Konoha teaches, then stands in the sky

Shisui is only nine years old now, and Zoroark is now 1.7 meters tall. The way Zoroark looks at Shisui is really no different from an adult looking at a child.

After evolving, Zoroark found that it was not bad. Although it could not let Shisui hug it, it could now lift Shisui up high, which was something it absolutely could not do before.

"Stop it." Shisui looked at Zoroark with a frown as he stretched out his hands to him with a sly look on his face.

Maybe it's because his body has grown bigger, or maybe it's because his appearance has become more mature, but now Zoroark's smile before doing bad things is not as cute as before.

Even though he could crush Shisui in height after evolving, facing Shisui who had hatched it and taken care of it till now, Zoroark also quickly became more serious after Shisui became serious.

He was no longer as nonchalant as before.

"Try using illusion on me." Shisui said after thinking for a while.

Illusion is Zoroark's innate ability, which he has mastered since the moment he was born. Evolution will enhance the Pokémon in all aspects. Logically, Zoroark's illusion should be very strong now.

"Hehe, actually Shisui, you have been caught in an illusion. I am still Zoroark and have not evolved at all. I just used an illusion to trick you!" Zoroark gave an arrogant smile.

At this time, Shisui looked at Zoroark again and saw that he had changed back to the form of Zoroark walking on all fours.

"I can't feel the feeling of being under an illusion at all." Shisui was surprised.

Even without using the Sharingan, Shisui is still a master of illusion, and is an expert at both casting and dispelling illusions.

But he didn't realize at all that he had fallen into Zoroark's illusion just now.

"Try again." Shisui said as he opened the Three-magatama Sharingan.

The Sharingan has the ability to amplify illusions. When in the Sharingan state, Shisui's ability to resist illusions will be greatly enhanced.

"Hehe, little Shisui, just watch and see how great Lord Zoroark is!" Zoroark's proud voice sounded in Shisui's heart.

In the blink of an eye, Shisui found that the Zoroark in front of him was rapidly growing in size, turning into a giant Zoroark that was even bigger than the house, as if it would become even bigger and crush the house in the next moment.

"Just this illusion is strong enough."

Shisui discovered that even with the three magatama, he would still be immediately caught in Zoroark's illusion, but it could be removed with careful inspection.

This level of strength is already enough, because among the Uchiha, except for Uchiha Fugaku, the other Uchiha's illusion techniques are not as good as Shisui's.

Chapter 558 Changes on the battlefield

The western part of the Grass Country.

In a forest near the Land of Earth, four Iwagakure ninjas were carefully patrolling the surroundings.

Although the Iwagakure ninja troops were not damaged in the battle with the Konoha ninja troops, the order given to them by the Iwagakure high-level officials was to withdraw their forces and try to attract the Konoha ninjas to the Land of Earth.

So now the Iwagakure ninja troops have basically withdrawn to the west bordering the Land of Earth, with preserving strength as their main strategic action.

"I really don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. Our Iwagakure has strong soldiers and horses, so why do they keep retreating when facing Konoha?" An Iwagakure Chunin complained when he saw that everything was calm around him.

He was very dissatisfied with the current war decisions of the Iwagakure Village. Since the war began, the Iwagakure Village has basically only used one-tenth of its strength to fight the war and has always hidden its true strength.

In his opinion, let alone sending out an army of 10,000, directly sending out 5,000 ninja troops when Konoha was invaded by the Kirigakure would be enough to take over Konoha in the chaos.

However, the top leaders remained indifferent and allowed Kumogakure and Konoha to bully them.

"Maybe they want to lure the enemy into the Land of Earth, and then use the geographical advantages of the Land of Earth to destroy the enemy more easily." A fatter Iwagakure nearby said.

"We are too cautious. Right now, with all the countries fighting each other, this should be the best time for us, Iwagakure, to become the strongest ninja village."

Obviously, he also had some complaints about Iwagakure's current war decisions.

After all, it is really frustrating that we have the strength to fight back or even defeat the opponent but we keep giving in.

"Please talk less. The higher-ups have their own considerations. We just need to follow their orders." Sumashi began to persuade.

Unlike the two Iwagakure who complained about the top management, Suma Shi also felt aggrieved, but he believed in the top management.

