Cloud hidden battlefield.
Konoha camp.
It has been a month and a half since Nobuhiko brought the essence of bone-congealing grass to Sakumo Hatake to treat his injuries.
During this period, except for a few small-scale harassments, Kumogakure's army actually stood still and did not launch a strong offensive against Konoha.
At this time, in Sakumo's tent.
The medical ninja is helping Sakumo change the bandage.
After removing the old bandage, it was found that the wound on his right shoulder had completely healed, leaving only an obvious scar.
In the past month and a half, Sakumo's injuries finally recovered.
Although I don't understand Kumogakure's intentions, a short-term truce is most beneficial to Konoha.
"Sakumo, how are you feeling?" Tsunade stepped forward and asked.
Although Sakumo's trauma seems to be almost healed, the specific situation still depends on the individual's feelings.
Hearing this, Sakumo moved his right arm a little harder, then nodded and said: "Basically he has recovered, and it does not prevent him from using the knife with his right hand."
As a ninja, it is natural to use both hands flexibly, but everyone has a preferred hand, and Hatake Sakumo's dominant hand is his right hand.
His right arm was injured, causing him to only hold the sword with his left hand, which naturally reduced his combat power. Especially when facing an opponent like the Third Raikage, he was naturally more difficult to resist.
"That's good. In this way, we will be more confident in dealing with the Third Raikage." Tsunade nodded.
Taking advantage of the one and a half month buffer period, Sakumo recovered from his injuries, and at the same time, Kirigakure's side had signed a truce agreement with Konoha.
The Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water also sent envoys to the Capital of Fire, basically announcing that Kirigakure Village had withdrawn from the Third War.
Now as long as there is no defeat on the frontal battlefield, it is impossible for Kirigakure Village to rejoin the war.
And Konoha was able to divide the Hinata and Uchiha elites on Kamikawa Island and Yanbo Island into three.
A small number remained to guard the place.
The other two parts support Kumogakure battlefield and Sunagakure battlefield respectively.
Although fighting alone, there is still no one on our side who is the opponent of the Third Raikage, but in terms of the number of top ninjas, Konoha no longer suffers as before.
Nobuhiko on the side frowned slightly and said solemnly: "I just don't know why Kumogakure suspended the offensive uncharacteristically."
No matter what Kumogakure's conspiracy is, now that Matt Dai and Maruhoshi Kosuke have arrived here from the Kirigakure battlefield, the Konoha camp at the Kumogakure battlefield suddenly has two more Kage-level combatants.
If Matt Dai opened the eighth gate directly, even if he couldn't kill the Third Raikage by kicking him, he might be able to cripple him.
Of course, Matt Day and Met Kay had a good relationship with him. If possible, Nobuhiko would naturally want to avoid this situation.
A month ago, after Kumogakure had been dormant for fifteen consecutive days, Nobuhiko felt that something was wrong, so he asked Hei Zetsu, who had returned from stealing the "Filthy Earth Reincarnation" technique from Konoha Village, to secretly sneak into Kumogakure's camp to investigate the information. .
As a result, nothing unusual was found, but Ai, the son of the Third Raikage and the future Fourth Raikage, was not in the camp and returned to the camp after a few days.
According to Black Zetsu's information, he may have returned from the west, and the west is the Iwagakure camp.
Then, another month passed.
After Black Zetsu inspected Kumogakure Camp yesterday, he was sent by Nobuhiko to explore Iwagakure Camp.
The Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage Onoki are both the top ninjas in the ninja world today.
Ohnoki's Dust Release can separate the opponent into an atomic state and annihilate it, and it can also produce a large-scale explosion.
Plus Ohnoki can fly, which makes it even more difficult to deal with.
Nobuhiko cannot fly unless he uses the Tsansigan Chakra Mode.
In addition to avoiding Chen Dun, he had to use that extremely precious Jade of Seeking Dao.
The third fetal movement of the reincarnated eye is still continuing, and Nobuhiko doesn't understand why the fetal movement period is so long.
But it's finally almost over.
I won't say that I will use my pupil power unscrupulously at that time, but I won't think about it now. In the process of using my pupil power, my body will be put under a huge load.
The current situation is also a good thing for Nobuhiko, it is best to delay it for a while.
