The war against Iwagakure cannot continue.
At least taking the initiative to attack is out of the question.
The Hokage Building's cessation of war order was communicated through the psychic beast. The news was first sent to the front line of Konoha's dispatch troops stationed in the Country of Rain. The Hokage's disciple Jiraiya rushed to the northwest border defense force station in the Country of Grass. Camp, requesting an edict to recall Uchiha Tokumitsu and his men who were preparing for cross-border attacks in the northern border of the Country of Grass.
The Uchiha Fire Sect was also helpless. Faced with the Hokage's edict and the identity of the Hokage's apprentice, Jiraiya couldn't use all the dark tricks against the ANBU, so he had to hold his nose and send a messenger to take Jiraiya with him. Head to the Northern Front where Uchiha Tokumitsu is located.
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"...withdraw troops? Are you sure this isn't the Tsuchikage's edict?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu raised his eyebrows, and stared at the younger version of Jiraiya with some dissatisfaction with his three magatama sharingan eyes.
At this time, Uchiha Tokimitsu was located on a hill about ten kilometers away from the Iwagakure camp in the Land of Earth. He had just set up his frontline headquarters here when he received such an order, and he naturally felt angry inside. Inevitably, when you are angry, you will naturally speak rudely.
Iwagakure's southern front army could not hold on, and the large ninja army could not launch a large-scale cross-border offensive without officially declaring war. He led the elite jonin to call for provocations for several days but failed to achieve results. Instead, Iwagakure's combination of earth escape was tormented. Damn, at this time, instead of issuing a declaration of war in order to organize a large army to defeat Iwagakure in one fell swoop, an emergency order was issued asking the frontline ninja troops to retreat. Could it be that the Hokage's true identity is actually the Tsuchikage?
"Tokumitsu-san...Tokumitsu is commanding." Jiraiya also felt quite uncomfortable being stared at by San Magatama, "This is undoubtedly an order from Lord Hokage. This order was directly transmitted from the Hokage Building to the border troops via the psychic beast. Yes, the authenticity is beyond doubt.”
"Oh, it turns out that the border troops also have psychic beasts that can directly receive orders from the Hokage Building." Uchiha Tokumitsu stabbed lightly, "I thought the communication between the village and various ministries was with our northwest border defense force. It depends on the wings of the ninja hawk and the legs of the messenger ANBU."
"...Every border force has one. If your department is short of such personnel, you can directly apply to Hokage-sama for additional personnel." Jiraiya choked, his face turning red.
"Forget it, I don't want to receive some rubbish orders at any time, such as asking a certain genin on the front line to move forward fifty meters." Uchiha Tokumitsu did not hide his dissatisfaction. The dissatisfaction of the faction was well known to everyone, and as the heir to the Uchiha radical faction, there was no need for him to be too polite to the Hokage disciples.
"Commander Tokumitsu, Lord Hokage is the leader of Konoha. Please correct your attitude and maintain the necessary respect." Uchiha Tokumitsu's attitude made Jiraiya quite dissatisfied.
"Then I would like to ask Jiraiya Jounin, do you think this edict is correct?" Not only Uchiha Tokumitsu, but the surrounding Uchiha Jounin also stared at Jiraiya with unkind expressions, and all of them Among the foreign ninjas, the Uchiha ninjas were also quite dissatisfied. The Hyuga ninjas had expressionless faces, the civilian ninjas lowered their heads and remained silent, and the Inokacho ninjas had a look of fear on their faces.
"Tokumitsu is commanding. Hokage-sama has his own intelligence sources to judge the direction of the situation. As a member of Konoha, we ninjas only need to follow the command." Jiraiya took a deep breath and calmed down, "You are still young. , you can’t control the war between great powers, you should still follow Hokage-sama’s orders..."
Before he finished speaking, Uchiha Tokko suddenly drew his sword and slashed at Jiraiya with lightning speed.
The incident happened so suddenly that Jiraiya only had time to step back to avoid the sharp edge of the sword, but his jounin vest was still scratched by the blade.
Jiraiya barely escaped being disemboweled.
"You...do you know what a crime it is to attack your companions in the village?" Jiraiya was shocked and angry, "Are you going to disobey the village's edict!"
There was also a commotion among the surrounding jounin, but still no one came out to dissuade Uchiha Tokumitsu. Instead, the jounin of the Uchiha clan staggered their swords with their left thumbs, getting ready to draw their swords.
"I'll give you a good word, but I won't spare it with a sword." Uchiha Tokumitsu said with a smile. "Jiraiya Jonin, tell me... can I hold it?"
Jiraiya gasped, that's it? Just because of this, he drew his sword against the ninja from the same village?
