Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 298: News that Shocked the Ninja World

A great victory will bring about great changes to Takigakure Village and Kusagakure Village.

Then the impact on the ninja world will be even more unparalleled. Although the technology tree of this world is skewed, there seems to be a breakthrough in some necessary technologies, and the ninjas also have their own special methods.

Especially when the Fourth Raikage "deliberately" led his troops to advance to the border of Taki Country first, the attention of the entire ninja world was focused here, including the Sand Village and the Iwagakure Village, which were still on the sidelines and had dispatched necessary reconnaissance personnel to advance into this area at the corresponding time.

News that Menma led the Taki ninja to launch an active assault.

It was almost at the moment when the two sides started the battle.

This was discovered by the front-line investigators in each village.

Especially the collision between the huge bodies of Vulpix and Two-Tails was extremely shocking. They immediately sent the corresponding information to the leaders of their own ninja village through special channels, but the situation changed too quickly.

This was a collision that was full of impact.

In the opinion of those spies, there is a high probability that it will be a stalemate, with a small probability that the Cloud Ninjas will advance all at once in a battle.

The final result was a complete victory for Takinin, which none of them had expected.

Of the three thousand Cloud Ninjas, less than a thousand escaped.

The Two-Tails Jinchuriki was highly suspected to have been captured, and the Fourth Raikage Ai seemed to be seriously injured, and was able to escape successfully only under the cover of his subordinates.

It should be said that the moment when this information was learned.

The spies from the major ninja villages could hardly believe their ears and eyes.

But everything before us is the naked reality.

They witnessed the defeat of the Cloud Ninja with their own eyes.

They had to believe it even if they didn't want to, so these spies acted like crazy in the following period, quickly transmitting the collected information back to their own ninja village.

The news spread quickly throughout the ninja world.

It also caused every ninja village in every country to be shaken.

The first to receive the news was undoubtedly the Hidden Leaf Village, which also sent troops to approach the Land of Water Trap, but was one or two days slower than the Cloud Ninja Army.

In the advance team of Konohagakure Village, which is still separated from the Frost Country by the great battle between the two ninja villages.

The leader of the team was Jiraiya, who received the message from Tsunade and rushed to join the group. He was led by nearly four thousand Konoha ninjas.

There is also the centering adjustment of Lu Jiu and Hai Yi.

As well as Kakashi, Asuma and other elite jonin in the Hidden Leaf Village.

The original plan was to meet up with the Hidden Cloud Village troops near the Frost Country, and then head to the Taki Country together.

However, the Fourth Raikage's arbitrary behavior destroyed this plan.

This wasn't a particularly big problem.

Shikaku could also predict that this was an attempt by the Fourth Raikage to seize the dominant position, and Shikaku proposed corresponding countermeasures to Jiraiya.

But what I didn't expect was.

It's just such a 'little problem'.

This led to such an exaggerated result.

In the Frost Country, in the Konoha frontline camp.

This was not originally the designated camping site for the Konoha troops, but the current situation forced Konoha to temporarily set up camp here.

'Take the initiative.'

'The Fourth Raikage was seriously injured and unconscious, and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki was captured.'

"Most of the three thousand Kumo Ninjas were killed or wounded, and the Kumo Ninjas on the front lines have already fled back to their own borders."

'Taki Shinobi did not pursue further, but returned to defend the line.' Thinking of the information passed back by the front-line scouts.

Inside the main tent of the camp.

Regardless of Jiraiya who was sitting on the main seat.

The senior ninjas such as Shikaku, Kakashi, Asuma, and Haiyi who were sitting at the lower position all had solemn expressions.

Also, Shikamaru, who had specifically asked his father Nara Shikaku for permission to go to the front line, had a complicated look on his face.

"Is Menma so strong now? Can he defeat the Fourth Raikage in a one-on-one fight?"

After all, he was his peer and a former classmate who had studied together in the same ninja school for six years.

If only this could be accepted calmly and easily.

That's what's going on.

"This is the information passed back by the frontline investigators. Although it has not yet been verified a second time, in my opinion, this information should be true."

At the first seat on the left, Lu Jiu said with a serious look.

This time the action.

It should have been a joint action of Konoha, Cloud Ninja and Mist Ninja, but now not only is the Mist Ninja's attack force still two days away from the front line, the Cloud Ninja has already run into problems first. The casualties of three thousand Cloud Ninja are not considered a particularly big problem.

The serious injury of a village's Kage and the loss of the Tailed Beast's Jinchūriki would greatly shake the stability of a ninja village.

What is more important is the strength demonstrated by the enemy in this battle.

It has far exceeded the initial expectations.

Especially Uzumaki Menma.

Without any external interference, he defeated the Fourth Raikage head-on in a pure one-on-one duel. This level of strength is already the ceiling in today's ninja world.

Facing such an enemy.

Judging from Lu Jiu's wisdom, it is necessary to further increase the strategic alert level.
We can no longer measure it with the same perspective as before.

'What a scary little creature. . . '

Although Shikaku looked calm on the outside, he was shaking his head inwardly with great emotion. You know, in his previous plan, he had already overestimated Menma.

But now it seems.

Their strength is still far beyond the plan.

The most important thing is this determination and this method.

That's right!

Even though there is no evidence to prove it now, Shikaku has the feeling that all these arrangements were made by Menma, and it is definitely not the case as previously recognized by the outside world that Menma is following the orders of Orochimaru.

It was definitely his own arbitrary behavior.

Based on this point, while Shikaku was infinitely wary of Menma in his heart, he also felt deeply sorry for him. It would be great if Menma could stay in the Hidden Leaf Village.

Unfortunately.

This is a luxury.

It is a luxury that Lu Jiu can never change or achieve at any time.

Therefore, this kind of meaningless indulgence only flashed through Lu Jiu's brain for a second before he put it out of his mind on his own initiative.

"My suggestion is to stop advancing right now, send more personnel to the front line, and assign personnel to the Hidden Cloud Village to collect as much meaningful intelligence as possible. After gathering the advancing Mist Ninja troops, we can make subsequent decisions."

After a slight pause, Shikaku glanced at the faces of Kakashi, Haiyi and others in the big tent one by one, and finally stopped at Jiraiya who was sitting in the main seat and said so.

(End of this chapter)