Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swordsmen Begins from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Chapter 215 Yellow Flash
"Didn't catch him?"

In the camp, Jiraiya's heart sank when he saw Mitarai Shishao returning empty-handed, and he guessed that his brother's wife might have been captured.

"The other party was very fast. We chased him all the way to the beach, but we can confirm that the person is still alive."

Yutarashi Zixiao said helplessly that they tracked him all the way to the seaside, but they couldn't chase him any further once they were out to sea.

"Can you confirm the other party's identity?"

Jiraiya gritted his teeth, feeling very annoyed.

I had only been here for a few days when one of my strong men was kidnapped by the enemy, and his life or death was unknown. This was a provocation to me.

"No, only the ninjas of the Inuzuka family memorized the other party's scent."

Yutarai Zixiao was even more helpless. It was embarrassing to say this out loud. Their own strong man was captured in their own territory, but they didn't even see his shadow.

"Can I let the Inuzuka ninja smell the smell on this?"

At this time, Minato Namikaze, who was standing behind Jiraiya, hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and took out a brand new book. The portrait of the woman on the cover alone was very eye-catching.

When seeing the cover and title of the book, Mitarai Shishao's eyes widened. The expressions of the people present were also very strange, and their eyes kept wandering between Jiraiya and Master Minato Namikaze.

They are truly worthy of being master and disciple!
They knew Jiraiya's character. He didn't have any major problems, but his minor flaws were very disgusting. They even didn't dare to let their wives take a bath in the bathhouse.

I just didn't expect that the seemingly serious Minato Namikaze would also develop such a bad habit. It really shows that you can't judge a person by his appearance.

"Minato, now is not the time to joke around."

Jiraiya was also a little embarrassed, but he couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart.

Sure enough, Minato secretly inherited his fine style, and with the Flying Thunder God Technique as a foundation, his future achievements will definitely surpass his own.

"This is a copy given to me by Tiancun Hao. I haven't read it yet. It should still have his scent on it. I wonder if it's still there after all this time."

Namikaze Minato explained with gritted teeth that this was given to him by that bastard during the Chunin Exam.

But he only watched it to understand the other person, really!
"Are you doubting him too?"

Nara Shikaku was surprised. Was Minato also suspecting that it was that person?

"Do you suspect that the guy took Xiaoquan away?"

Hearing the name, Jiraiya became serious, and Mitarai Shishao went out to look for the Inuzuka ninja who had just returned with him.

"According to the intelligence sent back earlier, there were no signs of fighting around Izumi no Uehara's tree house. Even the burning tree house was intact, and the detonating tags around it were not triggered.

Izumikami's strength is not weak, but the opponent was able to injure him and take him away. Either he used drugs, or an illusion, or his strength was too strong or his speed was too fast, leaving Izumikami no time to fight back.

There is no such strong person in the Hidden Mist Village, so it can only be from the Hidden Cloud Village, and the only ones who meet the requirements are Tamura Hao and Uchiha Hikaru.

But Uchiha Hikaru has the Space Eye Technique and can teleport over long distances, so it is difficult for him to leave a scent for us to track him, so it is more likely that it is Tamura Hao."

Nara Shikaku expressed his analysis. He had been thinking about it when the news came back before, and he was very sure that it was that Tamura Hao.

Jiraiya and the others were silent, but they agreed with this analysis. They had made some guesses before that there were not many people who could capture Koizumi so easily.

Namikaze Minato agreed even more. He had only had a hunch before, but Shikaku gave a detailed analysis, truly worthy of being a member of the Nara family.

After a while, an Inuzuka ninja came in with his ninja dog. After taking the book, he first looked at Namikaze Minato with a weird look, and then sniffed it carefully, but found nothing. Finally, he handed it to the ninja dog beside him.

The ninja dog had a stronger sense of smell, and it sniffed for a long time before barking.

"There is the smell of that person, but it is very faint. Very faint."

After communicating with the ninja dog, the Inuzuka ninja said there was a smell.

"It's really him."

After getting the confirmation, Zilai was also very annoyed. That boy was too arrogant.

"Sakumo-senpai, what do you think about this?"

Jiraiya looked at Hatake Sakumo who had been holding the sword without saying a word. They had not had much contact with that kid for a long time. Only Hatake Sakumo had confronted the other side on the northern front for several months, so he must know more.

