Chapter 148 The Outbreak of War

The third generation obviously realized Ming Jing's current level of ninjutsu during this process. Considering that Ming Jing's current strength is stronger than most of the jonin in the village, it is not reasonable for him to be a special jonin. So he took out a document and signed it to promote Ming Jing to jonin.

He thought that he had conquered the heart of this Uchiha kid, so he would not deliberately suppress Ming Jing's ninja title.

"Congratulations, Ming Jing, a fourteen-year-old jonin. It just so happens that I also became a jonin at this time, but I was not as strong as you when I was fourteen."

Namikaze Minato sat next to Kushina, holding Kushina's hand, and congratulated Ming Jing sincerely.

"Fourteen-year-old jonin is just the same as Tsunade and you. If I remember correctly, the village has been established for so many years, and the youngest jonin record has always been fourteen years old."

Sarutobi Hiruzen leaned comfortably against the tree trunk, basking in the sun.

"Tsk, old man, if Ming Jing hadn't spent so much time on ninjutsu and swordsmanship a year ago, and had to learn medical ninjutsu with me, maybe he could do more than just tie the record."

Tsunade sipped her wine and said lazily.

Things here are almost over, she wants to go to the casino, but it's a pity that she doesn't have much money with her.

But fortunately, there are disciples beside her. I think Ming Jing has done so many tasks during this period, so he should have a lot of money, right?

But as a teacher, she is embarrassed to ask the disciple for money directly, the third generation and Kushina are still watching here.

Or find an excuse to take Ming Jing away later, to test his current mastery of medical ninjutsu, and by the way, give a hint that the teacher is now short of money...

Just when Tsunade was still happily imagining how she would kill everyone in the casino after getting the money, an Anbu hurriedly ran from a distance and handed a document to the third generation.

The third generation's face gradually became extremely solemn, and his brows were furrowed.

"Old man, what happened to make you look like this?"

Tsunade turned her head and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Ah!"

The third generation sighed heavily and handed the document in his hand to Tsunade.

"There is nothing to hide. Dan just brought back information that the third generation Kazekage of Sand Village is missing. Chiyo and Luosha, who succeeded the fourth generation Kazekage, believe that it was Konoha's fault. They are already mobilizing troops and collecting supplies. I'm afraid it won't be long before they declare war on Konoha."

The third generation lit his pipe depressedly and took a puff.

"We have barely maintained peace for more than two years, and the war is about to break out again."

Tsunade looked at the document in her hand and frowned as well.

"Anbu, notify several senior officials to prepare for a meeting. Tsunade, you go and call Orochimaru and Dan to participate. You will be in charge of the command of the battlefield this time."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took the Hokage hat and robe from the hands of the Anbu next to him, tidied it up a little, and strode towards the Hokage building.

"War... is it going to start again?"

Minato Namikaze looked at the horizon in the distance and murmured.

"Where there are people, there will be fighting. Where there is fighting, war is a matter of time."

Mingjing stretched and stood up from the ground.

"Let's go, Minato, it's time to get ready. I guess there will be a jonin meeting later."

This was Mingjing's first time to attend a jonin meeting.

Because this day was just the day he became a jonin.

As the saying goes, small things are held in big meetings, and big things are held in small meetings. For a major event like the outbreak of war, the jonin meeting will naturally be held after the third generation and the three senior officials of Konoha and the three candidates for commanders, Orochimaru, Tsunade and Kato Dan, have a small meeting together before it can start.

Except for a small number of jonin who are on missions outside, most of the nearly 200 jonin of Konoha are present.

In the ecological system of Konoha, the jonin is below the Hokage and a few high-ranking ninjas with considerable voice, and above most of the middle and lower ninjas in Konoha, playing a role of connecting the upper and lower levels in the political system of Konoha.

Whatever the Hokage and the high-ranking ninjas want to do, they can't do it themselves, so they can only hand it over to the jonins they trust. Therefore, if you want to be the Hokage, you must at least win the trust of most of the jonins in the village in the jonin's vote, otherwise you will never be able to control Konoha in the future. This is also one of the most important powers in the hands of the jonins of Konoha.

