To pay off the debt, become Hokage!

Uchiha Shigeka teased, "Kushina must be one of the people who cares about me, right?"

"......right."

Kushina, who had a clear voice, sounded like a mosquito at this moment.

Uchiha Shigeka blinked, his eyes showing warmth, and hugged Uzumaki Kushina tightly.

......

"Master, I'm here."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was frowning, softened his expression a little when he saw Uchiha Shigeka coming in.

He looked at Uchiha Shigeka and smiled, "How was your rest this week?"

Uchiha Shigeka's lips curled up slightly, revealing a confident smile. He patted his chest with bright eyes.

"I'm full of energy. I can't wait to get back to the front lines!"

Seeing the youthful vigor in front of him, Sarutobi Hiruzen was infected by him and felt that his mentality had also become younger.

He laughed dumbly and said, "Don't worry, Chonghua, how well do you know about the current situation on the front line?"

Uchiha Shigeka's smile faded, his expression serious, and he replied: "I have been paying attention to the news from the front line. Yesterday, Chiyo of Sunagakure gathered ninja troops to launch a general attack on Konoha."

"A day has passed, I wonder what the situation is like now?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand, signaling Uchiha Shigeka to come over.

Uchiha Shigeka walked over and saw the intelligence book about the situation on the front line on the Hokage's desk.

"Take it and have a look. This is the latest information."

Uchiha Shigeka took it and read it. After a long while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "As expected of Senior Sakumo, you have withstood the first wave of Sand Village's general attack."

"Some time ago, I made arrangements for the frontline personnel." Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "Sakumo and Tsunade are in charge of the Sand Village battlefield."

"Sakumo was in charge of the battle against the main force of Sunagakure, while Tsunade had a unique battle with Chiyo through the air."

Chiyo is responsible for poisoning, and Tsunade is responsible for detoxification. The fight between you and me is getting more intense!

Uchiha Shigeka suddenly laughed. He saw Tsunade's complaint in the battle report.

Chiyo is very skilled in making poisons, so Tsunade needs to concentrate all her energy and give it her all to keep up with Chiyo's speed in making poisons and to prepare antidotes to target her at the same time.

Tsunade is now tired and happy every day.

It was naturally tiring to tense up to deal with Chiyo's poison, but the good thing was that her medical skills improved rapidly.

How could the fight with Chiyo not be a different kind of teaching for Tsunade?

"Anyway, I feel relieved that Sakumo and Tsunade are on the Sand Village battlefield."

"And the Hidden Rain Battlefield..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned: "Hanzo the Salamander has successfully broken through."

"Ah? Is it because we don't have enough military supplies?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head, his face heavy. "He summoned the summoned beasts to clear the way, and the Rain Village mobilized in full force, risking their lives, and forced their way out despite the firepower of the ordnance."

"this......"

Uchiha Shigeka opened his eyes wide and successfully broke through the attack of throwing coins, but the price he paid was not small.

It's a wolf killer.

Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly sighed: "Poor Rain Ninja, they suffered heavy casualties, and died in a foreign land because of the selfish thoughts of Hanzo."

The Hokage's office fell into silence for a moment.

"Let's not talk about heavy things." Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The Amegakure ninjas suffered heavy casualties, as did the ninjas of Konoha and the people of the Land of Fire."

"What we need to do is to end the war as soon as possible and restore peace!"

"After successfully breaking through, Salamander Hanzo did not continue to attack, but retreated. Now it is estimated that he has reached the border between the Rain Country and the Fire Country."

"It was probably because of the news of Sunagakure's defeat that Hanzo of the Salamander retreated."

Uchiha Shigeka raised a question: "Sagakure and Amegakure have both evacuated the Land of Fire. Next, Muye only needs to defend the border against both sides..."

Before Uchiha Shigeka could finish his words, Sarutobi Hiruzen interrupted him: "No, we can't defend, we have to attack."

Uchiha Shigeka showed a look of surprise and confusion at the right time, but Sarutobi Hiruzen did not explain why he was attacking.