He awakened the Three Magatama Sharingan when he was only eight years old. Although he has a handsome face and a slender figure, under the power of the Sharingan, although Uchiha Tokumitsu is smiling, his cold and cold murderous intention is so strong. Jiraiya, who was also a jounin and experienced many battles, was also frightened.
"Commander Tokumitsu...are you sure you want to disobey the Hokage-sama's order?" Jiraiya's face gradually became serious, he lowered his head slightly and no longer looked directly into Uchiha Tokumitsu's eyes, "Those who disobey the Hokage's order will be punished according to the rules. Considered a traitor."
There was another commotion among the Jonin around, but still no one came out to dissuade him.
This also frightened Jiraiya. He didn't expect that the young Uchiha Tokumitsu had such strong control over the Ninja Army.
"Tsk..." Uchiha Tokko sneered, "Sure enough, blocking is the Hokage's specialty."
"Since the Hokage's edict to stop the war has been sent urgently, we naturally have no choice but to obey the order." Uchiha Tokumitsu sheathed his sword, "I just want to remind Jiraiya Jounin …”
"As jounin, we have the right to refute objections to the Hokage's orders; at the same time, we hold military positions, and we have full independent command authority to take into account the war situation and the interests of our subordinates; as the saying goes, we will be outside the shadow." I don’t think this Jiraiya jounin knows about it.”
Jiraiya was stunned, and all the Jonin nodded in approval.
The rights of Jonin have always been a controversial topic in Ninja Village.
Judging from the ranks of ninjas, jounin is the highest level and is naturally a member of the decision-making level of the village. Major resolutions of the ninja village must be reviewed and voted on by the jounin meeting and the ninja clan meeting before they can be implemented. This is for Unify the will of the Ninja Village to the greatest extent possible.
Moreover, Jonin and Chunin are different. To be promoted from genin to chunin, you need to pass the chunin exam, but to be promoted to jounin, there are many more requirements. Not only are there specific requirements in terms of strength, but you must also have the recommendation of three or more jounin. And with the consent of the Hokage, it must also have a certain overall view and command ability. Therefore, before the war, in order to control power and balance the power of the ninja clan and civilian ninjas, the Hokage deliberately tightened the number of jounin ratings, and the evaluation also favored civilian ninjas from ninja schools, and controlled the number of jounin to three hundred. Around this time, there were a large number of strong family ninjas who failed to obtain the title of Jonin.
However, since the war began, due to the insufficient number of newly promoted civilian ninjas, especially jounin, the jounin rating has been opened up as a last resort, and a large number of strong ninjas from the ninja clan have been included as jonin to replenish the supply of troops. This is why Uchiha Tokimitsu He was directly rated as a special jounin, and was later promoted to jounin by virtue of his military exploits in clearing out the underground forces in the Land of Grass.
Regarding the rights of jounin, there is often a big difference in the attitude of ninja ninjas and civilian ninjas. Ninja jounin pay special attention to it, while civilian ninjas don't care much, and this difference in attitude is also in line with the other people's rights. It depends on the amount of interest involved.
But no matter what, in the face of the highest-level urgent order from the Hokage, even a high-ranking Ninja Army commander must act in accordance with the order. Even if there is any objection, he can only raise an objection at the Jonin meeting. Impeach Hokage.
The jonins moved extremely quickly, and the frontline headquarters in the Earth Kingdom did not have many arrangements. After putting away some important documents and personal belongings with seal scrolls, they used several powerful fireball techniques to clear tents and other miscellaneous items. Everything was burned to ashes, and the frontline headquarters led by Uchiha Tokumitsu deep into the territory of the Earth Kingdom came to an end.
On the way to retreat, Uchiha Tokuyasu had a look of hesitation on his face. The jounin accompanying him, whether they were from the Uchiha clan or ordinary civilian ninjas, were just rushing on their way. When Jiraiya started talking to him, no one answered him, so they had no choice but to retreat with their heads. .
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"Lord Tokumitsu!"
The figure running back from the direction of Earth Kingdom was naturally discovered by the border troops who stayed in the northern mountain city. After the Hyuga Byakugan ninja observed and found that it was the command of the headquarters, a large group of ninja troops hurriedly came to the rescue in full force.
"Yeah! It's me!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu took out a seal from his arms and threw it to the leading jounin Uchiha Takashi, "Send the order to go back and summon the jounin of the headquarters to assemble."
"Yes!" Uchiha Takanobu took the seal, drafted a document on the spot, printed it and handed it to the ordering ninja, and then returned the seal to Uchiha Tokumitsu.
"Lord Tokumitsu...this is..." Uchiha Takanobu asked slightly anxiously.
Since Jiraiya had gone straight to the front line from the Kōkō no Kuni garrison, the remaining ninja troops in Yamashiro had not yet heard about the withdrawal.
