The Senju remnants of the Uchiha clan

Chapter 38 Halftime break, White Bird's questions
“Hahahaha! Hahahahahaha—cough cough!”

Qiu Dao Qufeng, who was covered in bandages, laughed wildly, and then he started coughing violently. Qiu Dao Dingzu was so scared that he quickly helped his father lie down again.

Qiu Daoqufeng was seriously injured.

Due to excessive use of the multiplication secret technique and the fact that he turned into a giant and showed off a lot, he was targeted by the enemy. At this moment, he even had difficulty speaking.

But the mood is extremely wonderful.

There was no other reason. The Southeast Camp was saved and the crisis on the Southeast front was resolved, and in an unexpected way.

Qiu Dao Qu Feng explained it in detail, and everyone suddenly understood.

Konoha's reinforcements did arrive, a total of 3,000 ninjas, but they were not the main force of Konoha on the front line of the Land of Lightning, but the force stationed at Kanmubi Bridge to monitor Iwagakure.

Previously, in order to trick the Third Raikage, the Iwagakure clan dispatched more than 10,000 elite Iwagakure soldiers to ambush in the Land of Rice, which borders the Land of Fire to the north.

In this age where alliances are as worthless as waste paper, Konoha cannot guarantee that after ambushing the Raikage, Iwagakure will go straight south to give itself a surprise, so it stationed a surveillance force of more than 3,000 people at the strategic location leading to the Land of Earth - Kanmubi Bridge.

Don't think it's too few. At this moment, the number of Iwagakure ninjas will be only 20,000. 10,000 will follow the Tsuchikage to trap the Raikage, 6,000 will be slacking off in the battlefield of the Rain Country, and the rest will be dispersed to garrison in various places in the Earth Country.

So, without considering the two Iwagakure Jinchuriki who have never shown up, these three thousand Konoha ninjas are enough to attack the Iwagakure Village.

After learning the news that the Third Raikage was killed in battle, the Tsuchikage Ōnoki was seriously injured, and ten thousand Rock Ninja suffered heavy losses, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately gave the order, ordering this army to rush to the southeast battlefield day and night to provide support.

Two days before Kirigakure launched a full-scale offensive, the three thousand ninjas finally arrived at the southeast front.

Akimichi Norifu learned the news in the middle of the night. He couldn't help laughing wildly at the time, and then his subordinates misunderstood that the commander had gone insane under the pressure...

These 3,000 men were not directly deployed to the battlefield, but disguised as reinforcements coming from the Land of Lightning under the order of Akimichi Norifuze - plus, there were only 5,000 ninjas in Konoha, and there were nearly 8,000 enemies on the opposite side, so the chances of winning a head-on battle were still slim, so they could only choose to scare the Ninja of Kirigakure away!
As for why we don't support the Rain Country...

It is not so much that Sarutobi Hiruzen believes in the abilities of Orochimaru and Danzo, but rather that he has enough confidence in their bottom line.

During this period, according to the secret reports received by Sarutobi Hiruzen, the two pillars of Konoha performed steadily - poisoning the well water, destroying all the farmland in the Rain Country during the autumn harvest, massacring the civilians of the Rain Country and blaming it on the Sand Village, etc., etc.

There are also some "routine" operations such as some Root soldiers pretending to surrender and then launching suicide attacks, burying detonating tags in enemy corpses, etc. to collect corpses from the opposite side.

This set of tactics made the Sand Village and the innocent civilians of the Rain Country suffer a lot. In addition, Orochimaru repelled Rasa head-on seven times, but the Sand Village did not make any progress on the battlefield.

Having successfully resisted the attack of Sunagakure with inferior forces, what could Sarutobi Hiruzen do about the massive number of innocent casualties caused by these two bastards? Of course, he chose to turn a blind eye and pretend he didn't know...

Anyway, it was a private decision made by both of you. I didn't give any order. Although I acquiesced, don't get any blame on me!
.........