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself that many things are not just about defeating the opponent. Shigeka became a jonin at a young age, with outstanding talent and strength, but he still has the immaturity of young people in the world.

Konoha cannot stop fighting.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked into the distance, which was the direction of Kyoto, the Land of Fire.

——Your Excellency the Daimyo is still angry.

In name, the Daimyo and the Hokage are equal, but in reality, the Daimyo is the client who pays real money, while the Konoha people are just workers who accept the commission.

The inequality in economic status has long implicitly divided the ranks of daimyo and hokage.

As for the internal affairs of Konoha, the Daimyo respected the Hokage and had no intention of interfering. Small matters needed no explanation, and big matters could be dealt with with just a notification.

But when facing foreign wars, the voice of the daimyo who allocates large amounts of supplies and money becomes important.

It is the daimyo's power to decide whether to go to war, not to mention that he has to pay real money to support the war...

The Hokage must also respect the Daimyo's ideas. Konoha needs material support from the Land of Fire during the war.

A war brings in a ton of gold!

This kind of resource consumption is not something that Konoha, which usually earns commissions by taking missions, can afford. Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't even need to think, he directly obeyed the Daimyo of the Fire Country.

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Chapter 85: Yuyin's Defense

Casualties on the front lines are inevitable, and ninja forces need to be replenished.

Uchiha Shigeka and other senior ninjas led a new group of ninjas gathered in the village and headed westward towards the front battlefield.

After reaching a fork in the road, the ninja team split into two groups.

All the way to the Sand Village battlefield, Uchiha Shigeka went all the way to the Rain Village battlefield.

The situation on the Sand Village battlefield is stable, while the situation on the Rain Village battlefield is full of changes.

After considering for a moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Uchiha Shigeka to the front line of the Rain Village battlefield.

They marched very quickly, but the strength of the ninja team was uneven, and it took them three days to reach the border between the Rain Kingdom and the Fire Kingdom.

"welcome!"

After hearing the report from the scouts, Jiraiya stood in front of the camp gate waiting. Their troops were indeed insufficient.

It's a good thing that Hanzo of the Salamander leaves the Land of Fire, but it's also a bad thing.

Taking advantage of the rainy climate in the Rain Country, Hanzo of the Salamander mobilized domestic materials and people for several days in a row, and frantically exploited them, working day and night to dig a wide river channel as a dangerous pass.

The continuous heavy rains soon filled the river channel and formed a big river.

At the moment the river was completed, Hanzo of the Salamander led the remaining Amegakure troops across the river, stationed on the other side of the river, and built fortifications.

Jiraiya led Uchiha Shigeka and other senior ninjas into the command center and pointed to the battle map on the wall and said, "The Rain Country has a lot of rain and frequent floods. The harsh environment here has made the people good at water."

"Although we have done simulations of harsh environment combat in the Ninja School, it is only a taste of it. It is not as good as living in such an environment every day."

Chief of Staff Nara Shikano added: "So it is not advisable to force a river crossing. The enemy is better at fighting in the water than we are. The results of several test attacks are proof of this."

Ninjas can gather chakra under their feet and walk on the water. Although the river is wide, even a Genin's chakra is enough to support him to walk to the other side.

But the Rain Ninjas are familiar with water. They hide themselves and lurk underwater, as agile as swimming fish.

The Konoha ninja suffered a lot when crossing the river. The Amegakure ninja did not intend to fight head-on. If the first attack missed, he would disappear into the water, and then suddenly jump out and shoot you with a cold gun, which you cannot defend against.

A big river became a natural barrier, making it difficult to cross.

Even if they successfully crossed the river, they would have been exhausted, and the situation would be unpredictable if they ran into the Rain Hidden Army in good condition.

A jonin frowned and asked, "How deep is the water?"

Nara Shikano replied: "It's ten meters deep. The sensory troops can confirm the enemy's whereabouts, but can we enter the water and fight them?"

The jonin fell silent, the answer was self-evident.

Going into the water to fight against Yuyin and fighting in an environment where the opponent has an advantage is simply seeking death.

