The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

Although this matter is magical, in fact, it is definitely a good thing for Cang Si.

Because in this way, when Cang Si returns to Kirigakure one day, he will be able to access more information about Kirigakure.

Moreover, although Karutagi Yagura gave Souji a mission similar to exile, if Souji really forced himself to return to Kirigakure, it would not be a big problem.

As a hero of Kirigakure, can't you go back to the village once in a while?

If Karutagi Yagura blamed Mizunotsuki Jin just because of such a small matter, not only would the Snow Clan be dissatisfied, but even the entire village would not agree.

But Cang Si really couldn't think of anything that would happen when he returned to Kirigakure recently, so he didn't think about it.

Finally, Soji and Minato analyzed together the reasons why Karatachi Yagura did this, and after thinking that it would not do any harm to Soji, Minato left.

Although Konoha is not at war with any country now, this does not mean that the Third Ninja World War is over.

Because, although the Kumogakure is now fighting a great battle with the Iwagakure, there is still a force of about two thousand people stationed near the Land of Hot Springs, which may attack Konoha at any time.

As the ninja village that preserved its combat power the best during the Third Ninja World War, the number of ninjas in Kumogakure is definitely the largest among the five major countries!

Before the Third Ninja World War, Konoha had an army of about 20,000 ninjas, but after so many years of war, it has lost more than 9,000, and now has only a little over 10,000.

On the other hand, although Kumogakure originally had only about 15,000 ninjas, it took advantage of the intervals between the wars between the other four major ninja villages to train about 3,000 ninjas, bringing the number to an astonishing 18,000, almost catching up with Konoha before the start of the Third World War.

The current deployment of the Kumogakure army is that 10,000 ninjas will attack the Iwagakure, 2,000 ninjas will be stationed in Yunokoku to guard Konoha, 4,000 ninjas will guard the Kirigakure which has allied with the Iwagakure, and 2,000 ninjas will stay in the village to guard.

Therefore, the current Kumogakure, in terms of the number of ninjas, already leads the entire ninja world.

Only Konoha surpasses Kumogakure in terms of high-end combat power at the level of Kage, otherwise, Kumogakure can be said to be the number one ninja village in the ninja world!

Faced with such a situation in the ninja world, what Minato needs to do is to quickly familiarize himself with the village's political affairs so as to prepare to inherit the position of the Fourth Hokage next year.

Only when Konoha's regime peacefully transitions from the Third Hokage to the Fourth Hokage, will Konoha have the energy to pay attention to the wars in other ninja villages.

Now, for Konoha, peace is everything.

This is also the reason why Cang Si deliberately provoked conflicts between the three major ninja villages of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure not long ago.

No matter what, Souji didn't want other ninja villages to disturb Minato from inheriting the position of Hokage at this critical moment.

However, unfortunately, Cang Si still had a small mistake in his calculation.

That is, the war between Kumogakure and Iwagakure did not last long. It was over in less than a month.

According to the information that Cangsi obtained from Minato.

It was because Iwagakure demanded the return of the Third Raikage's body as a condition, forcing the newly succeeded Fourth Raikage Ai to choose to stop with Iwagakure.

war and sign a peace agreement.

At this point, the battle between Kumogakure and Iwagakure came to an end.

Iwagakure paid the price of several thousand ninjas, while Kumogakure lost the Third Raikage.

However, fortunately for Kumogakure, no unrest occurred in the village because the candidate for the fourth Raikage had been decided long ago.

The political power was transferred to the Fourth Raikage in a relatively peaceful manner.

If we compare them in this way, strictly speaking, Iwagakure suffered greater losses.

After signing a peace agreement with Iwagakure, the Fourth Raikage still hadn't vented all his anger.

But it would be inappropriate to tear up the agreement immediately after signing it.

If they go back on their word like this, the amount of missions entrusted to Kumogakure will be greatly reduced. After all, no one dares to easily trust a ninja village that can easily tear up a treaty.

So, in order to vent his anger, the Fourth Raikage turned his attention to the Land of Fire and the Land of Water.

