Chapter 104 - The Situation on Iwagakure Side
The border of the land of fire
Next to the Land of Grass
This time, Iwagakure was planning to invade the Land of fire with the Land of Grass.
Although Konoha had quickly reacted, the battlefield was still in the land of fire.
In the camp of the Konoha Army
"Lord Jiraiya, your combat arrangements are a little conservative."
Nara Shikaku said with a sigh.
The commander-in-chief of the combined force against Iwagakure and Kusagakure this time was Jiraiya.
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Jiraiya was very strong, but his ability as the commander was not good enough.
Jiraiya arranged his own people to act timid, and when attacking the enemy, he showed needless benevolence.
Up to now, Konoha was still in a stalemate in the land of fire.
If the enemy cannot be beaten out of the Land of fire as soon as possible, the Land of fire will lose a lot, and the Daimyo will also reprimand them.
Moreover, the current exchange ratio was really trash..
The number of ninjas lost by both sides was almost equal.
You must know that although the number of Konoha ninjas were not as much as that of the Joint Force of Iwagakure and Kusagakure, their overall quality was much stronger.
Now that the exchange ratio was basically the same, Jiraiya, the commander-in-chief, had to bear a great responsibility.
"There are too many ninjas, and Shikaku, some of your thoughts... don't quite fit."
Jiraiya said helplessly.
For example, Nara Shikaku would sometimes suggest him to let some Konoha ninjas act as bait, lure the enemy, and then concentrate a large number of ninjas to destroy the enemy.
But if this was done, the ninjas acting as the decoys would probably have a hard time surviving.
He could not accept such an approach.
Deliberately sending his people to their death...
He really couldn't do such a thing.
"Lord Jiraiya, this is war!"
Nara Shikaku said seriously.
He was a little speechless.
Jiraiya, the dignified Konoha Sannin, was actually so childish.
No wonder Fourth Hokage's campaign had nothing to do with Jiraiya.
In Nara Shilaku's view, among the Konoha Sannin, Orochimaru had the ability to command the battlefield.
As for Jiraiya, he could only be used as a high-end combat power at most.
Jiraiya shook his head, still sticking to his opinion.
This was his own ninja way.
He didn't even want to be involved in the war at all, if possible.
Why not sit down and have a good talk instead?
"Iwagakure already has a lot of people, and they have also united with Kusagakure, which is not weak."
"If we want to end the war as soon as possible, it may depend on whether Kumogakure can be dealt with as soon as possible."
Jiraiya shook his head and said.
Ending the war with Kumogakure quickly?
That was easier said than done.
Neither the Fourth Raikage nor the perfect Jinchūriki Killer Bee were easy to deal with.
Before, Konoha had Minato around, who could hold them both.
Now he could only let that kid Yuta deal with Kumogakure.
Hearing this, Nara Shikaku also looked worried.
Yuta was great, but it would still a little bit difficult to defeat Kumogakure's AB group.
What's more, even though Kumo ninjas were not as numerous as Iwagakure, they were all elite.
It might take a while to deal with Kumogakure.
"Stop talking about that. Shikaku, I have something to ask you."
Jiraiya said seriously, "About the night of the Uchiha coup, I feel that something is wrong."
"The first is the Uchiha clan. I went to check and found that the traces of the battle were all around the Uchiha clan."
"And regarding the Sarutobi clan, I heard that a fiery red barrier was raised around the Sarutobi clan at that time."
"Perhaps it was because of the barrier that the Sarutobi clansmen could not escape and were completely wiped out."
Nara Shikaku immediately understood and said, "You mean to say that although the Third Hokage ordered the extermination of the Uchiha family, the Uchiha clan was already prepared?"
The Uchiha clan took precautions in advance, and wiped out all those who carried out the genocide operation outside the clan.
Then Yuta controlled Itachi and arranged people to set up a barrier around the Sarutobi clan so that Itachi could exterminate the entire Sarutobi clan.