"Don't we have any weapons to deal with underwater enemies?"

Uchiha Shigeka raised the question, Jiraiya nodded but then shook his head and said, "Of course there are, but Yugakure is more adept at underwater combat, and has corresponding defenses against our attacks, so it doesn't have much effect."

And because they are good at underwater combat, one Rain Hidden Ninja can be as good as ten Rain Hidden Ninja, and the ninjas sent out are a small force, using military equipment and supplies on a small force...

I can only say that it is a big loss. Even if you are rich, you can't waste money like this.

The Sarutobi clan's jonin suggested: "Master Jiraiya, Master Orochimaru, why don't you send out your summoning beasts..."

Jiraiya interrupted him and said, "The other party also has a summoning beast, a salamander, and it is full of poison. The summoning beasts of Orochimaru and I may not be able to take down the salamander."

"The summoned beasts are in a stalemate and fighting on the battlefield. This is not a good thing for either of us."

The psychic beast is huge in size, and every move it makes is like a mountain pressing down on you. Injuries from a slight bump are minor matters, but being hit or crushed to death is common.

Orochimaru, Jiraiya and Hanzo of the Salamander have a tacit understanding that none of them will use summoning beasts on the battlefield.

Since the battle between Konoha and Rain Village, only Salamander Hanzo used the summoning beast Salamander to evacuate and break out...

Jiraiya sighed inwardly, it would be better if the other party didn't have a huge summoning beast like the Sand Village.

Orochimaru added to these new jonin: "Hanzo Salamander has spent a lot of effort to build fortifications to attack our weapons."

"The attacks that worked before are useless now. Salamander Hanzo was on the offensive in the Land of Fire, but here he has to defend."

A jonin stared at the battle map and suddenly said, "The river is not long. Why don't we go around it and attack the enemy from the side?"

Jiraiya's face darkened when he heard this: "Before you attack the enemy, you will first encounter the people of the Rain Country."

"...Your Excellency is saying that Hanzo Salamander is using civilians as cannon fodder!?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"Don't even think about taking detours. We cannot attack civilians. This is an iron rule written in the Ninja Code!"

The Konoha ninjas looked at each other, bewildered, and silent.

The hot-tempered Uzumaki clan's jonin broke the silence and shouted, "In that case, why not go directly to the Rain Country via the Grass Country and the River Country? Then we can stab the Salamander Hanzo in the ass from behind!"

Nara Shikano glanced at the Uzumaki jonin and spoke vulgarly.

He said, "That's exactly what we are thinking. We can't send a large-scale army through the pass, but we can send a small team through the pass to the heart of the Rain Country."

"Just as you said, we should create trouble for Salamander Hanzo from the rear, distracting him from dealing with the problem, thereby affecting the situation here and creating opportunities that are beneficial to us."

"Moreover..." Nara Shikano's eyes flickered, "We still have a friendly force in the Rain Country. They can support us in other ways."

Although that friendly force was not easy to deal with.

......

After the meeting, Uchiha Shigeka walked out of the command center and met Uchiha Mikoto and others.

"Shigeka, congratulations on becoming a jonin."

Uchiha Mikoto had her hands behind her back, her delicate face looking peaceful and smiling.

She looked at Uchiha Shigeka with joy and pride: "This is the youngest jonin since the founding of Konoha."

"Damn it!"

Nawaki was also here. He looked at Uchiha Shigeka with envy and jealousy, and said sourly: "It's only been a short time since we graduated, and we are still Genin, but you are already a Jonin!"

Namikaze Minato nodded and looked at Uchiha Shigeka with complicated eyes.

Uchiha Shigeka's achievements were so outstanding that he was promoted from a Genin to a Jonin in just one year. Such a pace of progress made Namikaze Minato feel a little jealous.

The gap between them was not that big in the Ninja School, but they didn't expect that a year later, Chonghua had left them far behind.

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Chapter 86: The Uchiha Clan Leader Invites

Uchiha Shigeka chatted with his friends.