Chapter 122 The storm is rising

Chapter 122 The storm is rising
Naruto coughed and cleared his throat, and all the children quieted down and listened to Naruto's story. Naruto said, "I have told you many stories before, such as the heroes who appeared in the chaotic times, the five Kages who founded the five major ninja villages, and the people who led an era. I believe you have heard a lot of these stories, and most of these people are things of the past and are far away from you. Today, I will tell you the story of a young hero. He is about the same age as you, or even younger than you!"

Naruto paused, looked at the expectant eyes of the children, and continued: "In the Land of Fire, one of the five major countries, in the Konoha Ninja Village, there is a young man named Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto told this story vividly, and the children listened very carefully. Tianyu and Hongye already knew Naruto's identity, and they admired Naruto even more after hearing this story. A little child said: "Uncle Huangtu, is this genius boy you are talking about more powerful than you?" Naruto almost laughed, as if in their hearts, Uncle Huangtu was the most powerful.

Naruto immediately changed the topic and brought the focus back to the importance of learning ninjutsu. The main purpose of Naruto's storytelling was to inspire them. Using this hard-earned free time, Naruto worked hard to practice sealing techniques and also carefully guided these children to practice. For children with better talents, Naruto also made a training plan specifically for them. Fortunately, these children have experienced hard lives and have been more sensible since childhood. As long as they have the right way to practice, they are very hardworking and Naruto doesn't need to worry too much.

Soon, Tsunade sent another message, asking Naruto to go to the Hokage's office to discuss something. When Naruto arrived at the office, there was a desk full of documents in front of Tsunade, waiting for her to review. Seeing Naruto coming, Tsunade said, "I'm sorry, I was going to let you rest for a while, but from the current situation, Konoha is completely short of manpower."

Tsunade took a pile of documents and pointed at Shizune next to her and said, "I still have a lot of things to do now. Let Shizune explain the general situation to you." Then she started to review the documents again. Shizune smiled awkwardly at Naruto and said, "Naruto, I believe you can see that the whole Konoha is very busy now." Naruto said, "The large-scale war has just ended, and three of the major countries have suffered huge losses. Could it be that they organized a counterattack in a short period of time?"

Shizune shook her head and said, "No, it's just like you said, all the big countries were defeated. The only one that has not suffered huge losses is the ally, the Kingdom of Wind. Konoha won a great victory in the war this time and became the biggest winner on the surface. But in fact it's not that simple." Naruto asked in confusion, "It's not that simple, what about the current situation..."

Shizune said: "This war completely destroyed the relationship between several major powers and broke the originally barely maintained peace. Although the other three major powers are temporarily unable to take action against Konoha, small-scale actions are continuous. Several major powers continue to send out Anbu and even spies to constantly create trouble on the border of Konoha. A day ago, a spy had already invaded the Konoha Ninja Village. Fortunately, we discovered it in time and did not cause huge losses. However, this also proves that our enemies are taking all possible means to deal with Konoha."

Naruto said: "In this case, we must strengthen the vigilance of the entire Konoha and strictly manage the people coming in and out. Other major countries have suffered a lot of losses now. In comparison, our Konoha should be the strongest, and major problems should not arise yet."

Jingyin made a bitter face and sighed, "If it were just this, we could still handle it. But now, the war between the big countries has also affected the small countries around them. These small countries tend to survive better in peacetime, but once war comes, they will either become battlefields for the big countries or face the possibility of direct destruction. In order to safeguard their own interests, these small countries will also take active actions once a war breaks out. Although their individual strength is small, there are many small countries and they are relatively scattered, so it is very troublesome to deal with them."

After hearing what Shizune said, Naruto basically understood the current situation. It could be said that Konoha's situation was relatively good, at least its own strength had not suffered a major loss. The situation of other great nations, except for the Wind Nation, was probably even more serious than that of the Fire Nation. Naruto said, "So, what is the mission assigned to me this time?"

Shizune took out a small map, on which was the border of the Land of Fire and some of its neighboring countries. Shizune pointed to a few places and said, "Now Jiraiya, Kakashi, Yamato and other elite ninjas have all been dispatched, and even Danzo of the Anbu, Lady Tsunade has to reassign him. Now we have built a large number of strongholds at the border of the Land of Fire and strengthened the defense of the entire border area. The border of the Land of Fire is more troublesome than other countries, and there are many places we need to focus on defense. Therefore, the manpower is very tight now."

Pointing to one of the newly built strongholds, Shizue said, "Naruto, your mission is to garrison this stronghold as an Anbu." Naruto found that this stronghold was not on the border at all, and was at most a stronghold for support. He asked curiously, "If I'm not mistaken, the location of this stronghold is just to provide support for other strongholds. Why?"

As if she had known Naruto would ask this, Shizune interrupted him and said, "This is also something that Lady Tsunade has considered. The base you are in is located in the center of a large number of bases, and can support the surrounding bases in the shortest time. Once the surrounding bases send out a signal, Naruto, you must arrive in the shortest time possible to assist the frontline bases in dealing with the enemy."

Hearing what Shizune said, beads of sweat appeared on Naruto's forehead. He originally thought that he was in charge of logistics, but he didn't expect that he was actually sent there as a thug and had to run around and fight. Tsunade is really good at sending people. Shizune saw Naruto's expression and said to him, "I'm really sorry to send you such a troublesome task. But there is really no more suitable person for this task."

Shizune was sincere, and Naruto couldn't refuse. He just said to Shizune, "I have a request." Shizune said hurriedly, "Tsunade-sama has already told you that Naruto can take anyone he wants with him on this mission." Naruto suddenly felt that this was a big trap, and Tsunade had already dug it in advance. Looking at Tsunade who was constantly reviewing documents, Naruto said, "Thank you for your care for this mission." Naruto deliberately emphasized the word "care", and Tsunade just pretended not to hear it.

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