Chapter 21 The Eve of War
"That's okay, Minato. He actually only took classes for two months, and then he skipped classes for two months again."
On this day, when Aangji walked into the classroom and saw Minato already sitting in his seat, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression, and then walked over and said.
"Minato, where have you been in the past two months? Everyone is worried about Mud." Akimichi Choza also asked immediately.
The other students next to him also greeted Minato in all directions.
"Thank you for your concern. I have a teacher. I have been studying with the teacher for the past two months. I have already said hello to Hokage. I am really sorry for causing everyone to worry. I will return to school as normal. In class.”
Minato couldn't help but feel guilty on his face for the group of people's inquiring and caring.
Think about it, if a group of friends study together every day, and suddenly disappear one day without saying hello, everyone will feel uncomfortable.
"Hmph, Minato, now you are also my target. It will be your turn after I surpass Aangji." Uchiha En said to Minato full of fighting spirit.
"Ha ha."
Minato touched the back of his head helplessly and could only hug it and smile.
"That's great. I finally have someone to share my firepower from now on. Thank you Minato."
After hearing what Uchiha En said, Aangji looked happy. In fact, in the past two months since Minato was away, Uchiha En had been extremely annoyed and stared at him in every training session.
As for Minato's thanks to Aoji, he was also speechless. Could it be that things have changed? This year, when he came to my house, he remembered the teasing to Aoji before, and he finally wanted to take revenge.
Then Minato returned to his old life, training, studying, and occasionally playing with his friends every day.
Although my strength did not improve as fast as when I was with Jiraiya-sama, the feeling of working together with my friends is more fulfilling.
On the other hand, two days later, Tsunade also returned to Konoha Village from the front line.
High-level officials of Konoha, heads of various ninja clans, and representatives of jounin from the poor also gathered in Konoha's highest meeting hall.
This meeting was discussed for a long time, starting in the morning and lasting until the sun set in the afternoon.
Then all the participants who left the meeting were in awe. The first thing the ninja clan chiefs did when they returned to their clans was to hold a meeting to discuss the relevant content this time.
The meeting of the ninja clan even lasted until early in the morning.
You have to ask why Aoji knows this, because his grandfather Hinata Kumikawa came back at this time, and Aoji just finished training for the day.
He didn't hide anything from Aangji, and directly told him about the clan meeting and that he was about to go to the front line to fight.
Of course, Hyuga Kumikawa definitely didn't say anything about the specific arrangements. After all, Konoha wanted to give priority to provoking a war in the ninja world and to raid Sunagakure and Kirigakure for such big things. It was definitely not possible to tell Aangji. Hinata Kumikawa knew about this. There is still a big picture view.
"Grandpa, you are still going to fight on the front line at such an old age?" Aangji looked at Hinata Kumokawa with a worried look.
"You brat, what are you talking about? You dislike grandpa for getting old, right? You really want to be beaten!" Hinata Kumikawa raised his fist to hit Aoji.
"Ah, grandpa, of course not." Aangji quickly put his head in his hands and pretended to avoid it.
But Hinata Kumokawa's fist did not really fall on Aoji's head. The moment the fist fell, he spread his fingers to hold Aoji's shoulders.
"Aoji, there is really no need for grandpa to go to the battlefield at his age, but this time I have my own purpose, I must go!" Hinata Kumokawa looked into Aoji's eyes and said firmly.
"Grandpa, can you tell me what the purpose is?" Aangji asked tentatively.
"Haha, little guy, even if you ask, I won't tell you." The old naughty boy Hinata Yunchuan suddenly had an inner attack.
"Grandpa wants to pave the way for you in the end." Hinata Yunchuan kept these last words in his heart and did not say them out.
His days are running out, and he can also see the urgency in Cangji's heart from this year. Although he doesn't know why, as a grandfather, he has the obligation to consider the future of his grandson!
"Grandpa is so stingy." Aangji muttered in a rare childish way.
Only in front of his grandfather Hinata Kumikawa would Aangji show this side of himself.
Aangji cherishes this feeling very much. After all, his grandfather Hinata Kumikawa is his only relative in this world.
Regardless of whether there is the influence of the memory of the original person or not, Hinata Kumikawa's contribution to Aoji over the past year has not been mixed with any selfishness.
This is why Aangji is so worried about Hinata Kumikawa going to the battlefield.
"Okay, it's time to rest. Grandpa Yinshi will lead some tribesmen to follow Lord White Fang directly." After saying this, Hinata Kumokawa went back to his room.
"Lord White Fang? Is he Sakumo Hatake, the White Fang of Konoha, the future Hatake's father?" Aangji muttered in his heart.
Without thinking too much, Aangji went back to his room to sleep.
At Yin time, the moon was high in the sky, and only a faint moonlight shone on the entire silent Konoha ninja village.
Suddenly, groups of black shadows came out of the Konoha village one after another. Some of them nodded and said hello to each other, but they all gathered towards the entrance of the village without saying a word.
The gate of Konoha was always open tonight, and two teams were already standing here.
One of the team leaders had long silver-white hair and a ponytail. He held a short chakra knife in his hand and was wearing a dark green vest. He had his eyes closed at the moment, as if he was resting or meditating.
Next to him is a female ninja, who must be less than 20 years old.
