Start with a Zanpakuto and build the strongest Mist Village.

No one spoke inside the vast, mist-shrouded tent; everyone remained silent.

The night remained silent.

Before Yagura laid out this battle plan, Yoru had warned Minato Namikaze about the potential threat, but at that time Yagura was full of confidence, certain that Minato Namikaze would not appear on the battlefield.

But the reality was just as Ye had predicted.

Because of Minato Namikaze's appearance, not only was the severely injured Nine-Tails Jinchuriki taken away by him, but Kirigakure also lost over a hundred ninjas at once!

Adding to the previous losses, the situation of the Hidden Mist faction is now extremely precarious!

The Hidden Mist's forces are almost wiped out!

Among the five great nations, Konoha undoubtedly possesses the strongest military force. In several Shinobi World Wars, Konoha consistently faced multiple opponents, yet its military strength remained undiminished.

Secondly, there's Iwagakure.

At the start of the Third Shinobi World War, Iwagakure dispatched 10,000 ninjas in one go to hunt down the Third Raikage, demonstrating their formidable strength!

Of the remaining Cloud Village and Sand Village, Cloud Village is relatively well-organized, but its military strength is at least six or seven thousand.

Although the number of Sunagakure people is small, they have puppets to make up the numbers.

In contrast, look at the hidden fog.

Under the Blood Mist policy, the Mist Village has a pitifully small population, let alone a large military force.

Currently, the total strength at the front line is only two thousand men. The two consecutive heavy losses have directly reduced Kirigakure's manpower by several hundred, which is a serious blow to Kirigakure!

Almost everyone is dead, what's the point of fighting?

"The responsibility for this battle lies with me. It was my arrogance and stubbornness that led to this result."

Yagura took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

His gaze swept across the tent, finally settling on Ye: "Ye, although you are young, your strength and strategic vision are both outstanding."

"If I had listened to your advice before deploying this tactic, this wouldn't have happened... I have reported everything that happened to Lord Sandai, and I have decided, Yoru, to hand over command of the front lines to you. You will lead us to continue the battle!"

"what?!"

"No, Lord Yagura!"

"Please reconsider, Lord Yagura!"

These words caused an uproar in the entire tent. Even Ye looked surprised, clearly not expecting Yagura to say such a thing.

But soon, Yoru understood the logic behind it and muttered an old fox to Yagura.

He has already made great contributions in this war. Putting aside everything else, just killing Jiraiya, one of the three legendary ninjas, is enough to ensure that Yoru's future development in Kirigakure is smooth sailing.

On the other hand, Yagura's series of strategic mistakes severely weakened Kirigakure's strength. If it weren't for Yoru's appearance, Kirigakure would probably have lost the ability to continue fighting Konoha.

This time, Yagura has handed over command to Yoru. If Yoru can lead Kirigakure to victory over Konoha in the upcoming war and continue to expand the results, then Yagura's dereliction of duty will be greatly reduced with the victory of the war. At most, he will be demoted by one or two ranks, and he will be promoted again in two years. There will be no problem.

However, if Yoru is still unable to win the war after taking command, then not only will Yoru have to bear the consequences of the defeat, but the losses caused by Yagura may also be attributed to Yoru!

"As expected of the Fourth Hokage from the original story, you're truly something!"

Night's eyes flashed, and she immediately refused loudly, "Lord Yagura, you mustn't! This is only my first time participating in a war of this magnitude. I have neither qualifications nor experience. How could I possibly be qualified to take on such a great responsibility?"

"Furthermore, although there were some losses in this battle, Lord Yagura's strategy was flawless. Who could have imagined that Konoha would disregard the stability of the Iwagakure battlefield and force Minato Namikaze to come here? Therefore, this battle was not Lord Yagura's fault, so you don't need to be so concerned!"

Upon hearing this, everyone echoed in agreement.

"Lord Ye is right. The strategic plan for this battle was flawless. It was simply that Konoha was too cunning!"

"Yes, Lord Yagura. Moreover, although we suffered heavy losses in this battle, Konoha also suffered heavy losses. Lord Yoru seriously injured the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the warriors of Kazama and Kazuya also inflicted great losses on Konoha. The advantage in this war is still on our side!"

"Everyone..."

Yagura was deeply moved, and his baby face was quite charming: "I understand, but I am not to blame for this battle. I will take full responsibility. However, the most urgent task is to devise a strategy to deal with the enemy."

Unfortunately, facing Minato Namikaze, who controlled space-time ninjutsu, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, who was like a human nuclear weapon, the group of grown men racked their brains in the tent but couldn't come up with any good solutions.