After following Aburame Shiwei to visit Akimichi Tofu, Shiratori and the others wandered around the camp.

Having been accustomed to the tension of the war period, everyone felt a little uncomfortable when they suddenly had some free time, and felt a bit idle.

For example, Asuma is now clamoring to have another fight with Kirigakure right away.

"Asuma!" Hong showed a dissatisfied expression.

She also participated in the previous battles, and since she knew some medical ninjutsu, she was assigned to the medical team as a temporary member after the war. She saw many Konoha companions who were seriously injured on the battlefield, listened to their painful cries, and even had to use illusions to alleviate their pain.

"No, that... I was just kidding!" Asuma scratched his head and immediately backed down.

Bai Niao followed behind the others, frowning slightly, looking a little absent-minded. "Bai Niao?" Zhiwei noticed something was wrong with Bai Niao.

"..."

"White Bird?"

"Ah? Ah! Sorry, Mr. Zhiwei, I was just thinking about something."

Bai Niao stopped walking, and Zhiwei also waited there without moving. Watching everyone gradually walk away, Bai Niao couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Zhiwei, I have some questions and I don't know if I should ask them."

Aburame Shiwei found a large rock and sat on it, motioning for Shiratori to sit next to her.

"Go ahead, I'm your team leader, of course I have to help you solve your problems." Zhiwei said in a gentle tone, and then expressed some emotion.

To be honest, among all his subordinates, he spent the least time with Shiratori.

Because his own strength far exceeds that of a Chunin, Shiratori usually acts as a temporary captain with Might Guy.

"Yes."

Shiratori sat next to Zhiwei, with a confused expression: "Teacher Zhiwei, what I want to ask is... why didn't the Jonin Minato Namikaze come to support us?"

"Ok?"

"Flying Thunder God Technique." Shiratori took a deep breath, "Minato Jonin, who possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, can obviously rush here after the battle in the Land of Lightning is over... This should be easy to do. As long as the village sends someone with an item marked with the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato Jonin can rush to the southeast front in a very short time. Why not do this?"

This was also what Shiratori was confused about when he watched Naruto in his previous life.

After Minato Namikaze's Impure World Reincarnation, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to cross a very long distance to reach the battlefield of the Fourth War, and then transferred the Tailed Beast Ball of the Ten-Tails to the sea. It can be seen that Flying Thunder God does have the ability to move long distances.

But looking back at Minato Namikaze's previous battles, this point was not shown, including this time.

If Minato Namikaze could appear at the southeastern front when the battle started, to be honest, the "Mist Pillars" of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen would not be enough for him to chop down. It's a bit exaggerated to kill one by one, but those seven people combined probably couldn't even give him twenty strikes...

Suddenly, a lot of conspiracy theories appeared in Bai Niao's mind...

"You're talking about this... um..." This time it was Aburame Shiwei who started to feel conflicted. He and Namikaze Minato were very good friends, and he really understood this.

"Uh... just pretend I didn't ask." Looking at the other person's expression, Shiratori decided to skip this topic.

"Actually, there's nothing that can't be said. Many people know about it." Zhiwei scratched his head, picked up a lost parasitic insect and stuffed it into his ear. His movements were extremely natural, and Bai Niao was stunned.

"Flying Thunder God is a space-time ninjutsu. Since it is a ninjutsu, it requires chakra, especially when moving over long distances. Not only does it require a large amount of chakra, but it also has very demanding requirements on the ability to control chakra, otherwise it will be torn into pieces by the power of space... Minato's control ability is naturally beyond doubt, but to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to move such a long distance, the chakra may not be enough."

So that's how it is, Shiratori suddenly realized.

From the Land of Lightning to the southeastern front, Minato Namikaze's chakra was not enough to support him, not even one-third of the distance. After his Impure World Reincarnation, he had unlimited chakra, so he dared to teleport over long distances.

"Teacher Zhiwei, I have another question."

(End of this chapter)