Chapter 47 - The Second Ninja World War Begins
In the conference room.
After the clan leaders left, only the four members of the Konoha Political Group were left: the Third Hokage, Danzo, and two Hokage advisors.
Bump… The Third Hokage tapped the table lightly with his index and middle fingers together, attracting Danzo's attention before casually asking, "You seem to be very quiet today?"
Danzo smiled awkwardly, his expression a little unnatural.
In the past, the Third Hokage wouldn't have needed any eye contact to hint at him, as he would have rushed up and bit the Uchiha clan leader, making his own strong voice.
But this time, Danzo thought he had taken great advantage of the Third Generation with Li Yao, so he was determined not to steal the Third Generation's limelight in this meeting, and did not notice the Third Generation's eye hints.
These things definitely cannot be told to the third generation.
Danzo had no choice but to explain: "Maybe I'm a little tired recently."
The third generation shook his head. He definitely didn't believe what Danzo said. Something must have happened to this guy. However, now was not the time to delve into Danzo. The matter of the Sand Village was what gave the third generation the most headache.
"Danzo, I'll leave the secret negotiations with Hanzo to you."
The Third Generation said seriously: "We must not let the Hidden Rain Village agree to the Hidden Sand Village's plan. This is the bottom line. On top of that, it would be even better if you can get the Hidden Rain Village to stand on our side."
Danzo replied, "Understood."
The third generation turned to look at Utane Koharu and Mitomon En and said, "I'll leave the Daimyo Prefecture to you two."
After this incident, Konoha needs to report to the Daimyo's office, and at the same time express their determination not to let Sunagakure succeed. By the way, they also take the opportunity to propose to the Daimyo to increase Konoha's financial funding.
This is a good opportunity to ask for money, and the third generation will not let it go.
Utane Koharu and Mitokado En nodded in response, "We know what to do, Hiruzen."
Konoha responded one by one to the crazy plans of the Sand Village.
But before Konoha could implement its response, another explosive piece of information or incident instantly shocked the entire ninja world.
That was the very night when Konoha's top leaders took countermeasures.
The Whirlpool Country, founded by the Uzumaki clan, was destroyed overnight.
No one knows who was destroyed, and no force has come forward to acknowledge it.
However, it is not so easy to destroy a country's power silently. It cannot be done without the strength of the five major hidden villages.
In fact, as soon as the news came out, the four major countries of Lei, Shui, Fengtu all stated that they did not do it.
But everyone knows that no one would believe that the four major countries were not involved.
The Land of Whirlpools was the first country to be destroyed since the end of the Warring States Period, and it had a profound impact on the ninja world.
Especially those small countries sandwiched between the five major countries, they all felt a strong sense of crisis of national extinction.
arms!
It must be improved greatly!
At this moment, the small countries seemed to have recognized the reality and no longer had any lucky thoughts. If they wanted to avoid being destroyed overnight like the Whirlpool Country, they had no choice but to drastically improve their military strength, make their own voices heard in the ninja world, and arouse the fear of their secret enemies.
For a time, the ninja world officially entered the frenzy before the war, and it all depended on who would be the first to lose control and start the fuse of the ninja war.
Many people originally thought that the fuse would be ignited first by Konoha, the Land of Fire.
After all, the crazy plan of the Sand Village is to dig up the roots of Konoha, and the Whirlpool Country, which has been an ally for generations, is being destroyed. These are enough reasons for Konoha to start a war.
But what no one expected was that it was not the Land of Fire, nor the other four of the Five Great Nations, that started the Ninja World War.
Instead, it was the Rain Country, which borders the Fire, Earth, and Wind Countries, that first ignited the flames of the Ninja World War.
In an instant, the news that the demigod of the ninja world, Hanzo of the Salamander, declared war on the Hidden Rain Village of the Rain Country, the Hidden Leaf Village of the Fire Country, the Hidden Rock Village of the Earth Country, and the Hidden Sand Village of the Wind Country simultaneously spread throughout the ninja world and shocked the entire ninja world.
How dare he?
How dare the Hidden Rain Village?
Countless people were confused and did not understand Hanzo's choice.
