Chapter 578 The Most Vigilant Enemy

After the retreating Iwagakure ninjas under the cover of the Tailed Beast Balls reunited, the first thing they did was to pass the information back to Iwagakure Village.

Because the weather was good, Ohnoki was in a very good mood.

When he learned that it was the news from the Grass Country battlefield, he went to see it with a smile.

Because every time the news from the Grass Country battlefield came recently, it was basically a victory report, and Ohnoki was a little surprised.

Under the lineup of the opponent, the Yellow Flash and Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, the Iwagakure troops led by Lishi actually defeated Jiraiya's troops without suffering any losses.

"The intelligence unit fell into Konoha's trap by mistake, and the troops suffered heavy losses?" Ohnoki's slightly upturned mouth corners bent down.

"Huh? How many people are left in the army?" Ohnoki was a little unbelievable when he saw the number of words on the encrypted scroll.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and opened them again, but the number of words on it did not change. It was still 323, and there was no extra one in front.

Bang!

Ohnoki couldn't help but punch the office with an expression of disbelief on his face.

That was a full 2,000 ninja army, 2,000 ninjas, not 2,000 samurai or ordinary people. After a defeat, it became 323?

Ohnoki was almost dizzy. There were only over 300 ninjas left out of the 2,000 ninja army.

Iwagakure had been hiding for a long time, and only then had accumulated 12,000 ninjas. As a result, they lost almost one-sixth of them in a defeat.

His original idea was to use the advantage of numbers to win a small victory over Konoha, consume Konoha's ninja power, and then after Konoha added more people, they would lose a small victory over Konoha, and then continue to hide and observe the situation.

Ohnoki could accept 500 casualties, after all, it was unrealistic not to have people die.

But almost 1,700 died in one go, and Ohnoki couldn't accept it.

Among these 1,700 ninjas, there were also senior ninjas and the elite members of the Iwagakure blasting team. How long would it take for the Iwagakure Village to train so many ninjas again?

Ohnoki read all the intelligence carefully with a dark face.

If he were to summarize, it would be that Iwaku was eager for quick success and led the troops to the abyss.

The biggest responsibility must be borne by Iwaku, he was the acting commander and the one who issued the order.

And Iwaku was already dead, no matter how big the responsibility was, Iwaku would not object.

"Let them all come back." Ohnoki gave the order.

Although three hundred ninjas were not a small number, the two thousand ninja troops were defeated, and letting the remaining three hundred people stay would be a sacrifice, so it would be better to call them back directly.

After all, such a big thing, a dead person can't handle it.

Then Ohnoki quickly convened a high-level meeting and notified all the high-level officials of Iwagakure of the latest information on the battlefield.

After reading the information, Hui's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

When he sent reinforcements, he analyzed the benefits of sending reinforcements one by one.

Now the front-line troops have suffered heavy losses, and he is responsible for it.

Because if he had not stood up to support the sending of reinforcements, even if all the Grass Country troops of Iwagakure were killed, the damage would not have reached the number of 1,700.

"The casualties are close to 1,700. How many students must have graduated from the Ninja School to train so many qualified ninjas. I said at the beginning that maintaining the status quo is the safest choice!" Iwagakure elder Mu Hua glanced at Hui and Chong Jing, and said with dissatisfaction.

Mu Hua still remembers how Hui and Chong Jing refuted him at the beginning.

Now looking at Hui and Chong Jing's guilty look, Mu Hua is angry on the surface, but in fact he is secretly happy.

Hui subconsciously looked at Ohnoki, but Ohnoki did not show that he was going to speak.

Hui showed a thoughtful expression, and then said:

"Elder Muhua, that's not what I meant. Although we suffered heavy losses this time, it doesn't mean that there is a problem with our plan.

Our troops once beat Konoha's troops and made them flee in panic, which has proved that we are not wrong in the general direction."

"It's just that the people who carried out the mission had an accident. Iwaku is not as mature as Lieshi, so he fell into Konoha's trap.

If Iwaku hadn't taken that radical action, our plan would have been successfully completed."

In fact, the overall trend of the Iwagakure war this time is similar to what Iwagakure wanted. They both won first and then lost, but the loss was too tragic.

Since the commanders of the two winners and losers were different, Hui cleverly attributed the win to their plan and threw the blame for the loss to the dead Iwaku.

"Moreover, our important fighting force Jinchūriki also had problems. He was desperate to perform full tailed beast transformation in the center of the army. In order to kill the Konoha ninja, he used the tailed beast jade on his fighting companions. This is simply intentional killing!

I suggest that Lao Zi be psychologically evaluated. He may have been affected by the tailed beast chakra and became crazy."

"If Lao Zi can use his power correctly to fight for Iwagakure, then even if the army cannot defeat Konoha's army, breaking through should not be a problem."

Hui put another big black pot on Lao Zi's head.

He didn't know whether it was easy to break through at that time, but now is an important moment to share the blame. The important thing is to sound reasonable.

