have completely joined Konoha, only retaining their original names.

The ninja world has entered a rare period of peace, mainly because of the huge benefits brought by Konoha after taking control of the Fire Country.

The current ruling class of the Fire Country has ceased to exist in name only. The daimyo is now only responsible for managing the country and has a certain identity and status, but it is absolutely impossible to issue orders to Konoha like before. Instead, he must obey Konoha's arrangements.

The Hokage Building has been expanded many times and is now the tallest and grandest building in Konoha.

"Teacher, the exploration has been completed."

The ship that Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Orochimaru to build has already been built. With the zero-tail and four-tail as energy sources, coupled with the skills of Kong Ninja and Qingming, this ship is an absolute war fortress.

"As speculated, there are other continents besides the ninja world, but they are all deserted!"

The area of ​​the ninja world is actually very small, just a small part of a planet.

But other continents are barren and not suitable for human habitation, so except for the five major countries and a number of small countries, no other countries and cultures have emerged.

And this is most likely related to the sacred tree planted by the Otsutsuki clan when they arrived.

Except for the ninja world, other continents, including the desert area west of the Kingdom of Wind, have been drained dry by the sacred tree.

The growth of the sacred tree requires all the life energy of a planet, which will cause a huge blow to the ecosystem, and even after so many years, the recovery rate is only average.

The land that has been drained of energy by the sacred tree is not suitable for farming unless a ninja like the Shodaime desperately uses wood escape to transform it.

Or there are a large number of ninjas who use ninjutsu to transform them, and it will take decades to make these desolate continents habitable.

For Konoha, there is no need for this for the time being. It would be more appropriate to consider transforming these barren continents after Otsutsuki is solved and unified the ninja world.

"What do you think about Kirigakure Village?"

"Terumi Mei has agreed to our plan."

There is also a country of water between Konoha and Kirigakure. The relationship between Konoha and Kirigakure has become closer and closer in recent years. The country of water has sensed that something is wrong and completely cut off its funding to Kirigakure. .

Jiraiya's suggestion was naturally to let Kirigakure, like Konoha, take the name of the Kingdom of Water. After all, the Kingdom of Water was originally small and easy to manage.

But Terumi Mei has never made up her mind. Although this decision is very tempting, once she agrees, it means that Kirigakure has completely joined Konoha's pirate ship.

However, Jiraiya really didn't want to be in Kirigakure anymore, so under his pressure, Terumi Mei had to agree.

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded. Several years had left no trace on him at all, and the same was true for Orochimaru opposite him.

Having been in a high position for a long time, Orochimaru's current aura makes people feel oppressive. Only when he is around familiar people will he smile inadvertently.

"but."

Orochimaru suddenly became serious, strengthened the barrier in the office, and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"While exploring Kirigakure, I did find signs of time and space ninjutsu. It seems that the east of Kirigakure can lead to other spaces."

"And according to Kirigakure Jinchūriki Gankaki Kisame's description, his family seems to have come to the ninja world from another world. In another world, people like him are called fishmen!"

"Another world?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's tone also became cautious.

Fishmen? This title can be found in many worlds. Is it a fantasy world, a Western fantasy world, or other animation worlds?

"Let's wait for the results from Kirigakure first, then prepare manpower to explore, and block this news."

Orochimaru nodded, discovering the existence of another world, which made him a little worried.

Different worlds represent different technologies and power systems, which are too dangerous.

Konoha is already strong now, but it is impossible to say that it will definitely win against the Otsutsuki clan. Another world suddenly appeared, which made Orochimaru a little worried.

However, other worlds also represent greater opportunities.

At the same time, an uninvited guest came outside Konoha.

After Uchiha Hikaru joined the Akatsuki organization, she was trained by Obito and Black Zetsu, but she trusted Konan more.

The other members of the Akatsuki organization have their own thoughts, but she and Nagato Konan really want the world to feel pain.

When she was out on a mission, she chose to come to Konoha to see with her own eyes the village co-founded by Uchiha and Senju.

The Akatsuki organization is a warmonger, just to create chaos. Uchiha Hikaru, who often travels to various small countries to perform tasks, the most common sentence he hears is - evil Konoha.

Konoha was so powerful that it was very difficult for small countries and small ninja villages to survive, and wars occurred continuously. In addition, the ninja tools sold by Konoha greatly strengthened the strength of ordinary ninjas.

Even ordinary people have a certain ability to resist low-level genin. The entire ninja world except Konoha is in chaos.

Uchiha Hikari wanted to see with his own eyes what this village that had plunged the entire ninja world into chaos was like.

Now if you want to enter Konoha, you only need to register a little.

Countless merchants and ninjas come to Konoha every day, but it is difficult to become a resident of Konoha.

Ordinary people, whether they are ninjas or businessmen, can only stay in Konoha for half a month. If they want to continue to stay, they must have "contribution points".

You can accumulate certain contributions by performing Konoha's tasks or conducting business activities in Konoha. This is also Konoha's preparation for issuing its own currency.

Therefore, Uchiha Hikari did not encounter any obstacles when entering Konoha. Even when registering, there was an Uchiha responsible for registration who smiled at her.

"Is this your first time in Konoha?"

"Ah."

Uchiha Hikaru looked at the Uchiha fan on the ninja's clothes in front of him and felt a little complicated.

"If you are still in Konoha after fifteen days, you need to register. If you have no contribution points, you will need to pay."

After telling Uchiha Hikaru what he needed to pay attention to, he went to serve the next person.

Can Uchiha be so kind? The light that came from the Warring States Period to today is a little uncomfortable.