And in the current situation of the jonin conference, basically many things are just a formality, to see if these jonins have any suitable suggestions worth adopting, or if there are any major objections, and then start to allocate and arrange their respective work.

So, after the evaluation of a group of high-level people and the approval of a group of jonins, the command of the western battlefield this time was taken over by Kato Dan, and Tsunade was Kato Dan's deputy.

In fact, Danzo wanted to support Orochimaru to take the command and gain military merits at the beginning, so that Orochimaru could compete for the position of Hokage later, but Orochimaru directly refused.

His experiment has reached a very important stage, and Orochimaru, who is full of eternal life, does not want to disturb his process of developing forbidden techniques because of these things.

And in this command position, Kato Dan is more competitive than Orochimaru.

It is not that Kato Dan's strength and command ability are stronger than Orochimaru, but mainly that he is more suitable.

On the one hand, in the late stage of the Second Ninja World War, it was Kato Dan who took over the position of White Fang and led Konoha to defeat Sand Village, and became more familiar with the people of Sand Village. On the other hand, it was also because of Tsunade's medical and detoxification ability that she could play a greater role when facing the poison makers of Sand Village.

The couple is indeed the best candidate to deal with Sand Village, and Sarutobi Hiruzen also hopes to send two top combat forces at one time to end the war with Sand Village as soon as possible.

Because at this time, other major ninja villages are likely to take advantage of the fire and further expand this war, forming a new Third Ninja World War that will sweep the ninja world.

"Teacher Dan, Teacher Tsunade, there is something I need to tell you."

After the meeting of the jonin, Mingjing found Tsunade and Kato Dan.

"Is it about the previous mission?"

Tsunade crossed her arms, squeezed out a deep ravine, and looked like she was justified.

"Yeah."

Mingjing nodded gently.

He can see a lot of things, and naturally others can see them too.

"I mentioned this to the old man when I went to the meeting. The old man said that he realized Danzo was going to attack you after you set off, so he sent Minato to find Jiraiya for support."

"What did the Third Hokage say?"

"The old man meant that we are in a war period now, and we need Danzo's roots to help. He will settle accounts with Danzo after the war is over, but I guess the matter will be left unresolved by then."

Tsunade spread her hands helplessly.

"The old man just likes to smooth things over like this, but Danzo, except for the old man who is the Hokage, no one can control Danzo. If we want to deal with him, we can only do it ourselves."

Hearing Tsunade's words, Mingjing actually felt pretty good.

Because from what Tsunade meant, she was going to stand on her side to deal with Danzo together.

"You attacked our most proud disciple for no reason. We must fight back no matter what. Let Danzo know that we are not easy to mess with!" Kato Dan was also very upset with Danzo. He was competing for the position of Hokage, but you, Danzo, planned to attack my most proud disciple. If he didn't fight back, how would those who followed Kato Dan look at him? He had to fight back both emotionally and logically. "For this matter, you can see how Dan and I did it. In terms of background, no one in the village is bigger than me. In terms of intelligence ability, no one in the village can be compared with Dan. As for you, it's too early to start to touch the darkness of the village now. At least now, Dan and I can completely protect you. What you should do most is to strengthen your own strength and stand at the same height as me and Dan." Tsunade smiled and patted Mingjing's shoulder. Now Kato Dan is the leader of the senior ninja class, Tsunade is also the director of Konoha's medical department. In addition to the power that Kato Dan has gathered and the connections and influence of the Senju clan, if there is a real commotion, Sarutobi Hiruzen will have to make a statement no matter what.

Tsunade now is not like the original time and space, suffering from hemophobia and becoming self-destructive.

As a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen, she knows very well that with Sarutobi Hiruzen's personality, he will definitely pursue stability, and if he wants to appease them to stabilize the situation inside the village, Sarutobi Hiruzen will definitely agree to their request.

