Chapter 580 Leak

"Lu Jiu, what else is planned for the afternoon?"

After the lunch break at noon, Tsunade returned to Hokage's office and asked Shikajiu what plans he had for the afternoon.

Comparing the text on the itinerary, Shikajiu glanced at it and replied to Tsunade:

"Master Hokage, there is only a short meeting at four o'clock in the afternoon's schedule. Other than that, all that is left is to read the report submitted by the hospital."

At this moment, the lunch break has just ended, and the time is only one o'clock. There are still three hours to spare before four o'clock.

According to what Lu Jiu said, there will be a three-hour 'short vacation'.

Having said that, when Tsunade heard that there was nothing to do next, he still felt a bit empty.

It may be because after returning to Konoha, I am used to being busy, and suddenly I have nothing to do, so it is inevitable that I am not used to it.

"Short meeting... Are you chatting with those two old things again?"

Tsunade doesn't like the two members of the advisory group very much.

Especially the behavior of the advisory group stealing the fruit of Hokage's achievements in the name of assisting Hokage's work made her even more disgusted.

If you are her supporter who stole the fruits of her labor, you needn't say much. However, if you take advantage of her, you often don't stand on the same front. This will undoubtedly add to her troubles.

It's just that there is no way to unbalance the balance without affecting the stability of Konoha.

Otherwise, these two old guys should have rolled down from their positions as consultants long ago.

But the current balance is exactly what all parties in Konoha want to see most.

It's nicknamed 'Governing Konoha with Hokage', but the real idea is to find ways to increase its own power and weaken Hokage's power under the condition that the rules are established.

Nominally led by Hokage, but to really operate Konoha, a huge ninja village organization, it needs the approval of the roots and ninja factions.

Such restrictions made Tsunade feel uncomfortable more than once.

Fortunately, under her control, there are still several important departments with real power. Most of Anbu is controlled by herself, the Hokage, and a very small part is controlled by the Sarutobi clan. Therefore, there is not too long a delay in the issuance of government orders. It will not be so downcast that even the issuance of government orders requires the approval of the roots and the ninja, otherwise they will not be able to get out of the embarrassing situation of the Hokage office.

If this is the case, Hokage is really a mascot on the table.

"Yes."

Used to Tsunade's rough language, Lu Jiu naturally knew who the old thing Tsunade was referring to.

Fortunately, the three Inokacho clans still have their heart for Hokage, and the Hyuga clan who has obtained the position of high-level elder has a close relationship with Hokage, so that in terms of power checks and balances, Hokage still has the upper hand for a long time.

However, to take back the lost power step by step, Lu Jiu believes that this is a long-term solution that cannot be implemented in the short term.

A major shift is needed.

Lu Jiu can think of two major opportunities for such a transformation.

The leader of a root, Shimura Danzo, has naturally ended his life span, and the martial arts faction has no leader. At that time, Konoha will definitely usher in a reshuffle pattern.

The second is a strong external pressure environment.

It's just that compared to the first possibility, the second possibility is basically impossible.

Konoha can now use up to 20,000 ninjas to participate in the war. Although most of them are middle-level ninjas, ninjas are ninjas after all. Together, they are also a powerful deterrent force.

What's more, the next four-nation alliance operation will make Konoha's external environment more stable.

So, the real opportunity can only be when Danzo dies and the root group has no leader.

The arrival of this opportunity may take five years, ten years, or even longer.

"Forget it, don't mention them, just bring the report from the hospital."

Tsunade has always had the idea of being out of sight and out of mind for the two consultants, so he decided to read the hospital's report as soon as possible.

Shikahisa took out the saved report from the bookshelf beside him, and handed it to Tsunade for reading.

The above reports are all about the recent research progress of several major projects carried out by Konoha Hospital.

For example, the research progress of medical talismans, as well as the training progress of psychological medical personnel, are the major tasks that Konoha Hospital will undertake next.

"Because the medical department has asked for a large amount of research funding this year, the principals of the other departments have submitted application letters many times. I hope you, Hokage-sama, will exercise restraint in this regard."

While Tsunade was reading the report, Shikahisa reminded him from the side.

"About this matter, I have made it very clear that medical research must be strengthened, so that the loss of Konoha Ninja in the mission can be reduced."

"However, the heads of those departments claim that the hospital has been unable to produce results for a long time, and there has been no substantial progress so far. Maybe some people are filling their own pockets..."

"There is no such thing as research results that can be achieved so quickly. It took several years for the village to promote medical reform during the Second Ninja World War, and it took several years to gradually lay the groundwork."

Tsunade scoffed at this statement.

Because the hospital's research project is of great importance, she not only sends her Anbu to supervise it personally, but also goes over to review the research work of the research department in person every half a month.

As a senior medical ninja, she can easily see whether these researchers are fooling themselves.

After all, she invested so much money, she couldn't just leave it to the research department of the hospital to deal with it herself, instead of investigating it herself, let some people drill holes in the research department for a vegetarian meal.

