I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi exclaimed in unison, looking anxiously at Yakushi Nonou, "And the result?"

"Danzo... uh... Lord Danzo pulled you into Root?"

Nara Shikaku spoke somewhat recklessly, his words becoming increasingly harsh.

Chiaki gave Nara Shikaku a disdainful look. "Do you think it's possible that if Miss Nonou is pulled into Root, she'll still have a chance to come out and carry out missions with us? Or even become the director of my orphanage?"

"And you call yourself the chief of the think tank, the strategist of Konoha? You can't even figure out this simple problem?"

"Ah this..."

Nara Shikaku scratched his head; he had truly let his concern cloud his judgment this time.

Indeed, if Yakushi Nonou had been recruited by Danzo, then the two of them wouldn't have had the chance to recruit her.

"So that's it..."

Yakushi Nonou understood, and she bowed apologetically to Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi, saying, "I'm very sorry, I'm not very interested in this area. Thank you very much for your appreciation, but I have already found the job that I like and aspire to the most."

She looked at Chiaki with adoration and affection, and Chiaki was the only one who saw her dream, not her talent.

As she continued to spend more time with Chiaki, her feelings for him even began to change slightly.

Chapter 258 Tactics? What tactics?

"Leaving aside all that, what exactly are you planning to do about this battle...?"

Chiaki interrupted Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi's lingering gazes at Yakushi Nonou, steering the conversation back to the main topic.

"Well, indeed, we should get back to our original topic."

Aburame Shiki, still somewhat lucid, spoke up to offer words of advice.

Akimichi Choza didn't seem to have any particular thoughts. He sat to the side, smacking his lips, as if he was a little hungry and wondering if he should get a couple of soldier rations to eat.

We ate all the food prepared by Qianqiu along the way, and we didn't use up much of the soldier's rations.

"Hey……"

Nara Shikaku sighed and temporarily shifted his attention away from Yakushi Nonou.

He clasped his hands together in front of him and began to think carefully.

"Aren't the numbers a bit exaggerated, with only seven of us against more than a thousand?"

Chiaki said with some unease, "If she had the strength of a Kage-level expert, she might be able to single-handedly lead an army against more than a thousand people."

This isn't just boasting. Based on Chiaki's understanding of Kage-level opponents, these thousand-plus Jonin and Chunin are really no match for a Kage-level powerhouse.

Take Jiraiya and his two companions as examples. Even Tsunade, who has the fewest combat skills, can single-handedly form an army and easily defeat thousands of people.

Is there anyone who can withstand a punch from Tsunade?

Is there anyone who can break through Tsunade's Hundred Healings Technique?

Not to mention she also has slug telepathy.

LOL, these thousand people aren't even qualified to injure Tsunade. Excluding the slugs, five thousand people would probably be enough to exhaust Tsunade.

This is because Tsunade is only a close-range healer and doesn't have many wide-range offensive methods. What if it were Jiraiya or Orochimaru?

Five thousand people?

You'll devour ten thousand people!

For details, please refer to the old man in the original work who wanted to dance. That old man could have done more than 100,000 people, let alone 10,000.

The saying "Below the level of a Shadow, all are ants" is absolutely true.

"well enough."

Aburame Shiki pushed up her sunglasses and said to Chiaki, "By the way, I have 100,000 parasites on me."

"……excuse me."

Chiaki silently took two steps back and leaned against Yakushi Nonou's chest without making a sound.

Although I don't have trypophobia, it's still a bit creepy to know for sure that there are hundreds of thousands of parasites crawling around inside the bodies of people around me.

"Actually, it's not so bad... Most of them are genin."

Choza Akimichi finally couldn't resist the temptation and stuffed the soldier's ration into his mouth, letting out a satisfied burp.

This stuff is pretty filling.

"That's right. They must be using a staggered system. Kikyo Mountain can't hold too many ninjas; a thousand is the limit."

Yamanaka Inoichi observed the situation in the small village on Kikyo Mountain and said with certainty, "The Land of Wind's plan must be to use this place as an outpost. Among these thousand ninjas, there are quite a few sensory ninjas and intelligence ninjas. They will pass the information to the main force not far away."

