Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 287: Changes in the World
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That is, because of other tasks before.

Kakashi and Jiraiya are not in the village for the time being, otherwise they would have definitely attended this meeting. Also, because the situation is too urgent, Tsunade cannot wait until they come back to hold a meeting.

If that happens, we will lose the initiative.

The current situation in the ninja world is very complicated. A day or two at night can make a fatal difference. Not to mention Menma, the attitudes of the Hidden Cloud Village, the Hidden Taki Village, the Hidden Iwa Village, and even the Hidden Sand Village are all important issues that Konoha must consider.

"Yes, Lord Godai!"

After hearing the words of their Lord Tsunade, Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi immediately straightened their bodies and responded loudly.

Danzo, who was sitting on the side, had to hold back the words he hadn't said yet, and his expression was as ugly as it could be.

But the overall situation has been decided.

Danzo didn't know what to say.

He could only make a secret decision in his heart that he must seize the opportunity this time. The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was an important bargaining chip for his future competition for Hokage!
Danzo, who had gone completely crazy, didn't even consider whether the Root under his command had the ability to capture Menma.

Or so it seemed to him.

A mere facial numbness is no problem at all. The previous series of failures were just accidents.

The decision made.

Konoha's war machine began to move.

The situation this time is completely different from the previous minor conflicts. Once the conflict escalates, no one can predict or even control what will happen next.

There is no need to say much about them and Yunyin.

Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Sandagakure may also get involved depending on the situation.

Isn't that a new round of Ninja World War?!

In just one day.

It can be seen that the atmosphere in the entire Konohagakure Village has become heavy.

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

The figure that kept flashing across the sky.

One after another, ninjas dressed in the standard uniforms of the Hidden Leaf Village gathered under the Hokage Building. After receiving their tasks, they quickly left for the main entrance of the village.

No special announcement is required.

The moment the experienced people in the village saw this scene, they all realized that another huge wave was coming in the ninja world.

Otherwise, their own ninja village would not have taken such action. You must know that the ninjas who are qualified to wear uniforms are all above the level of Chunin.

In the eyes of a truly strong person, this is certainly nothing.

But for a ninja village.

The Chunin is already considered the backbone of the army.
A mission that requires a large-scale dispatch of Chunins.

Then it must involve other large ninja villages. The first thing the villagers thought of was the Hidden Cloud Village in the northeast.

After all, in the past half month, only the Cloud Ninjas have been engaged in high-intensity friction and collisions with their own Ninja Village on the border.

“Did the conflict escalate?”

"It seems that the Fourth Raikage couldn't help himself again, right?"

"Damn you barbarians from the Land of Thunder!"

"Can't these guys just live a peaceful life?"

"Is a new round of ninja war about to break out?"

"Ah!? No way?"

Similar discussions spread throughout the entire Hidden Leaf Village, and everyone was worried about the coming of war.

As the people of Konohagakure Village.

Their lives have always been very comfortable. Over the past few decades, only the Nine-Tails Rebellion 13 years ago and the Konoha Collapse Plan a year ago brought disasters to the people of the Hidden Leaf Village. For the rest of the time, they have been enjoying a truly peaceful life. They are the ones who least want to see war.

Afraid that the war would spread to the Hidden Leaf Village again.

Even if I don’t.

They also worry about the safety of their relatives and friends who become ninjas.

God knows if it will still be intact when I go out in the morning.

In the evening we received news that some were seriously injured, disabled, or even killed in battle.

How could these people not be worried?

“Is the scale of the war going to expand?”

On the left side of Konoha Avenue, the three members of Team 10 who had just returned from a B-level mission were looking at their senior colleagues who were shuttling back and forth in the sky, each with a very solemn expression. Ino also showed a very worried expression and said.

After a year of experience.

Especially after last year's Konoha collapse plan.

These rookies who graduated from the ninja school have truly become what a ninja should be. Their previous childish mentality seems to have disappeared overnight.

They have a deeper understanding of what 'Ninja' means.

The weight of responsibility they have to bear is incredible.

