Chapter 186: isolated
Chapter 186 Isolation
March, early spring.
In a rare and uninhabited hilly area in the country of grass, the final battle between Konoha and Iwagakure began.
Having lost a large amount of supplies, Yan Yin made a desperate plan.
Facing Iwagakushi's undisguised general attack, the Konoha troops of the Country of Grass can only bite the bullet and fight.
Perhaps Iwagakushi can also see that after the rise of the yellow flash Namikaze Minato, the strategy of delaying time with Konoha is undoubtedly an extremely stupid strategy.
That's why I want to decide the outcome with Konoha at this time.
On the day of the battle, a clear sky was covered by dark clouds, and there were rumbling explosions on the battlefield.
The release of ninjutsu caused the earth to crack, the interweaving of fire escape and water escape, and the wind and thunder also raged on the battlefield.
On the battlefield where the battle was fierce, a golden light penetrated into the core of the Yanyin army, causing chaos there.
When many Konoha ninjas pass by, the battle is often over.
People see that light and they already understand that it's someone's personal battle.
Under that extremely exaggerated speed, any defense seemed weak and ridiculous.
Even the ninjas of Yanyin did not expect that a yellow flash that only brought a little threat at the beginning would become a serious threat to Yanyin today.
Their earth escape combined attack strategy is simply unable to deal with the yellow flashing space-time ninjutsu.
That is already the speed of the non-human domain.
In the eyes of Yanyin ninjas, Yellow Flash is undoubtedly the fastest ninja in the world.
The battle lasted for a long time, and ended with the total defeat of the Iwagakure Ninja.
Corpses, corpses, corpses, corpses everywhere you look.
Iwagakushi's blood-stained ninja Bodunkari was also killed in the battle, and his life was harvested by the yellow flashing Namikaze Minato.
On the battlefield, the yellow flash is a ruthless killer for the Yanyin ninjas.
Where the golden light shines, it will definitely attract death.
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On the second day after the battle, Konoha and Iwagakure were counting the battle damage.
As the victor, Konoha had fewer casualties than Iwagakure. And one of the statistics is shocking, that is, among the approximately 1,500 Yanyin ninjas who died in this battle, nearly two-thirds died at the hands of the yellow flash.
The fatal wound cut by the special kunai, and the distinctive mark made with the spiral pill.
This data is extremely shocking.
Even the Konoha ninja who is in charge of statistics is amazed at Minato's strength, and unknowingly, has grown into the ranks of Konoha's top ninjas.
Possesses stronger strength than Sannin, such rumors may not be groundless.
After the battle, Minato was unscathed except for a little dust on his clothes, and his physical strength and chakra were exhausted. Obviously, he could continue to fight.
If it wasn't for the Yanyin ninja to retreat in time, I'm afraid...
Even if Konoha Ninja calculated this answer himself, he still feels that it is not a record that a young man in his twenties can achieve.
"Watergate has important flaws."
Nara Shikahisa said to his friends Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Kaiichi.
Inside the simple tent, there were only three of them.
Lu Jiu walked in from the outside, and said such words as soon as he entered, with a rather cautious look on his face.
Ding Zuo and Hai Yi both looked at Lu Jiu incomprehensibly.
This time I was able to win the battle against Iwagakure thanks to the power of Minato. As a ninja, it is already perfect.
Why did Lu Jiu say that Minato has flaws?
"I just went to count Minato's achievements on the battlefield in recent years."
"Is there a problem? I don't think it's a false record."
Ding Zuo said so.
Shikajiu shook his head, and sighed in distress: "It's not that the results of the battle are false, but because they are too real to be called flaws. The current Minato reminds me of Sakumo Jonobu who committed suicide a few years ago."
Ding Zuo and Haiyi's expressions changed.
Sakumo Hatake is one of the few taboo names that Konoha cannot mention.
Not only himself, but also the names of the other three members of the former White Fang team were deliberately erased from the Konoha.
Although many people remember it, the top management has already ordered to downplay this matter.
"Shikuhisa, to put it simply, why did you mention Sakumo Jonin?"
hai asked puzzledly.
Shikahisa replied: "Because Minato and Sakumo Jonin are very similar. They are both very mobile ninjas. One person is equivalent to an army."
"It is not good?"
"To some extent it is good. But Sakumo Jonin is so powerful, he was once one of the candidates for the Fourth Hokage, but the biggest problem is...he has no team."
