Promote the theory of threat to Konoha, why Kirigakure brings Hide! - Chapter 259

c258 Arriving at Konoha

“Have you heard? The Third Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village was killed by the Fourth Hokage of Konoha!”

In a tavern in the Iron Country, a permanent neutral country in the Ninja World, a table of guests were discussing the most popular Ninja World War in the recent Ninja World.

“And I heard that the Third Raikage had no power to fight back when facing Shimura Danzo, and was killed in one encounter. From this point of view, the gap between Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village is probably deeper than imagined!”

A peddler in hemp clothes drank the inferior wine in the cup and expressed his opinion on the outcome of the Ninja World War.

“If you ask me, the Fourth Hokage who killed the Third Raikage in one second can be said to be the strongest in the Ninja World. With Shimura Danzo sitting in charge, plus so many ninja clans in Konoha, I am afraid that the situation of this war is not as clear as imagined, and there may be more fighting!”

Just as this man was talking about his big talk under the influence of alcohol, he heard a burst of sneers from another table in the tavern.

“Danzo Shimura is still the best in the ninja world… The best in the ninja world you mentioned has been beaten to a pulp by Kirigakure’s Shingetsu. He finally escaped, and even the Third Hokage and the head of the Uchiha clan didn’t have time to save him. He was killed by others. Are you still bragging here?”

“Nonsense!”

The interrupted man turned his head angrily and spoke nonsense to the drinkers at another table: “Who do you think Kirigakure’s Shingetsu is? Is it Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha? He was able to kill the Third Hokage and the head of the Uchiha clan in a row in a one-on-three situation, and even made the Fourth Hokage flee in panic?”

“Even if you want to deliberately exaggerate your words to attract attention, please can you find a better reason? With this kind of rhetoric, I’m afraid only children will believe it!”

The person who was scolded just laughed disdainfully when he saw this, turned his head and continued to chat with his friends. It was obvious that he didn’t want to open his mouth to such a person.

“Extra, Extra! The Hidden Mist Village defeated Konoha, the Third Hokage and the Uchiha clan leader died in the battle, and the Fourth Hokage fled!”

Just when the man thought he was proud and turned around to show off his views on the Ninja World War with his friends, the sharp shouts of newspaper boys suddenly came from outside the tavern.

“What?”

The man turned his head in disbelief and stared at the direction outside the tavern, then rushed out of the tavern. After a while, he walked back to the original place in a daze under the gaze of everyone, and threw the newspaper in his hand at the other people at the same table.

“It’s actually… true.”

——

The news that the two generations of Konoha Hokage and the Uchiha clan leader were defeated by Kizuki was spread in the ninja world at a speed that no one expected.

The people in the ninja world had just eaten the big melon of the Third Raikage being killed by Shimura Danzo, and they thought that Konoha was about to rise, but they didn’t expect to eat a bigger melon in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, the protagonist of the last big melon became the background board of this big melon, which makes people feel that one melon is higher than another.

Therefore, this explosive news, in just two days, spread throughout the entire ninja world with the help of the ninja world’s melon-eating crowd and various forces with unknown intentions.

At the border of the Land of Lightning, the temporary camp of the Hidden Cloud Village.

“What? The old guy Shimura Danzo was defeated by the bastard Kizuna Shingetsu? And Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Fugaku also died?”

Yeyue Lei, or the fourth generation Raikage Ai, who had just taken over his father’s position, was incredible when he heard the news. He widened his eyes and grabbed the collar of the ninja who came to report the news.

This news was undoubtedly unacceptable to him.

For the fourth generation Raikage, who always respected his father, this news would not only make everyone in the ninja world think that his father’s strength was far inferior to that Kizuna Shingetsu, whom he always looked down upon, but also make his father a joke.

It also means that at the critical moment when the Hidden Cloud Village was defeated and the Hidden Mist Village succeeded, it is easy to shake the leadership position of the Hidden Cloud Village within the alliance, thus affecting the strategy of the Hidden Cloud Village to use the alliance to seize rights and interests in this war.

Originally, the sudden death of the Third Raikage caused the Hidden Cloud Village army to be in chaos.

Under the massive attack of the defenders in the northeast of Konoha, the Hidden Cloud Village directly lost the forward base of the Kingdom of Hot Springs and retreated thousands of miles back to the mainland of the Kingdom of Lightning.

