Konoha: Start from untying the caged bird

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His identity is none other than Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki who once betrayed Kirigakure.

Under the influence of Hyuga Yuzuru, the Akatsuki organization, apart from the unfortunate Yagura Karatachi, did not have time to take action against the other Jinchūriki, which is why Utakata did not die as in the original story.

Utaka originally harbored deep hatred for Kirigakure because of the Village of Blood Mist and chose to leave, but after Mei Terumi took office, she sent people to bring him back.

With Mei Terumi's transformative impact on Kirigakure becoming undeniable, Utakata was eventually persuaded to return to Kirigakure and strive for a better future for the village.

"What are you laughing at... Damn it..." Mei Terumi clicked her tongue, crossed her legs, crossed her arms in front of her, and looked at the smiling Konoha ninjas in front of her. She seemed to have finally calmed down: "Tell me, how do you plan to fight!"

Hyuga Yuzuru calmly gazed at the outstanding ninjas before him, simply placing his hands on the table, leaning back in his chair, and said indifferently: "As you see it... face them head-on, resolve and crush them!"

I don't want a Pyrrhic victory, nor do I want them to be forced to surrender. I want a glorious, complete victory that will make them tremble with fear of war from this day forward, and make them pay the heaviest price for this invasion!

Mei Terumi's brows furrowed as she surveyed the people in the camp, pondering to herself. She had to admit that if the current elite forces of Konoha were to fight to the death, they should still have a considerable chance of winning this battle.

The damage may be...

"According to the plan, at this stage, everyone has done enough."

Gentlemen, please cover for me tomorrow.

The Konoha ninjas had complicated expressions, but no one objected. Only the Kirigakure side was still confused. After a while, Mei Terumi asked in astonishment, "What do you mean by that?"

Uchiha Izumi said calmly, "He wants to end the battle by himself."

"...Are you...crazy?" Mei Terumi's eyes widened, and after a long while, only this one word remained to describe the decision that Yuzuru Hyuga had made at that moment.

Hyuga Yuzuru simply smiled and said, "I must thank the Mizukage for his timely assistance, which strengthened their resolve to fight a decisive battle, causing them to commit all their forces here."

As for whether I was crazy or made the right choice...

Tomorrow, you can see the water shadow for yourself.

Mei Terumi shook her head slightly and looked around. Even the elite ninjas of the Land of Mist beside her, such as Chojuro, Ao, and Utakata, were all dumbfounded, just like her expression and eyes.

It seems the problem wasn't with me.

She chuckled and turned to look at Hyuga Yuzuru, only to find that he was calm and collected, while the Konoha ninjas beside him clearly had anticipated this.

He's serious!?

Surprise and shock gradually transformed into a feeling of near helplessness. Mei Terumi remained silent for a moment, then took a deep breath: "Then I'll... wait and see?"

Hyuga Yuzuru smiled and said, "Okay."

He looked at the map on the table and gave his final instructions.

"Tomorrow, you can all wait here."

"I will personally crush them... and bring back victory."

As Hyuga Yuzuru spoke, Uchiha Izumi looked at him and whispered, "Actually, we..."

"I know, but it's not necessary."

Hinata Yuzuru gently shook his head.

He looked at everyone present and spoke softly with a gentle expression: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is my moment... a moment I have been waiting for."

Consider it my whim... Now that we've come this far, what is there to hesitate about?

Isn't it enough to just trust me, watch me, and see how things unfold?

Itachi, do you remember what I said to you when we were little?

Uchiha Itachi raised his head and looked at him quietly.

"All living beings believe in some being that is superior to themselves."

The same applies to humans.

When a reliable person appears, all humans who yearn to rely on them will spontaneously follow them, and thus, the so-called family is born.

In order to escape this heavy pressure, those who are trusted will seek out those in high positions.

And so, the village came into being.

do you remember?"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Itachi vaguely recalled that when he first heard these words, it was when Hyuga Yuzuru was still a child. He was telling him that for the village, every clan should respect and help each other like clan members.

"In fact..."

The true meaning of that sentence is completely different from what I told you.

