The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

"Han, you don't have to worry about this. The Third Raikage is not that stupid. Originally, the strength of our four major ninja villages was not as good as Konoha. This time we tacitly prepared to attack together. Now, before the battle even started, Sand Village and Mist Village have been destroyed. If the Raikage lets us go alone again, they will not be able to hold on in the end."

Oonoki looked at the man next to him and said confidently.

"It seems that I was worrying too much. It turns out that Lord Tsuchikage has already made arrangements." The tall man named Han nodded and said.

This man is the Five-Tails Jinchuriki of the Iwagakure Village. He masters the Boiling Shield and uses the power of steam to enhance his physical skills to fight. He can also enhance his own strength and speed, and is known as the "Steam Ninja".

Although he is not a perfect Jinchūriki, he can master some of the power of the tailed beasts, and can fight by transforming into a tailed beast at critical moments.

He is one of the three most powerful Kage-level warriors in the Iwagakure Village today!

"Han, is there any news about Lao Zi? The war is about to begin, and no one knows where this bastard has run off to." Ohnoki asked.

The old purple mentioned by Ohnoki is the last remaining Kage-level strongman in the Iwagakure Village, and also the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

However, due to his stubborn personality and his disagreement with Ōnoki, he often left the village and wandered around the ninja world, a bit like Jiraiya of Konoha.

"After Lao Zi left, he left a letter saying that he was going to the Iron Country to train for a while and would not come back until the end of the Ninja World War..." After hesitating for a moment, Han told what he knew.

"That bastard! When he comes back, I'm going to put him in jail and let him practice in prison for a month!"

As Han expected, Oonoki immediately became angry after hearing his words, and his powerful voice did not sound like that of a 45-year-old ninja at all.

Han had wisely covered his ears in advance to avoid damage to his ears.

Since the Land of Iron is a permanently neutral country, Ōnoki has no way to force Lao Zi and can only send someone to persuade him.

As for whether to come back or not, it all depends on Lao Zi's mood.

"Han, why didn't you tell me about this earlier? This bastard actually went all the way to the neutral Iron Country. Doesn't he want to take part in this war?" Ohnoki was still furious, so he could only turn his firepower on Han, who was also a jinchūriki.

"Lord Tsuchikage, this is not my fault. Han sent the message back after he arrived in the Iron Kingdom. By the time I got the news, I had no time to report it, and the war broke out." Han spread his hands to show that he was innocent.

This is purely a case of a fire in the city gate that has affected innocent people.

"Forget it, let him stay there. But Lao Zi's share, Han, needs your help. This time you will go to the front line with the main force, is that okay?"

Although it was a question, Ohnoki used an affirmative sentence, with a threatening tone as if he could try again if you don't go.

"Understood, my Lord Tsuchikage. I will go down and make the arrangements first." Han, who had no intention of escaping from this battle, answered straightforwardly.

With a nod, Oonoki signaled the other party that he could leave.

The next day, in the Raikage's office in the Hidden Cloud Village, the Third Raikage Ai met with the messenger sent by the Third Tsuchikage.

In the Hidden Cloud Village, not everyone can use the name Ai.

This name is exclusive to successive Raikages. Every ninja who succeeds the position of Raikage automatically inherits this name and then rules the village of Kumogakure with their strong leadership charisma.

The current Third Raikage, Ai, has dark skin, long light yellow hair, a long beard, and is half naked.

You can see that he has solid muscles, a lightning-shaped scar on his chest, and a "thunder" character tattooed on his right shoulder. He looks fierce and powerful.

"Lord Raikage, this is the letter that Lord Tsuchikage asked me to give you. Please take a look." The Tsuchikage's messenger respectfully handed the letter he was carrying to the Third Raikage.

"Well, I already understood what Ōnoki said in the letter. You go down and have a rest first. I need to think about it. I will inform you of the reply tomorrow at the latest." After waving his hand and sending someone to take the Iwagakure envoy away, the Third Raikage immediately asked someone to call his think tank, Dodai.

"Lord Raikage, I wonder what you want from me."

When Dodai, wearing a black hat, arrived, he immediately got down to business and asked about the Raikage.

After all, the purpose of the next operation had been discussed yesterday, and he didn't think there was anything else in the village that required the Third Raikage to worry about.

