Chapter 571 Agreed

This December.

The four major nations of fire, wind, earth, and water form an alliance army.

Wage war on the kingdom of ghosts.

The three key sentences were immediately captured by the ninja patriarchs present. Even if they were calm by nature, they couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard Tsunade suddenly announce such a thing.

The atmosphere in the meeting room immediately seemed to be in a quagmire, which made people feel extremely depressed.

"Ho, Hokage-sama... you mean to start a war with the kingdom of ghosts?"

A patriarch of the ninja stood up and questioned, thinking that his ears had misheard, or he had auditory hallucinations.

Initiating a war at this time, or to the kingdom of ghosts... This is obviously a duel with the wrong opponent at the wrong time. As for Konoha, there is a high probability that they will be defeated by the opponent.

Can't help that some of them aren't shocked and panicked.

"Yes. This matter has passed a high-level resolution, and the daimyo fully supports this decision. Moreover, the sand hidden in the country of wind, the hidden rock in the country of earth, and the hidden fog in the country of water will also be Konoha's allies in the coming days. Do you have any questions about this?"

Tsunade sat calmly and calmly in his seat. From being irritable at the beginning, he gradually became able to stabilize his mind.

Since the fact that the four nations have jointly attacked the Oni Nation cannot be changed, she can only fulfill her responsibilities as a Hokage to confirm the matter and push for implementation.

Compared to Tsunade's calmness, the ninja patriarchs below looked at each other, question? How could there be no doubt? Rather, there are more questions in their minds than mountains.

Some ninja patriarchs also became thoughtful.

Although they provoked a war against the kingdom of ghosts, they did not know this until now.

But there are traces to follow when you think about it seriously.

If a war is to be waged, then the prerequisite materials must be adequately prepared, such as food, grass and medicines, which are indispensable and important resources for war preparation.

And these things are obviously impossible to raise at the beginning of the war. It is the correct way to prepare these war preparations in advance.

Reminiscent of the fact that the village has recently purchased more medicinal materials, medicines and other items than in the past, and these matters are directly accepted by the advisory group... Some ninja patriarchs suddenly realized something.

In silence, Konoha had already quietly entered the pre-war state, and it was only now that it was officially raised at the high-level meeting.

"I have objections! Hokage-sama, I think it is too risky to go to war with the Oni Nation... To put it bluntly, with Konoha's current strength, it is not enough to fight the Oni Nation. If this continues, the village will be destroyed forever!"

Another patriarch of the ninja clan stood up and sternly refuted the war with the kingdom of ghosts, and directly stated that the current Konoha is not an opponent of the kingdom of ghosts.

"Not necessarily. Didn't Master Hokage say that? The military operation against the Oni Nation is not just our Konoha family. Sand hidden, rock hidden, and Kirigakure will also be our Konoha's help. As long as each family squeezes out a little bit of strength, it can gather an alliance army composed of 20,000 ninjas...plus several ninjas of the Five Kage ranks. I think there is a lot to do."

The man sitting on the seat of the Sarutobi clan gave such a response after a short thought.

The rest of the ninja patriarchs are also considering the pros and cons.

It is true that the military power of the Ghost Country is obvious to all. Even Yun Yin, who nominally occupies the title of the No. 1 Ninja Village, may not be able to compete with the Ghost Country in terms of military strength.

Although they don't want to admit it, the senior officials of each ninja village have compared their own villages with the kingdom of ghosts in terms of military strength. That is, it is difficult for a ninja village of a single big country to compete with the kingdom of ghosts in terms of military strength.

The three people on the head alone may be equivalent to the total power of a big Ninja Village.

If you really want to deal with the ghost country, at least you have to use the strength of the two big kingdoms of Ninja Village to compete with it.

Such a powerful military force was once owned by Konoha. In the first two Ninja World Wars, Konoha won the final victory in a one-to-many situation, establishing Konoha's reputation as the strongest ninja village.

The kingdom of ghosts at this time is like the Konoha Ninja Village at that time, in full swing.

Therefore, if only Konoha's side participates in the war, then there is no chance of winning this war, because the chance of victory is really slim.

But if the ninja villages of the four major countries launch military operations against the ghost country at the same time, then in the eyes of the patriarchs of the ninja clan, this matter is worth a try.

