Chapter 166: Danzo Starts the Fight and Hiruzen Takes the Blame! (Subscribe and Vote)

At the end of August of the 45th year of Konoha, the Fourth Kazekage of the Sand Ninja personally led his troops northward and once again invaded the Kingdom of Birds.

Almost when the Sand Ninja invaded the Kingdom of Birds again, the Kingdom of Grass and Minato Namikaze arrived from the Kingdom of Fire.

At this time, the Iwa Ninja had already withdrawn from the Country of Grass, and set up defenses at one end of the destroyed Kannabi Bridge. In turn, they used the natural barrier of the huge canyon where the Kannabi Bridge was located to defend themselves, and separated the Konoha-Sand Ninja-Kusana Ninja. The coalition blocked it.

It has to be said that the elite Iwa Ninja East Dead Man cannot be underestimated, and Orochimaru and Chiyo are helpless when defending.

In the big tent, Konoha is led by Orochimaru, Sand Hidden Village is led by Chiyo and Ebizo, and Kusanagi can only do nothing. At this moment, the three parties are holding a meeting.

Minato Namikaze, who had just arrived, was also present.

"Since the defense formed by the Iwa Ninja with the help of natural barriers is difficult to break, it is better to change the direction and attack from the Kingdom of Rain."

Chiyodao.

Orochimaru nodded slightly: "The direction of the Kingdom of Rain is indeed a choice, and the current battlefield has also spread to the Kingdom of Rain."

"But the strength of the Iwa ninja must be contained here, otherwise the battle situation will not change."

Wuwei, a grass ninja, said quickly after hearing this: "The strength of the Iwa ninja has not been greatly reduced. With the strength of our village, I am afraid there is no way to contain them."

It would be an absolute disaster for them to face the Iwa Ninja alone.

The Iwa ninja absolutely hated them for being involved in this war.

And Orochimaru and Chiyo are naturally aware of this.

Orochimaru said: "The main force of Konoha is to contain the Iwa Ninja from the Country of Grass, and then divide some of the troops to flank them from the Country of Rain."

"As for Sunagakure, I think we can go directly through the Rain Country and enter the Earth Country, and besiege the Iwa Ninja in the direction of the Bird Country to put pressure on the Iwa Ninja."

Chiyo nodded, this is what she meant.

What she was most afraid of was Konoha's intervention in the Kingdom of Birds. Now after listening to Orochimaru's words, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Then it's decided, the Iwa Ninja here will be handed over to Konoha and Kusanagi!"

"Now that the Raikage has put tremendous pressure on the Iwa nin, we may be able to take the opportunity to make the Tsuchikage admit defeat."

Orochimaru laughed after hearing this and said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult with the character of the Third Tsuchikage."

"Unless the Third Raikage forces him to mobilize most of his troops."

Ebizo said: "That guy Onoki has a bad temper and a tough temper. I'm afraid he will delay the peace talks."

Chiyo hummed: "Then he has to admit defeat!"

Orochimaru agreed very much: "Sunagakure had better take down the Bird Country before the Iwa Ninja can deal with the Kumo Ninja's invasion."

Chiyo nodded solemnly: "We will!"

The three families reached an agreement, and after the meeting ended and Chiyo and others were sent away, Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato returned to the tent.

Namikaze Minato asked directly: "What to do next?"

Orochimaru said: "Break the Iwa Ninja's defense!"

"Forcing the Iwa ninja to negotiate, even if it just delays time."

"Iwa Ninja needs to delay, and we also need to mobilize some troops to the Kumo Ninja battlefield."

"Although Shuichi-kun is there, he should only be able to contain the AB combination. If we want to completely drive the Kumo ninja out of the Land of Fire, or even expel them from small countries such as the Land of Fields, that kind of force is not enough."

Namikaze Minato nodded, understanding Orochimaru's strategic intention, and said: "Then let's launch an attack tomorrow!"

"When the time comes, just arrange for someone to throw the kunai out, and leave the rest to me!"

