Chapter 610 Loss

"You said that Kazuhime sealed herself in the battle with Konoha Ninja?"

While sweeping through the ancient documents in the Miaomushan library, Baishi suddenly learned this surprising news from Liuli, and even the documents in his hand almost fell to the ground.

Liuli took a deep breath, nodded slightly, and placed the scroll tightly held in her hand in front of Baishi.

"Look for yourself, there was an accident on the battlefield of the Bear Kingdom. Not only that, Jiraiya's troops also escaped successfully under the support of Konoha, and the troops stationed there only wiped out part of their troops."

When Baishi heard the news, he quickly took the scroll full of battle reports, opened it and scanned it.

Sure enough, as Liuli said, there was an accident on the battlefield of Xiong Kingdom.

While intercepting Konoha's support troops, Ichihime encountered Shimura Danzo in the root, and then used the sealing technique to seal herself up, so that outsiders could not get close to her body for half a step.

As a result, the Xiong Country has no leader, and lost the precious combat power equivalent to the level of the tailed beast, so that Jiraiya's troops have a glimmer of life.

Although the troops of the Oni Nation tried their best to intercept them, they only wiped out Konoha Sento, and finally let Jiraiya and others escape. At this time, they have almost returned to the border of the Fire Nation, and it is unrealistic to pursue them.

"What's going on? Why did Yi Ji seal herself up?"

Shiraishi paid attention to this issue.

Although he failed to keep Jiraiya, this incident made him quite regretful.

But thinking that after solving Miaomu Mountain, whether the opponent is dead or alive, it will not play a key role in the overall situation.

One Sannin cannot shake the foundation of the kingdom of ghosts.

Compared to this, he is more concerned about Yiji's current situation.

What exactly happened, you need to seal yourself up.

Is the chakra in the body running wild?

No, if it was in the past, this possibility existed.

But as early as a few years ago, Kazuki had almost used the chakra in her body proficiently, and there was no such thing as a power runaway.

Therefore, this possibility is ruled out.

"The situation is currently unknown. I need to rush back to the Bear Kingdom as soon as possible. I will leave this to you."

Liuli's original intention was to return with Shiraishi after the things here in Mt. Miaomu were over.

However, now that something like this happened to Yiji, as a mother, she naturally had to go to find out the situation in person.

"That's fine, then hurry up and leave, let me take care of it here."

Baishi agreed without hesitation.

The matter of Mt. Miaomu was basically settled, and all that remained was the simple finishing work and the distribution of the treasure house of Mt. Miaomu in Helongdi Cave. He can handle these things alone.

In comparison, the things on Yiji's side are more worrying.

For Yi Ji to activate the final self-protection mechanism, she must have encountered a problem that she could not solve alone.

also means, this is a distress signal.

Liuli nodded, without any nonsense, quickly disappeared from Baishi's eyes, and left the library in Miaomushan.

"Danzo... Tsunade-sensei, you really exceeded my expectations... No, maybe those two consultants messed up."

Shiraishi suspected it was Tsunade at first, but after thinking about it carefully, the two consultants are more likely to do so.

Even if he releases it intentionally, as Hokage, it is impossible to do so blatantly.

After all, Danzo is an important criminal who attacked Hokage. No matter what the reason is, releasing him means detonating the pressure of public opinion in Konoha Village.

This will be a heavy blow to Hokage's reputation for the new Hokage who has only been in office for more than a year.

The Hokage of "a person who can only plead to a criminal" represents incompetence and humbleness of Hokage. This will not only make the neutral faction oppose Hokage, but also make the personnel under Hokage's command question the ability of the boss.

Therefore, it is more likely that Danzo will be temporarily released by the consultant.

After all, if there is no high-level order, as a felon who murdered Hokage, Danzo would not be able to get out of prison.

Therefore, Shiraishi can guess that Konoha's senior management must have gone through a very intense debate in the past few days.

This signal has both advantages and disadvantages for Shiraishi.

