This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Ohnoki finally couldn't bear it any longer and smashed the stone table in front of him with one punch.

"Whoo, whoo, whoo"

Ohnoki breathed heavily, trying to calm the anger in his heart.

"Father, please calm down."

Huang Tu looked at Ohnoki, who had never lost his composure like this before, and a hint of worry flashed in his eyes.

Huangtu, who also knew all the inside story, naturally understood the seriousness of the problem. With Konoha's "official defection", Iwagakure has now reached a very dangerous juncture.

"Asshole!!!"

Hearing Huangtu's persuasion, Ohnoki cursed angrily, his old face turned red, and his sunken rosacea seemed like a red-hot thermometer, as if it could burst at any time.

What is unknown is whether he was cursing Konoha, Kumogakure or the yellow earth in front of him.

"Father"

A complicated look flashed across Huang Tu's eyes, and for a moment he didn't know how to persuade her.

However, as a great hero in the ninja world, Ohnoki's psychological endurance was naturally beyond the reach of ordinary people. After a brief venting, he calmed down again and kept weighing the current situation in his heart.

Now Ohnoki concluded that the destruction of Iwagakure's logistics forces was indeed caused by Konoha.

Not only that, Konoha's "blatant" ambush almost shows its attitude of fighting the Iwagakure to the death. In Ohnoki's view, this is equivalent to declaring war on the Iwagakure.

There is the restraint of Kumogakure in front, and the "covetous" Konoha and "waiting for an opportunity" Takinin behind.

Even though Ohnoki didn't understand why Konoha did this, what really happened forced him to accept the current reality.

Iwagakure has now reached a very dangerous situation.

In this situation, a decision had to be made without any time to think. Ohnoki made up his mind.

"Fight, we must fight!"

"Order the troops to launch another attack at night!"

"Give me the power of Kumogakure at all costs!"

A hint of determination and ruthlessness flashed in Ohnoki's eyes, and a cold and stern aura appeared on his body.

"Father, isn't this a bit too risky?"

Even Huangtu was shocked by Ohnoki's words.

With Iwagakure in such a precarious situation, Ōnoki was actually going to attack Kumogakure? Was he crazy?

Logically speaking, isn't it the best option to withdraw troops and retreat now?

"No, you're wrong about loess."

"We must not retreat now. Not only can we not retreat, we must not even show the slightest sign of weakness!"

Ohnoki looked at his son solemnly and decided to teach him the most important lesson.

"This"

A hint of confusion appeared on Huangtu's face. He didn't understand why Ohnoki said that.

Seeing Huangtu's puzzled expression, Ohnoki continued to explain.

"If we retreat now, let's not even talk about whether Kumogakure will let us go."

"Just imagine, what if Konoha has already laid a tight net in the Land of Rice and the Land of Frost, waiting for us to fall into it?"

"What will happen then?"

Ohnoki asked Huangtu in front of him. Just a simple sentence scared Huangtu so much that he broke out in cold sweat.

"By then, Iwagakure's logistics will be cut off and they will be blocked from both front and back."

"Then he will become a meal for Konoha and Kumogakure. Maybe even Takinin, the jackal, will be able to get a piece of the pie!"

Ohnoki spoke through gritted teeth, especially when he talked about Takinin, his tone was as cold as a piece of ice.

"So, we must not only fight, but also fight hard!"

“You need to look not like food on a plate, but like a solid rock!”

"Whoever tries to eat us, we'll break all his teeth!"

There was a hint of deep understanding in Ohnoki's eyes. As a shrewd and cunning man, he was already well aware of the filthiness of politics and the weaknesses of human nature.

"You mean"

A glimmer of understanding flashed in Huangtu's eyes, and he spoke hesitantly.

"Kid, you have to remember this."

"There are no permanent enemies, nor permanent friends."

"Only eternal benefits!"

Ohnoki said quietly, with a cold glint in his eyes.

"Don't think that these guys will be a rock."

"No one would be willing to accept someone else's request for a share of the spoils after paying the price to defeat the Iwagakure."

"No one is willing to take the initiative to suffer losses and hand over profits to others."

Ohnoki said coldly, his gaze had no focus, as if it was not in the tent in front of him, but had penetrated the curtain of the tent and landed on the distant Land of Fire, Konoha.

A hint of hatred and coldness flashed in his eyes, and he spoke again.

"So now, the first thing we need to do is to negotiate peace with Kumogakure."

After Ohnoki finished speaking, Huangtu's eyes flashed with understanding. He suddenly understood the significance of Ohnoki's "risking death and then surviving".

Chapter 317: The Last Stand of Iwagakure

Ohnoki knew in his heart that it was basically impossible for Iwagakure to get through this safely, and that they would have to pay some price, more or less.

Not only that, Ohnoki also had to prevent the Iwagakure from being completely wiped out here.

With the information he had at hand, Ohnoki made the best and only choice!

——Desperately wager everything and wager a war against Kumogakure!

This seemingly crazy move actually gave Iwagakure a glimmer of hope.

After the logistics were cut off, Ohnoki still had a glimmer of hope in his heart and was unwilling to give up the hard-won victory. Therefore, he chose to fight against Kumogakure to ease the pressure of Iwagakure's material consumption, so as to continue to barely hold on and find another way to break the deadlock.

But what Ohnoki didn't expect was that when he ordered Han to go to the Frost Country to investigate, he actually caught a "big fish".

Before sending Han to the Frost Country, Ohnoki had already placed his suspicion on Konoha.

But he originally thought that when Konoha was besieged by both Amegakure and Sunagakure, they would at most dare to stab Iwagakure in the back, but would never jump out and become an enemy of Iwagakure in public.