It's a very simple truth that if the Iwagakure Village makes a profit, what the Iwagakure senior officials can get is far more than what ordinary Iwagakure ninjas can get.

Then the top leaders of Iwagakure must want victory more urgently than they do.

After Sumashi spoke, the atmosphere in the team suddenly became quiet. Although they were all old friends, Sumashi was different from the other three. He was a special jonin and the captain of the team.

Normally it's okay for everyone to joke with each other, but when performing tasks on the battlefield, there must still be a distinction between superiors and subordinates.

Phew! !

Suddenly, there was a sound of kunai breaking through the air, and suddenly kunai were shot towards them from all directions.

The Iwagakure members then discovered that several Konoha ninjas had appeared around them at some point.

Sumazhi was extremely surprised. He had patrolled very carefully just now, so there shouldn't be anyone there. Could it be that someone had been hiding nearby from the beginning using some advanced hiding ninjutsu?

Without having time to think too much, Sumashi quickly used chakra to strengthen his body to dodge.

The attack came too suddenly, and he had no time to cast hand seals or use ninjutsu to block it.

puff!

Although the three Iwagakure Chunins tried their best to dodge, there were too many kunai and they came too fast, and soon they were pierced all over their bodies with kunai, and they fell to the ground and could not get up.

"We have no choice but to retreat." The pain from the wound made Sumashi frown slightly, and he quickly formed seals to condense his chakra.

He also didn't completely dodge the sneak attack from the Konoha ninja just now and was injured.

Therefore, Suma had no intention of fighting to the death with the Konoha ninja to avenge his teammates.

Not only do the enemies outnumber us, they are also in prime condition. Staying here would mean death.

"Earth Release·Split the Earth and Turn the Palm!"

Sumashi concentrated his chakra on his palm and slammed it into the ground.

Boom! !

Under the influence of earth attribute chakra, the ground cracked rapidly, and pieces of mud and rocks flew towards the Konoha ninjas.

At the same time, the cracked ground also raised a cloud of dust that blocked the view.

Whoosh!

While the Konoha ninjas were dodging, Sumashi used the instant body movement technique to create some distance between them and fled without looking back.

He wanted to bring back information about the Konoha ninja.

But Sumashi, who was running away, didn't notice that the "Konoha Ninjas" who were ambushing them only chased him for a short while and then stood still and watched him go away.

When Suma Shichetsu's figure completely disappeared, the "Konoha Ninjas" all merged into the underground and disappeared into the forest.

This scene takes place not only in the western part of the Grass Kingdom, but also in the southern part of the Grass Kingdom where the Konoha Ninja is stationed.

However, in the southern part of the Land of Grass, the situation turned into the Iwagakure ninjas ambushing and killing the Konoha ninjas.

The frequent small-scale ambushes and killings caused headaches for the leaders of the ninja forces on both sides, and they believed that the other side was thinking about starting another war.

"These Konoha ninjas are too cunning. They dare not enter the Land of Earth and only carry out assassinations near the border!" Lishi slammed the desk in the tent with an unhappy look on his face.

He was the captain of the Iwagakure blasting corps and one of the most powerful figures in the entire Iwagakure. But now he could only watch the news that was unfavorable to Iwagakure coming in one after another, and he was very angry.

But there was really no good solution for Lieshi, because the decision of the Iwagakure top management was to defend, to play the pig and eat the tiger and to lure the enemy into deeper areas.

"Consult the higher-ups. This is not a solution. Many people in the army are resentful." Iwaku suggested.

Lieshi nodded. He had had this idea a long time ago.

Or they could just retreat back to the Land of Earth and hide to the end. Apart from losing face in the ninja world, there wouldn't be much else.

Either you go directly into war with the Konoha ninja troops and fight hard. If you win, you will become famous. If you lose, you can just continue to play dumb.

Lieshi felt that both of these options were better than staying at the border in a limbo.

"Don't send out the ninjas from the demolition team recently." Lieshi reminded him as he remembered something.

Since he was also in charge of the battlefield, Lieshi basically handed over the authority of the blasting unit to Iwaku, the deputy captain of the blasting unit.

The death of a ninja from his own village was certainly heartbreaking, but it would be even more painful for Lieshi if the casualties were the elite of his blasting team.

The ninjas of the demolition team are the real elite of Iwagakure, and a huge amount of resources have been spent on training each member.

