Chapter 441 A must-have response

The Grass Ninja fled into the Land of Fire.

When Konoha's garrison ninja discovered it, they must deal with it accordingly. Whether it was expulsion or detention, these grass ninjas must not be allowed to enter the hinterland of the Land of Fire and wander around wantonly. I didn't find that it was something else.

The same thing, once discovered, it must be dealt with, and the rock ninjas who are chasing after them naturally want to capture all these grass ninjas.

This can easily lead to a confrontation between the Iwa Ninja and the Konoha Ninja. Fortunately, the Konoha side, under the leadership of the Third Hokage, is always the most restrained one. Except for the leadership of Danzo, under normal circumstances,

The Konoha ninjas never take the initiative to provoke, and even when someone blocks the door, they always choose to deal with it calmly and with restraint as much as possible.

The Iwa ninjas who were chasing after them had obviously received instructions from above, and they could only apply pressure but not actually take action.

Be it a general or an Onoki.

They are all the type of leaders who are bold yet cautious.

Even if their ninja village is really strong enough to defeat two major ninja villages on their own, what is unnecessary is simply unnecessary!

This group of rock ninjas are openly exerting pressure on the border.

It is also a very straightforward statement of the attitude of Iwagakure Village.

'This is an issue between us and the Grass Ninja and Kumo Ninja. Konoha, you'd better not get involved!'

When the Third Hokage received the news delivered back by the border guards as quickly as possible, even though Hiruzen Sarutobi was old and his reaction was not as sharp as before, he could still easily read the meaning in advance.

Just after frowning and thinking for a while.

The Third Hokage first ordered the garrison on the northwest border not to act rashly, and after first taking the captured Kusanagi into custody, he immediately dispatched his own ANBU to invite Mito Kaden, Koharu, and Shimuradan.

Hide three people over here.

By the way, they also sent someone to call Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Haiichi, two young jounin who can currently be considered the most important think tanks of Sarutobi Hiruzen, to come together to attend this special Konoha high-level meeting.

Not long after.

The nearest Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Kaiichi came in advance.

"Hokage-sama!"

After entering the Hokage's office, the two of them bowed slightly and saluted with a touch of respect.

"Well, the three elders will come together in a moment. Lu Jiu and Hai Yi, you two will take a look at this information coming from the border first."

Sarutobi Hiruzen also nodded slightly in greeting.

Then he motioned to the two of them to take a look at the scroll of information placed on the table that recorded the information passed back by the Konoha ninjas on the border.

This also contains a relatively detailed record of the previous collision between the three village ninjas and the subsequent information about the Iwa ninja chasing the fleeing Kusanagi.

After looking at each other, Shikaku and Haiichi stepped forward, picked up the scroll on the table, and spread it out.

When the content came into view of the two of them.

Even Shikaku and Haiichi were mentally prepared in advance.

But at that moment, the two people's pupils still shrank slightly.

There is a high possibility of a further large-scale collision between Kumogakure and Iwagakure. This was predicted by all the major ninja villages as early as half a year ago, but as mentioned before, this impact came

A little too fast!

Moreover, the Kumo ninja side actually joined forces with the remaining forces of the former grass ninja, and even used the tailed beasts from their own ninja village!

Even though there are not many ninjas in battle.

But once the tailed beasts join the battle, their nature is already very different!

Now it is even more likely that even their own tailed beasts will join in. Seeing this unfolding, Shikaku and Haiyi don't know what words to use to describe Yunyin Village's decision. Do you want to say that they are reckless?

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It doesn't seem quite right either.

But just looking at the results.

This time, the Yunyin Village side did not simply steal the chicken but lose the rice, but suffered heavy losses in the real sense!

The importance of tailed beasts!

That is self-evident!

To put it bluntly, even if hundreds or even thousands of ninjas die in battle, in many cases they are far less important than a tailed beast. To put it even more exaggeratedly, a shadow may not live or die depending on a tailed beast.

The key to the beast’s fall.

Even though Erwei's fall is not 100% certain.

But looking at the previous and later information.

Shikaku and Haiichi both felt that this was almost a certainty.

And the Hidden Cloud Village lost a tailed beast.

There is a high probability that they will not give up. To put it bluntly, no Ninja Village would be able to accept such a result.

And once Kumogakure and Iwagakure go into full-scale war, it will mean that the fragile balance of the ninja world that has only been maintained for a little more than two years will be completely broken!

'Is a new round of ninja war really about to break out?'

The expressions of Shikaku and Haiichi became very solemn at this moment!

