Chapter 170: Excessive, the Dilemma of Iwagakure
"What did you say?"
At the Iwagakure army base, the Tsuchikage Two Heavenly Scales Ohnoki, a short man with a big nose and a face weathered by time, was floating in the air, leaning forward, looking at the Tsuchikage Anbu in front of him with some shock.
"Princess Tsunade, one of the three ninjas of Konoha, is suspected of suffering from hemophobia." The Anbu who reported the news repeated his words again.
"Hemophobia? What a joke! Does Konoha think it can fool us by releasing such news?"
Ohnoki was a little bit unconvinced. As the most famous medical ninja in the ninja world, how could he be sick? Even if Princess Tsunade couldn't heal herself, Konoha had many excellent medical ninjas. Could it be that they couldn't cure Tsunade's illness?
Hemophobia?
From the name, Ohnoki knows what this disease means to ninjas! This means that Tsunade can no longer continue to be a ninja! She is not even qualified to be a medical ninja!
Because whether it is the ninja in the public's perception or the medical ninja, they all have to deal with battles and blood.
"Although we cannot be sure yet, the credibility of this information is extremely high. According to the intelligence, Tsunade's hemophobia is very serious, to the point where she becomes timid and retreats at the sight of blood, unable to put up any resistance." The Anbu handed over the intelligence scroll handed over by the spy with both hands and replied respectfully.
"What nonsense! This must be a conspiracy of Konoha!" Ohnoki floated in front of the Anbu, grabbed the scroll in his hand and spread it out, muttering to himself.
But the records and analysis on the scroll gradually reduced Ohnoki's resistance to belief, and eventually it fell silent.
Huang Tu, who was standing by, looked at his father with some curiosity. He had rarely seen Ohnoki struggling like this since he was a child.
This means that there is some kind of conflict going on inside Ohnoki about something.
"Lord Tsuchikage?" Huang Tu looked at Ōnoki holding the scroll and lost in thought for a long time. After a long time, he had to step forward and call him softly to wake him up from his inner conflict.
"You guys can take a look too." Ohnoki stuffed the scroll in his hand into Huangtu's arms, floated back to his chair, and sat down gently.
Although he still had doubts in his heart, what was written on the scroll did shake his belief that this was a conspiracy.
Huang Tu took the scroll and scanned the information on it quickly.
After reading it, he also understood why his father was so hesitant.
Judging from the intelligence, Tsunade has been behaving normally since arriving at the front line, but this normality, revealed in subtle details, is itself abnormal.
Even the information on the scroll answered some of his inner doubts.
Why was Tsunade only recalled and appeared on the battlefield when Konoha's front line showed signs of decline? After arriving at the front line, as one of the Three Ninjas, she, contrary to her usual practice, did not participate in the war, but instead took on the burden of medical care in the rear.
Although this approach greatly reduced the casualties in Konoha, according to spy intelligence, Tsunade, who came to the front line, did not perform any surgery nor perform any medical ninjutsu for any ninja.
Even some seriously injured patients were treated under the guidance of Tsunade and performed by other medical ninjas, and the result was the joint efforts of the two.
Once upon a time, when they heard that Tsunade had returned to Konoha and came to the front line of the battlefield between Iwagakure and Konoha, Ohnoki and the others were still a little worried, fearing that Tsunade's arrival would bring changes to the situation in which Iwagakure was gradually gaining the upper hand.
For this reason, under Ohnoki's arrangement, Iwagakure was even mentally prepared to face the two Sannins, but Tsunade did not participate in the battle as they expected, but stayed in the back.
Because of this, the spies of Iwagakure kept trying to find out about Tsunade, trying to find out what she, or Konoha, was planning.
After all, the fighting power of a faceless Sannin cannot be ignored. Especially since Tsunade's arrival, she has played a role in Konoha's morale. Iwagakure has suffered a loss.
"Lord Tsuchikage?" Huang Tu handed the scroll to the others in the room.
The Iwagakure members who are here now are all high-ranking officials whose loyalty is unquestionable, so Ōnoki and Kotobuki will not worry about any information leaks.
If everyone here could betray, then Iwagakure's strategy and plan would have been known to Konoha and Orochimaru long ago, and they would have made targeted arrangements.
