Starting the fourth generation Hokage

Feeling the expectant look from Namikaze Minato, Nara Shikaku felt slightly flattered.

Immediately, his expression became solemn, and he expressed his thoughts without reservation.

"It has been half a month since Konoha and Iwa Ninja started fighting again. Judging from the battle reports of troop losses, Iwa Ninja can only make two choices with the remaining strength...

One is to plan the most violent offensive to date. If they win, they will invade the Land of Fire and expand their results. If they lose, they will call a truce and sign an armistice agreement with Konoha.

The second is to shrink the military strength and enter a protracted war of attrition like now. However, it is impossible for the top Iwa Ninjas not to understand that Konoha cannot be defeated by exhaustion. "

"So I think it's very strange that the Iwa ninja suddenly made such a posture of wanting to confront each other for a long time."

"This kind of strategic decision-making, as well as a timid and lack of decision-making style, is also very different from their past behavior."

"The last thing I want to say is that I heard that the Steam Ninja Han of Iwa Ninja has never appeared on the front line..."

Nara Shikaku's meaning was clear. The opponent's trump card was not shown, and his behavior was obviously strange.

Han is the five-tailed Jinchuuriki of the Iwa Ninja, famous for his manipulation of the strange power of steam.

In the wars of the past few years, he made great achievements for the Iwa Ninja. It can be said that he is the perfect successor to the four-tailed Jinchuuriki Lao Murasaki who has left the Iwa Ninja Village and became a wandering monk. He is responsible for his status and strength in the Earth Kingdom. .

"So what Captain Shikaku means...isn't it time for Konoha to launch a counterattack?"

After hearing this, Namikaze Minato fell into deep thought.

At this time, Konoha had too many internal problems that needed to be solved. If possible, he just wanted to end the war quickly and then develop with peace of mind.

However, Nara Shikaku shook his head again, "That's not the case..."

“The reason why Iwa Ninja started the war is simply because Konoha has just experienced the Nine-Tails Rebellion and its strength has been greatly reduced.

But now, after the first few waves of fierce offensives, I found that I didn't take advantage of it, so the internal command had different opinions and hesitated because of it. It's not impossible..."

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere at the conference table suddenly fell silent again.

Nara Shikaku is worthy of being a staff officer. After his words, he has basically analyzed the current situation very thoroughly.

However, the final decision still needs to be negotiated to reach a unified conclusion.

"It seems that the initiative in the war is now undoubtedly in the hands of Konoha..."

Squinting his left eye slightly, Shimura Danzo felt something in his heart, secretly sighing that the opportunity had finally come, and then he pretended to be casual and said: "Since the decisive battle is coming sooner or later, we might as well take the initiative."

"I propose to send more troops to the front line and take advantage of the opportunity to defeat the Iwa ninja and end the war!"

Although this standard statement of radicals does not seem to have much of a problem at this time. But since it was the Pot King's speech, Namikaze Minato always had to think twice about it.

Surprisingly, Danzo's words quickly attracted the unanimous approval of the two advisors.

"The Yondaime, this is indeed an opportunity to end the war. I agree to send more troops..."

"I also agree..."

Mito Kato and Koharu, who were sleeping together, looked at each other and then looked at Namikaze Minato.

Namikaze Minato suddenly felt troubled. According to his memory, the end time and landmark events of the Third Ninja War between Konoha and Iwa Ninja were not stated clearly in the original work.

So he wasn't sure if there was any risk in doing so...

After a long time, Namikaze Minato suddenly thought of something and asked: "By the way, where is the Kumo ninja?"

"If we send more troops and the eastern border is suddenly attacked by Kumo ninja, wouldn't it be possible..."

He suddenly thought that although there was no definite news about when Konoha and Iwa Ninja would stop fighting during the third war, Kumo Ninja actually fought with Konoha until Hinata was four or five years old...

It is certain that Kumogakure, who is now calm, will definitely start a war again.

It's just that he has the advantage of being a time traveler and knows this information, but others don't, so he has to raise this possibility...

"Lord Hokage's concerns are not unreasonable, but Kumogakure is extremely far away from Konoha. If he makes any move, it shouldn't be difficult to detect..."

Nara Shikaku nodded affirmatively at first, then looked at Danzo and said, "Danzo-sama, is there any change in Kumogakure's regular communication messages from the Intelligence Department?"

"If it can be confirmed that Kumogakure has not made any secret moves in recent days to send more troops to the front line of Grassland, I think it is feasible..."

Unexpectedly, Nara Shikaku also agreed to increase the number of troops. But the premise is that it must be confirmed that Kumogakure has not behaved abnormally as usual recently.

When everyone's eyes were focused on Danzo, who was in charge of the intelligence department, the latter raised his eyes slightly and said calmly: "You can rest assured of this. According to the latest news I received, the spies lurking inside Kumogakure, There was no sign of any village preparing for war.”

"Really? Then we can rest assured."

"Add more troops..."

The two members of the advisory team breathed a sigh of relief, as if they no longer had any worries.

However, on the other side, Namikaze Minato's mood was a bit complicated now. I thought to myself: Don’t worry, I’m not…

For the pot king, it is impossible not to be prepared.

He really wanted to question Danzo's intelligence source and make a decision after confirming its authenticity. But this seems to be meaningless, because it is impossible to doubt Danzo, who is still the Hokage's assistant, without reason. It would be good if it could be verified that the scapegoat king had released false information. If the news was true, wouldn't he be bitten back?

Now that everyone has agreed to the strategy of increasing troops, even if he wants to object, he has to resist the pressure.

what to do?

While Namikaze Minato was hesitating, the advisory duo, including Nara Shikaku, Danzo and others, which was very rare, had already unified their opinions and all looked towards him.

At this moment, no one noticed that a strange look flashed across Shimura Danzo's eyes.

Clearly looking forward to something...

After a long time, Namikaze Minato suddenly had an idea in his mind, and said calmly: "Surge in troops can indeed defeat the Iwa ninja, and I agree..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shimura Danzo breathed a sigh of relief.

The look of success flashed across his eyes. He felt refreshed and thought to himself: Since you have agreed, just wait for the war to fail. Hiruzen, Hiruzen, the successor you have chosen, it seems that he is still a little too young...

“Since everyone has no objections to this decision, I’d like to thank Captain Shikaku for your hard work.

Please also draw up a reinforcement plan and specific time as soon as possible. "Mito Monohan asked the battle officer Nara Shikaku as usual.