At this time, the consultant Mito Menyan, who had been silent all the time, coughed twice, focused everyone's attention, and said: "Everyone, the power of the ghost country is becoming stronger and stronger, which has affected the balance between countries. If you don't restrict it now, it will be more difficult to deal with it in the future. Finally, don't forget who is leading that country. For us Konoha, this is a crisis of survival. We Konoha love peace, but in order to survive, this is a war that we have to fight."

Although this kind of statement sounds a bit alarmist, Mitomonyan has a saying that is true, that is, Konoha and even the country of fire have very bad diplomatic relations with the country of ghosts.

Otherwise, over the years, Konoha would not have formed an alliance with Sand Yin Village, the old opponent in the Third Ninja World War, to advance and retreat together in the stand against the kingdom of ghosts. It was because of the pressure from the kingdom of ghosts that I had no choice but to come together with Sand Hidden Village.

In this matter, Konoha has no room to retreat.

Following Mitomonyan's words, the ninja patriarchs who were hesitant at first gradually made up their minds.

That's right, by now, they have lost the space to retreat.

The stronger the kingdom of ghosts is, the narrower the living space for the kingdom of fire and Konoha will be.

Moreover, the system implemented by the kingdom of ghosts for ninjas is not conducive to the development of ninjas, especially those ninjas who have their own secret art inheritance. Once they lose the safe haven of Konoha, the consequences they will face can be imagined. To put it bluntly, they are in natural opposition to the Kingdom of Ghosts, and there is no possibility of peaceful coexistence.

"Since this is the case, then my Sarutobi clan will second the proposal. At that time, our clan will support 30 elite ninjas for the village."

The man sitting on the seat of the Sarutobi clan agreed on the spot, expressing his willingness to support thirty elite ninjas for this war.

And his words quickly mobilized the enthusiasm of the rest of the people.

"Hyuga Clan seconded."

"The Qiudao clan seconded the proposal."

"The oil girl clan seconded the proposal."

"The Inuzuka clan seconded the proposal."

As the patriarchs of the ninja clan seconded to participate in the war, those who still had concerns had no choice but to nod in acquiescence, chose to second and agreed to join the war.

Seeing the patriarchs actively participating in the battle one by one, the two elder advisors sitting on either side of Tsunade also nodded approvingly.

With such an indomitable will to fight, there are basically no concerns about the next war.

"Then, this meeting is over. After you go back, please pretend that nothing happened on the surface, select your cronies in the family, and arrange it secretly."

Sleeping Xiaochun added a sentence at the end, telling everyone to be careful.

Everyone nodded, they all understood the importance of this matter, and expressed that they would act with caution.

After all, there are still eight or nine months before December, which is enough for them to prepare for the war, and then deal a painful blow to the Kingdom of Ghosts.

After the meeting, the ninja patriarchs left the meeting room one after another. In the end, only Tsunade, Koharu, Mitomon Yan, Jiraiya, and Shikahisa remained in the meeting room.

"Then, we have to make arrangements sooner. However, I didn't expect the attack time to be in December. What's going on?"

After turning to bed, Xiaochun began to ask about this matter.

"This is the result of a joint discussion between Hokage-sama and Tsuchikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage. Because December is approaching the end of the year, and it is winter, people can be caught off guard. Moreover, for the combat power of Chiba Shiraishi, Uchiha Ruri, and Hyuga Ayane, it is also necessary to formulate a plan to restrict their actions, which requires a lot of time to arrange."

Lu Jiu explained from the side.

After going to bed, Koharu and Mito Menyan nodded slightly, agreeing to the reason.

"So, do you have any good suggestions on how to restrict those three people, Lu Jiu?"

Mitomonyan glanced at Lu Jiu, wanting to hear his opinion.

Lu Jiu shook his head helplessly, and replied: "From the information I have obtained so far, the basic crowd tactics are basically ineffective against the three of them. Although to a certain extent, using crowd tactics can indeed contain their actions, but as long as they want to leave, it is difficult for ordinary ninjas to stop them. At this time, we can only use ninjas of the same level to limit their range of activities. There is no other way."

