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At the bottom on both sides, Shemu, Yugao, Fu, Duolan, Ajun and others also responded at the same time.

"Also, there is the battle situation in the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Rock Village. I hope Jun-san can pay more attention to it. If there are any changes, please tell me as soon as possible."

After Menma nodded, he shifted his gaze to Ajun and spoke in a very serious tone.

"In Kumogakure and Iwagakure? Well, please rest assured, Master Menma, I will always follow up and keep in touch with the Iwagakure Village."

Listen to Menma's orders.

Ajun was stunned at first, then he nodded in understanding.

As an experienced and veteran ninja, Ajun has seen too many scenes to count. He was able to get the real meaning of Menma's words at the first moment. The focus was on the Iwagakure Village, not the Kumogakure Village.

Menma, who had been planning to explain more, realized that Ajun really understood what he meant when he heard Ajun's last words. He immediately nodded with a look of satisfaction.

Following from that.

Menma also gave some additional instructions on other relatively important matters, and then announced the end of this special high-level meeting.

The result of this great battle quickly spread to the entire ninja world afterwards, and the impact of this great victory also deeply affected the entire ninja world! ! !

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 338 A helpless move

When Menma's side had completely relaxed and could celebrate a little, the retreating Konohagakure and Mist Village troops were in a gloomy and gloomy scene, especially the Mist Village. The deaths of Mei Terumi and Ao caused the Mist Village to completely lose its central command system, even though there were still a few senior Mist Village jonin who stood up to lead the troops.

But under the subsequent pursuit of Taki Shinobi, they could not stop the defeat.

Countless Mist Ninjas abandoned their weapons and died on the way of retreat. This battle completely destroyed the spirit of the Hidden Mist Village. This was also a result of a huge deviation in the estimation of the current situation.

Neither Mei Terumi nor Ao, nor anyone else in the Hidden Mist Village, expected that the frontal battlefield would end so quickly, or that Menma would arrive so promptly. More importantly, Menma's strength was far beyond the expectations of Mei Terumi and others. Originally, Mei Terumi thought that Menma was at most slightly stronger than herself, and that his ability to defeat the Fourth Raikage must have been the result of cooperation with others.

But everything was beyond the imagination of the Mist Ninjas led by Mei Terumi and Ao. The death toll was as high as 50%, which was already an extremely exaggerated statistic, not to mention that most of the remaining Mist Ninjas who retreated were also injured. If it weren't for Akimichi Choza, Kakashi, and Might Guy leading the Konoha troops to come to their support.

The Mist Ninjas will have to pay an even more tragic price.

However, the Mist Ninjas did not remember Konoha's kindness at all. Instead, almost all of them held a grudge against Konoha, because in the eyes of the remaining Mist Ninjas, this was completely a deception and frame-up by Konoha. Otherwise, why would the frontal battle end so quickly! ?

The most important thing is that with the careful investigation of the remaining Mist Ninjas, it can be clearly seen that the Konoha side did not pay much price in casualties.

How could the Mist Ninjas accept this! ?

Even if there was an accident that forced them to retreat, couldn't they have provided support in a more timely manner? ?

The Mist Ninjas really put all the blame on Konoha.

Objective factors are not taken into consideration at all, but this is the most real and normal behavior.

Therefore, after the Mist Ninjas retreated to the territory of the Land of Fire, they did not say goodbye at all. After a brief rest, the remaining people headed eastward under the leadership of some of the remaining senior ninjas. They were unwilling to stay here any longer.

The best thing to do is to return to your own ninja village as soon as possible.

Moreover, he was completely vigilant against Konoha throughout the whole process, and immediately passed the news from the front line back to his own master through special channels, hoping that the master could send troops to support them.

They really don't have any trust in Konoha anymore.

The Konoha side was also silent the moment they received the specific news, especially Jiraiya, who really did not expect that the losses of the Mist Ninja would be so heavy.

Looking at Kakashi, Akimichi Choza and others who came to report specific information, this hero of Konoha could only sigh helplessly.

Jiraiya really didn't want to see the Mist Ninja suffer such a tragic fate.

It's not that they want to sell out their teammates on purpose; it's all a helpless choice. You know, after the retreat, Jiraiya immediately gave the order to go support the Mist Ninjas, but Menma's speed was still too fast; how could two legs possibly outrun Flying Thunder God?

