Chapter 342 The End
In the northern battlefield, the great victory of Iwagakure Village.
Southern battlefield, the withdrawal of troops from Konoha Hidden Village.
It also directly swept the entire ninja world in a short period of time. As one of the parties involved, Menma naturally sent personnel to pay attention to the movements of the major countries at all times. Among these major countries, the withdrawal of troops from Sunagakure Village was the fastest. of.
In Maki's own words, he can do as much as he wants. It would be ridiculous to talk about friendship between national ninja villages. Whether it's Senju Hashirama or Uzumaki Naruto in the original work, that's the so-called The peaceful era created by mutual understanding was completely based on personal strong force. Perhaps they were moved by Hashirama and Naruto to varying degrees, but if the two did not have the corresponding strength and status, these great Will the Kages of Ninja Village be moved?
I'm afraid if you really want to talk about it, it's not a matter of being moved or not.
It’s a question of ‘dare to move or dare not to move’, right?
Not to mention the six-level power of Naruto and Sasuke. Even if they are both at the so-called super shadow level, ten Onoki and ten Third Raikage are not enough to defeat Senju Hashirama with one hand. Under the Six Paths and above the Super Shadow, there must be a separate level, which refers to the two people of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.
Strength is always the only means to safeguard justice.
The truth is always in the hands of the strong.
At least in this world, this is the most correct statement.
Therefore, it is impossible for the five major countries to have so-called friendship, let alone maintain eternal peace. In this battle, the alliance between Konoha, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure is the best proof. Kirigakure Village After all, there is still the issue of Vulpix, the core interest of the ninja village.
In Sunagakure Village, things are done strictly based on money.
If Konoha is strong enough, Maji will naturally choose to cooperate to the end. However, when it is obvious that Konoha is beyond its capabilities and Kirigakure itself has taken the initiative to retreat, Maji will continue to cooperate only after his head is filled with water. Konoha?
After staying in the frontline stronghold for an extra period of time, Ma Ji, the Fifth Kazekage, seemed to have done his best, so after finding a random reason later, Ma Ji led most of the retreat back to his home. Ninja Village.
Menma also received the news.
While still considering whether to allocate part of the force from Cao Yin Village to further suppress and intimidate Konoha Hidden Village.
The news of Konoha's withdrawal was also directly obtained by Menma.
"Oh? Are you sure that most of the personnel have retreated? Or is it just a small number of personnel? There is a big difference."
Menma put down the scroll in his hand, looked at Duolan who came closer to report, and asked with a twinkle in his eye.
"Yes, Lord Menma, it has been confirmed repeatedly. The person on the other side seems to have no intention of hiding anything. They just retreated openly. In addition, this is a letter sent from Konoha. It says that you need to read it in person. It has been I have confirmed that there are no special spells on it.”
Duo Lan lowered his head and replied with a hint of respect. As he spoke, he took out a cyan scroll from his arms and offered it with both hands.
A young Taki nin who was responsible for guarding on one side also stepped forward and took the scroll from Duolan's hand under Menma's nod.
It was delivered directly to Menma's desk.
Dispersed perception.
The scroll that is completely wrapped.
Although I don't think that people like Jiraiya would do such a dirty thing, and I trust Duolan and others, the necessary caution is still indispensable. This is something that has been engraved in the bones of Menma, and it is not cautious enough. If so, he would have become a withered skeleton a few years ago.
The chakra that is completely attached to it, detects it in one sweep.
After making sure there are no problems.
Menma also pushed the scroll straight forward, and when he saw the content written inside, Menma's eyes narrowed slightly.
Not much content.
There is only one core.
That was because Jiraiya wanted to meet Menma alone.
He also promised on the basis of his credibility that he really just wanted to meet him and there would never be any other messy things.
'Jiraiya? ’
Menma couldn't help but picture this hero of Konoha in his mind. This was once one of Menma's favorite characters in his previous life.
Just now.
It seems to Menma.
‘This is a joke. . . ’
Menma shook his head slightly, and then threw the scroll directly into the trash can with a little force.
Meet?
Feel sorry.
If it was a long time ago, Menma would still have such interest, but in the continuous battles and irritable conversations again and again, Menma has lost all patience and interest.
