The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

For the teacher who contributed such a talent to them, the several advisory elders were also full of gentleness when looking at the departing figure of Mr. Kimura, which was completely different from the ferocious expression at the beginning, as if they wanted to eat the other person.

Several advisory elders are old men who are prepared to dedicate their entire lives to Konoha, including Danzo at the moment. They also have a common good wish, which is to make Konoha as powerful as it was when the first Hokage was alive.

Before that, the primary task is to vigorously tap the talents among the poor ninjas. Only when there are more civilian ninjas can the towering tree of Konoha grow stronger!

The Hokage's office building fell into silence again. After a few minutes, Jiraiya finished reading all the information about Minato Namikaze since his birth.

"Old man, I think this kid can perfectly inherit my will of fire. You can't compete with me for this no matter what you say!" When Zi finished reading Boshui Fengmen's information for the second time, he had a feeling that this kid would definitely be his disciple, even though he had never met him yet!

"Haha, a kid that even little Jiraiya wants to snatch away, it seems there won't be any problem. Hiruzen, what do you think?" The one who spoke was Mito Kado En.

"Then I'll leave this child to you, Jiraiya. But if you want to accept him as a disciple, you must stop being so unreasonable."

The Third Hokage thought about it and still felt that what Jiraiya said made sense. Of course he knew about his own apprentice. Few people could catch his eye, and those who could catch his eye, generally speaking, were definitely of good character and good character.

Now the only thing the Third Hokage fears is that the disciples taught by Jiraiya will become as unreliable as him in the future, which would give him a headache.

Shaking his head and putting aside the matter that had not yet occurred, the Third Hokage began to look serious, as he had some serious business to discuss next.

"Jiraiya, did you find anything during your scouting near the Hidden Cloud Village?"

As the Third Hokage spoke these words, the atmosphere, which had been somewhat lighthearted due to the competition for talent, became solemn again.

"Well, old man, as we expected last year, the Third Raikage has also begun to stir. I found a large number of elite ninjas from the Hidden Cloud in the Land of Hot Springs. They seem to be ready to attack our Land of Fire at any time."

Putting down the information in his hand, Jiraiya resisted the urge to rush over to find his future disciple, and began to seriously report the information about the Hidden Cloud Village to the Third Hokage.

"As expected, these ambitious people have been eyeing the territory of our Fire Country. Tsunade and Orochimaru have also sent intelligence separately. The Sand Village in the Wind Country and the Mist Village in the Rain Country have also begun to transfer a large number of ninjas to the border."

There was a solemn look on the face of the Third Hokage. Although Konoha was indeed not afraid of the siege by the four major countries, a tiger could not defeat a pack of wolves.

In a 1 vs. 4 situation, even if Konoha repelled the siege of the other four major ninja villages, it would end up suffering heavy losses.

But this is not what the Third Hokage wants to see. He wants to win beautifully!

"Huruzen, there are unusual movements in the four major ninja villages, what are you going to do?" The worry in Utatane Koharu's heart was almost written on her face.

The office fell into an eerie silence again. This time even Danzo didn't know what to do. He was not afraid of the siege by the four major countries, but he was afraid that Konoha's losses would be so heavy that no one could accept it.

Knocking on the office in front of him with his pipe, the Third Hokage instantly attracted everyone's attention.

He picked up the pipe and took two deep puffs again. Just when everyone else at the scene was about to urge the Third Hokage to come up with something to say, he finally spoke.

"Since the four major ninja villages want to launch a joint attack, let's defeat them one by one!" said the Third Hokage with a gleam in his eyes.

"Huruzen, how are you going to defeat us one by one?" Mito Kado En had no idea what the Third Hokage meant by this incoherent statement.

Similarly, Utane Koharu next to her also had a confused look on her face.

Jiraiya seemed to have thought of something, and then looked at the Third Hokage with an incredible look on his face. He was about to ask if it was the method he thought of, but then he closed his mouth again.

Indeed, if it is oneself

The method that I thought of is indeed the most effective way to deal with the siege of the four major ninja villages, but doing so seems a bit inconsistent with the Will of Fire.

