Naruto: Konoha Uzumaki Shirataki

As for Iwagakure, Ohnoki was angry, but considering that it was wartime, a conflict with an ally was obviously not conducive to the overall situation. Although this ally was only in name, he still decided to endure it.

As for Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief and was secretly glad that Hanzo's cooperation with Iwagakure was not sincere. Otherwise, Hanzo with full firepower could cause countless losses to Konoha.

Under the tacit understanding, Konoha no longer focused its troops on guarding Amegakure, but only attacked Iwagakure with all its strength. And because Konoha's foundation is stronger than Iwagakure after all, and the battlefield of Rain Kingdom concentrates almost half of Konoha's high-end combat power, so in the past two years, Iwagakure has gradually suppressed Iwagakure, and Iwagakure needs to turn its advantage into victory. .

The battlefield of the Kingdom of Rain is the core of the entire Second Ninja World War. As long as the War of the Kingdom of Rain ends, it will also mean the end of the Second Ninja World War. Facing all of this, Hanzo looked on with a cold eye, watching the dog-eat-dog fight among these great ninja villages, feeling no joy in his heart.

After all, these Mingming guys reduced the Kingdom of Rain to a scorched earth, but he, the patron saint of the Kingdom of Rain, could only watch helplessly, and the humiliation was simply unspeakable. But in the end, the target of the war is no longer the Rain Hidden Village. Hanzo's strategy has preserved a lot of Rain Hidden's vitality, which has to be said to be a blessing.

Maybe, he should thank Shirataki? Thanks to Shirataki for detonating the conflict between Sunagakure and Konoha in advance, and taking advantage of the situation to transfer Iwagakure's hatred? No one knows what Hanzo is thinking, but no matter how time goes by, Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure can now be said to have suffered heavy losses, and the Ninja World War is gradually coming to an end.

Therefore, after hearing Hatake Sakumo's analysis, Shirataki looked at the other party with a slightly strange look, and immediately expressed disbelief, "Hanzo has been shrinking for so many years, and now that the war is almost over, he will change." In the past, did you sincerely contribute to Sunagakure Village? Besides, even if Hanzo wants to join forces with Sunagakure and go to the Country of Kawa to deal with us, Hanzo can’t leave with Tsunade and the others watching in the Country of Rain.”

Noticing that Shirataki's expression was a bit disapproving, and he obviously didn't think his judgment was correct, Hatake Sakumo was not surprised at all. He just replied calmly, "It's hard to say, over at the Land of Rain, the Konoha Ninja Army has completely relaxed its attitude towards The defense of Yuyin Village, in this case, Hanzo will become very free in his actions."

"Although I can't say why, my intuition tells me that the Third Kazekage has probably reached some kind of tacit understanding with Hanzo. In other words, Shirataki, when it comes to the decisive battle, we'd better set aside some combat power and use To guard against Yugakure." After saying that, Hatake Sakumo sighed, shrugged, and added, "Of course, these are my analysis, and the specific choice must be made by you, the commander. idea."

Shirataki nodded slowly, leaned back, crossed his legs, put his right hand on his knee, and pinched his fingers unconsciously, as if he was thinking about something.

A few minutes later, Shirataki raised his head, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and slowly said to Nara Shikaji and Hatake Sakumo, "With the existence of wind erosion, Sunagakure has actually been able to attack us for a long time. The transport troops started, but they have delayed until now. It can be said that their intention is very clear, that is, to choose now for the decisive battle. "

"If you take into account Sunagakure's small actions in other areas, it is obvious that the enemy will be very well prepared. In other words, this decisive battle is likely to be a tough battle for us in Konoha." After finishing his judgment, Shirataki looked at Hatake Sakumo and said, "Sakumo, you must keep an eye on the Sunagakure camp for me. As soon as they show any signs of mobilizing large forces, report to me immediately."

Upon hearing this order, Hatake Sakumo raised the corners of his mouth slightly, showed a slightly excited smile, and replied meaningfully, "Is it finally time to start?"

Nara Shikaji glanced at Hatake Sakumo uneasily, knowing in his heart that the latter's words probably had something else to say, and most likely he was referring to more than just the decisive battle with Sunagakure.

