Chapter 245 The War Begins (Subscription Request)

Frank words always hurt people.

What Ryosuke meant was almost the same as telling Shanks that you are not that important. Without you, the planet will still turn. Don't think you are so indispensable.

But the fact is that even Ryosuke himself does not think he is irreplaceable.

Maybe he is very powerful in Hyuga and in the ninja world. He can influence the development of the whole world with a wave of his hand.

But if there is a time-space gate connecting various worlds, then Ryosuke's power is not absolute.

Maybe... in the world involved in the time-space gate, there are many strong people who exceed the limits of human beings, and even strong people who are born as gods.

In their eyes, Ryosuke may also seem insignificant.

Or maybe they are also insignificant in the eyes of higher-level beings.

In this game that spreads across the heavens and the worlds, everyone is a player, and they are just players who are pushed forward.

"...Maybe so."

Shanks was silent for a while, and drank the full spleen in his hand, "But I still want to go and see first."

As a pirate and an adventurer, in addition to wanting to see if this world is a threat to their world, he actually wants to see the strong people in other worlds with his own eyes.

"It just so happens that I came this time to see if there are any opponents that interest me."

Ryosuke chuckled and looked at him, "Together?"

"You are really a crazy practitioner, let's go together."

Shanks nodded, "I hope this battle can open my eyes. In our world, large-scale naval battles happen every day."

"I won't let you down."

Ryosuke stood up.

Although he hasn't really fought with Shanks yet, every time he meets, he can feel that the threat from the other party is getting lower and lower.

Even this time, he almost ignored the domineering aura that was inadvertently exuded.

Perhaps... he has roughly grasped what level Shanks's level is equivalent to in this world, and through his existence, he has learned where the standard of the One Piece world is.

"According to the report from the infiltration reconnaissance team, the enemy is temporarily living in the Hidden Mist Village, and there is no escape from the village."

The Land of Water, Jimu Town, is only three towns away from the Hidden Mist Village.

This will serve as the battle headquarters of the ninja coalition.

"The situation inside the village is also stable from the outside, but it has been completely blocked. No ninja or ordinary people are allowed to enter or go out."

Putting his hands together on the table, the Fourth Kazekage looked at the other shadows on the round table and reported.

"According to the information given by the Daimyo of the Land of Water, the food supply in the Hidden Mist Village is enough for them to support for a year."

As the Fifth Hokage, Jiraiya also mentioned the part he was responsible for, "In addition to the food and grass brought by our headquarters, the Land of Water is also willing to provide us with enough food and grass as a war preparation, and ask for forgiveness for their ignorance before this."

Since it is a joint operation, of course it is impossible for the five major villages to fight each other as before.

In order to better fight the enemy and avoid forming cliques in the battle, they had already allocated the teams of the five major villages when they gathered before the war.

Regardless of the power of the village, all the participants were integrated, and then judged by each person's combat advantage, and divided into logistics team, perception team, sealing team, intelligence team, combat team, etc. ...

Among them, the logistics team includes food, weapons, medical care and other work,

and the combat team is divided into long-range combat team, medium-range combat team, and close combat team.

Then, the shadows of the five major villages respectively appointed reliable personnel under their command to serve as the heads of these departments.

Tsunade, who is now standing behind Jiraiya, is the general person in charge of logistics work. Because of her prestige and the level of medical ninjutsu, no one has any objections.

"Their news has been blocked by the Akatsuki organization. As an ordinary person, I didn't know about this situation before, so I can understand."

Mifune of the Iron Country was the first to express that he would not hold the Water Country responsible.

And other countries also responded quickly.

The main responsibility for this matter lies with the Akatsuki organization. Of course, they can't attack these ordinary people. Since they have already given compensation, forget it.

"Now, it depends on which side makes the first move."

Darui looked at the others, "Should we strike first? Attack with the whole army."

"Maybe... we can be safer."

Onoki thought for a while and suggested: "Their food and grass in the village can only support one year. We can delay for one year and encircle the Hidden Mist Village from different directions, just harassing, without large-scale conflict."

