"Total annihilation?"
After hearing the news, except for Minato who had witnessed it with Tatsuma, and Hatake Sakumo who had already guessed it, everyone else, including the Konoha detectives brought back by Tatsuma and Minato, all looked incredulous at this time.
The Konoha spies knew that the battle just now was so fierce that it would shock them even dozens of miles away. What they knew was that ninjas were fighting, but what they didn't know, they thought it was a natural disaster.
But in a fierce battle, they couldn't put it together with two people annihilating thousands of people. After all, such a record was really unimaginable.
Shikaku looked at Tatsuma as if he were an enemy. If you had the ability to annihilate them all, you would have told me earlier! He put in so much effort, took the initiative to go to the Hokage Building for the first time, and recruited so many people to support him. Now tell him, it was all in vain? !
Sarutobi Hiruzen almost pulled off his beard. After letting go, he put his stiff hands behind his back, covered them with his sleeves, and asked, "How did you do it?"
Tatsuma glanced at Minato and then said, "We met two not-so-smart jinchuriki who used the Tailed Beast Tama in front of us."
Tailed Beast Jade, for ordinary ninjas, this technique is equivalent to having no solution and waiting for death. In front of the ninja who has mastered the Flying Thunder God, it does seem a bit stupid.
After all, it can be said that it is commonplace for the two of them to deal with tailed beasts. During this year, Kushina was not only training Kushina to master the power of the nine tails, but also Tatsuma and Minato were training how to deal with tailed beasts. experience.
Sarutobi Hiruzen blinked and quickly imagined the possible scenarios in his mind. Suddenly, his heart, which was originally difficult to accept, calmed down a lot.
Using one's own power to annihilate thousands of ninjas, and borrowing the power of tailed beasts to annihilate thousands of ninjas, are two completely different concepts.
To annihilate a thousand ninjas, even if most of them are genin or chuunin, requires extremely high energy, concentration and control of the battlefield, which is a level that reaches the limit of human beings.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't even dare to say that he could protect himself and annihilate all enemies while dealing with more than a thousand ninjas. Of course, if he had guards, he could confidently compete with these people in bombardment ninjutsu.
The only people that Hiruzen Sarutobi could think of who could annihilate thousands of ninjas by themselves were the two who founded Konoha.
Of course, if you just want to compete and don't pursue total annihilation, there are still people who can do it, such as the one in Yunyin Village. Let alone a thousand, he can be involved in the competition several times more. After all, it is to temper the body to transcendence. A humanoid beast that has reached the limits of humanity.
And if you borrow the power of the tailed beast. The tailed beast is a natural disaster, and the tailed beast jade is like a disaster from the sky. Coupled with the almost endless chakra, if you can use the power of the tailed beast, you can indeed do it.
This is why every village actively cultivates jinchuriki. In addition to jinchuriki, flying thunder god is also one of the ways to borrow the power of tailed beasts. Of course, flying thunder god cannot borrow the power of tail beasts as comprehensively as jinchuriki. .
But Flying Thunder God is able to borrow the power of the enemy's tailed beast. For example, Tatsuma said at this time that using the tailed beast jade in front of them is indeed not very smart.
The news that was originally unacceptable became acceptable at this time, and Sarutobi Hiruzen's thinking returned to clarity. He looked at Tatsuma, whose clothes were in tatters and covered in blood, squinted his eyes, and asked:
"It's not just that, right? You also used that technique?"
That technique? Which technique?
Except for Minato and the person involved, Tatsuma, everyone else was full of doubts. From the Hokage-sama's tone, it seemed that this mysterious jutsu was placed on the same level as the tailed beast jade?
"Um."
Tatsuma nodded without refuting, which made the people around him even more curious. What kind of technique was it? ! In fact, they all knew that this must be some incredible forbidden technique.
But precisely because it was a forbidden technique, they couldn't touch it at all, so they became even more curious.