Orochimaru smiled and said, "Then it will be up to you, Minato, to perform."

Namikaze Minato smiled, and then said: "I would also like to thank you, senior, for taking care of Shuichi before."

"I didn't look after him."

Orochimaru told the truth: "Shuichi-kun's strength may have surpassed that of your teacher."

"However, he has two tailed beasts now. Minato, I'm afraid you have to be prepared."

This sentence has profound meaning.

Namikaze Minato was naturally able to understand and nodded solemnly: "I will pay attention."

"With me, Jiraiya-sensei, Tsunade-senpai, and you, senior, there should be no problem."

Orochimaru smiled playfully: "Minato, I may not necessarily be on Shuichi-kun's side."

"Don't forget, I'm still at the root."

Namikaze Minato said: "But you are a disciple of the Sandaime and one of the Sannin."

"You and Shuichi are very compatible companions."

After speaking, Namikaze Minato bowed slightly: "I'm going to prepare first."

Looking at Namikaze Minato's back, Orochimaru couldn't help but chuckle: "Unknowingly, Shuichi-kun has already weaved a big web in Konoha!"

"In this case, it seems that he is the fifth generation."

Then he turned his head and looked in the direction of Konoha Village. His eyes seemed to penetrate the tent and landed on the Hokage Building across a long distance: "Has the old man made a decision?"

…

The night passed by suddenly.

The next day, at the location of the Kannabi Bridge, across the collapsed bridge, the Konoha and Kusanagi allied forces faced off against the Iwa Ninja.

At this time, the strong men gathered in Konoha were not only Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato, but also jonins like Uchiha Fugaku and Hinata Hinashi who came from the Mist Ninja battlefield with Namikaze Minato.

The purpose is to completely defeat the current Iwa Ninja, so as to force the Iwa Ninja to hold their noses and negotiate, and then be able to free up more power to deal with Kumo Ninja.

"Earth Escape!"

Orochimaru shouted and ordered.

Immediately, the Konoha ninjas and Grass ninjas who were able to perform earth escape were dispatched one after another, jumped into the canyon, and then formed seals together.

Earth Escape-Multiple Earth Current Walls!

Boom!

Walls of earth rose from the ground and continued to rise.

At the same time, the Rock Ninjas on the other side of the canyon threw various ninja tools at the Konoha Ninjas and Kusanagis who were performing ninjutsu below, attacking from a high position.

The Konoha Ninjas and Kusanagis on this side also took action, either standing on the canyon bank or directly jumping into the valley to intercept and resist the attacks of the Rock Ninjas.

The existence of the Earth Flow Wall was to serve as a springboard.

After a while, the tactics were effective.

Namikaze Minato immediately shouted: "Everyone, just throw kunai and flash bombs as much as possible to the Rock Ninjas, and leave the rest to me!"

Orochimaru immediately said: "Do as Minato said."

"Move!"

Swish, swish, swish!

One by one, the Konoha Ninjas performed the instant body technique and used the Earth Flow Wall to approach the other side.

And it was led by Konoha Jonin such as Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi, and Orochimaru himself also went out in person to cover for others.

When they got close enough, flying thunder god kunai and flash bombs were thrown into the Rock Ninja.

As the flash bombs exploded, dazzling golden light flashed, and the figure of Minato Namikaze on the other side immediately disappeared.

"Ah!"

"Disperse!"

"It's Konoha's yellow flash!"

...

At this moment, Minato Namikaze kept flashing among the Rock Ninjas, and every time he appeared, there must be a Rock Ninja falling down with a scream.

At this moment, the Konoha ninjas finally knew how Minato Namikaze got the title of Yellow Flash!

In just a moment, Minato Namikaze broke the Rock Ninja's defense line alone, and a large number of Konoha ninjas and Kusanagi rushed to the other side.

The Rock Ninja front, which was originally short of troops, collapsed quickly.

As the commander, Toushi had to order a retreat even if he was unwilling.