"He is very powerful, but we should be more wary of his wisdom. According to the intelligence we have obtained, he should be the successor trained by the Raikage to assist Tsuchidai, and he may very well be the assistant of the Fourth Raikage in the future. Now that he has kidnapped Shimura Izumi before the war, there must be a deeper purpose.

From now on, please keep an eye on him, as he will be your main opponent here."

Hatake Sakumo knew that the young man's wisdom and courage were not comparable to those of ordinary people. During the Chunin Exam, the other party had made many plans and contacted Uchiha Senju and himself successively.

"I knew it wouldn't be easy coming here."

Nara Shikaku muttered something, knowing that he would have work to do in the future.

"He is indeed a troublesome little devil."

Jiraiya was very annoyed. The last thing he wanted to do was face such a troublesome opponent.

"Should we report to the Sandaime?"

Yuhi Shinku asked, after all, Shimura Izumi's identity was too special.

"No, the situation in the village is not good either. The teacher has more troubles than us."

Shaking his head, Jiraiya didn't intend to disturb the teacher, and there were no more manpower to be sent from the village.

"The main part of the war that follows will be a defensive battle. We will resist the offensive of the Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Cloud Village, while looking for opportunities to counterattack and inflict heavy damage on the other side."

Jiraiya talked about the next combat strategy. He originally wanted to take the initiative to attack, at least to destroy the military base set up by the Hidden Mist Village in the Land of Waves. Without the military base close to the Land of Fire, it would be difficult for the Hidden Mist Village ninjas to gain a foothold here.

He just came here to see the mental state of the Hyuga branch ninjas who dominated this place and then gave up. Now Koizumi was captured by the other side.

It’s hard to do!
Although he has mastered Lava Release and Senjutsu, he would still be in a passive position if he wanted to fight the Mist Ninja in the sea.

"The sea is not our home ground. Fighting there is too passive."

Mitarai Shishao agreed, and he didn't want to fight with the Kirigakure ninja on the sea.

Apart from anything else, they only need to work together to launch a large-scale water escape at sea to create a tsunami, which is impossible to resist.

Not to mention that most of the Kirigakure ninjas can dive into the sea to fight, so even if they have the Byakugan to defend themselves, it would be difficult to deal with them.

The most important thing is Shimura Izumi. He doesn't want Shimura Izumi to be killed because of them. It will be troublesome in the future if he is hated by a person like Shimura Danzo.

"As long as we can hold on, it will be fine. Don't be too greedy or you will be easily tricked by your opponent. The village and the Fire Nation can no longer afford to fail."

Yuhi Shinku's idea is more conservative. After all, the northern front was completely wiped out because of the proactive attack.

Otherwise, according to the idea of ​​the Hidden Cloud Village at that time, that kind of fight could have been continued, maybe even until the end of this Ninja World War.

Unfortunately, the Uchiha who is leading the battle line over there has some mental problems.

The other three fronts were all trying to maintain stability, but you launched an aggressive and proactive attack. As a result, your entire army was wiped out.

No matter what kind of tricks were going on in secret, the order to launch the attack was given by Uchiha.

"Then be more cautious."

Jiraiya glanced at Hatake Sakumo and agreed with Yuhi Shinku's statement.

Compared to victory, being undefeated is more important, and this is what the teacher specifically reminded us before we set off.

Not to mention Jiraiya and others who were discussing here, on the other side, Tamura Hao openly carried Shimura Izumi back to the Land of Waves, and carried him back to the manor under the watchful eyes of a group of Kirigakure ninjas.

"How did you carry her back?"

Ye Yueai, who was wearing pajamas, had a confused look on his face. He had been sleeping soundly when he was woken up by the news that his junior fellow apprentice had carried Shimura Izumi back, so he rushed over immediately.

Does he know his junior brother’s identity as a fake spy? She is also the daughter of Shimura Danzo. How dare you?

"I am measured."

Tian Cun Hao didn't explain much and gave a reassuring look in return.

He has obtained the permission of Lord Danzo. As long as Miss Izumi can turn over a new leaf and escape from the clutches of Sarutobi Hiruzen, it will be fine even if some radical measures are used.

Seeing his junior brother say this, Ye Yueai didn't want to ask any more questions at this time and could only inquire in detail later.

"You really have evil intentions towards her."

Uzumaki Kushina, who was wearing fox pajamas, came over and saw Shimura Izumi lying on the ground twitching. She immediately looked at someone with contempt and disgust. She said she had no interest in him at first, but this time she carried him over.