"Lujiu's opinion is basically the same as mine. I don't know much about Uchiha Ruri and Hinata Ayane, so I won't express my opinion. But I have personally experienced Chiba Shiraishi's strength. His clone ability is diverse, covering three attack modes of short-range, medium-range and long-range. There is no chance of winning against him alone. Even if I team up with Tsunade, I am afraid the result will be..."

Zilai also said this and did not continue, but the meaning expressed is already very obvious.

"From this point of view, it is a wise decision to set the attack time for December. However, in fact, there is no need to worry too much about how to target Chiba Shiraishi. This time, Konoha is not the only one participating in the battle. In order to resist attacks from other directions, the three of them will definitely not be able to join together. There is a high probability that they will be scattered in three battlefields and fight on their own. In this way, their threat will be greatly reduced, and they can be defeated individually at that time."

Mitomonyan was not frightened by Jiraiya's remarks, but pointed at the weakness of the Oni Kingdom. As long as the three of them are separated, they can be defeated.

"Tsunade, what do you think? You may need your help then."

Turning to bed Koharu looked at Tsunade, the Hokage.

"Just follow what you said. I won't intervene in the strategic arrangement, and you can discuss and decide on your own. During this time, I will focus on internal management. The time is just about the same, so I'll go first."

After saying this, Tsunade stood up from his seat, walked towards the door and disappeared.

"Tsunade she..."

Sleep-turning Xiaochun frowned, hesitated to speak.

"Forget it, Xiaochun, let her calm down by herself for a while, let's just do our job well and don't do unnecessary things."

Mito Menyan shook his head, stopped Xiaoharu from sleeping, then closed his eyes and remained silent.

After leaving the meeting room, Tsunade did not go to the office, but came to the personal lounge of the Hokage Building.

The body seemed to be exhausted, and fell on the soft bed. Tsunade closed his eyes and put his hand on his forehead, giving people a very tired feeling.

Lying on the bed board for about a few minutes, Tsunade suddenly opened his eyes, with a certain kind of determination in his eyes, stood up from the bed board instantly, and walked quickly to the workbench in the lounge.

Open the notebook, turn to a blank page, pick up the pen, and write on the paper in a hurry.

Halfway through writing, Tsunade frowned, snorted, tore off the page, crumpled it up, and stuffed it into his pocket.

Then he wrote in the notebook again, but just wrote a line, tore it off again, crumpled it into a ball of paper and stuffed it into his pocket.

It wasn't until the third time, when I wrote the words 'transaction terminated' on the paper, that I could barely satisfy myself. I tore the page from the notebook and folded it into a square for confidentiality.

Then, she bit her finger, quickly formed a seal, and while running the chakra in her body, she slapped the ground and performed a psychic technique.

A slug the size of an arm appeared with thick smoke.

"Master Tsunade, are you looking for me?"

The live slug made a soft and waxy sound, raised its upper body, and its two tentacles shrank in the air.

"Ah, I have something to ask you."

Tsunade put the paper folded into a square on the workbench in front of the live slug.

"This is"

The live slug's body moved, not understanding what Tsunade meant by putting the paper in front of him.

"Give this thing to the person in the kingdom of ghosts."

Tsunade believes that Shiraishi will understand what it means after seeing this message.

This means that the oral agreement they made before is void.

"Master Shiraishi? I understand."

The live slug didn't ask Tsunade what the reason for doing this was, and squirmed forward very obediently, touching the square paper, and then directly integrated the square paper into the soft and sticky body.

"Please, live slug."

"Well, if Tsunade-sama has no other orders, then I will leave first."

"Go."

Tsunade nodded, letting the live slug leave.

The live slug exploded into a cloud of white smoke with a bang, disappeared from the rest room, and returned to Wetbone Forest.

Seeing the figure of the living slug leaving, Tsunade felt a little lost, and a look of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

But this lonely look quickly disappeared from Tsunade's eyes and turned into a firm look.

"The next time we meet, we will be enemies."

Transaction terminated.

Seeing the message sent by the live slug, Shiraishi, who was working in the office, was slightly silent.

Immediately, he smiled with a sense of relief.

"It really looks like Tsunade-sensei's style."

Obviously, he could use the information gap to deceive him and keep him in the dark, but Tsunade did not choose to do so, but used this neutral text to sever all ties. In this way, he was cut off from him, and he didn't betray his own village, so he was worthy of his position as Hokage.