Although Huang Tu is not as good as his father Ohnoki, his accumulated battlefield experience tells him that if there is really an information leak here, Konoha, which is at a disadvantage, will not be able to tolerate it and will set some traps and arrangements.
"Lord Tsuchikage, are we sending an assassination team to kill Princess Tsunade?"
After reading the information on the scroll, Huo Guang, a Iwagakure jonin, took the initiative to suggest.
"Yes, if Princess Tsunade can be killed, it will be a major blow to both the Hidden Leaf Village and the Konoha ninjas on the front line!" Another Iwagakure Jonin, Toushijin, also suggested.
Recently, the survival rate of Konoha ninjas has been greatly improved. Even if Tsunade did not go to the battlefield in person, she could ensure the survival rate of Konoha ninjas, especially those at the Jonin level, with just the slug and her medical experience.
This is something that the Iwagakure, who have always used healing talismans as their main medical method, cannot compare to.
After all, the healing talisman can only treat external injuries and heal wounds, and has a slight detoxification effect. For fatal injuries or more complicated toxins, it is not as effective as the medical ninja himself.
Therefore, the Iwagakure Village and several other major ninja villages are extremely envious of the Konoha Ninja's medical system and the ability to have a medical ninja of Tsunade's level.
It was acceptable in the past, but now it is the period of the Ninja World War, and the two countries are fighting a war with all their might. Everything was fine before Tsunade was not there, but now Tsunade's existence has become even more annoying.
"What if this is a trap?"
Ohnoki was not lacking in decisiveness, but he also knew that the place where the wounded were must be in the core area of the Konoha Ninja Army which was heavily protected. If they wanted to sneak in and carry out this level of assassination, they would need at least several powerful senior ninjas with their own specialties to go out together to ensure a certain degree of success.
It would be fine if it succeeds, but if it fails, not only will the assassination team sent out be wiped out with a high probability, but the morale of the Konoha ninjas will also become even higher, and they will fight even harder.
Although Iwagakure currently has the upper hand in the war with Konohagakure, that is because Konoha is outnumbered two or three at a time.
First, there were local frictions with the Land of Lightning, and then they faced a large army at the same time, including the Iwagakure army, which was accompanied by several other small ninja villages and mercenaries, and the Mist Village army, which was almost fully equipped.
Konoha was certainly stretched to its limits by the consumption of the three major ninja villages, and was on the verge of collapse, but Kirigakure and Iwagakure were also in a bad situation. At least until now, whether it was the consumption of resources or the loss of ninjas, Ohnoki also felt heavy pressure.
All we can say is that the Third Raikage did deal a heavy blow to the Iwagakure at that time.
Oonoki still regrets that he failed to destroy the army of the Hidden Cloud Village, allowing them to retain some vitality and return to the Land of Lightning.
The Third Raikage's desperate fight, his towering and solid figure like a mountain, is also the nightmare of many Iwagakure ninjas.
If the two great Jinchuriki had not suffered great losses at the hands of the Third Raikage and had not been severely injured and had to return to the rear to recuperate, the initial Iwagakure army might have been able to expand their victory and gain more and greater advantages when facing the Konoha's ninja army.
Thinking of the damage caused by the strange power unleashed by the Third Raikage, even the Jinchūriki with amazing recovery ability found it difficult to eliminate and recover!
Lao Zi and Han recuperated in the rear for a long time before they gradually recovered, but their condition has still not returned to their previous peak.
"Also, even if this news is true, I will tie up Orochimaru and his guards with Yellow Earth by then, but what about Yellow Flash? How do you plan to deal with him?"
Oonoki asked hypothetically.
The room fell completely silent for a moment.
The title of Yellow Flash seems to have a calming power.
Just like White Fang who had defeated the Sand Village in the Second Ninja World War, making the higher-ups of the village hate him so much but unable to do anything about him, in the ongoing Third Ninja World War, the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze can also make everyone in the Iwagakure silent.
Iwagakure's fear of Minato Namikaze is even greater than that of Orochimaru!
Because Orochimaru is just difficult to deal with, but Namikaze Minato makes people feel helpless and desperate.