At least he will agree to part of it and choose to keep things quiet.

In the afternoon of that day, Konoha began to quickly mobilize ninja troops and draw out the reserve war materials according to the arrangements made at the previous senior ninja meeting.

And just one day before the army set out, Sarutobi Hiruzen issued an order.

Shimura Danzo was removed from the position of the leader of the root, and Orochimaru, the current second-in-command of the root, took over.

Orochimaru, who originally planned to stay quietly underground to continue his experimental research, had to walk out of the laboratory and arrange the work of the root because of Sarutobi Hiruzen's order.

"Report, Master Dan, Master Tsunade, all the medical team members are ready!"

"All the intelligence team members have arrived!"

"The reconnaissance team has arrived!"

...

One after another, the jonin or special jonin reported in front of Tsunade and Kato Dan.

This is the training ground closest to the gate of Konoha, and it is also one of the largest training grounds in Konoha. Generally, if there is a war and the ninja team needs to be assembled, it is carried out here.

"Master Dan, the logistics team has all arrived, and all the supplies have exceeded the required amount by 20%."

When Baiyun Shixin was the last to report the work of the logistics team to Kato Dan, the 3,500 Konoha ninjas who went on this expedition had also gathered in the training ground.

"Duan, Tsunade, this time, the safety of the village is in your hands."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, wearing a Hokage robe, said earnestly to Tsunade and Kato Dan in front of him.

"Third-generation sir, don't worry, even if I risk my life, I will do my best to protect the village!"

Kato Dan replied with a firm look in his eyes.

"Old man, are you still worried about us doing things?"

Tsunade smiled freely and looked at Kato Dan.

Kato Dan nodded slightly to Tsunade, turned around, and looked at the huge crowd behind him.

"I will do my best to win the victory for the village, and then take everyone back to Konoha alive after the war! Let's go!"

The army set out, forming a team in an orderly manner, and walked out of the gate of Konoha under the gaze of the villagers who saw them off on the street.

"I didn't expect that after only two years, the war would start again."

In the bustling crowd on the roadside street, Uchiha Yu looked at the huge team leaving in the distance and couldn't help sighing.

"War..."

Next to Uchiha Yu, Shisui held his father Uchiha Chen's hand and stared blankly into the distance, wondering what he was thinking in his mind.

"Every war is accompanied by the sacrifice of countless people, just like your grandfather, Shisui, like them, and your cousin Mingjing, they are all protecting the village with their lives. They are real heroes."

Uchiha Chen's eyes were also a little absent-minded.

As an Uchiha, he also fantasized about becoming a ninja when he was a child, and then defeated the enemy in the war and became a hero like his father Uchiha Jing, but congenital lung disease completely prevented all his fantasies.

"Shisui, you must remember that the Uchiha clan was born to fight. The Uchiha clan's reputation was also forged with the blood and bones of the enemy on the battlefield. If you don't want to disgrace the family's reputation, you must train yourself to be stronger! In a few months, it will be the day when the ninja school will open. I hope you can be the first in your class like Mingjing. This is my first request to you!"

Uchiha Yu's voice seemed a little harsh.

Shisui nodded ignorantly and watched the team in the distance gradually disappear on the horizon.

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Kawa no Kyoto.

This is a small country located on the west side of the Fire Kingdom. Like the River Kingdom, it is a buffer zone between the two major countries of the Fire Kingdom and the Wind Kingdom.

Because there are no ninja villages, their territory is almost defenseless to the powerful Sand Village.

"The River Country has already been completely conquered in such a short time..."

Tsunade looked at the map and fell into deep thought.

"The most urgent task is to first establish a solid defense line in the uneven terrain of the River Country, strangle the main roads in various places, and try to curb the aggressive momentum of the Sand Village. Then, according to the situation on the battlefield, we can organize a counterattack and push them back."

Kato Dan drew a zigzag line on the map with his finger.

"If the troops are mainly concentrated in these locations, they can effectively occupy the terrain and counterattack the Sand Village."