Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 113 Soldiers are a major event for the country
The Frost Kingdom is located northeast of the Fire Kingdom. It is windy and snowy all year round, and most of the area is deserted. The country does not have its own armed forces, but because it is close to the sea and is the only way from the Thunder Kingdom to the Fire Kingdom, it is particularly important in terms of military and economy compared to the harsh geographical environment of this country.

At this moment, Sakura and her group had left Konoha for three days and successfully arrived at the front-line troops led by Jiraiya.

Sakura, wrapped in a thick brown cloak, stepped on the snow, making a crisp 'crunching' sound. Looking at the snow in front of her that almost covered her calves, the pink girl seemed to be thinking about something.

Sakura was not at all surprised that the Lightning Country would attack Konoha.

The country of Thunder is mostly cliffs, and there is not much arable land in the country. Like the two countries of Fengtu, they basically rely on purchasing food to survive.

Because of Sakura's planning and the Kumogakure Village's almost militaristic policy, their actual situation is even more miserable than that of the Sand Village and the Iwagakure Village.

The amount of food consumed every day by the large number of soldiers is a terrifying number, and all they rely on are the weapons in their hands.

What should I do if I don’t have enough to eat?
Then just go grab it.

In fact, the style of the Hidden Cloud Village is just like their policies.

They all look like big and strong men, but if you really regard them as simple-minded and strong-limbed people, you will be in trouble.

They are so smart that they can kill their opponents directly. In fact, the Hidden Cloud Village has always been Konoha's biggest enemy.

Considering that they were able to take advantage of the peace treaty to kidnap Hinata ten years ago, they were certain that Konoha would not investigate further and might even turn the tables.

You have to know that they were preparing to end the war. If something like this happened at this time, in addition to getting the Byakugan, it was obvious that the Hidden Cloud Village was unwilling to end the war like this.

Going back in time, the Second Ninja World War ended and the Third Ninja World War had not yet begun, and the Hidden Cloud Village had also planned to kidnap the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

And it was successfully implemented, but fortunately it was stopped by Minato Namikaze at that time, so Naruto was born smoothly.

Otherwise, Naruto's skin color would probably be dark.

Now that Sakura has used resources to control the lifeline of the Land of Lightning, how can people like them just sit there and do nothing?

Going to war is their best option.

Back then, the Third Raikage defeated ten thousand enemies alone and successfully broke up the ambush of the Hidden Rock Village.

But this also leaves a problem for now: there are too many ninjas in the Hidden Cloud Village and they can't afford to support them.

We must look outward for a way out.

Sakura couldn't help but make some malicious guesses when she thought of this.

I’m afraid there are too many Hidden Cloud Ninjas, and some of them are coming here to die in order to ease the pressure in the village?
Looking at the tall pine and cypress trees beside her, Sakura kicked them, and the snow on the trees fell down, and Sakura's body was covered with snow.

"I didn't expect Sakura to be so childish."

Kakashi, who was standing by, leaned against a tree with his arms folded, looking lazily at Sakura, who was in confusion.

Seeing that Kakashi looked like he was laughing at her, Sakura walked up to him and kicked the tree he was leaning against.

Snowflakes fell from the trees, covering Kakashi with snow.

Kakashi looked at Sakura who was enjoying herself with dead fish eyes, feeling somewhat speechless.

Oh, as a southerner in my previous life, I never had the chance to see such heavy snow.

Sakura shook off the snowflakes on her body, dug out a ball of snow from the ground, and then made a snowball and threw it at Kakashi.

Seeing this, Kakashi dodged and the snowball hit the face of the black-haired boy who came over to look for them.

Sasuke, who was hit hard in the face by snow, couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, but when he looked at the pink girl who was laughing at him not far in front of him, the fire rising in his heart came and went quickly.

Sasuke calmly wiped the snow off his face, looked at the two of them and said:
"Jiraiya is looking for you guys."

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In the command tent on the Fire Frost Front
Jiraiya, wrapped in a heavy cloak, sat by the stove, roasting the charcoal and staring at the sweet potatoes in the charcoal fire.

In addition to Jiraiya, there were two or three other people present, basically the leaders of the troops.

At this time, the door curtain of the big tent was opened, and the cold wind blew into the warm tent, which sobered up the drowsy people inside. "Oh, oh, sorry, we are late."

Kakashi's exposed eyes curved into crescents and he spoke to everyone apologetically.

But judging from his tone, he didn't sound like he was apologizing at all.

"It's okay. There's no rush anyway."

Jiraiya waved his hand, then picked up a branch beside him and poked the roasted sweet potato in the charcoal fire and continued:

"It's just in time. We'll be able to eat it in a while."

Seeing Jiraiya say this, the others didn't say anything.

Sakura poked her head out from behind Kakashi and looked around.

Except for Jiraiya, all the others are strangers, probably the persons in charge of guarding the border all year round.

However, Baiyun was also among them in the morning, which surprised Sakura.

Isn't this guy at the border between the Fire Country and the Grass Country?
"Who is this?"

Everyone was surprised to see that Sakura was qualified to participate in such a military-level meeting at such a young age.

They have been stationed at the border all year round and don't know much about the new generation in the village.

"Oh, this is my junior sister Haruno Sakura. Don't look at her young age, she thinks faster than me."

Jiraiya explained absentmindedly.

Before taking up the position of commander here, Sarutobi Hiruzen had already explained to him the causes and consequences of this war involving four major countries.

Although he didn't like what Sakura did, the matter was done and he couldn't stop it even if he wanted to.

"So you are the apprentice of Hokage-sama."

After hearing Sakura's identity, everyone's expressions towards Sakura softened a lot.

Sakura responded modestly and then sat quietly next to Kakashi.

"Ahem, now that everyone is here, let's talk."

"What are your thoughts next?"

Jiraiya glanced at Sakura who was sitting quietly on the side and spoke.

In the past few days, the Cloud Village has launched several small-scale attacks, but they were all resolved in time by Konoha, but that was the end of it.

Apart from that it was so quiet that it didn't seem like a place that was going to start a war.

Soldiers are a major event for the country.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one seemed to be the first to speak.

Seeing this, Jiraiya's somewhat lazy gaze fell on Sakura... and Kakashi beside her.

"You, Kakashi, you say it."

Kakashi was a little confused when Jiraiya called him out, but after hesitating for a while, he slowly spoke:

"Well, I think we should wait and see."

"We should remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing situations. After all, they were the ones who started this war, so they must be more anxious than us..."

　The kidnapping of Kushina was not a scene played by Sarutobi Hiruzen. In the scene where the young Ai and the young Minato fought, Ai had a clear psychological description of Minato blocking the kidnapping of the Nine-Tails.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)