Chapter 16 War preparations of all parties

The pace of the war gradually accelerated.

The best way to save your life during a war is not to go to the battlefield, but Aburame Tetsumaru now knows Konoha very well, and going to the battlefield is a must. In Konoha, everyone except the top leaders must go to the battlefield. Only ninjas who go to the battlefield to prove their combat effectiveness can protect their own interests.

All this stems from the fact that the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen is a very contradictory character:

He valued education in ninja schools, but restricted the spread of ninjutsu.

He preached the will of fire to protect Konoha's children and built orphanages, but he threw a large number of ninjas under ten years old into the battlefield.

He valued civilian ninjas, suppressed the ninja clan, and even tacitly exterminated the Uchiha, but allowed the Sarutobi clan to increase a hundredfold.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's biggest shortcoming is reflected in his indecisiveness and hesitation in various internal and external decisions, which makes the Iron-blooded ninjas dissatisfied. Coupled with his lack of courage to take responsibility, Shimura Danzo and Nebe were created.

The pursuit of moral flawlessness, completely cut off from the darkness, formed the fact that the roots were completely independent, split the power of the Hokage, and resulted in various distorted policies.

No matter what the Sandaime Hokage said, his actions proved that he didn't care so much about those who didn't go to the battlefield. In his heart, those people were expendable.

Aburame Tetsumaru understands that only by being strong can he hope to survive the war.

Affected by Sarutobi's reforms, Aburame Tetsumaru had no access to advanced ninjutsu and genjutsu, forcing him to pin his hopes on the research of chakra runes and ninja insect experiments.

With all my friends graduating, there is no value in staying in school.

Aburame Tetsumaru seriously considered what excuse to use to ask for leave. Maybe she could ask for leave in the name of research, but what results would she use to cover it up?

Scratching my head, I couldn't think of a suitable reason for asking for leave, so I just skipped class.

After skipping classes, the daily testing time can be increased to 12 hours, and 1,600 combinations can be tested. The remaining 120,000 five-seal combinations can be completed in 80 days.

Very good, this will give you time to think about fighting methods and make a plan within three months.

Then Aburame Tetsumaru started a crazy mode of skipping classes. He was only in school for the first period every day. As long as there were no exams, he would sneak home from the second period.

Three months later, Aburame Tetsumaru, who had been warned six times, completed the first phase of chakra rune research.

But he didn't find inspiration and found the biggest secret of the ninja world in one fell swoop. His strength didn't improve by leaps and bounds immediately. To be honest, he was a little disappointed.

At this time, there is only half a year left before graduation, so you must seize the time to improve your strength and fighting methods.

Fortunately, no matter how busy he was, Aburame Tetsumaru did not relax in his chakra training and meridians adjustment. Now he not only has a strong body comparable to that of an adult, but also has huge chakra.

In this current era, Senju Hashirama, the Chakra measuring unit, has been dead for a long time, Kakashi, the Chakra measuring unit, has not yet been born, and Aburame Tetsumaru cannot see the Hokage often. He can only use his teacher Domoto Daimon For reference, the chakra flowing in the great chakra cycle is equivalent to fifty domotos. .

Chakra is what ninjas can defeat samurai and onmyoji. With a huge advantage in total chakra, Aburame Tetsumaru is confident that he can deal with any genin.

Some of Konoha's genin could not be counted.

Even able to deal with Chunin who have weak attack power, Aburame Tetsumaru is sure to drain the enemy's chakra and then kill him.

But Jōnin cannot do that. Jōnin is a being of another class.

The amount of chakra of Aburame Tetsumaru definitely exceeds that of a jounin, but other than that, it is not worth mentioning in all aspects, and there is no ability to harm a jounin at all.

In the six months before graduation, you must find a way to master the ability to escape in front of jounin.

…

At this time, Tewa Sunagakure, the leader of the ninja world, was at odds with Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Konoha at the same time, and finally chose the main direction of attack. The young Sandaime Kazekage personally went to the newly built northern fortress.

After the third generation Tsuchikage Ohnoki of Iwagakure Village cursed, he reluctantly sent his son Huang Tu to lead an army to support. The ninja armies of both sides faced each other directly, and there was a possibility of a misfire at any time.

Sand Hidden Village——

Chiyo stood in front of the office window, looking at the village, thinking silently.

Behind her, a dozen ninjas headed by her younger brother Ebizo were calculating. Soon Ebizo picked up a stack of forms and walked to his sister.

"Sister, the statistics are finished."

"What's the specific situation?"

"It's very bad. After the ninjas gathered together, they consumed much more supplies than we thought before. The northern fortress suffered the most serious consumption, mainly because all the food was transported up by the village, and a considerable amount of fresh water also needed to be transported."

Ebizo's voice deepened.

"There is enough food stored in the village and there is sufficient water in the oasis, but it cannot be transported to the north. The transportation capacity is not enough and is seriously insufficient."

Chiyo even sneered at himself and said, "We didn't know yet that when the transportation volume increased to this level, the consumption during transportation would be so exaggerated."

"These teachers have taught us, but we have never taken it to heart before. It's really..."

