From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 68 Frontline
The former Kikyo Castle Lord's Mansion has now been transformed into Konoha's temporary front-line command center.

As Team Hatake walked along, they could see civilian personnel in Konoha uniforms, moving in and out of the room as if their butts were on fire.

Under normal circumstances, a powerful senior ninja like Hatake Sakumo, although nominally one of the highest commanders on the front line, the specific command tasks still have to be handed over to the members of the Nara, Yamanaka and other ninja clans, who use their command and intelligence transmission capabilities to carry out large-scale command and mobilization.

But this time, it's a little different.

As soon as they entered the temporary meeting room, the four members of the Hatake team saw the gloomy man with long black hair standing in front of the sand table like a star surrounded by stars, pointing his teaching stick at the mountains near Kikyo Castle and giving orders to the Nara ninja beside him:
".I don't want casualty figures."

"I just want Thor Mountain!"

Out of instinct as an undercover agent, Sawara Kiri subconsciously concentrated and listened to the two sentences.

However, Orochimaru quickly noticed them and handed the teaching stick to the deputy commander beside him.

"Sakumo, you're just in time."

Orochimaru's voice was still cold and hoarse. When his golden vertical pupils looked at others, they inexplicably gave people a feeling of being licked. His peripheral vision seemed to inadvertently glance at Sawara Kiri, and then quickly slid away:

"We just received the general material report from the rear, which needs to be signed by the three front-line commanders."

"Huh? You actually got into work mode right away."

Although Hatake Sakumo was complaining in a nonsensical way, he did not stop for even a moment and walked over with Orochimaru.

Yes.

The commander-in-chief of the counterattack on the Wind Country front this time was Orochimaru.

Sawara Kiri looked at the busy staff around him.

At this moment, all the people in the entire command center were arranged in an orderly manner, each bent over their own work, with a slight rustling sound in their ears.

Ever since the situation on the Wind Country front deteriorated to an almost irreversible point a month ago, Orochimaru was used by the Konoha high-level officials as a firefighter and was urgently deployed to the battlefield with a group of his subordinates.

In just one month, the battle line, which had been retreating under the all-out offensive of Sunagakure, gradually stabilized under his leadership.

Regardless of Orochimaru's identity and position in the original work, as a Konoha ninja now, he is impeccable in the hard indicator of "ability".

He is an undoubted genius.

However, even he has things he cannot do.

"Wait a minute, Orochimaru."

Hatake Sakumo looked at the total material report in his hand, and suddenly a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he lowered his voice:

“What’s up with this number?”

Noticing this, Sawara Kiri glanced at the girl at the door and reminded her:
"Yayoi."

Uchiha Yayoi was slightly startled, then nodded as if with telepathy, turned around and closed the door of the conference room, blocking the view from inside and outside.

Minato glanced at them and said nothing.

Mr. Wu, you are really attentive.

Orochimaru looked indifferent at his somewhat stunned voice - or rather, he looked so tired that he didn't want to waste any energy on his facial expression:

"That's all."

Hatake Sakumo's face suddenly turned pale:
"How can this be done?"

"The entire village of Sunagakure has been mobilized, and it is estimated that at most 25,000 to 30,000 ninjas can be mobilized!"

"We have been preparing for nearly a month, how come we have only just gathered 12,000 people? The number of detonating tags and spare stab-proof vests is so short."

A gap of more than 10,000 people
It was obvious that the relaxed attitude he had shown before was just a disguise to appease the students.

In this war, the pressure he bears is not small at all.

Orochimaru was still like a robot. Facing Hatake Sakumo's question, his tone did not fluctuate at all, and his voice was hoarse:
"First, two months ago, our main logistics station on the front line of Wind Country was breached, the previous commander was killed, and a large amount of supplies were seized. That's why we retreated all the way here - that idiot lost too much in one go."

"Secondly, in terms of manpower, the fronts of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth are under greater pressure than us."

"The Third Raikage personally led a large army to the border of the Land of Hot Springs. Jiraiya alone cannot stop him. Sarutobi-sensei is ready to go at any time, and the Tsuchikage is also negotiating a peace agreement with Hanzo of Amegakure."

"The vast majority of troops were transferred to the north."

"Right now, there are only so many people that can be allocated to us."

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Upon hearing this, Hatake Sakumo was also speechless.

Complete encirclement.

Although Konoha is strong, it is also located in the most dangerous place among the four wars.

Therefore, if they showed even the slightest sign of weakness, they would be attacked by the covetous wild dogs around them and their flesh would be torn apart.

Seeing that he had no problem, Orochimaru turned around and said calmly: "The only good news now is that the Sand Village has launched an all-out offensive against us, and their supplies are being consumed very quickly."

The Wind Country is a typical poor imperialist country. They cannot withstand this kind of offensive for long.

Hatake Sakumo nodded deeply.

The Fire Nation is a big and rich country. Even though it is in a temporary trouble now, as long as the war can continue, Konoha will be the only winner.

But how many hardships will this war go through before it ends in victory?
Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo fell silent at the same time.

As commanders, they should neither question their superiors during the war nor make their subordinates lose confidence.

"Anyway, please."

"Sakumo-kun." ".Yes."

