From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 143 Surrender (5k)

Cloud Hidden Village, Raikage's office.

At this time, in the entire office, including the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Nii Souji, who was temporarily acting as the Raikage, everyone was busy with their work with great concentration.

In other words, at this moment when the ninjas on the front line are fighting desperately, this is the only thing they can do as the rear-line personnel.

But even so, under the pressure of the Konoha army, bad news from the front line still reached this office one after another.

"My Lords, the F3 defense line where the Third Army is located has been breached, and Lord Inoue is leading his troops to gather up the defeated troops."

"My Lords, the Konoha vanguard led by Hatake Sakumo has approached Harayu Town and is only 1,500 kilometers away from the village."

"My Lords, this is Minato Namikaze's department."

"Two adults."

These pieces of information flooded into the ears of the two generals like a tide within a few days, and they watched helplessly as the front-line troops retreated along the second and third lines of defense that had been built.

The chain reaction brought about by this is not just the loss of personnel, materials and food, but the greatest damage is caused to the invisible human heart.

Nowadays, the entire Cloud Village is in a panic. Everywhere you can hear civilians discussing the possible consequences after the failure of the war, complaining that the Third Raikage should not have started this war, and the wealthy businessmen and ninja families are making preparations for dispersion. Ever since the last time the two sous-generals made harsh remarks to several high-ranking officials, saying that even if the village was broken up, they would continue to resist, it is still unknown whether they will resist or not, but some high-ranking officials are indeed making preparations for the possibility of the village being broken up.

Actually, there is no other way.

Sawara Kiri's battle record is really too impressive.

First he killed Rasa, then Shukaku, and then the Third Raikage - in just one short war, he won all the tough and fierce battles. In less than a year, the reputation of "Second Generation of Ninja God" had even spread throughout the ninja world.

What kind of deterrence is this?
The two sousujis could understand their actions, but the survival of the village depended on him. As the acting Raikage, he could not understand it, nor could he let the village fall apart like this.

By the time he saw the last message, he saw that the Konoha vanguard led by Minato Namikaze had approached within 1,400 kilometers of the Hidden Cloud Village.

After seeing this message, the two general managers looked up in their seats and were stunned for a long time.

Finally, he let out a long sigh.

Like a criminal who had finally received the death sentence, the heart that had been stuck in his throat finally sank to the bottom of the valley.

"Pass the order."

"Yes."

A Kumogakure ninja in the office immediately responded.

The two generals spoke calmly: "Order the Chakra Cannon Scientific Research Team to immediately calibrate and position the cannon according to the current and subsequent intelligence, prepare to fire, and wait for orders."

"Yes."

After hearing these words, everyone present finally became a little excited.

The bad news that kept coming from the front lines these days not only tortured the two Soujis, but also tortured these loyal Kumogakure ninjas.

Now, hearing that the two adults were finally preparing to use the village's trump card, he seemed to suddenly gain some confidence, and even the strength when he clenched his fists seemed to increase.

When he quickly turned around and walked out, he didn't notice the tired and gradually lonely expressions on the two generals' faces.

The maximum charge of the Chakra Cannon can only be used for two rounds.

What kind of outcome will they face after these two shells are fired?
The two general managers actually know this very well.

It’s just that ordinary people can’t see as far as he does.

Front line, Minato Namikaze's unit.

This vanguard force, consisting of only dozens of people, had been on a forced march for nearly ten days and was already exhausted.

However, the retreating Kumogakure invaders were like a treasure that attracted this army to move forward.

Not only the ninjas in the army, even Minato Namikaze regarded these people as the basis for him to continue to be on par with Kiri-kun.

However, tonight's night march had only been completed less than halfway, and the entire reconnaissance squad's perception ninjas, including Minato himself, said that they had noticed abnormal chakra reactions, but the Hyuga ninjas had not found any corresponding signals within a range of ten kilometers. This contradictory military situation made Namikaze Minato himself hesitate.

Just as he was thinking about whether to report this unusual situation to the headquarters of Hatake Sakumo in the rear.

One of the perceptive jonin suddenly raised his head and looked at the horizon in astonishment. His body trembled unconsciously, and then he howled behind him:
"Extremely high-yield chakra reaction detected!"