"What do you know, little kid? Her identity is extraordinary. As long as we catch her, Konoha won't dare to attack easily, which will allow us to take a greater initiative."

Reaching out and tapping the girl's fair forehead, Tiancun Hao brought the girl back for many reasons.

"Really?"

Rubbing her forehead in pain, Uzumaki Kushina was very suspicious. Was this bad guy really not having any dirty thoughts about her?
"Fake!"

Rolling his eyes, Tamura Hao looked down at Shimura Izumi who had been stabbed by lightning chakra. What to do with this girl next was also a problem. Perhaps she could be used as bait, but he didn't know if anyone would take the bait.

"Bastard!"

After glaring in anger, Uzumaki Kushina immediately asked, "When are we going to the Land of Whirlpools next?"

She learned from her brother Ai that the next battlefield would be moved to the Whirlpool Country, or to be more precise, the peninsula of the Fire Country, which was connected to their Whirlpool Country.

"There will be a rainy season in two months. The rainfall will increase greatly, which will be more conducive to the collective combat of the Kirigakure ninja."

This was the time point they had discussed with Karatachi Yagura and others. The first stage was that the Hidden Mist Village secretly sent all of its earth-style ninjas to build fortifications and camps there.

After it is built, they will all move there and openly dig rivers to divide the territory of the Fire Nation.

By then, even if Konoha doesn't want to attack, the Fire Country Daimyo will force it to attack.

They just need to fight a defensive battle with ease, which will make the battle more fun and can also consume more of Konoha's ninja army.

"This time, we must give the damn Konoha a hard beating!"

With her fists clenched tightly, Uzumaki Kushina hated Konoha very much, especially the Hokage faction.

"Vanilla, go get a manuscript."

Tamura Hao signaled to Uzumaki Vanilla and told her that she had to write a report and hand it over to Kirigakure to explain the arrest of Shimura Izumi and avoid any misunderstandings.

Uzumaki Vanilla turned around and left without any hesitation, and came back with the manuscript a few moments later.

Tamura Hao sat down and quickly wrote down the information about Jiraiya and others, not only the number of people, but also their detailed methods and behavioral habits.

Especially Jiraiya, who has already mastered the Lava Release and Senjutsu, and Namikaze Minato, who has mastered the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.

"Give it to the Mist Ninja on duty at the gate."

After writing it, Tamura Hao handed it to Uzumaki Vanilla. With this detailed information, it seems that Yagura Karuta will be much more at ease when facing Jiraiya and others in the future.

The information was quickly delivered to Karatachi Yagura by the Kirigakure ninja. Even though he was sleeping, Karatachi Yagura got up quickly and summoned all the senior executives to come and look at the intelligence and have targeted discussions.

"Senjutsu, Lava Release, Nine-tailed Jinchuriki, Flying Thunder God Jutsu, they are all difficult to deal with."

After reading the intelligence, Tongcao Yebai was very solemn, and everyone else also understood how powerful those two were.

"We can only ask Miss Uchiha Hikaru of Kumogakure to keep an eye on Minato Namikaze."

Qing gave a suggestion that that kind of space-time ninjutsu was difficult to solve, and even if they had powerful strength, it would be useless if they couldn't hit anyone.

In this regard, only Uchiha Hikaru, who is also proficient in the power of time and space, can deal with it. Don't let Namikaze Minato really leave the Flying Thunder God technique to them and come to kill them when they sleep at night.

To this, Yagura Karatachi nodded in agreement. He had no way to deal with that kind of space-time ninjutsu. Even if he used the Tailed Beast Ball, the other party would be able to run away immediately, so it wouldn't be of much significance. They could even transfer the Tailed Beast Ball to their heads, which would be fatal.

Against this kind of opponent, the Tailed Beast Cannon in the form of a beam of light would be more suitable. At least there is no need to worry about it being diverted away by the opponent.

"How's the exploration going over there?"

Turning to the exploration of the second battlefield, they needed to open up a river channel based on the water levels of the bays on the east and west sides and the terrain of the peninsula, which was not a simple task.

A Mist Ninja who was in charge of contacting this matter stood up and replied, "The terrain of that section of the peninsula is still being explored, but it has been determined that the sea level of the eastern bay is much higher than that of the western bay. Once a river channel is opened up, it will form a relatively turbulent river.

The village has invited professionals to come up with a preliminary plan. They asked us to secretly use earth escape ninjutsu to open up a hidden river, and then bombard and dig from the west to the east. We can use the hidden river to quickly transfer rocks and soil to the sea."

