Chapter 244: Shuimen goes to Damingfu?
The border of the Fire Nation.
"Have you heard that before the war started, we in Konoha conducted human experiments to study the Wood Release of the First Hokage..."
"No way!"
"How can this be false? This is information leaked from a captured spy. I heard that the people in charge of the human experiment are Tsunade-sama and Orochimaru-sama..."
Inside the Konoha base responsible for defending the Sand Ninja, the Konoha ninjas were talking to each other in shock. All they were talking about were the spies they had captured a few days ago.
These spies lurking in the Konoha village were preparing to escape after obtaining top-secret intelligence, but the information was leaked when they were arrested at the border, causing a lot of discussion among Konoha ninjas.
"I heard that this incident caused the major ninja villages to be wary, and this was the fuse for the Third World War..."
"How dare you treat the First Hokage like this! Not even Lady Tsunade can..."
"Damn it! Didn't we just propose the candidate for the Fourth Hokage..."
At this moment, inside the tent, facing the rumors and discussions outside, Jiraiya felt a little headache and sighed helplessly.
"Teacher Jiraiya, this matter seems a little strange..."
Minato Namikaze frowned, as if he had guessed something, and looked at his teacher tentatively, as if he wanted to confirm something.
But this time Jiraiya chose to remain silent, and finally let out a long sigh.
"Minato, the old man and his men may be old, but one thing is certain, Konoha cannot withstand turmoil."
Jiraiya has been searching for the child of destiny all his life. In fact, he is a person who is content with the status quo and dare not change it easily.
He, like the Third Generation, believes that the current Konoha is fine as long as it follows the established rules. If changes are made easily, it will cause turmoil.
In particular, no matter who comes to power between Tsunade and Uchiha, it will bring about conflicts and turmoil between the old and new forces. Instead, the most prudent thing to do is for the new Hokage to slowly take over everything from the old generation.
If we follow Jiraiya's idea, it is indeed the safest option and Konoha will have the least turmoil, but the result is the same: nothing will change.
Konoha is simply entering a cycle again.
"Jiraiya-sensei..."
Seeing Jiraiya's expression, Namikaze Minato was already certain in his heart. Unwillingly, he raised his head and wanted to say something, but what greeted him was Jiraiya shaking his head and saying:
"Minato, this is all for Konoha. You and Uchiha Ya are classmates, and you are the best person to stabilize the situation. Take a look at this information from the village."
After Jiraiya took out the information, Minato Namikaze opened it and his face suddenly changed.
"Jiraiya-sensei, this isn't fair!"
It turned out that after the spy escaped from the village, a lot of the Wood Release Plan was exposed, especially among the researchers, and there had been a lot of discussions in the Konoha village.
The Third Hokage was furious and issued a strict order for the arrest. At the same time, he announced to the public that he was going to arrange an envoy to go to the Daimyo's Mansion in the Land of Fire.
Although it has not been specifically stated, according to the news and everyone's speculation, it is likely that all the spots for the three ninjas will be eliminated this time for the fourth generation candidate.
Jiraiya seems to be implicated, but in fact, he is the most ashamed person.
"Minato, as long as the village is stable, there has never been any fairness or unfairness, and I am not suitable to be Hokage."
Looking at Minato Namikaze who was even better than himself, Jiraiya smiled with satisfaction.
"Orochimaru's personality isn't suitable either, as for Tsunade!"
When mentioning Tsunade, Jiraiya's eyes showed a complicated look, and finally shook his head and said:
“If it weren’t for you, Minato, Tsunade would be the most suitable candidate, but the old men are right, you who came from a commoner family are more suitable than anyone else because your roots come from the common people.
Although the major families are your arm, the people you can really rely on in the future are still the common people, so Minato, don't belittle yourself, you are more suitable than anyone else, even the old man and the others are not as suitable as you."
Jiraiya sighed and realized that from their perspective, they were indeed not wrong.
But their views are based on the fact that Konoha has not changed at all. They still want Konoha to maintain its status quo. They all think that the current Konoha is the best.
However, the idea of Uchiha Ya and Tsunade is to change Konoha and bring about reforms. Although Konoha is strong, it will continue to go through the cycle of cultivation and then war.
What they want is change!
From the perspective of the major families in Konoha, your family for three generations has been enjoying the resources from the Hokage for decades, and now it is their turn.
As for a family that has been in existence for three generations, naturally no one will give up when they see that there is hope that it can continue.
