The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

After hearing what Uchiha En said, Cang Si's face was full of happiness. In fact, in the past two months when Minato was away, Uchiha En was very annoyed and kept staring at him during every training class.

As for Cang Si's gratitude, Minato was speechless. Could it be that this was just a matter of time and it was his turn this year? Thinking back to the teasing he had made to Cang Si in the past, he thought that he was finally taking revenge on him.

After that, Minato returned to his normal life, training, studying, and occasionally playing with his friends every day.

Even though my strength didn't improve as fast as when I was with Jiraiya-sama, it felt more fulfilling to have friends working hard together.

On the other hand, two days later, Tsunade also returned to Konoha Village from the front line.

The high-ranking officials of Konoha, the clan leaders of each ninja clan, and representatives of the poor and senior ninjas also gathered in Konoha's highest meeting hall.

The meeting lasted a long time, from the morning until the sun went down in the afternoon.

Then all the participants left in a hurry, and the first thing the ninja clan leaders did after returning to their clan was to hold a meeting to discuss the relevant content of this time.

The ninja clan's meeting even lasted until the early morning.

If you ask why Cang Si knew all this, it’s because his grandfather Hinata Kumokawa came back at this time, and Cang Si just finished his training for the day.

He did not hide anything from Cang Si and told him directly about the clan meeting and that he would soon be going to the front line to fight.

Of course, Hinata Kumokawa definitely had nothing to say about the specific arrangements. After all, it would be impossible to tell Souji about such big things as Konoha's priority to provoke the Ninja World War and to raid Sunagakure and Kirigakure. Hinata Kumokawa did have a sense of the overall situation.

"Grandpa, you still want to go to the front line to fight at such an old age?" Cang Si looked at Hinata Kumokawa with a worried look on his face.

"What are you saying, you little brat? You think your grandpa is old, don't you? You really want a beating!" Hinata Kumokawa raised his fist as if to hit Cang Si.

"Ah, grandpa, of course not." Cang Si quickly covered his head with his hands and pretended to avoid it.

However, Hinata Kumokawa's fist did not really land on Cangsi's head. At the moment when the fist fell, he opened his five fingers and pressed down on Cangsi's shoulders.

"Cang Si, at your age, there is really no need for grandpa to go to the battlefield, but this time I have my purpose, I must go!" Hinata Kumokawa looked into Cang Si's eyes and said it firmly.

"Grandpa, can you tell me what your purpose is?" Cang Si asked tentatively.

"Haha, little guy, even if you ask, I won't tell you." The old naughty boy Hinata Kumokawa suddenly got angry.

"Grandpa wants to pave the way for you in the end." Hinata Kumokawa kept these last words in his heart and did not say them out loud.

His days are numbered, and he could see Cang Si's inner urgency from this year. Although he didn't know why, as a grandfather, he had the obligation to consider the future of his grandson!

"Grandpa is so stingy." Cang Si muttered childishly.

Only in front of his grandfather Hyuga Kumokawa does Souji show this side of himself.

Cang Si cherishes this feeling very much. After all, his grandfather Hinata Kumokawa is his only relative in this world.

Regardless of whether or not there was the influence of the original body's memories, Hinata Kumokawa's devotion to Souji over the past year was without any selfish motives.

This is also the reason why Cang Si is so worried about Hinata Kumokawa going to the battlefield.

"Okay, it's time to rest. Grandpa Yinshi will lead a group of clansmen to follow Lord Baiya directly." After saying this, Hinata Kumokawa went back to his room.

"Lord White Fang? Is he the White Fang of Konoha, Hatake Sakumo, the father of the future Hatake Gogokai?" Cang Si muttered to himself.

Without thinking too much, Cang Si went back to his room to sleep.

At the hour of Yin, the moon was high in the sky, and only the faint moonlight sprinkled on the entire silent Konoha Ninja Village.

Suddenly, groups of black shadows rushed out from the Konoha village. Some of them nodded and greeted each other, but they all gathered at the village gate without saying a word.

The main gate of Konoha was open tonight, and two teams were already standing there.

One of the team leaders had long silver-white hair and a ponytail. He held a chakra dagger in his hand and wore a dark green vest. He had his eyes closed at the moment, as if he was resting or meditating.

Next to him was a female ninja who looked to be less than 20 years old.

She has light yellow hair, tied into a large ponytail, a blue-purple diamond-shaped mark on her forehead, thin and short light yellow eyebrows, bright brown pupils that seem to glow even in the dark, light red lips, and a plump figure, especially the upper body, which, in Jiraiya's words, is full of ups and downs.

These two people are two of the current Kage-level strongmen in the village, Hatake Sakumo, known as the White Fang of Konoha, and Tsunade, the princess of Konoha and the Senju clan!

As for the two leaders of the other team, they are also two of the Kage-level strongmen in the village. If Minato was here, he would definitely be able to recognize them, because he knows both of them.

