In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 391 The Third Hokage Appears
The riot on Mount Longhu continued until dawn.

Under the leadership of Nadutong, the Municipal Tourism Bureau approved the application of Longhushan Scenic Area to temporarily close for one day.

Lu Liang, Gong Qing, and a large number of Quan Xing monsters were captured alive and temporarily detained in the temporary prison of the Central China Branch of Nadutong, awaiting trial by law.

"Professor Zhuo, I heard that you saved Linglong and the others. Thank you in advance. If you need any help in the future, just tell me, Lu Jin. You're welcome."

A handsome old man with white hair and wearing a suit stood in front of the mountain gate of Longhu Mountain, holding his granddaughter's hand, and patted his chest and said to Qingshui.

"Mr. Lu, you are too polite. By the way, I heard that the guy who used the air-blowing technique in the previous competition was seriously injured this time?"

Qingshui asked Lu Jin.

"Yes, it's Xiao Xiao. He lost an arm. Xu San has arranged for him to receive treatment in the company's medical department."

"If the company can't take over, you can ask him to come to me. My next research project should be able to cure his hand."

Qingshui put his hands in his pockets and said with a smile.

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[Current luck value, 57.73%]

Naruto World.

Qingshui sat in front of the holographic sand table, his movements pausing slightly.

Is this the only luck that comes from being a senior consultant at Nadutong?

Yes, although Nadutong is an organization that manages the extraordinary people in the world, if it cannot get a position as a director or be recognized by the extraordinary world as one of the top ten, it will always be not important enough.

But it's better than nothing.

At present, most of the incarnations of the existing worlds have climbed to the limit of what they can reach at the current stage, and the dividends brought by technology and strength have almost been consumed.

As a one-person world in the blue ocean, it is expected to be the focus of obtaining luck in the future.

Of course, the other worlds and the main body can still obtain a steady and continuous supply of luck, but the amount cannot be increased that much at once.

A steady stream of money will accumulate over time and become an objective number.

The prerequisite is that the forces under his command can continue to develop and expand.

"Now that these two cities have been captured, the gates to most of the western part of the Fire Nation have been opened. This entire area is indefensible. However, we still have to leave garrison troops to stabilize the occupied areas."

Qingshui looked at the holographic sand table and quickly deduced in his mind.

It has been some time since the last large-scale battle between Baichuan City and Konoha.

After the troops led by Orochimaru and Jiraiya were defeated, Shimizu took advantage of the situation and led a large force to the western border of the Land of Fire and occupied the territory.

Now, a small piece of the western border of the Fire Country has been bitten off. It is said that the Daimyo of the Fire Country is extremely angry about this and has sent a special inquiry to the Third Hokage about this matter.

However, a large amount of funds and war supplies were also sent along with it.

Once defeated, no matter what the fate of Konoha is, he, the daimyo, will definitely be the first to be liquidated.

If Konoha was destroyed, he would be dead. If Konoha still retained its vitality and was defeated but not dead, then in order to restore its strength, it would definitely have to attack him as the daimyo first.

The Sand Village has proved that even without the need for a daimyo, ninjas can still find a way out, and they can still do well and become stronger.

However, after invading the territory of the Land of Fire, even though Sunagakure was still in the advantageous position, it inevitably delayed part of the offensive.

There are many reasons. On the one hand, the Konoha Ninja has the home advantage. On the other hand, Orochimaru made a more realistic and reasonable tactical plan after clearly realizing the gap in strength between the two sides. On the other hand, there are some defects in the Sand Village itself.

As the second-in-command of the Sand Village today, and even the most important person, Shimizu knows the village's military strength, resource reserves, etc. best.

The total number of regular serving ninjas in the Sand Village will reach 15,000.

Among his men, there are 6,000 people responsible for attacking the Fire Nation, which is the largest number.

Chiyo and Karyu, with 4,000 Sandagakure ninjas, were in the north of the Wind Country to resist the Iwagakure ninjas who had formed an alliance with Konoha.

These alone numbered 10,000 people, accounting for two-thirds of the Sunagakure's military strength.

The Third Kazekage has already reached an agreement with Hanzo on the alliance. After paying a certain price and providing logistical supplies for Amegakure, the two sides will send troops together to interfere with and contain the Land of Earth while attacking the Land of Fire from another direction.

