Chapter 563 Ebizo's Plan

Jiraiya looked around the uninhabited island, which was surrounded by endless ocean, and felt confused.

The shape of the Ninja Continent is like a peninsula extending into the sea. In this Ninja Continent, many countries have coastlines.

Who knows where the nearest land is to this deserted island?

But this did not pose a problem for Jiraiya. After thinking for a moment, he decisively summoned Gamaken.

"Please, Ken, use the reverse summoning technique to summon me back to Myoboku Mountain."

Jiraiya begged helplessly.

.......

Konoha Village.

A great war between two ninja villages has ended. The fact that the battle was ended within one day was unexpectedly smooth for Minato.

Minato arranged many matters in an orderly manner, taking in prisoners, treating the wounded, cleaning up the battlefield...

After all the Sand Ninja captives were taken in, Kabuto Yakushi, who had been hiding for a long time, took the initiative to step forward. Together with the Sound Ninja who had temporarily changed their flags on the battlefield, they were arranged by Konoha into a temporary military camp outside the village.

It is worth mentioning that the forehead protectors and costumes of these Otoshi ninjas have not been changed, which means that they are still "Konoha Ninjas".

The identity of Konoha Ninja should always follow them. After all, according to the script, the Otogakure Village, as one of the culprits who initiated the Konoha collapse plan, must be liquidated.

However, the final destination of these "extra-staff Konoha ninjas" is not in Konoha.

Then there are the post-war statistics.

Since Konoha had been prepared in advance, the casualties on the Konoha side were not heavy, with only about a thousand casualties, which was completely within an acceptable range.

Then came the Sound Ninja who temporarily joined the battle. They suffered heavy casualties. Of the more than 3,000 Sound Ninja, only 2,000 were able to fight. This was related to their loyalty to Orochimaru, which was almost like faith.

In their perception, everything they did was to serve Orochimaru, so their fighting spirit and risk-taking were much greater than those of the Konoha ninjas.

There were no civilian casualties, but many houses and buildings were damaged in the fighting. The village will compensate the affected people, which is expected to be a huge expense.

Then there is the Sand Ninja side.

The two thousand Sound Ninjas who assisted the Sand Ninjas in the battle were all killed in a life-threatening battle. This became the ironclad evidence of the collusion between the Sound Village and the Sand Ninjas, and they completed their mission as victims.

The invading Sand Ninjas included eight thousand led by Chiyo and two thousand led by Hagura who had infiltrated Konoha in advance, for a total of ten thousand.

After this battle, more than four thousand Sand Ninjas were killed, and the wounded and survivors totaled more than five thousand.

These people are under unified custody and will be useful in the future.

The unexpected surprise was that Team 7 actually captured Gaara and the other two.

Temari and Kankuro are basically useless, but Gaara is the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, so his strategic value is huge.

It is impossible to let it go. Now that the Sand Village is gone, the One-Tail will naturally return to Konoha.

In addition, the three people who captured Gaara also had the help of the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki Fu from Takigakure Village.

With this incident, and Takima's previous stance in the examination hall stands, Takigakure Village can be said to have been tied to Konoha's chariot.

Then, the Konoha ninjas who had just experienced the war would rest for a few days, and then Minato would lead the team personally to make the invaders pay the price.

Target, Otonagakure Village!

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The Country of Wind, Sand Hidden Village.

Many Sand Ninjas stood on the towering city walls, staring intently at the huge Konoha Ninja coalition below.

As for the huge canyon that the Sand Village relied on for defense, it was directly flattened by Kadoki's large-scale Wood Release Ninjutsu in front of the horrified eyes of the Sand Ninjas.

Their only remaining defense is the thick stone wall under their feet. Originally built to protect against sandstorms, it has now become a talisman to save the fate of the Sand Village and give the Sand Ninjas the few remaining senses of security.

Standing on the top of the city wall was the extremely old Ebizo, who was busy arranging the defense.

Since Konoha almost wiped out all the Sand Ninjas that invaded the village, no news has been reported back to the Sand Village yet. However, Ebizo, who knew about Konoha's collapse plan, guessed it almost right when he saw the Konoha coalition forces arriving outside the village.

When he thought about the failure of his plan and how even with Konoha's army at the gates no news could be passed back to the village, Ebizo seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

Moreover, the Konoha coalition forces in front of us are advancing too fast!

Counting the date when the Chunin Exam began, it has only been about seven or eight days. In just seven or eight days, the Konoha army has advanced here.

This speed of advancement is simply despairing.

Moreover, no news was sent back from the Sand Village strongholds along the way.

This shows that the Konoha coalition not only pushed forward all the way, but also left no one alive in order to speed up the march.

This trip to Konoha is intended to destroy the village!

Ebizo's eyes first went dark, and then he forced himself to hold on to his old body and mobilized all the ninjas in the village to rush to the city wall.

Retired soldiers, disabled soldiers, first-year ninja school students...all gathered together to participate in the war to defend Sand Village.

Barely managing to gather more than 10,000 people.

However, among these 10,000 people, more than half are old, weak, sick and disabled, and the rest can hardly be called elite.

The elite ninjas were all taken to Konoha.

Therefore, Ebizo didn't dare to go out of the city to fight. Looking at the evil spirit released by the Konoha coalition below, he was afraid that he would be defeated at the first blow.

Ebizo could only mix these people and place them on the city walls to create the illusion of a large number of people, hoping that the Konoha coalition forces under the city would give up.

"Why did the Konoha ninja outside invade our Sand Village for no reason?"

Ebizo stared with his dim eyes and shouted towards the city.

This sound should have utilized the changes in wind-style chakra, and it spread quite far, so that the Konoha coalition forces outside the Sand Village could hear it.

Of course, Ebizo was just pretending to be ignorant even though he knew the truth.

He held on to a one in a million hope that Konoha would be willing to talk to him.

Even if Konoha scolded him badly on the spot, it would be a good start.

As long as we can talk, there is hope for peace.

As long as Konoha is willing to talk, Ebizo will immediately show that he is willing to be Konoha's younger brother for generations.

No matter how declining the Sand Village is, its size is still there, and it plays a vital role in maintaining the balance of the ninja world.

The last agreement signed with Konoha gave up 30% of the mission share. This time, Sand Village is willing to give up 70%! The Iwagakure in the north often threatens Konoha's border. Sand Village is willing to do its best to help Konoha contain Iwagakure!

I heard that the son of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze just graduated from the Ninja School this year. Temari, the daughter of the Kazekage of our Sand Village, is of similar age. How about our two families become relatives and maintain friendship for generations?

Even if the Hokage doesn't want to, she can still marry the eldest son of a ninja clan in Konoha!

As long as you are alive, even if only for a little longer, there is hope.

The pit viper is meant to burst out of its mother's belly!

Ebizo looked at the Konoha ninjas under the city with hope, hoping that the Konoha leader who was leading the team this time would stand up and say something.