Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 167 Ideological Differences: The Rimuraists

The Sand Village stopped trying to be clever and retreated all the way to the Land of Rivers, giving up the several Konoha patrol points they had already occupied.

Upon arriving at a town in the River Country that had already been occupied, Chiyo tallied the losses and, despite being quite old, felt an urge to cry.

Of the 80 Jonin, 46 died and no one was injured.

Of the nine elite Jonin, seven have died!

The remaining two are named Luo Sha and Jia Liu Luo.

She no longer hates Luo Sha for taking away Jia Liuluo; on the contrary, she feels that he is sensible and opportunistic.

If he hadn't taken away the durian, there probably wouldn't have been 7 dead, but 9!

What pained Chiyo the most was the death of Yokura!

Yekura is a Scorch Release ninja!

Moreover, she is still young and in the prime of her life for marriage and childbearing!

If she can get married and have children, it wouldn't be a problem for her to establish a bloodline limit family in Sunagakure!

Chiyo had no idea that Yoshikura would later become so powerful that she would become a hero, to the point that no one was worthy of her.

"Damn Minato!" Chiyo gritted her teeth in anger, but no matter how hard she thought about it, she couldn't think of any way to stop Minato except to poison her own people.

Even applying poison to his body didn't work; Minato's wind blades were fifty centimeters long!

No, I have to develop a new poison, colorless and odorless, that can spread!

"Elder, the Konoha ninja are here again, they're just outside the city!"

"What do you mean!" Chiyo stood up angrily and went to the city wall, where she saw a group of Konoha ninjas who had already set up tents outside. The person in charge was none other than Minato.

Actually, Jiraiya was the one in charge, but Chiyo's attention was entirely on Minato.

What Sannin? I don't know them!

"Minato, what do you mean? We've already left the Land of Fire, why are you still chasing us!" Chiyo asked sharply.

"What do you think?" Minato retorted.

Chiyo fell silent.

The Land of Rivers is a buffer zone between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, a place where neither country can station troops.

Chiyo tried to be clever, but Minato didn't fall for it!

She could only grit her teeth and nod: "Okay, let's continue our retreat!"

This time, I'm really grinding my teeth to powder!

Because the city behind her was the one she had chosen to fight against Konoha, Sunagakure spent a lot of resources to restore, rebuild, and reinforce it.

Who knew that their main force could be driven back by one person in a single day?

But this city isn't even finished yet, it's completely useless!

In other words, not only will all the resources invested in the early stages be wasted, but the city might even benefit Konoha.

People died, money was gone, what did Sunagakure gain from this war?

"Withdraw!" Chiyo waved her hand and turned to leave.

She didn't want to look at Minato even once, even though he was a handsome guy!

Beside Minato, Jiraiya looked completely bewildered: "Can a battle really be fought like this?"

Without losing a single soldier, just one strongman was enough to force an entire village to retreat.

"Why not?" Minato retorted, "Isn't this how the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha fought back then!"

Jiraiya was speechless. You actually want to be compared to the God of Shinobi?

But thinking about it, if he is a prophetic child who can change the world, wouldn't it be normal for him to be as powerful as the God of Ninjas?

So, how high can the Watergate reach?

That really is...

Amidst his excitement, Jiraiya inexplicably felt a pang of sadness.

In Minato's path to growth, it seems that besides providing a Flying Thunder God scroll, he didn't offer anything else.

Minato learned the Senju Treasure Trove of ninjutsu from Kushina, as well as the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques.

Taijutsu (physical techniques) had already developed into a complete system by the time Minato met Jiraiya.

Regarding the Spirit Link Technique, he wanted Minato to sign a contract, but Minato refused.

However, only Minato himself knows how much he helped him; outsiders don't know.

Having such a disciple is something I can be proud of for a lifetime!

"What should we do next?" Jiraiya asked.

He himself didn't realize that he was already starting to listen to Minato's ideas.

This is the law of the ninja world: the strong are respected.

"First, reclaim all the cities in the Land of Rivers, then build fortresses and strongholds on the border and station people there!" Minato said. "After that, send battle reports back to the village and see what the Hokage decides!"

"But the Land of Rivers is a neutral country, so in principle we shouldn't station troops there!" Jiraiya said.

"But Sunagakure has neither submitted a letter of defeat nor signed a peace treaty with us, which means we are still at war. Since we are at war, there is no such thing as a neutral country. This is just a war zone!" Minato said coldly.

Jiraiya remained silent, as if there was some truth to it.

Let's do it this way!

He sorted out the battle report, but there wasn't much to sort out. Apart from the first match where everyone still had some sense of participation, the rest of the matches were all highlights of Minato.

"Take a look, where is there anything wrong with what I wrote!" Jiraiya sorted out the battle report and handed it to Minato.

"Should we also report on the militia of Xitang Town?" Shuimen asked after looking at the battle report.

"Of course we must report it!" Jiraiya said. "We are the only military organization in the Land of Fire, so the militia of Nishitou Town is, in principle, an illegal organization!"

"What will happen to the village?" Minato asked.