All of this was obviously arranged in advance.
Even!
Nara Shikaku suspected that killing Danzo in advance and destroying the root might also be within the Uchiha clan's plan.
Jiraiya nodded and said, "It's probably more than that."
"Perhaps, even if the old man didn't do anything, the Uchiha clan might have sooner or later staged a coup."
Yuta's idead before showed his grand ambitions.
Abolish the Hokage position!
Become the only God himself!
With this thought, even if his teacher didn't do anything, Yuta might have still done something himself.
Nara Shikaku frowned slightly and retorted, "Before that, Danzo once led the entire root to attack and kill Yuta."
"He even set up a barrier in the village to attack and kill him."
"It's hard to say whether the Third Hokage knew about this kind of thing. If the Third Hokage knew about it, then the Uchiha clan would be forced to resist in advance."
In Nara Shikaku's view, the essence of the conflict between the two sides was because Sarutobi Hiruzen was too old and weak to secure his position as the Hokage, so he kept suppressing other ninjas.
The Uchiha clan did not want to be eliminated and chose to resist, which was understandable.
At most, the Sarutobi clan being slaughtered was a bit too much.
However, it was understandable that Yuta would do such a thing to take revenge.
"No, I may not be sure about the other Uchihas, but Yuta must have wanted to launch a coup."
Jiraiya seriously said and then he told Shikaku about the future plan that Yuta had told him before.
Nara Shikaku was completely stunned.
He had always been confused about why Yuta didn't intend to become the Hokage even after succeeding in the coup.
Now he finally understood.
Yuta didn't plan to become the Hokage because he didn't a Hokage to exist anymore.
He wanted to be a god with absolute power.
"Yuta, is he... crazy?"
Nara Shikaku murmured.
Did he think just because he had the Susanoo and could kill Sarutobi Hiruzen, he was invincible?
Did he really think he was comparable to Madara back then?
No, even Madara back then wouldn't dare to say such a thing as being the one and only god, right?
"This time he took the initiative to confront Kumogakure. After being hit hard, he might not think so anymore."
"I have written a letter to Tsunade and said that I hope she can return to the village and become the Hokage."
Jiraiya sighed.
This was the best arrangement according to him for now.
With Tsunade as the Fifth Hokage, Konoha woyld fare much better.
As for Yuta, after being struck this time he will probably not have the childish idea of becoming the god of order.
If Yuta intends to become the Hokage again, he will definitely stop him.
Killing the Sarutobi clan regardless of whether they were innocent or not, this kind of person is Hokage, he will not agree to anything!
"Is Tsunade-sama..."
Nara Shikaku nodded.
Compared with the Uchiha clan, the Senju clan such as Tsunade was much better.
Outside the tent, there was a sudden noise.
Jiraiya and Nara Shikaku looked at each other, feeling a little puzzled.
When they got up and went out, they saw Konoha ninjas forming a group outside.
"Really or not? Kumogakure has already lost?"
"The entire Kumogakure army was wiped out, and even the Fourth Raikage was killed?"
"Impossible... You said this was all done by Lord Yuta?!"
In the center of the Konoha ninjas, a ninja who had just arrived to give a message was standing.
The messenger ninja rolled his eyes and said, "Why would I lie to you? Now, all those who had set out to stop Kumogakure have returned to Konoha."
"The corpse of the Fourth Raikage is still in the village, and the Eight Tails Jinchūriki has been captured by Lord Yuta, and even turned into a Summoning beast."
"Also, I also heard that after that, Lord Yuta took the Eight Tails and went to Kumogakure to intimidate them. He let Kumogakure prepare some compensation and come to Konoha if they wanted peace."
Once again confirmed, the Konoha ninjas here became excited.
The battle with Kumogakure was already finished. The tailed beast was even brought to the enemy village to show off.
On their side, they hadn't even been able to drive the enemy out of the Land of fire.