Escape From Konoha

We met Sakumo at nine o'clock in the morning the next day. Shiraishi and the other two arrived at the Konoha camp on the front line of the Land of Fire.

There is basically no change here from before. If there is any change, it is that the atmosphere here is more tense than before.

However, the last task of cutting off Sunagakure's supply, although Shiraishi and the three of them 'failed' due to the root's trouble, Sakumo completed the task very beautifully.

He single-handedly destroyed Sunagakure's important supply points, causing Sunagakure's offensive strength to decline.

"In other words, as long as it survives this winter, Sunagakure will destroy itself?"

Shiraishi asked.

It is now early October, and the weather is slowly getting cooler, especially in December, when the Land of Fire and the Land of Sichuan enter the harsh winter season.

The Sunagakure ninjas do not have enough supplies to survive this winter. When early spring comes, the situation will become extremely unfavorable for Sunagakure.

"That's generally true, but we're not sure whether Sunagakure will really retreat. We can only say that it's very likely."

Sakumo nodded.

In the case of insufficient supplies, launching a final ferocious attack to open a gap into the Land of Fire is also a way out for Sunagakure.

After all, the Third Kazekage is taking the lead this time, so he must be fully prepared.

The more times like this, the more attention must be paid to not allowing the Sand Ninjas to take advantage of them.

"Then what are the tasks assigned to our team?"

"It's still the same as before, looking for lone Suna ninja troops to annihilate, and reducing the pressure on the frontal battlefield from the side."

Sakumo replied.

He is very aware of his limits as a ninja. He does not have any large-scale ninjutsu attacks. All his strength comes from physical skills and sword skills.

Therefore, he will have a headache against enemies with large-area ninjutsu attacks, but on the other hand, his taijutsu teleportation and sword skills are all at their peak.

If he couldn't keep up with his speed and lacked the defensive means to resist the White Fang dagger, for him, there was only the difference between killing the enemy with one sword or several swords.

This point, Shiraishi and the others are also very clear.

He is a ninja with obvious flaws and strengths.

It is suitable for small-scale battles, but in large-scale battles, it will limit his strength.

Because he had more things to consider on the frontal battlefield, such as avoiding kunai and detonating talismans flying from nowhere. If he encountered many companions in danger, whether to save them or not was also a question worthy of serious consideration.

As a result, his sword skills will become hesitant and dull, and he will not be able to exert 100% of his power.

Shuo Mao has nothing to complain about.

Because of their different abilities and personalities, ninjas are assigned jobs that suit them.

He is only suitable for this kind of action and fighting. Just as the Sannin is not qualified for his job, he is also not qualified for the Sannin's job.

"You have just arrived here today. Let's rest here for a day. We will start the mission tomorrow morning."

"yes."

Before Sakumo left, he said to Shiraishi: "By the way, I forgot to mention, Shiraishi, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the medical camp and have a look. There is still a shortage of medical ninjas on the front line. Although it is only for one day, it is not enough." It can relieve the pressure there."

"I see."

Shiraishi nodded and walked towards the medical camp.

It is true that it relieves the pressure on the medical team, but how much pressure can be relieved, Shiraishi also knows that it is just Sakumo's comforting words.

After all, treating patients is the bounden duty of medical ninjas, and Shiraishi has no reason to refuse.

However, in Shiraishi's view, Konoha still has the shortcoming of insufficient medical ninjas. It is entirely due to problems with his own cognition and execution strategies that lead to such results.

Konoha attaches great importance to medical education because it began to train medical ninjas a few years ago due to the medical reforms proposed by Tsunade.

But in fact, at the beginning, Konoha didn't pay much attention to medical reform.

In their eyes, instead of allocating resources to medical ninjas with weak combat effectiveness, it is better to cultivate more powerful ninjas and strengthen the village's combat effectiveness.

However, after experiencing the extremely brutal Rain Country War, it was discovered that resources were allocated to powerful ninjas and the mortality rate remained high, so medical ninjutsu courses began to be mandatory in ninja schools.