On the contrary, Orochimaru did not order a close pursuit, but occupied the defense line built by the Rock Ninjas before and turned it into his own defense position.

The Kusagakure Village also quickly brought up the people and supplies that had been prepared long ago and began to rebuild the Kannabi Bridge.

Next, Orochimaru will guard this location with a small number of troops and Kusagakure ninjas to prevent the counterattack of the Rock Ninjas. It will also be used as a logistics route and the retreat route for the Konoha ninjas who enter the Land of Earth to fight the Rock Ninjas.

This will shorten the battle line and save troops. With the cooperation of the roots in the Land of Rain, at least one or two thousand troops can be saved to support the Cloud Ninja battlefield.

While Konoha and Kusagakure ninjas continue to expand their results, the Sand Ninjas on the other side are also advancing triumphantly.

In terms of average quality, the Sand Ninjas originally surpassed the Rock Ninjas. In addition, with the advantage of troops at this time, the Rock Ninjas retreated step by step.

Of course, there is also the fact that the Rock Ninjas did not have too strong a will to resist.

When Ohnoki issued the order, he did not report his confidence in keeping the Land of Birds.

Time flies and it is September.

The Sand Ninjas completely expelled the Rock Ninjas from the Land of Birds, entered the Land of Earth, and even connected the battlefield with Konoha again.

But under such a good situation, Konoha and Sand Ninja stopped at the same time, and then threatened to negotiate.

Iwagakure Village, Tsuchikage Office.

Looking at the two peace talks brought back by his son Huang Tu, Ohnoki's face turned pale.

This is not a peace talk, it is clearly a threat!

"These bastards... damn it!"

Ohnoki gritted his teeth.

Konoha Sand Ninja is taking advantage of the situation.

Huang Tu was also helpless and said: "Father, I am afraid that we can only temporarily agree to the peace talks in this situation."

"We must mobilize troops to solve the Cloud Ninja first, otherwise there will be more trouble."

The Third Raikage personally led the army to attack the Land of Earth, which had a very bad impact and had shaken the support of the Land of Earth Daimyo for the Iwagakure Village.

Ohnoki snorted coldly: "Then you will represent me to negotiate!"

"Let Konoha retreat to the Land of Fire and let the Sand Ninja withdraw from the Land of Birds!"

Huang Tian was stunned, but then he understood.

For the peace talks, we should buy time by arguing first.

"I understand!"

Huang Tu nodded, then turned and left.

Onoki looked at the map, and the red lines on it represented the traces of the Third Raikage's actions.

They were all over the map, just wandering around the Land of Earth as if it were their backyard.

This also had a very bad impact and damage on the Land of Earth.

This was also the reason why the Daimyo of the Land of Earth was dissatisfied.

"Since you don't want to leave, then stay!"

Onoki's eyes were fierce.

He wanted to lay a net to make it impossible for the Cloud Ninja to escape!

…

While the Rock Ninjas were constantly winning on the battlefield, on the Cloud Ninja battlefield, Shuichi Hoshita led Uchiha Shisui and Asuka to fight against the AB combination.

However, after the first loss, there was one more person around the AB combination.

Melting escape Tsuchiyo!

Three to three!

Tsuchiyo's experience, the characteristics of melting escape, and the fast speed of casting made Shuichi Hoshita and Uchiha Shisui look at him sideways, and at the same time felt a little headache.

With one more person, the original advantage was immediately leveled.

However, after containing the AB combination, Konoha's front line was completely stabilized.

Especially as reinforcements continued to arrive, Konoha's strength became stronger and stronger.

And Hoshita Shuichi still fought with the AB combination every day, not only to contain them, but also to hone his Flying Thunder God Technique.

Fighting with such masters made the proficiency of Flying Thunder God Technique improve rapidly, much faster than bullying weak players.

Time passed in a flash until mid-September.

Konoha organized the first counterattack and forced the Cloud Ninja to retreat again.

At the same time.

As the negotiations between Konoha, Sand Ninja and Iwa Ninja entered a new stage, Namikaze Minato took Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin back to Konoha for a short period of repair.