"Huruzen, are you saying that we should take the initiative to provoke the Second Ninja World War? And then focus our forces to defeat one or two ninja villages?" Apart from Jiraiya, only Danzo, who has been hiding in the dark for many years, could think of this and follow the thinking of the Third Hokage.

After hearing Danzo express his intention, the Third Hokage nodded slowly.

"Huruzen, if we do this, will it be possible..." Utane Koharu didn't say the rest of the words, but everyone understood what he meant.

"We can't care about so many things now. If we don't do this, our Konoha will sacrifice more manpower." Mito Kado En was more open-minded about this than Utane Koharu.

"Huruzen, let's do this! If there are any negative consequences afterwards, I am willing to take full responsibility!" Danzo, a war maniac who is not afraid of taking the blame, wholeheartedly agrees with the Third Hokage's proposal.

At this moment, Danzo really wanted to say, Hiruzen is indeed my best friend, this method is really to my liking!

"I was the one who proposed this method. How could I let you, Danzo, take the blame? After the war is won, I will bear the responsibility myself." Now as a powerful ninja, the Third Hokage, he is not so cowardly as to let his buddy take the blame.

"Huruzen, there's no need to say anything! Hokage cannot have a stain! I will take care of everything myself, you don't have to worry about it." At this time, Danzo was still a reassuring teammate.

For this reason, Danzo didn't feel uncomfortable at all about taking the blame. Instead, he looked very happy and enjoyed it, which made Jiraiya, Utane Koharu, and Mito Kado En beside him couldn't help but frown.

My goodness, Danzo is eager to take all the blame that everyone is trying to avoid on his own shoulders. He is really like a person who is not afraid of the itch when he has too many lice.

"Danzo... Thank you. I'll leave everything to you." From this moment on, the Third Hokage felt deeply guilty towards Danzo, which also led to his repeated indulgence of Danzo in the future.

The team battle became even more exciting because of the Third Hokage's thank you. He just felt that he had done a Hokage-like feat at this moment because he was recognized by everyone present.

Yes, even Jiraiya, who has always been disgusted by Danzo's habit of hiding in the dark and doing shameful things, now admires his spirit of sacrifice.

Jiraiya asked himself that he didn't mind bearing the reputation of being a drunkard and a womanizer, but he really didn't have the courage to bear the infamy of provoking the Ninja World War that would be recorded in history.

At this moment, only Jiraiya had a complicated expression on his face, and all of this was seen by the Third Hokage.

"Jiraiya, I know you feel bad doing this, but compared to the sacrifices of other countries, we should protect our country more, right?" The Third Hokage also stood up from his desk and walked to Jiraiya and said earnestly.

He didn't want Jiraiya to have any grudge against him or the village.

"Hu, old man, I understand. I can still tell right from wrong. Although I hope everyone can understand each other, if sacrifice is destined to happen, I will choose to protect the people I care about first!" Jiraiya had a serious expression, and then he looked at the Third Hokage who was looking at him with a worried look and said seriously.

He also knew in his heart that the Third Hokage's proposal was undoubtedly the best option at the moment, but he just couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart for the time being.

If ninjas from other ninja villages really threaten the village and the people he loves, he can only choose to defeat them "physically"!

Chapter 18 Strategic Goals

"Well, now that we have decided on a response method, let's discuss which ninja village, or two ninja villages, should we focus our forces on attacking first?"

After calming Jiraiya down, the Third Hokage immediately brought up another topic.

After a moment's silence, Danzo was the first to speak.

"The Sand Village can be our first target for a surprise attack. After all, compared to the other three ninja villages, the strength of the Sand Village is undoubtedly much weaker." Danzo proposed a strategic goal as a priority.

After hearing what Tuan Zhan said, the others agreed after just a moment's thought.

"This is feasible. We should prioritize concentrating our forces to quickly defeat the weakest Sand Village, so as to intimidate the other three major ninja villages." Mito Kado En nodded and was the first to agree with Danzo's point of view.

Everyone else nodded.

Danzo was even more proud of this. He found that since he missed the position of Hokage by a slight mistake, today could be said to be the happiest day of his life. After all, he was recognized by everyone present.

From then on, Danzo's ambition began to slowly expand.