The Raikage briefly told Dodai the purpose of the Iwagakure messenger's visit.

After listening to what the Raikage said, Dodai fell into deep thought. Their original plan yesterday was to launch an attack on Konoha after 10 days.

However, Ōnoki asked Kumogakure to join them in sending troops to Konoha in 5 days, which means 4 days later if the envoy's one-day journey is counted.

Although the preparation time may be a little urgent, it is not too late. The main issue is whether to agree to the Third Tsuchikage.

If the Iwagakure Village attacks first and they attack later, it will undoubtedly allow the Iwagakure to share more of the pressure, but there is also the risk of the Iwagakure giving up early.

After a while, Tutai also gave his answer.

"Lord Raikage, I think we can agree to the Third Tsuchikage's request to attack Konoha simultaneously in five days." Tsuchidai said with certainty.

"Oh? Tell me your analysis, Dodai." The Third Raikage had no expression on his face, and it was unclear whether he agreed or disagreed in his heart.

"Lord Raikage, I would like to ask, what is the purpose of our attack on Konoha?" Tudai asked instead of answering.

"Hmm? If we four great nations attacked Konoha at the same time at the beginning, it was to obtain the fertile land of the Land of Fire for profit. But now..."

As he spoke, a gleam of light flashed in the eyes of the Third Raikage.

Hearing Tutai's reminder, Ai

Something came to mind.

Although Ai has always relied on Dodai's wisdom, he himself is not a fool. If he only has strength but no brains, he would not be able to sit on the throne of Raikage.

Now the situation is clear on the table. With the defeat of Sand Village and Kirigakure, they can only protect themselves and have no time to attack.

The four major countries, or even the three major countries joining forces, have the possibility of defeating Konoha, but if only Kumogakure and Iwagakure are left, this possibility is really slim.

If both sides can remain undefeated, it will be a strategic victory.

Yes, the conclusion that the Raikage and Tsuchikage reached yesterday was the same as that of the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure.

The nature of war has changed from gaining benefits at the beginning.

Nowadays it is just to divert the conflicts within the village.

In the village, the arrogance of the war faction is growing stronger day by day. If they continue to be suppressed like this, it will definitely not be a good thing for the village.

Especially the family headed by the brothers Jin Yinjiao back then, they were the most militant among the militants in the Hidden Cloud Village.

The only family that can be compared with them is the Kaguya clan of the Hidden Mist Village, both of whom are a family of war maniacs.

When the Second Raikage invited the Second Hokage to the village to sign a peace treaty.

The pro-war faction, led by the brothers Jin and Yinjiao, launched a surprise attack.

I don’t know if the two brothers had a brain seizure, but they not only killed the Second Generation Hokage, but also took care of their own Second Generation Raikage.

Anyone with a normal mind would not do such a thing.

Killing the Second Hokage would destroy the peace covenant, and they could even let the Second Raikage take the blame afterwards, kicking him out of the position and taking over themselves.

But in the end, they wanted to kill both sides. Could Konoha and Kumogakure tolerate this?

The Kumogakure immediately took Kinkaku and Ginkaku as scapegoats. After all, the Second Raikage also died in a sneak attack, so they, the Kumogakure, were also victims.

This way, Konoha had no reason to get angry at all.

You want to ask why?

Because Yunyin doesn't take the blame.

Then, the brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who took the blame, were killed by the Second Hokage after the Second Hokage was seriously injured and covered the retreat of their disciples.

Although the Second Hokage died instantly due to his serious injuries.

Due to fear of retaliation from Konoha, the top leaders of Kumogakure did not deal with the family of the Kinkaku brothers and the pro-war factions headed by them.

If the village's fighting power was further weakened, it would be too dangerous for the Cloud Village at that time.

Fortunately, the ninja world didn't know what strange things had happened at that time.

The second generation Tsuchikage also died together with the second generation Mizukage.

The Second Kazekage died of illness due to being deeply poisoned due to years of research on puppetry.

Then all the villages, at the same time, carefully resolved internal conflicts and smoothly transitioned to the third generation of Kage.

Now Yunyin no longer has any other hidden worries, only the cancer that was left behind.

Now is the time to fix it.

Haven't you always been clamoring for war, expansion of territory, and making Kumogakure the number one village in the ninja world?