"Shikaji, let's go to the staff headquarters." The words that came to his ears brought Nara Shikaji back to his senses. He suddenly looked up and saw Shirataki standing up, strolling past him and heading towards the tent. Walking towards the door, "I want to see where Sunagakure plans to choose the venue for the decisive battle."

Seeing this, Nara Shikaji hurriedly stood up from his chair and subconsciously glanced around him, but at some point, Hatake Sakumo's figure had disappeared.

"By the way, remember to inform me that I will hold a high-level meeting and ask them to rush to the staff headquarters as soon as possible." The last order came, and Shirataki's back disappeared at the entrance of the camp at the same time. Nara Shikaji breathed a sigh of relief. Not daring to neglect, he quickly ran out of the office tent and conveyed Shirataki's order.

The layout of the staff headquarters is quite similar to Shirataki's previous combat command center. A square wooden table about two meters long and wide stands in the center of the camp, with a sand table representing the mountains and rivers of the Kawa Country placed on it.

The various troops and strongholds of Konoha and Sunagakure turned into small green and yellow flags on the sand table, quietly inserted into the soft soil, silently explaining the situation of the war.

The small green flag represents Konoha, and the small yellow flag represents Sunagakure. Judging from the sand table alone, there are many more green flags than yellow flags, and the overall ratio is about three to one.

The actual situation is also the same. After two full years of smooth fighting, Konoha's various fronts have advanced smoothly, and its troops are like a big net, covering 60% of the area in the Kawa Country.

If you look at the entire Kawakuni from a high altitude, you can find that Konoha has surrounded Sunagakure's troops from three major directions, leaving only a way for Sunagakure to retreat to the Country of Wind.

This is not a siege. Shirataki actually really wants to give Sunagakure a way out. After all, the end of the war seems to be approaching, and he doesn't want to have a decisive battle with Sunagakure. Otherwise, if there are too many casualties by then, he will only be killed. Afraid that I will take the blame.

Under this situation, if Sunagakure had the sense to retreat to the Kingdom of Wind, he might really be too lazy to pursue it. Unfortunately, judging from Sunagakure's recent actions, this shinobi village is obviously unwilling to retreat to the Kingdom of Wind and cannot accept the result of Sunagakure returning without success.

In this way, the Third Kazekage might really have to die. While thinking about the next arrangements, Bai Taki put his hands on the edge of the table and stood beside the table, scanning the scene on the sand table back and forth, leaving only his back in the direction of the door.

About ten minutes had passed, and a group of senior Ninja Army leaders led by Uchiha Genmon entered the staff headquarters one after another. After taking a look at the situation on the field, they stood on both sides of the sand table in tacit understanding.

When everyone arrived, Shirataki raised his head and slowly turned his gaze to these people in the field, who are now all the top leaders of the Konoha Ninja Army. "After discussions with Shikaji and Sakumo, I judged that this is Sunagakure's pursuit." The signal sent by the decisive battle, you have been on the front line for a long time, have you noticed any changes in Sunagakure recently? "

After Shirataki finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but look at each other. Finally, Gento Uchiha took a step forward, slowly pointed his finger above the sand table, which represented the northeast corner of the Sunagakure camp, and said in a deep voice, "Although it's not obvious yet, it's probably Two days ago, the number of Sand Ninja troops concentrated in the southeast had increased slightly, and their intentions were unknown. "

Hatake Sakumo narrowed his eyes, focusing on the position pointed by Uchiha Xuanmen, and whispered a few words to himself, as if he was silently calculating something.

Immediately afterwards, Hatake Sakumo also took a step forward. While using his fingers to trace a series of coordinate numbers on the bottom of the sand table, he moved his gaze to another relatively flat area next to Uchiha Xuanmen's fingers and suddenly said, "( 102, 358). I remember that this location should be a large plain area, right? "

"The Sunagakure are gathering in the southeast. Do they want to have a decisive battle with us here?" As he spoke, Hatake Sakumo pulled up the small brown flag representing the Sunagakure camp and then inserted it on the sand table. , the northwest area of ​​the center, its location is just below the finger of Uchiha Xuanmen.

