Chapter 111

With the disappearance of the Third Kazekage of Sand Village, various major events occurred in the ninja world in just half a month.

The ninja troops of Kumogakure declared war on the three major countries at the same time, and launched an extremely fierce attack on Sand Village.

When Sand Village was leaderless, Luo Sha, who was supported by Chiyo, successfully blocked the attack of the first batch of Kumogakure troops with magnetic ninjutsu.

This battle also allowed Luo Sha, who was quite controversial in Sand Village, to officially take over the Fourth Kazekage.

What surprised everyone in the ninja world was that Luo Sha, who became the Fourth Kazekage, did not fight back against Kumogakure, but declared war on Konoha.

The reason was that the disappearance of the Third Kazekage was suspected to be caused by Konoha, so Konoha had to hand over the Third Kazekage, and the flames of the Third Ninja World War were officially ignited.

Although the Kirigakure did not declare war, it had been harassing and looting on the border of the Fire Country, and its intentions were obvious.

The Rock Village, which was declared war by the Lightning Country, also sent troops into the Grass Country at the same time, and its route was obviously in the direction of the Fire Country.

Konoha, which was attacked by the four major countries, either openly or secretly, also began to discuss countermeasures.

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Konoha

Tsunade came out of the casino with a reluctant look on her face, and walked towards the Hokage meeting room with a murderous look on her face. The Anbu following behind her did not dare to make any sound.

Not only Tsunade, but even Kitahara in the Senju clan was summoned by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Soon, except for some ninjas who were on missions outside, all the senior officials of Konoha and the clan leaders of various clans and some of its elite jonins arrived in the meeting room.

However, the seats in the meeting room at this time seemed a bit intriguing.

Kitahara and Tsunade sat together, which was understandable because they were a couple, but what about Hyuga Hiashi and Uchiha Fugaku on both sides of the couple?

And what surprised other ninjas the most was that the three current heads of the Ino-Shika-cho clan, who had always been senior supporters of the Hokage, were also located near Kitahara and Tsunade.

This strange seating arrangement made the thoughts of the ninja clans in the meeting room begin to become subtle.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting on the main seat, smoked silently and signaled the Anbu behind him to put the information in front of everyone present.

He seemed to be unaware of the subtle atmosphere in the conference room.

"Everyone, the war is coming, and this time Konoha needs to face the four major ninja villages that are as famous as the Fire Country. Now the border of the Fire Country has fallen to several strongholds.

And now I call you here to discuss with you how to face this war and make corresponding deployments."

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw that everyone had seen enough, so he spoke, but after he finished speaking, the conference room was still very quiet.

And this silence remained silent until it was broken by Utatane Koharu.

"It's fine if other countries invade the Land of Fire, but how dare the Land of Wind? They actually put a thief on Konoha for no reason.

As a defeated country, they don't think about how to maintain the friendship that was given to them, but they dare to offend, Hiruzen! Give the order! The Sand Village must be punished!"

After saying this, Koharu Utatane, who was full of "anger", immediately shouted at Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Mito Kado En, who was sitting next to him, also said that they really wanted to teach the Sand Village a lesson.

"That's right, then the Sand Village battlefield will be led by Jiraiya as the general commander, and Nara Shikarin as the deputy commander to lead the three tribes of Ino, Shika, and Chou as well as the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 3rd ninjas of the Jounin Squad to fight. What do you think?"

With his old friends singing along, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately took over the conversation and said to the three tribe leaders of Ino, Shika, and Chou.

"Please take back the order, Hokage-sama. My father is now bedridden due to exhaustion from the last war. I am afraid he will not be able to take on the position of deputy commander, and he may not even be able to step foot on the battlefield again."

Nara Shikaku, who has become the new head of the Nara clan, immediately stood up and said to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Bei Xuan, who was sitting a little bored, heard this and a smile appeared on his face. Thinking of Nara Shikalin who had run to the Senju clan to play chess with him a few days ago, Bei Xuan felt a little funny.

"Is that so? Shikalin is getting old too. Then you, Nara Shikaku, will take on this position. I believe everyone can be convinced by the wisdom of the Nara clan."

As if he had guessed this answer long ago, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately followed Nara Shikaku's words and said that Nara Shikaku was a member of the Nara clan who was convincing enough.

Nara Shikaku, who wanted to say that he was not competent, could only respond silently. It was not that he could not find a reason to refuse, but that the third generation at this time was not the dead old man behind.

Nara Shikaku understood the pressure of those eyes. If he refused, he would only offend the Hokage who was not yet completely old.

"The Wind Country battlefield has been arranged, so let's talk about other battlefields."

"Wait, old man! I have an opinion! My ability is obviously not as good as Orochimaru, right? Why not give the position of commander-in-chief to Orochimaru?"

Just then Jiraiya raised his hand and pointed at Orochimaru who was resting with his eyes closed.

"I refuse."

Seeing that he was mentioned, Orochimaru opened his eyes and glanced at Beixuan, then rejected Jiraiya's proposal and continued to close his eyes.

"I have assessed you in all aspects and you are already very good. You are fully capable of being the commander-in-chief. Okay, sit quietly and wait for the arrangement."

Seeing Jiraiya's refusal, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes flashed with disappointment, glanced at Orochimaru who was resting with his eyes closed, and then said to Jiraiya seriously.

Seeing this, Jiraiya could only sit down quietly, but he lowered his head. After all, his situation was really embarrassing. He had been missing for a while before the end of World War II.

Although his disciples were famous, they had little to do with him as a teacher. None of the famous signature ninjutsu of Minato Namikaze was taught by him.

And such a man was directly arranged by Sarutobi Hiruzen to be the commander-in-chief of the battlefield. This was a bit wrong no matter how you looked at it.

"The Kirigakure side now has Hatake Sakumo blocking, but Hatake Sakumo's fighting style is still not suitable for dealing with Kirigakure who are good at assassination.

Clan leader Fugaku, I wonder if the nobles can send out ninjas to cooperate with Konoha's senior ninjas to block."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Uchiha Fugaku standing beside Beixuan and said that Sarutobi Hiruzen really didn't want to use the Uchiha clan.

The catalytic effect of war on the Uchiha clan was too terrifying. This teaching of the second generation of Hokage has always been remembered by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Don't let the Uchiha clan contact the battlefield, Sarutobi Hiruzen dare not forget this, but now Konoha needs to face the four major ninja villages.

The Uchiha clan, which has many high-end combat forces, can only be sent to the battlefield.

And Sarutobi Hiruzen's words are also very interesting, "nobles and Konoha's senior ninja class ninja", these words of Konoha's ninja can be said to have deeply pierced Uchiha Fugaku's heart.