Mito Kadeni, an elder advisor and one of the core figures of the Hokage force, was seriously injured and comatose after being attacked by a tailed beast.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the eldest son of the Hokage and one of the shoguns, was seriously injured and bedridden after attacking a tailed beast and suffered a counterattack.
In addition, due to Sarutobi Shinnosuke's selfishness, almost everyone who captured the tailed beasts was a die-hard supporter of the Hokage family. Therefore, in this battle, Sarutobi, Shimura, Inokacho and other ninjas suffered heavy casualties. The core power of the Sarutobi Shogunate was almost destroyed by the Eight-Tailed Gyotis.
If the tailed beast is indeed captured, then these sacrifices will be valuable.
But the problem is that the main body of the eight-tailed beast was killed by Uchiha Tokumitsu in full view of the public, and the tailed beast limbs obtained-the eight tailed beast tails were sealed into Sarutobi Shinnosuke's body, which became his death tool.
The leading figures of the Hokage series who participated in the northern battlefield exited in such an anticlimactic manner.
As for the ninja leaders who were assigned to participate in the war under the Sarutobi Shogunate, they would not risk losing their heads to compete with Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo.
After all, the rise and fall of a faction, honor and disgrace, are important, but it is better to keep your head on your own neck.
On the way back from the Tailed Beast Battlefield to the temporary residence of the Tokko Shogunate, Uchiha Tokko remained in a state of fun the entire time, almost laughing his head off.
"Sakumo-kun, please use your seal quickly and let the ninja army under Uncle Kamon come to cover the loopholes in Sarutobi Shogunate's defense."
The first thing he did when he returned to the station was to take out a document and have Hatake Sakumo sign and seal it.
The document was written by the attendant ninja on the way. The content was very simple, which was to ask the Fire Gate shogunate to move to the Jintian Defense Zone, and the remaining Sarutobi shogunate would be under its control.
Without even looking at it, Hatake Sakumo signed his name very simply and stamped it with the seal of the Military Command Department.
"Where is the Eight-Tails? Let me see something new~"
Hatake Sakumo asked casually.
He thought that the reason why Uchiha Tokko was so happy was because Jie Hu successfully captured the Eight-Tails.
"died."
Uchiha Tokko replied.
"died?!"
Hatake Sakumo was shocked, "Tokumitsu-kun, how did you do this in broad daylight?"
"They... may be opposing factions, but after all, we are all Konoha ninjas!"
"Even if you have to take action, you have to avoid people!"
Hatake Sakumo's series of words made Uchiha Tokko slightly confused for a while.
"I mean the tailed beast..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu said cautiously: "You want to see the tailed beast, right? So what I said is that the eight tails are dead..."
"Oh... the person is not dead..."
Hatake Sakumo breathed a sigh of relief, "That's okay..."
"...You don't think I killed old man Mitomon or Sarutobi's little monkey, do you?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu clicked his tongue, "Although I find them very distasteful, there are many ways to deal with them on the surface, and there is really no need to use such violent means to make things get out of hand."
Today's Uchiha clan has become completely developed, so Uchiha Tokumitsu's methods are relatively less violent than before.
At least if it doesn't move, it will raise its head.
"...How did the tailed beast die?"
Hatake Sakumo's face turned red when he realized he had said something wrong, so he quickly changed the subject: "...I mean, such a big tailed beast died like this?"
"He died like this~"
Uchiha Tokko replied casually.
At the same time, he handed the document to the attendant ninja and ordered it to be sent to the Fire Gate Shogunate and Sarutobi Shogunate as soon as possible.
With this letter from the Military Command as an endorsement, I believe that the Uchiha Fire Gate can completely suppress the leaderless Sarutobi Shogunate.
"Can you tell me?"
Hatake Sakumo is really curious.
His strength is based on sword skills and body skills, and his effectiveness in dealing with giant creatures such as tailed beasts is very limited, so he is also very interested in the details of the Eight-Tailed Battle.
"First like this, then like this, and then this is it~"
Uchiha Tokumitsu made a gesture of empty palms.
Hatake Sakumo rolled his eyes, speechless.
"The Sarutobi shogunate tried to capture the tailed beasts to create jinchūriki, but unfortunately they did not fully understand their own strength, which resulted in their failure."
Uchiha Tokumitsu explained: "I am just doing the final touch-up."
"What a pity...such a big tailed beast..."
Hatake Sakumo expressed regret.
"It's just a hot potato. Keeping it in your hands may not be a good thing."
Uchiha Demitsu said lightly.
"...That being said, it is a tailed beast after all!"
Hatake Sakumo still felt pity.
"How was the conversation with Iwagakure?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't want to continue talking about tailed beasts anymore.
"The day after tomorrow Iwagakure dispatched all troops to land in the western part of Thunder Country."
