Chapter 283 – Mount Myōboku's Betrayal
"Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing?"
"I… I'm the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki! Please let me go, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Naruto Uzumaki struggled violently, shouting threats as if he were about to explode at any moment.
But in truth—Naruto was the king of harsh words and foolish bravery. And there was only one person who could always shut him up.
That was Haruno Sakura.
"Naruto, don't you think this is embarrassing?"
Sakura's expression was icy cold, like a tigress ready to pounce.
Bang!
Her fist came crashing down on Naruto's head with a sickening crack.
"Ahhh…!"
Naruto screamed, clutching his skull with tears in his eyes. Using Kurama's chakra? Impossible. Even in his hot-headed state, he knew better than to risk Sakura's wrath.
"Hmph."
From the side, Uchiha Sasuke—ever proud—snorted dismissively. Even though Naruto had grown stronger, Sasuke's arrogance as an Uchiha genius was unshakable.
You've become stronger? Then I'll become stronger too.
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That little outburst quickly passed, and the atmosphere in Konoha Village grew light and pleasant. Civilians gazed up at the massive projection in the sky showing the battlefield, some even sneering.
The Allied Shinobi Forces? What a joke.
The Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta, stood at the peak of the ninja world.
If those fools dared attack Konoha, weren't they just rushing to their deaths? Even resurrecting legends like Senju Hashirama wouldn't change anything.
The Fifth Hokage—Uchiha Yuta—was untouchable. An eternal god.
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But in one corner of the square, Jiraiya stood silently beside Tsunade, his face heavy with sorrow.
"So… Great Toad Sage, are you truly standing against Konoha?"
His voice trembled. He finally understood why Gamabunta and the other toads had been avoiding him. Mount Myōboku—the sacred land he had trusted for decades—had betrayed him. The Great Toad Sage, Fukasaku, Shima… they had chosen to side with Uchiha Madara.
The realization tore Jiraiya's heart apart.
He clenched his fists but could do nothing.
The path you walk is your own. But… Mount Myōboku was about to pay the price.
When Uchiha Yuta made his move, Mount Myōboku could very well be wiped from history.
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"The Shikkotsu Forest has already joined Konoha…"
Tsunade took a deep breath, her voice calm but cutting. "Mount Myōboku made a terrible move. Even remaining neutral would have been better than openly siding against us."
"Yeah…" Jiraiya's face twisted with bitterness. "Now that they've completely turned their backs, the Fifth Hokage will show no mercy. I just hope… at least a few little toads survive."
"Let's hope so." Tsunade folded her arms, her tone sharp. "The leadership of Mount Myōboku is no different from Konoha's past elders—Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Homura, and Koharu. Cowards and fools."
"Sometimes, breaking down and rebuilding is the only way forward. Perhaps this will be Myōboku's fate."
Jiraiya had no words. He only sighed.
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Indeed, after the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave joined Konoha, many ancient secrets from the era of Princess Kaguya had been revealed.
The greatest of them:
The Great Toad Sage had betrayed his vows. He was the one who had secretly broken the pact forbidding the three great holy lands from interfering in human wars. He had backed Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, in unifying the shinobi world—while suppressing Ryūchi Cave and the Shikkotsu Forest.
It was only because of that betrayal that Mount Myōboku had risen in power.
Forced into submission, the Slug Sage and White Snake Sage had no choice but to bend the knee.
But now, with Uchiha Yuta on the rise, both Ryūchi Cave and the Shikkotsu Forest had cast their lots with Konoha.
As the White Snake Sage bluntly put it:
"Back then, we had no choice. Now, we will stand with the right side."
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"I never thought… Great Toad Sage, that you would ally with Madara Uchiha," Uchiha Yuta's voice finally echoed across the skies, cold and cutting. "No doubt you act under the orders of the Sage of Six Paths. So tell me—was Mount Myōboku always just his lapdog?"
Boom!
The words exploded like thunder, shaking all of Konoha and reverberating through the alliance battlefield.
The Fifth Hokage had spoken, and the entire shinobi world trembled.
But the people of Konoha only raised their heads proudly.
The Sage of Six Paths? Even he could fall before their Hokage.
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"You dare!"
Fukasaku and Shima's faces twisted with fury. For millennia, none had dared insult the Great Toad Sage.
"Who do you think you are, brat?!"
But Uchiha Yuta's gaze was ice-cold as he looked upon them from the screen.
"A dog should know its place. Don't bark out of turn."
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