Not only them, but also many Konoha ninjas who initially fought against the Sand Ninja and Mist Ninja. More than a thousand people returned to Konoha and began to repair and prepare to support the Kumo Ninja on the battlefield.

…

Inside the conference room of the Hokage Building.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo, Mito Kadeni, and Koharu Koharu are all there.

Danzo's face looked very ugly, and he said forcefully: "Even if we want to negotiate peace with the Iwa Ninja, we must not give away the benefits we have already obtained. In this case, the ninjas who died in the village before will be meaningless."

"We have the upper hand now, there is no need to give in to the Iwa Ninja."

"Four-Tails, I will never agree to return it to the Iwa Ninja!"

After turning to bed, Koharu said, "Hiruzhan, would you like to think about it?"

"In order to gain the support of the Sand Ninja, we agreed to return the One-Tailed One, but this time we really don't need to compromise with the Iwa Ninja."

Danzo didn't wait for Sarutobi Hiruzen to speak before he said: "From my point of view, even one tail should not be returned to the Suna Ninja."

"Although Shuichi Hoshita said that he is sure to extract the tailed beast in three years and not die, but what if it happens?"

"Hiruzen, does such an outstanding talent have to be damaged like this?"

At this moment, he had completely forgotten that he had called Shuichi Hoshita "a naturally evil brat" in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"And if Hoshita Shuichi does it, then he can't return the tailed beast."

Danzo looked at the silent Sarutobi Hiruzen and spat: "With one tail and four tails in hand, we can definitely use these two tailed beasts to conduct experiments and create a perfect Jinchuuriki."

"Then the village will have two more powerful combat forces. Even if it encounters this situation again, it will not be so critical."

The second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, initially disagreed with the distribution of the tailed beasts. As Senju Tobirama's little fan, Danzo also agreed with this choice.

In Danzo's view, such a powerful combat power is safest only if he holds it in his own hands.

If all the nine tailed beasts were in Konoha, what would happen even if they were besieged by the four great ninja villages?

Listening to Danzo's words, both Mito Kaden and Koharu were very excited.

Not to mention the perfect Jinchuuriki, even the one like Lao Zi is extremely powerful.

Although Konoha has the strongest Kyuubi, the Kyuubi is too powerful and difficult to control, and there is no way to exert its power.

One-tail and four-tail are more suitable.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt the heartbeat of his two old friends, and sighed secretly. He did not say that returning the first tail was Hoshita Shuichi's suggestion before, but silently took the blame, but he was also very determined: "Occupied it." Too many tailed beasts will only cause the village to be besieged by others. Even if we control the one-tailed beast and the four-tailed beast, it is impossible to resist the siege of the other four great ninja villages."

"Even the Taki-nin village will feel in danger of joining them then."

"And even if we can block their siege, how many village ninjas will be sacrificed."

"How many children are going to be sent to war?"

"There is no point in such a war."

Danzo glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen. He knew that now that he had made a decision, his old friend would not change it, but he still said: "Hoshita Shuichi is also a person valued by the daimyo. If he sacrifices because of this... …”

Sarutobi Hiruzen said solemnly: "I, the Hokage, will bear all the consequences."

"And once I defeat the Kumo ninja, I will take the blame and resign as Hokage!"

Danzo felt happy, but his expression did not change at all.

However, Mito Kadoyan and Koharu who were sleeping in the dormitory were shocked when they heard this.

After turning to bed, Koharu quickly said: "Hiruzhan, you don't have to go to this level!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed: "We are getting older, it's time to give way to young people."

Koharu and Mito Kadoyan, who had gone to bed, fell silent after hearing this.

Yes, they are indeed old.

This time the war has become clear, and it is indeed time to retreat.

"Since Hiruzen you have decided, then so be it."

Mito Kadoyan said: "However, I am afraid that we need to carefully consider the choice of Hokage."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded: "Don't worry, I have already considered this."