48. Friends come from afar, even if they are far away, they will be punished
Not long after the Five Kage talks ended, a piece of news was dropped on the entire ninja world like a bombshell, and it exploded immediately.
However, the first person to take action was not the five great ninja villages, but Sansho Hanzo of the Rain Country, who issued a statement asking the Rain Country to remain neutral in this war.
However, his statement is destined to be useless. Once the five major countries start fighting, they will not care about what a small country thinks. Although Sanshouyu Hanzo is known as a demigod, a small country is a small country, and he alone cannot make much difference.
If it is just the resumption of war, it is not difficult to understand. After two Ninja World Wars, there are countless grudges and blood feuds between Ninja Villages in various countries. Especially since the Second Ninja World War ended hastily, under the seemingly peaceful Ninja World,
In fact, it is only a matter of time before an undercurrent surges and war breaks out.
But he never expected that before the war started, the five major countries would immediately participate in the battle and quickly divide their camps.
The four major ninja villages of Sand Ninja, Kirigakure, Iwa Ninja and Kumo Ninja successively declared war on Konoha.
Konoha beats four!
Since the end of the Second Ninja World War, Konoha's strength has greatly increased over the years. The Sannin of Konoha, White Fang of Konoha, Minato Namikaze...these names representing the backbone of Konoha have successively resounded throughout the ninja world.
It is said that the new generation is also full of geniuses.
There is no doubt that Konoha is the most powerful among the five great ninja nations.
But even so, when the opponent is the four major ninja villages that are also ninja powers, even Konoha will face the biggest dilemma since its establishment.
And this war will become the largest war since the ninja world.
No matter who wins or loses, it will probably take at least fifteen years for the five major countries to take a breath after this war.
At this time, Konoha has naturally entered the highest state of combat readiness, and the atmosphere is much more tense than during the Second Ninja War.
This time, they competed against each other!
Konoha Village, Hokage Building, War Conference Room.
In the conference room, a dozen of Konoha's jounin elites and three elders were seated, and the third generation was sitting at the top in the middle. Beside him, an ANBU was passing on the information that had just been passed back.
Leave it to the former.
The third generation glanced at him, then stood up, looked at the people in front of him, glanced at the world map behind him, and said: "Information has just been sent back that the vanguard of the Sand Ninja Village has arrived at the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Sichuan.
At the border, there are about 1,500 people on the other side, and the leader of the troops is the fourth Kazekage Rasa."
"That old woman Chiyo won't take action?"
"Let's keep it to look after the house."
"I'm afraid that at the same time, I also want to establish prestige for the new Kazekage. After all, he is so young and he still got the job at a low price."
"Then who will lead the team where?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi knocked on the table with his pipe, "We will decide after waiting for the military strength of other major countries."
"The troops from Iwa Ninja Village have also reached the border of Grass Country, but they don't seem to be in a hurry to attack. Instead, they are building a long-term supply line. It seems that they want to fight a protracted war, or they want to wait for other big countries to move first.
, anyway, that old guy Ohnoki is not willing to suffer."
"There are two thousand Iwa Ninja elites stationed there. The leader is called Yellow Earth. He is the son of the third Tsuchikage Onoki and is extremely good at Earth Release Ninjutsu. During the Second Ninja World War, he was only fifteen years old, but
It was he who led the Iwa Ninja troops to fight against the Cloud Ninja Village troops. He was very strong, although not as good as the Sannin, but he had quite a fighting acumen."
"Have the demolition troops from Iwagakure Village arrived?"
"I'm afraid it's difficult. The demolition troops have always been the elite of Yanyin Village. In addition, they are well prepared for a protracted war. The demolition troops should not appear so early."
The third generation looked at the map and took a puff of smoke and said: "Although Sunagakure Village is not strong in individual combat capabilities, it is good at puppets and poisons. The Daimyos of the Earth Kingdom have always had sufficient funds, and Iwagakure Village also likes to engage in human sea tactics. These two
Although the village has a lot of troops, overall the strength is still the strongest in Yunyin Village."
"Yunyin Village gathered 1,500 ninjas to open the border, led by brothers AB."
"Doesn't it mean that the Jinchuriki of the Eight-Tails is also here?"
When everyone present heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. Generally speaking, it was impossible for a jinchuriki to step into the battlefield, but the eight-tailed jinchuriki of the Land of Thunder was different. He seemed to be able to control the power of the tailed beasts for his own use.
The power of tailed beasts is originally used as a war weapon for various countries, but most of the time it serves as a deterrent.
However, the Kumo ninja's perfect Jinchuuriki can perfectly control the power of the tailed beasts, and their combat power is terrifying and unimaginable.
The Kingdom of Water is located overseas, so even if it gathers troops, it cannot directly threaten Konoha for a while. Even so, it has to guard against it.
Most of the forces they dispatched were within the expectations of the Third Generation and Konoha senior officials.
Looking at it this way, in fact, the four major ninja nations did not open up at the beginning. They are all foxes for thousands of years, and they are all wary of each other.
And sowing discord happened to be Danzo's specialty, so Sarutobi Hiruzen slightly gestured to Danzo, and Danzo nodded, turned and left the conference room.
The contents of the following meetings were all matters on the frontal battlefield and had little to do with him.
The third generation knocked on the table, and the conference room suddenly became quiet. He glanced at everyone and ordered: "The Hyuga clan still follows the old rules and spreads out the battlefields. Arrange a few more on the coastline."
"Yes, Hokage-sama!" Rizu had no objection to this arrangement.
"Sakumo will lead the team to test the composition of the new Kazekage."
The name of Konoha White Fang was made on the battlefield of the Kingdom of Wind, so it is most appropriate to arrange for him to go there at this time.
"Minato, you have fought against Kumogakure's AB brothers many times. There should be no one in Konoha Village who is more suitable than you. Fugaku, you lead half of the people to follow Minato. The Sharingan of the Uchiha clan will not matter if it faces ordinary Kumogakure.
Or tailed beasts are very useful."
"Although there has been no movement in the Kingdom of Water, we still have to be on guard. For the remaining half of the Uchiha clan, please arrange for them to work with the Hyuga clan to keep an eye on Kirigakure Village."
The third generation looked at Fugaku and said, Kirigakure's ninjas are good at Kirigakure's art. Although the Sharingan's insight is not as good as the Byakugan, they still have room to maneuver when facing Kirigakure's art.
"Yes!" Fugaku immediately expressed his stance, his eyes were blood red, full of anger and fighting intent.
Then the third generation turned to look at Minato and asked: "When will Jiraiya come back?"
"A message was sent to the Toad Gate in Miaomu Mountain that the teacher will be back in the afternoon."
"Okay, let Jiraiya lead the team over to Iwagakure Village."
"The leader of the team has been finalized, and the next step is to arrange the backbone of the various families and civilian ninjas. Shikaku, you will take the lead and come up with a plan."
"no problem!"
With the third generation's order, Konoha's huge war machine started to operate, and the Third War began.