The disadvantage is that Konoha has joined Danzo and its forces as a new force. Some things, either do not exist, or there will be countless times. Konoha can release Danzo once, and it will definitely release the second, third, and even more.

Advantageously, Shiraishi detected the upper limit of Konoha.

Even a repeat offender like Danzo can make the top management change their principles, and even Hokage may be a member of the tacit approval. Just making this decision already means that Konoha has been cornered at this time and feels that he is at the end of his rope.

If it weren't for this, they wouldn't have made such a small move under the pressure of public opinion in the village.

In other words, this is the full strength Konoha can display at the moment.

All the hole cards are displayed in front of him, and there will be no so-called hiding in the future.

"Thinking about it this way, it's really regrettable that the third Hokage died so quickly..."

After all, during the reign of the Three Hokages, Konoha gave the Kingdom of Oni too much room for development.

Saying this may be a bit disrespectful to the deceased, but this is an indisputable fact.

But it's too late to say this.

After all, Kakashi would not agree.

The current military crisis against the Oni Land has been resolved, and at the same time, Yakura is colluding with each other, causing a split in trust among the major powers.

Next, the huge state machinery of the ghost country will be running at full speed.

The key observation target after that should be on 'Xiao'.

The Konoha troops who narrowly escaped from the dead, and those who returned to the Land of Fire alive, will inevitably feel lucky in their hearts.

But looking at the returned companions, all of them were depressed and their expressions were numb, followed by intense grief, which made them want to cry bitterly.

Some Konoha ninjas who survived were not only physically disabled, but also panicked about the shells.

As soon as you hear a loud noise, your body will start to tremble uncontrollably, and your eyes will show fear.

After being baptized by so many days of artillery fire, that voice would echo in their minds from time to time, turning into nightmares and accompanying them all their lives.

This kind of mental trauma is the most difficult to treat.

Even Jiraiya, the sound of the shelling produced a little psychological shadow.

Because in the country of bears, no matter it is day or night, such shelling sounds cannot be spared.

Compared with ninja ninjutsu, the explosion effect of the cannonball has more impact on the five senses, leaving a deep and unforgettable impression in people's minds.

Such symptoms are called "ammunition phobia" by Konoha's medical ninjas, a mental disorder caused by shells, which is difficult to treat with ordinary medicine stones. Not surprisingly, this kind of mental illness, which is difficult to cure with medicine stones, will accompany the suffering ninja for the rest of his life.

As soon as they stepped onto the battlefield and heard the bombardment of shells, they couldn't help recalling the fear of being dominated by the shells of the ghost country in this war, which caused their combat capabilities to decline rapidly.

And this kind of symptom is not limited to Konoha, Iwagakure ninjas who have experienced several large-scale battles with the ghost country, and there are many ninjas who suffer from this mental illness.

A station on the border of the Land of Fire.

The medical area is crowded with a large number of wounded, because there is not enough space in the medical area, many wounded can only lie in temporary tents, and the nurses with a little medical knowledge will simply treat the injuries.

After all, relying on the more than 30 medical ninjas in this resident, it is completely impossible to treat the injuries of thousands of wounded ninjas in a short period of time.

Even so, there is a shortage of medical personnel.

There is also a shortage of medical supplies.

Due to the quality problems of the medical supplies transported by Konoha to the frontline battlefield, the harmless medical supplies temporarily collected and transported here cannot support so many wounded and patients.

Even though Konoha has been speeding up acquisitions, and has even started to ask for help from the alliance's Sand Hermit, hoping to temporarily allocate part of the medical supplies for Konoha's use... So, it is still impossible to fundamentally resolve the medical crisis caused by this accident in a short period of time.

"How are the wounded treated?"

Standing outside the medical area, Jiraiya looked at the howling and screaming Konoha Ninja whose wounds were festering and rotting, with a trace of pain in his eyes.

Although I knew that the medical resources here were in short supply, I couldn't help asking with a glimmer of hope.

But he also understands that the possibility of this is very slim.

After all, he provided the fake Immortal Talisman produced by Mount Miaomu, but there is still no way to solve this crisis.