If they disperse their forces, they will be targeted and attacked by Minato Namikaze.

However, they couldn't fully concentrate their forces, since there was still a Tailed Beast on the other side. If they gathered all their forces together, a single Tailed Beast Ball from the enemy might wipe them out...

The group then encountered Minato Namikaze several more times at the front lines, but everyone was left bewildered by the unpredictable Flying Thunder God Technique. The opponent was completely elusive, appearing and disappearing without a trace, leaving them utterly helpless.

Even with Ye making a move.

But the other party seemed to understand how difficult Ye was to deal with, and didn't confront Ye head-on at all.

Wherever the night appears, Minato Namikaze immediately retreats and changes location to fight!

Night had considered directly exchanging bases with the other side. If Minato Namikaze was targeting Kirigakure, then he would strike at the heart of the matter and target Konoha.

But the pitifully small number of troops in Kirigakure simply couldn't support him doing this!

Under these circumstances, Kirigakure not only found itself in a stalemate in the battle, but also gradually lost the initiative in its hands...

The people of Kirigakure finally understood the pain of Iwagakure, but unfortunately, there was nothing anyone could do.

This situation continued for several days until Yagura summoned Yamashita to the main tent again.

"Night, this is Lord Mizukage's secret order, and also the latest mission."

"If we can complete this task, we should be able to break the current deadlock!"

Yagura handed over an opened scroll, which Yoru took and immediately narrowed his eyes upon glancing at it.

"Three tails..."

Chapter 56 Nohara Rin, with a special physique?

Inside the scroll, the Third Mizukage emphasized Yoru's achievements while severely criticizing Yagura's reckless and impulsive strategy.

After a long string of nonsense, facing the threat of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the Yellow Flash, the Third Mizukage decided to use the method of tailed beasts to counter tailed beasts, and use the Three-Tails to deal with Konoha!

"It's a crazy plan, but if it succeeds, it could definitely break the current deadlock."

However, if they fail, the Hidden Mist will not only lose a tailed beast, but will also likely provoke a fierce counterattack from the Leaf Village!

However, with the war having progressed to this point, and even the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the Yellow Flash already arriving at the front lines, any counterattack they launch will be futile.

Yoru withdrew his gaze and looked at Yagura with a serious expression: "Lord Yagura, has the special item that seals the tailed beast been delivered yet?"

"It should be delivered soon, and the candidate for the vessel of the Tailed Beast has already been chosen."

Yagura nodded and pulled a list from the drawer.

She was a beautiful girl with short brown hair and large, dark brown eyes. Her most striking feature was the two purple markings on her face.

Upon seeing this person, Ye thought to himself, "As expected."

This girl is the origin of everything in the original story.

Nohara Lin!

“Nohara Rin, a Konoha Chunin, a commoner ninja, but according to the Mizukage’s information, her physique is unexpectedly compatible with the Three-Tails, so the Mizukage has decided to make her the Three-Tails’ Jinchūriki.” Yagura pointed to the girl on the list and said, “The only problem is that she is a ninja under Namikaze Minato’s command. If we want to capture her, we’ll probably have to lure Namikaze Minato away first.”

"An ordinary civilian Chunin actually possesses a physical body that is compatible with a Tailed Beast?"

Ye was slightly taken aback. Yagura shrugged: "That is indeed shocking, but that's what the Mizukage said. Maybe she has a different kind of constitution."

"Is that so?"

Ye's lips twitched slightly. "Do you even believe what you're saying?"

However, Yoru understood Yagura's thoughts. This was the Third Hokage's decision. Even if they had doubts, how could they question it arbitrarily?

After pondering for a moment, Ye said in a deep voice, "Minato Namikaze has been running away whenever he sees me lately. If I take the initiative to attack, Minato Namikaze will definitely not show up immediately."

"At that time, all you need to do is make a little noise, Lord Yagura, to attract Minato Namikaze's attention, and I should be able to complete the mission easily."

"Ah, that's what I think too."

Yagura smiled and nodded: "Although your speed is not as fast as Minato Namikaze, who has mastered space-time ninjutsu, it is already considered divine speed for an ordinary ninja. In addition, with those strange techniques, if you were to carry out this mission, the success rate should be the highest."

"Then, whether we can break this deadlock depends on you, Night!"

"Yes, Lord Yagura!"

……

After accepting the mission, Ye returned to his tent.

The task seemed easy, but Ye, who knew what was going to happen, knew it was not simple.