So, this is human nature, and it is also desire.
"But it doesn't matter. Right now, the Sand Ninja no longer wants to fight, and the Rock Ninja and Kumogakure are about the same. The current stalemate and local war are just a bit unwilling."
Seeing the coming peace, Jiraiya couldn't help but smile, and even looked at Minato Namikaze and teased:
"Minato, I heard that your child is about to be born. It just so happens that the old man has given you a mission. Perhaps after you complete the mission this time, you will return with good news to welcome the birth of your own child."
Under Jiraiya's funny smile, a top-secret scroll was taken out. Minato Namikaze was surprised when he saw it:
"Let me protect Elder Utane Koharu as we go to the Fire Country Daimyo's mansion?"
Namikaze Minato is not stupid. At this time, he sent Koharu Namikaze as an envoy to the Daimyo Prefecture, obviously to discuss the matter of the Fourth Hokage.
They chose to let him protect her, and it was obvious that they wanted him to show his face and gain political resources at the same time.
After all, Tsunade and Orochimaru's human experiments on Wood Release were a scandal.
If Orochimaru conducted human experiments alone, it would be inhumane. If he used children from his own village, he could be directly listed as a traitor.
But this time with Tsunade added to the mix, even though there were ninjas from the same village who volunteered to participate, it was clearly just a slight stigma on their reputation.
"Teacher Jiraiya, am I leaving at this time?"
It would be a lie to say that the Fourth Hokage was not moved. Namikaze Minato hesitated, but Jiraiya laughed funny and said:
"What happened on the battlefield is thanks to your help, Minato. You destroyed a lot of the Sand Ninja's logistics. Plus, the Sand Ninja and the Mist Ninja are in a mess right now, so they are ready to send envoys to negotiate with us.
I heard that the envoy sent by the Sand Ninja this time was the chosen Fourth Kazekage. This can be considered as the newcomer's achievement, after all, he ended the war."
The Sand Ninjas fought for six years, and there was no Kazekage for six whole years.
This time he was also preparing to select his own Fourth Kazekage, and then take the opportunity to end the war directly, thereby raising the reputation of the new Kazekage in one fell swoop.
"The Fourth Kazekage is here to negotiate!"
When Minato Namikaze heard this, he was startled at first, and then he smiled with relief.
"Peace is finally coming. If that's the case, then I can go to the Daimyo's mansion without any worries, Jiraiya-sensei."
Jiraiya smiled and nodded, "Minato, I believe you can win the support and trust of the Daimyo."
"Thank you, Master Jiraiya!"
Namikaze Minato said gratefully, he knew that his teacher Jiraiya also stood behind him and supported him to become Hokage. These are all political resources.
Just as the plans of the Third Hokage and others were slowly unfolding, the border between the Cloud Ninja and the Iwagakure, which had gradually stabilized, was hit by a storm.
……
Amid the roaring storm, in the dense jungle, countless black figures were moving rapidly forward.
After seeing the storm, the advancing group of ninjas not only showed no dissatisfaction, but instead showed excitement.
"The Six Paths Sage is really helping us. Such a big storm can actually cover our rapid march, and even cause a battle. Our Lightning Style can also be better utilized. On the other hand, Konoha's Fire Style..."
"Sandaime Raikage-sama, our follow-up troops have all gathered..."
"Don't give me any hesitation, go at full speed and attack directly!"
Shaking off the rain from his head, the Third Raikage showed a determined look and continued to command the ninja army behind him to move forward.
In the forest behind him, dense black clouds gathered, numbering more than three thousand.
He was even more eager to fight, because having his arm cut off six years ago was no big deal, but that S-level Wind Style Rasengan Shuriken had the greatest destructive power.
It took more than two years just to recuperate. After all, a large number of body cells died, and he was overloaded with fighting. Although he seemed to have recovered to his peak in recent years, his family knows his own business.
The death of a large number of cells accelerates the division of new cells, but the number of cell divisions is limited. To put it simply, it consumes lifespan.
Although he seems to be in peak condition now, his body has aged nearly ten years in an instant. He can clearly feel that his body is about to go downhill.
That's why he couldn't wait to lead the Cloud Ninjas to create glory again.
"Father!"
The Fourth Raikage candidate looked at his father solemnly, while his father, the Third Raikage, said in a deep voice:
"Ai! The village has suffered too much loss. Although the war must be stopped, we must obtain more bargaining chips before that, so that we can make up for the loss of the village..."