"The longer the time is delayed, the more unfavorable the situation of the Akatsuki organization will be. In the end, we can win without wasting extra troops!"

The battlefield is definitely not something that can be ended in a short time.

If the war that needs to be decided is too short, unless it is a completely crushing situation, it can only mean that the scale of the war that broke out is larger and the losses on both sides are greater.

Surrounding but not attacking to reduce losses is a natural tactic under the environmental advantage.

"I agree."

Kazekage Rasa raised his hand first to express his agreement with this tactical arrangement.

As the weakest of the five major villages, Sand Village has almost never appeared as a victorious country. It also lost a lot of troops when the Akatsuki organization captured the tailed beast the year before.

If the losses can be reduced in the current battle, he will undoubtedly not object.

"I agree, although it takes more time, it is a good thing for the final result."

Jiraiya also nodded in agreement.

Oonoki proposed the tactics, and the Kazekage and the Firekage responded. Logically, this proposal should be decided,

But the Mizukage and the Raikage remained silent and never gave a clear answer.

At the round table, everyone else, including the Iron Country Mifune, looked at the two.

But the two did not respond, including Qing and Mabui who were standing behind them and participating in the meeting as guards.

"Mizukage, don't you agree with my proposal? Don't you know that the longer the delay, the better for your Kirigakure."

Onoki frowned and looked at the young Terumi Mei, "What are you hesitating about?"

On the other side, the Raikage also cast his eyes on Terumi Mei. The reason for his hesitation was that the consequences of this delaying tactic might end because Onoki later received news that the Hidden Rock Village was attacked.

So... what is she hesitating about?

"I don't think this is a good idea."

Terumi Mei hesitated for a moment, "Perhaps what we should consider is not how to take down the Akatsuki organization, but how to win under the opponent's attack."

This sentence made several people present stunned.

"Although... from the outside world's perspective, our coalition is so powerful that we are almost fighting this war in a crushing manner."

"But everyone should know that in this war, we are not fighting with an absolute advantage, and we may even be at a disadvantage."

Mei Terumi looked at everyone seriously, "If that masked man is really Uchiha Madara, we have to use at least half of our troops to hold him back, or even more."

"Senior Ohnoki should know that guy's combat power better than us juniors. According to our elders, that monster cannot be solved by outnumbering!"

"Even while dealing with Uchiha Madara, we have to use the remaining half of our troops to face the rest of the Akatsuki organization, including the Samsara Eye Nagato, and the rebel ninjas of Kirigakure!"

A trace of sadness flashed in Ohnoki's eyes, "Indeed, if that masked man is really Uchiha Madara, we will have no advantage at all."

Compared to the others present, he has faced Uchiha Madara directly.

That monster inspired his growth, but at the same time, it also made him afraid.

"Unlike ordinary Uchiha clan members, Uchiha Madara's eyes have reached the level of the Mangekyō Sharingan, which means... he can use the legendary eye technique - Susanoo."

"The substantial purple chakra is like armor, completely wrapping Uchiha Madara in it, and his huge figure is more shocking than the tailed beasts."

"With a wave of the long sword in his hand, even the mountains will be cut off directly! In the eyes of Susanoo, the number of people is just like ants on the ground that can be easily trampled to death."

Although it was a bit of a blow to morale, Ohnoki still briefly described Uchiha Madara who he had met in the war.

Darui also nodded, "Although I haven't seen the power of Susanoo with my own eyes, I have heard a little about it."

"The Mizukage is right. If the opponent is really Uchiha Madara, we need to consider this battle more carefully. We can't easily define the opponent as a turtle in a jar."

"Although they are surrounded by the coalition forces, they are unlikely to cross the blockade, but... nothing is absolute, not to mention that they also master some kind of time and space ninjutsu."

"Once they are forced into a corner and cross the blockade with a small number of people, it will be a disaster for the forces behind us!"

These words are meaningful,

However, the message sent to Ohnoki was temporarily intercepted, so he didn't hear the meaning contained in it.