The Fire Country is the leader of the five major countries and has a developed economy. Konoha is one against four, and the Fire Country daimyo's funds are not stretched. Now it is only one against three, and the logistical pressure is much less.
"I don't know what the Third Raikage is thinking. Let's discuss the next deployment in detail at the next combat meeting." Hatake Sakumo was obviously also worried about Nobuhiko's concerns.
"Yes." Tsunade nodded. She would also join the battle when necessary. Even if she was afraid of blood, as long as she had Yin Seal and Creation Regeneration, she could work with others to hold back the Third Raikage before the chakra was exhausted.
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afternoon.
In the Chinese army camp.
The top brass of Konoha are holding a high-level meeting.
Only jounin and above can participate.
Because of his victory over the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Nobuhiko has been directly promoted to Jonin and has become the youngest Jonin in the history of Konoha.
During the dinner, Hatake Sakumo mentioned something about Kumogakure's unusual behavior.
"Regarding this, I really can't understand Kumogakure's intentions. The scout ninjas we sent out either returned without success or were killed. This shows that Kumogakure must have a conspiracy."
Nara Shikaku said with a solemn expression. Kumogakure, who always liked to be bold and bold, suddenly had his thoughts in mind. For a while, he didn't have enough information to analyze, and he couldn't figure it out.
Although Nara Shikaku is only in his early twenties, he has been recognized by everyone for his excellent command and effective strategies.
Even he couldn't figure it out, and it was impossible for others to guess Yunyin's intentions out of thin air.
"Sakumo-sama, urgent report from the battlefield of Platycodon Castle!"
Just when everyone was in trouble, an intelligence ninja suddenly appeared outside the camp.
"Come in quickly!" After hearing the battle report of Platycodon City, Hatake Sakumo's expression changed slightly and he immediately shouted outside the tent.
Is there something wrong with Orochimaru?
There is a huge disparity in strength between the Konoha army on the Kikyo Castle side and the enemy. Even with the reinforcements from the Hinata and Uchiha clans, the strength of Sunagakure Village is three times that of Konoha's side.
For a moment, the expressions of everyone in the venue darkened.
Nobuhiko was stunned when he saw this, it shouldn't be too bad news.
After all, Orochimaru had previously blocked the Sunagakure ninjas with four times the strength. Now he had reinforcements, and he also gave an order to [Secondary Consciousness Menzasamon] to hold back the Sunagakure Village as much as possible. , and at the same time find a way to leak some confidential information to Orochimaru, so that a defeat is impossible.
Hatake Sakumo took the scroll, opened it, and after just one glance, his pupils shrank suddenly, his eyes widened even more, and suddenly he looked happy and shouted: "Okay! Great! Orochimaru has recovered Kikyo." city!"
As soon as Hatake Sakumo finished speaking, there was an uproar in the venue.
"What?"
"How can this be?"
"Lord Orochimaru actually recovered Platycodon Castle? How did he defeat the defenders of Sunagakure Village?"
Nobuhiko on the side couldn't help but ask: "Sakumo-sensei, tell me the details, how did Orochimaru-sensei conquer Kikyō Castle?"
Hatake Sakumo nodded, and then continued to look down. His expression soon changed slightly, but then returned to normal, and said: "Orochimaru obtained confidential information, the Burning Escape Ninja Yekura of Sunagakure Village and The puppet master Menzasamon left Platycodon Castle.
So he used a trick to deceive the defenders of Platycodon Castle, severely damaged the main force of Sunagakure ninjas in the Platycodon Mountain area, wounded Sunagakure's Rasa, and quickly occupied Platycodon Castle.
The Sunagakure ninjas lost their stronghold and suffered heavy losses, so they immediately withdrew their troops. "
"Very good!"
"Long live Lord Orochimaru!"
Suddenly some jounin cheered.
However, Nara Shikaku was lost in thought. Even if the two Kage-level combat forces of Hayakura and Monzasamon left, how did Orochimaru get this information? At the same time, Chiyo, the elder of Sunagakure, was not so easy to deceive. , what method was used to trick them out of Platycodon City?