Shiraishi was a member of the first medical ninja experimental class of the medical reform. He knew very well how lax Konoha was in training medical ninjas.

If Tsunade hadn't proposed this reform... Konoha might not have paid much attention to the profession of medical ninja until now.

(PS: I remember it happened in the original work. When Tsunade proposed medical reform, all the senior officials and jounin, including the Third Hokage, were not interested in Tsunade's proposal. Only Kato Suan supported Tsunade, maybe because he was greedy for Tsunade. hand body...)

When we arrived at the camp where the medical team was located, we could hear the painful cries of the injured wailing and crying. The smell of disinfectant and blood also mixed together and penetrated into Shiraishi's nostrils.

Coupled with the limited scope of the camp, some injured people could only lie outside and receive cursory treatment.

It is the rule of Konoha's medical force to give priority to rescuing seriously injured ninjas before treating the moderately and lightly injured.

Here, Shiraishi also saw Tsunade, but he did not go there to reminisce. Tsunade was using medical ninjutsu to treat the injured.

Shiraishi explained the purpose of his visit to the deputy commander here, and the other party was very happy. At this time, one more medical ninja is equivalent to rescuing a few more wounded.

Especially the other party is the medical ninja specially equipped for Sakumo's team, who is the first batch of students in the medical experimental class of the ninja school. No matter how you look at it, medical ninja can't be too bad.

Therefore, he immediately assigned more than a dozen moderately and mildly injured people to Shiraishi, as well as some medical supplies, and asked him to get to work quickly.

Shiraishi walked to an open space where there were many injured Konoha ninjas lying on the ground, about dozens of them.

Along with Shiraishi, there were three medical ninjas. The oldest was in his thirties, and the youngest was several years older than Shiraishi.

Even though they are both medical ninjas, there is no communication at all, or there is no time at all.

Shiraishi concentrated on using healing techniques and treated the wounds of these injured people with skillful and standardized movements.

During the treatment process, Shiraishi will also communicate with the injured to reduce the pressure in their hearts and treat them better.

"I'm already fine. I just need to take a good rest for two days."

"I know you. You are a member of Sakumo's Jonin team. You are really powerful in medical ninjutsu."

The healed Konoha ninja praised Shiraishi in a kind tone.

"No, compared to my predecessors, I still have many shortcomings."

Shiraishi just smiled modestly at this compliment.

After all, compared to a medical ninja of Tsunade's level, he still had a lot to improve.

Starting in the morning, Shiraishi ended his medical work until it got dark in the evening.

Because most of the tents were requisitioned by the medical troops, even so, some wounded were not allocated to tents, so when Shiraishi came back to join Liuli and Ayane, they were only allocated an open space for resting.

At five o'clock in the morning the next morning, the sky was dark, and the three of Shiraishi had already woken up.

Some Konoha ninjas are still sleeping, and there are also many Konoha ninjas patrolling the outer circle of the camp, mainly sensory ninjas and ninjas from the Hyuga clan.

When Shuo Mao came to look for them, the three of Baishi had prepared everything, including Bingliang Pills, Antidote, Kunai, Detonating Talisman, Sealed Scroll, Medical Kit, etc., all equipped without missing a single one.

As the only auxiliary medical staff in the team, Shiraishi was assigned to equip as much supplies as possible, so he stuffed emergency food and water in his backpack.

The next mission of Sakumo's team can also be said to have no mission content.

If you encounter enemies, annihilate them, if you encounter companions, support them, and if you are lucky enough to encounter the Suna Ninja's transport convoy, destroy them.

It's like Sa Yin sent elite troops to make trouble in the Fire Country before, to distract Konoha's attention, and even make the front-line Konoha ninjas dare not move casually.

The same goes for Team Sakumo's mission this time.

Go deep into the Kingdom of Sichuan and even into the Kingdom of Wind, carry out sabotage work behind enemy lines, and let Sakumo's team deal with the situation according to the situation on site.

The above gave Sakumo's team considerable freedom, which also meant that this mission was highly dangerous.

Not to mention Shiraishi and Ayane, Liuli is already eager to give it a try.

