Chapter 274
"That's right…"
The Great Toad Sage didn't overthink it. He nodded sharply and said, "The Sage of Six Paths entrusted me with a mission: to cooperate with you, Uchiha Madara, to severely restrain the strongest person in the ninja world, the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta—even to subdue him if necessary."
"Six Paths Sage…?"
Before he could finish speaking, Uchiha Madara, normally expressionless, couldn't help but exclaim in disbelief. A rare look of shock crossed his face. The Great Toad Sage actually revered the Sage of Six Paths enough to follow his orders and cooperate with Madara?
It was almost unbelievable.
Madara's mind raced. The Sage of Six Paths was supposedly long dead… how could he give instructions to the Great Toad Sage? But if the Sage had faked his death…
A thread of cold sweat ran down Madara's forehead. If the Sage of Six Paths had concealed his death and secretly been planning the fate of the ninja world all along… then that changes everything.
Madara's thoughts turned to the Eye of the Moon Plan. If even the immortal Sage of Six Paths knew what he had done, the consequences could be severe.
Meanwhile, the news spread like wildfire.
"Six Paths Sage… alive? And sending the Great Toad Sage to cooperate with Madara?"
"After the rise of the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta, even the legendary Six Paths Sage has to intervene?"
"Unbelievable… if we can really cooperate with the Six Paths Sage, our chances of winning increase immensely."
Excitement rippled through the shinobi of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure. Many felt a surge of confidence, believing blindly that the Sage of Six Paths could crush Uchiha Yuta.
But the higher-level observers—the Fourth Raikage, Yozuki Ai; the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki; Orochimaru; the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama; the reincarnated Second Hokage, Tobirama; the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato; Hatake White Fang; and the Kage of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure—stood silently, their expressions serious.
They were not fools.
The Great Toad Sage following the Six Paths Sage's orders implied one thing: even the Sage of Six Paths, faced with the Fifth Hokage, could not directly confront him. He had to rely on external forces.
Otherwise, why reveal he was not dead and instruct the Great Toad Sage to proactively ally with Uchiha Madara?
The implications were terrifying. If even the Sage of Six Paths could not confront Uchiha Yuta directly, how powerful was the Fifth Hokage truly? The wrinkles on Onoki's brow deepened, as did those of the other Kage.
"The situation in the ninja world keeps getting more complicated… more interesting," murmured Orochimaru with a ghostly smile. "The Sage of Six Paths is not dead. Have I misjudged my research path all this time?"
After witnessing the social downfall of the Nine-Tails, Orochimaru had long admired Uchiha Yuta. Now, with the intervention of the Sage of Six Paths and the dispatch of the Great Toad Sage, events were deviating far from the expected trajectory.
Kabuto Yakushi lowered his head, a cold sweat trickling down his forehead. The current state of affairs far exceeded his tolerance for unpredictability.
"Brother, what do you make of this?"
Not far away, Tobirama, the reincarnated Second Hokage, asked cautiously, "It seems the Six Paths Sage and Myōboku have aligned against the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta?"
The Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, nodded solemnly. "If the Six Paths Sage sent the Great Toad Sage, it means he intends to act against Konoha."
Hatake Sakumo added gravely, "Even the Sage of Six Paths is involved… I wonder if the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta, can withstand this."
Hashirama shook his head, skeptical. "The Six Paths Sage does not reveal himself personally. That means even he is not confident enough to suppress Uchiha Yuta directly. Otherwise, he could have easily done so without intermediaries."
The implications were clear: the Fifth Hokage had become a force that even legendary figures hesitated to confront directly.
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