I, The New Hokage of Konoha - Chapter 260

“Don’t be too rush.”

To everyone’s surprise, Uchiha Itachi declined Yuki’s invitation to battle.

Not only that, at this moment, he even dispersed his Susano, calmly saying,

“The battle between you and me won’t be resolved in the short term. Now that there are so many participants on the stage let them dance for now.”

Not fighting?

Yuki furrowed his brows slightly.

He really wanted to say that this battle wouldn’t drag on like the last time. But looking at Itachi’s stubborn attitude, he could only shake his head in his heart.

So, he rushed here non-stop just to watch the show with him?

To deplete the strength of Konoha and the Five Nations first?

Yuki looked at the Rock ninja on the opposite side and then back at his own side.

He didn’t expect Itachi, who had always been so confident, to start using his brain.

Yuki’s gaze flickered, and he began considering whether to take the initiative.

At the same time, as an ally, Oonoki, after hearing Itachi’s words, also frowned unexpectedly and said, “Itachi, didn’t we agree that you would deal with Yuki Senju? Why aren’t you taking action now?”

“I said I would deal with Yuki Senju, and I’m doing it now,” Itachi glanced at Oonoki and continued, “I’ve brought the opponent from the Land of Lightning, and now I’m keeping him from taking action. What more do you want? It’s up to your Five Nations Alliance to eliminate the Konoha Ninjas as quickly as possible.”

“You…” Oonoki was somewhat speechless.

He really wanted to say that this was completely different from their expectations.

In the original understanding of the high-level leaders of the Five Nations, after Itachi took on the task of dealing with Yuki Senju when the two met, they should have fought fiercely.

In this way, both of them would continue to deplete their strength, giving the Five Nations Alliance an opportunity.

But the problem now is that Itachi didn’t play by the rules right from the start; he watched from the sidelines.

Now, their side had no choice but to fight with all their might first.

Oonoki felt quite frustrated for a while.

Actually, no one here was a fool.

As someone who had emerged from the Warring States period, Itachi was no stranger to intrigue and cunning.

In the past, he had no interest in doing these things because his strength alone was enough to dominate everything.

But not anymore.

With Yuki Senju, who had the strength not inferior to the Kage, blocking the way and unable to defeat him in the blink of an eye with his most potent abilities, he didn’t mind using his brain.

The Five Nations Alliance hoped that the two tigers would fight each other and would even welcome the idea of them perishing together.

It could only be said that the other side had some unrealistic thoughts.

“Don’t worry, I’ll keep Yuki Senju out of the battlefield,” Itachi said mockingly to Oonoki, then turned to Yuki and threatened, “You make a move, and I’ll directly retaliate against the Konoha Ninjas. If you want to play this game, I have no problem continuing like this.”

Itachi’s idea was simple.

Since he and Yuki would not decide the winner in the short term, it was better to stay out of it for now and let the Konoha Ninjas and the Five Nations Alliance determine the outcome.

With the scale of the Five Nations, it was more than enough to win when you removed Yuki Senju from Konoha.

This way, they could deplete the strength of the Five Nations, and then, with their help, they could take down Yuki Senju under siege.

After all, Yuki Senju was not the Sage of the Six Paths that he had always desired. Even if their strengths were equal, he was willing to sacrifice his own desire for battle for the sake of resolving Yuki Senju, the final obstacle, as soon as possible before his long-planned Eye of the Moon plan.

Itachi had stated his attitude.

At this point, Oonoki, who was relying on the other side, couldn’t say anything more and turned to look at Yuki Senju, wondering what this person was thinking.

At this moment, Yuki was still considering his battle with Itachi.

Now that he had activated his Rinnegan, but he had not yet reached the Six Paths mode, in terms of strength, he was only making incremental improvements, not a qualitative change.

Although he was confident that he could defeat Itachi in a battle, it wouldn’t be an easy process, and it would take some time.

If he were to take action, with Itachi’s recent threats and attitude, his 15,000 Konoha Ninjas would probably end up in a bad situation.

He didn’t want to see such a heavy price.

As for using Kaguya’s transportation technique to bring Itachi into a different dimension.

After thinking about it, Yuki shook his head.

Although Kaguya’s technique only required proximity, unlike the need to touch someone or a remote Amaterasu attack to transport the target into another dimension, unlike someone who entered the Amaterasu space, people and things transported by Kaguya’s technique still had a time limit.

The more powerful the existence, the faster they would automatically break free from Kaguya’s space.

Considering Itachi’s strength, which was only below the level of the Six Paths, he was afraid that Itachi would break free before he defeated him.

In addition, Yuki also glanced at Uchiha Madara, who had been silent all this time.

He knew very well that this guy, with both eyes focused, could use the Amaterasu to move into other people’s spaces.

If Kaguya’s technique could open a passage to Kaguya’s space, even for the likes of Toneri Otsutsuki, he didn’t believe that his early-stage Kaguya technique could exempt him.

So…

Had he really been threatened?

Finally, after looking at his trusted Konoha Ninjas, who admired him greatly and whom he also regarded as brothers, and then at the 20,000 Rock Ninjas on the opposite side, Yuki, who couldn’t threaten Itachi in the same way, calmly said to Itachi,

“As you wish. I just hope you won’t regret it later.”

Seeing this, Itachi, who had succeeded in his plan, raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, “The word ‘regret’ has never been in my dictionary.”

“No regrets?”

Looking at Itachi at this moment, who had a smug look on his face as he ordered Oonoki to quickly crush Konoha, Yuki’s mouth also curled up slightly.

Itachi was still too arrogant.

Although he had used his brain this time, he still didn’t realize the true power of Konoha.

He thought that by restricting himself, Konoha would collapse.

Little did he know that Konoha’s strength now relied not only on him alone.

People like Minato, Kushina, Tsunade, Shisui, Jiraiya, and many other Konoha Ninjas working together were the fundamental guarantee for Konoha’s survival.

It was all right like this.

Originally, he was worried that Itachi, who had been silent during the Fourth Great Ninjas War, would suddenly make a big move.

But now that the other party had already shown all his cards, he could also accompany the other party.

Next, let his subordinates give Itachi a good lesson and make him understand what it means to lift a stone only to drop it on your own feet.

“Minato, it’s up to you from now on,” Yuki patted Minato’s left shoulder, who had always been trustworthy, and said confidently.

“Don’t worry, Lord Hokage!”

Minato, who had always been loyal to Yuki, gave his assurance with full confidence.

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