Naruto: My version is ahead of the ninja world

It is difficult for a person to be certain of how much energy they can unleash under extreme conditions unless they have actually experienced those limits.

In contrast to the Konoha ninjas' overwhelming numbers against one opponent in the Land of Rivers, Sakumo Hatake played the opposite role in the Land of Rain, where his solo sniping was the true "limit."

It can truly be said that a new generation replaces the old.

Sakumo Hatake certainly didn't have the ability to deal with the Sunagakure army by himself, nor did he need to. He only needed to buy enough reaction time for the Konoha front-line camp.

When news of Sunagakure's preparations for a surprise attack reached the camp, the Konoha ninjas who remained there immediately prepared for battle. At the same time, this urgent information was also transmitted to Shimura Danzo as quickly as possible.

In this incident, Danzo's behavior cannot be considered foolish; rather, he was overly cautious to the point of being excessively careless. Why would a retired Kazekage lead so many troops to encircle and suppress him?

Danzo was indeed very selfish. Many times, he didn't prioritize his own selfishness over public interest; rather, he justified his selfishness as public interest.

To put it simply, any event or situation that benefits Danzo's chances of becoming Hokage is something that all Konoha ninjas should naturally prioritize.

In short, Danzo may not have understood what was happening at first, but after receiving enough information, he immediately realized that he had been tricked by Sunagakure... At this point, Danzo finally understood what he should do.

He was very rational, so rational that he could immediately figure out which was more important: killing the retired Kazekage or the destruction of the Konoha camp.

Therefore, Danzo immediately abandoned the Second Kazekage and led Konoha's elite forces into the Land of Rain as quickly as possible... At this time, he had already made the worst-case scenario plan, that is, even if the Konoha camp was defeated, he would still lead the team to cut off the Sunagakure's retreat and make them pay the corresponding price.

That's right, Danzo's thinking was based on the so-called "stop-loss".

Just as Danzo began his operation, Konoha's first wave of reinforcements arrived on the battlefield in the Land of Rain.

Three enormous summoning beasts suddenly appeared on the battlefield, their exaggerated size blocking the Sand Village ninjas' advance.

"Are they still alive?" Orochimaru looked at the battlefield with his calm, almost indifferent eyes.

However, even someone as rational as him couldn't help but slightly narrow his eyes when he saw the blood-soaked figure.

"It's obvious they're alive and well... Can a ninja achieve such an exaggerated ambush effect using such simple methods?"

Jiraiya also saw Sakumo Hatake, and when he spoke, he couldn't help but use a tone of admiration.

Although Jiraiya and Sakumo Hatake have the same hair color and are roughly the same age, their fighting styles are completely different.

The fact that Sakumo Hatake was able to hold off a large group of Sand Village ninjas with just a chakra blade fully demonstrates one thing... he's a professional at killing people.

"I feel like I'm nearing my limit," Tsunade said.

However, to her surprise, neither Jiraiya nor Orochimaru agreed with her judgment.

"Tsunade, your judgment is based solely on the medical knowledge of a medical ninja... The person standing in front of you is clearly not someone who can be judged by ordinary standards."

"From this day forward, his name will resound throughout the ninja world."

Tsunade glanced at the two of them but didn't say anything more. For people who believed in metaphysics but not medicine, there was nothing more she could explain.

Hatake Sakumo was indeed no ordinary ninja. On one hand, he was very good at fighting, and on the other hand, he didn't have much "power"—it was truly outrageous that a ninja of this strength could be forced to "voluntarily delete his account" from the ninja world.

The arrival of Konoha's first reinforcements actually meant the failure of Sunagakure's operation. The sneak attack had turned into a direct confrontation. It wasn't that Sunagakure was destined to lose, but that the price they would have to pay to win was simply too exorbitant.

As more and more Konoha ninjas appeared on the battlefield, Chiyo decisively decided to disengage and strategically shift towards the Land of Wind... This was the right decision, because she also needed to minimize her losses.

According to the winning principle, stopping losses is winning.

If we don't disengage now, the next situation will be a stalemate between the enemy and ourselves, and it will be difficult to extricate ourselves then—only by completely seizing the initiative on the battlefield can we have the possibility of advancing or retreating at will.

The previous war between Konoha and Iwagakure in the Land of Grass is a counterexample.

Compared to Danzo Shimura, Chiyo was a more competent commander, at least in this operation.

To summarize this operation, Sunagakure felt that Konoha's intelligence transmission system was too fast, after all, Konoha had ninja clans like the Hyuga and Yamanaka who were focused on intelligence gathering and transmission.

Furthermore, some ninjas were growing at an incredibly fast pace, exceeding the Sand Village's expectations. If it weren't for the harassment from this extraordinary individual, the operation would have been a success.

Konoha simply felt that Sunagakure was too insidious, actually trying to launch a sneak attack.

Furthermore, the Iwagakure faction, which received the relevant information, felt it was a great pity.

The truly insidious one was the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki. When he decided to change the military's course, it wasn't just to scheme against Konoha, but also against Sunagakure... As it turned out, Sunagakure fell for it, but not completely.

Both sides only scratched the surface, and the mutually destructive outcome that Iwagakure had hoped for did not materialize.

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Afterwards, Yu Xian and the others heard about a Konoha ninja who became famous in one battle, and when he learned that the person was named Hatake Sakumo, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

At that moment, he had only one thought: "Konoha's White Fang really did become famous before the Sannin." If interpreted according to conspiracy theories, this was not a good thing for Hatake Sakumo.

The succession of power in Konoha is traceable, but Sakumo Hatake seems to fall outside of that framework.

However, at this time, Yugen, or rather the Eleventh Squad, did not have much energy to pay attention to this matter, because after the operation ended, Sunagakure's conspiracy was thwarted and came to nothing, and Konoha passed the crisis without any major incident, the next thing to do was to deal with various "minor details".

The leader's decision-making error is of course not a big deal, but the eleventh squad's actual combat capability did not match the data on paper, so a routine investigation is needed.

To put it bluntly, this squad should have been wiped out the moment they encountered the Wind Shadow, but the opposite happened. They survived without a single casualty.

Inside a black tent, Yugen encountered a Konoha ninja who appeared to have a "friendly aura," and whose appearance was very deceptive.

However, if Yu Xian is not mistaken, the other party is either from the torture department or from the dark department.

"Chunin Yugen, don't be nervous. We just want to know some details about the battle in the Land of Rivers." After verifying Yugen's identity information, the other party asked in this way.

Okay, he's planning to start with the details and gradually get to the core.

"Uh, I'm not nervous."

Yu Gen really had nothing to be nervous about. He wouldn't lie, and the Konoha ninjas on the battlefield in the Land of Rivers weren't all wiped out except for the four members of his squad. The information they shared could definitely corroborate each other.

As for directly "searching the brain"...

In reality, this method would never be used lightly against living ninjas from the same village... In some ways, it is a more brutal method than direct torture.

The matter concerning the eleventh squad wasn't serious enough to warrant that level of escalation.

Okay, it's impossible to tell the whole truth, Yu Xian still has to tell some lies... for example, at the very least he needs to establish a genius persona or something.