Konoha teaches, then stands in the sky

Danzo Shimura felt very unhappy when he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen like this.

Mu Yue is obviously a ninja from his Root, an outstanding talent trained by Shimura Danzo. How come it became your, Sarutobi Hiruzen's credit?

Danzo Shimura felt strange as if the leeks he had worked so hard to grow were secretly harvested by others at night.

"Since Iwagakure has been defeated, why don't we use war as a threat to force Iwagakure to hand over the information on those spies." Utane Koharu expressed her thoughts.

"According to current intelligence, those spies are most likely the product of some kind of human experiment. If we succeed in cracking the technology, then our intelligence ninjas will be invincible in the future."

If you can't beat them, just join them. Since traditional intelligence ninjas are out of date, just update them as well.

Danzo Shimura looked at Koharu Utane in surprise. He didn't expect that the other party had the same idea as him.

Such evil technology must be handed over to Konoha for safekeeping!

"That's right, we should send more ninja troops and take advantage of this opportunity to enter the Land of Earth and take over the Iwagakure Village directly." Shimura Danzo said with approval.

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head, "It's too risky. If Kumogakure takes the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack, it will be very troublesome."

Although Kumogakure may not necessarily attack Konoha, they may also take advantage of the situation to attack Iwagakure, but Sarutobi Hiruzen does not want to take the gamble, as the consequences of losing the gamble are very serious.

"Huruzen, your hesitation will only make Konoha weak!

If Konoha makes every invading enemy pay a huge price, who would dare to go to war with Konoha?" Shimura Danzo retorted unconvinced.

This time they wiped out more than a thousand Iwagakure ninjas and won such a great victory. A stroll around the Land of Earth would also be a great deterrent.

"You only think about the benefits. If the Village of Cloud and the Village of Mist take advantage of the situation and sneak in, can you deal with them?" Sarutobi Hiruzen knocked on the conference table and asked firmly.

Doesn't Sarutobi Hiruzen know that this is a chance to defeat the Iwagakure in one fell swoop, but the risk is too great.

Since the founding of Konoha, the war has been isolated outside Konoha. The enemy can only enter the Land of Fire at most, but will never be able to get close to Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't want to be the only Hokage who dragged Konoha into war, that would be too embarrassing.

"If Konoha is really in danger, I will naturally lead my troops to attack." Shimura Danzo still insisted on his own idea.

"It's not a question of whether or not to go to the battlefield, but whether or not we can defeat the incoming enemy." Sarutobi Hiruzen emphasized.

Danzo Shimura is considered a capable ninja, but that's all he is, not stronger than the Three Ninjas or Mugetsu.

"Why do you think I will not be able to deal with the attacking ninjas?" asked Danzo Shimura.

Anyway, Yunyin hasn’t attacked yet, so let’s just brag about it first.

"Since you are so confident, you will be in charge of the Iwagakure and lead some ninjas to find out the information about the Iwagakure Village first." Sarutobi Hiruzen continued.

"Not now, I have a lot of other things to deal with." Shimura Danzo refused bluntly.

It’s not that he was afraid of death and didn’t dare to go up, but Shimura Danzo really had other things to do.

He has been trying to figure out what Sosuke's Ninja Clan heritage is, and how to get the Rinnegan.

"If you are willing to lead the team, then go. If not, don't even think about attacking Iwagakure!" Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's tough attitude made Utane Koharu give up her own plan. Her fighting ability was the worst among the four senior executives, and she neglected training after becoming a senior executive, so her strength became even worse.

Danzo Shimura was still unconvinced in his heart, but he did not refute it. He couldn't just do it himself.

If he accidentally fell in the Land of Earth, it would be a loss for the entire Konoha.

"There is no need to launch a large-scale attack on the Land of Earth, but we do need to test the attitude of Iwagakure." Mito Kado En said, lifting the frame of his glasses with his left hand.

In the two battles on the battlefield of the Land of Grass, Konoha and Iwagakure won one and lost one.

Overall, Iwagakure suffered much greater losses, but Konoha also suffered losses. Considering that other ninja villages were eyeing them covetously, Mito Kado En believed that they needed to act prudently.

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded. He also had the idea of ​​sending ninjas to contact the Iwagakure Village.

The current situation is too unfavorable for Konoha, and it must negotiate with a large ninja village to form an alliance.

"In that case, then we should recall Hanyu Mugetsu back to Konoha as soon as possible. The spies in Iwagakure are so powerful, it would be terrible if they managed to sneak into Konoha." said Utane Koharu.

If they want to attack Iwagakure, Mu Yue, the only one who can currently identify Iwagakure spies, must not be absent.

Now that it has been confirmed that they will not attack Iwagakure, Utane Koharu feels that she should call Mu Yue back.