"high speed!"

"The Tailed Beast Ball, no, it's even stronger than the Tailed Beast Ball!"

"Dodge—too late!"

As one of the most outstanding perception ninjas in the entire army, Namikaze Minato also clearly sensed the extremely strong, meteor-like chakra reaction this time.

"Heaven!"

Someone suddenly gave a reminder.

The next moment, everyone looked towards the sky.

I saw that the sky, which seemed a little dim at dawn, was suddenly lit up by a very bright and dazzling light.

It was an arc of light that clearly showed the curve of the earth's gravity and came from an unknown distance of many kilometers away.

It broke through the clouds, tore through the sky, and penetrated everything with a glow that seemed to permeate the entire Land of Lightning, pointing straight in the direction of Minato Namikaze and others.

In just that instant, Minato Namikaze realized that it was coming towards them.

When they realized this, the arc-shaped glow had already begun to fall from the sky. Originally it looked like just a streamlined trajectory, but as it approached them at an unimaginable speed, the area reflected in their field of vision became larger and larger.

From the thickness of a finger, to a fist, to a palm, and then gradually covering the entire field of vision
"Everyone come closer to me!"

Minato Namikaze's voice was harsher than ever before, and the roar almost overwhelmed the speed of the light in the sky breaking through countless sound barriers and falling towards them.

The surrounding ninjas had already prepared to avoid the artillery fire. The moment they heard the sound, they immediately touched each other very skillfully, and finally several of them reached out their hands to Minato Namikaze.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Until the moment when the light is about to fall.

Their figures suddenly disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, the glow fell.

“Rumble——!!!”

The great sound is silent, yet it shakes heaven and earth.

After teleporting to dozens of kilometers away in one breath, everyone could still feel a very obvious vibration under their feet. The trees around them were shaking violently as if they were dancing, and the ground under their feet seemed to have turned into the water waves that they had stepped on during training when they had just graduated, constantly swaying and spreading in all directions.

After a moment's pause, the sudden storm uprooted the trees that were dancing just now, and countless pieces of gravel and branches flew into the sky. The scorching air waves seemed to be able to blow away their skin, bringing an unimaginable impact.

Everyone struggled to maintain a defensive posture, using chakra to protect exposed skin as much as possible.

Only Minato Namikaze raised his head high and looked directly at the ball of glow that fell to the ground and lit up the dawn like the sun.

An extremely dense and destructive ball of chakra light, like a tailed beast ball, engulfed the place where they were just now, and a hot ball rose up that covered an area of ​​several kilometers.

The clouds in the sky seemed to be peeled off a layer, revealing the color of the top of the outer sky, vaguely distorting the magnetic field and exposing a colorful glow.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were awe-inspiring.

I stared blankly at this scene which seemed like a natural disaster.

What kind of divine power is this?
However, when Minato Namikaze saw this horrifying noise, he inexplicably thought of Sawara Kiri.

"If Wu-kun were here, even an attack of this magnitude wouldn't be able to do anything to him, right?"

Unconsciously, that strong feeling of powerlessness seemed to engulf his entire soul.

Where did this attack come from?
Which Kumogakure ninja has such strength?

Unfortunately, no matter what Minato was thinking at this moment, this result had already become a fait accompli. As the vanguard troops, they had to report this situation immediately and not let the large troops in the rear face such an attack head-on.

"Leave two people with me to investigate the situation!"

"The rest of you, retreat."

The power of this one shot alone caused the entire Konoha's advancing troops to stay on this line, which was 1,400 kilometers away, for a full three days.

Everyone in the Raikage's office was cheering for this amazing achievement. Many frontline ninjas were inspired with unprecedented courage and began to set up the third and fourth lines of defense around this line.

Only the two general managers sat quietly at the table with their hands clasped together.

It was not until a long time later that he slowly stood up and left the office.

Outside the office door, Yi and Eve had been waiting for a long time, as if they had already expected that he would choose to go out at this time.

Not only them, Ai also stood there at some point, looking at him quietly.

After such a long time since his father's death, the young man has gradually adjusted his mindset and understood the truth.