Hatake Sakumo replied.
"The show is about to begin~"
Uchiha Demitsu said.
…
The destruction of the Nange Ninja Army had a huge impact on Kumogakure.
It has even reached the point of shaking the foundation of the village.
Kumogakure, who promotes the martial arts ideology, has always regarded Konoha as his biggest opponent, and has never given up on the idea of seizing the title of "Number One Ninja Village".
Therefore, Kumogakure continues to increase its investment in armaments every year and continues to expand the ratio of ninja villages in ninja missions. The purpose is to train more ninjas and develop more sophisticated ninja tools in order to one day go south and compete with Konoha.
However, under the attack of Konoha's only Shogunate Ninja Army, the 5,000-strong Ninja Army from the South didn't survive even a day before the entire army collapsed. This made everyone in Kumogakure feel like their dreams were shattered.
Are the sacrifices Kumogakure made for armament still meaningful?
Is Konoha really invincible with the Uchiha clan?
After arranging the injured Ai and the defeated ninjas, the third generation Raikage returned to the Raikage's office with a gloomy face.
The high-ranking officials of Yunyin who came after hearing the news all looked at their noses and hearts without saying a word, as silent as a cicada.
"asshole!"
The Third Raikage jumped up and smashed the desk into pieces with one punch.
"Even five thousand pigs! They can't be killed so easily!"
"Five thousand ninja troops!"
"Uchiha! Give back my ninja army!"
The voice is mournful, and everyone who listens is moved.
"Lord Raikage, let's make peace with Konoha..."
Elder Yunyin paused his crutch and said in a deep voice.
All Yunyin high-level officials looked at each other, but none of them refuted.
Indeed, with the destruction of the ninja army going south, Kumogakure could no longer allocate his strength to go south to defend Konoha and Iwagakure's ninja army while fighting Kirigakure.
The plan to find the main force of Kirigakure for a decisive battle has never been successful. The various reconnaissance ninja teams sent by Kumogakure to the vast sea have never returned. Up to now, they still have not figured out where the main force of Kirigakure's expeditionary force is hidden. What about the decisive battle? It's even more impossible to talk about.
Even if they reluctantly mobilized personnel to go south, the Kumogakure headquarters would be basically in a state of emptiness. If it were attacked by the enemy's ninja army, it would be a disaster.
In addition, the Jinchuuriki were defeated and disappeared without a trace, and Ai, the successor of the Raikage, was seriously injured and bedridden. For a while, the huge Kumogakure Ninja Village could not find any other high-level commanders who could take on the important responsibilities and lead the army to fight again.
Moreover, the defeat of the Minami Ninja Army also caused war weariness to begin to spread among the ordinary Kumogakure ninja group. Even though due to long-term ideological suppression, war weariness public opinion has not yet begun to ferment on a large scale and form a trend of thought, the keen-sense Kumogakure senior executives have discovered There are signs that something bad is going to happen.
Once their ideals were shattered, the consequences of the martial arts faction's aggressive militarism immediately began to bite back with this round of defeats.
"I'm old, I'll be the one to say ugly things..."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Elder Kumogakure paused his cane again and said: "Kumogakure is not Konoha after all, and cannot withstand the siege of the three major ninja villages."
"Strive for a decent ending, sacrifice the interests of the south, in order to send Konoha away, hold Iwagakure down, and then go all out to deal with Kirigakure. This is the right approach!"
"...Is the village's road to ninja hegemony ruined just like this?"
A senior member of Kumogakure said sadly.
For a long time, although his strength was not as good as Konoha's, Kumogakure had always had an inexplicable sense of superiority. He felt that one thing was always stronger than Konoha's, and that was that everyone was united as one, his level of loyalty was the highest in the ninja world, and his level of unity was no less than that of Iwagakure.
In addition, Kumogakure ninjas generally believed that they could violently kill Konoha's second generation Senju Tobirama at the alliance during the First Ninja War, but Konoha still pinched its nose and continued to conclude a peace treaty with Kumogakure. This also proves the power of Yunyin from the side.
But this time Uchiha Tokko used the most brutal and direct force to tell them: Kumogakure barbarian, you are still far away!
"If you want to conquer the ninja world, you must first conquer Konoha; if you want to conquer Konoha, you must first defeat Uchiha!"
"The village's foreign policy will need to change in the future! Kumogakure is not the strongest in the ninja world, so we need allies!"
Elder Yunyin sighed, "Lord Raikage, what do you think?"
"...What do you think?"
The Third Raikage was silent for a long time before asking.
All Yunyin's senior officials were silent.
"Lord Raikage, the elder is right!"
There was no one to break the deadlock, Raikage's close minister Dodai, so he had no choice but to stand up and echo in person: "Konoha's account can be settled slowly, but the most urgent task is to defeat the imminent and less powerful Kirigakure!"