"That's right. It would be best to find an excuse to gather the ninjas and let Mu Yue conduct a thorough inspection." Mizuto Menyan had the same concern.

Although their top leaders are all strong, there is a possibility that they will fail if the Iwagakure spies disguise themselves as their family members to play dirty tricks.

"I will contact the Grass Country troops after the meeting." Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed with this proposal.

In addition to eliminating possible spies in Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen also wanted Mu Yue to teach ninjutsu to other ninjas and include it in Konoha's ninjutsu library.

In principle, Konoha will not force any ninja to hand over his ninjutsu unless it is an inhumane forbidden technique.

However, the situation this time is special. To be more serious, it is related to the life and death of Konoha, so we have to deal with it in special ways.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that Mu Yue, who possessed the will of fire, should be able to understand, and he would not let Mu Yue teach in vain.

After the various discussions about Iwagakure were over, the topic gradually turned to rewarding those who had made contributions.

Regardless, this is a big victory worth celebrating.

Mu Yue, the person who formulated the counterattack plan and killed many enemies and injured the Jinchūriki on the battlefield, is undoubtedly the first to achieve the credit. Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze can only rank behind Mu Yue.

After the meeting, Danzo Shimura quickly found the Root's men and asked them to contact the Root members on the front line.

"Although the people have been rescued, since a battle has taken place, there may be some residual body tissue." Danzo Shimura thought secretly.

If he could develop the technology of Iwagakure's spy transformation technique, his Root Organization would be the strongest intelligence organization in the ninja world.

By then, Konoha will have defeated all the ninja villages with the help of his Root organization, and even Sarutobi Hiruzen will have no reason to restrict the Root anymore.

Chapter 578 The most vigilant enemy

The first thing the Iwagakure ninjas who retreated under the cover of the Tailed Beast Balls did after they reunited was to report the information back to the Iwagakure Village.

Because of the good weather, Oonoki was in a very good mood.

When he learned that it was the battlefield of the Grass Kingdom, he went to see it with a smile on his face.

Because every piece of news coming from the battlefield in the Land of Grass recently was basically good news, and even Ohnoki was a little surprised at the smooth sailing.

Faced with a lineup consisting of Yellow Flash and Jiraiya, one of the Three Ninjas, the Iwagakure troops led by Reishi were able to defeat Jiraiya's troops without suffering any losses.

"The intelligence unit made a mistake and fell into Konoha's trap, and the unit suffered heavy losses?" The corners of Ohnoki's mouth, which were originally slightly raised, bent downwards.

"Hmm? How many people are left in the army?" Ohnoki was a little bit incredulous when he saw the number of words on the encrypted scroll.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and opened them again, but the number of words on the list did not change, it was still three hundred and twenty-three, without an extra one in front.

boom!

Ohnoki couldn't help but punch the office with an expression of disbelief on his face.

That's a full 2,000 ninja army. It's 2,000 ninjas, not 2,000 samurai or ordinary people. How could it become 323 directly after a defeat?

Ohnogi was about to faint, as only a little over 300 of the 2,000 ninja troops were left.

Iwagakure had been developing in hiding for a long time, and had accumulated a capital of 12,000 ninjas. However, they were defeated in one battle and almost one-sixth of them were lost.

His original idea was to use the advantage of numbers to win a small victory over Konoha and consume Konoha's ninja power. Then, after Konoha sent more people, Xiaoyan would lose to Konoha once, and then he would continue to hide and observe the situation.

The number of casualties that Ohnoki could accept was 500. After all, it was a real fight with real guns and swords, and it was unrealistic to have no casualties.

But Oonoki couldn't accept the fact that almost seventeen thousand people died in one go.

Among these 1,700 ninjas, there are some jonin and elite members of the Iwagakure blasting team. How long will it take the Iwagakure Village to train so many ninjas again?

Ohnoki read all the information carefully with a gloomy face.

If he were to sum it up, it would be that Yan Ku's eagerness for quick success and instant benefits led his troops into the abyss.

The greatest responsibility must be borne by Yan Ku, as he is the acting commander and the one who gives the orders.

Moreover, Yanku is already dead, so no matter how big the responsibility is, Yanku will not object.

"Let them all come back." Oonoki gave the order.

Although three hundred ninjas are not a small number, the two thousand ninja troops have been defeated. Letting the remaining three hundred people stay would be a waste of lives, so it is better to call them back directly.

After all, a dead person can’t handle such a big thing.

Immediately afterwards, Ohnoki quickly convened a high-level meeting and informed all the senior leaders of Iwagakure of the latest information from the battlefield.

After reading the information, Hui's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

When sending additional reinforcements, he analyzed the benefits of sending more reinforcements one by one.