This incident has already caused the Hidden Cloud Village’s international reputation to plummet, and now the comparison of such an incident in the Hidden Mist Village has further highlighted their incompetence, which undoubtedly destroyed the Hidden Cloud Village’s attempt to take advantage of this war to go further.

“Lord Raikage, the Konoha defenders on the opposite side have retreated!”

Just when the Fourth Raikage was furious, the Hidden Cloud Anbu entered the tent to report Konoha’s unusual movements.

“Konoha must have received the news from the headquarters. The commanders of the southeastern defense line were both killed, and Shimura Danzo fled back to Konoha. Although there are still a large number of ninja troops on the southeastern defense line, it will not take long for Kizuna’s troops to break through it and enter the Land of Fire. So Konoha should have taken the initiative to shrink its forces.”

“Lord Raikage, although the death of the former Raikage has made us extremely sad, the overall strength of our village has not been greatly damaged. Facing this rare opportunity for us, Kumogakure, to eliminate a strong enemy, we should now move forward bravely to prevent the Kirigakure from breaking into Konoha first!”

Touchai looked at the fourth Raikage who was still angry and stood up to persuade him.

Under Touchai’s persuasion, the fourth Raikage was also holding back his anger and issued an order for the entire army to attack.

Kumogakure received the news, and Iwagakure was no exception.

Although Ohnoki in Iwagakure was not as unlucky as the third Raikage, their offensive situation can be said to be hard to describe.

The chief and deputy commanders of Konoha in the northwest direction are Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze.

People like Orochimaru, who are cold-blooded by nature and do not care about the lives of their own people in order to complete their plans, are simply natural commanders. With the Ten Thousand Snakes formation, the endless tactical plans can be said to have made the Iwagakure suffer.

In addition to Orochimaru’s commanding ability, Minato Namikaze’s personal strength was undoubtedly exposed in this war.

Especially in a battle to capture a key terrain, Minato Namikaze fought against a hundred enemies alone and instantly killed a hundred enemy ninjas, which frightened the Rock Ninjas and made his name “Yellow Flash” resound throughout the northwest battlefield.

As a last resort, Ohnoki could only issue an announcement again to allow Minato Namikaze to enjoy the same treatment as White Fang.

That is, any mission that encounters Minato Namikaze can be abandoned unconditionally.

Moreover, Minato Namikaze is also very smart. He knows the speed advantage brought by space-time ninjutsu very well. He rarely participates in the front battlefield. He basically executes some tactical ninjutsu of wandering and interspersing, relying on his strong personal strength to open a gap for Konoha on some anxious battlefields.

Ohnoki wanted to ambush Minato Namikaze by relying on his flying advantage and the powerful attack power of Dust Release, but flying is not as fast as teleportation after all. Ohnoki could only follow Minato Namikaze again and again, watching him treat the battlefield as if there was no one and start to swim.

Under the command of Orochimaru and the personal tactical characteristics of Minato Namikaze, combined with the complex geographical situation of the Grass Country and the Mountain Country in the northwest of Konoha, the Konoha defenders actually took on the huge gap in numbers and blocked the 20,000 troops of the Hidden Rock Village on this line.

Just when Ohnoki was helpless and could only rely on the numerical advantage of the Rock Ninja and use human lives to advance forward, he suddenly found that one day the Konoha defenders in front of him retreated directly regardless of the large number of fortifications built at a huge cost.

Just when he was puzzled, the news that Kizuna Shingetsu defeated the two generations of Konoha Hokage and took a Uchiha clan leader with him finally reached his ears.

“Although I knew that guy was not a good person, I never thought that he could become famous by stepping on Shimura Danzo, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Fugaku…”

Onoki looked at the information in his hand with complicated eyes.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was his old rival, and he had a clear understanding of the strength of this Hokage. Even he did not dare to say that he could defeat him 100%.

Not to mention Shimura Danzo, who was able to kill the third generation Raikage instantly, even if he relied on some means, it can still be seen that this “An Shinobi” is not a simple person.

As for Uchiha Fugaku… With the title of the Uchiha clan leader, I am afraid that no one in the ninja world will regard him as a fake.

But these three people were still defeated by Kizuna Shingetsu, which made Ohnoki feel wary of Kizuna Shingetsu.

“But even though Kirigakure has a Hozuki Shingetsu, its overall foundation is too poor. The most important thing now is to advance quickly and take this opportunity to destroy Konoha.”

After thinking about this, Ohnoki immediately issued an order to command the Hidden Rock Village troops to seize the territory left by the Konoha defenders.