Both sides formed a force of about 3,000 people in the direction of the Fire Country, half of which were from Sunagakure and the other half were from Amegakure.

In addition to the necessary troops to stay in the villages and stabilize the rear, not many people can be mobilized.

"Orochimaru took the initiative to arrange several small elite troops to fight guerrilla warfare with me. I really had to divide my troops and station them in the rear. Just to capture the more than ten cities we have captured, a lot of troops will be allocated."

"Fifth and sixth grade students in the Ninja School can arrange graduation internships and replace the second-line team to be stationed in the rear. Now that we have entered the territory of the Fire Country, the pressure in the rear is not great, which is just right."

"We can also modify some of the Clairvoyance and other types of reconnaissance puppets. We can select a group of puppeteers from non-puppet units, give them some simple training, and leave two puppeteers in each city to cooperate with other garrison members. With the improved real-time communication and reconnaissance facilities, we can expand the scope of care of the remaining team. Just leave this to Scorpion."

Doing so should save more than a thousand regular troops.

It's a pity that the Sand Village does not have a bunch of powerful ninja clans like Konoha, otherwise it could have squeezed out a lot more potential power.

Of course, there are ninja clans in the Sand Village, but their average quality is much lower than that of Konoha. There are no wealthy ninja clans like the Uchiha and Hyuga, who are the first-tier ninja clans in the ninja world.

The slightly larger ones are not the mystical families like the Ino-Shika-cho, Inuzuka, and Aburame, but regular ninja families like the Sarutobi and Shimura, which have good ninjutsu heritage and resource assets.

Of course, there is now a pool of blood, but apart from Yuyajo En, the rest of the small fish and shrimps combined may not be able to defeat some small ninja clans.

The most important thing is that the degree of centralization in Sunagakure is higher than that in Konoha.

The Third Hokage wanted to delegate power to other elders and advisors because each ninja clan was too strong and had their own agenda.

The Sand Village is much simpler and more straightforward.

Although there were many disputes among the elders and their families, the Third Kazekage was strong enough and held power tightly enough, so the potential strength of each ninja clan had long been tapped and brought together under the ninja organization of the Sand Village.

"The current offensive route should be changed. This war is nominally for revenge, but fundamentally it is still a conflict of systems. But in essence, it is to complete the unfinished work of the first two Ninja World Wars and take away the resource-rich land of the Land of Fire. The next strategic deployment should focus on blocking the main transportation routes that cut through the major areas of the western part of the Land of Fire, and nibbling away at them step by step."

Now Sunagakure has won a great victory over Konoha and has the advantage, but the two sides are still of equal size.

It is very difficult to win quickly and destroy Konoha.

Unless you have the strength of Madara and Hashirama, you can easily take down a big ninja village.

Konoha still has its foundation and many experts, so it is impossible for Sand Village to destroy it all in one go.

The most suitable way is to cut the flesh with a blunt knife, let Konoha bleed, weaken the opponent, strengthen oneself, and wait until the gap in strength between the two sides widens again, then it is time to truly destroy Konoha.

What we need to do now is to seize the territory of the Land of Fire and the resources of Konoha, destroy the vitality of the Konoha ninja forces, and eliminate the large number of Konoha masters.

Just as Qingshui began to make the next strategic arrangements based on the holographic map, Maki suddenly came in from outside with quick steps.

"what's up?"

"According to the intelligence team, traces of Orochimaru and Jiraiya have been found."

"where?"

"Kiichi Town, Orochimaru's secret headquarters is there." Shimizu looked at the holographic sand table.

Muchi Town is right next to a huge forest, which is indeed a place where a lot of people can hide. Even if they are discovered, there is a vast forest behind them. With the presence of reconnaissance ninjas such as Hinata, Inuzuka, and Aburame, once they are discovered or defeated, they can rush into the forest like a dragon entering the sea, making it extremely difficult to pursue them.

“Is the confirmation credible?”

"It is a Class A secret agent that Lord Ebizo had set up in Konoha many years ago. It is codenamed Ant-Bug and has already gained a certain status in Konoha. The thirteen intelligence reports sent back previously have all been confirmed and have played an important role."

In other words, the credibility of this information is high enough.