Once the ninja war breaks out again, Konoha Hidden Village, which is at the core of the continent, will definitely not be able to survive alone.

It is now the 54th year of Konoha, and it has been seven years since the Third Ninja War. If you really think about it, it is indeed "reasonable" to have another Ninja War. It is very consistent with the five major ninja villages.

of urine.

But for their Hidden Leaf Village, a very serious problem is that since the Nine-Tails Rebellion broke out in Konoha in 48, their village has not really been peaceful for a while. First, the Fourth Hokage and a large number of Konoha

The ninja died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and then there was a local war with Kumogakure Village, followed by the defection of the Uchiha clan, and the defection of Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, and then the war with Iwagakure Village.

A war that was almost on the verge of an all-out war.

It started in 1948 and lasted until 52 years. During this period, Konoha Hidden Village, not to mention recuperating, was continuously weakened. Compared with just after the third war, they have become even weaker now!

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Now that we are about to face the crisis of a new ninja war, Shikaku and Haiichi really feel that the future of their ninja village is not so good.

In particular, Shikaku also recalled that his own Jiraiya-sama left the shinobi village again two years ago to travel around the world and was unwilling to inherit the position of the Fifth Hokage. This Konoha military advisor was a huge headache.

To be honest, even the three Inokacho and Inokacho families, the staunchest supporters of Naruto, are already a little bit dissatisfied with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

They really hope that their Ninja Village can choose a new Hokage with more potential.

But Jiraiya was unwilling, and Tsunade was nowhere to be seen.

Shikaku and Haiichi had no choice but to remain silent for the time being. They couldn't just try to escape from the shinobi village, right?

That is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.

When the two of them had just read the information and were thinking about it, the door was pushed open again.

The other three giants in Konoha F4 also appeared.

Mito Menitis, Koharu went to bed but nothing happened.

After Shimura Danzo stepped in with a gloomy look on his face, the temperature in the Hokage's office seemed to drop suddenly.

Shikaku and Haiichi were also shocked.

"Hiruzhan, you called the three of us over at this time. Did something important happen somewhere? Cloud Hidden Village? Or Iwagakure Village? Or maybe there is news about Uchiha Obito again!?"

As soon as he took his seat, Shimura Danzo, who was on the left hand position, turned his head and looked straight at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was in the upper position, and asked in a very low tone.

Danzo finished his words.

On the side, Mito Kadeni and Koharu, who was sleeping, also looked solemnly at Sarutobi Hiruzen in the first place.

A high-level meeting exclusive to Konoha F4.

Generally speaking, there is nothing important.

At most, you can just send someone to notify them. Once a high-level meeting is held urgently, it will definitely involve the most critical issues.

Shimura Danzo also immediately thought of these three people.

After all, in the entire Ninja Village now, these three are the only ones who have the real ability and motivation to threaten their Hidden Leaf Village.

Especially Uchiha Obito!

When I think of the invasion a year and a half ago.

Danzo felt very regretful. It was his biggest mistake not to let the evil boy who was comparable to Uchiha Shoji and Sarutobi Hiruzen die together, but Danzo himself was not without gains!

After confirming that Obito Uchiha was indeed not alone, that he had considerable strength, and that Kakashi Hatake's eye had actually been transplanted, in the past year and a half.

While Danzo was still strengthening contact with the Akatsuki organization through Orochimaru, he was also conducting internal investigations one by one, looking for where Sarutobi Hiruzen might have placed the Mangekyō Sharingan. The ordinary Magatama Sharingan, where

In the past few decades, through some dirty means, Danzo has obtained more than a dozen pairs.

There are also three magatama sharingan in it!

But this was the first time I had the opportunity to come into contact with the Mangekyō Sharingan.

And he also has eyes with space magic abilities.

Danzo is absolutely unwilling to let it go!

In this year and a half, although Danzo has not really succeeded yet, he has already achieved a certain degree of gains. The next step is to look at his own operations, but it is obvious that the cooperation of Uchiha Obito is still needed here!

Here, Danzo took the initiative to ask if it was related to Uchiha Obito.

There is also this aspect of meaning in it.

Naturally, it was impossible for all of Danzo's little moves to escape the sight of Sarutobi Hiruzen, especially the problem with Obito.

The Third Hokage can be said to be extremely insightful, not to mention the attack a year and a half ago.

In the past year and a half, Hiruzen Sarutobi has discovered some tricks, but when the Third Hokage faces his close friend, his so-called "good old guy attributes" are still fully displayed.

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He had always felt that Danzo was a bit radical and paranoid.

Overall, I still think about Konoha.

Just mentally plan to hit Danzo at some point.