Currently speaking, Konoha Hospital's vice president Asami Masumi has managed these things in an orderly manner, and has uncovered many such researchers who are dawdling in the research department. Although the progress is a bit slow, the progress of this research is actually not bad.

Apart from the shortcoming of always coming to ask for funds, there are no other problems.

Money is only meaningful if it is invested.

Although the rest of Konoha's department has complained a lot this year, in Tsunade's view, as long as the results come out, it will be completely worth it.

"Moreover, although the medical department of the village has trained many medical ninjas over the years, this number of medical ninjas is completely insufficient for the entire village. Not only is it surpassed by the kingdom of ghosts in terms of scale, but even the professional field cannot be compared with the kingdom of ghosts."

After reading the report compiled by the hospital, Tsunade felt that this was the number one problem Konoha would face.

She has personally been to the country of ghosts to investigate, and she knows how prosperous the medical field is there, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a paradise for medical ninjas.

And these medical ninjas design a wide range of areas, many of which are problems that medical ninjas from other countries have not noticed.

If a war breaks out, the death rate of ninjas in the ghost country will definitely be far lower than that of ninjas in other countries.

Lu Jiu was also thoughtful about Tsunade's question.

Because of the threat of the military power of the ghost country, Konoha has been strengthening the construction of military power over the years and continuously increasing the scale of ninjas, which has led to a leap in military power. But the ensuing problem is just as Tsunade implicitly expressed, there is a serious shortage of medical ninjas.

Too much emphasis is placed on the expansion of the scale of ninjas and combat effectiveness. On the contrary, the training model of medical ninjas, and even the scale, have not been improved any more.

Therefore, the coverage rate of medical ninjas for the overall Konoha ninja team is now much lower than during the Third Ninja World War.

In the long run, this is not conducive to the growth of Muye Village.

Many ninjas did not die directly on the battlefield, but died of serious injuries before they could receive effective treatment in time.

"However, at this juncture, the scale of medical ninjas will suddenly increase..."

Not to mention that this year's investment in the entire medical department has far exceeded previous years, and in the next December, there will be a huge operation. Will Konoha have the energy to take care of so many things?

Will it cause discord among the rest of the departments?

"Sensei Sarutobi really left me a huge mess."

Hearing Tsunade's wistful tone, Shika didn't speak for a long time.

He heard this kind of complaint from Tsunade countless times, and every time he encountered this kind of thing, the other party couldn't help expressing such emotion.

But yes.

The policy cores that every Hokage focuses on will not overlap.

Nindaime Hokage created Ninja School and Anbe, increased the power of Hokage, could better mobilize the efficiency of the village, and strengthened the military power of the village to centralize power. It was also the period when Konoha's Hokage was the most powerful, and no one dared to touch his brow.

The Third Hokage took office in the face of danger. In order to ensure the stability of Konoha, he focused on the balance of all parties in the village. However, due to some mistakes in policy and personal selfishness, the roots continued to grow, leaving a lot of confusion.

The Fourth Hokage died young and had only been in power for nearly a year. He did very little. Although he had a grand development strategy, it was too late to implement it.

Today's Tsunade, as the Fifth Hokage, is aggressive and aggressive, and at the same time can ensure the stability of the village. It is very similar to the executive strategy of the Second Hokage. She wants to centralize the power of Hokage again to facilitate her ideas.

It can be said that there is a big ambiguity with the conservative policy implemented by the teacher, the Third Hokage.

In the eyes of Tsunade, the policy of the third generation is too conservative. Even though some styles were changed in the later stage, nothing was really changed after all. Therefore, all the pressure was concentrated on Tsunade.

"Speaking of which, how is the situation of the seventh class recently?"

Tsunade turned to ask this question.

Regarding this question, Lujiu quickly responded: "The progress of the seventh class is relatively good. According to Tianzang's report, in the previous assault training, Naruto's ability to sense external dangers has been properly improved. After returning to the mission, the performance of the team members is also excellent. Especially Naruto's growth, his chakra control, including basic training such as physical training, has reached the standard and exceeded the original expectations. Master Jiraiya is considering taking some time to take him to Mt. Immortal training."

"Did that brat reach the training target so quickly?"

"This is all due to the quick effect of the shadow clone training method, otherwise, there is no way to complete these trainings in just a few months."

Lu Jiu gave such a pertinent evaluation.

"I heard that Kakashi taught Naruto this method?"

"Yes."

Tsunade nodded, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Right at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the office. Upon closer inspection, the other person was wearing Anbe's attire, apparently Tsunade's direct subordinate ninja.

"Master Hokage, here is an urgent letter from your daimyo."

"bring here."

"yes!"

Anbe quickly delivered the letter to Tsunade.

Tsunade opened the letter and scanned it, his face immediately became serious.

"Master Hokage, what happened?"

When Shikahisa saw Tsunade's face, he knew something big had happened.

"A large-scale worker riot broke out in the territory of Ikenokuni. The daimyo located in the castle was also attacked by unknown people when he was traveling. The daimyo asked us Konoha to undertake the entrustment of Ikenokuni and go to its country to investigate."

"Pond Country?"

