On January 15th, it was still freezing cold.

Although this season is not the coldest time of the year, there are still many days to go before spring begins.

The 'Fourth Ninja War', which frightened all countries, broke out at the most sudden moment, but only half a month had passed. This ninja war was instigated by the ninja villages of the four great nations of fire, water, earth, and wind.

The war, just like the turmoil when it broke out, is now also turbulent and ends abruptly.

But the real end is naturally impossible, because according to the trends in Iwagakure Village, they have dispatched 10,000 ninjas to the western front of the Land of Earth, with a tough attitude of taking back the lost homeland by force. As an alliance,

The three ninja villages of Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure also showed their support, and more and more ninja troops were sent to the front line. Although they no longer used small countries as battlefields to start fierce battles like before, but this

This gesture is no less than telling the country of ghosts that the war started by them is not over yet.

The Kingdom of Oni, which is the side that is 'being beaten', follows the same strategy. A large number of ninjas are transferred from the territory and stationed at the border.

Especially in the newly captured land in the west of Earth Country, there are stationed 3,000 elite ninjas, 10,000 non-ninja soldiers, 900 armored artillery vehicles, 150 flying ninja tools, and a store of

With enough living and medical supplies to last tens of thousands of troops for several years, they faced off against Iwagakure's 10,000 ninjas at the border.

Taking this as a reference, maybe the Kingdom of Ghosts is also planning to maintain a long-term stalemate with the Kingdom of Earth.

As the three allies of Iwagakure, Shinobi Village, they were also treated seriously by the Kingdom of Demons.

The military force, which is a mixture of ninjas and non-ninjas, arrived at the border area belonging to the Kingdom of Demons one step ahead and carried out tight garrison, ready to fight one against four again.

Although all parties have temporarily stopped fighting, if this situation continues, the war may not break out again.

And by that time, I'm afraid it will no longer be the petty fight it was before. It may be accompanied by the demise of a big country or even more big countries, and the end of the war will come.

This is definitely not a good thing for a small country located near a war zone.

Especially the Kingdom of Birds, which is the only way for Konoha to attack the Kingdom of Demons, its daimyo is helplessly watching all these things happen, and can only hope that these big countries can live in peace.

Maybe the supplies of the ninjas are sufficient for now, but if the stalemate continues, sooner or later they will "take local materials" in the Kingdom of Birds, harm the civilians and towns of the Kingdom of Birds, and plunder the living supplies of the Kingdom of Birds in the name of conscription.

Forcing the nobles of the Kingdom of Birds to provide them with funds... After all, the past experiences of the Kingdom of Rain have already proven that all this will actually happen, and it is not an unfounded malicious speculation about these big countries.

A big country that has the ability to make rules must also have the ability to break these rules. It's just a matter of whether they want to break them, not whether they can.

"Why haven't we negotiated yet? I don't want to stay in this hellish place anymore."

The air in the sea west of the Kingdom of Ghosts is very cold.

You can even see huge glaciers floating on the sea in the distance.

Shicang walked to the edge of the island camp and looked at the boundless sea in front of him.

The rest of the sea area is not wrapped in thick fog, only thin fog, so you may see glaciers.

However, as long as you look to the east, you will find that the western sea of ​​the Kingdom of Ghosts has been shrouded in a barrier technique, covering the entire sea area with thick fog.

If you enter rashly, you will be noticed by the fleet of the Kingdom of Ghosts, and then disappear mysteriously.

A ninja that can achieve this level is definitely not a single ninja who is performing the barrier technique that releases thick fog. It is possible when at least hundreds of ninjas are performing it together, coupled with a huge energy core that can continuously provide a supply of chakra.

caused this scenario.

As a country capable of building a steel fleet, it is impossible not to pay attention to naval battles.

Although it can be done with Kirigakure's ability, the attacker is not the Kingdom of Demons now. As the defender, the Demon Kingdom can better hunt in it.

Guancang was thinking, if we really fight against the Kingdom of Ghosts, how to solve this situation?

As expected, it would be best to use the power of the three tails and throw a few tailed beast jade at them first to explore the path.

Or let the ninjas of the Snow clan advance all the way through the frozen sea, causing obstacles to the fleet of the Kingdom of Ghosts... The premise is that the sailing route of the fleet of the Kingdom of Ghosts is known.

After all, once detected, the Demon Country can attack from a distance several kilometers away instead of fighting ninjas up close.

"Generally speaking, it will not be so fast, and the situation may change at any time. We may continue to fight and give up the possibility of negotiation."

Terumi Mei, who was standing next to the lost warehouse, spoke.

Her pair of childish eyes also swept toward the western sea of ​​the Ghost Country, and she calmly made a sound.

"Is that old Tsuchikage so decisive?"

Shicang rubbed his somewhat red nose and exhaled white cold air from his mouth.