Because the number of cures for the pseudo-immortal talisman is limited, and there are too many seriously injured people here, some seriously injured Konoha ninjas often fail to wait for the pseudo-immortal talisman, and die with a miserable cry.

More importantly, the fake Immortal Talismans store Immortal Chakra. In the absence of a stable supply of Immortal Chakra, these pseudo Immortal Talismans are one-time consumables.

If it is used up, it means there is no energy. You need to find a ninja who knows the art of immortality to be able to fill up the energy.

However, after searching the entire Konoha, there is no such talent.

After all, his celestial art is only half-baked, and he can use natural energy, but he has no way to fuse natural energy with chakra to form celestial chakra and enter the fairy mode. You must rely on the power of the two immortals of Miaomu Mountain to enter the immortal mode.

It was the first time that Zilai hated himself, why he didn't seriously practice immortality in his free time, and wasted such a good opportunity.

There are so many opportunities to take advantage of.

If you can learn the art of immortality by yourself, then you can save the lives of more Konoha ninjas.

This war may also be reversed...

Standing next to Jiraiya, Shikahisa shook his head slightly. Seeing such a bleak scene like the wailing of evil spirits in hell, he also fell silent, and a faint glimmer of light shone in his black and white pupils.

Weakness.

Incompetent.

The dull mood was also born in Lu Jiu's heart.

In this war, as a military adviser, he couldn't make effective suggestions at all.

Even if he can think of a good way, he can detect the intention of the ghost country in the first place, but in the end, because of the large military power gap between the two sides, as well as the leakage of action and intelligence, his strategy has not yet been activated, and he is blocked by the ghost country, or even ignored.

The gap in all aspects is too great.

In addition to having an advantage in numbers, Konoha is at an absolute disadvantage in other respects.

The number of people is only an advantage in the number of people, and there is no more meaning.

In the case of one-on-one, the high probability of losing will be Konoha Ninja.

As for the equipment gap, there is no such thing as despicable or not.

After all, this is a battlefield.

The sole purpose of entering the battlefield is to use all means to kill the enemies who threaten you.

This is the truth of survival on the battlefield.

There is a gap in equipment, which can only show that Konoha does not pay as much attention to ninja equipment as the Oni Kingdom. I think that in the final analysis, ninjas still depend on their own aptitude, and they cannot rely too much on the power of foreign objects to improve themselves.

Thinking about it now, Konoha really lacks a real change.

There is still not enough attention to things like science, and there is still not enough funding in this area.

"The medical team from Konoha will arrive here soon, as well as the new medical supplies. It should be able to save most of the people by then."

In the end, Lu Jiu didn't finish talking, but only said a possible answer.

After all, he is not a medical ninja. Although he has rich experience in the battlefield, it is impossible to determine how many companions there are, and they are completely hopeless.

"This is a personal failure of my duty..."

Jiraiya lowered his head with a sad expression.

Lu Jiu shook his head.

"No, if it is negligence, it should be the negligence of all of us. This war should not have been fought from the beginning. We lack a real understanding of the ghost country. My lord, I am still too anxious."

Regarding this war, Lu Jiu neither supported nor opposed it at the beginning, and was on the neutral side.

For him, starting this war has both advantages and disadvantages.

What he has to do is to fully support and fulfill his obligations at the moment when the superior makes a decision.

But now it seems that the pros and cons of attacking the kingdom of ghosts are not equal at all.

Unfortunately, he couldn't predict the future at that time.

I couldn't pay for my own misjudgment at the time.

"What's next?"

Jiraiya couldn't hide his sadness on his face. Not only Konoha, but also Mt. Myogi had an accident.

He also understood the battle situation in Mount Miaomu.

The big toad immortal died in battle.

The pure land belonging to the toads was burned by the flames of war, and countless toads lost their lives in the flames of war.

On the top of Mt. Myogi, only Sento Fukasaku and Sage Shima remained alive. Through the magic of Mt. Miaomu, they opened the passage of water from far away, and led Naruto back to Konoha to avoid the disaster.