This kind of remark is a bit outrageous.
But when Sakumo Hatake committed suicide, the top management suppressed all kinds of negative public opinion with an absolute advantage. It also confirmed that Sakumo Hatake had a huge reputation in Konoha, but he didn't have his own cronies and no real power, so the incident ended with a lot of thunder and little rain.
"You mean..."
"I was also speculating before, why Minato, as a ninja, is so strong, but the team is very weak. Through Minato's outstanding performance on this battlefield, and the past record comparison with Sakumo Jonin, I found something in common."
"What's in common?"
"Solo stage."
Lu Jiu looked serious.
Solo stage? Ding Zuo and Hai Yi seem to be enlightened but not enlightened.
"They have high-strength raid capabilities, and the power of one person as a team is equivalent to abandoning the assistance of the rest of the ninjas. They can complete the task alone. Before raiding the supply point of Iwagakure, we and Kakashi were only responsible for blowing up the Kannabi Bridge to attract Iwagakushi's attention. Minato raided all the supply points of Iwagakushi alone, and completed the task perfectly."
In that mission, to be honest, Lu Jiu didn't feel any sense of participation, and the whole process was in the state of watching a play.
With Minato's strength, one person can do very well.
It's not that Lu Jiu belittled his ability, but the fact.
Minato's personal light is too dazzling.
It is also a kind of sadness to be outstanding without gregariousness.
"Too good will put pressure on your companions. At the same time, if you complete the task alone, your companions will appear incompetent. Minato may be able to rely on his own strength to gain great fame, but this kind of fame is like a castle in the air. It seems that the status is very high, but when it comes to really participating in major events in the village, fame without real power is meaningless."
Once such a person becomes Hokage, he must also be a puppet.
Ding Zuo and Hai Yi had complex expressions, and they understood Lu Jiu's meaning.
Back then, Hatake Sakumo needed three team members to form the invincible White Fang team.
However, Minato, who is a yellow flash, is more thorough than the White Fang team, and is truly a one-man army.
Because no one can keep up with his movements.
The ninjas who formed a team with him can only feel that their existence is redundant and incompetent.
Minato deserved to be the first of the two major operations to change Konoha's disadvantages in the country of grass.
However, every action he takes is like a one-man performance on stage.
People will admire and admire his strength, but they will not have a further sense of recognition for him.
At least most ninjas cannot further agree with Minato.
At best, it's just the second Konoha Shirato.
“Shuimen stands too high, so high that many people can only look up and respect, but cannot touch it, because it will hurt themselves.”
Lu Jiu smiled wryly.
He never thought that Watergate had such a defect.
To become Hokage in the village, fame and strength are one aspect, but leadership ability is also very important.
In most of Minato's operations, one man ends the battle alone.
In this decisive battle with Iwagakure, it was Jiraiya, not Minato, who was in charge of the front-line command on the battlefield, so we can see the problem.
Watergate never showed his leadership skills.
Whether it is good or bad is an unknown.
The command ability of the leader is the best way to unite people and gather the team.
Watergate...doesn't have these advantages, or it doesn't have the time and space to play these advantages.
In contrast, Sannin can be said to have achieved the ultimate in this regard.
Especially Orochimaru, who achieved a major victory in the Rain Country battlefield.
"Go and remind him."
Ding Zuo and Hai Yi proposed.
"not now."
"Why?"
"What I can think of, will the people above not think of it?"
Lu Jiu's words left Ding Zuo and Hai Yi silent.
"Maybe this kind of thing is what the higher-ups are happy to see. If you want to change it, you can only change it after Minato became Hokage. Now reminding in the past will only arouse the vigilance of the higher-ups and restrict Minato more strictly."
Fourth Hokage will only be produced between Minato and Orochimaru.
If the Fourth Hokage is Orochimaru, it would not be a bad start for Shikahisa.
Because Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, has a solid reputation and team foundation, after taking office as Hokage, no one will be available.
Although the three of them need a period of time to test before they can make Orochimaru agree with their abilities.
If the fourth Hokage is not Orochimaru, but Minato, there are also advantages and disadvantages.
Watergate will be in an embarrassing state where no one will be available. The three of them can directly approach the core layer and become the first team of Watergate.
The disadvantage is that you have to face the political suppression of the Three Hokages at all times.
This is not an easy task.
"Is that so?"
Ding Zuo and Hai Yi sighed.
They never thought that the situation in the village would be so complicated.
