The dim light before dawn gradually whitened the sky, and there was a slight chill in the air.
On a wide stone platform in the fortress, the surrounding street lamps began to light up, making the platform brightly lit, and there was no sense of darkness at all.
Even in the early morning before dawn, the staff in the fortress had already started their work for the day. The slight noise gave the fortress a sense of isolation and tranquility.
According to the plan of the Alliance Army, they will go to the Kingdom of Rain to gather at four o'clock this afternoon. Therefore, Shiraishi and others, who got up a little earlier than usual, have already stood up on the platform.
Compared to the Alliance Army, which invested a total of fifty elite ninjas in the beheading operation, the participation of the Demon Country in the beheading operation was much smaller. Even the number of participants was less than five points of the total number of Alliance Army participants. one.
On the platform, there were only Shiraishi, Ruri, Ayane, and Yagura who saw them off.
Of course, there are also shadow dancers in the dark, who can also be considered as participants. But leaving aside the non-staff member Yagura, there are currently only four people involved in the project.
Speaking of which, do you really not need to bring more people there? You must know that the Alliance Army, in order to effectively complete the beheading operation, can be said to have come out in full force. "
Yagura looked at the Shiraishi and the other three people waiting on the platform and gave a little hint.
Although the three people in Shiraishi are very strong, there are always areas that cannot be taken into account. Adding more people can also prevent a lot of trouble.
Regarding Yagura's suggestion, Shiraishi just smiled and replied: "In the following battle, ordinary jounin-level ninjas cannot participate. Even in marginal areas, their lives are in danger."
The Kingdom of Ghosts is not without powerful Jonin, such as Kakashi, Obito, and Lin, who are qualified to join this operation, but the three of them also have important tasks.
Moreover, if Lin joins in, if something unexpected happens on the battlefield, such as accidentally having the tailed beast taken away by Nagato. Although the probability of this happening was very small, Shiraishi had to guard against it. The Kingdom of Demons does not yet lack combat power to the point where the jinchūriki need to directly participate in such dangerous beheading missions.
"Don't worry, I will divert to the Kingdom of Birds first, and take Kazuhime and Ako with me. They were originally placed on the front line to prevent Nagato from attacking. Now that the beheading operation has been carried out, there is no need for it. Just defend like before."
The three of them, plus the power of Ichiji and Ako, in Shiraishi's eyes, are enough to cooperate with the alliance army in the beheading operation.
If the power of the Demon Country, coupled with the strength of the Alliance Army, is not able to defeat Nagato, then this war does not need to continue, and there may be a chance of survival by surrendering directly.
"Where is Uchiha Sasuke? What he said..."
Before it is time for his support, they cannot invest all their strength at once. The Alliance Army always needs to be on guard. "
Shiraishi will never underestimate the enemy strategically. The Kingdom of Ghosts and the Alliance Army are not a pure alliance, but use each other.
Since it is being used, it cannot be completely trusted, and one needs to be prepared to be prepared for the other party's sneak attack.
From the intelligence point of view, the Alliance Army has the same idea. They will not invest all their strength at once, but will keep a hand secretly and use it at the critical moment to decide the outcome.
After all, the accumulated strength of both parties is more than enough to eliminate Xiao. If they continue to increase their investment, they will only serve to alert the enemy.
Yagura nodded. Although he was still a little worried, Shiraishi was so persistent. He must have hidden cards in his hand. Otherwise, he would not have sent out such a small number of people, so he seemed confident.
At this time, there was a buzzing sound in the sky.
The sound that shook the air was far louder than the noise made by the flying ninja tool. It immediately attracted the attention of several people on the platform, and they all looked up to the dim sky.
Under the dim sky with only a little light, a huge figure flew at high speed, with flaming exhaust spraying out from behind. It drew a straight white track in the dim sky at an oblique downward angle, and landed towards the platform. .
red metal body
A cold and frightening light was reflected on the body. When it landed, it was like a huge burning fireball. Before it even got close to the ground, a hot breath hit the face, blowing away the clothes and hair of everyone on the platform.
Just when the red fireball was about to explode on the ground, causing a huge explosion, suddenly, a chakra vibration wave erupted from the body of the red figure, like a pair of invisible big hands, pulling the invisible people around. The speed of the air dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye. When the mechanical foot touched the ground, it only blew away some dust without causing any other turbulence. It even landed smoothly without making any sound.
"The fire has come, so let's set off now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shiraishi jumped into the air, followed closely by Ruri and Ayane, jumping towards the mechanical palm that was the size of a house.
The border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Grass.
The clear sky and the dim rainy weather formed an extremely sharp contrast.
Before entering the Kingdom of Rain area, you can see the dark clouds and heavy rain hanging over the Kingdom of Rain from a distance, so that the further you go, the heavier the temperature in the air becomes.
