Chapter 612 Bottom line

The Land of Earth, Western Rock Hidden Camp.

Compared to the military fortress established by the Oni Kingdom in the west of the Land of Earth, the camp established by Yanyin Village still retains a rather old style, and most of the military tents carried by ancient soldiers when marching and fighting are the main resting points.

This kind of military camp surrounded by tents not only looks crude, but also has almost zero protection once the enemy ninja troops attack here.

The only line of defense is the 'wall' formed by patrolling troops.

At least for ordinary people, such a camp is unbreakable.

As the commander-in-chief of the Iwagakure front line, Onoki Tsuchikage, the third generation, was sitting in the big tent dedicated to the conference, frowning deeply at this moment. The skin on his face had already become loose and wrinkled under the marks of time.

Letting an old man who is over seventy years old go to the forefront of the battlefield and fight a group of young and passionate ninjas hard, it is indeed hard for the old man. But it also happened to prove Yan Yin's weakness that has always existedTu Ying has no successors.

There may have been such an heir, but the other party has gloriously become a notorious S-rank rebellious ninja. A while ago, he also attacked his ally, Sand Yin, and almost took away Sand Yin's one tail Jinchuriki... Ohnoki was so angry that he nearly vomited blood when he heard the news.

In this way, he is not qualified to laugh at Konoha's lax management, and there will be so many dangerous rebellions. Now Yanyin seems to have embarked on the same old path as Konoha?

Onoki was undoubtedly bitter when he saw such news.

After all, this organization captured Yanyin's two tailed beasts. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be so passive in the battlefield of the Kingdom of Demons.

Whether it is the four-tailed jinchuriki or the five-tailed jinchuriki, they are all high-strength ninjas who use the power of the tailed beast. They will not lose their minds without completely releasing the tailed beast's chakra. In a one-on-one situation, he couldn't win them in a short time.

As long as the two Jinchurikis use the Tailed Beast Chakra in their bodies on the battlefield, the destructive power to the enemy will far exceed that of Tsuchikage.

Thinking of this, I hate this mysterious organization that targets tailed beasts even more than the kingdom of ghosts in front of me.

If the two tailed beasts are not missing...

Just when Ohnoki was so annoyed, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Huang Tu, the son of Iwain elite Jnin, walked in from the outside.

Judging from his slightly thin face, he must have suffered a lot when fighting the ninjas from the kingdom of ghosts.

"Have you received a letter from Konoha, Sagakure, and Kirigakure?"

There are 10,000 ninjas concentrated in this camp. Without the ninjas from big countries, it is no problem to wipe out the entire ninja world.

But facing a behemoth of the same level or even stronger, even with 10,000 ninjas, Ohnoki is not absolutely confident that he can defeat the kingdom of ghosts.

Because the woman Hyuga Ayane appeared on the battlefield again, although she did not launch an attack, as long as the opponent came out and threw her face, it was enough to cause a huge deterrent to Iwagakushi.

It seems that this battlefield is just a stage for her catwalk, with a relaxed and leisurely posture.

Huang Tu looked at the irritable but still suppressed old father, his eyes also showed worry. He came over and made a cup of hot tea for his father Onoki before slowly saying: "Sha Yin said that he would restrain some of the main force of the Oni Kingdom, but he felt powerless for the rest. Konoha sent 4,000 ninjas to support our Iwa Yin, but when they reached the front line, they remained on hold."

Although they didn't say it clearly, this attitude of not going to fight undoubtedly pointed out the intention of Sa Yin and Konoha at this time.

They hope that Yanyin will focus on the overall situation, and that no party can afford to lose the consequences of continuing to fight.

And Ohnoki can't blame it, because both Sagakushi and Konoha have expressed their support, at least they don't mean to let Iwagakushi's side fight alone.

It's just that, the situation in the west of the Land of Earth... Ohnoki suddenly became dizzy.

"How about Kirigakure?"

"Mizukage deeply felt that the defeat of this war was due to several people, and said that he would take the blame and resign in the near future, select the fifth generation of Mizukage, and then negotiate with Iwakage about the attack."