I have lied many times and done many things that were not my intention. Even though many people regard me as a savior and as a benevolent person like the first generation, in fact, I am completely different from the first generation.

I told you before, don't believe me, and don't trust anything I've done...

The reason I said that is because I know very well that what I want to do and what I want to become has never been the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, nor a savior who fights for peace.

To get to where I am today, everything I've done... is simply because I love it.

His words drew everyone's attention, a mixture of shock and calm.

But Hinata Yuzuru simply said calmly, "I love peace, so this world needs peace."

I like the world as it is now, so I will make the world the way it is now. In essence, I am no different from the Raikage; in fact, I am an even more extreme dictator—I not only want to control those around me with my own will, but I also want to make the world become the way I like because of me.

Hyuga Yuzuru's words left everyone speechless. Even Tsunade and Jiraiya, who only started interacting with him after becoming Hokage, were utterly shocked by his words.

This was unlike the easygoing Hokage of the past. The Hyuga Yuzuru who appeared before them now had the same calm expression and gentle voice as always, but the words he spoke and his nonchalant attitude conveyed a certain...

An unprecedented sense of awe!

"Kakashi, Itachi, Izumi, Kaoru..." He read out the names of these people one by one, including Neji and Naruto, who were not sitting here at the moment.

“I never imagined I would become like this, but now, I love having you all around me... So, I don’t want to lose you, and I don’t want you to take any risks.”

This is also my willfulness and dictatorship, so no one can refuse me.

Let me have a great time tomorrow!

This is not a request, it is a command.

A world where everyone lives happily and peacefully together.

This is also an inevitable future.

When tomorrow passes.

The sun rises.

My name is...

It will become a legend.

Chapter 161 Back to Heaven!

All living beings believe in some being that is superior to themselves.

In order to escape this heavy pressure, those who are trusted will seek out those in high positions.

Those who exist at higher levels crave even stronger and more trustworthy individuals...

In this way, all kings were born.

In this way, all the gods were born.

...Now, it is time for me to become a higher being.

Hinata Yuzuru stood quietly atop the mountain peak. In the distance, the endless sea of ​​people almost merged into a single line, resembling a dark swarm of ants on the horizon.

He reached out and gently removed his straw hat.

With a casual toss, the straw hat bearing the character for "fire" seemed to fly on its own, spinning in the air and drifting into the distance. It spiraled down the slope of the mountain, rising and falling, until finally being caught by a fair, white hand.

Hinata Kaoru pinched the straw hat with her fingers, took it off, and held it in her arms. What she saw next was the figure on the mountaintop lightly leaping forward.

The veins around her white eyes bulged, and the figure was pulled closer. Hyuga Yuzuru's white hair danced in the wind, and his body was dragged down to the ground by gravity, but on his face was a carefree smile that she rarely saw.

Just before he was about to crash to the ground, golden chakra wings unfurled from his back. These enormous wings, visible even from a kilometer or two away, lifted him up and carried him into the distance.

The ninjas from Konoha and Kirigakure stood silently on the mountainside, gazing up at the figure as it gradually flew into the distance before slowly landing.

In the farthest distance, the sea of ​​people, seemingly far beyond the horizon, finally arrived belatedly, their traces illuminated by the sunlight. Ninjas dressed in various colors and wearing headbands from the three great nations stirred up clouds of dust as they rushed towards them from afar.

The one leading them was none other than the contemporary Shadow of the Land of Lightning, the Land of Sand, and the Land of Rock.

As the crowd surged toward them, the three knights stopped in unison, standing only a dozen meters away from Hyuga Yuzuru, gazing at each other silently.

"Fifth Hokage, you've come here alone. Is there something you want to say?" Raikage A wasn't in a hurry. He knew very well that even if he launched a surprise attack at this moment, the guy opposite him, who had mastered many of Konoha's forbidden techniques, especially the Flying Thunder God Technique, could easily return to his own formation.

Even now, the Raikage still believed that this great battle would proceed as he had envisioned. The Konoha ninjas, who were waiting in the distance, were strangely all lined up on the mountainside in a defensive posture, but he was certain that the fighting would begin once the conversation ended.

