Chapter 184 Battlefield
"What a mess!"
Tsunade's scolding echoed throughout the laboratory. Shizune and Red Bean pulled Itachi into a corner with their eyes shining. Shisui quietly retreated to the side.
"Distribute your soul, do you know what you are saying?"
Tsunade's roar was still resounding. Seeing the silent Kagawa and Orochimaru who was standing beside him with his arms folded and watching, Tsunade realized that she could not stop Kagawa, so she simply turned the gun around and pointed it at her teacher Orochimaru.
"Are you just going to let him do whatever he wants? Once something goes wrong with the soul, even I can't save it."
"In fact, I took action on my own soul earlier than Luna." Orochimaru spread his hands and corrected in a hoarse voice.
Tsunade was caught off guard by Orochimaru's self-destruction.
"Of course, I have paid the price for my past arrogance!" After Orochimaru corrected himself, he also frankly admitted his regret.
"The only thing I can be thankful for is that I have only just begun to transform my soul, and it has not yet become alienated to the point of distortion.
This allows it to be repaired and restored. I have to admit that my research on Broken Jade has benefited me a lot, turning a disaster into a blessing, strengthening my soul and abilities. "
"Did you hear that?" Tsunade thought that Orochimaru said this to mean he stood with her, so she immediately turned her gaze to Luna, trying to dissuade him from the idea.
"I've seen your project plan, Kane. Do you want a shadow clone that will not disappear?" Orochimaru looked at Kane with burning eyes. After reading his project plan, he felt a little moved.
Shadow clones are very useful, but the side effects and the limitations of the technique have their limitations.
"You can think so." Lu Nie nodded. "Individual time and energy are still a little too tight."
"That's what I thought." Orochimaru nodded in agreement. If possible, he didn't want to waste his time on anything other than research. Currently, the only things that interested him were research projects with grand goals.
But it was obvious that as a general on the front line, he didn't have much time to allocate to research. In order to ensure his own combat effectiveness, he even had to restrain his shadow clones when it was not necessary.
"You are even more extreme than my second grandfather!"
Tsunade saw the shadow of her second grandfather in her memory in Orochimaru and his disciple, who was also an energetic research maniac.
"This is a necessary step to revive Rope Tree and your loved ones. As long as I can successfully create an avatar with its own independent consciousness and body, it means that the promise of letting you see Rope Tree and your lover has entered the countdown."
Tsunade suddenly felt powerless after hearing what Lu Nie said. She waved her hand, indicating that she would no longer stop him.
"Tell me, what do you need me to do?"
Tsunade said sternly, crossing her arms across her chest.
"I need a strong body." Lu Ni looked at Tsunade's cold face cautiously, and hesitated whether he should say the next words.
"How powerful?" Tsunade frowned. Lu Nie's hesitant tone gave her a bad feeling. Sure enough, the next moment, Lu Nie said something that made her furious.
"As powerful as the first generation." Lu Ni still told his plan. After all, once the research began, even if Tsunade was excluded, with the other party's experience and knowledge, he would be able to deduce what they had done from the details.
Moreover, once the clone project succeeds, its results will not be hidden from Tsunade. Since it will be exposed sooner or later, there is no need to hide it and cause discord in the team.
"Use the tissues of the sacred tree and the first generation to cultivate the body, and then use the soul I cut and distributed as the dominant consciousness."
"How dare you say that!"
Tsunade's eyes turned dangerous as she looked at Lu Nie's head.
"Anyway, with the progress of the project, it will sooner or later involve the body tissues of these people." Facing Tsunade's anger, Lu Ni pointed it out without any concealment.
"Humph!"
Tsunade glanced at the instruments placed around her and the preparations made in advance for the project plan, but ultimately did not swing her fist.
If this underground base is destroyed, their losses will be huge.
"She has matured too." Watching Tsunade leave angrily, Orochimaru was somewhat emotional. In the past, with Tsunade's personality, doing it was one thing, but if you dared to say these words in front of her, you would more or less get punched.
If Jiraiya was nearby, he might be treated as a punching bag and get punched more than once.
The title of princess is not only a recognition of Tsunade's identity, but also explains part of her character. Even the Third Hokage and the two advisors, Tsunade once slammed the table and argued with them.