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, without any intention of explaining to the others, and continued to ask: "What about the Jinchūriki of Iwagakure Village?"
"Seriously injured, I can barely move around within a year or two."
Tatsuma finished speaking, and the people around him were full of disbelief. Today's news was too explosive. One after another, first Hatake Sakumo and his people came out of Iwagakure Village and needed their rescue, and then Tatsuma brought them back. A series of explosive news.
And Tatsuma did not exaggerate. Although the injuries of Lao Zi and Han were not serious, just like when calculating the combat power of the jinchuriki, the jinchuriki itself and the tailed beast must be combined, so the injuries must be combined.
The biggest threat to the jinchūriki is the tailed beast, and the greatest protection is also the tailed beast. If something goes wrong with the tailed beast in their body, it means there is something wrong with them themselves.
As for Lao Zi and Han, they will not be able to use the power of the tailed beasts at all in the near future. As for the Jinchuuriki who cannot use the power of the tailed beasts, no ninja village will release them because the risk is too great.
Tatsuma's judgment of time also comes from the "cruel" treatment of Kyuubi over the years.
In fact, in Tatsuma's opinion, the methods used to seal tailed beasts in each village are similar, and there is no difference in essence.
They all first seal the tailed beast into the human body, and then use the tailed beast's chakra to erode the seal, slowly opening a passage, and then the jinchūriki steals a small amount of the tailed beast's chakra from the passage.
As one becomes familiar with the power of the tailed beast, this channel will slowly expand, and the jinchūriki will be able to use more and more of the tailed beast's chakra, but the seal is never allowed to be completely destroyed.
Just like the Nine Tails that Tatsuma saw in Kushina's spiritual world, or the four-tailed and five-tailed bodies that Lao Zi and Hanna condensed outside their bodies, they are actually just the part of the chakra that has spilled out.
Tatsuma had previously tried to swallow the Nine-Tails in Kushina's spiritual world to reduce the spilled chakra and make Kushina's jinchuriki more "stable", but Tatsuma did not completely swallow the Nine-Tails.
The reason is because when the Nine Tails in Kushina's spiritual world is completely swallowed, it means that the sealed chakra channel is no longer eroded by the tailed beast chakra and is in a state of suspension.
As a condensation of chakra, the tailed beast's chakra is constant under normal conditions. That is to say, if part of it is swallowed, it needs to wait for a part to be replenished. During the period of replenishment, the channel may "self-heal".
The next time the tailed beast's chakra wants to break through the seal, or the jinchuriki wants to borrow the tailed beast's chakra again, it must wait for the tailed beast to erode and destroy the seal again and create a chakra channel.
What Tatsuma did to the four-tailed and five-tailed beasts was to completely devour their overflowing chakra, and even used the open passages to draw a lot of extra tailed beast chakra.
If Lao Zi and Han want to regain their fighting power, they have to continue to wait for the Four and Five Tails to replenish their chakra and erode the seal again. This process, according to Tatsuma's estimation, will take between one and two years.
In other words, whether Lao Zi and Han want to borrow the power of the tailed beasts or want to learn about today's battle from the tailed beasts, they have to wait until the four-tailed and five-tailed beasts break the seal again.
That's why Tatsuma can confidently say that there is no chance that his use of Wood Release today will be leaked out, and when the Fourth and Fifth Tails can tell the truth, Tatsuma will no longer mind them telling the truth.
Today's attempt made Chenma understand what level he would be at if he used all his cards. At the very least, he didn't need to be afraid of some secret and insidious targets after exposing Mu Dun.
The ninja world can tolerate a genius, but it is difficult to tolerate a talented wooden ninja, because the memory that wooden brings to the ninja world is so profound, let alone other villages, even in Konoha, there may be people I don’t want to see Mu Dun appear.
Therefore, once Mu Dun is exposed, Tatsuma will be targeted more severely than before. You know, he is now the most severely targeted ninja.