Still resign at this time and carry out a power transition? What does Misaki want to do?

Onoki's face turned blue and white, his lips twitched twice, trying to yell at something, but in the end he took a deep breath and endured it.

He originally thought that Yagura's resignation was just a gesture... He didn't expect that he would actually do this, and even the official notice was sent.

Although doing this, it is true that the contradiction between the villages is concentrated on the individual mistakes, causing all the faults to be borne by Mizukage himself... But if the apology can comfort the 7,000 ninjas who died in Iwagakure, he does not mind Yagura's actions.

However, thinking about it now, Kirigakure's behavior is no less than rubbing salt on Iwagakure's wound.

"He is really an excellent 'Shui Ying'!"

Onogi gritted his teeth.

Although he hates it, he has to admit that Yakura's actions will win the trust of his subordinates and make them more loyal.

Generally speaking, if there is a major mistake in the village, the responsibility will be pushed to one of the person in charge, and the shadow of a village will not be responsible... because it means that it will shake the power of the shadow.

But Yagura did so without hesitation, although the approach was ridiculous and even despicable.

is a smart guy.

Now, it is impossible for Yanyin to ask Kirigashi to hand over Mizukage to apologize and make up for the loss of Yanyin and Konoha. After all, the person involved has sincerely apologized and resigned...

"In addition, it seems that the two 100-member reconnaissance teams sent out two days ago by Kirigakure lost contact again in the western waters of the Demon Kingdom... Kirigakure's senior management seems to want to hide this news, and they don't intend to let us allied forces see their rich 'war results'."

Huang Tu also felt helpless about this.

After being lied about the last war situation, he kept an eye on Kirigakure's intelligence.

Kirigakure can't say what he says.

Regarding such funny news, Onogi didn't even have the idea of making a joke.

Although this news is indeed very funny, it also reveals an extremely cruel reality-the kingdom of ghosts is far more professional in water combat than Kirigakure's water escape ninja.

Although Kirigakure's behavior of lying about the battle report is contemptible, as a big country, Ninja Village still has combat effectiveness, not the kind of ninja troops that can be broken at the touch of a small country.

He just laughed at Yagura's cunning and shamelessness. As a Gokage, but without the responsibility of a Gokage, he would only be so sneaky and tricky, but he would not laugh at and belittle the fighting power of a big Ninja Village.

Reminiscent of everything Iwagakure encountered on the frontal battlefield, Mist hidden in the western waters of the Oni Nation, such a dilemma is the proof of the strength of the Oni Nation's sea fleet.

There is no way to determine the route of the Kingdom of Ghosts in the western waters. Entering rashly will only usher in a devastating blow.

The worst outcome is to be dumped by the ghost country like Jiraiya. If Konoha hadn't sent Shimura Danz to use this unexpected method, Konoha's loss would not have been lower, or even more serious. Even Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, might be buried forever in the country of bears...

In addition, the two 100-man reconnaissance troops were wiped out again this time. Kirigakure has lost thousands of ninjas from the beginning of the war to the present just because of the temptation. Strictly speaking, Kirigakure's loss is also not low. With the lost power, it is no problem to flatten several small countries.

However, they all fell into the sand in the western waters of the ghost country, and no trace of information could be detected...

Onogi's eyes became serious.

Not only the land and sky, but also the sea... has become the absolute domain of the ghost country?

Even Kirigakure, who is best at fighting on water in the ninja world, is difficult to capture.

"It seems that the general trend is over..."

Onoki shook his head and sighed, his already old body looked even older, with a decadent breath.

Offense? Regain lost ground?

What attack? What to use to regain lost ground?

Or negotiation?

Yan Yin, who can't even win the frontal battle, will be more passive when it comes to the negotiating table, and can't be counted on to regain lost ground in the negotiation.

Huang Tu also saw his father Onoki's intention to retreat, and asked tentatively: "The troops stationed here..."

"I can't retreat!" Onoki's cloudy eyes were full of red, even with a touch of ferocity: "Not only can we not retreat, we have to take an active offensive posture! As long as the ghost country dares to attack again, Iwain will break the 10,000 ninjas here into zero, and rush into the territory of the ghost country at all costs, destroy their towns, attack their citizens, and die with them. Go spread this news, the bigger the noise, the better!"

