Sunagakure, hospital.

After completing the last procedure of the operation, Chiyo's old face still looked careless and at ease as he walked out of the operating room.

"You are still as powerful as ever, Chiyo-sama, your sword is still as good as yours."

In the waiting room outside, the medical ninja who watched Chiyo perform the surgery showed admiration.

However, Chiyo glanced at the medical ninja who admired him, and said with a slightly unhappy tone: "If your skills could be improved a little more, you wouldn't beg me, an old woman who has retired long ago."

The medical ninja choked and smiled sarcastically.

"In addition, if you have this time to admire, why not study your own medical skills. Although advanced medical equipment has been introduced, there are some things that machines cannot replace. Because of this, every medical ninja is a unique treasure. You are too

Too much reliance on machinery imported from abroad.”

"yes."

The medical ninja lowered his head in shame.

As Chiyo said, they rely too much on so-called advanced equipment.

Because medical ninjas are different from ordinary doctors, they can use miraculous medical ninjutsu. In many fields, as long as medical ninjutsu reaches a certain level, it is much more convenient and more effective than machines.

However, human beings are lazy, and ninjas are no exception. When there are convenient things that can replace them to a certain extent, they will naturally want to be lazy.

Therefore, even though the number of Sunagakure's medical ninjas has begun to increase, compared to the Kingdom of Demons and forces like Konoha, there has never been a breakthrough in medical technology.

"Whether you listen or not is up to you. I'm already an old woman with half my foot in the coffin. Even if you ask me for help in the future, I, as an old woman, may not be able to do anything."

Chiyo's tone made no secret of her concern for Sunagakure's future.

As he spoke, he glanced at Luo Sha, who was staring at the scene in the operating room through the glass wall.

"I have extracted the poison from Gaara's body through surgery. Let him rest for a day or two and he will be fine. The poison of that boy Scorpion is getting more and more difficult. It seems that even if he is alone outside these years, he has been

They are all striving for excellence, being strict with themselves and not wasting time.”

Chiyo didn't know whether this was luck or misfortune.

Fortunately, he learned the news about his grandson, but unfortunately, the other person was the murderer of the third Kazekage that he had always wanted to remember.

Judging from Luo Sha's description, the murderer who assassinated the Third Kazekage more than ten years ago was none other than Scorpion. Moreover, Scorpion not only killed the Third Kazekage, but also made him into a taboo human puppet who could use the Third Kazekage.

Various ninjutsu that Kage used during his lifetime.

"I'm sorry to trouble you this time, Elder Chiyo."

Luo Sha sighed.

"No, I'm already old and I don't know how long I can last."

Chiyo shook his head.

As a seventy-year-old man, she has witnessed the rise and fall of Sunagakure for decades.

The only thoughts in his life now are the village and his grandson who became a rebellious ninja.

The former is his life goal, and the latter is because of personal relationships.

"Elder, you will definitely live a long life."

Luo Sha said.

"I'll take what you say."

For Chiyo, living long is not a good thing, even though her current body is stronger than many young people.

But the passing of vitality still made her clearly feel the cruelty of time.

Although being a medical ninja can regulate one's own body, there are limits after all.

"How do you plan to conduct the next war?"

Chiyo asked this question.

She had also heard a little bit about the war on the front line. Judging from the written reports alone, the situation was not optimistic.

Although Sunagakure has not suffered too large-scale losses, it cannot make any further progress.

"This matter still needs to be discussed before we can conclude it. Just now, the Hokage of Konoha sent me a message, hoping that we will not withdraw our troops and maintain the status quo of containing the Kingdom of Demons."

Luo Sha replied.

Although he has been chasing Gaara these days, he is also paying close attention to the battle situation on the front line.

Sunagakure and the ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons were conducting a test attack with a small combat force, and a tepid stalemate settled down.

Although both parties suffered losses, Sunagakure's losses were greater. Fortunately, these losses were within Luo Sa's bearing range and would not cause any damage.

But the situation on Konoha and Iwagakure's side is completely different. From a slight advantage in the early stage, they are now completely in chaos.

Konoha's Jiraiya's troops were imprisoned in the eastern part of the Bear Country, unable to advance or retreat. They were also unable to safely move from their positions due to too many wounded.

After Iwagakure's defeat on the front line, before they had time to regroup, Hyuga Ayane rushed to the territory of the Earth Kingdom alone and carried out a one-man guerrilla battle. Although the losses were not large, the Earth Kingdom began to burst into flames everywhere, causing the Earth Kingdom to explode.