Therefore, I still turn a blind eye to some of Danzo's actions.

He just hoped that his best friend could understand his painstaking efforts and not really make it too difficult for him.

But it's obvious that Hiruzen Sarutobi put a lot of effort into this.

It's unclear whether Danzo will feel it, but he will definitely 'disappoint' Sarutobi Hiruzen's expectations. The original work has already explained this very well, and Danzo will only do more excessive things in this life.

Behavior comes.

Perhaps Danzo was really only thinking about the interests of Konoha.

But now it is absolutely necessary to add a prefix.

That is to only consider 'his own interests of Konoha'!

"You guys take a look first, this is the information sent back from the border."

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not answer immediately, but gestured to Shikaku and Haiichi who were standing on one side.

"yes!"

Shikaku also stepped forward.

Submit that information scroll to Mito Monobu and the others.

When the three of them quickly read the content recorded on the scroll, the three of them also frowned, and their expressions became extremely cold and serious.

"Are you sure that the second tail has fallen into the hands of Iwagakure? Hiruzen?"

Mito Kadoyan, who was the first to read the information, took a deep breath and asked with a very solemn expression.

"Well, this should be certain!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded slightly and said.

The Mangekyo Sharingan of the Uchiha clan has a strong restraint effect on tailed beasts. This can be seen from the fact that the nine tails in their own ninja village can be controlled. With the strength of the Uchiha general, he crushed and controlled the tailed beasts.

The second tail shouldn't be a problem.

From a pure conclusion, this is undoubtedly the stupidest judgment on the part of Kumogakure, but from a practical point of view, who knows how strong Uchiha Shoji will be?

The plan for Kumogakure Village this time was drawn up by Todai himself and then submitted to the Fourth Raikage for review and approval.

They had also considered that the worst outcome would be that the mission failed, and the Kumo ninjas who sneaked in would suffer heavy losses.

But it should be possible to ensure the safe retreat of Todai, Yukito, and Darui. There are already grass ninjas in front to attract attention, and it is impossible for the Iwa ninjas to send a large army to support them in a short period of time.

Logically speaking, the plan should not cause any major surprises or problems.

But.

General is the one who breaks the rules.

One person is worth thousands of troops.

Not to mention ordinary grass ninjas and cloud ninjas, even the two-tailed ninja and the monster with a pair of flesh wings had to be suppressed by Shoji alone.

It can only be said that Yunyin Village had a big problem with its initial estimate!

Or to be more precise, it was because Yunyin Village was a little too confident that this result occurred.

"Then it seems that there is a high probability that a war will break out between Iwagakure and Kumogakure, unless the Iwagakure side is willing to return the two-tailed Jinchuuriki unconditionally, but..."

Mito Monoyan shook his head slightly and said.

He knew very well what the tailed beast meant to a shinobi village.

Yunyin Village cannot sit idly by and ignore this.

It is absolutely impossible for Iwagakure Village to return the two tails unconditionally, let alone the life and death of Todai, an important figure in Kumogakure Village and more than two hundred Kumo ninjas!

Judging from the temperament of the third Tsuchikage and the fourth Raikage, the outbreak of war between the two great ninja villages can almost be said to be a certainty.

"Humph, it's their business to break out a war. As long as it doesn't affect us Konoha, that's fine. But what does Iwa Ninja mean? Pursuing them to the border area of ​​our Fire Country? Is this to provoke us Konoha?

Hiruzen, you won't succumb to the persecution of Iwagakure so easily, right? This is a matter of face for our Konoha!"

When Mito Menyan and Koharu moved to bed, they were more concerned about the relationship between the two major ninja villages and the war that was likely to break out next.

But for Danzo.

He was more concerned about the issue recorded at the bottom of the intelligence about the Iwa ninja chasing into the border area and confronting the ninjas guarding his own ninja village.

From Danzo's point of view, this was Chigoguo's provocative behavior.

Hear Danzo's words.

Mito Kadoyan and Koharu also frowned when they went to bed. It's not that they didn't see this information, but compared with the former, the latter was obviously not that important. Iwa Ninja gave chase and faced off at the border. Isn't that very important?

Normal thing?

There was no real attack.

No matter how stupid the Iwagakure side is, they will not flirt with Konoha when they have already fallen out with the Kumogakure village, right?

The most important thing now is to clarify the situation of Konoha once a war breaks out between Iwagakure and Kumogakure!

