The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

"...In this case, please nobles take action as soon as possible. We, the Minazuki clan, can cooperate with nobles at any time."

In the Shimada clan's conference room, the envoy of the Minazuki clan bowed slightly to Hanzo.

The two documents on the table, where the ink is still wet, are the agreements reached by the two clans.

Although Minazuki Arashi's initial request was to let the Shimada clan help them completely defeat the Oniden clan.

But when it came to negotiations, it was normal to ask for a high price and pay back the money on the spot. Minazuki Arashi didn't expect the Shimada clan to agree to it outright.

In private, Shuiwu Yuelan also revealed everything to the envoy.

As long as the Shimada clan agrees to help them deal with Byakuren, the Minazuki clan can accept it.

The so-called "handling" here must at least be responsible for containment.

Now the Shimada clan's promise was to kill Byakuren, which was higher than the Minazuki clan's limit. Naturally, the envoy hurriedly agreed.

Hanzo picked up one of the documents and looked at it casually... Nonsense, the agreement was written by the Shimada clan themselves, how could they deceive themselves?

After a while, Hanzo put down the document and said: "Don't worry, envoy, our clan will take action after a period of preparation."

Hanzo had already said this, and the envoy of the Minazuki clan couldn't press any further, so he could only say: "Please do it as soon as possible."

The agreement had been signed, and the envoy had no intention of wasting any more time, so he directly rejected Hanzo's invitation and left in a hurry.

After all, anything can happen on the battlefield.

Although the possibility is very small, if the Ghost Lantern clan suddenly provokes a war, he, as a jounin, can be regarded as an important fighting force.

After seeing off the envoy of the Minazuki clan, Chungnian stood next to Hanzo and whispered: "When will we set off?"

What the Shimada clan wanted to do this time was a beheading operation. The only ones who had the ability to behead Byakuren, and the Shimada clan didn't think so, were Shigenen and Hanzo.

As for the others, at most, Genji can barely intervene.

Hanzo shook his head when he heard this: "Don't worry, we need to collect some more detailed information about Bai Lian, including any details of every battle in the past two years."

Hanzo's tone was solemn: "This operation must be fatal with one blow, but we must not suffer any major losses, otherwise the gain will outweigh the loss."

Ninja intelligence is definitely an important part of the battle.

In later generations, the battle between Asuma and Hidan was clearly arranged by Shi Mingxue because he did not know the other party's information.

However, after this battle, Shikamaru learned the information about the immortal duo and arranged for them to work together, which shows the importance of information.

Zhongnian said thoughtfully: "That's right. Let the family's intelligence ninjas take full action. By the way, the Minazuki clan can also ask them to provide some information as a reference."

Although the Shimada clan is in the Kingdom of Water, they have not personally participated in this war, so it is inevitable that they will miss some information about Byakuren.

Now that I am planning to take action against him, I naturally need to collect as much information as possible.

The information provided by the Minazuki clan can be used as a reference, but the Shimada clan will not rely entirely on them.

The Shimada clan themselves have often done this kind of tricking their allies, so how could Hanzo dare to gamble on the integrity of the Minazuki clan?

Hanzo nodded when he heard this, indicating that he understood.

In the next few days, the intelligence systems of the Shimada clan, the Hyuga clan, the Terumi clan and the Daming Prefecture were all put into operation.

Of course, the Shimada clan and the Hyuga clan tried their best to collect, but Hanzo didn't know how much effort the Damingfu and Terumi clan had contributed.

After all, one more piece of information is one.

The Minazuki clan also sent relevant information about their search, including the results of the Inogaki clan and the Kaguya clan.

However, Minazuki Arashi did not reveal their cooperation with the Shimada clan to the two clans.

As the leader of the alliance, it is reasonable to ask for information about Byakuren, so Mikiki Nagasumi and Kaguya Aogen have no doubts.

The intelligence compilation work was done by Hanzo, Genji, and the elders in Chongnian.

The three of them were also members of this operation.

In the Shimada clan, Hanzo and Shunen are now firmly beyond the ranks of Jonin. Genji has barely touched this threshold because of the black dragon pattern.

But even if he just barely touched the threshold, Genji's strength was still far away from most of the elite jounin in the clan.

There are only a few veteran elite Jonin who can fight Genji with their experience and rich methods.

This strength is enough to intervene in the battle with Bai Lian.

"It seems that Byakuren's methods have not changed much from two years ago." Hanzo commented while browsing the information.

"But his strength is much stronger than two years ago. According to the intelligence, he can now control a large number of complex water escapes and will no longer be stiff in his movements." Genji added.

When it comes to various strategies, Genji is not the best, but when it comes to combat wisdom, Genji is definitely the top ninja.

Speaking of Genji, he is actually a bit similar to Uchiha Madara.

If Madara had put more effort into planning, he wouldn't have been completely deceived by Hei Zetsu.

As for the means he left behind to resurrect himself, it was even more embarrassing. Nagato directly betrayed him.

Fortunately, Hei Zetsu gave him the all-clear, using Orochi Kabuto to reincarnate him first, and controlling Obito to resurrect him later.

Otherwise, the battlefield of the Fourth War might just be Obito's personal show.

Listening to the conversation between Hanzo and Genji, Zhongnian nodded, and then frowned and said: "I think we may also need to pay attention to his Thunder Release Ninjutsu.

Although he doesn't use it much in battles, from a quick glance, we can see that Bai Lian's thunder escape skills are quite good, and he might have some unparalleled moves."

"That's true." The great elder on the side agreed, "But his fighting style is still based on water escape. As for thunder escape, you just need to pay more attention."

This is normal. Bai Lian's fighting style has matured. In two years, he may become stronger and may have more methods, but his fighting style will basically not change.

In the new year, Hanzo and Genji joined forces, and their combined strength steadily suppressed Byakuren. As long as they didn't capsize in the gutter, the success rate of this operation was still relatively high.

The four of them said something to you and me. As time went by, Bailian's various methods were gradually discovered by Hanzo and others.

This is the benefit of being powerful.

The Shimada clan was able to achieve this step with the help of their own power and influence, but Bailian's understanding of the Shimada clan came from two battles with Hanzo and Chongnian two years ago.

As for the Oniden clan, they have not had much contact with the Shimada clan. In the past two years, they have been deeply involved in the war with the three clans of the Minazuki Alliance. Naturally, intelligence resources are inevitably tilted in this direction.

When it comes to understanding the Shimada clan, the Oniden clan may not be as good as Byakuren.

So from the beginning of this battle, Bai Lian lost first.

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