The three major countries also do not understand.
The three hidden villages were also confused.
Is the Hidden Rain Village so brave?
He, Hanzo of the Salamander, wouldn't really think that the demigod of the ninja world is also a god, right?
He is not even a little bit inferior to the real God of the Ninja World, Hashirama Senju. The difference is like the difference of two dimensions.
Hashirama Senju was a god-like figure who single-handedly ended the Warring States era that lasted for hundreds of years.
That is a man that even Uchiha Madara, the Shura of the Ninja World, can defeat.
How to compare with Salamander?
Could it be that he wanted to end the Ninja Village era started by Hashirama to prove himself that he was the true God of the Ninja World?
Otherwise, why would he dare to declare war on the three hidden villages at the same time.
In short, no matter how much the world does not understand Hanzo's decision.
But it was indeed he who started the Ninja World War.
And it's more chaotic than you might imagine.
I thought that the three hidden villages were besieging the Hidden Rain Village, the demigod of the ninja world.
As a result, for some unknown reason, it suddenly turned into a melee mode with the four hidden villages fighting each other.
Sand Village simultaneously fought against Konoha, Iwagakure, and Amegakure.
Konoha also went to war with Sand Village, Iwami Village, and Amegakure Village at the same time.
The same thing happened to Iwagakure, which went to war with three hidden villages at the same time.
The Land of Rain became the main battlefield of the four-village war between the three major hidden villages and the Hidden Rain Village.
In addition, Sunagakure and Konoha also opened up a second battlefield in River Country.
…
soon.
The time came to the summer of Konoha's 38th year.
A year later, the great war between the four nations of Fire, Earth, Wind and Rain lasted.
Small countries such as the Grass Country, which are sandwiched between the five major countries, have also started a war of annexation.
They hope to grow stronger while the three major powers are busy with other matters, so as to gain territory and strength equal to the five major powers in a short period of time.
Since then, the ninja world has become increasingly chaotic, and most countries in the ninja world have been caught up in melee.
Among the five great nations, only the Land of Thunder and the Land of Water did not participate in the war.
But these two countries are also watching covetously and have no intention of sitting on the sidelines and watching the fight. They are also preparing and waiting for the right opportunity to bite off the fattest piece of meat in the Ninja World War.
The three major countries will not ignore their existence and will each take corresponding countermeasures.
Especially Konoha, who has been watched by the Land of Lightning, dare not let their guard down.
The ninja troops led by Hokage advisor Mitomon En have been operating along the border to monitor the Land of Lightning's every move.
On the coastline bordering the Land of Water, there is also a ninja force led by the Hokage's advisor, Utane Koharu, who is specifically guarding against the Hidden Mist.
On the battlefield of River Country, the ninja army led by the Nara clan leader, including powerful men such as Kakashi's father Hatake Shigeki, fought against the ninja and puppeteer troops led by the Sand Village elder Ebizo.
In the most intense battlefield of Rain Country, Danzo led a ninja army including the future three ninjas and many powerful ninjas such as the Hyuga clan, and engaged in a fierce battle with the other three hidden villages.
Fight on multiple fronts, plus guard against the Thunder Kingdom and the Water Kingdom.
There are not many ninjas left from the major ninja clans in Konoha.
However, there are still some Uchiha clan members in Konoha who did not participate in the war and retained all their combat power.
The Sarutobi clan's Hokage guard ninja corps, which stayed behind to deal with possible dangers, also retained good combat power.
In addition, among the powerful men who stayed behind were the Third Hokage, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Mito, and the Uchiha clan leader, three Kage-level powerful men.
The Anbu and the Root also left corresponding personnel to guard Konoha.
If we add the strong ones left behind by other ninja clans.
It seems that after all this calculation, the combat power left by Konoha is still not comparable to that of any small country.
It has to be said that this is the terrifying strength of Konoha, the strongest hidden village in the ninja world.
If anyone thought that Konoha was weak at this time and wanted to launch a sneak attack, he would definitely get himself beaten to a bloody pulp.
So here comes the question.
Is there anyone who is so stubborn?
It's true!
And there are two groups of people.