Chapter 391 Raikage: Ohnoki, let’s see how long you can last!

“I will keep the border secure.”

Having sat on the Hokage throne for decades, the Third Hokage had a very clear view of the situation in the Ninja World.

After all, all those years as Hokage were not in vain. He could see at a glance that the Iwagakure was on the verge of collapse.

The main point of Tsunade's visit to the Third Hokage was not to tell him this information, but to hope that he could go to the border to take charge and prevent the Iwagakure from suddenly attacking Konoha.

Some things must be prepared in advance, otherwise it will be too late to prepare after the enemy invades.

At that time, even if Konoha drives the enemy out, it will pay a heavy price.

At times like this, prevention is the best outcome.

Although the best defense is offense, Konoha cannot take the initiative to attack before the Iwagakure declares war.

If you can't take the initiative to attack, you can only be on guard first to prevent sneak attacks. Being able to do this is enough.

No matter what tricks the Iwagakure wants to play, Konoha can respond at any time.

For example, Jiraiya went to the border to guard it to prevent the war between the Mist Village and the Sand Village from spreading to Konoha and dragging Konoha into the war.

Make arrangements in advance and provide deterrence so that even if the enemy wants to do something, they will have to consider the consequences first.

"Then the recruitment of the ninja troops will depend on you, Shikaku."

This heavy task still fell on Nara Shikaku, but who can blame him as the captain of the jonin squad?

Since you have this position, you have to do your job well. Yan and Tsunade can also do these things, but they cannot take charge of everything. They have to let go when it is time.

"Don't worry, Hokage-sama. I will cooperate with Sandaime-sama to handle it."

Shikaku bowed his head slightly and gave a sincere reassurance.

Tsunade nodded and said nothing.

Yan reminded him:

“It’s not about cooperating with the Sandaime-sama. This is your job. You don’t need the Sandaime-sama to cooperate with you.

The mission of the Sandaime-sama is to lead the people you have chosen to garrison at the border and guard the Iwagakure. Everyone has their own mission. Do you understand what I mean?"

Shikaku glanced at the Third Hokage and the corners of his mouth twitched: "I understand."

He knew that Yan did this to prevent the Third Hokage from taking any action, so he deliberately selected some people he could trust, which was why he gave a special reminder.

Because this is not the job of the Third Hokage, your task is just to guard the border!

As for the rest, you don't need to worry about it.

How to select people and how to arrange things are other people's business. Take care of yourself and don't interfere.

If the Third Hokage gets involved in these matters, who knows what kind of trouble will arise.

Considering the Third Hokage's stubborn belief that those who are not from the Hokage family are not trustworthy, there will definitely be problems with the people he chooses.

For example, during the Third Ninja World War, most of the middle-level commanders of the Konoha army were either Sarutobi or Shimura.

As a ninja from any Konoha clan, if you cannot gain the trust of the Hokage or other high-level officials, you will not have any command authority at all and can only allow others to jump around over your head and give you orders.

Yan naturally would not allow this to happen again, so the Third Hokage could not interfere in these matters.

Compared to Shikaku, the Third Hokage, who had already prepared himself mentally, did not react at all.

Because he knew that Yan would not allow him to interfere in these matters.

As for sending people there, that is even more impossible. At most, when he arrives at the front line and is in charge of one side, he can select some trustworthy people to become middle-level commanders.

This was the maximum he could control.

Nara Shikaku did not let his position as the leader of the jonin squad down. In just two days, he completed all the preparations. The Third Hokage led the reinforcements and went directly to the front line.

Konoha recruited a lot of ninjas, and under the leadership of the Third Hokage, they left the village and headed towards the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain.

This kind of thing cannot be hidden from the eyes of spies, and Yan and Tsunade have no intention of hiding it.

Tell others honestly that we in Konoha are fully prepared, and those who have ulterior motives should stop targeting us.

Otherwise you will hit this sharp nail.

"Are we really going to fight?"

First, Jiraiya took away a group of ninjas. Not long after that, the Third Hokage took away another group. The villagers of Konoha began to get nervous.

Fortunately, the Hokage Office Building issued an announcement in a timely manner.

Konoha recruited ninja troops not to fight, but to garrison at the border to prevent the village from being dragged into the war. This was merely a precaution to prevent possible dangers, rather than actively participating in the war.

After reading this announcement, the villagers felt relieved.

For them, as long as Konoha does not initiate a war, everything will be fine.

What's wrong with mobilizing a group of ninjas for defense?

This is a good thing, in order to prevent some enemies with ulterior motives from attacking Konoha and plundering the resources of the Land of Fire.

"It seems that Konoha has also realized that they should pay more attention to the Rock Village than the Sand Village and the Mist Village."

After reading the information in his hand, Ai couldn't help but laugh. He raised his head and looked towards the direction of the Iwagakure, and said with emotion:

"Ohnoki, Ohnoki, how long can you endure this?"

"Lord Raikage, will the Iwagakure declare war on Konoha?"

Ma Buyi was a little confused. Ai's tone was too decisive, and Konoha's actions were even more real.

Even if there is no sign of trouble, we still send people to guard the border. We just need to tell everyone by name that we are guarding against the Iwagakure who might do something desperate.

"You are still too young."

Ma Buyi, the trusted secretary of the Raikage, is very capable, but he lacks experience.

Ai threw the intelligence scroll on the table and smiled coldly:

"Who knows? However, affected by the war between the Mist and Sand Villages, the Rock Village will not last long. My father said a long time ago that the Rock Village could not withstand the turmoil.

He has also been warning me not to let the village become another Iwagakure."

"hateful!!!"

Thinking of this, Ai thought of the death of the Third Raikage, and suddenly a surge of anger rose in his heart.

He has a bad temper, but he is very obedient and listens to the Third Raikage.

If it weren't for the good education of the Third Raikage, I'm afraid that war would have broken out between the Iwagakure and the Kumogakure when the Third Raikage died.

Ai was sad and upset, but he controlled his emotions and anger.

Lord Raikage, I think of the Sandaime-sama.

Ma Buyi stood aside in silence.

"Humph, they will have their day sooner or later."

After cursing, Ai frowned and began to think.

The fight between Sand Village and Mist Village became more and more intense, and Konoha began to guard against Rock Village to prevent it from bursting into flames and attacking the Land of Fire.

With Konoha prepared, Ōnoki would have to think twice before attacking the Land of Fire, but the village's internal mines would explode sooner or later.

As long as Ohnoki doesn't want to see this mine explode, war is inevitable.