As the eldest son of the third generation Tsuchikage, Huang Tu has a lot of personal strength and the surrounding forces attached to him.
This is also a matter of course. No matter how "simple" Iwagakure is, there will always be some shinobi who are quick-thinking or "want to make progress" and take the initiative to come closer.
It's just that unlike Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the son of the Third Hokage, who was able to serve as the captain of the ANBU at a young age, his father, Lord Tsuchikage Onoki, who was supported by Iwagakure Mannin, was not very satisfied with him.
"When will your granite head finally come to its senses!"
These are the words Ohnoki scolded his son the most.
Although respectful and fearful, people always have a rebellious mentality, even Huang Tu, who has been scolded by his father since he was a child, is no exception.
In addition, Iwagakure lost troops and gained nothing in the Wind Country's conquest of Sunagakure in the war against Sunagakure. In the strategic change of uniting with his mortal enemy Kumogakure to fight against Konoha, Iwagakure turned too fast for the die-hards in the village to adapt; Ye and the shogunate reacted too slowly when they were strategically squeezed, and even did something as stupid as abandoning their ally Taki Ninja. This caused the senior elders of Iwagakure and some jounin to become dissatisfied with the contemporary Tsuchikage Onoki, so they gradually began to have The idea of supporting the next generation.
Of course, Onoki's Tsuchikage status is still unshakable, for a simple reason - he is still the strongest contemporary Iwagakure, and the Tsuchikage line's inherited secret technique Dust Release has not yet had a suitable successor.
Unlike Konoha, where the ninja clan is powerful, Iwagakure does not have a few large-scale blood succession limited ninja clan, and the Tsuchikage's Dust Release is the existence that supports the highest combat power of the ninja village, so it cannot be shaken easily. And if we talk about seniority, Ohnoki is still above many elders.
The request of the elders and jounin is actually very simple, that is, let an aggressive young man come on stage and lead everyone to compete with Konoha, and it is best for this young man to have a close relationship with Tsuchikage Onoki, even if the matter is Even if you lose, you won’t be liquidated—so, Loess is the most suitable candidate.
Therefore, after a group of elders secretly contacted each other, and with the instigation of some jonins, Huang Tu finally plucked up the courage to say "no" in front of his father, and unexpectedly gained great power.
"It's better to let young people try..."
Ohnoki stood at the window and looked at his son Huangtu who was surrounded by a group of elders and jounin leaving, and sighed silently in his heart.
He is not a selfless saint. Naturally, he is happy to see his family unite Yanyin forever. However, due to his relatively high requirements before, he somewhat hated his son Huangtu, and he advocated " "The Will of Stone" Iwagakure emphasizes that personal struggle is higher than the shadow of ancestors, so he has always suppressed the thought of future generations taking over.
But since other people in the village are now taking the initiative to push their sons to the top and let the meat rot in their own pots, Ohnoki doesn't mind pushing the boat along.
"Anyway, I'll give him the scoop!"
With this idea in mind, Ohnoki handed over the decision-making power of foreign affairs and the Ninja troops stationed abroad to the new Tsuchikage assistant and Jonin squad leader Huang Tu, while he concentrated on the internal affairs of the Ninja Village-for example, looking for opportunities to deal with those who agitated. The elders whose sons seized power.
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As Loess quickly grasped power with the help of a group of elders and jounin, Iwagakure's strategic shift was quickly deployed.
First, the Iwagakure Expeditionary Force, which had been fighting endlessly in the Kingdom of Wind, began to retreat steadily, giving up the occupied area in the northern part of the Kingdom of Wind.
The confused Sunagakure did not dare to act rashly. After all kinds of reconnaissance, it was confirmed that Iwagakure was truly withdrawing. However, under the restraint of the Third Kazekage, the Sunagakure ninja army still stabilized their formation and followed Iwagakure to steadily take over the lost ground. .
In addition to withdrawing from the quagmire of war in the Kingdom of Wind, Loess deployed most of the retreating ninja troops in the Kingdom of Birds, forcing the Ninja Army of the Rain Ninja led by Sansho Hanzo, and built many buildings on the southern border of the Kingdom of Earth. A large ninja army camp, posing as a two-sided attack on the Kingdom of Rain.
Under tremendous pressure, Sansho Hanzo had no choice but to lead his troops to withdraw from the Kingdom of Birds and ask for help from Uchiha Tokko.
At the same time, an Iwagakure ninja army stationed in the northern part of Taki no Kuni in the name of "exchange", openly supporting the Kitata Ninja Village platform organized by the Taki Ninja Fighting Faction.
In addition, Loess also brazenly organized a 2,000-strong ninja army to station at the border of the Land of Earth and the Land of Grass in the name of suppressing terrorist organizations. Military exercises continued all day long, which put considerable pressure on the Fire Gate Shogunate.
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In less than a month, the strategic shift led by Huang Tu achieved fruitful results.
After getting rid of the military burden of the expedition to the Land of Wind, the strategic attack posture displayed by Iwagakure, who went into battle lightly, not only greatly encouraged the people within the Shinobi Village, but Huang Tu's personal prestige was also successfully established.
Ohnoki once again complied with the people of Ninja Village and handed over all the village's intelligence system to Huang Tu.
The power of foreign affairs, military power of ninja troops stationed abroad, and intelligence power mean that if Loess is willing, he can force the village to launch a foreign war by forging intelligence in a minute.
"What Uchiha Tokko can do, I can do too!"
In the face of staged strategic victories and the adulation of his subordinates, Loess, who tasted the sweet taste of power, gradually became arrogant.
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As for Yunyin, he also began to pave the way for the fourth generation of Ai.
