Promote the theory of threat to Konoha, why Kirigakure brings Hide! - Chapter 247

c246 The three ninjas return, and the Samsara Eye enters Konoha (transition)

This third Ninja World War can be said to be the least unexpected war.

It is different from the first Ninja World War caused by the death of the peerless strongman Hashirama Senju, and it is also different from the second Ninja World War that broke out when the ninja villages tacitly suppressed the Rain Country, which led to the desperate attack on the Iron Country by Hanzo of the Salamander.

This third Ninja World War was actually expected by many people when the second Ninja World War started and ended badly, and the ninja villages could not bear the three-year tug-of-war and had to sign a peace agreement in the Hidden Mist Village.

In the second Ninja World War, the power of the three ninja villages was not able to wipe out Konoha. Although there were factors such as the Rain Country and Hanzo of the Salamander, it was enough to show how strong Konoha was at that time.

So this third Ninja World War will either not break out, or it will definitely be a war against Konoha, or led by Konoha.

Therefore, the essence of this third Ninja World War is actually the continuation of the second Ninja World War.

Since the reason for the start of this Ninja World War was that the Hidden Cloud Village lost a ninja in the Land of Fire, the Hidden Cloud Village was the first to send troops in the Anti-Konoha Alliance.

However, the Hidden Cloud Village did not rely on the alliance’s strength to advance alone, but instead began to move steadily and confronted the defenders of Konoha in the northeast of the country of fields to the country of soup.

As the existence that always wanted to pull Konoha off the throne of the first ninja, the Hidden Cloud Village can be said to be the ninja village that is most familiar with Konoha’s strength.

They naturally know that if they fight head-on, their own strength is not Konoha’s opponent, so they will naturally not go deep alone to give Konoha the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

In the eyes of the Third Raikage, the strength of the Anti-Konoha Alliance can be said to be 100% crushing Konoha. It only takes the forces of all parties to erode Konoha’s sphere of influence step by step, and they can naturally eventually fight to the gates of Konoha.

In the face of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Hidden Cloud Village to become the first in the Ninja World, the Third Raikage will naturally not take risks.

And he also has the idea of ​​letting others advance first to test the quality of the Samsara Eye for the Hidden Cloud Village.

After all, it was the same style as the Six Paths Sage that had been sung for thousands of years. Before he actually met him, he was still a little scared in his heart.

However, the Third Raikage was not stupid, and the others were naturally not stupid either.

Everyone knew that Konoha was a 100-legged insect at this time, and everyone knew that whoever took the lead at this time would face the full force of Konoha.

So Sand Village, Rock Village, and Mist Village were the same as the Cloud Village at this time. They did not take advantage of Konoha’s insufficient troops to advance quickly, but instead took steady steps and began to fight a war of attrition with Konoha.

Konoha was naturally dissatisfied with this, and the fact was just as the Third Raikage thought. Konoha naturally knew that Konoha could not compete with the combined forces of the four ninja villages in terms of hard power.

In the plan formulated by Konoha’s senior officials such as Shimura Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen, they wanted to take advantage of the unpreparedness and lead Konoha’s elite to defeat one or even two ninja villages first, and then compete with the remaining ninja villages in terms of hard power to replicate the success of the Second Ninja World War.

However, what no one expected was that due to the exposure of Uzumaki Nagato’s Samsara Eye and his master-disciple identity with Jiraiya, all the ninja villages were afraid of being hit by Konoha’s strategy, and they all thought of advancing slowly and letting the other ninja villages take the lead.

In this case, Konoha’s plan was naturally aborted, and Shimura Danzo and others could only be patient and fight a war of attrition and positional warfare with the anti-Konoha alliance.

For a while, a completely different scene from the previous two Ninja World Wars appeared on the Ninja Continent:

The war fronts of various forces did not produce large-scale head-on confrontations, but were all small-scale but intensive intelligence wars and raids.

On the Ninja Continent, a strange atmosphere of peace suddenly appeared. Obviously, the two sides were fighting fiercely in the public opinion field, and they were just about to fight their brains out.

But on the actual battlefield, both sides remained restrained, as if every inch of territory was a key strategic location, and they fought steadily.

Konoha knew that this war would last for a long time and that ninjas would not be able to survive in a short period of time. Naturally, they ordered Konoha ninjas to save their lives in non-critical wars, requiring them to prioritize saving their lives unless they were at the scheduled war location or critical mission.

And the various ninja villages would not push forward desperately because they wanted other ninja villages to bear the pressure first.

So on the battlefield, there were explosion talismans, ninjutsu roars, and kunai projections everywhere, but no one could be seen, and it was difficult to see corpses.

It was quite similar to the “faith shooting” of the Efika continent.

The war suddenly fell into a stalemate.

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“Master, is this Konoha?”

