Chapter 252 On and off the field

Regarding the discussion of the "nature of ninjas", I remember that in the original work only two of the three ninjas mentioned their own opinions.

Orochimaru's view is "A ninja is someone who uses ninjutsu", while Jiraiya's view is "A ninja is someone who can endure everything."

At first glance, Orochimaru's point of view is more intuitive and straightforward: only by mastering ninjutsu can one be called a ninja, and the former is a necessary condition for the latter; while Jiraiya's point of view is more metaphysical.

For the 17-year-old Sasuke, Danzo, who had driven his brother to a dead end and indirectly murdered the entire clan, was an irreconcilable enemy. Especially when fighting one-on-one on the battlefield, it seemed that he was sliding deeper and deeper into the abyss of rampage every second.

"Having said that, he still insisted on fighting alone, leaving us only to be on guard around us." At the edge of the battlefield, Shuiyue held the straw of the kettle in her mouth, looking unpredictable.

"There is a strange energy lurking nearby. It's still far away now, and I just feel a little uncomfortable." Shigeo looked towards the southwest.

"It must be Madara and the other White Zetsu." Although the "mind's eye" does not have vision, Karin's perception is the strongest in Team Hawk.

Jūgo's affinity with natural energy can be said to be mutually reinforcing and counteracting with beings like White Zetsu.

On the battlefield.

Sasuke intentionally directed the center of the battle to the suburbs to avoid affecting buildings and ordinary people, while trying his best to prevent his reason from being consumed by hatred and anger.

"You are actually calmer than Itachi. As members of the Uchiha clan, you two brothers are really freaks." Danzo made a sharp sneer.

Itachi, who was highly praised by Hiruzen, had to raise the knife to attack his biological parents that night. It was rare that his "stupid brother" could be so restrained after learning the truth.

So it must be removed here.

"Don't try to provoke me again. I'm already furious." As if to prove his anger, Sasuke threw out two pitch-black fire arrows with both hands.

"Tsk!" Amaterasu's black flames could not be defended against, and Danzo could only dodge and flee.

Their compatibility is extremely poor. The wind escape technique he is good at is already restrained by the fire escape technique, not to mention the "flame escape technique" that is above it.

There was no other choice but to remove the seal and use the ability originally prepared for "Madara" on Sasuke. Danzo opened the metal guard on his right arm while moving.

Even if the black flames did not touch any combustible material, they could still burn on the ground for a long time, constantly reducing the space for escape; as long as one was exposed to even a little bit of this flame, the battle would be declared over.

After subduing Danzo, what should Sasuke do? His eyes were burning and his brain was racking with thoughts.

Luo Yi asked him to make his own decision. He didn't know if there was any plan. If it was necessary to save Danzo's life, he...

Will try to be patient.

...

The venue of the Five Kage Summit.

Luo Yi chattered on for more than ten minutes, and in one breath he roughly explained the concept and framework of "International Alliance".

Judging from the performance of each actor, the speech was quite good.

"This theory had its prototype at least three years ago, and has been partially put into practice in the operations of shipping companies... Am I right?" The more Mei Terumi listened, the more she felt that it was both unrealistic and realistic.

In the expansion of Boss Bai's territory, it is inevitable to open branches and offices in coastal cities of all sizes. Most of the employees in these places are locals, and then expand to the inland areas.

In essence, it is to link various countries together through industrial economy.

"You mean the shipping company? Isn't it the leader in the revival of the Wave Kingdom? How is it related to this kid?" The Thunder Kingdom and the Wave Kingdom are across the sea from each other, and Ai is familiar with the really famous shipping company.

"I could barely be considered their consultant back then." Luo Yi smiled bitterly. Mizukage really couldn't avoid the shipping company.

He himself did not expect that Bai could implement the previous international operation concept so advanced. As expected, Zabuza's evaluation of his IQ was not mixed with selfish motives.

Can it be considered an unexpected success?

"Last year or the year before, I heard that Boss Bai expanded to the Land of Earth, which scared our Daimyo." Ohnoki sneered, "I'm surprised that this can be related to you."