Different road non-phase plan.
Jiraiya is destined to be his own enemy.
Menma didn't feel that there was any meaning or value in any conversation between them until now. The enemy just needed to be completely annihilated.
"Go ahead and continue to follow up on the situation in Konoha and Sunagakure, and also send congratulations to Iwagakure Village in my name."
After all, they are still nominal allies, right?
And this war, at least from the perspective of outsiders, is a complete alliance between the Taki and Kusa Alliance and the Iwagakure Village to fight against the other four major ninja villages. There are still formal congratulations, and Menma also intends to take this opportunity to test the bottom line of the Third Tsuchikage.
Now it is a covenant that can be seen at a glance.
But Menma still needs to determine whether there is a critical interval in between, and judge the next strategic choice of his side from the attitude of Ohnoki, because after this battle, Menma can foresee a future surrounded by enemies.
This is also an inevitable trend.
Menma must be 100% prepared in advance.
This is the demand of the current situation and a result destined by the geographical location.
"Yes, Lord Menma, please rest assured!"
After Duolan suddenly lowered his head to answer again, he immediately turned around and left.
The Sand Village and the Hidden Leaf Village withdrew their troops one after another, and the smoke of war slowly faded away. After it was confirmed that the two major ninja villages would end the current war, the Takigakure Village and the Kusagakure Village also started their own withdrawal preparations under different orders from Menma.
However, these were just some preliminary preparations. Before it was 100% certain that all the enemies in the front-line border positions had withdrawn, Menma could not really let all the Takigakure and Kusagakure ninjas withdraw. What if the enemy came back directly?
Unlike the huge land area of the five major countries, losing part of the land would certainly compress the strategic space and lose the corresponding interests (such as the current Kumogakure Village). It is indeed possible to hurt the bones, but it would never be fatal.
Small and medium-sized countries like them are different. There are only a few strategic locations. Once they are lost, the enemy can completely drive in, and there is no need to worry about the influence of other factors.
Naturally, it is necessary to be cautious and cautious.
And even if the army can be withdrawn in the end, according to the current situation in the ninja world, the frontline position must still retain the corresponding troops, and even Fu, Yugao, Wuque and others must have corresponding time allocation, staying in the area at least close to the frontline stronghold, so as to facilitate support at any time.
And it was at the same time.
On a plain hundreds of kilometers away from the frontline stronghold of Takigakure Village.
Jiraiya stood alone on a relatively high earth slope, looking at the northwest direction. The ninja army of Konoha was already under Jiraiya's order. Except for a small number of garrison personnel who remained in the frontline stronghold according to the previous regulations, the rest had already returned to the village under the leadership of Haiyi, Suzaku and others.
Originally Kakashi and Choza wanted to stay and accompany Jiraiya.
But they were all rejected by Jiraiya.
He wanted to meet Menma alone here. This was his sincerity, at least he thought so. Jiraiya planned to give Menma a final advice here. Everything was not completely irreversible.
However, Jiraiya was destined to be disappointed. The agreed time was 11 o'clock in the afternoon. Jiraiya started waiting from more than nine o'clock in the morning until sunset, but he still couldn't see Menma's figure coming.
Jiraiya's heart sank little by little, and his eyes gradually changed from firmness at the beginning to disappointment.
'Are you really not giving me any chance? '
After all, Jiraiya is still a wavering person. Many times, he clearly knew that he must make up his mind, but in the end?
He still wavered.
From this point of view, Nagato is really Jiraiya's worthy disciple. The two have a lot of overlaps in personality. The most classic scene is after the failure of the Konoha invasion plan.
The scene where Nagato was persuaded by Naruto.
At that time, I thought Naruto was very passionate and responsible. Now looking back, every word of Naruto's persuasion at that time was very empty and boring.
Nagato asked Naruto about the question of "pain" when he subdued him, but Naruto could not answer or explain it directly.
Silence is Naruto's best attitude.
This is clearly a situation where Naruto has been forced into a dead end by Nagato from the perspective of "morality".
In the end, Naruto was able to influence Nagato with words like shouting slogans! ?
This has to be said to be an extremely outrageous thing.