Outside Konoha Village, a group of three people came here. One of the girls with blue hair looked at the magnificent Konoha Village not far away, and a trace of yearning flashed in her eyes.

Although Konoha is now in a war period and martial law has begun in the village, it is still a big city with hundreds of thousands of people, and there are still people in the village who come out to purchase daily necessities.

Therefore, although Konoha is much more depressed than before, it still gave the girl a great shock.

For her, who has been displaced since childhood, she actually has no big ambitions.

Her idea is very simple, just to find a stable place where she doesn’t have to worry about food and clothing, and live with her companions forever.

Especially in the current situation where her childhood friend died, this wish is infinitely magnified.

In the current ninja world, Konoha Village is naturally widely regarded as one of the safest places, so the blue-haired girl who had just experienced repeated attacks and the departure of her childhood friend naturally wanted to settle down.

“Yes, this is where the teacher has lived since childhood.”

The white-haired young man among the four looked at Konoha not far away, recalling the various experiences he had seen in the ninja world in the past few years, and a trace of emotion flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, he seemed to have noticed something, turned his head and glanced at the red-haired boy beside him, his eyes full of pampering.

“Don’t worry, Nagato, since we have come to Konoha, we are naturally safe, and no one will come to harass us again.”

“By the way, there are also your people in the village, and they are about the same age as you. I think you must have a common language.”

Uzumaki Nagato raised his head and glanced at his teacher, and nodded silently.

Jiraiya looked at the silent Uzumaki Nagato, and couldn’t help but think of the cheerful yellow-haired boy, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Jiraiya, who had been away from Konoha for six years, naturally had his own reasons for rushing back to Konoha with Uzumaki Nagato at this time.

On the one hand, it was because Konoha was severely attacked by the four ninja villages.

This was different from Jiraiya’s departure from Konoha during the Second Ninja World War. When Jiraiya left, the Hidden Rock Village had been severely damaged and withdrew from the battlefield. The remaining Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Sand Village were naturally not the opponents of Konoha at that time.

Even if the Hidden Rock Village participated in the war again later, the situation at that time was not very dangerous. In addition, Jiraiya met the “Child of Destiny” for the first time, so he could naturally ignore Konoha.

But this time is different. With the four ninja villages united, Konoha really has the power to overthrow, and Jiraiya must rush back to help Konoha.

And the second reason… is naturally related to Uzumaki Nagato.

Since Jiraiya left Konoha in the incident of Hatake Sakumo and Hatake Nao, he returned to the Land of Rain and began to train the three little ones with his heart.

Since the Ninja International Alliance established by Kizuna Shingetsu is in the Iron Country, not far from the Rain Country, and the establishment of this alliance itself means guarding the Rain Country and the Salamander Hanzo.

So Jiraiya, who was afraid of the exposure of the Samsara Eye, left the Rain Country with the three little ones after explaining the pros and cons to the three little ones, and began to travel around the Ninja World.

During this journey, Jiraiya further trained the three little ones, especially Uzumaki Nagato, and was in the golden period of the growth of the strength of young ninjas.

Over the past few years, several people have made rapid progress.

Originally, everything was fine, but not long ago, for some unknown reason, Jiraiya and his four companions were suddenly attacked by a large number of strange ninjas.

Although these ninjas were disguised, the knowledgeable Jiraiya still saw through the identities of the other party in the battle.

To his surprise, these ninjas all came from the three major ninja villages of Iwagakure, Sand Village, and Kumogakure.

After hearing the news about the Samsara Eye, the three major ninja villages would naturally try every means to test the strength of the Samsara Eye, and they would try to snatch the Samsara Eye in case of any danger.

In these battles, in order to prevent the news of Uzumaki Nagato’s Samsara Eye from being exposed, Jiraiya did not let Uzumaki Nagato participate in the battle.

With Jiraiya, a half-sage, in charge, and Yahiko and Konan’s strength, it was no problem to deal with these enemies.

But the enemies came in waves, and it was impossible to prevent thieves the day before. Finally, he failed to take care of them in a battle, and coupled with the lack of combat experience of his disciples, Yahiko was killed by the enemy.

Because of this, Uzumaki Nagato finally broke out.

Although all the enemies were killed in the end, Jiraiya could only take his disciples back to Konoha to seek protection out of concern.

It is worth noting that the ninja that Black Zetsu led to Nagato Uzumaki’s home was from the Hidden Cloud Village. Therefore, Nagato Uzumaki did not hate the ninjas of Konoha in this life. Otherwise, Nagato Uzumaki would rather die outside than come to Konoha for protection.

So under this background, the three came to Konoha.

“Hey, Jiraiya, it’s been a long time since I saw your child. Your child has grown up so big?”

Just as Jiraiya was thinking about how to comfort his disciple, a familiar greeting came from not far away, which made him smile reflexively.