Hyuga Yuzuru stood still, his hands hanging naturally at his sides. The still-cold wind brushed against his cheeks, ruffling his white hair. His blue eyes reflected the light quietly, revealing no emotion.

"Battle... You've come here, is there anything else you want to do?"

As Hyuga Yuzuru spoke, A's expression gradually darkened, and his body began to crackle with violent lightning. His Lightning Release Chakra Mode was already in preparation. Meanwhile, Rasa beside him looked slightly uneasy, his body covered in pale golden sand as he prepared for defense.

With his hands behind his back, Onoki stood on the ground, which solidified into a stone platform that slowly lifted him up, ensuring that his line of sight was level with Hinata Yuzuru's.

"You really think you're some kind of ninja god?!" A's voice was filled with a faint, cold killing intent, and a huge amount of chakra kept emanating, forming invisible waves that made the dust on the ground fly up.

Hyuga Yuzuru simply raised his head, gazing at the sky, and softly said, "It's finally time to say those words..."

The Fourth Raikage was not born into a position of power above the heavens.

Whether it's you, me, or even the Sage of Six Paths, the so-called gods of yesteryear, it's all the same.

But the unbearable vacancy of the throne of this day is about to end.

From this day forward...I will stand at the top!

"Utterly absurd! The God of the Shinobi World has never existed from the beginning!" The lightning on A's body grew more intense. He slightly hunched over. The distance of several dozen meters between him and Hyuga Yuzuru was only a distance that he could attack in an instant.

His mind raced, weighing whether his opponent might have set a trap or a plan, hesitating to launch a preemptive strike. The other two Kage felt the same way; at this crucial moment, in the face of the final battle, they were both deeply wary of Hyuga Yuzuru's presence. Even though they had rehearsed numerous times and considered many possible scenarios before making their move...

But when Hyuga Yuzuru actually appeared before them, he simply stood there calmly, without even releasing his aura like the Raikage, yet they still felt that he was somewhat impeccable.

It seems to be full of flaws, but... I can't believe it!

The undeniable truth is that when the three Kage saw Hyuga Yuzuru, they couldn't believe the judgment they had made immediately!

"From this moment forward, God...exists."

As Hyuga Yuzuru finished speaking, the Fourth Raikage transformed into a laser beam and rushed close.

His blue pupils moved slightly as he pivoted on the ground with one foot and pushed off with the other, gracefully turning his body. Two fingers wrapped in lightning brushed past his nose, and in that instant, in Hyuga Yuzuru's perception, he had almost frozen time.

The trajectory of the Raikage's chakra dissipating, and the look of shock in his pupils, were captured by his gaze in a mere fraction of a second.

One thing they could both confirm was that, in the instant that Hinata Yuzuru managed to catch a glimpse of his own expression under such rapid gaze, a faint smile appeared on his face.

That smile...

It is an arrogant condescension.

In Hyuga Yuzuru's line of sight, the Raikage's rapidly flashing figure passed by him in front of him as if in slow motion, and all he did was extend an arm at that moment.

'He's gone mad!?'

That was the Raikage's first thought.

Even though the Lightning Release chakra mode he was using at this moment was far from his strongest Lightning Release Armor, the sheer force of the impact and the outer shell formed by the Lightning Release chakra were enough to easily shatter mountains...

'Click'

This was an extremely faint sound, almost inaudible.

"boom!"

It was a deafening explosion so loud that even the Konoha ninjas watching from a great distance could hear it.

It's as unbelievable as a high-speed train speeding out of control being overturned by a wooden stick standing on the tracks.

The Raikage's upper body seemed to have crashed into an indescribably solid object, producing a terrifying, teeth-grinding thud before his upper body instantly collapsed to the ground. His lower body, however, continued to fly forward due to inertia, first landing on his back with a loud bang, and then, enveloped in Lightning Release chakra, he was carried away by the inertia for a hundred meters.

"hateful!!"

A furious shout rang out from within the Raikage formation. Killer Bee, wearing sunglasses, suddenly charged out and yelled, "All Raikage!"

My goal is to become the Fifth Hokage!

kill!!!"