Sawara Kiri and Namikaze Minato watched this scene quietly.

Give everything for Konoha.

For a ninja, this is never an empty statement.

The rain was heavy.

The big raindrops and the sticky and humid air make clothes stick to the skin, giving people the illusion of being soaked in water.

The gloomy and humid environment of the quiet forest, the dim sky covered by dark clouds, the subtle smell of blood and earth mixed with water vapor that rushed into the nostrils, and even the subtle breathing sounds of the companions around.

All of them give people a real feeling of oppression in the chest.

The corpses of enemies or companions that fell beside the ancient trees from time to time intensified this feeling.

The ninjas flew between the giant trees in small teams and passed by quickly. No one tried to collect the corpses - no one knew under which corpse a detonating tag with a special fuse might be hidden.

Sawara Kiri rushed to the front of the entire team, using his "Six Eyes" to sense the movements of the enemies around him.

Dozens of kilometers away, large groups of Sand Village ninjas were organizing the supplies and manpower needed for the next round of offensive, including food, weapons, protective gear, explosives, and puppet parts. All kinds of supplies were transported to the front like ants.

Just looking at this scene, one can't help but feel a heavy sense of oppression rising in his heart.

These are all ninjas.

A ninja who can walk at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, shoot kunai as fast as bullets, and is not afraid of falling from a giant tree dozens of meters high. He also knows all kinds of magical ninjutsu, and consumes only three bowls of rice a day - fuel.

Even the Third Raikage, who was a super-kage-level goalkeeper, was surrounded and killed by ten thousand Iwagakure ninjas and exhausted.

So, if he fights to the death now, how many Sand Ninjas can he stop?
How many people are there on the other side of the forest?
Sawara Kiri thought this subconsciously in her heart.

"Whoosh-"

Before he could figure it out, the three of them had already reached their destination.

After password verification and token checking to confirm that they were their own people, Sawara Kiri and his group were allowed into the front-line camp.

Since arriving at Kikyo Castle five days ago, they first participated in several battle meetings as jonin, familiarized themselves with the overall process, and then were sent to the first line of defense to participate in the overall defensive counterattack operation.

Mr. Hatake was left behind.

According to Orochimaru, he has a more important mission to participate in - according to the reply from the intelligence personnel, the Third Kazekage is not in the Sand Village.

Sawara Kiri looked towards the camp.

At the edge of the forest at the border between the River Kingdom and the Fire Kingdom, the Konoha Ninjas have cleared a piece of wasteland along the river. Looking from above, it looks like a yellowish-brown line has been drawn in the lush forest area.

It is also interesting to say.

Both sides were obviously ninjas, but in order to reduce the possibility of a covert surprise attack by the enemy, both the attackers and defenders dug wide trenches crisscrossing like scars in the camp, just like in the battle in the previous life, to hide their own movements as much as possible.

If there is any difference, it is probably that in order to avoid being wiped out by a large-scale joint ninjutsu, the ninjas are still arranged in small teams with great distances between them - however, this also gives the enemy's elite the opportunity to get close and launch a sneak attack.

When Sawara Kiri and his group entered the tunnel from under the communication trench, they saw many people gathered together. Each of them used simple earth or water escape techniques to drain the rainwater in the trench. They were busy carrying supplies and were covered in mud.

For these "soldiers" on the front line, most of their daily wartime is this kind of garbage time.

Eating, sleeping, excreting, digging holes, waiting for the enemy in fear, and occasionally talking about family matters.

They will talk about their childhood sweethearts waiting at home, and that they will get married after this battle, and that the car is ready, and that there is nothing to be afraid of now, and that they will win.

Then, he died silently under a sudden kunai or fire escape.

The time actually facing the enemy is actually a very small part of the war.

As for hiding in the shade of the trees and fighting with the enemy ninjas?

That is a privilege for the 'elite'.

However, Sahara Kiri was not concerned about these things now. His eyes swept around and soon locked onto a small clay figure in the crowd and waved at her.

"This is Team Sawara."

The little clay figure was startled at first, then wiped his glasses with his equally dirty sleeve, immediately reacted, stood up hurriedly, and climbed out of the water channel.

It was not until her body was soaked again by an even heavier rainstorm that the girl revealed her long flaxen blond hair and her childish face.

Uchiha Yayoi suddenly looked at her with an inexplicably vigilant look, and then glanced at Sawara Kiri in front of him.

stare--!
Although I had seen the photo in the file, it was not until I saw the child in person that I found that he was actually quite cute - are ID photos really unreliable?

In addition, Wu always seemed to have some subtle affection for little girls of this age.

It makes people wonder whether to be happy or dissatisfied.

"Sorry, sorry!"

"Sorry to have kept you waiting. I am the medical ninja assigned to your team by the front command."

The girl wiped the mud off her face, trotted over, smiled a little embarrassedly, and bowed deeply to them with her wet and sticky long hair, saying softly:
"My name is Yakushi Nono."

"Please give me more advice."

(Yakushi Nono, the adoptive mother of Yakushi Kabuto↑)

(She looks good with or without glasses↑)
　3k chapters!
　　I had a dinner party last night and drank a little too much, so I missed a chapter. I will make up for it tonight.

　　The next chapter will be around ten o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)