“Haha, Tsunade, if I really have a child in this life, the mother of that child will be no one but you.”

Jiraiya looked at his companion and sweetheart who he had not seen for many years, and he began to commit suicide involuntarily.

“Jiraiya, don’t force me to slap you on such a happy day of meeting.”

Tsunade had a bright smile on her face, but the words she uttered were as cold as ice.

The purpose of her coming here is naturally the same as Jiraiya’s. Even if she is disappointed with Konoha, when she really hears that Konoha is facing the danger of collapse, she still comes here involuntarily, hoping to protect the last efforts of her grandfather.

Six years have passed, and time seems to have lost its trace on Tsunade.

Tsunade, who is already 32 years old this year, still exudes amazing youthful vitality.

Compared with Jiraiya, the two are obviously the same age, but now they seem to be ten years apart.

Shizune, who is following behind, is also 12 years old at this time. Her body has begun to grow up. Her delicate body is hidden in the wide black dress. She follows Tsunade step by step with a pig in her arms.

Tsunade was teasing Jiraiya while looking at Uzumaki Nagato and Konan without revealing any trace.

As the person who rescued the three little ones together with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, Tsunade had also covered for Jiraiya’s departure. Naturally, she knew that Uzumaki Nagato possessed the Rinnegan, and she also knew that her companion Think of it as “Destiny’s Child.”

After not seeing each other for so many years, she was naturally curious about the growth of the Samsara Eye.

“Tsunade, you are still the same!”

Facing Tsunade’s threat, Jiraiya laughed and didn’t care about Tsunade’s words.

Just kidding, not even a single rib was broken, so where are you?

“Two adults, Hokage-sama invites you.”

Just when the two of them wanted to continue chatting, an ANBU ninja appeared and interrupted their conversation.

These two characters with such obvious features were heading towards Konoha, so of course they would be monitored by the ANBU.

Now is the time to employ people, so Shimura Danzo will naturally not let them go, and will send people to greet them before they enter the village.

The two looked at each other, not surprised, and just followed the ANBU ninja calmly into the village.

Amidst the pleasantries along the way, the five of them finally arrived at the Hokage Building and met Shimura Danzo and others.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw his teacher, two advisors, and his companion Orochimaru.

Before the two could say hello, Danzo Shimura’s voice was heard.

“Hmph! You still want to come back, it’s really beyond my expectation!”

As soon as Shimura Danzo saw the two of them, he scolded them unceremoniously.

In his opinion, it was a heinous crime for these two people to be Konoha ninjas who had been away for a long time. If the war hadn’t started, he would never have let these two people return to the village so easily.

The two of them turned their heads and looked at the unfamiliar figure in the familiar office. Whether it was Jiraiya or Tsunade, they couldn’t help but feel dazed for a while.

“Danzo, don’t mention the past anymore. The village is at a critical moment now. Every ninja is a valuable fighting force, not to mention Jiraiya and Tsunade.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed and smoothed things over for his two disciples.

Shimura Danzo naturally understood this truth, snorted coldly and stopped talking, focusing his gaze on Uzumaki Nagato.

“Is this the holder of the Samsara Eye that you said, Jiraiya?”

As Shimura Danzo spoke, everyone present looked at Uzumaki Nagato.

They had already learned what happened from Jiraiya’s letters. When they learned that the identity of the “child of destiny” in Jiraiya’s mouth was the Rinnegan, everyone present was shocked.

Shimura Danzo’s eyes flashed, he suppressed the heat in his heart, and said righteously:

“Jiraiya, since you have brought back the Samsara Eye, I will no longer care about what you did before.”

“Now that the village is in crisis, the precious fighting power of the Samsara Eye must be put to good use… I think the Samsara Eye should be under the control of ANBU.”

“I disagree!”

Sarutobi Hiruzen knocked on the table with his pipe and looked at his old teammate, without any hint of joy or anger in his voice.

“Since Uzumaki Nagato is Jiraiya’s disciple, it is natural that he should act together with him. What’s the point of splitting it up?”

Shimura Danzo narrowed his eyes and stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In the past few years, Sarutobi Hiruzen had given him many obstacles, but Danzo Shimura had eliminated them all, resulting in Sarutobi Hiruzen’s current power being much weaker than before.

Sarutobi Hiruzen’s behavior at this time made Danzo Shimura think that he wanted to master the Rinnegan to prepare for his restoration.

So he snorted coldly, not giving any face to his old teammate.

“Leave it to Jiraiya? Isn’t the reason he returned to Konoha because he couldn’t protect the Rinnegan?”

“And in Konoha now, the Anbu are naturally respected in terms of strength, so the responsibility of protecting the Rinnegan naturally falls on the Anbu.”

Seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to say something, Danzo Shimura, who had lost his patience, waved his hand and launched his ultimate move.

“Sarutobi, I am the Hokage!”