The Yansu giant toad, the four great Ming kings and other powerful toads all fell in the war, and no one was spared.

It can be said that Mt. Miaomu, which was attacked by the kingdom of ghosts, retains less than 20% of its heyday, or even lower.

"Just now Hokage-sama sent a letter, asking Jiraiysama to return to the village as soon as possible, and I will preside over the overall situation here."

Lu Jiu replied.

Zilai also nodded, and walked away in a daze.

Looking at Jilai's somewhat dazed footsteps, Lu Jiu sighed.

The defeat in this war has dealt a great blow to Jiraiya, but the blow to him is also the same.

I was really taught a lesson.

Hokage-sama is right. The current Konoha needs to change. Whether it is technology or system, it is too far behind the kingdom of ghosts... But, can it really be done? Lu Jiu thought deeply.

There is not a big obstacle to the importance of technology, but the system changes...

A cruel reality that makes people feel helpless.

The white room was filled with the cold smell of disinfectant.

The arm covered with red eyeballs, after injecting the latest sedative with a syringe, the unstable chakra in the old body finally stabilized a little.

"It seems that Chakra has stabilized. However, I suggest to Danzo-sama that it is better to use such power less in the future. Whether it is Sharingan or Mutun, if the body is not suitable, it will cause a huge load on the body."

The medical ninja in a white coat said earnestly after stabilizing the chakra in Danzo.

Sharingan and Mutun are both precious blood successors that are hard to find in the ninja world. Combining these two powers into one body, even if the body is not suitable, may be life-threatening for a young man, let alone an old man over sixty like Danzo.

Such an approach is no less than dancing on the tip of a knife. One mistake may fall into the abyss of death.

"If you don't have this kind of power, how can you talk about great cause? I don't want to hear such words in the future."

The bandages on Danzo's face have been removed, leaving only the left eye, and the right eye is a dark hole, staring at the talking medical ninja.

The medical ninja sighed in his heart, but bowed his head respectfully: "Yes."

He glanced down at Danzo's exposed right arm, which was inlaid with a large number of red eyeballsSharingan.

Each Sharingan is at the level of Sangouyu, and one of the eyeballs, unlike the rest of the Sharingans that are open, is completely closed as if in a state of dead silence.

But the medical ninja knows that the power of Sharingan is only superficial.

Danzo's body, there is another terrifying blood-successive limit - Mudun!

These two forces eat away at Danzo's few vitality every day and every night.

In the eyes of the medical ninja, it is not strange for Danzo to die when he is backlashed by force.

"How is the condition of the old man's right eye? Is there any possibility of recovery?"

Danzo asked this important question again.

The medical ninja glanced not far away, where an eyeball was soaking in the container bottle.

That is Danzo's right eyeit was Uchiha Shisui's Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

At this moment, this kaleidoscope Sharingan has already turned into a normal black pupil, and the black pupil is dull and has lost its bright color.

It feels like you have reached the end of your life, unable to recover.

The medical ninja looked regretfully at the kaleidoscope sharingan, and replied: "Sorry, the power of this kaleidoscope sharingan has been exhausted, and it is on the verge of collapse. If you continue to use it, I'm afraid you won't even be able to open its eyes, let alone use the pupil technique."

"How about using the rest of Sharingan as energy?"

The medical ninja shook his head silently, giving a negative attitude.

Knowing the answer, Danzo let out a sigh of relief, feeling rather pity in his heart.

This kaleidoscope Sharingan has been a trump card in his hand since he took it from Uchiha Shisui.

Farewell to the gods!

This pupil art, which can rewrite people's will, is really too powerful.

Even Ri Zhan, who is a close friend, cannot resist the erosion of this pupil trick. During the control period, he became a puppet working for the root.

However... this time it failed.

He failed to control the 'target', but aroused strong resistance from the other party.

Not only that, in order to be able to control the 'target' for a long time, he directly used up all the remaining power of this kaleidoscope Sharingan at once.

In the end, it still failed.

"Chiba Kazuhime..."

What kind of monster is it?

I thought it would be a sure thing for a little girl to use Zhishui's pupil technique to control her opponent.