However, unexpectedly, Konoha was so decisive that it "rebelled in public" and directly "intercepted and killed" the Iwagakure investigation team.

You have to know that there are two completely different concepts: secretly doing something behind someone's back and slapping someone in the face.

Even though Ohnoki had already blamed Konoha for the annihilation of the Iwagakure logistics force, he had no evidence and couldn't take action.

Now, there is no need to talk about anything more. There is no doubt that everything has been "conclusive evidence". Konoha's actions are equivalent to slapping Iwagakure in the face. This action is tantamount to actively provoking a war.

As the Tsuchikage, Ōnoki simply couldn't sit idly by and watch everything happen.

Iwagakure and Konoha have completely taken on this feud.

Now that it has happened, it's over.

Ohnoki had already calculated that with the shrewdness of the Kumogakure and Konoha high-level officials, both sides would definitely not be willing to face the dying counterattack of Iwagakure, the "fish in the net".

The reason is simple. A lion is surrounded by a tiger and a brown bear, but neither the tiger nor the brown bear is willing to take the initiative to withstand the lion's dying counterattack.

Because who knows, after the lion dies, will they become each other's next target because they actively fought against the lion and over-consumed their fighting power?

Therefore, Iwagakure needs to negotiate peace with Kumogakure.

Although Ohnoki's plan seemed absurd, the two sides had fought fiercely for several months, leaving behind the corpses of tens of thousands of ninjas, and had already formed a blood feud.

Now that Iwagakure is in danger, they want to negotiate peace. Doesn't Kumogakure have any temper?

But in fact, this seemingly absurd decision has a very high probability of success.

Because Ohnoki had decided to vomit out everything he had swallowed.

In other words—he planned to abandon the Moon Kingdom.

The main contradiction that led to the outbreak of war between Kumogakure and Iwagakure was the issue of the Moon Country.

Now that Iwagakure is willing to give up the Moon Kingdom, the main contradiction between the two sides has been resolved invisibly.

And the most important thing is that it is not impossible for Yunyin to take revenge.

But right now, Ohnoki still has more than 20,000 Rock Ninjas in his hands. With the strength of the Cloud Ninjas, can they really defeat these 20,000 Rock Ninjas?

Even if Kumogakure wins miserably in the end, who can guarantee that Konoha will not turn around and take down Kumogakure as well?

Two dogs fight, play off.

Even elementary school students understand this truth, and the Third Raikage is not stupid, so how could he easily make wedding dresses for others?

Of course, even if we have to sit down and negotiate.

Ohnoki wouldn't be so stupid as to go straight to the Third Raikage to talk.

This is what Ohnoki had said before. The closer it gets to this time, the less likely Iwagakure should show signs of fatigue.

On the contrary, Iwagakure had to be ten times more ferocious than usual at this time, so that he could calm down the tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves that were lurking around him.

And the more Ohnoki wanted to negotiate peace, the more fiercely he fought on the battlefield and took the initiative.

After all, if you want to achieve fairness at the negotiating table, the greatest reliance is the force in your hands.

If they show fatigue with a weak attitude, they will eventually be underestimated by Yunyin or even be overshadowed by Yanyin. What's more, Yunyin may even think that Yanyin is strong on the outside but weak on the inside and choose to pounce on them and tear them apart.

Naturally, Ohnoki did not want to and could not see such a result.

Therefore, there is only one way left for him - fight!

Regardless of whether Kumogakure is aware of Iwagakure's current situation, it doesn't matter. The strategy Ohnoki is currently using is an open and aboveboard conspiracy.

This was the most upright way of war! No matter what the Third Raikage planned, as long as he didn't want Konoha to take advantage, the daily surge in casualties on both sides would force the Third Raikage to sit at the negotiating table.

"Go and prepare. Divide your troops into several groups."

"Starting tonight, the offensive on the front lines must not stop. We must continuously launch attacks on Kumogakure!"

Ohnoki said this to Huangtu, and even though he had a heart as hard as stone, a hint of fatigue flashed in his eyes.

"Yes, father."

Huangtu nodded, then stood up and walked out of the tent. If Onoki did not go out, Huangtu would have to command the next war personally, so he could not be careless at all.

The protracted war made the young man Huang Tu's back look a little desolate.

Looking at his son's back, a complex look flashed in Ohnoki's eyes.

Is he really wrong this time?

Konoha Ninja Village, in the Hokage's office.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo who was in a very miserable state in front of him, his old face full of gloom.

Danzo had a sullen face as he narrated to Sarutobi Hiruzen everything that happened in the Frost Country.

But in Danzo's mouth, the story obviously "changed its taste". At first glance, it seemed that everything was the responsibility of Iwagakure, and he, Danzo, was just "forced" to fight back.

But the shrewd Sarutobi Hiruzen was no fool. How could he not know that if Danzo was determined to leave, even a Five-Tails Jinchuriki would not be able to stop him.

As Danzo continued to narrate, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression became uglier and uglier.

Finally, when Danzo finished speaking, Sarutobi Hiruzen could no longer sit still. He stood up and paced back and forth in the Hokage's office, while constantly putting the pipe into his mouth and puffing on it.

Seeing this situation, Danzo, who was still a little frightened at the moment, suddenly felt a little panic in his heart.

Because he had never seen Sarutobi Hiruzen show such an expression.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen said nothing at this moment, his aura was like a volcano about to erupt, making people shudder at the mere sight of him.

Chapter 318: Danzo's trembling legs

What Danzo is doing right now is of great importance, and the impact it has brought has reached a level that even Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, cannot handle.