Ninja is not a game.

It is a terrible profession that always walks on the edge of death.

He also knew clearly how destructive a war would be to the ninjas and the ninja villages. He had learned about the history of the Ninja World War in the Ninja School.

But it’s still the same sentence.

It is difficult for people who have not experienced it personally to truly understand the cruelty of war.

It is even more impossible for the new generation who have never truly lost their loved ones or friends to understand what heart-wrenching pain is.

Except for very few special cases.

After all, humans are incapable of true empathy.

Only if you have experienced it yourself can you understand the pain.

This is the same for the new generation of Konohagakure Village.

"Hey? Shikamaru, what do you think?"

Ino turned her head to look at Shikamaru, who was already wearing the standard uniform of the Konoha ninja, and asked with a hint of urgency.

Although there are some differences from the original book.

But Shikamaru is still the first new generation to be promoted to Chunin in Naruto's generation. It's not that Shikamaru is the strongest, but that Shikamaru possesses extraordinary command and strategic abilities. It is also because of this that Shikamaru became the captain of Team 10. Although Asuma is not a particularly strong Jonin, he is a Jonin after all and a valuable fighting force of the village.

Not to mention that this period was when Konoha's predicament was most obvious.

Therefore, after Shikamaru was promoted.

Asma was transferred to another position.

"I'm not sure what the situation is yet. When I get back, I'll ask my elders at home. Our 10th class will also temporarily suspend its activities. We may be assigned a task soon."

Shikamaru also changed his usual lazy look, shook his head with a solemn expression and said.

"Yeah, what Shikamaru said makes sense."

Choji on the side nodded in agreement.

The three of them quickly set out on their journey home. When Shikamaru returned home, he found that his father was not at home.

There was no pause at all.

After saying hello to his mother and putting down his luggage.

He flew towards the exclusive office location of the senior ninja team at an extremely fast speed.

As the most important institution in the Hidden Leaf Village, it is also a department that can exercise some powers and perform certain duties on behalf of the Hokage under certain circumstances.

The office of the Jonin Class is located in the Hokage Building, directly below the Hokage's exclusive office.

This is also to make it convenient for the Hokage to summon the responsible jonin of the jonin squad at any time to understand the situation and issue corresponding orders.

Unless it is a very important specific matter.

Otherwise, many of the Hokage's orders were conveyed directly through the Jonin Squad. "Dad."

Shikamaru is Shikaku's biological son, and he has long demonstrated extraordinary wisdom, and he was promoted to Chunin last year.

Special approval from Tsunade.

You can freely enter and exit the office of the Jounin Class at will.

The ninjas outside who were in charge of the light and dark defenses would not stop Shikamaru.

After suddenly entering.

Shikamaru can be seen sitting in the main seat, busy with official business.

"Well, let's take a look first."

Shikaku was fully aware of his son's intentions, so he didn't say anything extra and just threw the document in his hand over.

After taking it, Shikamaru quickly scanned it and saw some content clearly marked in red.

Shikamaru's expression also became very serious and solemn.

"Are you really going to do it, Dad?"

It still takes some time for ordinary people to digest and understand.

Shikamaru realized the seriousness of the problem almost the moment he saw the beginning of the content and the content recorded later.

Almost all of them were consistent with Shikamaru's guesses.

The still very young Shikamaru said to his father with a look of pity.

As classmates.

In fact, Shikamaru had a very good impression of Menma at first. This was not only because Shikamaru felt sympathy for Menma's childhood experience, but also because Shikamaru admired Menma's performance and personality.

Later, after learning that Menma's true identity was the same as Naruto.

Shikamaru's feelings towards Mami became even more complicated.

Even if we put everything aside and just talk about Shikamaru's own personal opinion, he still hopes to have a relatively beautiful "peaceful ending" with Menma.

Of course, with Shikamaru's wisdom, he knew very well that this was extremely difficult, even almost impossible to achieve.

But when he saw that this day had finally arrived, Shikamaru couldn't help but feel a slight twitch in his heart.

