Chapter 181: After one wave, another wave arises (4000 words)

After this battle, Uchiha Gen became famous among Kumogakure. Some called him the Fire Dragon Knight, and some called him the Fearful Shura.

At the same time, Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen also gained considerable prestige on the frontline Konoha ninja side.

Orochimaru's prestige was already very high, and the prestige added in this battle can only be regarded as the icing on the cake.

Gen Uchiha has gone directly from being a little famous to being famous now.

The figure riding the fire dragon in the sky, waving flames and thunder, is deeply engraved in the minds of the Konoha ninjas. They admire it and are proud of it!

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the contemporary Inokagata racked their brains, came up with all kinds of tricks, schemes, and tried their best to be able to draw a tie with Kumogakure.

Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen came to the front line and defeated Kumogakure head-on in just three days, winning a big victory.

This comparison made Konoha ninjas from top to bottom on the Kumogakure front line understand the gap between the two sides.

What soldier doesn't like to follow a general who can win battles?

Because of the victory, Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen straightened out the Kumogakure front line without spending much energy, and easily controlled the Konoha ninjas on the front line.

Victory can cover up all contradictions!

On the other side, Kumogakure retreated directly to the border of Tianno Country, relying on the large Kumogakure troops stationed in Yuno Country to intimidate Konoha, forcing Konoha not to pursue the victory.

Such a move could be said to be in line with Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen's wishes, and directly gave them a reason to exercise restraint and not expand the results of the battle.

The Fourth Raikage Ai was furious after learning the news about the front line. He wanted to go to the front line in person to regain his position, but was persuaded by his cronies.

The desk in the poor Raikage's office became a punching bag again, and he was slapped to pieces by the Fourth Raikage Ai.

After venting his anger, the Fourth Raikage calmed down and began to mobilize troops to support the front line.

There is nothing much to say about the troop transfer. It is nothing more than taking out a genin from the Kumogakure border force stationed in Yuno Country to replace it. The key is to dispatch the general.

Realizing that the strength of Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen was somewhat superior, it was difficult for him and his brother to go there in person, otherwise it would easily expand the scale of the war and allow other ninja villages to take advantage in the end.

In order to make up for the lack of high-end combat power and increase the possibility of victory, the fourth generation Raikage was so heroic that he directly sent twenty jounin to support.

In today's ninja world, if any ninja village has the largest number of jounin, besides Konoha, it is Kumogakure.

The battle in which the Third Raikage sacrificed himself retained a lot of Kumogakure's foundation and elite power.

When the Third Ninja World War ended, the major ninja villages realized that the military strength of Kumogakure Village had surpassed that of Konoha.

During the Fourth War, the fourth generation Raikage Ai was able to become the supreme commander of the ninja coalition. In addition to his own strength, he relied on Kumogakure Village to overtake Konoha's military strength.

After the Fourth War, the military strength that surpasses Konoha is nothing.

The addition of twenty jounin gave Tochiyo, Yukito and other senior Kumogakure frontline leaders a feeling of "the rain stopped, the sky cleared, I can do it again", and they began to plan a large-scale counterattack.

The Konoha spies lurking in Kumogakure sensed that a major operation was about to take place on the Kumogakure front, and sent the information back to the Konoha camp.

After receiving the news, Orochimaru called Uchiha Gen to discuss countermeasures.

In the tent, Gen Uchiha stretched after reading the information and said: "Since the top brass on the Kumogakure frontline can't hold back their fiery hearts, let's pour a basin of ice water on them."

"What do you want to do?" Orochimaru said with a faint smile.

"Assassination, reduce the number of Kumogakure jounin." Gen Uchiha said with a smile.

The Fourth Raikage was such a good person that he took the initiative to give him the extra jounin soul.

Only by destroying the redundant Jonin can the Kumogakure frontline and Kumogakure headquarters honestly change their style of play.

"Are you planning to use spiritual transformation to assassinate?"

Apart from this method, Orochimaru couldn't think of any other way to assassinate the Kumogakure Jonin in the Kumogakure camp.

"That's right."

"Then I'll leave it to you. Is there anything you need my help with?"

"No, if I have to say yes, then prepare a sumptuous celebration banquet."

"Have good wine."

"Ho ho... no problem."

…

Late that night, Uchiha Gen began to use the spirit transformation technique to assassinate Kumogakure Jonin.

The method of entering the Kumogakure camp is the same as before. The possessed Kumogakure ninja sneaks into the Kumogakure camp unknowingly.

Then find the target's tent, and finally make the move.

Kato Dan has various scruples when performing the spiritual transformation technique. Not to mention other things, every time he invades the enemy's consciousness space is a gamble.

If the enemy's soul is stronger than his or his will is tenacious, he may suffer varying degrees of backlash, or his own spirit may collapse and die.