Yoru could easily handle Nohara Rin and Kakashi, those two little karaomis, but the biggest threat to this mission was the enraged, immature kid lurking in the shadows who could appear at any moment!

And the ultimate move that could be made at any moment!

White Zetsu's fighting power is actually very strong. Not to mention the unlucky kid Blackie, just the vortex White Zetsu, the shell of the enraged child, is comparable to Hashirama in terms of fighting power.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, the White Zetsu, who possessed Yamato, was even able to unleash top-tier Wood Release ninjutsu such as the Wood Release: Wood Human Technique. Therefore, there is no doubt that if he possessed Obito, his combat power would probably not be much less.

If we were to face someone like that, given Ye's current fighting strength, it would undoubtedly be another fierce battle.

Ye subconsciously touched her eyes, which were covered by the mask.

"This is really a headache..."

"Lord Yoru, Lord Mizuki Akira requests an audience."

"Minazuki Crystal?"

Ye paused slightly, then calmly said, "Come in."

As Mizuki Akira entered the tent, to everyone's surprise, the Snow Clan elder, who was always dressed in a pure white kimono and was gentle and refined, was now wearing a Kirigakure Jonin vest and fully armed.

"Lord Jing, what is this...?"

"Lord Yoru, I have come on the orders of the Mizukage to assist you in sealing the Three-Tails Jinchuriki."

Mizuki Akira spoke softly, taking out a scroll from her waist: "This is a special sealing vessel containing the Three-Tails, as well as a blood talisman that controls Jinchuriki, a trait unique to the Mizukage."

Night raised an eyebrow and looked directly at the scroll in Mizuki Akira's hand. After glancing at it, she tossed it back to Mizuki Akira.

"I never expected that it would be Lord Jing who would assist me in carrying out this mission. According to convention, this should be a matter for the Dark Division."

"This concerns the Three-Tails, and the Mizukage attaches great importance to it. Relying solely on the Anbu's strength is certainly sufficient."

Mizuki Akira clearly gave a random excuse, and Yoru didn't press further.

Even a fool could figure out what Mizuki Akira was up to.

All these bloodline families are after is power and status. As for Ye, who has not only awakened Ice Release but also has made great achievements and has a promising future, they will naturally go to great lengths to win him back and make him change his mind and become a member of the Snow Clan again.

Unfortunately, some things are not so easy to undo.

"Lord Jing should be aware of the specifics of the mission by now."

"After capturing the Konoha ninja 'Nohara Rin' who fits the target criteria, we will seal the Three-Tails inside her body and use the Blood Talisman to control her and send her to the core of Konoha, or even to the Konoha village itself, and then detonate the Jinchuriki to let her wreak havoc."

Mizuki Akira quickly recounted the details of the mission: "Besides me, the Mizukage has also assigned twelve Jonin. As for Lord Yoru, you can adjust your forces as you see fit."

"Twelve Jonin, huh?"

In the original story, Obito unleashed a burst of power that annihilated all the Jonin of Kirigakure.

The front lines urgently need combat power. Rather than sending these twelve Jonin to their deaths, it would be better to keep them at the front to replenish the overall troop strength.

However, it is clear that these twelve Jonin, in addition to assisting Yoru in carrying out missions and performing sealing techniques, may also have secret missions such as monitoring Yoru's combat strength and mission completion. It is probably unlikely that they will stay obediently on the front line.

“I don’t have much to manage here, it’s just me.” Night shook his head, then pretended to be puzzled and said, “But Lord Akira, there’s something I’m quite curious about. Does that Nohara Rin have some special identity that we don’t know about? Why would the Mizukage choose her to become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki?”

"Could it be that Nohara Rin's ancestors were from the Uzumaki clan or the Senju clan, and that her bloodline has been revived in her generation?"

"Or perhaps, like me, she was abandoned by both clans and then adopted by the Nohara family?"

"This……"

Chapter 57 Kakashi and Rin Nohara

"Perhaps, Nohara Rin really does possess a special physique?"

Mizuki Akira said uncertainly, but after thinking for a moment, she added, "Actually, the Jinchuriki's own qualities aren't important, because what we're creating this time isn't a stable, long-term Jinchuriki, but rather a time bomb, so..."

"So why not just capture a Konoha ninja or find a village assassin? They're all ticking time bombs anyway, and you can control them with blood talismans."

Night spoke subconsciously, then realized belatedly, "I'm sorry, Lord Akira, I wasn't questioning Lord Mizukage's decision, I just had some doubts."