"Besides... Maybe Minato himself has noticed something."
Lu Jiu smiled gratifiedly.
"What? Minato... he sensed it himself? Then why..."
Ding Zuo and his eyes widened.
Did Minato realize it?
"As the person involved, he must be more foresight than someone like me who relies on intelligence gathering to make guesses. After all, Minato's thinking ability is not weak. If he has noticed something himself, but deliberately keeps the current state unchanged, our work will be much easier then."
Without the city government, no major event can be achieved.
It is really useless to have only fame without real power, but fame is the best foundation.
After laying a solid foundation of reputation, and then transforming fame into real power, it is also a way to break through the disadvantaged position.
If Minato is really the kind of genius he imagined, maybe everything he is doing now is preparing for a certain goal in advance.
This is the best.
But whether Minato has noticed, Lu Jiu is not sure, everything is just speculation.
He planned two different plans based on the candidates of the Fourth Hokage.
One is for Orochimaru, and the other is for Minato.
"What to do next?"
Ding Zuo looked at Lu Jiu.
"Iwain should already be afraid of Minato's power, and with the loss of a large amount of supplies, the stalemate of the long-term battle is no longer established. If you are smarter, you will soon send someone to declare a truce."
Lu Jiu rubbed his chin and answered like this.
"It seems that only Yun Yin is left."
"Yeah, Yunyin's side... It's a tough battle. Waiting for the notice from the village, if Minato is transferred to the Yunyin battlefield next, and then returns from the battlefield victoriously, the fourth Hokage will undoubtedly belong to Minato."
So, make or break it.
This will also determine which side the three Zhuludie stand on.
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In a conference room in the Hokage Building, there were four people sitting.
Three generations of Naruto Sarutobi Hiruza.
Root leader Shimura Danzo.
Consultant Mito Menyan, transferred to Koharu.
"Iwagakure is willing to sign an armistice agreement with Konoha. They proposed the same condition of non-compensation as Sagakure. As the defeated party, they also suffered heavy losses. I have already agreed to the conditions of Iwagakure."
Ri Zhan looked at the three former comrades-in-arms and today's colleagues, and said these words.
The armistice agreement of Yan Yin was submitted this morning.
Knowing Yanyin’s desire to stop fighting, Hizhan also expected this to happen, and didn’t want to spend any more time with Yanyin.
Although Yan Yin launched an attack on the Fire Nation at the beginning and plundered the Fire Nation, causing the Fire Nation to lose a lot, but if the investigation continues, Yan Yin will definitely not let go. If the battle situation continues, the loss outweighs the gain.
"snort."
Danzo snorted gloomyly, just protesting dissatisfaction, other than that, he had no other demands.
No matter how much he protests, Ri Zan will not change this decision because of him.
As the victor, the defeated party is allowed not to make any compensation. In Danzo's view, this is too much to treat the war as a child's play.
In this war, Konoha, who fought against the three ninja villages, suffered more losses than any ninja village.
Mito Menyan and Zhuanban Xiaoharu just remained silent and did not answer.
"Next, I plan to transfer Minato to the Kumokage battlefield. Kumogakure ninjas are good at speed battles, and the fourth generation of Raikage is also a good player in the teleportation technique. Minato, who masters the technique of Flying Thunder God, also uses speed to win. He is the best candidate to deal with Kumogakure ninjas."
Hizhan used this reason to let Minato intervene in the Yunyin battlefield.
"In other words, is Minato going to replace Chikaze's command position? Would it be a bit risky to do so? Anyway, he is only twenty-two years old this year."
Turning to bed Xiaochun seemed a little worried that Minato was too old to do a good job of directing.
"Jiraiya and the others were about the same age when they commanded the battle in the Land of Rain."
Danzo said with a cold face.
“It was different back then than it is now.”
"If you say no, you can transfer Orochimaru there. His command ability is recognized by most ninjas in the village, and he will never disappoint you."
Ban Zhuan Xiaochun was speechless, her lips muttered twice, unable to utter a rebuttal.
Mitomonyan coughed, and opened his mouth to rescue Xiaoharu who was sleeping: "We are discussing Minato now, and we have nothing to do with Orochimaru. Besides, Orochimaru also has important work to do now. Xiaochun is right. Let Minato take Kaze's command position. It is too risky. Minato has never commanded so many ninjas. As the second-in-command at Jiraiya, there is basically no room for him to play. Now suddenly give him the command position of Tokaze, maybe it will add a lot of chaos. Son."