Uchiha Gen has no scruples. In the face of the absolute soul gap, no matter how stubborn his consciousness is, it is useless.

One night passed, and the ten Kumogakure jounin and one Kumogakure chuunin never woke up. They seemed to have died of mental breakdown, but in fact all of them had their souls and lifespans sucked out.

The death of the Kumogakure chuunin did not attract much attention at first. It was not until each Kumogakure chuunin failed to attend the meeting on time, and Toshiro sent people to look for them that the abnormality was discovered.

Toshiro made a prompt decision and immediately blocked the news to avoid causing panic to everyone.

However, although it did not cause panic among everyone, it did cause panic among Kumogakure's top brass.

Ten Kumogakure jounin died suddenly in their own camp, their own tent, the safest place on the front line. It was completely normal to cause panic.

Because of this incident, the top brass at the Kumogakure Front no longer wanted to continue the meeting, and were all waiting for the joint autopsy results of the corpse disposal team and the medical team.

Kumogakure's professional ninjas have no means to detect whether the soul of the deceased still exists, and the final result is death from mental breakdown.

Toshiro was well-informed, and it didn't take him long to remember Konoha's secret S-level soul ninjutsu, the spiritual transformation technique.

Although the spiritual transformation technique in his memory was far from as powerful, Toshiro still told the only clue that came to mind, and the top brass of the Kumogakure front started a heated discussion about this.

It has to be said that Kumogakure's background is quite sufficient. Not only does he have two tailed beasts that have a certain connection with the soul, but he can also set up perception barriers to sense souls.

After discussion, the top brass at the Kumogakure frontline decided to wait and kill the hateful Konoha ninjas who came to assassinate them.

That night, the Kumogakure jounin slept in their clothes in a special large tent.

The outside of the tent was shrouded by an invisible barrier that sensed souls. The Erwei Mataru inside the wooden man in the tent did not relax, carefully sensing whether there were any strange souls appearing...

Cats are related to death in many cultures, and their relationship with death and the soul is not shallow in the culture of small life.

It is normal for a tailed cat demon like Futai Mataru to be able to sense the soul, and it is not surprising that attacks can damage the soul.

Unfortunately, the Kumogakure jonins are doomed to be disappointed. Uchiha Gen has no intention of assassinating again. He finished the job in one go last night.

Regarding the heritage of Kumogakure, a village that likes to steal ninjutsu, secret techniques, and blood inheritance limits, Uchiha Genko did not underestimate him and did not give Kumogakure a chance to fight back.

The Kumogakure jonins were all disappointed after not gaining anything in one night, but they did not give up and continued to persevere.

However, after seven days in a row, there was still no movement at all, so the Kumogakure jounin had to give up.

But he didn't dare to completely let down his guard, for fear that if he fell asleep, he would never wake up again.

Therefore, everyone can only squeeze into the barrier equipped with the function of sensing souls and sleep with their clothes on, which is neither comfortable nor convenient.

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When the Fourth Raikage learned that ten Jonin were killed on the front line overnight, he was extremely angry. His beard and hair were all swollen, and he was so angry that he smashed tables and walls and rushed to the front line himself.

This time, the confidants could not stop him and could only inform Yunyin's elders and Kirabi.

The elders sent people, plus Kirabi, who was one hundred and twenty miles away from the village, to get the Fourth Raikage back with persuasion.

When he returned to Kumogakure Village, the Fourth Raikage Ai had completely calmed down and convened a meeting with the elders and Kumogakure senior officials.

After the meeting, the Fourth Raikage did not continue to send Jonin to the front line. Instead, he sent out most of the ninjas in the village who were good at barrier techniques and sealing techniques.

In order to hide from the eyes of Konoha spies, these ninjas all disguised themselves as ordinary ninjas supporting them.

After arriving at Kumogakure's front camp, these ninjas who were good at barrier techniques and sealing techniques began to spare no resources in setting up soul-sensing barriers.

This time the barrier was not a small fight, but it encompassed the entire Kumogakure camp.

Fortunately, it was a small-scale war. If there was a large-scale war, I'm afraid Kumogakure would either withdraw his troops or fight.

Without it, the barrier to sense the soul is too high-end, and ordinary barrier and seal ninjas can't do it at all, so they can only use special items to create a simplified version.

The front line of Kirigakure was arranged like this before, and it is also arranged like this now.

The simplified version of the barrier only has the function of sensing souls and has no other functions. It also requires a lot of money to purchase corresponding resources.

Although the entire ninja world is not very big, it has existed for countless years. Under the nurture of nature and man-made creation, some resources with magical effects have also been nurtured.

With the special barrier covering the entire camp, the Kumogakure jonins felt much more relaxed even though their hearts were not in their stomachs.

At least you don't have to worry about the mysterious spiritual transformation technique when you stay in the camp.