Looking at the dim sky in front of him, he looked like a ferocious beast that preys on people, waiting for its prey to come to the door and fall into the mouth of the giant beast.
Five figures quickly sprang out of the forest. In the blink of an eye, they jumped across a river, then lightly kicked on the rocks, and appeared on a relatively tall hill in the surrounding area.
One of them squatted down slightly, pressed his fingers lightly against the ground, and closed his eyes tightly, as if he was carefully sensing something.
Soon, his eyes opened, proving that the exploration was completed.
"There is no problem for hundreds of kilometers around, and I don't sense too strong chakra. It's just that there are some strange chakra reactions underground in some places. It should be the White Zetsu mentioned by the alliance. Just avoid them when the time comes. At the speed we are marching, they cannot react."
The person who spoke was none other than the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama. As the founder of many schools in Konoha, he was also a perceptive ninja.
When he asserted it, there was no need to question it.
Then, he stood up from the ground, glanced to one side, and turned his whole body towards the white bandaged man, the Second Tsuchikage Mu.
The opponent also opened his own perception ninjutsu and matched it with his perception ninjutsu, creating a terrible double coverage effect.
Tsuchikage Mu shook his head, indicating that there was no problem. The situation he perceived was exactly the same as Tobirama. "The land of rain? What a disgusting climate."
The second-generation Kazekage Samana glanced coldly at the rain curtain in the sky in front of him, with a hint of displeasure on his face.
As one of the originators of playing with sand, the weather that I hate the most is rainy days that increase the burden on the sand.
In the Rain Country, it rains from morning to night, and there are only a handful of sunny days each year. Even the rainy season throughout the year is not impossible. It is the Rain Country that makes Samana the most irritated.
"Really? As for me, I don't hate this kind of weather."
The second-generation Mizukage Demon Lantern pressed his neck. As much as Samana hated the country of rain, he liked this kind of country full of rain.
This means that when he performs water escape, while ensuring the power, the chakra consumption will be reduced a lot.
For him, it was like a fish in water.
Among us, only you and Hokage are the best at water escape. Since the environment is favorable to you, it will be up to you to attract the firepower. "
Wu said that.
"I don't object. He's already dead anyway. It's not a big deal if he dies again." The second generation Ai clasped his hands in his fists and fully agreed with Wu's proposal.
"To put it nicely, I don't know if the opponent has any ninjutsu against the reincarnation of the filthy land. I can think of several ways to restrain the reincarnation of the filthy land, not to mention the legendary reincarnation eye."
Gui Lan Huanyue was obviously dissatisfied with this decision.
It would have been very unpleasant to be dug up after death, but now he had to be used as a expendable chess piece to explore the path. It was extremely unpleasant.
"Hokage, can't you really kill the magician who activated the Earth Reincarnation?
? For example, to get us out of this method of being manipulated by sorcerers? "
Gui Deng Huanyue couldn't help but ask.
The brows without eyebrows wrinkled up and down, obviously lacking patience.
After all, he was a hero in life, so to be used by a despicable villain like this was an insult to his dignity as a Mizukage.
Tobirama shook his head and replied: "It's impossible. The Reincarnation of the Earth is a technique created by me. Once selected by the technique, it cannot be broken away in any way. Similarly, I did not expect that I would be defeated by my own after death. Technical control, so when it was being developed, there was no way out." "Really?"
The disbelief was clearly written on the faces of Ghost Lantern Huayue and others, and they looked at Tobirama with suspicious eyes.
As opponents who have fought against each other for many years in the same era, I dare not say that they are completely familiar with each other, but they are still somewhat familiar.
They thought Tobirama was hiding something crucial and didn't want to share it with them. Tobirama's face was indifferent, and he pretended not to want to pay attention.
"cut."
A few people cut it and knew that there was a slim chance of getting relief from Tobirama. After all, the user of this technique is now a ninja of Konoha, and Tobirama is the Hokage of Konoha. The thing itself is a bit strange.
At this time, there was movement behind them, and figures appeared at the bottom of the hill. They used the hill as a cover to cover the advancing figures.
In addition to the fifty elite ninjas selected by the alliance army, there were also the Third Hokage and other reincarnated ninjas from the dirty land who also appeared in the team and were scattered around to protect the team. "Let's go."
Tobirama glanced back, then turned back, rushed forward, and continued to move forward. The other second-generation soldiers had no choice but to follow and continue to explore the road ahead and clear mines for the people behind.
....--Ame City.
As one of the few key cities in the Kingdom of Rain, it is also the most important commercial transit station in the Kingdom of Rain, with a population of nearly 200,000 people living there. Although it is slightly inferior to the central cities of other major countries, it is one of the cities with the most prosperous commercial atmosphere in the Rain Country.