After experiencing the last battle, her ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu have grown greatly, and her sharingan has also been upgraded to the three magatama form.

This growth is obvious, and Sakumo is very satisfied with it. He thinks that if he wants to deal with Ruri now, he can't just take it lightly.

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November, mid-month.

Country of Sichuan, Sunagakure Camp.

Sandai Kazekage looked at the information sent by the people below with a gloomy face. In the past month, it has been frequently reported that the sand ninja team performing patrol missions in the country of Kawa was wiped out by the enemy.

"Konoha White Fang!"

The Third Kazekage slammed his fist on the table, his eyes burning with anger.

Even without looking at the intelligence information, you know who did such a thing.

Except for Konoha White Fang, no one among the jounin that Konoha can dispatch now has such a terrifying annihilation speed.

The speed was as fast as a tornado, and wherever it went, not a single inch of grass grew, and it was uprooted.

Whether it is a jounin team, a chuunin team, or even a genin team, they will all be cut off without mercy, without mercy.

Apart from the famous White Fang, the Third Kazekage could not think of any other Jounin of Konoha who could do this.

His most trusted puppet troops, two of the elite, were also annihilated in the Land of Fire by the team led by Bai Fang, and even the corpses are still in Konoha's hands.

The power that Sunagakure can mobilize is not much higher than that of Konoha. The only variable lies in his Kazekage and his unused trump card - Shukaku.

The poison attack strategy created by Sunagakure was broken by the Konoha ninja Tsunade.

He is fine for fighting head-on, but the overall quality of sand ninjas is worse than that of Konoha ninjas. In addition, there is a shortage of medical ninjas in the camp, and the death rate is a little higher than Konoha's.

Now that White Fang is harassing the rear, Konoha's next step...

Sure enough, not long after, a jounin came in and reported that there was something strange happening in the Konoha camp. Nearly a thousand ninjas set out from the camp and headed towards here from the front.

However, the moment they entered the border of Kawanoguni, Konoha's thousand-man troops stopped moving, as if they were just out for a parade.

But the Third Kazekage understood that Konoha planned to press Sunagakure on the frontline battlefield and create opportunities for the White Fang team to attack.

If Sunagakure goes after the White Fang team at all costs, Konoha's large army will press forward from the front.

"Is that guy Fenfu still not agreeing?"

The Third Kazekage looked at a Sand Jounin with a solemn expression.

"I don't agree. No matter how I try to persuade him, I don't agree to use Shukaku's power. He said that I hope you, Kazekage-sama, will value peace and stop the war, which is for the best of Sunagakure."

The jounin replied.

"Stop the war for the sake of sand concealment, okay?"

Sandai Kazekage turned his gaze to the direction of the Land of Fire.

The land there is richer than the Land of Wind, and Konoha's talented ninjas emerge in endlessly, such as White Fang, Sannin, Kato Dan...

The Ninja Clan includes the Inar, Deer, and Butterfly Clan, as well as other famous Ninja Clan, including Sarutobi, Shimura, Inuzuka, Aburame, etc.

What's even more frightening is that the most complete ancient blood-stained giants in the ninja world, Uchiha and Hinata, are also in Konoha.

With such a powerful lineup, the Third Kazekage felt heavy at the thought of this.

If we don't take advantage of the fact that Konoha hasn't recovered from the Rain Country War, we can plunder resources in the Fire Country, and wait until Konoha recovers to reap the benefits, it will be extremely difficult.

Because Konoha is becoming more and more powerful, it has put enough pressure on the surrounding countries and ninja villages.

If this continues, as Konoha becomes stronger and stronger, the space for Sunagakure to survive will become less and less.

We can only continue to reduce military expenditures and reduce the number of ninjas. We can only watch the number of ninjas in Konoha increase and increase, and the military expenditures become more and more sufficient, making them unique in the ninja world.

By then, Sunagakure will be completely living under Konoha.

The Third Kazekage didn't want to see Sunagakure like that. No matter how powerful Konoha was, he would still fight it.

As long as Konoha's power can be weakened, Sunagakure can breathe a sigh of relief and see hope of prosperity.