Then you, the pro-war faction, should take the lead, so as to avoid being suppressed all the time and letting you plan another assassination attempt on the Raikage.

If something like this happens again, Yunyin will lose all face!

Finally, the Third Raikage and Tsuchikage discussed for a while and agreed to Tsuchikage's request.

The next day, someone was sent to tell the messenger of Iwagakure this information, and the messenger returned to the village that day and told the Tsuchikage Kumogakure's reply.

Chapter 27 Two Years Later

After Konoha successfully defeated the ninja forces of Sand Village and Kirigakure, the Third Hokage transferred Jiraiya and Hatake Sakumo back.

At the same time, only Tsunade and Orochimaru were left with 1000 ninjas each to guard the border areas of the Land of Fire to prevent the return of Sand Village and Mist Village.

Then he transferred Hatake Sakumo to the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Taki to guard against the attack from the Iwagakure Village, and transferred Jiraiya to the Land of Yunoku to guard against the attack from the Cloud Village.

It is said that when Kumogakure and Iwagakure launched an attack on Konoha's ninja forces, the slogan announced to the outside world was that Konoha Village attacked Sand Village and Kirigakure, which were also among the five major countries, for no reason.

Afterwards, Kirigakure and Sunagakure also issued statements, strongly condemning Konoha's vile behavior.

However, Konoha ignored this. After all, it didn't cost them a single cent just by shouting slogans.

You shout yours, I shout mine, and it’s none of other people’s business who they believe in. They just need an excuse.

This is the naked principle of interests above all else that lies before the great powers in the ninja world.

Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya just defended and fought on their respective battlefields and did not take the initiative to attack.

But if you increase your troops, we will also ask for help from the Hokage, and then neither side will be able to do anything to the other.

Before the Kage-level masters of Konoha, Kumogakure and Iwagakure personally came out to decide the outcome, the war between the two sides was confined to a certain scope.

It should be said that the leader of the attack on the Kumogakure side is the current Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Fruhi, while the leader of the Iwagakure side is the Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han.

In this way, with Konoha on the defensive and Kumogakure and Iwagakure on the offensive, this tug-of-war lasted for two years.

Later, in order to keep the ninjas on the front line healthy, the ninja troops were rotated and even the commander was replaced.

Among them, Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade switched guards, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru switched guards.

However, this Ninja World War had no effect on the group of students still in the Ninja School. They still went to class as usual and went home to sleep every day.

"Cang Si, tomorrow I will be going to the front line with the troops again. You should take care of yourself at home. If you need anything, just go to the clan leader directly." Hinata Kumokawa said to Cang Si that night.

When the guard was changed a year ago, Hinata Kumokawa returned with the front-line troops.

When the guard was changed again this year, everyone in the clan advised Hinata Kumokawa not to go to the battlefield again.

After all, he is so old. If something happens on the battlefield, Cang Si will be the only one left.

But Hinata Kumokawa still insisted on his choice.

"Well, Grandpa, take care, I will take good care of myself."

In two years, Soji has grown a lot taller. Now, the 8-year-old Hinata Soji is nearly meters tall due to years of exercise.

"Don't be too anxious when training Huitian. After all, you are still young."

Yes, it might be inspired by Minato Namikaze two years ago.

In the past two years, Cang Si has been training himself very hard.

He had already mastered the sixty-four palms of the soft fist half a month ago.

He is currently learning the core ninjutsu of the Hyuga clan - Kaiten.

Only when he has completely mastered this ninjutsu can Cang Si feel a little relieved and no longer have to worry about being left far behind by the powerful Minato Namikaze.

"I know what's going on. Don't worry, Grandpa."

"Ah That's good."

Then they both went back to their room to rest.

The next day, Hinata Kumokawa left home, and after dinner, Souji went to the ninja school alone.

Because the war had already begun, the atmosphere in the village was not as tense as it had been before the war, so the children were allowed to go to school alone.

Arriving at school, Cang Si began to recall what he had learned in the Ninja School over the past two years.

Basic ninjutsu such as the Three Body Technique have been taught to everyone. As for how much each person has mastered, that is a personal matter.

The education currently implemented in Konoha is a four-year system, and the first two years are basically devoted to teaching theory, daily training, and basic ninjutsu.

Then the next two years will teach each ninja's combat skills.