"After our main force appeared, they used Kikyo Mountain as a base to continuously wear down our forces."

"Wouldn't that mean... the innocent people and children in the village...?"

Yakushi Nonou said with a look of pity as she hugged Chiaki.

"Well, I'm afraid that once the war really begins, their fate will be either death or displacement."

Yamanaka Inoichi sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. The harm that ordinary people suffer in the face of war is unavoidable..."

"Why is it inevitable...?"

Yakushi Nonou held Chiaki's hand tightly. Compared to Chiaki, she was clearly more saintly and more compassionate.

This is also one of the reasons why Yakushi Nonou is not suitable to be a spy.

Yamanaka Inoichi shook his head. War inevitably brings death, and such naive ideas are unacceptable.

"Nonou, all we can guarantee is to do our best to keep the people we care about from the turmoil of death, that's all..."

Chiaki patted Nono's hand and said earnestly, "If I can, I promise you, I will definitely save the lives of those ordinary villagers, especially the lives of the children."

"Ok!"

Yakushi Nonou hugged Chiaki tightly, as if she were placing all her hopes on Chiaki.

It's normal for there to be casualties in a war between ninjas, and Yakushi Nonou could accept that. What she couldn't accept was that the war between ninjas eventually affected ordinary people, resulting in children being displaced and living miserable lives.

"Lord Chiaki... thank you..."

She rested her head on Chiaki's shoulder and spoke solemnly and emotionally. Chiaki patted her head reassuringly and then looked at Nara Shikaku, who had been silent all along.

"Strategist, have you devised a strategy?"

"If I could, I would like to protect the lives of ordinary people..."

"Ok?"

Nara Shikaku suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Chiaki with a puzzled expression: "Tactics? What tactics?"

"???"

Chiaki looked at Nara Shikaku with a face full of questions, "You closed your eyes for so long, weren't you preparing your tactics?"

She sensed that Nara Shikaku was suffering from some serious illness. The strategist closed his eyes to think before the battle. Was it not for tactics, but to sleep?

"Didn't we already decide on the tactics from the very beginning?"

Nara Shikaku tapped his head with his finger. "I had already devised the tactics from the very beginning."

"Just now, I was just simulating what to do after winning and how to deal with the subsequent situation."

"???"

Chiaki was even more confused by what Nara Shikaku said. The fight hasn't even started yet, and you're already thinking about what will happen after you win?

Isn't this a bit too early and too confident?

and also……

tactics?

What tactic?

When did you say that?

When was the very beginning?

A bewildered Chiaki looked at Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza, both of whom looked knowing and sat there with their arms crossed, waiting for something.

Yu Nuzhi remained silent, quietly preparing his parasites. His hands were already covered with parasites, seemingly just waiting to be used.

"Nonou...did he ever talk about tactics?"

Chiaki turned around blankly, and Yakushi Nonou nodded silently, "Yes, the strategist explained it."

It seems that only Chiaki is unaware of the tactics.

"...I don't believe it, I'm going to check the records!"

Chiaki reached out and pressed her hand on the blood-stained scarf, which shook slightly. Mirai, too, seemed equally bewildered.

The future doesn't matter; her current task is to support Chiaki. Tactics are meaningless to her.

"Alright, let's proceed according to plan. Let's confirm the time; we'll begin in ten minutes."

Nara Shikaku said with amusement, leaving Chiaki at a loss for words.

For the first time, she felt that fighting alongside a group of highly intelligent people was truly unpleasant.

Chapter 259 Do you really think I'm a savior for everyone?

"No, what exactly is the tactic? Tell me..."

Chiaki knew that her intelligence was not as good as Nara Shikaku and Yakushi Nono, but no matter what, she was still a part of the strategy. It would be too much if she was the only one who didn't know the strategy.

"Alright, I'll give you a brief explanation."

Nara Shikaku shrugged helplessly. "Originally, according to the operating pattern of our Ino-Shika-Cho trio, I didn't need to give any explanations."

"I'm so sorry."

Chiaki rolled her eyes. Her style was inherited from Tsunade: don't be a coward, just be reckless.

At the same time, she also inherited Jiraiya's messy and chaotic style, often doing things that are either eye-opening or jaw-dropping.