At this time, Sunagakure Village is organizing mobilization activities, and the noisy crowd cheers for the upcoming war.

Chiyo sighed and said: "First, order the puppet master to study transporting puppets."

"Second, mobilize the genin from each family to supplement the transportation force with manpower."

"Third, send a message to the Sandaime Kazekage, asking him to return as soon as possible. We need to change the direction of attack."

After the ninja who passed the order left, Chiyo turned back and looked out the window, muttering to himself: "The teacher is right, he has always been right, we are the fools."

Not knowing how expensive firewood and rice are, the new senior management of Sunagakure Village bitterly discovered that the "wealthy" Sunagakure Village did not even have enough water after it embarked on the road to war. The vast territory was a serious burden during the attack.

Iwagakure Village——

The third Tsuchikage Onoki was furious. The Kamishui family was still so unruly and even questioned their own decision-making.

The war strategy of Iwagakure Village has three conflicting directions: the Tsuchikage faction advocates attacking the Kingdom of Wind first, destroying Sunagakure's northern fortress, driving the gerbils back to the desert, and then attacking the Kingdom of Fire;

The wealthy faction headed by Shang Shuiu advocated an all-out attack on the Kingdom of Fire and the defense of the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Thunder;

The Daimyo faction believes that the Kingdom of Wind is powerless, the Kingdom of Fire has no courage, and only the Kingdom of Thunder is a powerful enemy.

In Onoki's view, the wealthy factions are blinded by their interests. Sunagakure Village is powerful and the border is closer to Iwagakure Village. If the Country of Wind is not defeated, the ninja army of Iwagakure conquering the Country of Fire may be cut off by the Sand Ninja at any time. .

The daimyo faction is simply incomprehensible. The mainstream of ninja training in Iwagakure Village is Earth Release. They are restrained by Kumogakure, whose mainstream is Thunder Release. Attacking the Kingdom of Thunder across the sea or several countries is not nonsense.

Unless we can seize the opportunity to attack Yunyin Village with several times the force, and wipe out Yunyin Village in one battle, we should not start a war with the Kingdom of Thunder.

Forcibly suppressing his anger, Onoki decided to meet with the daimyo and persuade him to support him.

Then he failed.

The daimyo was convinced by Shang Shui, and the daimyo faction turned to support the strategy of the wealthy faction. Ohnoki was furious, but there was nothing he could do. Sometimes pure ninjas really couldn't understand the communication between nobles.

Yunyin Village——

There were continuous roars in the valley, and a large group of Kumogakure ninjas gathered around the outside of the valley, watching in awe as their own Raikage and the rampaging Eight-Tails beat each other.

Yesterday, the jinchuriki's seal suddenly went out of control. Fortunately, Kumogakure knew that his sealing technique was not good enough, and the jinchuriki did not live in the village, so the losses were limited. The berserk Eight-Tails could not seal it, so the Kumogakure ninjas could only attack desperately to prevent the Eight-Tails from escaping from the valley.

After paying more than a dozen lives, the Sandaime Raikage came to support, and fought back and forth with the Eight-Tails alone. The violent thunder escape chakra mode and the complete Eight-Tails violently conflicted, and the aftermath was enough to kill a Jonin. The Hidden Ninja were forced to flee the valley.

It was not until two days later that the strength of both sides began to decline, and a large group of Kumogakure could approach the outskirts of the valley, and then they saw the violent fighting power of their Sandaime Raikage and the tailed beasts.

The entire valley has been completely destroyed. The Raikage's four swords dug out ravines that crisscrossed each other. The Eight-Tailed Beast Jade exploded circular craters stacked on top of each other, literally digging three feet into the ground.

The battle reached the final stage, and both sides used their last energy to use their ultimate moves.

"Ouch~~~" The eight-tails opened their mouths again, condensing the Tailed Beast Jade.

The thunder escape armor on Raikage Ai's body expanded, and his right hand stretched forward, with his thumb and little finger overlapping.

"Hell Thrust·Three Bon Hands!"

The Raikage's attack cut off the three blocking tentacles, and charged with sparks all the way towards the Eight-Tails' mouth, accurately hitting the brewing Tailed Beast Jade.

The newly formed tailed beast jade cracked, and several thick bolts of lightning leaked out, hitting the Raikage and the Eight-Tails respectively.

The eight-tailed eyes turned completely white, and his huge body slowly fell backwards. Raikage also lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

Both sides played GG at the same time.

"Quick, sealing team, seal the eight tails."

Kumogakure's intellectual responsibility, Jounin Dodai, quickly issued the order.

"Medical team, treat Raikage immediately."

The Kumogakure ninjas who were watching rushed into the valley in panic, hurriedly cleaning up the mess.

Ai woke up on his own after being unconscious for less than ten minutes. The final fight left a lightning-shaped scar on his chest. The wound was very deep and would definitely leave a huge scar.

With a bandage on his chest, Raikage continued to work. His first order when he returned to the office was to listen to various reports that had been delayed for two days.

"Suspend the expansion of ninja school enrollment?"