As for the Land of Wind, since it is not adjacent to the Land of Lightning, the Fourth Raikage did not take it into consideration.

Originally, the Fourth Raikage's target of attack was the Land of Water, because of the death of his father, but Mizunoe Jin of the Hidden Mist was involved.

But it was rejected by Tutai, who was the think tank.

He believed that after two years of recuperation, Kirigakure had fully recovered its strength. In addition, the Water Country was located high above the rest of the world, so it would be too difficult for the Kumogakure ninjas to fight across the sea.

Even if they can defeat Kirigakure in the end, the price they will pay for Kumogakure will not be small, and they may very likely follow in the footsteps of Sandagakure and Iwagakure.

What footsteps did you say?

These two major ninja villages are now licking their wounds because too many ninjas from the villages died in the Third Ninja World War.

However, Tsuchida believed that if Iwagakure attacked Kirigakure, too many ninjas from Kumogakure would die overseas, which they could not accept.

Therefore, after much consideration, the Fourth Raikage finally set his target of attack on Konoha, whose strength had been greatly weakened!

Therefore, the war in Konoha, which had just stopped not long ago, started again.

This time, Konoha's opponent has become the Hidden Cloud Village, which appears to be the most powerful village today.

It can be said that after Konoha fought one against four in the Second Ninja World War, Konoha will fight one against four again in the Third Ninja World War!

"Minato, aren't you busy preparing to inherit the position of the Fourth Hokage in two months? Why would the Third Hokage ask you to deal with the attack on the Hidden Cloud Village?" When Minato came over to explain the situation to Soji, Soji asked in surprise.

Although the war between Kumogakure and Iwagakure ended so quickly, which was a bit unexpected for Cangsi, Cangsi also did not understand the arrangement of the Third Hokage to let Minato lead the ninja to deal with Kumogakure.

Cangsi only vaguely remembered that in the original work, it seemed that it was Minato who led the Konoha's ninja army to defend against the attack of Kumogakure.

There was even a classic scene where Konoha flashed golden light and suppressed the Kumogakure AB combination in a single fight.

But in reality, the time for Minato to succeed the throne as the Fourth Hokage is so close, and he should be familiar with the village's political affairs.

Why would he be asked to go to the battlefield now? Cang Si was a little confused.

Although Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade have left Konoha one after another, aren't Jiraiya and Orochimaru still here?

They can all be candidates for team leaders.

Even though Orochimaru is about to defect, he hasn't defected yet.

The Third Hokage did not want to exploit his favorite disciple, but instead sent Minato, the disciple who was about to become the Fourth Hokage, to the battlefield. This made Souji really confused.

"I knew you would have this question, Cangsi. Actually, I had the same idea as you, thinking that Jiraiya-sensei and Orochimaru-sama could also lead the team.

But the Third Hokage told me that I was not going to fight with Kumogakure this time, but to try to appease Kumogakure, let them know that our Konoha is still strong, and let them retreat on their own initiative. "

Minato explained to Souji with a smile on his face.

After hearing what Minato said, Souji began to understand the meaning of the Third Hokage's arrangement.

The third generation of Hokage, this is one aspect that allowed Minato to regain his position

A great achievement, on the other hand, it is believed that only with Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique can the AB brothers of Kumogakure be suppressed and the war can be ended quickly. ..

After all, Minato's record of killing the Third Mizukage is there.

If Jiraiya and Orochimaru were to lead the team, the war might become a stalemate, which is a result that Konoha does not want to see now.

Because defeating part of the Kumogakure army is obviously useless, only by suppressing the Kumogakure brothers AB can the Kumogakure be afraid to go to war with Konoha!

To put it bluntly, it is a game of capturing the leader first.

Just change the AB brothers who captured Kumogakure to defeating them.

"I see. I get it. However, since you suddenly came to my house today, you wouldn't just talk to me about your upcoming trip to the battlefield, right?" Cang Si nodded in understanding and asked again.

After all, normally speaking, Souji and Minato would only come and say hello in advance when one of them needed the other's help before leaving Konoha.