"Master Jiraiya, what should we do next? Should we just let the Mist Ninja leave the front line?"

There were times when Kakashi, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka all chose to remain silent.

On the other side, a young man wearing big sunglasses and a Konoha standard vest couldn't help but ask.

This young man is also a special jonin of the Hidden Leaf Village—Yamashiro Aoba.

He is also considered a ninja with considerable strength in the Hidden Leaf Village.

"Forget it, let them leave. This time, our side did not follow the prior agreement in the joint operation. The casualties paid by the Mist Ninjas are far beyond their acceptable range. We should not do anything more. Once the sensitive nerves of the Mist Ninjas are stimulated, a fight may break out between us and the Mist Ninjas. This is not a good choice."

Jiraiya said as he shook his head slightly.

This is the relationship between the five major ninja villages. The so-called covenant is always the easiest to break.

Even the slightest misunderstanding can cause huge damage to a relationship.

Not to mention the kind that exists today.

Jiraiya asked himself, if their Konoha was in the current situation where the Hidden Mist Village was the one doing it, he would probably have a similar mentality.

"Maintain stability on the front line, always pay attention to the situation of the Taki ninja, send more scouts, and further strengthen the defense of each frontier stronghold to prevent the Taki ninja from attacking, and then immediately report the intelligence here back to the village. Oh, by the way, remember to send someone to notify the Sand Village, but don't let the Sand Village be attacked. Haiyi, Shikaku is now seriously injured and unconscious. I hope you can take full responsibility for this aspect of the work. Suzaku, as the deputy, you also have to assist from the side."

After Jiraiya pondered for a while, he also spoke slowly.

The Hidden Mist Village has been defeated, and it is obvious that they are unwilling to continue fighting. Without the Hidden Mist Village to restrain them, Jiraiya judges that Konoha can no longer continue to suppress the situation alone.

At least judging from the current situation, unless Konoha goes all out in a decisive battle, there will be too many issues to consider. This is not a question of courage or not, but a large ninja village that really needs to take many possibilities into consideration.

Konoha is Konoha with hundreds of thousands of people.

One wrong step.

That means hundreds of thousands of people will suffer together.

Jiraiya could not make such a judgment and could only leave it to Tsunade in the village. This was not only because of the difference in status, but also because of a kind of "indecisiveness" deep in Jiraiya's bones. This is why it is said that Jiraiya is actually quite similar to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It’s just that Jiraiya is more free and easy than Sarutobi Hiruzen, and doesn’t care about interests and power at all.

"Yes, Master Jiraiya, please rest assured."

Yamanaka Inoichi and Nara Suzaku also responded in unison.

In terms of talent reserves, Konoha is still the best in the ninja world, but if the corresponding abilities of the talents cannot be brought into play, everything will be in vain.

It can only be said that the Hidden Leaf Village has never really lost to any other ninja village, and it can almost be said that it has maintained 100% victory to the outside world.

Konoha will only lose to itself.

In fact, the best evidence is that in the past three Ninja World Wars, Konoha, as the winning party, has never enjoyed any of the dividends that the winner of the war should have enjoyed.

The hostility between the villages in the ninja world is indeed a factor, but the weakness and inaction of the top leaders of Konohagakure Village is the most important reason! !

Jiraiya retreated with this step.

At present, it is still unclear whether it is correct or wrong.

But it can also be seen that this is a special style that is unique to Konoha.

The situation on the border has been brought under control again. Although the shadow of war has not yet completely dissipated, the waves of the war have obviously calmed down for the time being.

Menma did not order the Taki ninjas to continue the pursuit.

Jiraiya also ordered the Konoha ninjas to switch to full defense.

The two sides launched a reconnaissance war that went on repeatedly along the border line set by the "international community".

The maximum scale of each will not exceed the collision of two teams.

It can be said that the massive attack by the Hidden Leaf Village ended up being anticlimactic.

And at the same time.

Far in the southwest of the Land of Grass, near a low-lying border line of the Land of Wind, the Fifth Kazekage Maki, who had arrived at the front line some time ago to personally command the Sand Ninjas, received the news from the people specially dispatched by Jiraiya.

Maki was also dumbfounded.

Two major ninja villages!

A total of 8,000 ninja troops.

Even though he had already tied up the power of the Kusagakure Village, it would have been fine if he couldn't do anything to the Takigakure Village led by Menma Uzumaki, but he actually ended up suffering a crushing defeat?

