Chapter 407 Leader of the Allied Forces
"Are you ready for the challenge?"

Uchiha Madara's voice continued to echo in everyone's mind. They couldn't imagine that the Uchiha Madara in front of them was just a wooden clone whose strength was less than 30% of the original body.

If even the wooden clone has the strength of a Kage, then how powerful must Uchiha Madara's real body be!
Is this really an enemy that the five major ninja villages can defeat together?

After a long time, Ohnoki looked at Uchiha Madara in front of him with a complicated expression. He thought he had grown into a strong man that Uchiha Madara would look at him with admiration, but in fact there was still a huge gap between the two sides.

Uchiha Madara looked at Ōnoki quietly and used the remaining chakra in his clone to cast Susanoo.

Susanoo raised his two swords and slashed towards the fortress. With the power of Susanoo, if it could hit the fortress, the fortress and the ninjas above would be destroyed in an instant.
At this moment, Bai Ye, who had been watching the show for a long time, moved, and he suddenly clasped his hands together.

I saw several huge vines growing again on the cracked ground, entwining the two Susanoo swords. Then Bai Ye jumped high and swooped down towards Uchiha Madara's position.

With just one punch, cracks appeared on Susanoo.

The next moment, Susanoo shattered like glass, and Bai Ye appeared directly in front of Uchiha Madara, drew his sword and cut Uchiha Madara in half.

After enduring damage beyond his limit, Uchiha Madara turned back into wood.

Before he was about to lose his chakra aura, he looked at Bai Ye with interest and said:

"You are Bai Ye. I didn't expect that there would be such a strong man like you in this era. It seems that this war will become more and more interesting."

Bai Ye glanced at Uchiha Madara, and then said: "Uchiha Madara, are you planning to start a war? Is your purpose of collecting tailed beasts to challenge the six major ninja villages?"

Uchiha Madara smiled, shook his head and said:

"You are the challengers. Before the Infinite Tsukuyomi arrives, I don't mind having a fight with you up-and-coming talents to see if you are qualified to enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi space."

After a pause, Uchiha Madara looked at the people above the fortress and shouted:
"You juniors who are called the Five Kage? Do you have the confidence to accept the declaration of war from Uchiha Madara? In three days, I will lead the Ten Tails to attack you! This will determine the future of the ninja world."

After saying this, Uchiha Madara's wooden clone completely withered and dissipated in the wind.

After Uchiha Madara's clone disappeared, the ninjas present shifted their attention to Bai Ye. They looked at the ninja who defeated Uchiha Madara's clone with complicated eyes.

Uchiha Madara’s strength is extremely terrifying. Bai Ye was able to defeat the Wood clone and gain the recognition of Uchiha Madara.

This is a good thing for the Allied Ninja Forces, as they will not be left without a ninja to take the lead, making the six major ninja villages a joke.

But Byakuya is a ninja from the Hidden Rain Village, not from the ninja village they belong to.

Bai Ye’s outstanding performance just now will definitely affect the selection of the coalition’s chief general. The position of the coalition leader will not fall to the Hidden Rain Village.

Doesn't this prove that the five major ninja villages have been surpassed by up-and-coming ones and have no successors?
After a brief silence, Tsunade and others came to Bai Ye.

Tsunade looked at Bai Ye's fist and asked with some doubt: "Bai Ye, you just broke Susanoo with your supernatural power, right? Isn't that the secret technique of the Senju clan?"

Bai Ye did not deny it, nodded and said: "It is the extraordinary power of the Senju clan. Lord Hokage should remember that I am a descendant of Uzumaki and have received the inheritance of the Senju clan. This is also part of it."

Hearing this, Tsunade fell silent and began to doubt her life.

She had heard about the successor of the Senju clan a long time ago, but she just thought that Bai Ye was borrowing the name of the Senju clan. Awakening the Wood Release bloodline was not a difficult task for Konoha today.

But things like the Thousand Hands Secret Technique are not that approachable.

Could it be that my great grandfather and second grandfather really left a backup plan for the Uzumaki clan, as well as the inheritance of the Senju clan?
Ohnoki walked up to Bai Ye. He didn't pay attention to the Thousand Hands Secret Technique and Wood Release Ninjutsu. He looked at Bai Ye and said, "Bai Ye Jonin, what do you think of Uchiha Madara's strength?"

Bai Ye hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Uchiha Madara is very powerful, and his clones have the strength comparable to the Five Kage, but I believe that with the joint efforts of the Allied Shinobi Forces, even Uchiha Madara can be defeated."