Subconsciously, I thought of Naruto's face.

"What should Naruto do?"

When Shikaku heard his son's words, he paused for a moment and looked up at his son: "Shikamaru, after that day, this is almost a done deal, unless Menma himself is willing to turn back, but you and I should understand that this is impossible. The child's heart is completely filled with hatred. Of course, it is impossible to explain the right and wrong, but we can't care about these now. You have to remember that whether it is you or your father, our first identity is still Konoha's ninja, so the basis for all our actions is Konoha's interests and safety. Now Menma is completely out of control. If we are not careful, even our Konoha ninja village cannot deal with it. We must be ruthless!"

position!

It’s still TM’s position!
Right or wrong?

Justice and evil?
Sorry, talking about this is just a joke.

Any action, any words, will seem pale and powerless in the face of position and identity.

Shikamaru is not a stupid person. Rather, he is a smart person who surpasses 99.9999% of people in the ninja world.

He certainly understood this.

After hearing his father's words, Shikamaru couldn't help but lower his head slightly and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

"It's a little early for you now, but you have to learn to accept it, Shikamaru. Your peers also need your guidance, especially Naruto. Do you understand?"

Shikaku patted his son's shoulder gently, whispering the words.

"!?"

Shikamaru's expression also changed slightly.

But after a long while, he nodded with great difficulty.
That's right!

Konoha decided to go all out against Menma, with the understanding that as long as Menma was still alive, they could successfully retrieve the Nine-Tails!
And do this.

The only thing you need to worry about is Naruto.

Danzo and the others don’t have to care.

But people like Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shikaku can't do that.

Unlike Menma's identity as the son of Hokage, which Konoha has never officially acknowledged, Naruto has been living in the Hidden Leaf Village as the son of the Fourth Hokage for 13 years.

They had to be prepared for the possibility that Naruto might make the 'wrong' decision.

There was no way they could do anything to Naruto.

But he would never watch Naruto try to stop them, or directly support Menma.

These are all taboos.

Shikaku serves as the chief of staff of the Hidden Leaf Village.

Naturally, all possibilities need to be taken into consideration.

The relationship between Shikamaru and Naruto is still very good.

This can be considered as Lu Jiu giving his son a shot of prevention in advance.

"Very good. The village will be busy from now on. You will stay here and assist me for a while. You don't have to worry about Ino and Choji. Haiyi and Choji will take care of them."

A faint smile appeared on Shikaku's face and he spoke softly.

My own son.

Lu Jiu was still very relieved and had a lot of faith.

He follows his own way in his heart.

Be able to understand what is most important.

"Yes, I understand."

Shikamaru replied after taking a deep breath.

The opportunity for change that must be ushered in.

The changes in mood under different encounters are not just true for Shikamaru, but also for Ino, Chouji, Neji, Shino, Kiba and others.

Only Naruto will usher in his own change.

That is something that is unknown.

Because this Naruto looks like the Naruto in the original work.

But they are essentially different.

In human growth, innate conditions are certainly important, but the acquired growth environment is the foundation. Without the experiences in the original work, Naruto Uzumaki would not have become Naruto Uzumaki.

Will he remain firm in his ideas and stick to the path he has set?

That's unknown.

Konoha's actions.

It also attracted the attention of spies from ninja villages in various countries in the surrounding areas.

One by one, they quickly and faithfully recorded what they saw, and then immediately sent it back to their own ninja village through relevant channels.

However, before their message gets back.

All the major ninja villages should have received the news from Konoha long ago.

Because of this action.

if you can.

According to Shikaku's suggestion, they should try their best to get all other ninja villages involved. It is hard to say about the Sand Village and the Iwagakure Village at the moment, but the Cloud Village and the Mist Village are ones that Konoha must involve.

Going it alone?

That is absolutely impossible.

In fact it is.

When Konoha's ninja army was taking action, the members of the delegation sent out had already delivered the corresponding information to different ninja villages.

Or to be more precise.

These ninja village high-ranking officials have already learned some of the information in advance through different channels.

(End of this chapter)