Shimizu is not afraid of being ambushed because the information is false. He has the immortality brought by his perfect demonized body, the super high mobility of the blood demon technique Flying Thunder God, and his real strength. Konoha cannot kill him.

What he feared was being lured away from the mountain.

If the information is false, then Konoha might take advantage of him being transferred away to do something else.

"Send a message to the communications squad, have Ye Cang and Luo Sha put down their current tasks and return to the team immediately, and lead the main force to Muchi Town."

Qingshui waved his hand to remove the holographic sand table and gave an order.

"Directly mobilize a large force? Wouldn't that make too much noise? Konoha might notice it and move away in advance."

Maki asked.

"So let Luo Sha and Ye Cang lead the team, and I will leave early."

Shimizu replied.

"Are you sure? What if Konoha has an ambush this time..."

"It's okay. You know my strength. I am an army all by myself. An ambush can only be called an ambush if it works. Otherwise, it's just a gift."

Maki thought carefully about Shimizu's performance in the last battle and figured it out.

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A few minutes later.

Muchi Town, the base of Konoha Ninja.

Qingshui concealed his breath, held a telescope, and silently stood on a high place looking at the camp.

The reason why I didn't sneak in directly was because there was a risk of being discovered by the White Eyes within a certain range.

The number of people in the camp is estimated to be over three thousand, which is better than Shimizu had expected, both in terms of numbers and the mental state of the ninjas.

It seems that reinforcements have been received.

The exact locations of Jiraiya and Orochimaru have not been seen yet, but the locations of various core locations can be determined through the routes of people traveling in the camp.

By checking one by one, we can quickly find the command center.

"That should be the logistics location. The location behind the center is the mission handover location. Orochimaru is most likely there. No other abnormalities have been found."

Qingshui watched the Konoha camp, sitting cross-legged on the mountain, and did not act rashly.

Konoha's camp is now well organized, so a rash attack would not be very effective. It would be best to wait until they start to move.

A complete ninja unit of more than 3,000 people can still cause considerable trouble.

His goal was to cause as much damage as possible to the Konoha ninjas, preferably to kill characters like Orochimaru or Jiraiya. Of course he could just rush in, but the success rate would undoubtedly be reduced.

Qingshui was not worried about whether he would just sit there and wait for no opportunity.

The large army under his command has already started moving. As long as Konoha does not want to be surrounded and annihilated, it will definitely take action the moment it receives the intelligence.

"Has the main force of Sunagakure set out? Is it the full force?"

Not long after, Orochimaru at the command center received the news.

This is the territory of the Land of Fire. The Konoha ninjas are well-informed. Coupled with the Byakugan and a series of reconnaissance bloodlines and secret techniques, they are slightly better than the Sand Village with its various reconnaissance puppets in terms of real-time battlefield intelligence, so they can naturally receive news quickly.

Without any hesitation, Orochimaru immediately ordered Konoha's army to take action and prepare for transfer.

And the opportunity of clearing water also came with it.

"over there!"

Shimizu put down the telescope, slid out the sealing scroll with his left hand, and took out the Kusanagi sword with his right hand.

The next moment, smoke rose and five puppets appeared, rushing towards the front of Konoha's team.

"Enemy attack!"

Beside Orochimaru, a young Hyuga clan member rolled his eyes and suddenly shouted.

The former retreated without hesitation.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

Missiles flew out from the puppets and poured into the positions of the Konoha ninjas.

"Back to the days!"

"Tushiribi!"

One after another defensive ninjutsu rose up, and Orochimaru bit his thumb and completed the hand seal in an instant.

"Triple Rashomon!"

"boom!"

Rashomon was cut off by a Kusanagi sword that glowed blue.

Orochimaru was horrified and fled back again.

With just one move, he broke the triple Rashomon. Its power was no less than that of the Tailed Beast Ball.

This guy's strength has become stronger than the last time we fought!
Damn, this guy is barely sixteen years old. Could it be possible that he will really grow up to be as good as the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara?

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!" x2
Two dragon head-shaped flames attacked Qingshui from different directions.

Qingshui dodged instantly, but the next second, another thick stick like a towering pillar came towards him.

This stick is...

The third Hokage?

So, this was actually an ambush against me?
There is Orochimaru, Jiraiya, the Third Hokage, and a large group of Konoha ninjas.

This lineup is a bit troublesome.

(End of this chapter)