On the side, Jiraiya, who had been pushed aside by the Third Hokage Tsunade, watched as the two Tsunades bickered over him. He was almost reaching his peak of excitement.
At this moment, Orochimaru seized the chance to taunt, "Jiraiya, aren't you enjoying this right now?"
"Orochimaru, don't say nonsense."
"Heh, you're practically drooling with pleasure, and you're telling me I'm the one talking nonsense?"
"Ugh…"
Wiping his lips, Jiraiya pretended to cough a couple of times, then said with a serious expression, "Let's put Tsunade's matter aside for now. Do you have any thoughts on the reinforcements we provide?"
Orochimaru rolled his eyes at Jiraiya.
The topic change was way too abrupt, not smooth at all.
"I don't have any thoughts, but I'm definitely going."
"You're going? Why?"
"I want to verify an idea."
Jiraiya stared at Orochimaru for a moment, slowly nodding his head. "If you want to go, then go ahead. But be careful, don't get yourself killed."
"Don't worry. Since there's a resurrection technique, I won't truly die. But getting killed by the enemy would be too embarrassing. I won't let that happen."
On the screen, seeing the two Tsunades arguing over Jiraiya, Senju Tobirama couldn't hold back any longer after some thought.
"Enough, both of you, stop arguing."
As soon as those words were spoken, they had an immediate effect.
Both Tsunades snorted coldly, then stopped their argument.
"Tsunade, you go down for now. Let Orochimaru come up."
"…Alright, Second Grandpa."
The Third Tsunade, dissatisfied, left, and Orochimaru took her place.
"Orochimaru, while we still have some time, let's discuss the time for the crossing."
This time, it was different from before.
Tsunade is about to start the Fourth Great Ninja War.
But they would only be there for an hour.
Fortunately, because they connected to a new space-time, the range of their travel locations has increased, and they can directly teleport to the border of the Land of Fire. After a short ten-minute journey, they would reach the battlefield.
Otherwise, just the travel time would have wasted a lot of their time.
At that point, not only would they not be able to help with the battle, but they would probably be teleported back before even saying much after arriving.
"Indeed, if we arrive too early, Uchiha Madara might not even be revived yet. If we arrive too late, the battle might be over, and that would be awkward."
There was no choice. Neither Senju Tobirama nor Orochimaru knew the exact time of the Fourth Great Ninja War. They could only analyze based on the videos provided earlier.
And since the communication time was limited, the two only figured out that the war would likely be short-lived.
As the communication time was about to end, they finally decided on the time to travel.
Orochimaru set the time for about 2:00 PM, two days later.
Tobirama set the time for about 8:00 PM, three days later.
They both thought that setting these times was very reasonable.
In the early stages of the battle, with the addition of the Third Hokage's Konoha ninjas, the Allied Shinobi Forces' situation would be far better than in the original Naruto series.
Even if the Fourth Great Ninja War was short, it couldn't possibly last only one or two days, right?
After the Third Hokage's Konoha ninjas helped the Allied Forces gain an advantage, by the second day of battle, Madara should appear, right?
As long as they timed it right to deal with Madara, and then took care of Black Zetsu, they could avoid facing Kaguya, the final boss.
Of course, just in case something went wrong and they did have to face Kaguya, Tobirama decided to start acting tonight and fuse with the mini Ten Tails.
They had two days and three nights, which was enough time to collect chakra from the tailed beasts in the major ninja villages.
Tobirama didn't worry about whether the other villages would refuse.
First, he wasn't asking for the lives of the tailed beasts or their jinchuriki—just a bit of chakra.
Second, he wasn't acting alone.
In order to merge the mini Ten-Tails with Uchiha Madara and make him the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails, Madara must have gone, right?
Since Madara is going, then as his close friend, Hashirama will definitely go too, right?
Sealing the tailed beasts' chakra is a delicate task, so the Uzumaki Mito, who is familiar with various sealing techniques, must also go.
So, who would dare say no in front of the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, the Asura of the Shinobi World, Uchiha Madara, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Mito, and the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama?
After confirming the people who would be crossing, Tobirama looked at Madara and the others and said, "No time to waste, let's head out now."
Hashirama: "Hmm, two days and three nights is indeed a bit tight."
Madara: "Then stop wasting time, let's get going."
The next day.
When the sun had just risen, the Konoha ninja from the Fifth Hokage's era had already gathered.
Led by their Hokage, Tsunade, they began making their way to the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.
On the way, Kakashi noticed that Tsunade, who had been worried about this war before, was now smiling, full of confidence, and seemed assured about the outcome of this battle.
"Did something happen?"
Kakashi thought about it for a while but couldn't figure out what had happened to change Tsunade's attitude overnight.
"Kakashi, what's wrong?"
At that moment, Guy ran up.
He saw Kakashi staying silent and thought he was nervous.
To ease Kakashi's nerves, Guy immediately pulled him into a hug and said, "Don't worry, Kakashi. I've been through the Third Great Ninja War; it's really no big deal."
Kakashi rolled his eyes at Guy and responded, "It's like you think I didn't participate in the Third Great Ninja War."
"Uh, haha, no wonder you're my lifelong rival, your words are sharp as always."
Guy awkwardly smiled. Realizing he had a brain lapse, he quickly remembered that Kakashi, just like him, had participated in the last Ninja World War.
"Don't worry, Guy, I'm fine."
"Yeah, as long as you're okay."
After saying that, the awkward Guy immediately flashed away, starting to take care of his three lovely students.
At noon, the main force of Konoha arrived at the location of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
At the command center of the Allied Forces, Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, met with the Fourth Raikage A, the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, and the Fifth Kazekage Gaara.
Sitting at a table, Tsunade poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip, and asked, "Hasn't the people from the Land of Water arrived yet?"
"Based on the time, they should arrive before the sun sets in the afternoon."
Onoki replied to Tsunade.
The old man, who had seen it all, could tell that Tsunade's mood was neither too excited nor serious, but rather had a relaxed vibe.
This feeling made Onoki feel something was off, so he tentatively asked, "Is there some good news you want to share with us, Hokage?"
"Oh? You noticed?"
Onoki raised an eyebrow, not expecting to get such a surprising response from just a casual question.
"Can you tell us about it?"
Hearing there was good news, Raikage A and Gaara also sat down at the table.
"Well, I can't disclose too much, but I can say that tomorrow and the day after, a batch of reinforcements you wouldn't expect will arrive."
"Reinforcements? Konoha is hiding troops?"
This remark came from the hot-headed Raikage A, a man with no filter.
Normally, Tsunade would've snapped back at him.
But since the situation was special, she just shrugged and calmly responded, "You'll know when the time comes."
After saying that, Tsunade stopped paying attention to them and instead thought about what Orochimaru had asked her yesterday about bringing twenty death row prisoners.
"What does he want with twenty death row prisoners?"
"Could it be that he plans to use the Reanimation Jutsu?"
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