Kirigakure's harassment caused unrest in the sea areas of the Land of Thunder. Almost all ports in the eastern and northern seas were closed, causing great losses to the nobles of the Kingdom of Thunder.
Although the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder had always supported Kumogakure's military expansion, in the face of huge losses and the cries of the nobles, they still repeatedly sent secret messages, asking Kumogakure to defeat the invading enemies as soon as possible and eliminate the intruding Kirigakure.
"...Then, who wants to go to Konoha?"
Although he was unwilling to do so, the Third Raikage could still tell the difference between good and bad, so he accepted the "advice" of the great elder.
"Lord Raikage, let me go..."
The high-level officials of Yunyin remained silent again, and Tutai had no choice but to take the initiative to ask for help.
This is also the disadvantage of being a close minister.
Unlike other high-level leaders of self-contained forces, Todai was already appointed as the Raikage's assistant. There were some things that others didn't want to be labeled as a capitulator, so only Todai was the most suitable.
"Armistice and talk to only one person!"
Elder Kumogakure interrupted and said, "The Ninja Army of the South was defeated by Uchiha Tokumitsu's Ninja Army, so Dodai you only need to talk to him!"
"this……"
Tutai is a little confused.
"The top and bottom of Konoha are at odds with each other, and the Uchiha clan and the Third Hokage are at odds with each other; therefore, the truce negotiations can only proceed through negotiations with the ninja leaders on the front lines..."
"The great elder is right..."
The Third Raikage said solemnly: "The unity of Kumogakure is the foundation for us to stand in the ninja world, and the discord in Konoha is the opportunity for us to rise!"
"A mere defeat cannot defeat the hard-core people of Thunder!"
Elder Yunyin also gave words of encouragement.
Tutai's mood also softened a little.
"What about Iwagakure? Do we have to negotiate peace with them?"
Another senior member of Kumogakure who did not need to participate in the negotiations interjected and asked.
"...Iwagakure ignores them. As long as they don't go north, don't worry about them."
After hesitating for a moment, the Third Raikage shook his head and said: "When Konoha leaves and Kirigakure is defeated, Iwagakure will naturally run away with his tail between his legs like a rabbit that has been burrowed!"
"My subordinate understands..."
Tutai bowed his head, mentally prepared to accept the insult from the winner.
…
When the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen was anxious due to the news that his old friend Mito Kaden was seriously injured, the news that the eldest son Sarutobi Shinnosuke failed to capture the tailed beast and was seriously injured and comatose once again reached the Hokage Building.
After reading the battle report, the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen stayed in the Hokage's office all night.
Even if another friend, Xiaochun, came to the door after changing his bed, he would not be received.
With the serious injuries of two heavyweights, all the strategies and calculations of the Hokage series before the war were completely ruined.
Even if Sarutobi Shinnosuke succeeded in sealing the tail beast tail of the Eight-tailed Gyushi in his body, it was still incomparable to the heavy price paid in the capture process.
The most troublesome thing is the negative impact this incident had on the minds of other ninjas participating in the war...
But fortunately, the support force sent by Uchiha Tokumitsu to support was quite powerful, and they carried a large amount of medical equipment to carry out field first aid. While acquiring a lot of physical data of weird "half-Jinchuuriki" like Sarutobi Shinnosuke, It also saved him from life-threatening danger.
"It's completely out of control..."
The third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a long sigh, picked up a document and read it.
Uchiha Tokumitsu issued a proclamation in the name of the Military Command Department, dispatching the Ninja Army of the Uchiha Fire Gate to take over the Ninja Army of the Sarutobi Shogunate, and took advantage of the situation to dismember and annex the northern border defense forces.
The ninja forces of the Hokage's direct lineage, such as Sarutobi, Shimura, and Inogacho, were all kicked out of the northern border defense force by Uchiha Kamon due to their failure in the battle and poor command.
This was a bloodless seizure of power by force.
It is also the harvest carnival of the winner who is completely overwhelmed by strength and military exploits.
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, as Hokage, was powerless.
"war……"
Now that we have reached this point, peace is meaningless anymore!
This is a small war rather than a big one. It would be better to fight until the Uchiha clan in the dead village of Kumogakure is wiped out!
Gritting his teeth, the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen signed the order.
"...Hatake Sakumo is hereby appointed as the plenipotentiary military commander-in-chief of the North, and Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Homon are appointed as associate commanders to coordinate all war affairs against Kumogakure!"
After compiling the appointment document, the third generation Hiruzen Sarutobi stamped the Hokage seal on the document vigorously.
His ferocious force seemed to be squeezing out the brains of Uchiha Tokumitsu and Kumogakure through the seal.
I worked overtime today, so I can only update once. I will report back with double updates tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding.
(End of chapter)