Just like the Sand Village secretly abides by the rule that when they see Konoha White Fang, they can decide whether to continue the mission based on the situation, the Iwagakure Village’s top leaders have issued a rule that when they see a yellow flash, they can abandon the mission without any punishment. This is also a lesson learned through blood and tears.
There is no other reason, there are just too many Iwagakure ninjas who died at the hands of Minato Namikaze!
All the traps set by Iwagakure for him were ineffective against him. This was even more true on the battlefield! With the blessing of the space-time mission, the opponent could fight whenever he wanted and leave whenever he wanted.
No matter how many people there are, facing Flying Thunder God, as long as they cannot keep up with the speed of Minato Namikaze, then they will all be hit equally, whether they are a jonin or a genin.
The jonin were killed like mowing grass, this was the despair that Minato Namikaze brought to Iwagakure. It was also because of Minato Namikaze's activeness that the offensive launched by Iwagakure after pinning down Orochimaru was repeatedly frustrated.
If they can't solve the problem of yellow flash, it seems difficult for them to sneak in and carry out the mission? After all, with Minato Namikaze's speed, he can return to the camp in the rear in a very short time.
If the assassination fails, the jonin of the assassination team will have to face the extreme speed of the ninja world.
No one wants to deal with yellow flashes.
The ninjas of the Iwagakure Village are especially unwilling!
"If the information is true, we can find a way to lure him away!" Higashinari, the senior ninja who was in charge of leading an Iwagakure ninja army, was silent for a moment and suggested.
"Or reveal some information to Konoha and let Konoha transfer him away." After Dong Siren spoke, other Iwagakure jonin also spoke.
No one thought of setting a trap to kill Minato Namikaze. After all, their past painful experiences told them that it was futile to kill Yellow Flash under Flying Thunder God!
"What do you want to do?" Oonoki asked the dead man.
"Because of his speed, Konoha has always arranged him to be a fire-fighting role. Wherever there is a problem on the battlefield, he will most likely appear there.
Based on this, we can formulate a plan to lure away the yellow flash before the assassination team takes action." Dong Si Ren said.
After all, as an old rival, although the whereabouts of Yellow Flash are unpredictable, the places where he appears are mostly where problems arise for Konoha's defense forces.
"The commander of Konoha's first defense force is Mimura Yemaki. The defense force he led has resisted our attacks many times. If there is a problem on his side, both Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato will definitely support him.
If the Tsuchikage holds Orochimaru back, then the Yellow Flash will surely come to support him as a firefighter."
"Can you make the yellow flash appear here?" Tsuchikage Ohnoki looked at the coordinates pointed by Toushiren on the map and nodded slightly.
He could also see from the map that the stronghold guarded by the Konoha Ninja Army was not something that could be abandoned at will. If he could create pressure or break through the defense of the Konoha Army, there was a high probability that the yellow flash would indeed appear here.
"I can do it." Dong Siren nodded confidently. This was the battlefield he was responsible for, and he knew the opponent and his own intelligence information too well.
He already had a plan and intention to completely eliminate the opponent, it was just a matter of paying some casualties and moving the time forward.
"Then, kidnapping someone close to Yellow Flash as a layer of insurance should be okay, right? I remember he became the team leader and had three disciples!" added Jonin Huo Guang.
"Let's discuss this later. Let's first confirm the information about Tsunade's hemophobia."
As soon as Tsuchikage Ōnoki finished speaking, an Iwagakure Anbu instantly appeared in the room and handed a sealed scroll with secret words written on it to Ōnoki.
Ohnoki's heart suddenly skipped a beat, realizing that the scroll represented important and urgent information. He quickly took it in his hand, unlocked it with the corresponding seal, and looked at the intelligence information revealed before him, his face suddenly became a little ugly.
"What's wrong? Did something happen on the front line?" Huang Tu looked at his father's unpredictable expression and asked quickly.
"All our spies in Konoha have been eliminated." Ohnoki was a little depressed. It takes a long time and investment to train a spy who is buried deep enough. But this time, because he passed on Tsunade's information, he was caught and exposed.
For a moment, Ōnoki felt mixed emotions.
"Konoha Village has sent Danzo and his Root Ninjas to protect Tsunade." After calming down, Ohnoki had no time to lament the annihilation of the spies in Konoha Village, and told the information revealed in the scroll.
(End of this chapter)