But the result was that although the opponent was affected, he did not succumb to the pupil technique.

Even if she used up all her pupil power, it only slightly affected her memory and caused her will to become confused.

Thinking of this operation, not only failed to achieve the goal, but sacrificed a kaleidoscope Sharingan in vain, resulting in losing the trump card of other gods from then on... This made Danzo quite annoyed.

But this annoyance only existed for a few seconds before Danzo calmed down.

"Bring subjects No. 3 and No. 4 to the torture room."

Danzo stood up from his seat and gave an order to the medical ninja beside him.

He is still wearing a crime and cannot stay outside for a long time.

Moreover, regarding his 'prison escape', there must have been various unfavorable public opinions in the village.

"Yes, Danzo-sama."

The medical ninja froze for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

The border between the country of bears and the country of birds.

The corpses on the ground have already been cleaned up, leaving a large piece of land free.

In the middle of the land, a pillar of fire was burning into the sky, and this pillar of fire had been burning for two days and two nights, and until now, there was no tendency to stop.

The pillar of fire was surrounded by hundreds of ghost kingdom ninjas. They were scattered in various surrounding areas, sealing the land tightly and not allowing any unrelated people to approach.

"Is this the place?"

After two days of trekking, Liuli finally arrived here from Mt. Miaomu. Led by a Jnin from the Kingdom of Ghosts, she came to the front of the Fire Pillar.

During the past two days, the ninjas of the ghost country guarding here tried many methods, but they couldn't open the pillar of fire.

Any object that touches the pillar of fire will burst into flames for no reason.

Even steel, after contact, will quickly melt into molten iron.

Not only that, but the shell of the fire pillar is very hard. Any ninjutsu that comes into contact with the fire pillar will be automatically bounced off by the fire pillar, or will lose its sound directly and be swallowed up by the high temperature released by the fire pillar.

"Yes, we have used many methods in the past two days, but we have not been able to wake up Mrs. Yiji inside. If we didn't perceive that there are still life activities inside, we might have thought that..."

Accompanying Oni Zhiguo smiled wryly and did not continue.

"This is the Uchiha Flame Formation... used to protect companions or imprison enemies on the battlefield in the past. However, performing this technique will consume a lot of Chakra of the performer, and only Jonin can use it."

Liuli revealed the origin of this pillar of fire.

As the strongest enchantment technique passed down from generation to generation by the Uchiha clan, in the records of family history, as long as this wall is erected, it can defend against all attacks.

If more than a dozen jounin are cast together, even a tailed beast can be imprisoned for a short time.

And it is even more terrifying if it is performed by a ninja like Kazuki.

It has a chakra that is not inferior to the tailed beast, and its total chakra is much more than the sum of the chakra of a dozen jounin.

As long as this enchantment is set up, if someone who doesn't know how to remove the enchantment, even the tailed beast jade spewed out by the tailed beast, can only stare outside.

What's more, the Uchiha flame array in front of me has been improved by Yiji, with the foundation of energy and art, the sealing ability is stronger.

You must use a specific seal to enter.

Relying on external force, even Liuli cannot be cracked from the outside.

And Liuli is one of the people who knows the specific Indian style.

Let the accompanying Jonin to watch nearby, Liuli walked to the front of the fire pillar, and began to seal.

Not long after, a door that only allowed one person to walk was opened on the pillar of fire.

After confirming that there was no problem, Liuli walked in directly.

After Liuli entered, the door also disappeared directly from the pillar of fire.

In the center of the barrier of the pillar of fire, a girl who looked exactly like herself stood there with her head bowed, standing motionless like a sculpture.

Ruri walked up to the girl, Kazuhime, pinched her chin with her hand, and forced her to lift it up.

I saw that Kazuhime's face lost its expression, and Sangouyu's Sharingan also lost its light, and its tone was muddy.

"The spirit also uses fairy art to block itself... Is it invaded by the spirit?"

Liuli saw Ichihime's problem at a glance, and both eyes transformed into kaleidoscope sharingan at the same time, like rotating lightning.