One is Minato’s teacher, Jiraiya, and the other is Orochimaru, who is as famous as Jiraiya and Tsunade.

This lineup can directly destroy one of the other four major ninja villages.

Why are there four Kage-level warriors gathered at the gate of Konoha Village, and various ninjas also arrived here one after another?

That's because of the war!

After Tsunade's return, the Konoha high-level officials decided on the candidates for the raids on Sand Village and Kirigakure respectively.

The 2000 elite team led by Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade went to raid the Sand Village, while the 2000 elite team led by Orochimaru and Jiraiya went to raid the Kirigakure.

As for this battle, the Third Hokage and other Konoha high-ranking officials are determined to win!

We don't aim to directly defeat the two major ninja villages of Sand Village and Kirigakure, but at least we have to eliminate a large number of the opponent's fresh forces, making them unable to complete the 4-on-1 attack on Konoha together with Kumogakure and Iwagakure.

This was a plan that had been decided two months ago, but it was only officially implemented today.

At one o'clock in the morning, with the arrival of the last batch of ninjas, Hatake Sakumo, the commander of everyone, also opened his eyes!

"Well, I believe that everyone's families and captains have already explained clearly about this mission, so I won't waste time explaining it here."

After a brief pause, Hatake Sakumo continued, "For the sake of the village and everyone we care about, we must win this battle! Let us go to the battlefield with the determination to win. At the same time, I also hope that each of you can come back alive."

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Even though everyone's blood was boiling with excitement because of Hatake Sakumo's words, they knew that they couldn't make any sound at this moment.

The reason they set out at this time was to avoid spies from other ninja villages in the village. If they were still yelling loudly in the middle of the night, it wouldn't be considered a raid.

"Lord Orochimaru, Lord Jiraiya, the raid on Kirigakure is now in your hands. You must inflict heavy damage on them at once, leaving them unable to fight again." Before parting, Hatake Sakumo instructed Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

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Don't worry, Master Sakumo, we won't let any of Kirigakure's troops slip into the Land of Fire." Jiraiya answered with a serious face at this moment, without the slightest perfunctory tone.

"Hehe, we won't let go of any Kirigakure ninja we meet." Orochimaru licked his lips and replied cruelly.

"Hey, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, be careful, don't die on the battlefield accidentally. Come back and let's go to the hotel for a drink together!" Tsunade said to the two of them domineeringly with her hands on her hips.

Although the words were words of concern, they sounded venomous when they came out of Tsunade's mouth. Perhaps this is how the three of them get along.

"Hahaha, we will. Tsunade, you should be careful too." In response to Tsunade's concern, Jiraiya said with a flattered expression.

"Heh." This was Orochimaru's silent sarcasm. He didn't want to drink with these two drunkards!

That's called a drink?

Two drunkards! Don't they have any sense of AC? Every time I drink with them, I only drink one or two glasses, but they may have drunk one or two barrels!

In the end, I had to carry two smelly, drunk guys, and under the pitiful looks of the people around me, I had to pay for their drinks before I could leave the hotel, and I also had to send them home!

If Tsunade changed the condition and asked him not to survive, Orochimaru guaranteed that he would choose that option!

No reason, I just don’t want to drink with these two guys!

"Huh? Orochimaru, what do you mean? Also, how could I encounter any danger when I'm with Lord Sakumo?" Hearing Orochimaru's "Ha", Tsunade resisted the urge to roll up her sleeves and fight. After all, it was before she set off.

"Okay, okay, it's time for us to set off. Well, I'll leave the other side to you guys." Seeing the sudden change in the painting style, Hatake Sakumo hurried out to smooth things over.

As the commander-in-chief of the two armies, Hatake Sakumo does have the right to stop the three people in front of him.

Not only because of his seniority, but also because of Konoha White Fang's strength which surpasses the other three.

In the entire Konoha Village, even the Third Hokage did not dare to say that he could definitely defeat Hatake Sakumo. After all, White Fang's swordsmanship was too tricky and too strange.

This is also the reason why the Third Hokage gave the title of commander-in-chief to Hatake Sakumo instead of his three disciples.

Afterwards, both sides organized all their people, and left the village gate on the left and right in the dark, heading towards the battlefields of Sand Village and Kirigakure respectively.

Commander-in-Chief of the Two Armies: Hatake Sakumo

Commander of the Raid on Sand Village: Hatake Sakumo

Deputy Commander of the Raid on Sand Village: Tsunade

Commander of the Assault on Kirigakure: Orochimaru

Assault on Kirigakure, Deputy Commander: Jiraiya

This is the list of battlefield commanders finally decided by the Third Hokage.

Hinata Kumokawa led a group of his clansmen to join the team that raided the Sand Village.

Chapter 22 War breaks out

On the third day after Hatake Sakumo, Senju Tsunade, Orochimaru and Jiraiya led the two teams to set out respectively.

At the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers, 2000 elite ninjas led by Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade are stationed there.