If the Land of Earth and the Hidden Rocks are destroyed, then the Kingdom of Ghosts will also not be able to think about it.

At least let them suffer hundreds of thousands or even millions of civilian losses, and let their economy go back for decades!

Onoki's idea is this.

Since Land of Earth and Yanyin are gone, the so-called 'bottom line' will no longer be the bottom line.

After all, if he continues to fight, this is the only way Yan Yin can use to stop the kingdom of ghosts.

Unless the kingdom of ghosts doesn't care about the casualties of the domestic people, nor does it care about the economic regression, and wants to destroy the country of earth and the hidden rock.

"yes!"

Huang Tu's heart froze. Although he couldn't bear Onomu's decision and wanted to dissuade him, he changed his words and obeyed the order.

Huang Tu was about to leave, just turned around, and before raising his footsteps, Onogi's cold voice came from behind again: "Huang Tu, you have to remember, we have no choice in this situation. If one day I unfortunately die in the line of duty, you must carry out this resolution when you inherit the fourth generation of Tukage! The world of ninjas does not need mercy or weakness. You only need to make the enemy feel fear and fear to ensure survival!"

A gambler who gambles until he has nothing at the end can only gamble his life with others.

As an old man who has survived since the Warring States Period, even though Onogi deeply understands that this is not the Warring States Period, his only bottom line is that he will not hope for the benevolence of the enemy.

He once thought that a peaceful world would be born.

However, decades ago, when he accompanied his teacher Nidai Tsuchikage to Konoha to negotiate, and was severely beaten by Uchiha Madara and lay on the ground, he deeply understood a truth.

The weak will be bullied by the strong.

The strong will not negotiate with the weak, the strong only needs the obedience of the weak, and the weak can only linger on.

Only by becoming the strongest person can we prevent others from being bullied.

Therefore, Onoki will not expect the mercy and pity of the ghost country, nor will he put the hope of regaining the land on the negotiating table.

The so-called agreement is meant to be torn up and has no binding force.

As Dokage, he must use his own methods to defend the interests of the village and the country, even if he dies with the enemy.

Huangtu has mixed feelings in his eyes, is this his last words? He still realized that Yan Yin's crisis was imminent, and he, Tu Ying, was needed to arrange the funeral as soon as possible.

"I understand, father... No, Master Tsuchikage, if there is a day, I will carry out this order!"

Nodding his head, it was in response to Onoki's words, Huang Tu firmly walked out of the tent.

A new round of intimidation from Iwahime came faster than expected.

After hearing the news, Shiraishi laughed with great interest: "In the beginning, there were 5,000 ninjas, but now there are 10,000 ninjas intimidating... It seems that the bottom line of Mr. Tukage is constantly bouncing."

Regarding Shiraishi's insulting remarks, Liuli can only regard it as the other party's wicked behavior without the slightest respect for the old and the young.

Although she doesn't have the idea of respecting the old and loving the young.

However, Yan Yin's attitude at this time had to be carefully considered.

After all, if Yanyin really does this, regardless of all means, it will indeed bring huge trauma to the kingdom of ghosts.

"I thought that swallowing the entire western part of the Land of Earth would force Iwagakure onto this road...I didn't expect it to come sooner."

Liuli said.

"The crisis of the elderly will indeed be considered more carefully, and it will be more crazy."

Baishi put away the joke on his face and became serious.

If Yanyin is really closed to a dead end, there is a high probability that Yanyin will really do this. As for the impossibly low-probability behavior, Baishi would not dare to gamble with the lives of millions of people.

Although it is despicable, it has to be said that this is indeed a good means of self-protection.

The cannons of the Kingdom of Ghosts have already been placed at their doorstep, and they can occupy the land of the Kingdom of Earth again at any time. This soil shadow can't help but pick and choose, and follow some bottom-line rules.

Human beings are capable of anything once they can no longer survive.