Hearing this, Ōnoki's brows relaxed and his lost confidence began to recover.

Uchiha Madara represents the ceiling of the old era, and even in today's era he is still a mountain that is difficult to please. However, Uchiha Madara is not invincible, and he still has things he fears.

If Uchiha Madara was really invincible, he would not have sent his clones here today, but would have captured all the ninjas participating in the conference.

And the situation this time is different from that of decades ago.

Decades ago, it was himself and the second-generation teacher who challenged the Uchiha, but this time, Uchiha Madara’s enemy is the entire ninja world, and behind them are all the ninja villages in the ninja world.

At this time, Jiraiya and the Fourth Raikage, who had gone to hunt down Obito, returned to the fortress.

After seeing the fortress being cut in half, Jiraiya and the Fourth Raikage frowned and hurried over to ask, "Tsunade (Hokage), what happened here just now?"

Tsunade told the story of the past in detail.

After hearing that Uchiha Madara had sent troops to attack the fortress, Jiraiya and the Fourth Raikage looked extremely gloomy, and they were even more afraid of Uchiha Madara's strength.

The legendary Uchiha Madara is so powerful that even his clone can use Susanoo.

It seems that Killer Bee and Ushio's perception was correct. The masked man was just a clown pushed to the front. There was someone else behind the hunting of the Jinchūriki, and that person was the Asura of the Ninja World, Uchiha Madara.

However, is there something wrong with Konoha's Wood Release technique?

Uchiha Madara and the masked man, who were both rebel ninjas, both mastered the Wood Style Kekkei, and Byakuya from another village also mastered the Wood Style Kekkei, but only the Konohagakure Village did not have a powerful Wood Style master.

Thinking of this, the Fourth Raikage said to Tsunade: "Fifth Hokage, it seems that it is you Konoha who caused the trouble this time. The masked man is not a ninja from Konoha. He must be Uchiha Madara."

Tsunade's face turned extremely pale, but she had nothing to say.

Jiraiya frowned and looked at the Fourth Raikage, and said, "Lord Raikage, let's not blame each other in this situation. Let's talk about our experience."

The Fourth Raikage's face stiffened, and then he said:
"The operation to hunt down the masked man failed. After entering a forest, we were attacked by unknown creatures. Although these people looked very stupid, they were able to imitate our ninjutsu."

"After defeating those unknown creatures, the masked man also disappeared."

After hearing that Jiraiya and the Fourth Raikage had failed in their pursuit, a layer of frost covered everyone's faces. Of the two murderers of the Six Kage Conference who attacked, one managed to escape successfully, and the other was just a shadow clone.

If the attackers cannot be punished, the Six Kage Conference will undoubtedly become a joke.

At this time, Bai Ye walked towards the Fourth Raikage and Jiraiya and said:

"Those unknown creatures are called White Zetsu. They have cells of the First Hokage in their bodies, so they are very difficult to deal with. I have dealt with them before. If you don't have super perception, you can easily be attacked and monitored by them."

"So your name is White Zetsu...but why haven't I heard you mention it in advance before?" Halfway through his speech, the Fourth Raikage suddenly realized that the relationship between the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Rain Village was not harmonious. In the limited few contacts they had, both sides were enemies.

Bai Ye seemed to be quite interested, and explained to the Fourth Raikage with a smile: "It was the past. Now that the Shinobi Alliance has been established, we will take the initiative to share information."

After Bai Ye's tone softened, the Fourth Raikage also became much more polite.

In the face of the great crisis of the ninja world posed by Uchiha Madara, the gaps between the major ninja villages became insignificant. After all, the major ninja villages only wanted more benefits.

Uchiha Madara really wants to destroy the ninja village system and even the entire ninja world.

More than ten minutes later, everyone returned to the fortress conference room. After repairing it with earth and wood escape techniques, the conference room was still in tatters, but it could barely hold meetings.

The content of the meeting was also very simple, apart from discussing the situation between the masked man and Uchiha Madara.

It is to continue the previous leader election and select the general who will lead the ninja coalition to fight against the threat of Uchiha Madara.

What’s different from before is that there is one more candidate for the leader of the coalition forces, and that is Bai Ye.

Although Byakuya is not the leader of the Hidden Rain Village, but the leader of the Akatsuki organization, considering the relationship between Byakuya and Yahiko, there is actually not much difference in their status.

What really prompted Mifune and others to change their minds was undoubtedly Bai Ye's previous performance.

In front of Uchiha Madara's wood clone, Mei Terumi and Zabuza, who were qualified to run for the Mizukage, suffered a crushing defeat. Although Hokage Tsunade, Tsuchikage Ōnoki and Kazekage Sasori defeated the wood clone.