The front-line troops are now suffering heavy losses, and he is partly responsible for it.

Because if he had not stood up and supported the sending of reinforcements, even if all the Grass Country troops in Iwagakure were killed, the casualties would not have reached the number of 1,700.

"The casualties are approaching seventeen thousand. How many classes of students must graduate from the Ninja School to train so many qualified ninjas. I said at the beginning that maintaining unchanged is the safest option!" Iwagakure elder Muhua glanced at Hui and Chongjing and said with dissatisfaction.

Muhua still remembers clearly how Hui and Chongjing refuted him.

Now looking at Hui and Chongjing's guilty looks, Muhua appeared angry on the surface but was secretly happy in his heart.

Hui subconsciously looked at Ōnoki, but Ōnoki did not show any sign of wanting to speak.

Hui showed a thoughtful expression, and then said:

“Elder Muhua, that’s not what you mean. Although we suffered heavy losses this time, it doesn’t mean there is something wrong with our plan.

Our troops beat the Konoha troops and made them flee in panic, which proves that we are on the right track."

“It’s just that something unexpected happened to the people who were carrying out the mission. Iwakuni was not as mature as Lieshi, so he fell into Konoha’s trap.

If Yanku had not taken that radical action, our plan would have been successfully completed.”

In fact, the overall trend of this Iwagakure war was similar to what Iwagakure wanted, both winning first and then losing, but the loss was too tragic.

Since the commanders for the win and loss were different, Hui cleverly attributed the win to their plan and put the blame for the loss on the already dead Iwaku.

"Moreover, our important fighting force Jinchūriki also had problems. He actually performed full tailed beast transformation in the center of the army without hesitation. In order to kill Konoha ninjas, he used the Tailed Beast Ball on his companions who were fighting. This is simply intentional killing!

I suggest a psychological evaluation for Old Purple, he may have been driven insane by the chakra of the tailed beasts."

"If Lao Zi can use his power correctly to fight for Iwagakure, then even if the troops cannot defeat Konoha's troops, breaking through should not be a problem."

Hui then put the blame on Lao Zi again.

He didn't know whether it was easy to break through at that time, but now was an important moment to share the blame, and the important thing was that it sounded reasonable.

"That's right. A Jinchūriki like Lao Zi is too dangerous and must be kept under close watch. If necessary, the Four Tails can be drawn out and a new Jinchūriki can be selected." Ju Jing nodded.

So many ninjas died, and an explanation had to be given from all sides. And it just so happened that Lao Zi had such a big flaw, he couldn't think of any reason not to put the blame on Lao Zi.

Chongjing and Hui analyzed the situation and tried their best to put some blame on Iwagakure, a high-ranking official who died in the army.

In short, the core is that there is no problem with their plan and direction, but the actual execution by the troops fails.

Mu Hua remained silent. Although they had different political views, the conflict was not so serious that he would take advantage of the situation. A few sarcastic remarks would be enough.

"Let's leave the matter of the troop's defeat here for now. What we need to pay attention to is the strength shown by Konoha in this war." Ohnoki said.

Sharing the blame is a very important thing, but what is more important than sharing the blame is analyzing the opponent.

The real big thing is to defeat other big ninja villages and make Iwagakure the number one ninja village in the ninja world.

"Hanyu Muyue, this man will definitely be the next big enemy of Iwagakure." Oonoki said with a serious face.

Ohnoki took out another stack of information and threw it in front of the Iwagakure senior executives.

The senior members of Iwagakure picked it up and looked through it, and found that it was Mu Yue's personal information, which recorded all the information that Iwagakure could investigate.

"The first time he was on the battlefield was two and a half years ago, which was also the battlefield of the Land of Grass. At that time, his strength was only slightly stronger than that of Kari, and he could only serve as a supporting role in the battle with the Jinchūriki." Oonoki said.

He paid close attention to Mu Yue and Namikaze Minato, and now he knows all the information about Mu Yue by heart.

“But when he showed up at the Mist Battlefield on the east coast of the Land of Fire last year, his strength was far greater than before.

The famous Ice Release Ninja Mizunotsuki Kan and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Kirigakure encountered his team together. In the end, only two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen survived, and most of the ninjas, including Mizunotsuki Kan, were killed by Hanyu Muyue. "

"And in the subsequent wars, the powerful member of the Hozuki clan, Hozuki Zangetsu, was also killed by Hanyu Muyue. Hanyu Muyue even teamed up with Orochimaru to kill a Jinchūriki whose tailed beast ran wild in the war."

“It’s only been a year.”

As the Iwagakure executives looked at Mu Yue's information and listened to Ōnoki's explanation, an image of a super genius instantly appeared in their minds.