But now this city, which was originally prosperous in commerce and densely populated, has long been deserted with the outbreak of war.
The streets were even more deserted, without any pedestrians, and the shops on both sides were all closed. Only the rain was falling and splashing.
The entire city was shrouded in heavy rain, like an isolated city.
Wearing raincoats, the Alliance troops found an abandoned factory in the deserted city as a temporary base and rested there.
The distance between Amami Castle and Amegakure Village is not very far. If you use the speed of a ninja and go all out, you can reach them in less than an hour.
In other words, for everyone in the Alliance Army, Amegakure Village, the base of Akatsuki headquarters, is already within easy reach.
Next, they only need to join up with the people from the Kingdom of Ghosts, and then they can directly attack Yugakure and carry out a beheading operation against Akatsuki.
At the same time, the two main forces of the Country of Grass and the Country of Fire, driven by the captain, pushed forward with all their strength in order to cover up their actions and avoid being discovered by Akatsuki in advance.
From the current point of view, this small country has good tactics. It has perfectly avoided Bai Jue's detection all the way deep into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Rain.
The second-generation Five Shadows still maintained their previous work, monitoring the outermost areas to avoid raids on their positions.
The reconnaissance work is mainly based on the perception ninjutsu of the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama and the second generation Tsuchikage Mu, which double covers every corner of Amami Castle. No matter where the enemy is, they can lock it in immediately and send people forward. To annihilate.
"Third generation grandpa."
While the others were waiting in place, Naruto took the initiative to find Hiruzen, the Third Hokage.
The Third Hiruzen, who was communicating with Sakumo, saw Naruto coming over, and a rather pleased smile appeared on his wrinkled face.
"It's Naruto. I couldn't believe it at first. You were able to tame the Kyuubi inside your body. This was a feat that even Mito-sama couldn't accomplish back then."
As the Hokage of Konoha, Hiruzen naturally knows the terrifying power of the Nine-Tails.
at.
Even at his peak, he could only resist the Kyuubi for a while.
The chakra that was equivalent to a natural disaster, since it belonged to Konoha, two consecutive Jinchuuriki tried to tame the Nine-Tails, but ultimately failed. Kushina even gave her life for this.
"There are actually many reasons for this. If I were just one person, I wouldn't be able to tame it."
There was no pride in Naruto's tone. He knew that he was able to tame the Kyuubi because everyone helped him.
With the guidance of Kirabi, the assistance of his mother's sealing technique, and finally the gift from his father Minato, he would not be able to resist the unparalleled darkness by himself.
"No matter what, your current achievements have surpassed all the sages of Konoha. Even Hashirama-sama did not have such power as you when he was young."
While Hiruzen was relieved, he also felt very complicated. To Naruto, he undoubtedly owed a lot.
Regardless of the reason, his failure to fulfill the Watergate couple's dying instructions was a dereliction of duty.
He had already learned from Tsunade what happened after his death.
Especially after knowing that Danzo is now using the art of reincarnation in the dirty earth to assist the alliance in fighting, Hiruzen is even more worried.
He really couldn't see through this old friend's thoughts more and more.
"By the way, let me introduce to you the person next to me. He is Konoha White Fang who has made countless contributions to Konoha. He is also...Kakashi's father."
Hiruzen introduced Sakumo next to Naruto, and when he mentioned "Kakashi", his already dim eyes became even more gloomy.
"Kakashi-sensei's father?"
Naruto took a closer look at Sakumo Liangyan, and indeed he felt familiar. The other person's image was very similar to Kakashi's.
Especially the iconic short knife on the back, and they all have silver-white hair.
"Hello."
Sakumo nodded friendly towards Naruto and showed an friendly smile. "I'm sorry, Kakashi-sensei.
Naruto lowered his head at this time, like a child who had made a mistake and was waiting for punishment.
"It doesn't have to be like this." Sakumo smiled, "I already know what happened from the Third Generation and Tsunade. This is the grudge between our previous generations and has nothing to do with you. As a Konoha ninja, I have my own rights. My own persistence, now that Kakashi has his own path, let him go, I am his father, but I have no power to decide his future life..."
The smile is a little forced, and it doesn't look like it doesn't matter.
His son denied his own path and Konoha, and even became a rebellious ninja, becoming the murderer who forced the third Hokage to be killed... This made Sakumo feel very complicated after learning about it.
Especially when I learned that the reason why my son embarked on this path was guided by his own students after the death of his teacher, I felt even weirder.
He never thought that so many unexpected changes would occur in the ninja world after his death. His three students were indispensable for the many changes that had taken place in the ninja world in the past twenty years.
