"After discussions with Shikaji and Tamaki, I judged that this is a signal sent by Sunagakure to seek a decisive battle. Shiguro, Orochimaru, Minato, and Kusama, the four of you have been on the front line for a long time. Have you noticed anything about Sunagakure recently?
Something strange?"
After Lei Luo finished speaking, the four of them couldn't help but look at each other. Finally, Aburame Shiguro took a step forward, slowly pointed his finger on the sand table, which represented the northeast corner of the Sunagakure camp, and said in a deep voice:
"Although it's not obvious yet, about two days ago, the number of Suna ninja troops concentrated in the southeast... vaguely increased, and the intention is unknown."
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, his golden eyes focused on the position pointed by Aburame Shiguro, and whispered a few words to himself, as if he was silently calculating something.
Immediately afterwards, Orochimaru also took a step forward. While tracing a series of coordinate numbers on the bottom of the sand table with his fingers, he moved his gaze to another flatter area next to Aburame Shiguro's fingers and suddenly said:
"(102,358)...I remember that this location should be a large plain area, right?"
"The sand ninjas are gathering in the southeast. Do they want to have a decisive battle with us here?"
With that said, Orochimaru pulled up the small brown flag representing the Sunagakure camp, and then inserted it on the sand table, in the northwest area of the center, just below Aburame Shiro's finger.
Everyone glanced at the sand table. After a few seconds, Namikaze Minato raised his head and asked Lei Luo: "Teacher Lei Luo, do you need our department to get there in advance to prepare?"
Hearing this, Lei Luo looked at Namikaze Minato with amusement, and asked indifferently: "Do you really believe in Orochimaru's judgment?"
Facing Lei Luo's somewhat teasing question, Namikaze Minato raised a slight smile at the corner of his mouth. He first glanced at Orochimaru, who was looking at the sand table intently, and then replied calmly:
"The country of Kawakawa is mostly mountainous and forested, and there are only a handful of plains. Since Sunagakure wants to seek a decisive battle, he must find a terrain suitable for large armies to deploy."
"If we consider the location of their main camp and the direction of troop mobilization mentioned by Senior Shiguro, then there seems to be only one area closest to the Sand Ninjas that is most suitable for launching a battle..."
"If I remember correctly, it should be called Asakusa, right?"
Namikaze Minato responded with ease, obviously knowing all the terrain of Kawa no Kuni, and he unconsciously compared Orochimaru. This also made Orochimaru retract his gaze from the sand table, and glanced at Namikaze Minato lightly.
Noticing that Orochimaru seemed a little unhappy, Minato Namikaze had a calm expression on his face. Seeing that Lei Luo seemed to be thinking, he said again:
"Teacher Lei Luo, after continuous training, the current Flying Thunder God Commando has been able to...continuously transfer me in the half-tailed beast state...for almost three minutes."
"We only need to lay out Baimang coordinates in the battlefield area in advance, and lay out a large number of Flying Thunder God coordinates along a circular route five kilometers away from the battlefield. I think..."
"The war may be over in three minutes."
Two years later, Namikaze Minato is sixteen years old this year and has been able to enter the half-tailed beast state relatively smoothly. In other words, the tailed beast jade attack can finally be unlocked.
If coupled with the precise positioning provided by the white mirage, the derived beyond-visual-range strike, and the ultra-high-speed transfer provided by the Flying Thunder God coordinates...
The half-animal-shaped Namikaze Minato is simply a constantly moving... ultra-long-distance tailed beast jade turret, and its attack direction changes at any time, making it almost unpredictable.
Perhaps because he knew how perverted this tactic was, when Minato Namikaze said these words, his face was full of confidence, as if he was determined: Under the Tailed Beast Tamashii's offensive in three minutes, the Suna Ninja will be destroyed soon.
To collapse.
Orochimaru originally wanted to ridicule Namikaze Minato, but he probably also knew how invincible this tactic was, so he rarely spoke, and just looked at Namikaze Minato with a look of contempt.
That feeling seems to be a silent complaint: Do you still want to show your face?
The atmosphere in the venue was silent for a while, and then, as if they had a telepathic connection, Aburame Shiguro and Shiranui Kusama secretly glanced at Namikaze Minato unconsciously, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.
In the end, it was Lei Luo who broke the silence, and his first words were to affirm Namikaze Minato: "As expected of my disciple, his way of thinking is really unconstrained and very feasible..."
"Go ahead, Minato, implement all your ideas..." As he said this, he noticed that Minato Namikaze responded and turned around to leave. Lei Luo quickly stretched out his hand to grab the former's lapel and said helplessly:
"Wait a moment and leave after the meeting."
After scratching his head in embarrassment, Namikaze Minato walked quickly back to his original position and stood quietly. After a few seconds, his expression returned to normal.
After scanning the surroundings and seeing that everyone's expressions were a bit strange, Lei Luo cleared his throat and continued calmly:
"Now that we have guessed the location of the decisive battle, let's move on to the next topic, our formation arrangement..."
The high-level meeting didn't last long. Just over half an hour passed before everyone filed out and dispersed, apparently going to find their subordinates.
Lei Luo was the last one to walk out of the tent. As soon as he went out, he suddenly found Orochimaru and Nonou waiting for him at the door. It seemed that they had something to say.
Stopping, Lei Luo glanced at the two of them doubtfully, and subconsciously asked: "Is there anything else?"
Orochimaru and Nonoyu looked at each other, and then Orochimaru took a step forward and said first: "Lei Luo, I want to recommend a talent to you."
"Oh?" Lei Luo raised his eyebrows, looking quite surprised, but then, he asked expressionlessly: "Who?"
Within the current Ninja Army system, if ordinary ninjas want to be promoted, if they want to improve their professional titles, if they want to be qualified to learn ninjutsu, if they want to get financial rewards, or even if they want to be vigorously trained and promoted by Lei Luo, there is only one way.
That is meritorious service.
Unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen, Lei Luo made all promotion processes, including all reward distribution situations, very transparent. There were no shady secrets, no unspoken rules, and no cover-ups.
Everything can be said to have a clear price tag. As long as you have the ability to chop off a few more sand ninja heads, you can choose whatever reward you want.
This set of principles for promoting cadres, as well as the standards for award issuance and review, are handled jointly by multiple departments such as the Human Resources Department, Fund Distribution Department, and Ninjutsu Data Management Department. It can be said that it is relatively fair.