Danzo does not express his own views.
But I also understand that Mitomen Yan does not allow Minato to be the commander, not only because the other party is young and inexperienced, but there are other more important reasons.
Battlefield commanders can only accumulate experience through exercise, and they did this step by step back then.
The Sannin who are closer to the present are also walking step by step in the same way.
Because he was young and worried about making mistakes in command, he didn't give the opponent a chance to exercise. In Danzo's eyes, the reason for Mitomen's inflammation was really untenable.
"Indeed, Minato is too young. If Minato takes the position of Kazun, it will inevitably make many people unconvinced. Moreover, Minato's ninjutsu characteristics are not suitable for the position of commander. To fully display his ability, let him provide side support to the battlefield in the form of a team. Kakashi under his command is also an excellent jonin. I will arrange two more Jnin to form a new Minato team."
Returning to the bedroom Koharu and Mitomonen questioned and denied Minato, Rizan made up his mind and asked Minato to support the Konoha troops in the cloud hidden battlefield in the form of a small team.
"I agree."
Sleeping Koharu and Mito Monyan successively echoed Hizane.
Immediately afterwards, Hirizhan looked at Danzo.
The other party had already stood up, his exposed left eye glowed with a cold light, and the aura on his body became more and more eerie.
"In the future, you don't need to ask me to participate in such boring meetings. I won't say much else, I just hope that you can control this second White Fang sharp blade, so that there will be no more mistakes."
After finishing speaking, Danzo glanced at the three of them, and walked out of the conference room on his own.
The three of them sat there awkwardly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
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April.
The truce agreement between Iwain and Konoha, Konoha will not hold Iwain any liability for compensation, and it ends peacefully.
Subsequently, Konoha and Yun Yin immediately started an all-out war, which once again attracted the attention of ninja countries.
At the same time, the kingdom of ghosts ushered in a special guest.
In the No. 1 military region to which Ziyuan City belongs, two people sat facing each other in a conference room, with a tea table in the middle, with warm tea, some fruits and pastries on it.
In the meeting room, except for the two, no one else was present.
"I didn't expect you to come here at this time. Why, are the internal affairs of Wuyin Village already busy?"
Shiraishi looked at the baby-faced man sitting across from him.
The strange purple pupils and the stitched wound under the left eye all confirmed the identity of the other party.
Cedar orange Yakura.
The powerful confidant of the third generation of Mizukage in Kirigakure Village, and a famous figure in the ninja world.
Currently in a state of cooperation with Shiraishi, but the two parties have only reached a preliminary cooperation. As for the deeper cooperation, it can only be continued after Yagura takes control of Kirigakure.
After all, Yagura now has a lot of power in Wuyin Village, but there are still many constraints.
For example, the suspicion of Mizukage Mizukage himself, and the group of Seven Ninja Swordsmen headed by Suiguayama Fuguki, the master of the big sword and samurai sword, are blatantly targeting Yakura.
"How is it possible, now is the critical moment. The health of the third generation is getting worse day by day, but it has never been decided who the next Mizukage will be. Those guys headed by Xiguashan have been implementing the blood mist policy in the village, which has made me busy recently."
After taking a sip of tea, Yagura sighed and let out the depression in his heart.
"Do you want me to provide some help here? For example, help you get rid of the watermelon mountain puffer ghost."
To deal with an aging Mizukage of the third generation, Shiraishi believes that Yagura has such ability, but he may not be able to deal with the watermelon mountain puffer ghost who is in his prime and has many minions.
"It's meaningless to kill him now, but it will scare the snake away."
Yakura shook his head, a stern light appeared in his purple pupils, and then he said to Shiraishi: "I have already found out the members of the Blood Mist faction in Watermelon Mountain, and they are backed by the daimyo and nobles of the country of water.
The one country, one village system had various contracts when it was established.
For example, a daimyo cannot interfere in the internal affairs of Ninja Village for any reason. The selection of a shadow needs the approval of the daimyo, but that is after the internal election of the ninja village, and it can be handed over to the daimyo for review.
Although the daimyo can put forward opinions on the succession of the shadow, the final choice is still in the hands of Ninja Village.
Similarly, the ninjas of Ninja Village must provide military power to repel the invading enemies when the country is in trouble.
There are many other contracts like this.