"However, this is not enough. Defeating one Sand Village with a single blow can only temporarily intimidate the other three major countries. Once they have recovered, the three major countries will attack Konoha at the same time, which can also cause huge losses to us." Jiraiya put forward his opinion incisively.

"What Jiraiya said makes sense. It's not safe to defeat one Sand Village with a single blow. We still have to choose a target for a surprise attack." Utane Koharu said with a thoughtful look on her face.

"The strength of the remaining three major countries is almost the same, it's not easy to choose." The Third Hokage said with a headache.

"The Third Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village and the Third Tsuchikage of the Hidden Iwagakure are both very powerful individually, and it is difficult for ordinary ninjas to stop these two. However, the 'Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist' are all at least at the level of a jonin, and with those seven specially made ninja swords, it is not a problem for them to work together to hunt down Kage-level powerhouses. This is also very troublesome." Jiraiya analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the remaining three major ninja villages.

Some people may say that Kirigakure is far less powerful than Iwagakure and Kumogakure, but this is wrong. You have to know that we have not yet experienced the time when Obito controlled the Fourth Mizukage to carry out the "Blood Mist", and the bloodline ninja clans in the village are still alive and well.

Not to mention the Hozuki clan that produced the second Mizukage, even the Snow clan and the Taketori clan are still at their peak.

If we say the Taketori clan, most people may not know which clan this is. But if we change the name to the Kaguya clan, I believe most people will know it.

That’s right, it is the family that Kaguya-kunmaro belongs to in the original work.

Kimimaro, who was about 14 years old, was still able to fight Gaara on equal terms despite being seriously ill. If it weren't for the bloodline disease, it would be very likely that he would have defeated Gaara, who had not yet fully grown up, at that time in the original work.

Before he contracted the bloodline disease, Kimimaro's Shikotsugu had a higher priority in Orochimaru's mind than Sasuke's Sharingan.

In addition, there are other large and small ninja clans. The Hidden Mist Village can be said to be the village with the most bloodline ninja clans and mystic ninja clans besides Konoha.

That was the place where most of the ninjas who were dissatisfied with the Uchiha and Senju clans moved to in the early days of the establishment of the Konoha Village. It can be said that they were completely driven out by the two major pillars of Konoha's village at that time.

Although Kirigakure lacks the most powerful super-strong people who can make the final decision, after all, the Third Mizukage is just an ordinary Kage, but the number of middle-level strong people at this time is far more than that of the two major ninja villages of Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

"I thought about it, and decided to choose Kirigakure as our second target!" In the end, Jiraiya was the first to give his opinion.

"Oh, Jiraiya, so why did you choose Kirigakure?" As for the Third Hokage who loved to smoke whenever he started thinking, it was no surprise that he started smoking again at this moment.

The others also looked at Jiraiya with curiosity, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Jiraiya used his right hand to fan away the smoke that was floating in front of his nose in disdain, then walked to the world map of the Ninja World in front of everyone.

"The second target is the Hidden Mist Village. I am considering the geographical factors."

As soon as Jiraiya finished speaking, everyone present had a gleam in their eyes.

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I think they all understood a little bit why Jiraiya chose Kirigakure.

"Ahem, I think everyone has figured it out. That's right, since the three ninja villages are all about the same strength, we should choose the one that has the most advantageous geographical factors for us."

After a pause, seeing that everyone was still listening attentively, Jiraiya did not waste any time and directly analyzed the reasons to everyone.

"There are only a few small countries between Iwagakure and Kumogakure. If we can't defeat one of them immediately and wait for the other to react and provide support, we will be in a passive position. In addition, the Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage are both powerful and difficult to deal with. There is no need for us to confront them head-on. It doesn't matter if we attack any of the two countries."

Jiraiya picked up the unfinished tea on the Third Hokage's table and drank it all in one gulp. He also made a small complaint: "It's tea, not wine. It's really boring."

Just when the Third Hokage was about to lose his temper with a dark face and let Jiraiya, the brat, know the consequences of speaking halfway, Jiraiya continued to speak.