The eyes of Nobuhiko on the side flickered slightly. It seemed that the intelligence of [Secondary Consciousness] had made a great contribution, and Orochimaru dared to take the initiative with an absolutely inferior force, which was indeed very courageous.
But from Sakumo's reaction, it seems that Orochimaru did something risky, or something very controversial.
Nobuhiko came to Hatake Sakumo.
Seeing this, Sakumo handed the scroll directly to him.
Although Nobuhiko is the most junior among the Jonin present, his strength is one of the best among all present.
In terms of combat power alone, everyone felt that he was not even inferior to Hatake Sakumo.
Therefore, no one had the slightest objection to Nobuhiko's behavior.
"This...is really an adventure!" Nobuhiko's face changed slightly as he looked at the content in the second half of the scroll.
No wonder Sunagakure's defenders came out of Kikyo Castle.
Orochimaru actually used himself and forty jonin as bait, trapping himself and more than three hundred ninjas in a tight siege.
Another large force, led by more than sixty jonin, made a surprise attack on Platycodon Castle, and after seizing the city, they once again ambush the retreating Sunagakure troops outside the city.
Although Sunagakure's side almost killed more than 300 ninjas led by Orochimaru, the price they paid was not small.
Because facing nearly ten times the enemy force, the Konoha ninjas must all fight with the idea of exchanging one for one without losing, and trading for two to gain one.
Especially after learning that Platycodon Castle had been captured, they were thrown into chaos and were ambushed by the Konoha army, resulting in a direct defeat.
Nobuhiko looked at the detailed battle report below and narrowed his eyes.
In this battle, Orochimaru conquered Platycodon Castle. More than two thousand ninjas on Sunagakure's side were killed, and more than a thousand people retreated.
The Konoha side also suffered heavy losses. First of all, 38 of the forty jounin were killed, and the remaining two were also seriously injured.
As for Orochimaru himself, he was also seriously injured.
More than three hundred people followed Orochimaru as bait, but less than ten ninjas came back.
As for the thousands of Konoha ninjas who ambushed Sunagakure ninjas, more than half were killed.
Facing three times as many enemies, to be able to achieve such a result was a great victory.
But Orochimaru's behavior might bring him trouble.
Among the 38 jounin killed in the battle, there were jounin from the Uchiha, Hinata, Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, Inuzuka, Sarutobi and other ninja clans. Almost all of them were from the two major ninja clans and the middle ninja clans.
Another way of thinking, originally Orochimaru could have been in a stalemate with Sunagakure and slowly consumed them, but these people might still die.
But now he is directly asking these jounin to die, which is a bit cold-blooded for the ninja who believes in the will of fire.
To put it bluntly, it is politically incorrect.
It would be best to win the war, but how can we use our Konoha comrades as bait to die?
When Nobuhiko passed on the information, the joy on the faces of some jounin instantly faded a lot, and some even turned from joy to sadness.
Because they saw the names of their family members on the list of jonin killed in battle.
Especially knowing that they died as bait.
For many small and medium-sized ninja clans, especially the small ninja clan, missing one jounin is simply a fatal blow.
It is difficult for people to feel close to such a leader who can casually sacrifice his subordinates for the sake of victory in the war.
"Now that Platycodon Castle has also achieved a great victory, Sunagakure obviously has the only option to negotiate peace with Konoha.
In other words, Konoha only needs to concentrate on dealing with Iwagakure and Kumogakure. "
Seeing that the atmosphere had cooled down slightly, Hatake Sakumo changed the subject.
Originally, he didn't know much about politics, but after experiencing the last incident, he understood.
After hearing what Hatake Sakumo said, everyone immediately reacted. Orochimaru's contribution was undeniable and once again had a major impact on the battle situation.
Nobuhiko and Matt Dai smashed Kirigakure's sneak attack plan, which led to a great victory on Kamikawa Island, turning Konoha's passive defense into a defensive counterattack.
Now that they have conquered Platycodon Castle, Konoha can even take the initiative to attack Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
"Everyone, what should you do if Onoki, the third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, suddenly takes action, and instead of attacking the Konoha defenders in Iwagakure, he joins forces with the third Raikage to attack us?"
Just when everyone was re-discussing the strategic plan for Kumogakure, Nobuhiko suddenly spoke.
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