The River Kingdom, a small country in the buffer zone between the Fire Kingdom and the Wind Kingdom, had already retreated all its defenses when war seemed to be breaking out last year.

As a small country without its own ninja village and located between two major countries, it has always been one of the main battlefields for the war between Konoha and Sunagakure.

The meaning of the ruler of the River Kingdom is also very clear, that is, you can fight as much as you want, just don't fight me.

At this moment, in the tent where Hatake Sakumo was resting, a frog half a man's height spit out the intelligence scroll in its mouth.

"That's great. The team led by Orochimaru and Jiraiya have already stationed troops at the border of the Tea Country and can launch an attack at any time." After reading the information sent by Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo said excitedly.

There is no need to look, the fate of the Tea Kingdom is no different from that of the River Kingdom. If there is any difference, it has just become a buffer zone between Konoha and the Water Kingdom.

"Pass the order down, launch a surprise attack on the Sand Village's ninja troops stationed in the River Country tonight." Knowing that speed is of the essence in war, Hatake Sakumo gave the order without even having time to notify Tsunade.

After all, so many ninjas suddenly disappeared from Konoha Village. The longer the time dragged on, the more likely it was that the spies in the village would discover the abnormality and leak the information about the raid.

The Chunin who was responsible for delivering the message went down immediately.

As for where the Sand Village ninjas are stationed in the River Country, the advance team had already figured out this information, so the assault team wouldn't be wandering around like blind men after arriving.

At the same time, Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade led a force of 2000 people and quietly approached the vicinity of the 3000-strong puppet force of Sand Village in the River Country.

The team includes reconnaissance ninjas from the Hyuga clan, the Inuzuka clan, and the Aburame clan, and all traps along the way have been eliminated in advance.

This time point is also when people are most mentally exhausted, so it basically didn't take any effort. The secret sentries along the way were killed quietly, and they didn't know what happened until they died.

However, when they got here, the ninjas on guard at the two watchtowers were not so easy to deal with.

Hatake Sakumo gestured to Tsunade next to him, meaning you take one and I take one.

Tsunade returned a gesture of understanding.

When they were close enough, they both performed the teleportation technique at the same time.

Hatake Sakumo instantly appeared behind the scout on top of one of the watchtowers, pulled out the White Fang dagger on his back, and before the other party could react, he lightly wiped the neck. Blood splattered, and the other party's eyes were still open, but there was no sound.

At the moment the sword flashed, just as the scout on another watchtower was about to shout "enemy attack", Tsunade chopped the opponent's neck with a hand sword containing supernatural power.

With a "click" sound, I knew without looking, the neck was broken.

There are really not many people who can survive Tsunade's powerful sneak attack from behind without any preparation.

After making sure that no one else noticed their movements, Hatake Sakumo waved towards the hiding place of the troops, indicating that they could begin the attack.

With only the sound of "whoosh whoosh whoosh", a group of people began to slaughter the unsuspecting Sand Village puppet masters.

Finally, I don’t know which lucky Sand Ninja was the first to react. With a loud shout of "Enemy attack", the remaining surviving Sand Ninjas woke up one after another and prepared to deal with the enemies that suddenly appeared in front of them.

However, at this time, half of the ninjas would never wake up from their sleep.

The killing continued, and even when they encountered resistance, it did not diminish the murderous intent of these Konoha elite ninjas.

Especially Hatake Sakumo, when he was dancing on the battlefield, no one could match him, and his puppets would collapse as soon as they were touched by the White Fang dagger.

"Damn it, you bunch of despicable Konoha ninjas, Lord Kazekage will not let you go, ah." Before the puppeteer of Sand Village could finish his words, his neck was slashed by the White Fang dagger.

Melee vs. Golem

It's that simple, a puppeteer's strength is all in the puppets, and due to Konoha's surprise attack, they didn't have time to release the puppets.

Even the few who released puppets were given special attention by the senior ninjas in Konoha.

"Retreat quickly, the jonin stay behind to cover the rear, and the rest must return alive to report to the Third Kazekage that Konoha has launched a surprise attack." This was obviously an order issued by the commander of this team.

After hearing these words, about 500 of the more than 20 puppeteers still alive on the field immediately jumped out, and the rest immediately ran to the back.

"Even if it costs us our lives, we will stop you Konoha ninjas here!"

Afterwards, all the people who stayed released the puppets they controlled. Some were in the shape of animals, and some were in the shape of humans. However, they were all made of ordinary materials, and there were no human puppets that were more powerful or more terrifying.

As for all this, Hatake Sakumo was not in a hurry to stop the fleeing ninjas, because he had arranged a team of 500 people to ambush in the rear, and also set various traps along the way. In this battle, no Sand Village ninja could escape!

A white light flashed in the dark night, and Hatake Sakumo took the lead and walked towards the 20 or so puppet masters and fifty or sixty puppets.

Led by Tsunade, the other Konoha ninjas did not launch an attack, but formed a circle, leaving the stage to Hatake Sakumo.