Chapter 66: Promotion to Special Jonin

Although Hatake Sakumo was ordered by Sarutobi Hiruzen to return to the village and take responsibility for the heavy losses caused by the previous mission failure - even if the third generation's eldest son was crippled, Sarutobi Hiruzen could not announce this reason to the public.

In order to create the conditions for the decapitation mission, Konoha paid a considerable price and lost a lot of manpower. According to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hatake Sakumo's behavior directly led to the waste of Konoha's efforts.

Even if Hatake Sakumo severely injured the third generation Kazekage and could not fight for a certain period of time, the strategic goal had been achieved.

It was also for this reason that Kato Dan, who took over the good foundation laid by Hatake Sakumo, also led the Konoha ninja to victory in succession.

In the west of the River Country, in the low shrub plain.

𝟗𝟔𝐬𝐡𝐮.𝐧𝐞𝐭】

One month later.

Uchiha Mingjing sat on a stone, breathing heavily.

Looking around, the plain was already full of dead bodies of Konoha ninjas and Sand Village ninjas.

In addition, there were some injured Konoha ninjas who were supported by their companions and retreated to the rear, or Konoha ninjas who were cleaning the battlefield.

From this situation, it can be seen that Konoha was the one who laughed last on this battlefield.

The Third Kazekage could not fight, and the highest commander of the Sand Village ninjas became Chiyo.

This current strongest puppeteer in the ninja world who was good at using poison was completely restrained by Tsunade.

Chiyo was good at using poison, but there was no poison in the ninja world that Tsunade could not solve.

Chiyo was a puppeteer, but puppeteers generally had poor close combat abilities. Even if Chiyo's physical skills were not bad, she could not stop Tsunade's strange power.

Rasa's injury has not healed yet. According to the news from the Root's spy ninja, he has just recovered to the point where he can go to the toilet independently. The remaining Karuro is no match for Kato Dan, who has already stepped into the threshold of Kage level.

The high-level combat power was suppressed, and the fighting Sand Village below was also suppressed by the high-spirited Konoha ninja.

In the eyes of the Konoha ninjas who moved here from the battlefield of the Rain Country, these Sand Villages were already defeated by them.

"Huh! After this battle, the war between the village and the Sand Village should be over."

Inuzuka Ryo lay on the back of Tiewan, looking at the sky in the distance and muttered.

Mingjing's current strength has reached the level of Jonin. Although Inuzuka Ryo and Aburame Nami are not bad, they can only be regarded as relatively excellent Chunin.

After a large-scale battle, Mingjing's strength can make him do it with ease, but it is still a bit difficult for the other two teammates.

But compared to eight months ago, their progress can be called rapid.

To be able to reach this level within two years of graduation is already an absolute genius. Among the ninjas of the same period, it seems that only a few people like Hyuga Tetsukomo can reach this level.

"I think so."

Mingjing was a little worried at the moment.

The war is about to end. Doesn't this mean that his plan to visit Loulan during this period is likely to fail?

I just don't know if Kato Dan will agree to his previous proposal to persuade the Queen of Loulan to turn Loulan into a vassal state of the Fire Country and accept the protection of Konoha, so as to use Loulan as an important defense post for Konoha to guard against Sand Village in the west.

If he can agree, I hope I can be a member of the Konoha delegation as a proposer to Loulan.

Mingjing chatted with the two teammates casually for a few more words, and then consciously walked towards the temporary hospital set up in the rear.

In these eight months, Tsunade has completed the training of the previous batch of medical ninjas, and now it is the third batch, so the medical force is much stronger than before.

It's just that Ming Jing and the other two will still go to the temporary hospital to help out, because half of the medical ninjas were taken to the Land of Hot Springs by Sarutobi Hiruzen, so there is still a shortage of manpower.

However, after being busy for a while, Ming Jing was still asked to leave.

It's not that he did a bad job and messed up something, but that Kato Dan came to inform him about something.

"Baiyun Jonin, what exactly did Teacher Dan ask me to do?"

Uchiha Ming Jing walked on the road and asked Baiyun Shixin who came to inform him.

"Hehe, it's not that he asked you to do something, but that he asked us to do something."

Baiyun Shixin has never been so happy.

Before in the Land of Rain, he had already boarded Kato Dan's ship and became Kato Dan's subordinate.

Although most civilian ninjas and a considerable number of family ninjas chose to bet on Orochimaru, because he is indeed the one who looks most likely to become the next Hokage.

But there are also people who choose to bet on Kato Dan, and most of them are from the ninja clan.

Although the Kato clan is a small ninja clan, they were the ninja clan that founded Konoha with the first Hokage. Moreover, with Kato Dan, why worry about the revival of the Kato clan?

The more important reason is that Kato Dan's lover is Tsunade.

Even though the Senju clan has been integrated into Konoha, it still has a great influence among these ninja clans. If Tsunade and Kato Dan can really succeed, they will have a good chance with the perfect match.

In addition, Kato Dan's three disciples are all from big ninja clans, which naturally attracts these families even more.

At worst, with the close relationship between Tsunade, Kato Dan and Orochimaru, they will at least be high-ranking members of Konoha like Mitomon En and Utatane Koharu in the future. Even if the bet fails, it is not necessarily a loss in the future.

Only the big ninja clans like the Uchiha and Hyuga clans are still waiting and watching.

It is not the time for them to leave yet. The Hyuga clan believes that the existence of the Byakugan has extremely high strategic significance. In addition to the system of the bird in the cage, no matter who the Hokage is replaced, they will not have any major impact.

As for the Uchiha clan, their ideas are more bizarre.

Most of the elders think that it is not the time to leave yet. Even Uchiha Fugaku thinks that he will be able to compete for the fourth generation Hokage in the future...

Well, this is not a joke. In the original timeline, the other two candidates who competed with Namikaze Minato for the fourth generation Hokage were Orochimaru and Uchiha Fugaku.

"Just last night, the Third-Hero ordered the Anbu to send a letter, approving the list of ninja title promotions proposed by Dan-sama and Orochimaru."

Baiyun Shixin smiled and patted Mingjing on the shoulder.

This time, he successfully became a genuine jonin by riding on Kato Dan's car, and took off the "special" hat.

"After this, I guess I have to change your name to Mingjing jonin."

In the list submitted by Kato Dan, he also recommended his disciple to become a special jonin based on Mingjing's strength and military exploits.