Looking at Ichihime's Sangouyu Sharingan, which has lost its light, a celestial chakra is injected into the kaleidoscope Sharingan on the right, and the pupil technique of the right eye is opened.

"The Great God really lives!"

The pupil technique used to disperse all negative spiritual effects!

Even against such a strange species as monsters, it has a powerful restraint effect.

The pupil of the right eye shines on Ichihime's eyes, visible to the naked eye, a trace of brightness emerges from Ichihime's writing wheel eyes, washing away the darkness in the eyes.

The body that stood still in the same place, the fingers also moved slightly, gaining vitality.

Immediately afterwards, as if suddenly awakened from a dream, Yi Ji stepped back, fell to the ground, began to breathe heavily, and his eyes completely recovered.

"Hmm... I really had a pretty bad dream..."

Yi Ji pressed her hair with her palm, still feeling a little headache.

"How about it?"

Liuli asked.

"It's okay, the huge and complicated memory that was in my mind has been eliminated. But it's okay even if you don't come to help, anyway, I will be able to unravel this illusion myself soon."

Ichihime stood up from the ground and said to Liuli.

"As a ninja of the Uchiha clan, he is under the illusion of an outsider, so he is not qualified to say such a thing."

Liuli smiled coldly.

Yiji puffed up her cheeks slightly, silently protesting.

"It's just that I accidentally fell into the trap, and I didn't lose."

"But you failed in the task of blocking Konoha's troops. For the kingdom of ghosts, this is a loss."

Liuli pointed out this fact.

Yi Ji's expression collapsed.

Although she didn't know how long she had been here, it took at least forty hours for Liuli to come from Mount Miaomu.

For such a long time, after losing her main force, it was enough for Konoha to rescue Jiraiya's troops.

At this moment, the opponent's troops may have already returned to the Land of Fire and rested.

"How many people did Konoha lose?"

Ichiji asked cautiously.

"Less than five thousand."

Knowing this answer, Yiji was slightly distressed.

According to the original plan, at least seven thousand ninjas of Konoha should be wiped out, and one-third of Konoha's military power should be released.

However, after spending so much effort, only less than a quarter of Konoha's military strength has been dealt with. To be honest, there is a difference of 2,000 ninjas from the planned goal.

This is undoubtedly a major mistake.

"Next, I will personally attack the Nation of Fire."

"No need. The Kingdom of Thunder is starting to move around. If we continue to fight, the Kingdom of Ghosts will also suffer heavy losses."

The purpose of this war was to destroy Mt. Miaomu and cut off Konoha's most powerful ally.

Weakening the strength of the remaining ninja villages is only an incidental goal, not the main purpose.

After Jiraiya fled back to the Land of Fire, the war with Konoha was over.

Unless Konoha wants to continue fighting, then the kingdom of ghosts will naturally accompany them to the end.

"Then, Iwagakushi..."

"According to statistics, since the beginning of the war, a total of about 7,000 ninjas from Iwahikari have been wiped out, and the main mining area in the west of the Land of Earth has been captured. The target has been successfully completed."

Liuli told Kazuhime good and bad news.

The total number of ninjas in Yanyin is about 25,000, and the annihilation of 7,000 people means that the loss of ninjas in Yanyin exceeds a quarter of the total number.

and won the mining resources in the western part of the Land of Earth, it can be said that the battle with Yanyin is an overall victory for the Kingdom of Ghosts.

In contrast, Xiong Zhiguo's side, because of her problem, lost the chain at a critical moment and failed to complete the target.

"In addition, for your mistakes, you will be criticized and dealt with in the meeting later. It is best to be mentally aware."

Ruri said so.

"knew."

Yiji was sullen, and didn't say that she would never make such a stupid thing again next time.

If you dare to say such a thing, the iron fist of love from a mother will definitely fall on her head.

She is not a child, but an adult aged sixteen or seventeen, at the age when she is responsible for herself.

So, she formed a seal, released the Uchiha flame array, and left with Liuli.

(end of this chapter)