When a large number of Rock Ninjas climbed over a mountain, no one would have thought that Uchiha Madara, who once dominated the ninja world, would stay quietly under the mountain, listening to the sounds of them passing by.

——

“Madara-sama, Uchiha Obito has been rescued.”

Uchiha Madara retracted his gaze upward and turned to look at the White Zetsu standing on the other side.

“I know… How is it? Is there still no news about Zetsu?”

Uchiha Madara stood up and was about to walk out, but as if he remembered something, he casually asked the White Zetsu beside him.

The Zetsu he mentioned was the Otsutsuki Black Zetsu who was sealed by Hozuki Shingetsu.

Since he went out some time ago, Zetsu has cut off contact with Uchiha Madara.

Because he was out collecting intelligence, Uchiha Madara didn’t think much about it, but as time went on, he gradually realized that something was wrong.

After such a long time without contact, there must be something wrong with Zetsu.

“Okay, order the other White Zetsu to continue searching!”

For him, Black Zetsu was just a creation he accidentally created using Yin-Yang escape technique. He was only concerned about it because it was easy to use.

But after such a long time of no contact, he might have been exposed somewhere and killed. This kind of thing has happened before, so Uchiha Madara looked at the White Zetsu and shook his head. After a little thought, he let it go.

Now compared to Black Zetsu, he has more important prey waiting for him to prepare.

“Uchiha Obito… Heh, you are so lucky to be able to dedicate everything for the “Eye of the Moon” plan!”

Uchiha Madara walked through the gloomy and dark corridor and came to a quiet room, and finally saw the chosen child.

At this time, Uchiha Obito’s lower body was seriously injured, and his entire body from the waist down was replaced by the body of White Zetsu.

enmm… It is worth mentioning that since White Zetsu is a plant-made man and is asexual, Uchiha Obito now successfully lost his bird and underwent the first sex change operation in the ninja world.

At this time, Uchiha Obito, not knowing whether he was worried about Lin or knew that he was castrated, was sitting on the bed with a dead look on his face, turning a blind eye to the appearance of Uchiha Madara.

“Want to revive your lover and create a world where she loves you?”

Uchiha Madara’s extremely tempting voice sounded, “It’s very simple, you just need to become the god of the new world.”

After hearing this, Uchiha Obito didn’t know what he thought of. He raised his head and looked at Uchiha Madara, his eyes filled with unspeakable ambitions.

——

After the massive attack of the Rock Village, the Sand Village in the southwest did the same. The reason they responded to this war was mainly to divert the conflicts within the village after the disappearance of the Wind Shadow.

However, with the joint efforts of the steady Akimichi Tofu and the medically proficient Tsunade, the offensive of the southwest defense line was also difficult to describe.

Therefore, in this situation, facing the large blank area left by the Konoha defenders in front, they naturally would not be polite and began to advance frantically.

As the first to advance, when Kirigakure Shingetsu got the news, the Kirigakure army had already penetrated into the territory of the Land of Fire, less than a thousand miles away from the Konoha headquarters.

“Uchiha Fugaku is dead?”

Hozuki Shingetsu looked at the information in his hand, and after a brief shock, he secretly admired Shimura Danzo’s ruthlessness.

He clearly remembered that he did not kill Uchiha Fugaku, and Shimura Danzo took him away when he left.

Now the news of Uchiha Fugaku’s death came, and it was specifically pointed out that he died at his hands, so who is the real murderer behind the scenes, it is self-evident.

“It seems that in order to integrate all forces to deal with the crisis, this Danzo has begun to eliminate dissidents by any means and prepare to gather power!”

Hozuki Shingetsu disdained Shimura Danzo’s actions, because he didn’t need to take action himself to deal with this person. He had already prepared a sharp blade six years ago.

The world will tell him what “the one who rises with this will surely perish with this” means.

Now the only one who can stop him is the holder of the Samsara Eye.

…

Due to the defeat of two generations of Hokage in succession, the morale of the Konoha army was in chaos. In addition, the Hidden Mist Village was advancing rapidly on the southeastern front, so Konoha had no choice but to issue an order to shrink its forces and focus all its efforts on defending the Land of Fire.

However, with the huge gap in hard power, even if the Konoha ninjas fought hard, they were still outnumbered and were eaten away by the four forces.

So it was under such circumstances that the armies of the four countries of wind, earth, thunder and water successfully joined Konoha two months after the start of this Ninja World War.