A meeting was being held on the top floor of the Hokage Building. The atmosphere of the entire meeting seemed very depressing. Sarutobi Hiruzen was sitting in the center, while Danzo was sitting aside.
"Sunagakure Village did not listen to our explanation and determined that the disappearance of the Third Kazekage was directly related to our Konoha. Now that the newly appointed Fourth Kazekage has led a large number of troops to invade the border of the Land of Fire, something must be done.
response."
Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke in a deep voice with his eyes flashing.
The Third Kazekage is missing!
This happened about a month ago. Sunagakure Village has been trying to hide the news and looking for the Third Kazekage everywhere, but they have never been found. Finally, they identified this incident as Konoha secretly abducting the Third Kazekage, and reported it to them.
Konoha declares war directly!
The declaration of war by Sunagakure Village suddenly made the situation a bit bad. Originally, Iwagakure Village's invasion of the Country of Grass was only an advance force. At most, it was just some harassment and tentative attacks, and some strategic deployments. There was no immediate action.
Start a decisive battle.
But here in Sand Hidden Village, a decisive battle started as soon as they came up!
"The Fourth Kazekage has been mobilized. I think you, Hokage-sama, should go to the front line in person..."
An elite jounin sat on one side and spoke in a deep voice.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes were serious.
In fact, he also wanted to go to the front line in person, but the problem was that news of a full-scale attack on Sunagakure Village came, and it was difficult to ensure that there would be no action in Kirigakure Village and Kumogakure Village.
The country where Kirigakure and Cloud Hidden Village are located is not adjacent to the Kingdom of Wind, and there is no possibility of taking the opportunity to invade the Kingdom of Wind. They will only use the offensive of Sunagakure Village to harass the Kingdom of Fire.
"I'll go."
Jiraiya stood up, looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, his eyes were serious and serious, and said: "Sarutobi-sensei, you should stay in the village and take charge to intimidate other villages."
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Jiraiya. He was very aware of Jiraiya's strength. He felt more at ease going to the front line of Sunagakure Village. However, after all, there was a large-scale invasion of Sunagakure Village there. Jiraiya alone could
It's extremely difficult for people to deal with it.
"Danzo, you and Jiraiya should go together."
Sarutobi Hiruzen turned to look at Danzo.
Danzo was sitting there leaning on his cane, his eyes indifferent. Just when he was about to say something, Jiraiya suddenly said: "Danzo-sama, you should be on guard against the Kirigakure Village. An attack from the Sunagakure Village can only be attacked by Minato and
If you go with me, you can resist."
"Well."
After pondering for a moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally nodded.
Danzo and Jiraiya never got along very well, and it was indeed not suitable for them to go to a battlefield together. It would be more suitable for Namikaze Minato and Jiraiya to go together.
"The next step is the issue of staffing..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced across the conference room. Sitting in the conference room were not only some of Konoha's elite jounin, but also clan leaders from Uchiha, Hyuga and other major families.
The real purpose of convening this meeting is to tell the major families about the dire situation of the matter and put pressure on the major families to send their own personnel to deal with this war.
"Since it is a full-scale war, everything will be subject to the Hokage-sama's dispatch and control."
The leader of the Uchiha clan spoke slowly.
The head of the Hyuga clan next to him also expressed the same attitude.
Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned all his major families to participate in the meeting. They all knew what the purpose was. Now that the war was going on, it was impossible to stay out of it.
"Well……"
Seeing that all the major families had expressed their stance, Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded with satisfaction and distributed some information and lists of ninjas, preparing to form a frontline force to resist Sunagakure Village.
And just as he was sorting out the personnel list, an ANBU ninja suddenly appeared, knelt down on one knee in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, held up a scroll in his right hand, and said:
"Hokage-sama! Urgent report from the front!"
"Is this a battle situation?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped moving, looked down at the ANBU, his eyes flashed slightly.
The ANBU ninja nodded.
"Well, that should be good news."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said nothing and took the scroll.
With Orochimaru leading the team, and Matt Dai, a special ninja who can burst out with great strength in unexpected situations, no matter what strategies the Iwa ninjas have, most of them will not be realized.
After opening the scroll and taking a cursory glance at the first few lines, Sarutobi Hiruzen's brows relaxed. Because his judgment had been confirmed, he started to read while reading.
"Report from the frontline... Konoha's advance troops arrived at the border, tracked the Iwa Ninja troops, encountered them in the wasteland area and had a battle, and finally repelled the Iwa Ninja troops, killed more than half of the enemy ninjas, and severely damaged the Iwa Ninja Village's advance troops."
The general content of the first line was read out in the conference room, which immediately relaxed the atmosphere in the conference room, and the heads of the major families also relaxed their brows slightly.
With Sand Hidden Village launching a full-scale attack, information about the great victory came from the front line against the Iwa Ninja, which is undoubtedly excellent news. Under this situation, the situation on the border of Grass Country has been stabilized. You can see what Iwa Ninja's
Then respond to the action, there is no need to rush to send support troops.
In this way, most of the combat power can be used to deal with the Sand Ninja.
These families can also reduce losses.
"Orochimaru did a good job."
Danzo also looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and commented calmly.
A great victory over the Iwa Ninja on the border was also good news in his opinion. Next, he could concentrate his forces to defeat the Suna Ninja first, and then deal with the Iwa Ninja. He would not be afraid even if there was a two-front battle.
"That guy Orochimaru is trustworthy at times like this."
Jiraiya, who was sitting next to him, showed a smile and confidence, and said: "Then leave the Suna Ninja to me, I won't let them mess around!"
He has been fighting with Orochimaru since a long time ago. Now that Orochimaru has achieved a great victory, he cannot lag behind.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took the scroll and continued to read. What followed was a report on the specific situation and detailed battle situation. He also wanted to take a look at the losses of Konoha's side.
"...In this battle, eleven of our advance troops were killed, four were seriously injured, and twenty-one were slightly injured."
When Sarutobi Hiruzen read this, his joy at the great victory eased slightly.
Damage cannot be avoided in war.
Eleven people were killed and four were seriously injured. With this kind of record, more than half of the Iwa-nin advance troops were killed, and it was still an unquestionable victory.
"What's the specific situation of the battle? Sarutobi."
Danzo looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and asked.
Sarutobi Hiruzen continued to read while watching: "Orochimaru led our troops to track down the Iwa ninja, lock the enemy's position in the wasteland area and launch an attack. We and the enemy number about 80 to 70, so we have the advantage...
The Iwa Ninja had an elite force of nearly thirty people set up an ambush here, half of whom were jounin, and they suddenly emerged from the ground during the battle..."
When he saw this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's tone suddenly paused.
The eyes of Danzo and the heads of the major families in the conference room also changed slightly, and they looked over with a bit of solemnity, waiting for what would follow.
Although he already knew it was a good news, nearly thirty elite Iwa ninjas set up an ambush and suddenly broke out. The situation was undoubtedly extremely dangerous. How did Orochimaru reverse the situation in this situation?!