"Don't worry about her problem. Since she didn't refuse, it means she agreed." Orochimaru said softly, "But this project will be postponed.
The war with Iwagakure has continued to this day, and both we and Iwagakure have reached the final stage.
I need your strength and Shisui's strength."
Orochimaru has realized that if the war with Iwagakure cannot be ended as soon as possible, Konoha Village may become the loser of this war.
The reinforcements consisted of only a dozen Chunins, two newly promoted Jonins, and the rest were all Genin. This meant that after two years of war, no matter how hard they tried to squeeze out the strength the village could muster, it was almost gone.
In fact, if it were not for the healing talisman and some technologies previously accumulated by the Technology Development Department, Konoha's losses would have been even greater, and it would have been difficult to engage in a two-year-long war of attrition with Iwagakure.
……
"Kannabi Bridge."
Inside Orochimaru's commander's tent, Namikaze Minato looked at the area circled by Orochimaru on the map and spoke subconsciously.
"This is the supply line of Iwagakure in the Land of Fire. Iwagakure protects this supply line very well. But because of the last assassination mission, Iwagakure transferred a large number of elite personnel from there, including the one who protected the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
The front line that Toushi was in charge of was defeated by you, Minato. Ohnoki was also injured in the battle with me. As for the assassination team led by the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, their mission also failed. Only four Iwagakure jonin escaped.
At this point in the battle, Iwagakure's strength and manpower are no longer sufficient to stabilize the battles in all areas as before.
During this period of time, Iwagakure has been shrinking its strength, and this is the first time before the war begins.
According to the intelligence gathered by the Root Ninja, the guard area and manpower of the Kannabi Bridge have been greatly reduced. This means that their guard force can no longer maintain the safety and stability of this material transportation line as before. I need you, Minato, to lead the team to destroy the Kannabi Bridge. This mission is most likely to succeed only if you control the Flying Thunder God."
Listening to the task given by Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato nodded seriously. If they wanted to start the decisive battle, the Kannabi Bridge must be taken back, or destroyed.
Once this route, which was the only way for Iwagakure's supplies, was destroyed, it would create a blank period for Konoha. Without supplies, the Iwagakure troops active in the Land of Fire would have to find a way to restore this route, otherwise they would have no choice but to retreat.
Of course, if that's all, destroying the Kammubi Bridge would only buy the Land of Fire and Konoha Village some time to catch their breath.
"I will hold back the rest of Iwagakure's troops for you." Orochimaru said, "I will do my best to deplete Iwagakure's forces until Ōnoki becomes discouraged and has no choice but to end this war after seeing no victory."
"That is to say, before the battle between the two sides ends, I need to destroy the Kannabi Bridge as soon as possible and destroy their supplies and food."
Minato Namikaze understood Orochimaru's intention. Before the remaining ninja forces of Konoha Village were exhausted in the battle with Iwagakure, he had to successfully complete the mission to cause confusion and retreat of Iwagakure.
If the losses are great enough and victory is out of reach, given Ohnoki's character, he will not continue to fight and consume Konoha.
After all, the war has continued to this day. Although Iwagakure has broken through the front border and pushed the battle line step by step into the territory of the Land of Fire, which can be regarded as the best result Iwagakure has achieved when facing Konoha since the establishment of the ninja village, the losses of Iwagakure are also immeasurable.
Both sides have now almost reached the stage of exhaustion and bloodshed. The victory or defeat on any battlefield can affect the overall victory or defeat.
When Iwagakure broke through the front line and entered the territory of the Land of Fire, even if Konoha tried its best to destroy the Kammubi Bridge, it could only stop Iwagakure for a period of time as the war potential and strength of Iwagakure were still there. Once the Kammubi Bridge was rebuilt, the war would enter a white-hot stage again.
But now, with both sides suffering heavy losses from the war, the loss of the Kammubi Bridge has dealt a heavy blow to the Iwagakure, forcing them to consider withdrawing their troops and then negotiate peace with Konoha.
After all, the supplies in the rear are gone, and it takes time to allocate them, and there have been heavy casualties on the battlefield. If Orochimaru can show a certain amount of strength, even if Ohnoki is unwilling, he will make the right choice after assessing the situation.