Iwaku nodded.

On the other side, Jiraiya had just returned to the battlefield from the Land of Rain, but he didn't expect that something so troublesome would happen.

"If it weren't for the forehead protector, I would have thought we were fighting with the Hidden Mist Village. How come the assassination of the Hidden Mist Village has become so powerful?" Jiraiya looked at the latest battlefield intelligence with some confusion.

It was reasonable for Iwagakure to counterattack, and harassment in the form of a team was also a normal battlefield strategy, but the level of their actual performance was very unfamiliar to Jiraiya.

This is not the first day that he has fought with Iwagakure on the battlefield in the Land of Grass. Doesn't he know what assassination tactics Iwagakure is good at and what level they are at?

Compared to squad assassinations, Iwagakure is better at legion combat.

Even for a ninja of Jiraiya's level, it is very dangerous to be besieged by the Iwagakure ninja troops.

During the Second Shinobi World War, Jiraiya almost died at the hands of the Iwagakure troops, and was deeply impressed by the combat capabilities of the Iwagakure troops.

"Is it possible that reinforcements from Iwagakure have arrived?" Namikaze Minato thought for a while and expressed his speculation.

"Perhaps Iwagakure specially trained a ninja unit that is good at using earth escape techniques for assassination during the truce."

Jiraiya looked thoughtful.

What Namikaze Minato said makes sense. Earth escape technique has its own unique advantages in ambushes and assassinations. After all, earth escape technique can allow one to escape underground.

"In that case, we have to consider the possibility of a large-scale attack by the Iwagakure forces next." Jiraiya said after putting down the information.

Now that the reinforcements of Iwagakure have appeared, the attitude of Iwagakure Village is very clear: Iwagakure is determined to fight Konoha to the end.

According to conventional thinking, after the harassment, the next step is to launch a massive attack on the tired enemy.

"Next, I will join the patrol team to clear out the attack on Iwagakure." Namikaze Minato took the initiative.

Possessing the Flying Thunder God Technique, he has strong mobility, and Minato Namikaze also has strong perception ability. Even if he fails to arrive in time to rescue the Konoha ninja, he is very likely to avenge them. He is the most suitable person to resolve harassment crises.

"I'll leave it to you, Minato." Jiraiya believed that Minato could solve the problem.

Jiraiya then hurriedly contacted the Konoha high-level officials, reported the latest intelligence and requested that the perception team go to the battlefield.

There might be a big war on the battlefield of Grass Kingdom next, so he needs to be fully prepared.

…………

Early morning, Konoha Village.

Shisui got up and first dealt with his and Zoroark's breakfast.

Since Zoroark's body suddenly became larger after evolution, Shisui was worried that he would not have enough to eat, so he increased the portion of his breakfast a lot.

After breakfast, the man and the fox went to Obito's house as usual, preparing to ask Obito to go to the Southern Forest to practice together.

Before arriving at Obito's house, Zoroark deliberately used illusion to maintain Zoroark's appearance.

Neither Obito nor Charizard noticed anything unusual.

"Hey, Lao Peng, why don't you take me over there? I'm too lazy to move after eating." Zoroark asked with a smile.

"Your wings are so cool and handsome. It must be very exciting to fly with them."

Hearing Zoroark praising it for being handsome, Charizard subconsciously straightened its head and chest, and swallowed the words of refusal that it was about to say.

Those who praise it for being handsome are good people with vision, destined to live a meaningful life.

"Ouch!"

Charizard stood in front of Zoroark, flapped its wings and flew up, then pointed its claws at its back with a proud look, signaling Zoroark to jump up.

Zoroark leaped lightly onto its back.

The moment Zoroark jumped behind Charizard, Charizard's expression changed slightly, and even its flapping wings stopped in an instant, and it almost fell down.

Feeling the heaviness on his back, Charizard was full of question marks on his face. How could such a small Zoroark be so heavy?

"Ouch."

Charizard takes off with all his strength, indicating that Zoroark should lose some weight.

It has carried Zoroark before, but it felt very light at that time, completely different from now.

Charizard felt that Zoroark had gained at least seven or eight times more weight.

But Charizard is quite curious about how Zoroark maintains his figure. He doesn't look fatter even after gaining so much weight.