These more than 3,000 Cloud Ninjas came from the sea at the border between the Land of Rice and the Land of Frost, and almost no one stopped along the way.
"Father, I am worried whether the old demon Onoki will launch the attack as agreed."
The Fourth Raikage candidate Ai frowned, showing his worry, while his father, the Third Raikage, shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"Ai, you have to remember that there is no trust between villages, only interests. Another raid on Mount Kikyo is just to better negotiate with Konoha.
Therefore, the success or failure of this operation is not important. What is important is to tell Konoha our attitude. The things on the negotiation table can only be obtained through war. "
"The front is about to reach Konoha's perception range. Everyone, prepare to launch a surprise attack immediately and start fighting with all your strength."
"Yes!"
The more than 3,000 Yunyin behind him revealed their plundering savagery and nodded bloodthirstily.
The Hidden Cloud Ninja is the most skilled ninja in the ninja world at looting.
If they are asked to stay at home and develop, they are too lazy to do it, but if they are asked to go out and plunder, that is definitely the most satisfying thing.
"No! Something's wrong!"
Just as the Three Thousand Cloud Hidden Ninjas were advancing rapidly, the Perception Ninja walking in front suddenly seemed to sense something, and his face changed drastically and he said in horror:
"There are countless chakras ahead!"
As the sensing ninja just shouted and sent out a signal, the shocked expression of the Three Thousand Cloud Ninjas had not yet recovered. The Third Raikage suddenly thought of something and shouted in shock and anger:
"Defend! Everyone defend!"
However, before he could finish his words, countless explosions were heard over the forest amidst the rumbling rain.
The sound of the rainstorm covered up the marching movements of the large number of Cloud Ninjas, and also covered up the sound of countless kunai with detonating tags falling from the sky.
When they discovered it, a kunai with an explosive tag had already appeared above their heads.
Suddenly, the entire forest was filled with the sound of fire and explosions from detonating talismans.
On the high ground in the distance, densely packed Konoha ninjas were already on full alert, especially the huge war ninja tools, which roared and continuously fired dense rain of kunai.
Standing at the front was Senju Tsunade, with her arms proudly folded across her chest. After seeing the large-scale explosion in the forest in the distance, she showed no mercy at all, but instead waved her hand coldly and shouted:
"Keep firing. Don't be stingy with the detonating tags. Launch a blanket attack on the Cloud Ninjas."
"Send a signal flare, ninjas on the left and right wings, get ready to kill the Cloud Ninjas..."
Millions of detonating tags poured down from the sky; not even the sound of heavy rain could cover up the dense and violent explosions.
As a violent roar was heard in the forest, the next moment the huge octopus-headed figure of the Eight-tailed Gyu-ki appeared, and with an angry roar, it shook away countless kunai shot down from the air.
"hateful!"
Under the violent thunder, the Third Raikage Ai rushed out in an instant, roaring:
"Retreat! All Kumo Ninja retreat!"
The Third Raikage seemed violent, but he was actually smarter than anyone else. It was obvious that the Konoha ninjas were well prepared at this time.
Apparently their intelligence on the plan had been leaked.
If you fight desperately, it's not called recklessness, it's called seeking death!
He ran headlong into a trap that Konoha had prepared long ago.
"Retreat quickly!"
Tsunade, who was far away, saw the Cloud Ninjas who immediately began to retreat. She sneered under the rain, shook her long golden hair and waved her big hand, saying:
"Teams one, three, five, six, eight... follow me in pursuit. The rest of the Konoha ninjas will return to defend immediately."
"Yes!"
Although the pursuit seemed massive, in fact, there were only two thousand Konoha ninjas behind Tsunade. After all, although Konoha was strong, there were too many enemies to defend against.
Especially this time they have to face the surprise attack of the Rock Ninja.
However, the Cloud Ninjas did not know that the Third Raikage was furious and thought that there were at least five thousand Konoha ninjas lying in ambush here, so he ordered a retreat without hesitation.
Even if the Third Raikage was invincible, Tsunade could use the favorable terrain and previous traps to delay him.
After all, according to their plan, Uchiha Ye's elite brigade is the key to the direction of the war.
Thanks: Brother 'Suihong Jushi' for the reward of 200 Qidian coins.
Chapter 12 will be updated before noon.
(End of this chapter)