But because the opponent was just a clone, he lost the courage to continue fighting.

Only Bai Ye dared to face Uchiha Madara's edge, and crushed him in momentum. This courage was exactly what the Ninja Alliance needed.

"Everyone, regarding the selection of the leader of the coalition forces, I think Byakuya Jonin is very suitable."

At the meeting, Red Sand Scorpion changed his previous attitude and expressed his support for Bai Ye to become the leader of the coalition forces.

Faced with Scorpion's proposal, the other ninja village leaders were silent for a few seconds, and then after thinking for a long time, they also expressed their opinions.

After witnessing Bai Ye's strength and momentum, Tsunade knew that she was not as good as Bai Ye and could only express her support for Bai Ye.

No matter what, Bai Ye is the heir of the Senju clan, so there is no need for Konoha to refuse.

Mei Terumi and Zabuza are not even Mizukage, so they are naturally not qualified to be bad guys. They can only cast their vote for Kirigakure to Byakuya. Anyway, Kirigakure is nominally one of the five major ninja villages.

But in fact, he had already joined the Akatsuki system and accepted its protection.

The Fourth Raikage still insisted on becoming the leader of the coalition. He was full of confidence in himself and his brother Killer Bee. The Hidden Cloud Village must gain dominance over the coalition.

Oonoki also had opinions supporting him, but after thinking it over, he chose to abstain.

He has a shadow over Uchiha Madara. Even though he has tried hard to overcome it, he will still subconsciously feel fear when he sees Uchiha Madara.

The shadow left by Uchiha Madara was too severe.

He finally mustered up his confidence, but in the end he was told that Uchiha Madara was just a wooden clone. Doesn't this mean that Uchiha Madara didn't use his power when he dealt with him and his teacher?

A ninja who is full of fear of Uchiha Madara naturally cannot serve as the leader of the coalition forces.

However, as a powerful figure among the village leaders, he could not support others to serve as the leader of the coalition forces and could only choose to abstain.

Admiral Mifune glanced at everyone and immediately expressed his opinion.

He also supported Bai Ye to become the leader of the coalition forces. As a well-known neutral country in the ninja world, he would always support the interests of the majority of ninja villages and would not sing a different tune on such matters.

Moreover, he also had some idea of ​​the thoughts of the leaders of the major ninja villages.

After Bai Ye showed his extremely strong strength, the Five Kage were actually no longer suitable to be the leaders of the coalition forces. Firstly, being a leader would offend Bai Ye, and secondly, being the leader would maximize the benefits for Bai Ye.

After all, compared to themselves becoming the leader of the coalition, they hope that the other side will not become the leader of the coalition.

After a round of voting, Bai Ye successfully became the leader of the Ninja Alliance.

The other ninja village leaders who participated in the voting became captains of armies, commanding different armies in different places.

……

A few hours later, the news that Bai Ye became the leader of the coalition forces spread throughout the fortress.

All the Shadow Guard members from the major ninja villages heard about this and were shocked by the news and had a heated discussion about it.

They were not unfamiliar with the name Bai Ye.

Bai Ye is one of those ninjas who became famous at a young age. He showed strength comparable to that of an elite jonin in his youth and is expected to become a ninja at the level of the Five Kage in the future.

They had also heard about Bai Ye's actions in the ninja world and knew that he was a figure comparable to the Five Kage.

But being comparable to the Five Kage does not mean that one can really be compared with them. There are many people in the ninja world who have the ability to become the Five Kage, but all of them failed in their bid to become the Five Kage.

Either because of the sensitive identity or because the personality is not suitable.

But the most important reason is that they are not strong enough. Their strength cannot surpass the current Kage, so they can only condescend to become elders and manage the ninja village as elders for a long time.

And Bai Ye actually won the final victory in the election for the leader of the coalition forces in which the five Kage participated.

Soon, after hearing about the battle between Byakuya and Uchiha Madara, these Shadow Guard members finally understood why Byakuya became the leader of the coalition forces.

The reason is very simple, because Bai Ye's strength is even stronger than the Five Kage.

The Five Kage are the strongest ninjas in the five major ninja villages, and the leader of the coalition forces is obviously more famous than the Five Kage, so he must show strength that will convince the Five Kage.

Bai Ye's combat capability surpassed that of the Five Kage, and naturally he was enough to become the leader of the coalition forces.

However, having said that, the ninjas from the major ninja villages are not completely without opinions, and the troubles between ninja villages are not so easy to resolve.

(End of this chapter)