Chapter 53 Four Years Later
Time passes quietly without taking away a single cloud.
Four years have passed since the four Aangji were promoted to chunin and embarked on their journey again.
Now the annual cycle of time has rolled to the summer of Konoha 37, and in half a year it will be Konoha 38. Several people are around 14 years old.
Each one of them has grown from a small person of less than 1.5 meters four years ago to an average of more than 1.7 meters per person now.
Of course, except for Uzumaki Kushina, she is a girl after all.
You can't ask other girls to grow as tall as a few boys, but they are still over 1.6 meters tall.
However, in these years, they have never encountered a strong person at the elite jounin level. To reach the top, they have encountered a random ninja with special jounin level strength in Konoha.
But even if they meet, with their current strength, they won't be as embarrassed as they were when they met Cyborg four years ago.
After four years of training, it is not an exaggeration to say that these people have visited the entire Fire Country.
Basically, wherever I heard that there were bandits, rebel ninjas, and rebellious ninjas, a few of them would appear.
The entire Fire Country seemed much peaceful because of their constant cleaning.
Not to mention that the whole country is stable, at least it is a point where each person can live without having to worry about being killed every day.
On the other side, as the strength of the four Aangjis increased, Jiraiya was transferred back by the Third Hokage two years ago and sent to the Kingdom of Rain where the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Fire were at war.
Also sent to the Land of Rain were Tsunade and Orochimaru.
So now only the four of Cangji are performing this S-level mission.
Yes, with the recovery of Sunagakure Village's strength in recent years, they once again brazenly launched a war against Konoha.
The location of this battle is the Kingdom of Rain!
However, they did not expect that this country was just a small country in the eyes of Konoha and Sunagakure.
A place with less than a thousand ninjas in the entire country has turned into a meat grinding ground!
Konoha and Sunagakure each sent 2,000 ninjas into the Land of Rain, and a total of more than 4,000 ninjas were killed inside.
For this reason, as for Sunagakure, their two elder siblings, Chiyo and Ebizo, also personally joined the battlefield in the Land of Rain.
As a last resort, Konoha had no choice but to send Orochimaru, Tsunade, and even Jiraiya, who was leading the four Aoji on a mission, to the Land of Rain.
As for why Konoha can use three shadow-level experts at the same time.
That's because Kumogakure and Iwagakure now have too much to take care of themselves.
Ever since Kumogakure planned the kidnapping of Uzumaki Kushina, Konoha's top officials have been thinking about revenge.
Since you Kumogakure moved the jinchūriki of our village.
Then, don't blame us in Konoha for also targeting the Jinchūriki of your village.
In the end, Danzo and Orochimaru planned a way to target the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki of Kumogakure.
The result is quite gratifying!
Kumogakure's eight-tailed jinchūriki-Brubi transformed into a tailed beast and went berserk.
The berserk Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki unexpectedly rushed towards the direction of Iwagakure Village without reason.
All kinds of tailed beast jade were sprayed out randomly along the way, and the damage caused to Iwagakure Village was actually greater than what it had been with Konoha for so many years!
This made the Third Tsuchikage Onoki unable to sit still on the spot, and directly turned the firepower originally directed at Konoha to declare war on Kumogakure Village.
The Third Raikage didn't give in. Although he knew it was his fault, he would never admit it.
Then they also turned the large force of ninjas from the battlefield fighting Konoha to Iwagakure Village.
For this situation, Danzo was prepared to kill both villages together.
But the Third Hokage stopped him, thinking that it would be enough to let Kumogakure and Iwagakure dog bite each other, and there was no need for Konoha to forcefully interfere in the process and cause trouble for nothing.
This leaves Konoha free of many shadow-level experts who are enough to lead a party.
That's why the Third Hokage was able to have the luxury of sending all three of his disciples to the Land of Rain in one fell swoop, hoping to eliminate all the unstable elements and Sunagakure in the Land of Rain in one fell swoop.
The general situation of the entire ninja world is what Aangji and the four know now.
Kumogakure and Iwagakure are fighting each other, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki has died at the hands of the Third Tsuchikage Onoki because of his rampage.
But Iwagakure also suffered heavy losses.