Lu Jiu remembers that this is a very small coastal country in the ninja world. Like the country of Yuno, it is a small country with a developed hot spring industry. The development of the hot spring industry is second only to the country of Yuno, and it is a good tourist attraction.

However, what he didn't expect was that there were worker riots in this country, and unknown people attacked the country's daimyo.

Lu Jiu couldn't help but think of the ghost country, and only this country, would do such things in secret.

Instigating the workers at the bottom and causing other countries to enter a state of chaotic war is the specialty of this country.

Even the land of water, which is far away from the mainland, has suffered greatly from it. Up to now, the fourth generation of Mizukage of Kirigakure Village is still aggrieved by this matter. In the past few months, they have been sending letters to ask when Hokage can send troops, saying that his side is ready and can launch an attack at any time.

"However, why did Daimyo suddenly..."

Lu frowned puzzled for a long time.

As early as a few months ago, some small countries began to communicate with big countries other than the country of ghosts, hoping that the other big countries headed by the country of thunder can stop the turmoil caused by the country of ghosts in various parts of the ninja world.

However, regarding the judgment of this matter, the daimyos of the big country chose to ignore it, allowing the power of the ghost country to stir up wind and rain outside and close the country's gates.

It can be said that this is a disguised rejection of the demands of those small countries, allowing their aristocratic groups to be suppressed by the ghost country.

However, now the daimyo of the Land of Fire asked Konoha to intervene in this matter suddenly...

Excuse!

Lu Jiu suddenly thought of these two words.

That's right, all he could think of was an excuse.

Although the four countries have formed an alliance, it is not easy to find an excuse to go to war.

Now Konoha is looking for an excuse to criticize the country of ghosts by intervening in the internal war in the country of Ikeno, which is undoubtedly the most appropriate thing.

The alliance has been completed, and excuses must now be found to pave the way for the joint action in December.

"This is the only possibility. However, it is really troublesome to do it..."

Noticing the change in the expression on Shikajiu's face, a gloomy flash of sadness flashed in Tsunade's eyes.

Is war about to break out?

In a flash of time, this time has come.

I didn't know why, but suddenly became tense.

"Then, Hokage-sama means..."

"Lu Jiu, see what other teams are idle in the village."

Tsunade interrupted Lu Jiu's meditation.

The frontier troops stationed in the Land of Fire cannot be dispatched. This time, the task can only be carried out with a regular team in the open, and then assisted by the dark department from the dark, and carried out in two lines.

After all, the daimyo of the country of fire has already solemnly mentioned that the task this time is to 'investigate' the work, not to support the country of Ikeno militarily and to conflict with the country of ghosts.

"The turmoil in the country of pools has already occurred, and the country of fire will follow suit."

Kigakure Village is located in the office of the Mizukage Building. As the fourth generation of Mizukage, Yakura stands at the window of the office, overlooking the endless sea in the distance, and seems to be able to faintly hear the chirping of seabirds on the sea.

"Then what are we going to do next, Mizukage-sama?"

Standing not far behind, Terumi Mei asked Yagura's next move.

In the office, there were only her and Yagura. As the guards, Ao and Onito Mitsuki were not here, and the surrounding Anbu had also dissipated, and they were guarding outside.

Yakura did not speak, but withdrew his gaze from the sea, turned to walk to the desk, and picked up a sealed portfolio from above, on which was a note that said 'Top Secret'.

Put this portfolio in Terumi Mei's hand.

Terumi Mei opened the file bag without refusing, pulled out half of the file, and his pupils shrank.

"This is!"

"When the time comes, the military deployment of Kirigakure Village to attack the Ghost Country, as well as the attack route and defense map in the sea area, including the information of leading the Jnin, you hand this thing to Chiba Shiraishi. At that time, let him formulate a strategy and send people to 'eliminate' these Kirigakure ninjas from the battlefield."

Yakura said with a blank face.

As early as half a month ago, Wuyin Village passed a high-level meeting and decided on the final detailed attack plan.

Therefore, this represents top-secret information on Wuyin Village's next actions.

As long as you know this, you can take advantage of the above offensive and defensive situation, and effortlessly, the reconnaissance troops in Wuyin Village will suffer a 'heavy loss'.

Terumi Mei had a flash of praise in his eyes.

"Mizukage-sama is still thoughtful. There is no reason for the undead in war. In this way, we will be safe in action."

"Unfortunately, each country has its own set of operational deployment maps, and there is no way to get the deployment maps of Yan Yin and Sand Yin."

Yakura nodded, but on the other hand he felt sorry.

If you can get the defense maps of the two ninja villages, Iwagakure and Sandgakure, then they will definitely be dealt a huge blow. After all, it is normal for ninjas to have many dead spots on the battlefield.

As for Konoha's defense map, it has never been a problem for the kingdom of ghosts.

Moreover, the main body of action this time is not to defeat the four-nation alliance, but to resolve the uncertain factor of Mt. Miaomu, and by the way, disintegrate the trust between the traditional five major powers, and buy enough time for the final stage of the plan.

(end of this chapter)