Multiverse Mastermind: Starting in Naruto-Chapter 587 - 476: The World War Begins! (Part 2)

When Uchiha Sasuke gave a kunai to Ayu, he incidentally beat Ace up, hoping Ayu would grow into a strong ninja and not become the seductive female ninja Ace talked about.

"Hey, kid..."

The Fourth Raikage held Ayu’s kunai and coldly said, "This was given to you by Uchiha Sasuke, right? What’s your relationship with him?"

Ayu shivered as she looked at these people, each seemingly holding a ninja’s kunai: "Who... who are you guys..."

The next second, hope awakened on Ayu’s face, and she asked expectantly: "Are you... ninjas of the Kozuki Clan?"

"No, we’re not."

Admiral Mifune gently patted Ayu’s small head and smiled as he said, "We come from Uchiha Sasuke’s homeland. He told us that this country is suffering, and that’s why we came specifically."

What nonsense about the Kozuki Clan!

If I remember correctly, all these people surnamed Kozuki, Amatsuki, and Shimotsuki must be purged in this war!

"Really?"

With a face full of anticipation, Ayu looked at Mifune.

It must be said, these samurai and ninjas indeed gave Ayu a very good impression.

"Yes!"

Admiral Mifune nodded cheerfully and continued loudly, "Alright, leave a squad here on guard and everyone else, keep moving forward!"

"Yes, Captain Mifune!"

The 5th Squad advanced swiftly, sweeping through the entire Kuri Region!

It wasn’t until they attacked Head Mountain that they encountered strong resistance because a powerful bandit lord nestled there—a former retainer of Kozuki Oden, now under the name Shutenmaru, leader of the Head Mountain Thief Gang!

The Head Mountain Thief Gang’s strength wasn’t much, but their leader, Shutenmaru, was unusually strong, engaging in a one-on-one battle with the Fourth Raikage!

"Damn it... Just who are you?"

Shutenmaru swung his long sword, forcing the Fourth Raikage back, and looked coldly at the army surrounding them: "I don’t recall the Kozuki Clan having guys like you!"

"What nonsense!"

Full of anger, the Fourth Raikage charged in with a punch!

This tough battle lasted for several hours!

Although the Fourth Raikage was extremely quick and could avoid Shutenmaru’s blade, he ultimately couldn’t break through Shutenmaru’s Armament Haki defense!

This battle made the Ninja Alliance 5th Squad realize how formidable this world was, that even a mere bandit could give the Fourth Raikage such a hard time!

It wasn’t until the Fourth Raikage, at a crucial moment, awakened Haki and used a one-armed Lariat to defeat Shutenmaru that the biggest trouble in the Kuri Region was settled.

As for the weapon factory in the Kuri Region, the Hundred Beast Pirates, having lost the Tobi Roppo, had only some eccentric Devil Fruit ability users. Apart from astonishing the Ninja Alliance, they didn’t really cause any trouble.

The Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee defeated a few Devil Fruit users before realizing these guys weren’t really strong...

Damn it...

Seeing a dozen odd-looking guys, they almost thought they were up against Tailed Beast Jinchuriki and nearly scared themselves to death!

Compared to them.

The Third Division was almost too leisurely.

Led by Hatake Kakashi, the Third Division easily captured the entire Sable as it was the most desolate place in Wano Country, encountering a few pirate squads that were not strong in battle.

The Second Division’s battle was very steady.

Huang Tu led the Second Division, advancing gradually in the Suzu Dance Region following traditional ninja combat styles, as he led a force second only to the First Division.

Even though Huang Tu’s combat style was very stable, he encountered no resistance; instead, he was mistaken as reinforcements for the restoration.

What a dilemma...

There was even a guy named Denjiro and a peculiar individual called Kawamatsu who brought a woman claiming to be Kozuki Hiyori and asked them to stop this unnecessary sacrifice because no one could possibly defeat Kaido.

"So bold..."

Even Huang Tu was speechless. Not only did he intend to purge members of the Kaido Pirates, but also capture members of the old Kozuki nobility, and here someone just delivered themselves!

Did they really think ninjas were from their household!

Huang Tu waved his hand, signaling his ninja troops: "Arrest them and escort them to the Flower Capital to be dealt with by Lady Konan, the council president!"

As the Tobi Roppo under Kaido’s command had been purged by Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Obito, all intelligence regarding Wano Country was sent back to the Ninja World by Uchiha Obito, making all units advance very smoothly.

Only one unit faced a bit of trouble.

That was the First Division attacking the Udon Region.

Because Jiraiya, leading the First Division, was gearing up for a tough battle, even prepared with Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi.

Nara Shikaku ordered the First Division to spread out, quickly clearing out the peripheral personnel of the whole Udon Region before surrounding the final target!

The cage of Wano Country—Udon!

This place, governed by Plague Queen, one of the Three Calamities, was heavily guarded by numerous pirates and Plague Queen, a pirate of formidable strength himself!

Unfortunate enough...

Plague Queen faced off against a truly strong opponent!

The last Nine-tailed Jinchuriki of the Ninja World, Uzumaki Naruto!

To scout out Udon’s situation, Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto infiltrated stealthily because Naruto sensed that the enemies there were extremely strong.

Of course, Uzumaki Naruto said things that probably didn’t mean much.

If he mentioned another name of his, it might have made Plague Queen more wary—his former teammate, who forced him to dance for a whole day last month, Uchiha Sasuke...

Coincidentally...

When Uzumaki Naruto sneaked into Udon, Plague Queen was happily dancing.

"This bastard sure tarnishes the art of dance!"

Jiraiya, seeing Plague Queen and the pirates dancing, found the scene rather eye-searing.

Uzumaki Naruto, however, didn’t think so and even laughed and complimented: "Ero Sage, this guy’s dance isn’t bad at all, even better than Killer Bee’s!"

"..."

Jiraiya shook his head and sighed, "You little brat still don’t understand the art of dance... hey, Shikaku, if you can hear me, order the troops to encircle and surround this place from outside!"

"Yes, Master Jiraiya."

Nara Shikaku was informed of his orders immediately through Yamanaka Inoichi.

Udon had a good position; it’s hard for people outside to enter, meaning it’s also hard for those inside to escape. Once surrounded, there’s virtually no escape!

Jiraiya slowly clasped his hands, and toad oil paint gradually appeared on his face. He said in a low voice, "I must say, this world is vast, and natural energy is abundant... just starting and I’m able to enter Sage Mode..."

Jiraiya slowly raised a finger, "Once the news of Shikaku leading the troops to surround reaches us, we begin!"

"Yes..."

Uzumaki Naruto’s expression grew serious, his fists clenching with a smile: "Are we going to have a big commotion here?"

"Yes."

Jiraiya looked up at the still-bustling Udon and continued softly, "Although according to those lawless Akatsuki guys, this could be considered as... saying hi to our enemy?"