The reason why Orochimaru is confident is because he has Tsunade, Shisui, and Kakui.
……
The war between Iwagakure and Konoha broke out again.
This time, with both sides involved, the battle was particularly tragic. A large number of ninjas died in the war ninjutsu, but they still fought one after another.
At the forefront of the battlefield are the top combat forces of both sides.
On the battlefield, no one would allow the enemy's top combat power to wantonly kill and destroy, unless they were like Minato Namikaze, who was difficult to restrict.
As soon as Ōnoki showed up, he was targeted by Orochimaru. Orochimaru summoned a vast stream of snakes like a natural disaster, wreaking havoc in the Iwagakure ninja camp.
After seeing this scene, Ohnoki had no choice but to take the initiative to step forward with his men to restrain Orochimaru and prevent him from freeing up his hands to participate in the battlefield.
However, the next moment, a huge purple snake and a slug as big as a hill suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and Tsunade, whose golden ponytail fluttered in the wind like a golden flag, stood with Orochimaru.
The hill-like slug suddenly seemed to dissolve, splitting into tiny individuals, which climbed onto the bodies of the nearby Konoha ninjas.
The Konoha ninjas seemed to be familiar with this scene. Feeling the power transmitted by the slugs crawling on their bodies, the morale of the Konoha ninjas was boosted.
The war with the participation of slugs would greatly reduce the losses of Konoha ninjas. It was for this reason that after learning the information about the hemophobia, Ohnoki wanted to get rid of Tsunade at all costs.
Because the other party can indeed affect the outcome of the war!
The technique of melting and burning river rocks.
Suddenly, magma fireballs spurted out from the Iwagakure camp, carrying scorching heat and smashing towards the ninjas in front of Konoha.
The Four-Tails Jinchuriki Lao Zi.
The user of the Kekkei Genkai of Dissolution Release quickly formed seals with both hands while making tentative attacks.
The area covered by the magma fireball suddenly turned into a magma zone. The Konoha ninjas in this area retreated one after another. Those Konoha ninjas who were unable to dodge and were hit head-on were burned into corpses by the magma on the spot.
When Lao Zi was about to take advantage of the situation to release another ninjutsu to completely destroy and destroy the Konoha ninja in front of him, he suddenly felt a palpitation.
Without bothering to continue casting the spell, Lao Zi almost instantly stepped on the ground and left the spot.
In an instant, a huge purple arrow broke through the air and hit the place where Lao Zi was just now.
Lao Zi's body kept changing position and flashing, but the arrows seemed to be able to predict his movements and landing points, and almost hit him directly many times.
After the fatal sense of crisis and palpitations eased, Lao Zi stopped moving and looked towards a certain location in the Konoha camp with some breathlessness.
He had already put on the tailed beast's coat and borrowed the power of the tailed beast. In fact, if he hadn't seen the situation was not good and borrowed the power of the four tails, he would have been nailed into a hedgehog by those elusive arrows.
But the next moment, Lao Zi's expression changed drastically again, because he saw an overwhelming rain of arrows pouring down from where he was looking.
It was useless to hide in this rain of arrows. Moreover, even if he could dodge, what about the Iwagakure who was covered by the rain of arrows?
Molten Release: Granite!
A huge lava wall with a huge area rose from the ground with Lao Zi's full efforts. It was like a thick barrier, blocking the wave of arrows outside the wall.
The giant lava wall was deeply penetrated by the rain of arrows. Only after Lao Zi, with a grim look on his face, increased his chakra output was he able to block this wave of attacks.
The wall of lava dissipated and turned into a river of lava that poured out in the direction of the Konoha ninja.
An Uchiha with a ball of energy all over his body, like a chakra coat, and blood-red magatama spinning in his eye sockets, appeared in front of Lao Zi.
He drew his bow and arrow, and shot it almost in the face, directly piercing through the tailed beast coat on Lao Zi's exterior. If he hadn't subconsciously dodged, the arrow would have almost pierced his chest.
"Uchiha Shisui!"
Lao Zi melted the chakra arrow stuck in his body and pulled it out. Under the power of the tailed beast, his wound healed quickly. He also recognized the person who came.
(End of this chapter)