Making such a choice, to a certain extent, represents the heart of the other party. In just a few days, he has experienced unimaginable struggles.

The next time we meet, will we be enemies?

It doesn't matter, Baishi has already prepared such a psychological awareness.

Rather, Tsunade gave such a response, but it made him feel a lot easier.

Half a month has passed, and it is mid-March.

Although the dark part of Konoha began to quietly store a large amount of supplies needed for the war, on the surface, Konoha Village is still as peaceful as usual, without any abnormalities.

And Tsunade also performed Hokage's obligations and responsibilities step by step. Every day, he had a two-point and one-line communication between his home and the Hokage Building. Occasionally, he would go to an izakaya to drink and relax, and concentrate on work.

The mess left by the previous generation of Hokage, after several months of hard work, finally got better.

Task entrustment has also gradually improved. The upper ninja, middle ninja, and lower ninja all began to resume work. There are a large number of tasks waiting for them to come every day. The appearance of being busy before and after makes Konoha look a bit thriving.

However, this good mood was soon broken by the unexpected guest.

"I remember that you are called Shanzhongfeng, right? What do you want to come to me? Could it be some moth you want to make out of your roots?"

Tsunade's flat tone was full of sarcasm.

Yamanakakaze, who was ridiculed by Tsunade, did not change his face, but replied honestly: "Master Hokage, I am here this time to offer you a present."

"Gifts? If you don't make things happen for me, I should be thankful. I don't dare to accept your gifts."

Tsunade continued to sarcastic.

Yan Zhongfeng took out a file bag on his own, still not paying attention to Tsunade's sarcasm, but calmly put the file bag on the table in front of Tsunade.

Tsunade's eyes swept over the portfolio, not knowing what the other party's intentions were.

"We know that Hokage-sama is cleaning up the 'rats' in the village recently, so I specially present this gift here to help Hokage-sama establish his prestige. This file bag records the details of those 'rats'. Hokage-sama can send Anbu to arrest them at any time and bring them to justice."

Mountain stroke calm face.

Tsunade fell into deep thought after hearing this.

This gift is not insignificant.

As the so-called new official took office three times, she became Hokage. She urgently needs to do a few things that can affect the village, so as to establish her prestige as soon as possible, attract more talents that can be used for herself, and accumulate political capital.

Although she doesn't like the roots, sometimes she has to admit how powerful this organization is. The content in this file is likely to be genuine, not fake.

"There is absolutely nothing wrong with the information in this file. The guys recorded in it are all scum who have betrayed the interests of the village. These people are at the mercy of you, Hokage-sama."

Mountain Stroke vouches for this.

"What do you need? I don't believe you will help me without purpose."

Tsunade was not overwhelmed by the benefits in front of him, but calmly asked about Shan Zhongfeng's conditions.

"Danzo-sama heard that the seventh squad of Uzumaki Naruto, the son of the Fourth Hokage, is still missing a member, so Danz-sama wants to send an excellent root ninja to join the seventh squad to protect the safety of the son of Naruto. This is also to make up for the mistakes that Naruto made in the past. What does Hokage-sama think?"

Shan Zhongfeng's eyes flickered, and he spoke his intentions.

Tsunade's breathing became short of breath, and she knew that Gen Mo's intention to send such a big gift was definitely not simple.

But I didn't expect that Danzo would set his mind on Naruto.

Still not giving up on the power of the Tailed Beast?

Just as he was about to sternly refuse, Yamanakakaze continued: "Of course, this is not enough to show the sincerity of our roots. If Hokage-sama agrees to this request, from today onwards, the roots will obey Hokage-sama's arrangements from top to bottom. Moreover, Hokage-sama doesn't have to worry that we will be unfavorable to Naruto. With the other party's current status and status, no one is willing to take risks, and our roots are no exception."

Tsunade took a deep breath, stared at Kaze Yamanaka, and said, "In this case, I can give you one of the places in the seventh class, but forget about gathering your roots. I want to let myself live for two more years."

"Thank you so much, Hokage-sama. Then I won't bother you. Farewell."

Seeing the achievement of his goal, Shan Zhongfeng bowed respectfully to Tsunade and saluted, then turned around and left the office quickly.

(end of this chapter)