The daimyo of the country of water violated this contract, so it can only be done in secret. Once it is exposed, it will affect the stability of the one country one village system.
At that time, in order to ensure the stability of Ninja Village within their own family, the other four big countries will inevitably condemn the daimyo of the country of water, making the country of water a target of public criticism.
And Yagura wanted to use the evidence that the daimyo and the nobles interfered in the internal affairs of Kirigakure Village, so that the daimyo and the nobles backed down.
If they can’t make them feel the real pain, just a few lessons that don’t hurt, they will definitely make a comeback in the near future and clamp down on Wuyin Village for various reasons.
The Land of Water, one of the Five Great Nations, has encountered a terrible situation where the daimyo and Ninja Village cannot trust and cooperate.
If you want Wuyin Village to form a situation of long-term stability and stability for a long time in the future, you must not act too hastily.
The real snakes haven’t come out of their holes yet, showing their strength too early will only make those poisonous snakes hide deeper and expose their reformist stance.
Therefore, even if he knew that letting the watermelon mountain puffer ghosts and others continue to behave mischievously in Wuyin Village would make the power of Wuyin Village weaken day by day, Yakura would pretend not to see it, and even participated in it, just to wait for the right time to deal a fatal blow to the enemy and wipe out the roots.
"In this way, Wuyin Village will suffer heavy losses."
Shiraishi frowned and said.
Yakura replied with a smile: "This is also a price. Now I do have the power to overthrow the Blood Mist faction, but I can't reform it completely, because the real enemy has not yet shown its feet. I don't want to let Kirigakure fall into the most terrible internal fighting in the next ten years because of a momentary pleasure."
It is also a sacrifice, he will definitely choose the method with the least sacrifice and the strongest stability.
"how long it takes?"
"It won't be more than three years. To be honest, without your help, I plan to start this year. Now I just want to play a big game. Let the daimyo and those nobles know what the price of pain is."
"That's okay. After all, because of the previous war, the other four villages suffered heavy losses. When we acted, even if Kirigakure fell into a weak period, they didn't have the ability to come and make trouble."
Less than three years, it may be a few months, a year, or two years. For Baishi, this time is not very long.
Yakura's proposal is also more reasonable.
If we start to take action now, we will not be able to cut the weeds and eradicate the roots, and it will still cause the interior of Kirigakure to fall into chaos for a long time. This is not only what Yakura does not want, Shiraishi also does not want to see this situation.
"Iwagakushi signed an armistice agreement with Konoha not long ago and withdrew from the stage of the battle. Now only Konoha and Yunyin are still insisting. Who do you think will win?"
Yakura asked.
"Konoha."
Shiraishi replied without hesitation.
"It seems that you have great confidence in that Yellow Flash. As far as I know, Fourth Raikage's younger brother has also gone to the battlefield at this moment. He is Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. If the two of them work together, I am afraid that Yellow Flash may not be able to get benefits from them."
Yakura has his own intelligence channel, and he also pays close attention to Yunyin.
"Do you think Konoha will lose?"
Yakura responded with a smile: "No, I want to explain that if Konoha wants to win, he will also pay a considerable price."
"What a cunning answer."
"Although the time for this Ninja World War is short, the overall scale of the war is larger than the previous Ninja World War. After that, the international situation will probably change a lot. When do you plan to let the Kingdom of Ghosts officially intervene?"
Yakura then asked this question, looking at Shiraishi inquisitively.
Everything in the kingdom of ghosts will surface sooner or later, and it is impossible to sleep underwater forever.
"Under consideration. I need to find a suitable entry point."
Shiraishi said meaningfully.
Yakura stood up from his seat and said: "No matter which country you start with, the neutral country status of the Oni Country will be revoked at that time. I can guarantee that Kirigakure will not make a move, and Konoha, who is farthest from the Oni Country, will also be powerless. But sand hidden, rock hidden, and cloud hidden.
"It is Kirigakure's job to infiltrate into the five major countries. We will solve the matter of the ghost country by ourselves. Since you are worried, I will give you this answer now. My decision is this."
A kunai appeared in Shiraishi's hand at some point, and then he threw the kunai out, brushed past Yakura's ear, and pierced into the wall behind Yakura with a ding.
Yakura turned his head to look, and there was an extremely precise ninja map painted on that wall.
Kunai stabbed at the center of the Kingdom of the Wind, the largest territory in the ninja world.
"Thank you for your cooperation, Yagura-san."
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