Although during the war in the southern part of the Kingdom of Thunder, the ninja army led by the fourth generation Ai could not survive even a day in front of the shogunate ninja army led by Uchiha Tokumitsu, there were still many things to be expected in the subsequent tug-of-war against Kirigakure. Remarkable.
In addition, there are really few masters among Kumogakure who have lost two tailed beasts, so the status of the fourth generation Ai is not threatened.
Although there were some internal disputes, after the news of Huang Tu taking over as Iwagakure Tsuchikage's assistant and Jonin squad leader reached Kumogakure, the third generation Raikage also began to pave the way for his son.
However, since the Raikage lineage has been the same since the founding of the village, the fourth generation Ai is not so much the one who takes over as the successor.
First, the fourth-generation Ai Jin was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the border ninja army, responsible for commanding the Kumogakure ninja army on the southern border. Later, his fourth-generation partner Qi Labi was appointed as the general staff of the border ninja army - although Qi, as the general staff, Rabbi didn't know what a staff officer was, but that wasn't important. The most important thing was to make him familiar with the jonins in the standing ninja army that currently assembled Kumogakure's most elite ninjas.
Under the initiative of the Fourth Ai, Loess held a historic meeting with him in the southwest of the Kingdom of Thunder as the assistant of the Tsuchikage, and during the meeting, an agreement was reached for the Kingdom of Thunder to redeem and repurchase the occupied area of Iwagakure.
Stimulated by this diplomatic achievement, which was hailed as a "historic breakthrough" by Yunyin's superiors and subordinates, the reputation of the fourth generation Ai also increased day by day, and the road to succession became smooth from now on.
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However, unlike the new generation of Iwagakure Kumogakure who were astonished at the situation, Uchiha Tokumitsu seemed a little quiet.
In addition to his own daily practice, Uchiha Tokumitsu is most concerned about the progress of Toadada's research.
With the joint efforts of Konoha Research Institute and Uzumaki Research Institute, the mysterious veil about the magical chakra of Mt. Myoboku has also begun to be unveiled.
But after the results of the research on paper appeared, the Uzumaki researchers began to face a historic problem, that is, they were unable to access natural abilities, let alone find out how natural energy could be integrated with the chakra of the ninja body - that is, He said that after studying the composition of Senjutsu Chakra, practical application research could not be carried out.
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"After spending so much money, we got this result...Do you think this is ridiculous?"
In the office of the Minamigagawa Stock Exchange, Tokumitsu Uchiha put down his research report with a headache, pressed his temples with both hands, and said to a group of Uzumaki researchers who cocked their heads and looked like dead pigs that are not afraid of boiling water.
"Lord Tokumitsu... The main reason is that we are not strong enough. We can't even sense natural energy, so we can't explore the fusion and refinement of celestial chakra..."
The director of Uzumaki Research said bravely.
"Can't that toad find any useful information?"
Uchiha Tokko asked.
After the captured Toadada was handed over to the Konoha Research Institute and the Uzumaki Research Institute, the Uchiha ninjas who were good at illusions often used illusion hypnosis to try to get information about Mt. Myoboku from his mouth, but they did not know that it was Mt. Myoboku. The toads themselves have special confinement or it is because of physical problems. The illusions of Uchiha ninjas either have no effect on them, or they are completely fascinated and cannot be interrogated, so the intelligence interrogation has not made much progress.
"I only know that Miaomu Mountain uses a substance called toad oil to enhance the affinity between the human body and natural energy. However, it is understood that the so-called toad oil cannot exist without the environment of Miaomu Mountain, so..."
A Uzumaki researcher wearing thick glasses with bottle bottoms explained.
"Toad oil..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu also remembered this "god object" in his past life memory, which could be called a cheating device for magical chakra.
However, with the current blood feud between the Uchiha clan and Mt. Myoboku, it would be impossible to obtain such precious items unless Uchiha Tokko led his troops to attack Mt. Myoboku.
"...Is there any other way?"
Uchiha Tokimitsu originally wanted to directly sense natural energy and then forcibly take it into his body to smelt fairy chakra, but then he thought about it. As the saying goes, the son of a rich man will not sit in court, so there is no way to take this risk with his own identity. It was necessary, so I immediately gave up the idea.
After all, Mt. Myoboku still has toad oil and small black sticks as training aids. Its contemporary practitioners will not turn into stone frogs due to failure in training. But if Uchiha Tokumitsu makes a mistake on his own, who knows what will happen. Sample.
"...There is no better method yet, but we are currently conducting various exhaustive methods to study natural energy-affinity substances. Maybe we will make some progress after a while."
The director of Uzumaki Research looked at his subordinates who had turned into turtles again, and said helplessly again.
Uchiha Deguang glanced at him speechlessly.
The so-called exhaustive method is to combine various materials or sealing techniques and try to find a substance that can react with natural energy by luck.
You know how much time and money this method requires!
"...Give you two directions."
After thinking for a while, Uchiha Tokumitsu said: "One is the sacred particles, and the other is the tailed beast chakra; let's see if these two substances can form a smelting reaction with natural energy!"
"As you command!"
The Vortex researchers were relieved.
After all, this is the research route designated by the Big Boss himself, so even if something goes wrong, you don’t have to bear much psychological burden.
The so-called sacred particles are high-concentration cell extracts of White Zetsu cells, and the tailed beast chakra is because the Uzumaki Naruto Sage mode in the memory of the past life seems to be somewhat compatible with the Nine-tailed mode, so we can study it together, maybe There can be some results.
"Anyway, so much money has been spent, so this is not bad..."
Uchiha Tokko sighed.
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