Most of the country of earth is deep in the continent, but there is a curved coastline northeast of Iwagakure Village. However, due to the protruding peninsula terrain of the country of thunder, the shipping industry has been sluggish for a long time.

Is it a problem of vision to come to the country of earth to invest in shipping?

"So, they want to dig a canal in our Thunder Country to facilitate its extension inland. Is this also your idea?" Ai's expression suddenly changed.

"How is that possible? I haven't taken care of them for three years... and aren't we ninjas? Why has the topic become so weird!" Luo Yi was unable to hold back.

Military cooperation has not yet started, so let’s discuss the economy first.

It turns out that economy is the foundation of politics, and military is an extension of economy and politics.

"Ahem... Anyway, let's get back to the point and solve the problems of Akatsuki and Madara first. Industrial development has little to do with us, the Kage." Gaara coughed guiltily.

He didn't want to admit that he had just had some wild thoughts.

After becoming the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara realized how difficult the situation of the Sand Village had been. The village was financially strapped and its income was insufficient to cover its expenses, which gave Orochimaru an opportunity to take advantage of it and he was bewitched and used to go to war with Konoha.

After the restoration of the Wind and Fire Alliance, Konoha's resources were tilted to give Sunagakure some breathing space. What really provided a large number of commissions and created jobs for the ninjas of the Wind Country was the trade development based on the expansion of shipping companies to the southwest.

If a canal could be built on the large peninsula southeast of the Fire Country, the distance for east-west shipping could be cut in half...

"Stop! The foundation of development is peace. Only by achieving overall peace in the ninja world can the life we ​​yearn for be realized little by little." Luo Yi covered his head, "So our ninja coalition can be established, right everyone?"

The four shadows looked at each other, as if after discussing the wonderful equation of "building a coalition = maintaining peace = making small money", they felt that everything was easy to talk about.

...

Outdoors, Sasuke's battle with Danzo is still barely maintaining the setting of the ninja world.

"Wood Release: Violent Spear Technique"

Starting from Danzo's right shoulder, a giant tree suddenly grew up. Its well-developed root system reached the ground, and its thick branches grew vertically upward, creating a new activity area.

What’s even more amazing is that Amaterasu’s flames couldn’t quickly ignite the tree. Isn’t Fire Release a restraint on Wood Release?

"What a troublesome tree." Even with the "Rinne Sharingan", Sasuke's eyes could hardly support continuous large-scale fires, let alone setting fire to the entire space.

"This is the Wood Release from the First Hokage, a power that was once enough to defeat Uchiha Madara!" Danzo was quite surprised and proud that the tree could actually restrict the black flames.

"Hehe... The first Hokage died a long time ago, how come Madara is still alive now, and... wait." Sasuke was about to laugh when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

How did the man who called himself "Madara" manage to fight against Hashirama even though he avoided Itachi's sealed Amaterasu?

So the masked man isn't the real Madara at all?

"No wonder Luo Yi's tone and words always seemed to imply something else when he mentioned that person. In fact, he already knew it." In an instant, Sasuke was exposed to the truth that even his brother had never known.

While he was thinking, a branch that had grown out of the giant tree appeared in front of him, with a sharp and pointed top.

"At this point, fighting with you is meaningless." Sasuke focused his eyes.

"Susanoo"

It can be easily resisted with just the initial form wrapped by the ribs.

Through the observation of the Sharingan, the attack and defense of Wood Release and Susanoo, Sasuke consumes much less energy than Danzo. By exchanging the same skills several more times, he can win without attacking.

Danzo certainly understood the same principle. However, he was somewhat annoyed that even after playing with Sasuke for so long, he still couldn't defeat him even with his best ability.

Surely, it would be wise to let Luo Yi and Hua Huo deal with him first, while I watch the battle and wait for an opportunity to seal him.

I don't know what the situation is at the venue right now, so I'm just going to sit back and watch the fight over here.

"There's no other way. Just use it. At worst, I can look for Orochimaru's legacy later to replenish the consumed eyes." The use of Wood Release has reached its limit, and Hashirama's cells are already at the critical point of backlash. Using it any further would be suicide.

Next, the most eye-wasting ten-minute battle began.

"Izanagi"