Although the problem was barely solved, the ten jounin lost would never come back.

The senior leaders of Kumogakure's front line did not have the confidence to organize a large-scale counterattack, so they could only decide the outcome through other methods.

Head-on confrontation is undoubtedly the most direct and fastest way to determine the outcome, other methods are very slow.

Both Orochimaru and Toshiro are old and cunning people who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and ordinary strategies are not easy to work.

Orochimaru and Gen Uchiha just issued orders and hesitated to take direct action. The war inevitably entered a tug-of-war...

The fight was lively down there, but Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen were more relaxed.

The former is obsessed with research, while the latter likes to wander around when not dealing with military affairs and training.

For example, he went to the prosperous towns of Tianno Country and the hot spring resorts of Yuno Country to treat himself. He even dressed up and went back to Konoha for a walk from time to time. His life was enjoyable.

Gen Uchiha did not forget to harvest souls and lifespans. He made a plan to harvest frogs boiled in warm water just like Kirigakure, and quietly strengthened himself...

Time flies, Konoha's 52nd year has passed, and time has come to Konoha's 53rd year.

Because Kirigakure suffered a bloody blow in the Country of Uzumaki, there was no hope of victory for a long time. After reaching an agreement with Sarutobi Shinnosuke, they began to withdraw their troops from the Country of Uzumaki.

The content of the agreement is very simple. No troops are allowed to be stationed in the Kingdom of Whirlpool, just like before.

The top management of Konoha was in a peace-making mood, and had no intention of taking the opportunity to bite Kirigakure. They were afraid that the request would trigger a large-scale war, so they readily agreed.

Obito had nothing to do about this. After all, he had made an agreement with Yuanshi and other elders, and it was not easy to go back on his word.

At the end of the war, Sarutobi Shinnosuke and others returned to Konoha with honors, and Konoha's top management prepared a grand welcome ceremony at the entrance of the village.

Not to mention, afterward, the Sarutobi clan secretly spread the news about Sarutobi Shinnosuke's achievements and exaggerated them to a certain extent.

The roles of Orochimaru, Uchiha Gen, and even Nara Shikaku have been reduced, and the main credit goes to Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

Although Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen are on the front line, this does not mean that they are ignorant of what is going on in the village and have intelligence channels.

After hearing the news, both the master and the disciple smiled disdainfully. To forge iron, you need to be strong yourself. Can the position of Hokage be achieved through support?

There is some truth to what Naruto said.

The so-called Hokage does not mean that you can be recognized by everyone if you become Hokage, but only those who are recognized by everyone can become Hokage.

Can Sarutobi Shinnosuke win everyone's approval?

Not to mention everyone, let's first get approval from Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Daimyo of the Fire Country, and more than half of the Jounin in Konoha.

The reason why there is some truth, but not completely, is mainly because Gen Uchiha believes that powerful people can become Hokage.

If there were no Senju Hashirama and no Uzumaki Naruto, with the power of Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Sasuke, how many Konoha ninjas would dare to oppose?

I'm afraid not many Konoha ninjas dare to object. Most ninjas are not alone and have various ties such as relatives and friends.

Regarding what happened in Konoha, the master and the disciple now regarded it as a joke, did not take it to heart, and continued to live according to the established rhythm.

But the peaceful days did not last long, and war broke out again five days later, this time it was Iwagakure who caused trouble.

In the original work, this year was the time when Kabuto Yakushi was sent to Iwagakure Village as a spy.

After that, Kabuto Yakushi was sent to each village as a spy. He worked as a spy for several years, and directly killed each other with Yakushi Nonou.

The reason why Iwagakure took action was because Ohnoki felt that Konoha could not free his hands and concentrated his strength on dealing with Kumogakure before recuperating.

Therefore, Iwagakure decisively took over Kirigakure's baton.

But Onoki still had a sense of proportion, and the ninja army dispatched was still a thousand-strong force.

To put it bluntly, it is still based on testing, with the idea that everyone will take turns to slow down the speed of Konoha's recovery.

If there is an unexpected surprise, that would be even better.

But what was more powerful than Kumogakure and Kirigakure was that Ohnoki somehow persuaded the grassroots of Kusakure Village to participate together.

The combined attack force of Iwagakure and Kusagakure was even stronger than the initial assault force of Kumogakure Village.

The only good news for Konoha is that they got the plan for Iwagakure Village in advance.

It's not that Onoki and the leader of Kusanagi Village are incompetent, but that the ace spy Nonoyu, the "walking witch" medicine master, is too capable of stealing intelligence.

With a little luck, the information was successfully obtained by the pharmacist Nonoyu and passed back to Konoha.

Konoha's top management held an emergency consultation.

As a result, Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen were transferred to deal with the Iwagakure Kusagakure coalition, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Nara Shikaku and others were transferred to Tiannokuni...