"The Hokage has requested the withdrawal of troops." Uchiha Tokumitsu said lightly.
"This..." Uchiha Takanobu was a little surprised, "Our headquarters is already ready, why do we need to withdraw our troops?"
"Hokage-sama has his own agenda. As a member of Konoha, I just have to follow Hokage-sama's orders!" Jiraiya frowned next to him.
He was particularly dissatisfied with the bellicose attitude and disregard for the Hokage displayed by the Uchiha ninjas, especially the subordinates led by Uchiha Tokimitsu.
"Lord Tokumitsu... we have found out the information about the Iwagakure Ninja Army!" Uchiha Takashi ignored Jiraiya's words and argued anxiously with Uchiha Tokumitsu, "We have achieved great results but we have ignored them. What a pity this is!”
Uchiha Tokumitsu sighed, "It's over now, there's no need to say anything more."
All the ninjas from the border defense brigade looked at each other.
"Who knows whether this order was issued by the Hokage or the Tsuchikage!" Uchiha Tokumitsu said this, then got up and ran towards the mountain city.
Jiraiya was so angry that his face turned red and white, but he had no choice but to continue to follow Uchiha Tokumitsu shamelessly. After all, Uchiha Tokumitsu, as the deputy commander of the northwest border defense force, had not yet signed the formal withdrawal of the ninja army. He has not been able to deliver the order yet.
In the castle tower of the mountain city, a group of jounin rushed back from all over the border after receiving the summons, and they were whispering to each other.
The commander who was originally commanding the frontline team to break up the attack in the Kingdom of Earth suddenly summoned the Jonin, and they were confused for a moment.
After Uchiha Tokko returned with his troops, the jounin who had been whispering among each other stood up one after another and nodded in salute.
"We have been ordered by the Hokage to no longer launch attacks on Iwagakure from now on." Uchiha Tokimitsu sat down in the main seat and directly announced the order without saying any greetings, "Except for the first border detachment, the Uchiha detachment and grass The Allied Forces must withdraw immediately!"
"ah!"
As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.
Especially the Kusanagi Jonin who was present at the bottom was even more panicked, "Lord Tokumitsu, you can't abandon the Country of Kusanagi."
"This is the Hokage's edict, and there's nothing we can do about it." Uchiha Tokumitsu replied in an even tone, "We will not abandon our allies, we will just stop launching active attacks on Iwagakure in accordance with the edict. "
"This..." The Grass Ninja Jonin was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot, but it was not because of the Hokage's edict, but because once the troops withdrew, neither combat merit nor bounty would be so easy to obtain. This position was obtained through an exchange of interests within the village. Wouldn't it be a big loss to withdraw the troops before they were fully profited?
"No need to say more!" Uchiha Tokumitsu shouted angrily.
The originally noisy conference hall fell silent, and all the jounin fell silent.
Such power made Jiraiya, who was watching with cold eyes, secretly frightened.
He did not expect that an Uchiha boy under the age of ten would have such prestige that he could order dozens of jonin to bow their heads and obey orders.
Originally, he thought that Uchiha Tokumitsu was just powerful, but he didn't expect that his prestige and reputation in the ninja army were so high.
"The Northwest Frontier Defense Force... is already in Uchiha's possession..." Jiraiya sighed secretly in his heart.
As a disciple of Hokage, he naturally enjoys a lot of special treatment, but he has been promoted many times and is only one of the commanders of the rain country dispatch army. In terms of prestige, he is really not as good as Uchiha Tokumitsu in the northwest border defense force. Power.
And this is exactly the difference between ninjas of the ninja clan and civilian ninjas. The ninjas of the ninja clan have their own tribes, and the great ninjas can form an army on their own. Whether it is command power or the difficulty of obtaining military exploits, it is much easier than that of civilian ninjas; especially It is the northwest border defense force. More than half of the ninjas are from the Uchiha clan and its affiliated ninja clan. Although Uchiha Tokumitsu is young, he has the aura of a powerful family and is extremely powerful. He has also awakened the three magatama. He is almost the most important member of the Uchiha clan, especially He is a highly anticipated leader among the radicals. During the war, he was remarkable in terms of pre-war arrangements, pre-battle charges, and post-war pensions. Under the superposition of multiple buffs, his control over the Ninja Army was naturally far superior to that of other border troops. commander.
"...The edict has been issued, and there is no room for doubt." Uchiha Tokumitsu raised the edict to stop the war signed by the Hokage, "This is the highest level of expedited edict. Even if we use the jounin right of objection, we cannot immediately If it is rejected, let’s execute it in order.”
"Yes..." The Jonin reluctantly bowed their heads and obeyed.