Unlike the lower-level Cloud Hidden Villagers, as the few upper-level people who have the right to know, they know very well what the two Soujis need to do after the shot lands.

"My Lords, I want to go with you, too."

Ai stood there, looking as strong as his father at such a young age. The two Souji just smiled at him gently and said, "Ai, you are the man who will inherit the name of the Fourth Raikage."

"Some things are enough for us old people to bear."

"Two adults."

Ai was startled when he heard this, and suddenly clenched his teeth.

The two sous-chiefs did not stay for too long. They took a thick scroll and left the Raikage Building with Yi and Eve.

A few days later, he arrived at the forefront of the battle between Konoha and Kumogakure amid the cheers of the Kumogakure ninjas.

As a role model, Hatake Sakumo naturally must not show weakness.

At the same time, it was also because he was the only one working together with Minato on the entire front line who could stop the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

However, this time, the two generals had no intention of fighting with them, and their voices were calm:

"Come on, take me to Konoha."

"This war must end."

The moment he heard this voice, both the cheers of the Hidden Cloud Ninjas behind him and the hostility of the Konoha Ninjas in front of him seemed to slow down for a moment, and they all looked at him.

The two general directors still had resolute expressions on their faces.

He is willing to give everything for the village.

This is not a lie.

"Boom!"

The dark forehead hit the floor of the Hokage's office with a very loud sound, almost smashing the marble tiles that had just been laid.

The voice, which was faintly crying, was so shrill that it was almost sharp:

"Please, gentlemen, let us, Yunyin, go!"

The few people who were originally on high alert and had gathered the three ninjas and Sahara Kiri to sit in the Hokage's office, now looked at his miserable and wailing appearance and looked at each other in surprise.

Jiraiya, who had a relatively thin skin, scratched his cheek somewhat unnaturally.

This is too sad to cry about.

Before, when they heard that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki personally led two high-ranking members of the Hidden Cloud Clan to come to Konoha to submit a letter of surrender, they felt that they were about to face a difficult tug-of-war.

After all, some time ago, the Hidden Cloud Village had just exposed a large-scale chakra weapon capable of carrying out large-scale strikes across more than a thousand kilometers. If it weren't for Minato Namikaze who was on the front line at the time, there would probably be heavy losses. Even the Konoha high-level officials thought that the Hidden Cloud Village had developed some biochemical monster that surpassed the tailed beasts.

In addition, although Kumogakure suffered a crushing defeat on the front line, its overall strength has not been damaged. It even has spare capacity to deploy defenses on the sea in the direction of Iwagakure, which shows that it is not short of manpower.

At this time, Kumogakure submitted a letter of surrender to Konoha.

Moreover, the one who made this statement was the perfect Jinchūriki who was rumored to be able to control the Two-Tails.

This action itself carries the meaning of a conservative ceasefire.

If the battle continued, even if victory was inevitable, Konoha would suffer heavy losses. Who knew how far that special large weapon could reach? And could it be moved?
To this end, Jiraiya has sent three or four rounds of spies to infiltrate the Hidden Cloud Village.

No news till now.

As a result, the other party actually lowered his attitude so much as soon as he entered the door.

"Crying? Crying also counts as time."

Only Orochimaru still had a cold expression on his face, and he played the good guy without hesitation: "The Kumogakure invaded Konoha first, and now you don't want to fight anymore?"

"Do you really think that all of us Konoha ninjas are made of mud?"

Upon hearing this, Hatake Sakumo and Namikaze Minato behind him also looked embarrassed and stood a little further away.

In order to ensure that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki would not cause chaos in the Land of Fire, they followed him all the way back. They all had a good impression of him, who was determined and resolute.

I didn't expect to see this scene as soon as I entered the door.

"All the faults are due to that bastard Third Raikage!" Two-tailed Souji said in a sad voice, "I hope you all know that there are many people among us Kumogakure ninjas who do not want to continue the war, but the Third Raikage holds the power and insists on his own way. We have tried to persuade him several times but to no avail, and that is why we have ended up like this."

"Now that the Third Raikage has been beheaded, the Cloud Village has naturally returned to the hands of the public."