I couldn't help but laugh when I thought of the image of the Tsuchikage in the conference room, furious like the Raikage, smashing tables, chairs, and cups into pieces, and getting furious.

I originally thought of picking up the leaks at the back and letting Konoha, Sunagakure and Kirigakure go up to test it, but at the end of the fight, I found that I had suffered the most heavy losses... The Tsuchikage's thoughts were very clear from the beginning.

In other words, the rest of the shadows can be seen, but the Fire Country and Konoha, as the initiators, will inevitably serve as the main force to fight with the Demon Country. And Sunagakure will inevitably increase its attacks in order to regain the land in the past.

Strength, because the people in the country are rioting everywhere, the Kingdom of Water must be the main force to attack the Kingdom of Ghosts when it confronts the Kingdom of Ghosts... Although the result now is that there was no strong appeal at the beginning, and they just wanted to pick up the leaks with peace of mind.

Iwagakure, inexplicably, became the main force against the Demon Country.

And in this way, the Kingdom of Demon caught the Kingdom of Earth by surprise and quickly occupied part of the western part of the Kingdom of Earth. Both the Tsuchikage and the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Earth must have hated the Kingdom of Demon at this time.

It's itchy.

"If you want to die with the enemy before retirement and shine until the last moment, it is not impossible."

Terumi Mei said.

No one knows what Iwagakure will do until the last moment.

Anyone can see that Ohnoki has only a few years left in Tsuchikage's position.

"Yeah?"

Losing a position doesn't care about this.

In this alliance of the four major powers, all parties have suffered losses, and it is just a matter of severity.

Even Kirigakure suffered a loss, and the loss was the biggest, because he, the Mizukage, was about to step down, so he would naturally regard it as Kirigakure's 'loss'.

"Next, I am going back to the country to communicate with the Daimyo. Regarding matters here, including any subsequent negotiations, you will be the sole agent. From now on, you will be the Fifth Mizukage."

He did not take the matter seriously, nor did he convene a jounin meeting to discuss it. In the calm, Kokura handed over the throne of Mizukage very casually.

After saying that, he turned around and returned to the camp.

There is a feeling of ‘finishing all the work and then going on vacation’.

Terumi Mei was also not too surprised, and just nodded calmly.

After working as Mizukage's assistant for these years, he was later promoted to be Mizukage's agent. Mizukage has already become familiar with Mizukage's work.

Even the ANBU of Kirigakure, a few years ago, was commanded by her as an assistant.

Handing over the position of Mizukage in this way is just a natural result.

When things here are over, you can go back to Kirigakure to complete the succession ceremony and formally announce it to all countries.

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With a feeble whimpering sound, the huge toad's body fell onto the snow covered in a pool of blood.

Around it, there are hundreds of toads that are the same size as humans, or slightly larger, the size of a single-bedroom house.

Not one of these toads survived the battle.

On the blood-stained snow, the figures of three giant cats stood there extremely eye-catching.

Surrounding the three-headed giant cat, there are hundreds of fully armed ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons, responsible for cleaning the battlefield.

"Sorry, Bai Huo, I accidentally snatched your prey."

The orange-red cat is wrapped with a black belt, and on its back is a large black square box, which is similar to some kind of instrument. I don't know what it is used for.

It said in a light tone to the giant white cat next to it.

"Chihuo, if you want to apologize, you must at least take out the wine you have collected to be sincere."

Bai Huo snorted coldly, his voice was clear and crisp, but it sounded very cold and hard. There was no doubt that he was a female cat.

"You two don't quarrel anymore, you have more work to do next."

Black Cat Yehuo walked over and glanced at the large dead toad.

This giant toad, which was once Bai Huo's opponent in Miaomu Mountain, has now turned into a corpse.

It was none other than Gamahiro, the general of Mt. Myoboku, who was the brother of his rival Gamabunta.

The two knives controlled by Toad Guang were broken into several pieces, and they were stuck diagonally in the surrounding snow, and they remained standing despite being blown by the wind.

"Fighting until the last moment, we have to find a way out for our companions. It's a pity that we never bowed to the enemy... However, since we are enemies, there is nothing we can do about it. Chi Huo, give them the last mercy, at least let them

After death, you will enjoy eternal peace."

Ye Huo looked at Toad Guang's body. The body was covered with burn marks and there were huge bloody mouths torn open by sharp claws. The blood flowing out there had condensed into chunks under the blowing of the cold wind.

"Want me to come again?"

Chi Huo groaned in dissatisfaction.

As the Four Heavenly Kings of the Ninja Cat Clan, it was at a slight disadvantage in the hands of Ye Huo and was summoned by it.

Although the ninja cat clan does not believe in the rule that the strong are respected, the strong do have certain priority in this regard.

"Boss Yuhuo is not here. Among us, you are the only one who is the best at fire escape."
To be continued...