"No, didn't we suffer enough losses in this regard at the end of the last war? We must expand enrollment as planned. I will negotiate with the daimyo on the money issue."

Haha, all ninjas understand that this negotiation should be read as coercion. After the Sandaime Raikage came to power, he was gentle internally and tough externally, and never considered giving in.

"The reserve of war materials must be stepped up. Once the war starts, it will be difficult to buy them even if you have money. Don't be stingy if you can buy them now."

"No, Yunyin Village does not make preparations for attack. We must insist on defense for at least two years. Preparing for an attack is the stage where we are most vulnerable to sneak attacks. We must adhere to the defensive strategy before we clarify the target and timing of the attack."

"The key point of prevention is the Kingdom of Water. The nobles of the Kingdom of Earth are more powerful. They are greedy and ignorant and will keep an eye on the Kingdom of Fire. The Kingdom of Fire is bloodless and is a fat pig of the Gu family. Don't worry. The Kingdom of Wind is too far away. Only the Kingdom of Water The country is autistic and chaotic, and I can’t figure it out, so we should focus our defense on them first.”

After the backlog of work was handed over, Dodai left with the staff ninja and closed the door of the Raikage's office.

Then there was the sound of furniture being beaten in the office. All the staff ninjas were not surprised and ran away minding their own business.

Dodai sighed and went to the logistics department to move another desk. The Raikage-sama was defeated by the Eight-Tails today. He must be very annoyed. He didn't know if one desk was enough, so he should move a few more to prepare.

Kirigakure Village——

The Third Mizukage was extremely distressed. According to the intelligence collected by Kirigakure Anbu, the four major ninja villages on the mainland were fully prepared for war, but the dignified Kirigakure Village was still divided.

As the second generation Mizukage and the second generation Tsuchikage died together inexplicably, the third generation who succeeded did not have the authority to suppress Kirigakure and fell into the dilemma of not leaving the village with orders.

In Kirigakure now, there are three powerful families standing at the top, and there are ninja clans of different sizes vying for power. They will deliberately unite to target the Mizukage. As a result, the authority of the Mizukage is not as good as that of the Elder Genshi.

After the ninja school in Konoha showed great strategic value, Mizukage proposed to establish a ninja school in Kirigakure Village, no problem.

It's okay for Mizukage-sama to personally serve as the principal of the ninja school.

However, teachers and recruitment were not given the right to recruit new personnel. They had to follow the opinions of the ninja clan. There was not even a teacher who was inclined to the Mizukage.

The ninja school in Kirigakure Village can train more than a hundred ninjas every year, which has greatly accelerated the recovery of Kirigakure Village's strength. But the genin who graduated either came from a ninja family or were recruited by a ninja family.

The ninjas who took orders from Mizukage were not only few but also weak, and the situation of Mizukage being sidelined could not be improved.

There is no problem in establishing the Kirigakure ANBU directly under the Mizukage, modeled on the Konoha ANBU, but there is still no personnel authority.

Mizukage cannot get the personnel rights of ANBU. The ANBU in Kirigakure Village is fragmented. Most of the teams are controlled by a certain family, so obedience is greatly reduced and confidentiality is out of the question.

"We still have to increase the number of civilian ninjas, slowly increase the power of the Mizukage, and regain the leadership, and then we can talk about other things."

The eyes of the Sandaime Mizukage flashed with blood, and a dangerous impulse became increasingly difficult to suppress.

[Damn the ninja clan, they all deserve to die because they are just bereft dogs who turned against the guests. 】

At the tense moment when the war is approaching, Kirigakure quietly implements the "Blood in the Mist" policy in the ninja school: the teaching policy encourages actual combat and bloodshed, and designated competitors must be killed when graduating, so that the graduating genin can Directly onto the battlefield.

Konoha Village——

The Sandaime Hokage is simply worried to death. According to the intelligence, the four major ninja villages are ready to make a move and are eyeing the Leaf Village. The total number of ninjas in Konoha Village is not much less than that of the four alliances, and there is no shortage of backbone jounin. The key is that the top ninjas are not strong enough, which means that there are too few ninjas at the level of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Once a war starts and there are at least three fronts, or even four fronts fighting at the same time, he will command one, Danzo will command another, and there will be no suitable candidate for the other one.

Mito-sama? There is no problem with her strength, but she is the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki and is too old to leave Konoha Village.

Hyuga clan? No, none of the Hyuga family ninjas are strong enough.

Thousand Hands Clan? Alas, after the death of the teacher, the strong men of the same generation have all grown old, and the new generation has not yet grown up.

And Senju had better not produce any more strong men, otherwise it would be even more troublesome.

The Uchiha clan? Not to mention, if Kage is still alive, he can guard one side and mobilize the Uchiha clan.

Autumn Road to capture the wind? No, although the strength is strong, it requires cooperation to fully display, and after the death of the mirror, Feng Feng and himself will be alienated, and the power of Zhu Lu Die cannot be increased.

Feeling upset because his former friends didn't understand or support him, Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked "ba", "ba", "ba" fiercely, letting himself be surrounded by smoke.