Otherwise, how did the inexhaustible bandits come from the ninja world.

Although some of them really want to get something for nothing by doing evil, more robbers are desperate civilians who have no choice but to do it.

Without robbing food, they cannot survive.

Though the current Rock Yin and Land of Earth have not reached that point, if the Ghost Kingdom continues to fight, it will be a matter of time before they embark on this path.

The people of the ghost country are the primary targets of their revenge.

"Do you want to fight back?"

"It's not necessary. After all, the opponent's bottom line has already been opened, and it's enough to squeeze their bottom line further."

Shiraishi shook his head.

Onoki assumed the posture of dying together, so Shiraishi would naturally not foolishly bet against the other party.

After all, the bets of both parties are not at the same level.

For the kingdom of ghosts, this is a disadvantage.

And when Yanyin released this sentence, didn't it mean that they had already tacitly agreed in their hearts that there was no way to take back part of the land captured by the ghost country in the west of the land country?

They did not ask for the return of the land, but used these threatening remarks to force the kingdom of ghosts to stop attacking.

On the surface, it seems that Yan Yin has the upper hand, but in fact the bottom line is already lowering and loosening.

That Tuying is also afraid and apprehensive!

At this time, it is not advisable to stimulate Yan Yin's behavior. Greed is not enough to swallow elephants, and there are countless examples of dying in the end...Even if the country of earth is captured, the country of ghosts will not be able to occupy it all, because the territory of the big country is too large, and it will only benefit the rest of the countries in vain.

And it is even more irrational when risking retaliation by Yan Yin.

"You mean commercially?"

Liuli thought of something.

"It's not just business, there are many ways to squeeze their bottom line."

Shiraishi looked at the ninja map hanging on the wall.

A dotted line is drawn on the western territory of the Land of Earth, and the west of the dotted line has become the territory of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

There are several locations marked with red circles above, which will be the areas rich in mineral resources that the Kingdom of Ghosts will focus on next.

The situation in the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Land of Earth today is similar to that of tigers and people locked in a secret room.

Human beings in a state of nowhere to escape may be weak, but if they continue to persecute them, they will burst out with a strong will to survive before dying, breaking a few teeth of the tiger, and biting off a few pieces of the tiger's flesh. Although it will not kill the tiger, it will let the tiger know the pain.

However, if a door is opened on the secret room, humans will avoid the sharp edge of the tiger and escape instead.

In this way, as the doors are constantly opening, human beings keep running away. In the process of escaping, they gradually become exhausted and lose the power to resist.

In the end, the tiger ate the human without any effort, and enjoyed a delicious meal that made him extremely satisfied.

What Shiraishi has to do now is not to stimulate the Land of Earth and Iwahime in one step, but to erode their bottom line step by step from other aspects.

After all, the bottom line, as long as you break through the first time, you will break through the second and third times, and then there is no end.

In the past, Shiraishi liked to play games by tying the forehead protector to Ayane's eyes. At first, Ayane was very resistant, but she couldn't stand the soft and hard foam in the repeated requests, so she slowly let go of her resistance and became extremely obedient. Finally, she began to put the forehead protector on her eyes consciously.

And all of this was the result of his hard work...

"In addition, the arms agreement can almost be torn up."

The kingdom of ghosts a few years ago did need to accumulate, but it is no longer needed now.

The actions to support small countries will be more rapid in the future.

It happened that this time the alliance of the four major powers gave Baishi a reason to tear up the arms agreement.

"Then for the next negotiation, do I need to go there?"

Liuli continued to ask.

She doesn't like the so-called negotiations, but if she wants to end this war, there is indeed one more negotiation to be a perfect ending ceremony.

However, considering that Konoha's Hokage will also appear at that time, Ruri feels that it would be better if she or Ayane came forward.

Baishi originally wanted to say that it would be fine to go there by himself, anyway, it wouldn't take long, but then he thought of the same problem as Liuli.

For the former teacher, the mood is always complicated.

Moreover, with the outbreak of this war, the two no longer have room for relaxation.

No matter what expectations the two parties had for each other, under such contradictions, they can only go to confrontation.