If there is no war, there is not even a glimmer of hope.

Therefore, the Shukaku Jinchuriki's idea of ​​"peace is the most precious" in sharing blessings is just from a personal point of view, but between countries, there is no justice and evil, only strength and weakness, only gains and losses.

"He is not suitable for this ninja world. Although Shukaku is very peaceful in his body, if he does not take the initiative to stimulate, there is no risk of going berserk. But it also means that Sunagakure will not be able to use this weapon. The weapon cannot be used. This is for The greatest tragedy of war. It seems that a new Jinchuriki is needed..."

Hearing the words of the Third Kazekage, the Jonin was shocked.

"Master Kazekage, this..."

"Don't worry, I just mentioned it casually. After all, the transfer of the tailed beasts is of great importance and must be decided through a high-level meeting."

The Third Kazekage said this, but he could not make the jounin feel at ease.

"So what should we do now?"

This Jōnin was very helpless.

This is the most difficult place for Sha Yin.

Compared with Konoha, not only the overall quality gap, but also in terms of top ninjas, they are not as good as Konoha.

Just one Konoha White Fang gave them a lot of headaches. The Suna ninjas were all frightened by allowing such a dangerous ninja to carry out destruction in the rear.

Recently, many sand ninjas are afraid to take on missions such as patrolling Kawa no Kuni.

Facing that White Fang, many sand ninjas have begun to feel frightened.

"I already have a countermeasure. This is a personal letter from Iwagakure Ohnoki to me. He will secretly help us Sunagakure."

"That Tsuchikage? To be honest, I don't recommend Kazekage-sama to cooperate with that Tsuchikage."

"This is our only chance."

The Third Kazekage said.

As he spoke, he sat down at his desk and drafted two letters.

After writing the letter, he handed it to the close confidant Jonin next to him and said: "A letter is sent to the commander of Konoha, Orochimaru, and a letter is sent to the patrol team to the hands of Konoha White Fang."

"This is……"

The jounin looked at the Third Kazekage in confusion.

"Go down."

"yes."

Despite his doubts, the jounin went down to carry out this mission.

"This is all for the sake of Sunagakure... Konoha..."

Three generations of Kazekage murmured faintly, a sharp breath flashed in his eyes.

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The western region of Kawa no Kuni.

It is located at the junction of the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Sichuan.

The Suna ninja who came from the Land of Wind to support the Land of Sichuan would pass by this road.

The four members of the Shuo Mao team carried out the annihilation strategy here.

Destroy every sand ninja you encounter.

After annihilating a team, get away immediately without delay, find a hidden place to hide, and then continue to annihilate after a while.

Putting aside Sakumo, a long-famous jounin, Ruri and Ayane are also at the jounin level, and have special blood inheritance limits. The destructive power brought by the three of them is amazing.

Shiraishi only needs to provide some small assistance at the rear of the team, such as poisoned smoke bombs and throwing detonating charms.

When not in combat, local materials were used to make medicines, such as Bingliang Pills and detoxification pills. After all, the Suna Ninja's puppet master weapons were highly poisonous, and it was dangerous to accidentally touch them.

In this way, the sustained combat capability of the Shuo Mao team was increased.

This morning, another six-member sand ninja team was wiped out.

It may not seem like much, but since accepting this mission more than a month ago, they have been fighting and fighting every day, and Suna ninjas have been dying in the hands of their team. There are hundreds of Suna ninjas in total.

When you are lucky, you will also encounter a convoy from the Land of Winds entering the Land of Rivers, burn the few supplies that Sha Yin had, and then use Liuli's large-scale fire escape technique to create chaos by using agile mobility. Run away and avoid being surrounded by large forces.

If there are fewer people chasing, they will be annihilated by their team in reverse.

If there are more chasing ninjas, use the super high mobility to lead the opponent around in the country of Chuan.

Unless Sand Yin dispatched more than a few hundred ninjas at one time, including more than 20 jounin, it would be impossible to encircle them in the country of Chuan.