“Dig from the west.”

Goji Yagura turned his head to look at the map hanging on the wall. In this way, their fleet would have to go around a large bay, but it was not a big problem.

This battle will not last long. It will be considered a success once the river is blasted and dug out.

With that river as a natural barrier for defense, Konoha cannot be breached without several times more manpower.

Where there is water, they, the Kirigakure ninja, are the masters.

"Perhaps after we start the battle there, we can ask a group of ninjas from the Hidden Rock Village to come over to assist us, which will greatly speed up our river opening."

Tongcao Yeito gave a suggestion. He had a good relationship with Huang Tu, the son of the Tsuchikage. If the earth-style ninja from the Hidden Rock Village could be invited over, the excavation of the river would definitely be greatly accelerated.

"The Third Tsuchikage is an old fox. He will definitely take the opportunity to make demands, but as long as they are not excessive, it will be fine."

After thinking about it, Karuju Yagura nodded in agreement.

Of course, these are just suggestions from their side, and things like this still need to wait for Mizukage teacher’s approval.

"After fighting for such a long time, the people in Iwagakure must have had a hard time. And if we fight harder, the pressure on them will be less."

People who use Tongcao as wild bait believe that the chances of success are very high, and they are not asking people to work for free, they can pay them.

"It's not just the Iwagakure Village. The problems within Konoha are more favorable to us. In order to inspire the ambitions and morale of the major ninja clans, the Third Hokage has spread the word that he will pass on the throne, and even the list of candidates has been finalized.

Although this can greatly boost the morale of those ninja clans, it will also intensify conflicts among them.

The last decisive battle in the Land of Hot Springs was a good example of this. I think the Senju Clan will have some thoughts this time. Even Shimura Danzo and Uchiha Fugaku who escaped last time will be keeping an eye on this side. Our chances of winning will be further improved."

Qingdao gave his own analysis, which was unanimously recognized by everyone.

The conflicts within Konoha have long been known to everyone. They have been exposed since the Hokage faction plotted against the Hidden Uzushio Village, and they got out of control after the death of the first Hokage's wife.

As a result, the Uchiha clan followed in the footsteps of the Uzumaki clan. All their elite members were killed and the clan was devastated in an instant.

If the Hokage faction plots against others, others will also plot against them. I believe that these people will not miss this opportunity created by the cooperation between the Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Cloud Village.

"Senior Mizusou, when the time comes, you can lead the team to the Hidden Rock Village. You are more familiar with that place, so try to bring as many Hidden Rock Ninjas as possible.

In addition, you can try to ask them to arrange for the Four-Tails Jinchuriki to come over so that we can share the secret technique of the Tailed Beast Cannon.

Moreover, Jiraiya has mastered both Senjutsu and Lava Release, so I think the Iwagakure Village will definitely be interested in this as well."

Gotachibana Yagura looked at Togusa Nobito, who was relatively familiar with Iwagakure, especially with the son of the Tsuchikage, and was easier to talk to.

In addition, in the name of the alliance, it will not be a problem to bring a group of people here.

However, he hoped to invite the Four-Tails Jinchuriki over, not only to have one more top-level strongman, but also because with one more Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, they could use the Tailed Beast Cannon to dig the river together, which would double the speed.

The faster the river channel is excavated, the better, to avoid Konoha adjusting and targeting us.

They also have enough baits. In addition to the tailed beast cannon that they are currently researching, there is also Jiraiya who possesses fairy techniques and lava escape.

The power of the Four-Tails is Lava Release, and the Four-Tails Jinchūriki also has the bloodline of Lava Release. The other party must also be practicing fairy arts. Having a target as a reference will definitely make practicing much easier.

With these baits, there is no need to worry that the other party will not come.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

The people of Tongcao Yebai are full of confidence. This is something that will benefit everyone, and they are not afraid that Yanyin will disagree.

"Everyone, get ready. We must start a large-scale war with Konoha as soon as possible to draw their attention here and provide cover for the layout of the second battlefield.

Once we win this battle, our Hidden Mist Village will open a new chapter, and you will all follow me to the top!"

After glancing at everyone present, Goju Yagura said proudly that he had full confidence in this battle.

"Yes!"

Everyone stood up in unison, their hearts filled with enthusiasm.

This battle also concerns their future. Once they win, their status in the village will definitely be greatly improved.

When the previous group of people retire, they will be the top leaders of the village.

(End of this chapter)