It cannot be said that Tatsuma's current life is on thin ice, but it is true that he is not comfortable, especially outside Konoha. Once his identity is exposed, he will not even have time to have a quiet meal.
It has become Tatsuma's instinct to be cautious and think before acting. Within the scope and progress allowed by a ninja world, it is very safe to expose oneself bit by bit.
As for the ultimate hidden clumsiness, no one would believe it, unless he had done this since the beginning of coming to the ninja world, but now it is too late.
If he hides his clumsiness now, others will only think that he is holding back his ultimate move. He must maintain his own "growth" in order to keep people's wariness at a controllable level.
Exposing Mudun now is the limit of Chenma's control. If it were one year or even two years later, Chenma felt that he would be completely controllable.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know the details. He just thought that Tatsuma and Minato had caused extremely serious injuries to Lao Zi and Han. He nodded, looked back at the gathered ANBU and Jonin, then looked at Tatsuma and asked:
"What do you think should be done next?"
"There are too many people, and it is not suitable for ANBU to come forward. Reduce the number of people. Let five to seven jounin lead the team. Recruit surrounding ninja teams directly from the border to communicate with the Country of Grass. This will show our sincerity in peace talks and safeguard the ninja." determination for world peace.
Resolutely guard the national borders. Once the Iwa Ninja chooses to start a war with us in the Land of Grass, we can send a letter accusing the Land of Earth of invading other countries' territories with the intention of provoking a war in the ninja world. "
Tatsuma glanced at the crowd and expressed his thoughts. Konoha was at fault in this matter. It was impossible to avoid the first wave of criticism from Iwagakure Village, so he had to pull others into the trap and change his stance. .
Once the Country of Grass intervenes and the Iwagakure Village takes action, they will change from a reasonable party to an unreasonable party. Tatsuma believes that Onoki will not fail to see it.
Moreover, the annihilation of more than a thousand ninjas and the serious injuries of two jinchūriki was also a huge invisible pressure for Iwagakure Village. Ohnoki would not allow the Iwanin to act rashly until he understood Konoha's methods.
After all, Onoki would not decide to go to war with Konoha because of the risk that a mature Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki would suddenly pop up in Konoha, or that he would be as powerful as the first generation and that rebel ninja.
The most likely possibility is that Onoki first retrieves Lao Zi and Han, and at the same time conducts tug-of-war negotiations in the Land of Grass, waiting for the truth to come out. As long as Iwagakure Village does not know the truth, this tug-of-war negotiation will continue.
What Konoha needs is an upright response. As long as Konoha does not show cowardice, this battle will not be fought at all before the truth is revealed. This is why Tatsuma regards the annihilation of those Iwa nin as "proportionate" for the sake of.
Agreeing to let Yahiko and the others take away Lao Zi and Han was also a ground of suspicion. As an important part of the evidence chain, the moment Lao Zi and Han were taken away by Yahiko, the evidence had been contaminated, and their credibility was no longer the same. Talking about a big discount will also cause some doubts.
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a moment and nodded. He looked at Nara Shikato, who had been silent and just silently acted as his son's tool, and said, "Shikato, you will handle this matter, is that okay?"
Lu Yuan shrugged and said, "Is there any problem?"
"Haha~ I'll leave it to you then."
For diplomatic negotiations, Sarutobi Hiruzen has always left it to Shikahara, and he did not intend to make an exception in this matter. However, he looked at Shikaku and added: "Let Shikaku assist you."
Shikaku's face suddenly twisted. Sure enough, this guy Sakamoto Tatsuma shouldn't exist. He will only get himself into trouble!
Tatsuma showed an infectious smile, looked at Shikaku, and said, "Anbu's work cannot be left behind. I believe you can balance it well."
After saying that, he ignored Shikaku's death ray, looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, and said: "Hokage-sama. I need to rest and report on my duties."
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and said: "Go back and rest, Sakumo and you too. You have bought enough time for the village. There is no rush to report on the work."
(End of chapter)