"We'll either order Nishitang Town to disband its militia, or we'll require the daimyo to order its disbandment, but it'll likely be the latter!" Jiraiya said. "You see, Nishitang Town has a militia; other villages probably have them too, so the daimyo needs to issue a unified order!"

"But isn't the existence of militia a good thing for the town?" Minato asked. "They can maintain order, and they can also wipe out bandits and drive away wild boars."

"If there are bandits or wild boars, they can call on the Konoha ninja!" Jiraiya said. "The next C-rank mission will be fine!"

"Even a C-level mission costs over ten thousand taels!" Shuimen said.

"But if it's a village, this amount of money isn't much!" Jiraiya said.

"What if bandits run rampant and massacre entire villages? Since the villages have no militia, they won't have time to issue missions to Konoha?" Minato countered. "Such examples are not uncommon!"

After all, if you don't massacre the village, the villagers will find ninjas to kill you.

If you massacre a village, ninjas might come knocking, but at least the news will spread more slowly.

Of course, bandits might not think that far ahead or have that kind of vision, but there are still examples like that.

Jiraiya fell silent. He couldn't refute those words because he had indeed accepted such a mission.

"But if all these towns form militias, Konoha will have no missions!" Jiraiya asked. "If there are no missions, how will everyone survive?"

"Every ninja is the pillar of their family, supporting parents, grandparents, a wife, and children. A C-rank mission might cost them a month's expenses!"

"So we can only sit by and watch the villagers be slaughtered by bandits?" Minato retorted.

Jiraiya fell silent again, and after a long while, he murmured, "But this is how ninjas have always lived!"

"Haven't you always been right?" Minato retorted.

Jiraiya remained silent.

"Haven't you noticed that times have changed?" Minato continued, "In the past, ninja clans were scattered throughout the Land of Fire, so they could easily wipe out bandits and outlaws. But now all the ninjas are concentrated in one village. It takes people from remote areas several days to find them. Inconvenient transportation leads to information delays, and the price of information delays is the annihilation of the village."

"Therefore, the method of hiring ninjas for missions was still usable during the Warring States period, but by the time of the ninja villages, this system was no longer suitable!"

"Really?" Jiraiya scratched his head. "What you said makes sense, but there's definitely something wrong with it!"

"What's wrong?" Minato asked.

"I don't know!" Jiraiya shook his head. "But I do know that the First, Second, and Third Hokage, as well as Orochimaru and Tsunade, were all extremely intelligent people, and none of them felt there was anything wrong with the system. Why do you think there is a problem?"

Watergate remained silent.

"There must be something good that you haven't seen!"

Shuimen remained silent.

Patting Minato on the shoulder, Jiraiya said wistfully, "Actually, I'm just like you. When I was young, I also disliked this and that. But over time, I gradually got used to it. You're just still young. You'll understand when you're older!"

Minato probably understands why Ningyuan didn't invite Jiraiya.

He appears to be avant-garde and even writes novels, but in reality, he is a rigid and old-fashioned person.

He adheres to a very selfish principle in his heart.

It's not for personal gain, but for the benefit of the village.

In short, Jiraiya valued the village extremely much, even more than his teacher, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and even his own life.

To protect the village's interests, Jiraiya is capable of anything, even threatening Tsunade.

This selfishness also spread to Naruto.

A closer look reveals that these two people have something in common: they talk to themselves without caring about what others think or whether what they are saying is right or wrong.

Anyway, everything I say is right, and everything you say is wrong.

If I can't win an argument with you, let's have a fight first, and then I'll use verbal persuasion after I've convinced you with physical means.

As for the various questions you raised?

I'm sorry, I can't solve this. All I know is that people should understand each other.

The various ideas you proposed.

I'm sorry, I don't understand. All I know is that people should understand each other.

Ning Yuan didn't know whether this kind of thought process was due to a lack of perspective or a kind of subtle brainwashing.

Even though Nagato's parents were killed, his brothers were killed, and his village was massacred, he still had to forgive others.

Sasuke's entire family was killed, and he was left with only one arm, but it wasn't the village's fault, but Sasuke's. Sasuke has to reflect on his actions and see if the village will forgive him!

How shameless!

Ning Yuan simply couldn't understand this kind of thought process.

Anyone who offends him will be met with the swift and brutal punishment of killing their entire family.

As for forgiveness? Let God forgive him; my job is to send him to meet God.

I'm referring to the Supreme God of Heaven; Ningyuan doesn't believe in religion.

Minato didn't think that far ahead; he didn't even know he would have a son named Naruto.

With just a few simple words to Jiraiya, he completely understood the difference between the organization's philosophy and Jiraiya's philosophy.

If Jiraiya is willing to learn and correct his mistakes after being pointed out, then there's no problem; we'll be comrades from now on.

However, it's clear that Jiraiya had no intention of correcting his ways and even tried to correct Minato.

Minato sighed, recalling a sentence Ning Yuan had once said.

Different road non-phase plan.

So, teacher, will we become enemies in the future?

(End of this chapter)