The Third Ninja War assisted Iwagakure in declaring war on Konoha. Join forces with Akatsuki to murder the Fourth Hokage and his wife of Konoha.
During the battle in the Kingdom of Wind, he stepped on Sunagakure and Konoha to ascend to the throne. He also captured Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, and forced the third generation Hokage to cancel the wanted order for rebel ninja at the Five Kage Conference.
Afterwards, small civil wars started in various parts of the ninja world, turning the Demon Country into the sixth largest country, and shrouding the entire ninja world in the shadow of the Demon Country.
The Fourth Ninja War defeated the Four Kingdoms Alliance and destroyed Mt. Myoboku, one of the Three Holy Lands. Just before the Fifth Ninja War broke out, Konoha was secretly tossed back and forth by the three of them, causing heavy losses.
It is said that his friend Jiraiya died in Amegakure, and there are traces of their secret planning, clearly arranging the final path of a Sannin's life.
After Sakumo heard this information, he was stunned.
He knew that his three students were more naughty when they were in the White Fang team, but fortunately they
If his nature is not bad, he will definitely be a pillar of Konoha in the future. Even the most ordinary-looking white stone is not as simple as it seems. But he didn't expect that he would defect to Konoha directly after his death. Before leaving, he even lifted the roof of Konoha and took away a group of Uchiha and Hyuga clan members.
If the Third Hokage and Tsunade hadn't admitted it themselves, he would have thought someone was joking with him.
No wonder the Second Hokage looked at him with such complicated eyes yesterday and hesitated to speak. Konoha is truly "lucky" to have trained three "excellent" students.
The three students were so outstanding that even him, the teacher, gained more than one reputation after his death, although the reputation was mostly negative.
If those who praise his three students can circle Konoha ten times, then those who curse his three students' unlucky deaths can circle Konoha a hundred times.
Chiba Shiraishi, this name has become a symbol of the most terrifying evil in the history of the ninja world.
"Honor" At this point, Sakumo didn't want to say anything anymore, he just wanted to find a place to calm down.
At this moment, the second-generation Hokage Tobirama and the second-generation Tsuchikage Mu, who were on guard outside, suddenly raised their heads, as if they noticed something, and said to everyone in the factory: "Here we come."
Everyone who was still resting immediately stopped resting and quickly hurried outside the factory, gathered around the second-generation Five Shadows, and raised their heads to look at the dim, rainy sky.
A huge fireball pierced the dark sky and flew towards the city. "Oh, this is really a big guy."
Ghost Lantern Huayue laughed out loud in an exaggerated tone, with a relaxed and carefree look, as if he didn't take that kind of thing into consideration.
"Today's weapons seem to have improved a lot and are completely different from our time." The second generation Kazekage Samana was thoughtful.
The rest of the people also had different expressions, and most of them were surprised and shocked.
When the fireball was still tens of meters away from the ground, the surrounding rainwater was evaporated by the hot energy. The humidity caused by the rain completely dissipated, and a warm feeling filled the air.
As a ripple that shook the air spread out in the sky, the fireball that was stagnant in the sky suddenly turned into a red beam of light and fell in the open space more than ten meters in front of the Alliance army.
boom!
It didn't break the ground, but it did make an explosion.
As the fireball landed, the terrifying shock wave was unleashed in all directions, mixed with suffocating scorching energy. It seemed as if it was intentional. It did not worry about whether the Alliance ninjas were still nearby and would be affected, so they resorted to such violence. way to land.
The flames burning on the surface of the metal body began to compress and recover inside the metal body. The originally curved air around it slowly returned to its original shape, allowing people to clearly see the huge object inside the fireball.
The size of this huge object is comparable to that of a small mountain. It resembles a human figure, but its torso is a huge red metal ball. In the center of the ball, there is a hollow groove that perfectly fits a red gem the size of a human head. , people can tell at a glance that it looks like the core control device.
Its head is a semicircular sphere with purely mechanical ear holes, and it spurts out white steam from time to time, giving it a somewhat suffocating feel.
Compared to the bloated torso and head, the limbs are relatively slender, but the palms and soles are made very huge.
Especially the palms, which look like the fully opened palms of a cat. Despite the softness of the palms, the external shape is very similar and can be used for people to stand on.
At this time, there were three people standing on the left hand of this huge mechanical body, and two people standing on the right hand. There was still a lot of space left.
The huge machine is completely fiery red, and the dye of the same color is painted on it to create flame patterns. However, the dye applied on this part is darker, so the color of the dye can be distinguished from the original color of the metal.
This huge machine stands on the ground like a blazing fireball. Just looking at it from a distance makes people feel awe.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, but we shouldn't be late."
Shiraishi stood on the left palm of the mechanical body, looking down at the ground quickly.
After talking for a while, he said hello with a smile on his face.
