Chapter 124 Meeting

Since Sakumo is the commander-in-chief, he needs to rush to Konoha's camp in River Country as soon as possible.

It only took Haneda and his men two and a half days to get from Konoha to River Country, while the rest of the Chunin and Genin teams followed behind.

The Kawanokuni camp is located in a canyon.

This is the only way for the large-scale troops from the Wind Country to reach the Fire Country.

The gray-white tent was located on the gorge, with dots of firelight scattered around, indicating that a bonfire was burning.

The wind blew quietly, sweeping the fallen leaves, and the rustling sound was mixed with people's painful wails.

Haneda looked at the camp and felt that it was somewhat dilapidated.

Thanks to Sakumo, he and Asuma and the others lived in a fairly luxurious tent.

Although it is more like an apartment rather than a single room, it is small but has everything.

It has a bathroom, toilet, and kitchen, so it can be considered a nice place to live.

As a second-generation shadow, this is the first time Asuma has lived in such an environment.

He felt it was new and exciting for a moment, and was talking to Hong excitedly.

Haneda was looking at the tents of all sizes outside, as well as the ninjas who were casually leaning against the rocks to rest.

What he saw more was that the war situation was not good.

It can be seen from the living environment, as well as from people’s faces and eyes.

Suddenly, a strange male voice was heard outside the tent.

"Uchiha Haneda, Lord Sakumo asked you to go to the conference room."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Haneda responded quickly.

After saying this, he shouted to Asuma:

"Help me clean up the dormitory, Asuma. I'll treat you to dinner later."

"Brother Haneda, don't worry! I, Asuma, will definitely help you pack everything neatly!"

"Thank you."

Haneda walked out of the tent and after a few minutes, he arrived at the door of the meeting room.

Many people came into the conference room one after another.

Less than five minutes after receiving the notification, almost everyone was there.

Shuomao sat at the front of the conference room, at the leader's position.

To his left sat the head of the Nara clan.

Haneda walked in, and Sakumo greeted him, "Haneda, come and sit down."

Under the gazes of many jonin, Sakumo pointed to his right, and on his left sat the head of the Nara clan.

Apparently, Haneda, the eleven-year-old Chunin, had been placed on the same footing as the Nara clan leader by the commander-in-chief.

The reason why Sakumo did this was not only because of his personal feelings for Haneda, but also because Haneda's strength made him qualified to sit there.

For a moment, there was a quiet discussion in the conference room.

But Haneda didn't care about their gazes and sat directly on the right side of Sakumo.

He placed his hands on the table, raised them slightly, and his own chakra burst out.

This nearly twenty card chakra startled everyone and the conference room fell silent instantly.

Even the deputy commander, the head of the Nara clan, looked at Haneda with surprise.

He had heard of Haneda's genius, but he had never expected Haneda's chakra to be so huge.

The huge amount of chakra can correspond to strength to a certain extent.

Obviously, Haneda's strength is definitely above that of a jonin!

If he had returned to Konoha before and watched the battle between Haneda and Kakashi, he might have been used to it.

After a few seconds, Haneda's fingers slowly dropped, and his aura was also retracted.

He looked at Sakumo and asked with a smile:

"Can we announce the start, Uncle Sakumo?"

"Okay." Shuomao nodded slightly and took out some documents.

It was at this time that the jonin group also recognized Haneda's status.

It's not just about strength, but also about the relationship with the commander-in-chief.

Then, Sakumo opened the file and began to speak.

It's about Sunagakure's offensive and Konoha's defense.

Overall, the Sandaime's policy towards Sunagakure was not offensive, but defensive.

Given the support of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind for Sunagakure, and the poverty of Sunagakure itself.

As long as the Sand Village is held back on the battlefield and prevented from invading the Land of Fire on a large scale, the Sand Village will definitely sign a peace agreement with Konoha within half a year.

This was determined by Sunagakure's own conditions, and Konoha took advantage of it.

But dragging out the war means more people will die, even if Konoha has the medical system established by Tsunade.

Therefore, Sakumo paid special attention to the Konoha Hospital behind the battlefield of River Country.

"The hospital in the rear must be built and improved as soon as possible, especially to crack the Sand Village poison."

Sakumo pointed to a situation map and said.

At this time, the head of the Nara clan, who had been in the country of rivers for a month, said:

"Lord Sakumo, Chiyo is developing new poisons much faster than our people."

"Most of these poisons have the characteristics of large-scale destruction. If you want to treat them, the only way is for medical ninjas to fight one-on-one and extract the toxins."

"And the medical ninjas in the rear are...seriously insufficient."

"Many Genin and even Chuunin are unable to receive treatment in time and can only rely on their body's immune system to heal themselves."

The Nara clan leader was rather tactful in describing the current situation at the hospital, but Sakumo was a veteran and knew exactly what he meant.

To put it simply, there is almost no corresponding antidote for the Sand Village's poison, and many Genin and Chunin died.

Shuo Mao had just arrived and had only briefly understood the situation. He then said:

"How did Orochimaru handle it?"

The Nara clan leader said:

"Lord Orochimaru, try to avoid large-scale wars and block merchants from the Fire Country and other regions from entering the Rain Country."

"Through assassinations, attacks, and sabotage of Sunagakure supply routes."

"Relatively speaking, the casualties are smaller than ours."

"But more than half of the ninjas sent out on the mission were killed or wounded."

Sakumo had done a lot of assassinations before, and he knew the cost of doing these things in enemy territory.

Whether or not it can succeed is one thing, but the death rate alone is shocking.

Sakumo is not as calm as Orochimaru who is indifferent to life because of the situation.

He cares more about the lives of his companions.

Shumao thought for a moment and asked:

"Can we use special means to obtain the antidote for Sunagakure?"

"For example, attack their positions and mass-produce new antidotes using the seized antidotes."

Shuo Mao wanted to solve the problem in the simplest and most direct way.

But the Nara clan leader shook his head silently:

"The Sand Village doesn't have an antidote either. Their poison is often released through puppets, and the main body is rarely poisoned."

Hearing this, Sakumo fell silent.

If Konoha had followed the Sandaime's tactic of dragging the war out, even if they had won the war, at least two thousand people would have died.

And Konoha only has 20,000 ninjas.

But this strategy was completely correct in the overall situation, and Sakumo couldn't refute it.

Suddenly, a young special jonin spoke up:

"Sakumo-sama, why don't you ask Tsunade-sama to take charge of the hospital in the back?"

"During the Second Shinobi World War, when Konoha was at war with Amegakure and Sand Village, it was Lady Tsunade who was in charge and cracked the poison of the salamander and the poison created by old lady Chiyo."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people echoed them.

"Yes, Lord Sakumo! With Lady Tsunade's medical skills, she will definitely be able to break the Sunagakure poison!"

"Yes! Lady Tsunade's summoning beast, the slug, can heal hundreds of people at once!"

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