"Then please, I will work with Lin to remodel the body of the fire elf."

Shiraishi dropped these words and left the empty meeting room.

It means that the subsequent negotiations will be fully handled by Liuli.

Since Tsunade and Tsunade have come to the opposite side, they can only be treated as enemies.

When the store was about to close in the middle of the night, there were only three members of Sakura's family left in the Haruno BBQ restaurant, and no other customers were present.

"My mother and I don't have time to take care of you these days. How about it, Sakura, are you busy with tasks recently?"

The head of the family, Akira Haruno, asked Sakura how her mission life was going in a normal way.

Sakura has just returned from practicing, and she is already very exhausted, but after eating a piece of barbecue meat, her spirit immediately recovered.

I didn't find it strange that my father Haruno Zhao asked the question, it was just the most normal communication between family members.

"There is no such thing as whether you are busy or not. You are busy at the hospital in the morning, or doing odd jobs at the teacher's place. In the afternoon and evening, you are just practicing."

Sakura replied like this.

Maybe it was the cultivation of strange power that awakened the violent factor in the body, Sakura suddenly understood why Naruto and Sasuke were so keen on cultivation in the past.

Now that she feels that she can break a rock with one punch, Sakura feels that this kind of fist-to-flesh feeling is really exciting, and she can't stop it.

"So, do you need to be transferred to the front line?"

Haruno Zhao felt uneasy for a while, but asked calmly.

Right now, Konoha and Oni Nation are fighting. Although the fighting between the two sides has been temporarily mediated, there is still the possibility of re-conflict.

As a medical ninja, Sakura might be recruited and sent to the front line.

Sakura also saw the worry of her parents, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, a batch of wounded have been sent back from the front line. At present, the teacher said that it is not time for me to go to the battlefield."

"That's good."

Haruno Zhao heaved a sigh of relief.

His reaction didn't make Sakura feel strange. Parents who worry about the safety of their children are basically like this.

Although Xiao Sakura has never seen the situation on the battlefield ahead, but just strolled around the wounded at the hospital, she also deeply understands what kind of cruel place the battlefield is.

Especially when I saw those wounded who, as soon as they heard a loud noise, squatted in the corner and cried, or whose eyes were red, and violently smashed the vase, it was obvious that they were on the battlefield and received severe mental stimulation.

Sakura couldn't imagine what kind of scene would cause these ninjas to suffer such great mental trauma, and their sanity collapsed.

She knows how to deal with wounds, and also knows how to do emergency surgery, but psychological trauma, this kind of injury, she really doesn't know how to treat it, and can only hope that time will heal their psychological scars.

"Ah, by the way, there is one thing I forgot to mention. A clerk who works the night shift in the store recently asked for leave to go back to rest for a while. I heard that something happened to my family, and I can't find a man here for a while... Well, Sakura, if you are not busy, you should stop practicing at night for a while, come to the store to help."

Haruno Zhao and his wife Haruno Mebuki exchanged glances, and then Haruno Zhao spoke.

"If it doesn't take long, I can help."

Sakura put down the chopsticks in her hand and took a sip of water. She was almost full.

"Don't worry, it will only take more than half a month at most, and your practice will not be delayed."

Haruno Zhao touched his five-pointed star hairstyle, and smiled at Sakura.

Sakura frowned and hesitated for a while. She originally intended to help for a week at most, but now it may take half a month, and she deliberately refused, but seeing her mother Haruno Mebuki's eyes asking for help, she nodded helplessly and said: "I see, I will come to help when the time comes. If there is nothing else, I will go back first."

"Well, go ahead, please, Sakura. At that time, I will hang up a D-level mission with Master Hokage and pay you the corresponding reward."

For such a formal request from her father, Sakura couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

But she didn't refuse. As a girl, she also needs private money.

Seeing Sakura's leaving figure, Haruno and his wife's eyes suddenly became deep.

Afterwards, the two of them started to clean up the dining table as if nothing had happened, mopped the floor and cleaned the store, and closed the door to go home.

Everything is normal, proceeding in a leisurely manner.

(end of this chapter)