Everyone glanced at the sand table. After a few seconds, Nara Shikaji raised his head and said to Shirataki, "The country of Kawakawa is mostly mountainous and forested, and there are only a handful of plains. Since Sunagakure wants to seek a decisive battle, it must be We will find a terrain suitable for large forces to deploy."

"If we consider the location of their main camp and the direction of troop mobilization mentioned by Xuanmen, then there seems to be only one area closest to the Sand Ninjas that is most suitable for launching a battle. If I remember correctly, that should be Is it called Asakusa?”

After scanning the surroundings, Shirataki cleared his throat and said, "Now that the location of the decisive battle has been guessed, let's move on to the next topic, our formation arrangement." The high-level meeting did not take long, only more than half an hour passed. Everyone filed out and dispersed, apparently going to find their subordinates.

In the Sunagakure camp, the Third Kazekage sat at the main seat and glanced at several figures around the round table, including Monzaemon, Chiyo, Rasa, Hayakura, and sitting next to Hayakura, there was a tall man, Wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, the rugged-looking old man had very well-developed muscles on his exposed arms.

It can be said that this old man's dress is completely different from that of ordinary Sunagakure ninjas. Even the white or black robes that Sunagakure elders often wear, he has never worn, and his style of painting does not match the others in the scene at all. At first glance, this person was dressed like the most ordinary old civilian in the Kingdom of Wind.

But he didn't seem to care about his unsociability, nor the serious atmosphere in the scene. He just relaxed and leaned back on the chair, crossed his arms across his chest, and closed his eyes slightly, as if he was taking a nap. This sturdy old man, codenamed Drought, is both Ye Cang's master and Ye Cang's father.

At the same time, as a former member of the Shadow Guard, he is at the same level as Feng Xiang. To a certain extent, they can be regarded as the elders of Sand Hidden Village. He participated in the disputes of the Warring States Period, fought against Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, experienced the first ninja war, and was the creator of the bloodstained escape. His strength is so terrifying that almost no one in Sunagakure Village can surpass him. Right, even the Third Kazekage himself had to admit that in terms of combat effectiveness alone, he was not as good as Drought.

In fact, if Drought and Wind Erosion hadn't had no intention of competing for the position of Kazekage, the title of the third Kazekage would never have fallen to him. It is precisely for this reason that the third generation of Kazekage has no suspicion about drought and wind erosion, simply because these two people have used practical actions for decades to prove their loyalty to each generation of Kazekage.

Looking back at the drought, the Third Kazekage cleared his throat and asked Monzaemon first, "Have the repairs of the Chikamatsu Ten been completed?" Two years have passed since that pursuit battle. At that time, the Chikamatsu Ten People lost five puppets due to destruction by Hatake Sakumo. One of Monzaemon's most important tasks in the past two years was to replenish the number of the Chikamatsu Ten People.

"It's done." Monzaemon didn't say much, but simply replied, and then nodded slightly to Chiyo beside him, indicating that the latter did not need to have too much psychological burden. Chiyo looked ashamed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Taking note of Monzaemon and Chiyo's little moves, the Third Kazekage made no comments and started the next topic without any delay, "Have all the toxins in the Sansho fish been prepared?" With this question, the Third Kazekage no longer faced Monzaemon. Emon said, but asked Chiyo.

"A total of one hundred and fifty-three bottles of poison have been distributed. Each of our Jonin has one bottle." Chiyo's face was serious, and his tone was full of solemnity. Sansho fish toxin is the only way to make Shirataki fearful after the third Kazekage combined the information given by Amegakure Village and Hanzo's battle with Shirataki.

In the past two years, after extensive analysis with Hanzo, and recalling the battle over and over again, the Third Kazekage finally made a judgment that Shirataki should not have any ability to resist poison, especially the toxin of Sansho Fish.

This terrible guess, after corroborating it with Yuyin's information, is undoubtedly the truth of the matter. Through a point, it gradually expanded to face Uzumaki Shirataki's weakness, and for the first time, it was completely displayed in front of the Third Kazekage and all the Sand Ninjas.

The war has progressed to this point, and after preparations for so long, the Kingdom of Wind has no retreat, Sunagakure has no retreat, and he himself has no retreat. Therefore, although there is still too much unknown information about the enemy that has not been found out, the Third Kazekage still plans to Fight to the death with Shirataki, for this reason.