Or it should be said that Nagato's heart actually still has the same obsession as Naruto and Jiraiya, but this can also be seen to some extent, Nagato's personality is a little bit of "weakness" and "naivety" that is in line with Jiraiya.
It can be said that Jiraiya's death in battle and Nagato's failure.
are all inevitable results under uncertain factors.
This is also one of the biggest reasons why Menma is unwilling to believe and thinks Jiraiya is not worthy of trust.
The last wisp of thought.
It was ruthlessly cut off by Menma.
As the last rays of sunset faded away on the earth.
Jiraiya took a deep look at the direction where Menma was, kicked his foot, and with a burst of chakra, this hero of Konoha turned and left.
Just as he could not understand Orochimaru back then, Jiraiya will never understand Menma now.
The figure that was getting farther and farther away, the two parallel lines that could never meet, the slowly sinking sky.
At the moment when the two completely overlapped.
It also indicated the arrival of the dark night.
The dangerous atmosphere almost completely faded.
After repeated investigations, it was finally confirmed that the main forces of the two ninja villages had left the front line.
Menma also ordered most of the Taki ninjas and Kusanagi ninjas who were ready to retreat to their respective ninja villages in batches and in an orderly manner.
It was enough to leave only the necessary garrison troops on the front lines of both wings.
Especially in Kusagakure Village, you can relax a little bit. Menma knows what kind of character the Sand Village is.
It is indeed a bit too much to say that they are bullying the weak and afraid of the strong.
But under normal circumstances, if he gave the Sand Village a few more courage, Menma didn't think that the Sand Village would take the initiative to advance without any unexpected factors.
Let alone the Taki and Kusanagi alliances led by Menma.
In fact, judging from the power of the major ninja villages now, the name of the five major countries is already a bit unworthy of the name.
The Sand Village and the Mist Village have obviously fallen behind.
Especially the latter, which lost two tailed beasts in succession, the fourth generation Mizukage died in an accident, and the successor has not been selected.
Recently, it has suffered a heavy blow.
That is to say, there is still some foundation left, but compared with the situation of the five major countries, it is really very reluctant.
The Sand Village is not much better.
The only thing that is better than the Kirigakure is that the One-Tailed Beast of its own ninja village is still controlled in its own ninja village, but this is still due to Tsunade's "magnanimity". If the person in power is Danzo, the Sand Village will never be able to get the One-Tailed Beast back in this life.
Moreover, the geographical location of the Sand Village is obviously worse than that of the Kirigakure.
Overall.
These are two brothers in distress.
Menma doesn't need to worry too much about Sand Village. Similarly, the Cloud Village, which has been hit hard by Menma and Iwagakure Village, doesn't need to be too concerned at this stage. In the battle of Fengzhui Stronghold, the Cloud Village paid the price of three to four thousand Cloud Ninja casualties, and the death rate was more than one-third. The Fourth Raikage, who had just recovered some of his vitality, was injured by Huang Tu again in the head-on confrontation.
Even if Killer Bee is really worthy of the title of perfect Jinchūriki.
One person can fight against thousands of troops.
But the Iwagakure Village has two tailed beast Jinchūriki.
Although the combination of Lao Zi and Han cannot win Killer Bee, they can still offset the terrifying power brought by Killer Bee.
In the remaining battle group.
Elite Rock Ninjas such as Akato, Shangshui Liuyanze can penetrate the Cloud Ninja defense line.
In the helplessness again, when the situation is about to collapse, the Fourth Raikage can only grit his teeth and retreat again.
This retreat.
It means the complete defeat of the Hidden Cloud Village.
Of course, the Fourth Raikage may not admit defeat so easily, but Ohnoki will definitely force the stubborn Fourth Raikage to bow his head.
No matter how you look at it, the Hidden Cloud Village will no longer be a threat to Menma in the short term.
Instead, the Hidden Rock Village.
It will become Menma's biggest enemy in the future.
Therefore, after setting up the defense line against the Hidden Leaf Village, Menma's focus was adjusted to the northwest area.
If Menma must make a choice.
In Menma's view, the Hidden Rock Village led by Ohnoki is the one that poses the greatest threat to his side strategically.
That old man is more decisive than Tsunade, Jiraiya and others, and more rational and resourceful than Danzo.
He is a veritable tricky old fox.