"That's right, a Jinchūriki like Lao Zi is too dangerous. He must be strictly guarded. If necessary, the four tails can be drawn out and a new Jinchūriki can be selected." Chong Jing nodded and said.

So many ninjas died, and all parties must give an explanation. It happened that Lao Zi had such a big flaw, and he couldn't think of a reason not to put the blame on Lao Zi.

Chong Jing and Hui analyzed the situation and tried to give the high-ranking Iwagakure who died in the army a share of the blame.

In short, there is only one core. There is no problem with their plan and direction. It is the actual execution of the army that failed.

Mu Hua said nothing. Although they usually have different political views, the contradiction is not so big that it is time to add insult to injury. A few ridicules are enough.

"Let's stop here for the time being about the defeat of the army. What we need to pay attention to is the strength shown by Konoha in this war." Ohnoki said.

Sharing the blame is a very important thing, but it is more important than sharing the blame to analyze the opponent.

Defeating other major ninja villages and making Iwagakure the number one ninja village in the ninja world is the real big deal.

"Hanyu Muyue, this person will definitely be the next big enemy of Iwagakure." Ohnoki said with a serious face.

Ohnoki took out another stack of information and threw it in front of the top leaders of Iwagakure.

The top leaders of Iwagakure picked it up and looked through it, and found that it was Muyue's personal information, which recorded all the information that Iwagakure could investigate.

"The first time he was on the battlefield was two and a half years ago, also in the Grass Country battlefield. At that time, his strength was only slightly stronger than that of the hunter, and he could only serve as an auxiliary in the battle with the Jinchūriki." Ohnoki said.

He paid close attention to Mu Yue and Namikaze Minato, and now he knows Mu Yue's information by heart.

"But when he showed up at the Kirigakure battlefield on the east coast of the Land of Fire last year, his strength was far greater than before.

The famous Kirigakure ninja Mizunotsuki Kan and the Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen encountered his team together, and in the end only two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen survived, and most of the ninjas, including Mizunotsuki Kan, were killed by Hanyu Muyue."

"And in the subsequent war, the strong man of the Kirigakure, Kirigakure Zangetsu, was also killed by Hanyu Muyue. Hanyu Muyue even teamed up with Orochimaru to kill a Jinchūriki whose tailed beast ran wild in his body during the war."

"This is only a year later."

While watching Muyue's information and listening to Ohnoki's explanation, the Iwagakure seniors instantly appeared in their minds. The image of a super genius instantly appeared.

"Until this year, he is still getting stronger at an astonishing speed." Ohnoki continued in a deep voice.

"His Ice Style was only revealed during the battle with Kirigakure last year. Now he can freeze Jinchūriki. The most powerful Ice Style can kill more than a dozen jonin in an instant."

"Old Zi, who has not yet fully transformed into a tailed beast, has almost no ability to fight back against his Water Style."

As they get to know Mu Yue better, the top leaders of Iwagakure feel more and more outrageous.

They have seen young strong men before, such as Minato Namikaze of Konoha.

However, compared to Mu Yue, Minato Namikaze is undoubtedly much more normal. Before he killed many people on the battlefield, Minato Namikaze was already a well-known jonin.

And every time Mu Yue appears, his strength surges, as if he has just reached a period of rapid development, which is very scary.

"This year, he rarely used Fire Style in the battle with our troops, but you have to know one thing, he earned the title of Fiery Sun in the battlefield of Kirigakure, and Fire Style was his best ninjutsu before."

"I have no doubt that he can become a ninja who is proficient in all attributes like the Third Hokage. If he reaches the level of the Third Hokage, he will be stronger than the Third Hokage, because he also masters Ice Style and Flying Thunder God Technique."

Onoki described Mu Yue in this way, and the senior members of Iwagakure sweated profusely.

The Third Hokage is already very strong, and no ninja in the ninja world dares to say that he can definitely beat the Third Hokage.

If Mu Yue can become the enhanced version of the Third Hokage, then Mu Yue will most likely become the recognized number one in the ninja world.

Looking at the expressions of the senior members, Ohnoki nodded slightly in his heart.

If he said this, then the senior members still cannot recognize the harm of Mu Yue, and only regard Mu Yue as a character similar to Namikaze Minato, then Iwagakure is really finished.

"If there is a chance to kill Hanyu Muyue, even if it means sacrificing a 2,000-man ninja unit, it is worth it!" Ohnoki said seriously.

If there is a really enhanced version of the Third Hokage, it will be no less important to the current ninja world than the resurrection of Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha.

The top leaders of Iwagakure nodded in agreement.

A 2,000-man unit can be cultivated over time, but a genius with a very high ceiling like Muyue may not appear once in a hundred years.

Let alone a 2,000-man ninja unit, they even think that even a 3,000-man ninja unit in exchange for Muyue's life is not a loss.

On this day, Muyue topped the Iwagakure Must-Kill List.