"Humph, do you think this is a trivial matter? This is a provocative test by Yanyin Village's Chi Guoguo! They themselves know very well that there is a high probability that a war will break out with Yunyin Village, and in Sand Hidden Village,

However, there is still a key problem of the northern fortress. It cannot be ruled out that once the war breaks out, Iwagakure Village will face the possibility of being attacked by two major ninja villages. Therefore, this is a test they made before the war! I want to see

Look at our attitude in Konoha!"

I saw the expressions on my two best friends.

Danzo could guess what they were thinking with his toes.

Those were almost the words snorted subconsciously, and it must be said why Hiruzen Sarutobi, who is also a disciple of the Second Hokage, can become Hokage, and Danzo Shimura can at least serve as the second-in-command of Konoha, in charge of the root elite.

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As for Mito Kaden, Koharu could only serve as a nominal advisor to the Hokage (when Tsunade was in power, the two elders still had some real power, but when the Third Hokage was in power, there was no authorization from Hiruzen Sarutobi

, these two elders seem to have high status, but in fact they have no rights!)

In fact, there are still fundamental differences between the four people.

Whether it is Sarutobi Hiruzen or Shimura Danzo, after all, they do have the qualities and conditions that a village leader should have!

Otherwise, Senju Tobirama would not have favored Hiruzen Sarutobi to succeed him as Hokage, and Hiruzen Sarutobi would not have allowed Danzo to lead a root alone. The reason is because the two of them have corresponding attributes and abilities.

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As for Mito Menyan, Koharu is much worse off.

It can be seen from just this one thing in front of you.

The gap between the first two and the last two.

Didn’t you see that Nara Shikaku could not help but secretly nod his head when Danzo finished speaking?

"!?"

"this?"

Mito Menitis, when Koharu went to bed, it was as an afterthought that her brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Well, Danzo is right. This should be a test of us by the Iwagakure side. They want to see in advance what kind of attitude we have in Konoha and what kind of actions we will take next."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was on the throne, also nodded slightly and continued.

"What do you mean, Hiruzen?"

Mito Monoyan paused for a moment, then asked with a hint of inquiry.

He didn't wait for Sarutobi Hiruzen to answer.

"Hmph, you must not say that you just gave those grass ninjas to the Iwa ninja side so easily! Hiruzen, let alone the fact that this will harm our Konoha's face, it will make the Iwa ninja think that Konoha is weak and can be bullied.

We can obtain further information from those grass ninjas alone, which will be of vital importance to our subsequent judgment of the situation!"

Danzo, who was sitting next to him, snorted again and said.

"Don't worry, I won't hand over those grass ninjas to the Iwa ninjas easily. Even if I do, it's the same as what you said. At least we have to figure out what happened first. As for the collision between the three villages, I

We plan to put forward a proposal to convene a five-kage conference with Konoha as the leader!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen also shook his head and said.

Although he was unwilling to quarrel with the Iwagakure Village, he could not really deliver the captured grass ninjas to the hands of the Iwagakure so easily.

What is that mysterious monster that can fly?

How did Uchiha Shoji defeat the two tails and that monster?

And whether there are other hidden secrets in this collision, these are the key points. Before knowing these, it is absolutely impossible for Sarutobi Hiruzen to push these grass ninjas out. This third generation Hokage is indeed in

Sometimes he may appear very indecisive or even excessively weak, but he is definitely not stupid!

The moment Danzo heard the first half of Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, the look on his face softened a lot. That's right!

Konoha is the leader of the five great ninja villages.

There is no reason to be weak to the outside world, toughness is the attitude they should have in Konoha!

But the 'Five Kage Conference' proposed by Sarutobi Hiruzen later made Danzo frown.

"Five Shadows Conference?"

"At this time?"

"Hiruzen, do you think the Raikage and Tsuchikage will agree?"

It's not just Danzo either.

Mito Kaden and Koharu showed disapproval on their faces. In their opinion, the relationship between the two great ninja villages had completely broken through the critical point!

A war may break out at any time.

Let’s hold a meeting of the Five Shadows now? Doesn’t this seem a bit too rash?

among those present.

Only Shikaku showed a thoughtful expression.

"It is during this period that we have to do this. This is also a way to show our Konoha attitude!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a rare and firm tone with a firm tone.

"Of course, this also depends on Iwagakure and Kumogakure, so the necessary preparations are still indispensable. From today on, we must strengthen the defense of the northwest and northeast sides of the border. For the time being, let the villages be mobilized.

Make sure you can support the front line as soon as possible!"

Decisions can be fixed at a single level.

But preparation needs to be more comprehensive.

You can't really place your hopes on just one thing.

As for Sarutobi Hiruzen's arrangement, Mito Kaden and Koharu had no objections.

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