"The people of the Hidden Cloud Village are also human beings. Why would they want to start a war without any reason?"

"You should go and tell these words to the dead Konoha ninjas." Orochimaru's voice was calm, but there was a chill in his voice as soon as he spoke, "Konoha's army will not stop until Kumogakure is completely destroyed and this village is destroyed."

"If the four great nations are like the Thunder Nation, fighting when they want and stopping when they want, will Konoha ever have a moment of peace?"

Jiraiya's eyes widened upon hearing this and he looked at him in surprise - are our war goals really that big?
But soon, noticing the calm expressions of Tsunade and Sawara Kiri, he understood.

They raise the price and pay it back when they land.

This is going to put Yunyin's financial resources on the line.

"I know that these words cannot shake your resolve, nor can they save the countless lives of Konoha ninjas. That is why I have brought the sincerity of Kumogakure to you."

The two generals said this and took out a thick scroll from behind them.

"This is all the ninjutsu and secret research hidden in the Hidden Cloud Village."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of everyone present suddenly froze, staring at the scroll in his hand.

For a ninja, inheritance is something more precious than life.

If the Konoha ninjas also know what the Kumogakure knows, then what threat will they pose to Konoha?
At this moment, even Sawara Kiri, who was standing far away, could clearly hear Jiraiya's heavy breathing.

really.

Jiraiya, who is a professional at playing the bad guy, quickly spoke up: "Orochimaru, please forgive others when you can. Didn't the two adults say that? There are many people in Kumogakure who don't want to fight."

"If we add this scroll, the land and port 600 miles south of the Lightning Country, and the protection rights of the Soup Country, then it is not impossible to consider it."

Good guy.

Sawara Kiri thought Jiraiya was the bad guy just a second ago.

I didn't expect that his request would be even more exaggerated than Orochimaru's.

The corners of Orochimaru's eyes twitched, and his golden snake eyes glanced at Jiraiya, as if indicating something.

Jiraiya then realized that he might have accidentally asked for too much and smiled awkwardly.

The two generals knelt there, glanced at a few people, and finally fixed their eyes on the expressionless Sawara Kiri, and did not speak for a long time.

You might as well just disband Kumogakure.

At times like this, Tsunade had to smooth things over: "Well, the battle on the battlefield is nothing more than a matter of life and death. If this is all the sincerity you two have, please go back."

"Even if we can make up our minds, we can't suppress the rage of the Konoha ninjas."

"When the war breaks out again, don't say I didn't warn you."

Although this still sounds harsh, it actually gives the two of you a way out, but there are still some conditions to be added.

The two generals took a deep breath and said as calmly as possible:
“You may not know this.”

"The reason why powerful and perfect Jinchūriki have appeared one after another in Kumogakure over the years is because there is a secret place in the Land of Lightning called the True Falls."

"This secret realm allows the Jinchūriki and the Tailed Beast to face each other with their true hearts, allowing both parties to reach an agreement, thus achieving perfect mastery."

"In addition to these secret techniques, Yunyin is also willing to offer this location."

Several people were stunned when they heard this.

They are still young and have only been in the ninja world for a short time, so it is natural that they have not heard of many secrets.

When the two sous-generals told the whole matter, they didn't know what others thought, but a very bright light suddenly flashed before Minato Namikaze's eyes.

Kushina doesn't have to suffer anymore?

"You never mentioned the port, the land, or the special weapon. What's the point of talking about the ability to subdue the tailed beast?" Orochimaru's voice remained calm. "Without Kumogakure, we can control the Nine-Tails."

"Please also know, Orochimaru, that I, Kumogakure, still have 30,000 troops, countless ordinary people who are willing to resist the invaders, as well as countless money and hired ninjas!"

The two sousuji's voices suddenly hardened: "Does Konoha really want to push Kumogakure into a desperate situation?"

After this round of manipulation, I finally got to the vague bottom line of Yunyin.

However, the Sannin did not get discouraged.

The negotiations have only really begun now.

A week later.

The news that Kumogakure submitted a letter of surrender to Konoha spread throughout the ninja world.

　First update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)