The nobles of the country were in panic.

Not only that, with the sudden advance of Hyuga Ayane, the western border of the Kingdom of Earth was also attacked by the support forces of the Kingdom of Demons. Two cities and more than ten villages and towns were lost in succession, and they were occupied by ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons.

The country of the country seems to have taken a tough stance and wants to annex the country of the earth.

That Tsuchikage must be feeling very anxious about this situation.

"The actions of the Kingdom of Oni are a bit strange, please pay more attention. Also, don't believe too much in the so-called alliance, otherwise Kirigakure is the best example. It doesn't matter if there are some losses in the war, but don't be like Konoha and Iwagakure

, the old capital will also be lost."

Chiyo gave Luo Sha a piece of advice.

From the beginning, she despised the so-called Confederate Army.

The primary factors in the formation of the alliance army are unity of purpose, unity of will, and the ability to put aside past grudges and face the enemy in front of them together.

However, this time, the Shinobi Village Alliance Army of the Four Countries was not only unable to unify their goals and wills, but also had not eliminated their past grievances, so they were unable to merge and completely concentrate their forces.

Moreover, due to past grievances, some internal personnel were not active in fighting, and had a serious repulsion towards ninjas from other villages in the Alliance Army.

These things will not be shown in the literal data, but they are extremely real problems.

A plate of loose sand.

Kirigakure is just a sign. At this time, what we need to ensure is not winning the war, but how to preserve our own strength as much as possible, so that after the war is over, the Kingdom of Demons will come and look for trouble, and we will not have the strength to resist.

"I understand. I will seriously consider this matter."

Before the war, he might not have listened to Chiyo's advice, but at this time, due to some problems with Kirigakure, there were already a lot of trust issues within the Alliance Army. He had to consider a more realistic issue - that is, this war

, the Kingdom of Ghosts may not be defeated, and the chances of winning are getting bigger and bigger.

If this joint operation fails, then the Kingdom of Ghosts will definitely liquidate all countries afterwards. Therefore, it is particularly important to ensure that one's own strength is not lost and to deal with subsequent crises.

This is not a word of discouragement, but it is the truth.

The military power of the Kingdom of Ghosts and the operational capabilities of the ninjas caused Luo Sha to feel frightened every time a battle report came.

This reminded him of Konoha, which once had a superior performance in the Third Ninja War. No, the current Demon Country is more terrifying than Konoha during the Third War.

With one against four, the Kingdom of Demon may not be able to do it, but it is not difficult for the Kingdom of Demon to deal with two powerful ninja villages at once.

As far as Luo Sha knows, there are still a considerable number of ninja troops in the Kingdom of Ghosts that have not been dispatched.

Just like their four villages, they also stationed a considerable number of ninja troops in the country, but did not put all of them into the battlefield in order to leave themselves a way out and some confidence.

"Since Gaara has nothing to do here, I will ask Elder Chiyo to take care of him. I need to rush to the front line as soon as possible."

Rasa glanced at Gaara in the operating room, nodded to Chiyo, and left the waiting room.

Without the important help of Gaara, Rasa became even more pessimistic about the next actions against the Kingdom of Demons.

He did not expect that the combined forces of the four ninja villages could not bring the Kingdom of Demons into despair. Now it was them who were in a dilemma.

To fight or not to fight has become a primary question.

If we continue to fight, how many troops will we need to invest in order to break through the defense line of the Kingdom of Ghosts?

How much domestic strength is left in the Kingdom of Ghosts?

Are allies still trustworthy?

Not only that, Konoha and Iwagakure constantly accuse Kirigakure of giving false information, and they need Kirigakure to give a reasonable explanation and demand compensation.

However, Kirigakure's Mizukage Yagura kept shirking his responsibility and gave the two villages a satisfactory answer by "abdicating Mizukage" and sincerely apologized to the Hokage and Tsuchikage.

This made Rasa feel very speechless. Is there any inevitable connection between abdicating the Mizukage and making up for the losses of Konoha and Iwagakure?

The allies, who are suspicious of each other and attack each other, have gradually begun to tear the alliance into pieces.

Seeing Rasa leave, Chiyo withdrew his gaze, gave instructions here to leave enough ANBU jounin, and left himself.

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Bear Country, East.

As the fortress of the Konoha camp, most of the area was reduced to ruins.
To be continued...