Jiraiya put his hands on the table and said coldly, "No matter what the identity of the masked man is, we should not underestimate the opponent. In this case, we..."

Before he finished speaking, the door of the conference room was suddenly knocked open.

"My Lords, the intelligence team at the front has passed on the news that the Yamanaka Santenjonin of the perception team detected movement in the Hidden Mist Village half an hour ago. The enemy..."

Speaking of this, the visitor paused unconsciously and swallowed his saliva, "It seems that they are going to take the initiative to attack!"

And this also means that the horn of war will be officially sounded.

"It seems that we don't have to worry about tactics anymore."

Jiraiya looked at the others helplessly, "Since the other party can directly provoke a direct war, perhaps... the identity of the masked man is really Uchiha Madara."

"No matter what, although we can't underestimate Uchiha Madara, we can't overestimate him either."

In order to avoid low morale, Ohnoki reminded everyone, "With my current body, it is extremely difficult to fight with physical skills. Most of the time, fighting is carried out with the help of skills."

"And Uchiha Madara is more than 20 years older than me. He must be at least a hundred years old now."

"A hundred-year-old man, to what extent the body function will decline, I think you should know better than me, the master of the Hidden Mist Village is now nearly ninety, and has basically lost the ability to fight..."

He is also an old senior among all the shadows present. With a few words, Ohnoki swept away some of the haze in everyone's hearts and gave them more confidence.

Age is indeed a problem they inadvertently overlooked.

No matter how powerful Uchiha Madara was, he is only a human being after all, a human being with a limited lifespan.

Many powerful people in the history of the ninja world could not escape the erosion of time, and he could not escape the erosion of time either!

Time would make Uchiha Madara's physical function decline again and again. Even if he was the best of his generation, he was just a stubborn stone of the old times, and he definitely did not have the combat power of his peak period!

"The war has begun."

On the top of an unnamed mountain a long distance away from Jimu Town,

Ryosuke sat leisurely on the edge of the cliff, drinking tea with Shanks.

And being at a high place, the cold wind did not affect the two of them at all,

Even the tea set placed on the stone table was not blown down by the strong wind.

"It's really convenient, ninjutsu."

Shanks smiled and picked up the hot teacup, "I didn't expect that I could do such an elegant thing in such a harsh environment."

"No wonder they say that ninjas can survive in any harsh environment."

The stone benches and stone tables they sat on were all made by earth escape techniques.

The tea was sealed in advance using storage scrolls, and boiling water was made using water escape techniques and fire escape techniques...

"This also requires a certain level of attainment and insight into the techniques. If it is just water made by a crude water escape technique, it is recommended that you don't drink it."

Ryosuke replied casually, his eyes always staying in the Jimu Town, "Their number has begun to gather, it seems that there is movement in Kirigakure."

There are many powerful people with profound attainments in perception in the ninja coalition.

But unfortunately, after Ryosuke got the Samsara Eye, his peeping is no longer perceptible to humans.

"Unfortunately, I don't have eyes like yours."

Shanks spread his hands, "So... you said that you can let me observe this battle accurately and carefully, so you plan to let me watch the battle here with a telescope?"

As he said that, he took out the telescope he had prepared in advance from his arms and shook it.

"I didn't ask you to prepare this."

Ryosuke shook his head, "My original intention was to let my eyes temporarily become your eyes, providing you with enough vision to observe this battle."

As he spoke, he stretched out his fingers.

As for Ryosuke's sudden action, Shanks' body paused for a moment, but did not stop him, allowing his fingers to touch his eyebrows.

Soon, Shanks felt a heat flow he had never felt before from the other party's body through his fingers and into his eyes.

Then, he "saw" the ninja coalition gathering in the distance, and even their faces were extremely clear.

"This mountain is the center of the distance between Jimu Town and Kirigakure Village, and it is the best place to watch."

Ryosuke explained again, "I have temporarily made concealment arrangements for the nearby space. Unless their war spreads to our surroundings, they will not notice us at all."

"You can watch this battle here with peace of mind. This battle may become the most pinnacle battle in the history of the ninja world!"