He has light yellow hair, styled into a large ponytail, a blue-purple diamond-shaped mark on his forehead, light yellow thin eyebrows, bright brown pupils that seem to glow even in the dark, light red lips, and a plump figure. , especially the upper body, in Jiraiya's words, is like a mountain.
These two people are the two current Kage-level experts in the village, Sakumo Hatake, known as the White Fang of Konoha, and the princess of Konoha, Tsunade of the Senju clan!
As for the two leaders of the other team, they are also two of the strongest Kage-level people in the village. If Minato were here, he would definitely recognize them because he knew both of them.
One is Minato's teacher, Jiraiya, and the other is Orochimaru, who is as famous as Jiraiya and Tsunade.
This lineup can directly destroy one of the other four great ninja villages.
Why are there four shadow-level experts gathered at the gate of Konoha Village, with various ninjas coming here one after another?
That's because of the war!
After Tsunade returned, Konoha's top management decided on the candidates for the raid on Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
The 2000 elite team led by Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade went to raid Sunagakure, while the 2000 elite team led by Orochimaru and Jiraiya went to raid Kirigakure.
For this battle, the Third Hokage and other Konoha senior officials are determined to win!
We do not seek to directly penetrate the two major ninja villages of Sunagakure and Kirigakure, but we must at least eliminate a large number of the opponent's fresh troops so that the opponent cannot complete the 4-pack-1 attack on Konoha with Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
This was also a plan that had been decided two months ago, but it was only officially implemented today.
At the eleventh hour, with the arrival of the last group of ninjas, Hatake Sakumo, the commander of everyone, also opened his eyes!
"Okay, I believe that this mission has been clearly explained to your families and captains, so I won't waste time saying more here."
After a slight pause, Hatake Sakumo continued: "For the village, for everyone we care about, we must win this battle! Let us rush to the battlefield with the determination to win. At the same time, I also hope that you Everyone comes back alive."
In the dead of night, even though everyone's blood was boiling because of Hatake Sakumo's words, they knew they couldn't make any sound at this moment.
The purpose of setting off at this time was to avoid spies from other ninja villages in the village. If they were yelling loudly in the middle of the night, it wouldn't be called a raid.
"Lord Orochimaru, Lord Jiraiya, I leave the raid on Kirigakure to you. We must hit them hard at once so that the other party is unable to fight again." Before parting, Hatake Sakumo faced Orochimaru and Jiraiya ordered.
"Don't worry, Sakumo-sama, we won't let any of Kirigakure's troops enter the Land of Fire." At this moment, Jiraiya answered with a serious face, without any perfunctory expression.
"Hehe, we will not let go of any Kirigakure ninja we meet." Orochimaru also licked his lips and replied cruelly.
"Hey, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, be careful, don't accidentally die on the battlefield. Let's go to the hotel for a drink together when we get back!" Tsunade said to the two of them domineeringly, with her hands on her hips.
Although the words she said were of concern, there was always a sense of venom coming out of Tsunade's mouth. Maybe this was the way the three of them got along.
"Hahaha, we will, Tsunade, you have to be careful too." Faced with Tsunade's concern, Jiraiya said with a flattered expression.
"Ha." This was Orochimaru's silent taunt. He didn't want to drink with these two drunkards!
What do you call a drink?
Two rotten wine baskets! Don’t you have some AC numbers in mind? Every time I drink with them, I only have one or two drinks, while they may have drank one or two buckets!
In the end, I had to carry two stinky, drunk guys on my back. With the people next to me looking at them with pitiful eyes, I had to pay for the drinks before I could leave the hotel, and I had to take them home!
If Tsunade were to change the conditions and not survive, Orochimaru promised that he would choose to implement that option!
No reason, I just don’t want to drink with these two guys!
"Huh? Orochimaru, what do you mean? Also, how could I encounter any danger with Sakumo-sama?" Hearing Orochimaru's 'ha', Tsunade resisted rolling up her sleeves and doing it The urge to fight, after all, it is before departure.
"Okay, okay, it's time for us to set off. Then, I'll leave it to you on the other side." Seeing the painting style that was about to change, Hatake Sakumo hurriedly came out to smooth things over.
As the commander-in-chief of the two armies this time, Hatake Sakumo did have the right to stop the three people in front of him.
Not only because of his seniority, but also because of Konoha White Fang's strength that was superior to the three of them.
In the entire Konoha Village, not even the Third Hokage dared to say that he could defeat Hatake Sakumo. After all, White Fang's sword skills were too tricky and weird.
And this is why the Third Hokage handed over the title of commander-in-chief to Hatake Sakumo, but not to his three disciples.
Then everyone on both sides organized and took advantage of the darkness to leave the village gate, heading towards the battlefields of Sunagakure and Kirigakure respectively.
Commander-in-chief of both armies: Hatake Sakumo
Assault on Sunagakure Commander: Hatake Sakumo
Assault on Sunagakure Deputy Commander: Tsunade
Assault on Kirigakure Command: Orochimaru
Assault Kirigakure deputy commander: Jiraiya
This is the list of battlefield commanders finally decided by the Third Hokage this time.
And Hinata Kumokawa led a part of the tribe to follow the team that raided Sunagakure Village.