If Sandai Kazekage really had this kind of determination to divide up so much of his vital force, Sahikari would have no chance of defeating Konoha, and the loss would be even greater.

Shiraishi skillfully rummaged through the corpse of Ninja on the dead sand, searching for things.

The scrolls that might record ninjutsu and information, the detonating charms used for combat, and the ration pills used for recovery, all of them were taken away until the backpack could no longer fit.

Baishi couldn't help sighing that following Shuo Mao, the task was done so smoothly.

The last time the three of them faced groups of sand ninja, they could only run around.

Even though their strength has become stronger now, they dare not confront Sand Yin's large army head-on.

Now with Shuo Mao leading the team, small-scale troops, as long as there are no more than a hundred people, go directly to fight.

If there are more than a hundred people, they adopt a wandering strategy and lead the sand ninjas around.

Chasing or not chasing, this choice must be very tangled for sand ninjas.

If they catch up, they may die. If they don't catch up, Sakumo's team will continue to wreak havoc, constantly attacking Kawa no Kuno's sand ninja patrols and attacking their transport convoys.

And with the white eyes of Ayane, you don't have to worry about setting up a battle in a hurry. When you encounter a large-scale army, you just need to break through from the weakest place.

In terms of ability to break through, Sakumo took the lead in the charge, so it can be said that he can come and go freely within the territory of the country of Kawa.

"Okay, the search here is almost done."

The six corpses on the white stone ground were groped cleanly.

A total of one high ninja, three middle ninjas, and two low ninjas.

During a face-to-face meeting, Liuli and Lingyin were completely wiped out by Shuo Mao before he could make a move.

Shuo Mao contributed the most, but without the assistance of the three of them, it would not have been so smooth, at least the problem of continuous supply would have been a headache.

Sakumo nodded and started to move.

The three Baishi followed closely behind, moving extremely quickly.

In this way, he was running at the junction of the country of the river and the country of the wind.

Rest when you are tired, eat dry food, drink some water, and then go on the road.

Until around three o'clock in the afternoon, a four-member sand ninja team appeared in Ayane's eyes.

Sakumo didn't hesitate, and carried out an annihilation operation against this sand ninja team according to the rhythm of the past.

"strangeness."

Ayane said something.

"What's strange?"

Liuli looked at her.

"There should be one person in this team who is a perception ninja. He sensed our existence, but he didn't escape, and he wasn't ready to fight..."

Hearing what Ayane said, the other three people frowned slightly.

"It's like they were specifically waiting for us to pass."

Ayane said unsurely.

"Are there any traps and ambush around?" Sakumo asked.

Ayane looked at it carefully and shook her head.

Not to mention traps, these sand ninjas didn't even use chakra and had no intention of using long-range ninjutsu to attack.

Just when they were about to get close, one of the Sand Ninja broke away from the team and rushed towards them.

At Ayane's signal, Sakumo stopped, and Shiraishi and Ruri also stopped.

It didn't take long for the sand ninja to appear in front of them in the form of a teleportation.

He didn't do anything, he just took out a sealed letter from his ninja bag.

"Your Excellency White Fang, this is a letter from our Lord Kazekage to you. Please read it."

The other party looked businesslike.

Ayane nodded to Sakumo. There was no poison or chakra flowing in this letter, it was just a normal letter.

Sakumo walked over, took the letter from the Suna ninja, opened it and scanned it, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"I know, I will confirm this myself."

The Sand Ninja nodded and disappeared from Sakumo.

"Teacher Sakumo, this letter is..."

Shiraishi and the others came to watch, curious about the contents of the letter.

Sakumo didn't hide anything and spread the letter to Shiraishi and the others.

At the top of the letter, there were only three words - reconciliation.

This was the signal for the Third Kazekage of Suna Ninja to stop the war with Konoha.

"Is this letter credible?"

"I don't know, let's see what Orochimaru said. If you agree, the war will end here. If you disagree, we will continue to carry out our mission. Before receiving the official order, the mission will be temporarily suspended, and there is no need to attack sand ninja."

After Sakumo finished speaking, he looked into the distance with his deep eyes.