So, when Cangsi heard Minato say that he was going to the battlefield, he immediately realized that Minato might need his help with something.

"This is actually about my two students, Kakashi and Nohara Rin. I've been too busy lately and have basically no time to talk to them properly.

Ever since Obito's accident, they have been in a low mood.

I had originally wanted to take advantage of this recent period of time to give them some good advice, but I didn't expect that I would have to go to the battlefield now.

So, when we are in the village, Cang Si, can you help me keep an eye on these two, because they seem to be training a little too hard recently.

If I'm not here, I hope you can stop them from over-training, especially Kakashi, he should listen to you quite a lot."

After Minato stretched out his right index finger and scratched his cheek, he looked at Souji embarrassedly and said.

"Forehead"

Cang Si was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

But in the end, Cang Si nodded and agreed.

And Minato left with a happy smile.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it was after Minato left this time that Uchiha Madara started plotting against Obito." Soji muttered.

Minato's request was actually just a side thing for Souji, because he would have to follow Kakashi and Nohara Rin for the next period of time.

Before they go out on the mission, he would find out the content of their mission in advance, which would also enable him to track them better.

It can be said that Minato's request was like a pillow for Souji when he was sleepy!

"But this time, Nohara Rin has to be sacrificed. Haha, should I say at this time that this is a necessary sacrifice? I seem to be becoming more and more hypocritical." Thinking of this, Cang Si's mood was very complicated for a moment.

Watching someone he knew well go to his death, and he could have stopped it but didn't, Cang Si felt bitter inside.

But since he had already experienced what happened with Obito, he would still harden his heart this time and just watch the situation develop.

It was easy for Souji to save Nohara Rin.

But what happens after that?

Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu are still doing things behind the scenes, and Cangsi has no means to find them.

Only this time is an exception!

As long as he could use Nohara Rin's death to drive Obito crazy, he could eventually secretly follow Obito and track down Uchiha Madara's lair.

Then kill these two future masterminds in one fell swoop.

This is what Cang Si wants to do!

Chapter 258: Tracking Kakashi and Nohara Rin

The day after Minato went to the front line of Kumogakure, Souji came to visit Kakashi.

"buckle"

"Kakashi, are you home?"

After knocking on Kakashi's door for a long time and getting no response from inside, Cang Si couldn't help but shout out.

But after calling out several times, Kakashi still didn't come out, which made Cang Si depressed.

"No way, you're going out so early in the morning?" Looking at the sky, Cang Si estimated that it should be around 8 o'clock in the morning.

Cang Si was originally worried that he had come too early and disturbed Kakashi's rest, but he didn't expect that Kakashi had already gone out.

There was no other way. After leaving Kakashi's house, Cang Si could only ask people who were familiar with Kakashi to find out his location.

After many twists and turns and spending about an hour, Cang Si finally saw Kakashi in a training ground.

"Zizi"

"Chidori!"

When Cangji discovered Kakashi, the other party was using the Lightning Release Ninjutsu - Chidori, to pierce through a rock as thick as two people could hug together.

"Huff, huff, it's not enough. With this kind of strength, how can I protect Rin? Obito, I will definitely keep our promise!" Kakashi muttered to himself while panting.

Afterwards, under Souji's gaze, Kakashi rested for less than five minutes and actually held his right wrist with his left hand again.

"Ahh, Chidori!"

Blue electric light emerged from Kakashi's right hand, and a piercing sound like thousands of birds chirping also reached Cangsi's ears at the same time.

This time, Kakashi's target was another huge rock pillar, which was twice as big as the rock that was shattered just now!

"boom"

"Crackling"

Kakashi's entire right arm sank into the boulder, but did not completely break it. It only penetrated about two-thirds of the way.

“Damn it! It’s not enough, ahhhh, Chi…”

"Snapped"

"That's enough, Kakashi. If you use Chidori again, your body won't be able to take it." Cang Si jumped out from the side, grabbed Kakashi's right hand, and said seriously.

You wouldn't know until you see it. Originally, Minato said that Kakashi had been training a little too much recently, but Souji thought it was nothing and it could be considered as stimulating his potential.