On the other side, the Third Raikage Ai also personally went to the front line to confront the Third Tsuchikage. He wanted to avenge the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki.
After all, the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki is the nephew of the Third Raikage!
Both of them are top-notch existences among shadow-level experts. They are like the tip of a needle against the awn of wheat. Neither of them can do anything to the other.
Onoki has the air superiority, and at the same time, the terrifying Blood Release - Dust Release is a move that will cause you to cool down if you touch it.
And Ai masters the Thunder Release Chakra mode, as well as powerful ninjutsu such as Hell Thrust, and Onoki's Dust Release cannot touch him at all.
Therefore, the battle situation between the two parties was so strangely stalemate.
Basically, one dozen every three days and one dozen every five days.
But at the same time they didn't want to retreat.
One party is seeking revenge for the thousands of ninjas who died at the hands of the rampaging Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki.
The other party is seeking revenge for his nephew, the eight-tailed Jinchuuriki who died.
In the remaining Kirigakure Village, I only heard that the conflicts within the village have become more and more serious, and there seems to be a theory that the conflicts can be transferred through war.
Therefore, Danzo was sent out by the Third Hokage to guard against Kirigakure's sudden attack.
The most troublesome among them is the war between Konoha, Sunagakure, and Rain Country.
In the land of Rain, their leader Sansho Hanzo is currently fighting against two major ninja villages by himself.
Not counting the ninjas that Konoha and Sunagakure had already lost, they each invested 2,000 more ninja troops and their respective village leaders.
Konoha Anbu also learned through spies in Sunagakure Village that Sunagakure wanted to open a second front against Konoha in River Country in order to escape from the quagmire of Rain Country.
Hatake Sakumo has been on the front line of River Country for this reason.
These are what the four Aangji people have roughly learned about the Ninja World War over the years.
As for how they knew, they must have returned to Konoha Village occasionally.
Long-term S-level missions do not stipulate that ninjas cannot return to the village.
This information was determined by Cangji and others through discussions between their respective families and villagers, as well as analysis by several people.
"Ever since Jiraiya-sensei left us to join the war, the entire ninja world has suddenly been in chaos." Uchiha En said with a frown.
"Think about it from another angle, isn't the current situation becoming more and more powerful for us in Konoha." Aangji smiled and analyzed.
"I really hope the war ends soon." Uzumaki Kushina knew that this ninja war would definitely cause many children to lose their homes and parents like herself.
"Yes, the battle has ended on two battlefields. Will the remaining war be far from the end?" Namikaze Minato, as the captain after Jiraiya left, comforted several friends.
At this moment, the four of them were standing on a mountain top, looking down at the flowing water below.
Here they had just solved a group of wandering ninjas who committed murder, arson and robbery, and did not spare even newborn babies and the elderly.
For such a group of guys, Cangsi and the others showed no mercy at all, and sent them all to report in the underworld.
Even Uzumaki Kushina, who always likes to keep people alive, went on a killing spree uncharacteristically this time.
This shows that the death of these guys is not regrettable.
To paraphrase the words of a leader of a certain country in the previous life, it is God’s business to forgive you, and my mission is to send you to see God!
In this ninja world, that may not be appropriate.
But you can put it another way.
Forgive you for being the dead, our mission is to send you to the underworld to meet the dead!
I still remember that there were a few wandering ninjas who were not afraid of death and committed suicide with strange smiles in front of Aangji and others.
Aangji is not used to this kind of guy.
Although he respects the dead, these guys are worse than animals!
Aangji directly used the technique of reincarnation from the underworld to bring these wandering ninjas who had just clamored for suicide back from the underworld.
Seeing those guys' faces turning green, Aangji and the others felt relieved at that time.
After finally torturing the souls of these guys, Aangji released their souls back to the underworld after they cried and begged for mercy.
Aangji actually wants to thank these guys for helping him become familiar with the art of reincarnation.
During the trip, I was afraid that my teammates would be disgusted with the art of reincarnation, so I never had the chance to practice it.
But over the past four years, we will always encounter a few die-hards who are unrepentant.
In the end, everyone was tortured to the verge of collapse under Cang Si's filthy reincarnation.
Aangji's approach won unanimous praise from his teammates.