For a moment, Maki began to doubt his own eyes and ears.

How can this be true?

Maki rubbed his temples and felt a terrible headache. In the current situation, everything he did felt wrong.

The only thing Maki is thankful for now is that he didn't really launch any substantial offensive. At most, there were some local sporadic clashes. In the past period of time, the total number of casualties on both sides has not exceeded 100.

Even fewer people died in battle.

This is also because Maki is very restrained.

Not to mention Wuwei and Karin, they would rather see a stalemate. No matter how weak the Sand Village is, it is still a large ninja village with more than ten thousand ninjas and a tailed beast Jinchuriki. If they really force their way forward.

To be honest, neither Wuwei nor Karin thinks that they can really defeat the Sand Village. The only thing they can do is to delay as much time as possible. As long as they can hold on until the front battlefield, it will be enough for Menma to win smoothly.

Therefore, the smell of war here is not strong.

Now we have received news that Konoha and the Hidden Mist Village were defeated on the front battlefield.

Maki no longer had any desire to continue the attack. Even though Konoha had not officially announced its withdrawal and its combat power seemed to remain relatively intact, the Fifth Kazekage had already made the corresponding judgment in his heart.

"Come here, order the entire army to move out and retreat to the Fenggu stronghold!"

The order was given without any hesitation.

Maki was obviously planning to give up the attack completely.

The reason why they did not retreat directly to the village, but only retreated to the largest stronghold of their own ninja village located in the eastern border, hundreds of miles away from the front line, was to take into account the alliance between them and the Hidden Leaf Village. After all, they are allies and have received benefits, so they still need to save face.

Not withdrawing directly is the last bit of wiggle room Machi leaves.

As for what Konoha thinks, that is not something Maki can control.

The order was given.

Everybody set out.

Although some Sand Ninjas complained about Maki's orders, they all obeyed Maki's orders. This was different from the original story where Gaara was replaced by Maki, Chiyo and others (whose strength was indeed sufficient, but he really had no prestige).

Maki is the right-hand man of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa and a senior jonin. He has participated in many important events of the Sand Village and made many contributions. His prestige in the Sand Village is still not low. Some people had regarded Maki as a strong candidate for the next Kazekage a long time ago.

In this life, it was because Gaara had captives and a series of different plot events that happened later that led to Maki becoming the Fifth Kazekage with the support of Chiyo and Ebizo. Although his strength was indeed not as good as Gaara, the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, Maki's prestige was real.

Most of the Sand Ninjas in the village still have to obey his orders.

Some Sand Ninjas with similar seniority must also consider the opinions of Ebizo and Chiyo and cannot act recklessly.

The Sand Ninja troops left in a mighty force.

It was also detected by the Grass Ninja at the first moment.

Maki has no real or fake strategy at all.

The Kusanagi investigators conducted further investigations at a relatively close pace, and at the same time immediately passed the relevant information back to the front-line base of their own ninja village.

Wuwei and Xianglin had no doubts at the moment they received the news.

"As expected, they have retreated. It seems that this Kazekage-sama had planned to fight according to the situation from the beginning. After winning at Menma-sama's place, he withdrew his troops directly."

Wuwei nodded slightly and said.

Compared to the news that Maki received from Konoha.

Wuwei, Karin and others received the news from Menma much earlier, when they learned that the Kirigakure troops were severely damaged and Konoha was defeated.

The two of them finally relaxed.

This means that their side has completely gained the upper hand in this war. At this point, even if the Sand Village presses forward, Wuwei has nothing to worry about, even if they are defeated and retreat.

My own Lord Menma will definitely come to support me immediately.

When that time comes, it will be time for the Sand Village to pay the price.

It can be said that Wuwei really did not expect such a development in such a short time. You know, Wuwei was prepared for possible sacrifice, after all, the opponent was the Sand Village.

It is a ninja village with tailed beasts.

To fight against it, any price is reasonable.

"This is a rational judgment. Since the enemy has withdrawn its troops, there is no need to do anything more for the time being. I would like to trouble Wuwei-san to continue to send personnel to conduct more reconnaissance. Although it is unlikely, we should be on guard against the possibility that the Sand Village is deliberately deceiving us."

Karin said with a rare serious expression.

"Well, don't worry, leave this to me."

Wuwei also nodded slightly in response.