"But Kirigakure is different. They are high above the sea. If we can have two or three Kage-level experts lead a sharp knife team to carry out a direct decapitation raid, we can definitely take them down by surprise. Moreover, Iwagakure and Kumogakure won't even be able to provide support."

Jiraiya smiled and blurted out all the last things he wanted to say.

Then he just stood there quietly waiting for the decision of the Third Hokage and the advisory elders.

Everyone was a smart person, and after Jiraiya's guidance, they all understood the purpose of choosing Kirigakure.

To sum it up: first, there are no super strong people in Kirigakure, so there is no need to worry about being crushed by personal force; second, since choosing Kumogakure and Iwagakure is the same, it is better to choose a different Kirigakure; third, and the most important point, when fighting Kirigakure, Iwagakure and Kumogakure cannot support you, but if you fight Iwagakure and Kumogakure, Kumogakure and Kirigakure can support each other, and Kirigakure may even launch a sneak attack from behind.

"Everyone, what do you think about Jiraiya's suggestion to set the second raid target as Kirigakure?"

The Third Hokage asked several advisory elders, but he had already made a decision in his heart and asking was just a daily habit.

"I agree."

"I agree."

"No comment."

The three people certainly couldn't find any dissatisfaction with Jiraiya's clear-cut way of looking at the problem.

"Okay, in that case, our second target will be the Hidden Mist Village!"

The Third Hokage made the final decision.

"Then let's call back Orochimaru and Tsunade who are gathering intelligence at the border between Kirigakure and Sunagakure. They are both familiar with these two countries. After we get complete information about the two countries from them, we will launch a surprise attack immediately."

The Third Hokage suddenly mentioned recalling Tsunade and Orochimaru who were away. Thinking of the two disciples who had grown up, the Third Hokage was filled with pride. He had trained three Kage-level disciples in succession when he was less than 40 years old, so he had the right to be proud.

The Third Hokage thought that he had not let down the teachings of the Second Hokage and the First Hokage. He could not help but look up at the photos of the First and Second Hokage hanging in the office, and then fell into nostalgia.

His own will of fire can finally be manifested in his three disciples, and then developed and promoted, and finally spread to the entire Konoha Ninja Village!

"Jiraiya, you are the one who will summon Tsunade and Orochimaru... Hmm? Where is Jiraiya?" When the Third Hokage came back to his senses from his reminiscence and wanted Jiraiya to summon his other two disciples, he found that Jiraiya was missing!

Could it be that when I was lost in reminiscence just now, I had already instructed Jiraiya to do it?

"Ahem, Hiruzen, Jiraiya had already left when you were staring at the portraits of the First and Second Hokage just now." Mito Kado En couldn't bear to see the Third Hokage in such a daze, so he told him the truth.

On the other side, Utane Koharu and Danzo were also speechless about the behavior of their Third Hokage who always stared at the portraits of the two previous Hokage.

"Jiraiya!!!"

The shout from the Hokage's office building spread far away.

Everyone near the Hokage Building was trembling with fear. They were all afraid of the three

The Acting Hokage was so furious that Master Jiraiya was in awe.

"Oh, the old man is still strong and powerful. His voice is still so powerful. I can still hear his shouts clearly from such a distance."

Jiraiya couldn't help but pick his ear with his right little finger, and then stopped paying attention to his teacher's affairs.

I just returned to the village, but I haven’t enjoyed it yet.

I haven't had time to drink the wine, haven't had time to get close to the beauties, and oh, I haven't visited the women's bathhouse yet. I don't even have any inspiration to write novels.

I have been busy collecting information about Yunyin recently, and I haven't updated my novel "Family Paradise" for several issues. The editor has been urging me to update it and has been looking for me all over the world.

Oh, unless I'm stupid, I wouldn't run errands for the old man to recall Orochimaru, that stinky snake, and Tsunade.

Can't a mission like this be accomplished by just sending a few ninjas?

Therefore, Jiraiya felt at ease and skipped the commission from his teacher!

Of course he had to run while his teacher was staring at the portraits of the two previous Hokages. He didn't want to be caught and forced to do hard labor just after returning!

Just as Jiraiya was thinking happily, and was about to go to the flower street to drink some wine and take care of the lonely young lady's business.