"The day after tomorrow will be the four-year period for us to carry out the mission. Get ready. It's time to return to Konoha and hand over the mission to the Hokage." After saying this, Namikaze Minato took the lead and ran away from the top of the mountain towards the bottom of the mountain.
Uzumaki Kushina's first reaction was to follow Minato.
Aangji and Uchiha En looked at each other and no longer cared about the corpses behind them.
Their attitude is obvious, just let these carcasses be fed to vultures.
He was not a good person anyway, so he saved a piece of land for burial.
After coming down the mountain, a few people found a suitable land and set up camp directly.
After dealing with the group of wandering ninjas on the mountain, the sun was almost setting.
Therefore, a few people stopped after only a few steps.
When resting at night, Aangji came to a nearby open space alone.
The purpose of his coming here is to train.
And it's not ordinary training, he wants to fuse the wind attribute chakra and water attribute chakra in his body.
Then create another blood inheritance limit - Ice Escape!
As for why we should do it so eagerly.
First, Aangji felt that his strength could no longer be improved a year ago, and it could be said that he had reached a bottleneck.
This bottleneck also exists for most people in the Hyuga clan.
That means Byakugan and Rou Fist have been developed to a limit, and there is no room for breakthrough.
This is the disadvantage of the Hyuga clan's Byakugan pupil technique. It takes shape and develops quickly.
But after reaching a certain level, growth almost stops.
As for whether the Otsutsuki clan is also like this, Aangji doesn't know.
Byakugan can be said to be an auxiliary blood successor, and it is really difficult to increase his upper limit of strength.
The lack of growth in strength over the past year caused panic in Cangji's heart.
People like him who long for strength and control their own destiny are really afraid that they will go down some evil path in the future, which even he himself cannot guarantee.
Therefore, he must temporarily set a goal and direction for himself to improve his strength.
It stands to reason that the Tsenggan is Aangji's first choice.
But now he has no idea about awakening the Tsangikan.
Aangji finally thought of his own wind and water chakra.
Therefore, I want to break the shackles on my body by condensing the second blood successor - Ice Escape.
If he masters ice escape in addition to Byakugan Blood Succession, then it can be said that it is a matter of course to reach the shadow level.
With two blood inheritances in his body, even a pig can become a shadow-level powerhouse as long as it is given a certain amount of time.
When the time comes, Byakugan assists, Ice Escape mainly attacks, and can also defend, Aangji's ability to fight enemies will be greatly strengthened.
As far as Aoji knows, the only person who has awakened his twin blood successors is Terumi Mei, the fifth generation Mizukage in the future.
He has melting escape in one hand and boiling escape in the other, a perfect shadow level powerhouse.
As for Aangji's second reason for being so urgent, it must be the pressure from his teammates.
Now Aangji, with the soft fist and Byakugan developed to the extreme, has steadily entered the threshold of elite jounin.
Even if they were to face Cyborg alone, who had once put their entire team into a tough battle, they would have a greater chance of winning.
In addition to Aoji, the team has reached the level of elite jounin.
Uchiha En's current strength is not weaker than that of ordinary jounin. When he awakens the three magatama sharingan, his strength may even instantly surpass Aoji at this time.
As for Uzumaki Kushina, in her normal state, with the Uzumaki clan's system and powerful sealing technique, she is not weaker than Uchiha En.
Moreover, the current Uzumaki Kushina has gradually begun to use the power of the Nine-Tails.
According to her own words, she has been able to stay sane for a short period of time using the power of the three tails of the Nine-Tails.
During this period of time, the strength that Uzumaki Kushina can exert is Kage level!
However, Uzumaki Kushina herself does not like to use this power very much. She feels that it will make her very irritable and no longer like herself.
Unless she encounters a dangerous situation, Uzumaki Kushina herself does not intend to borrow the power of Kyuubi casually.
This is the complete version of the Kyuubi, unlike the castrated version inside Naruto in the future.
The last thing I want to talk about is Minato. Aangji feels the same when facing Minato now as he did when facing Jiraiya four years ago.
Minato's strength has definitely reached the Kage level!
Otherwise, Aangji would not feel helpless when facing him.
Even though the two haven't really fought against each other for a long time, Aangji can't feel the pressure wrong.
