Naruto: From Novice to Grave

Chapter 102 - The entire northern front is in complete chaos.

As the saying goes, everyone who sees it gets a share, so Higashino Makoto cooled down everyone's hot tea, allowing them to enjoy a refreshing cold drink in this unusually hot season.

Fighting on the front lines is so tough, can't we enjoy ourselves a little?

If the Snow Clan of the Land of Water saw the current situation, they would probably be furious. Their own people awakened talents that were difficult to obtain, but for Higashino Makoto, it was merely an ice-making machine. Uzuki Yuumura, holding her teacup and feeling the icy touch on her hand, felt the world was unreal: "Um, big brother, is it really that easy to successfully fuse bloodline limits?"

Yuu retorted to her brother, "Of course it's not easy, which is why chakra fusion bloodline limit is so rare in the ninja world. Only someone with extraordinary talent like Shin can do it."

For others to replicate it, after mastering the chakra nature transformations of both attributes to a very high level, the rest depends on luck.

If you're lucky, you might succeed in the next second, but more likely you'll never succeed in your entire life. The best way to spread all kinds of bloodline limits is through bloodline inheritance.

Uzuki Yuwa paused, stunned.

Yes, it's all about bloodline inheritance. Just have more children, right? In a few years, maybe the descendants of the Uzuki and Higashino families can form a completely new Snow Clan in Konoha.

Thinking of this, the old father, Xihe, looked at his daughter and started grinning foolishly again.

The others naturally understood what it meant after hearing about bloodline inheritance, but Uzuki Yumura was unhappy.

Damn it, I don't have a daughter! How come my older brother gets all the good things?

Moonlight Cloud said, "Because Ice Release is not suitable for a true fighting style, he has never used it in front of outsiders. Only a few of us know about it."

Whether or not to reveal your true self is your decision, but it cannot be leaked from your mouth, understand?

"knew!"

No one had any objections. The Ice Release technique was invented by Higashino Makoto himself, so the decision-making power was naturally in his hands.

Higashino Jiro had forgotten about being written up by his son for questioning his wife without permission. Now he felt that his life was complete. Not only had he been promoted to the Jonin rank that he had always envied since childhood, but he had also given birth to a genius offspring for the Higashino family.

Thus, his ambition began to grow uncontrollably.

"My son is more talented than anyone else; he might even become Hokage someday."

Everyone thought about it and it seemed quite possible. Only Higashino really wasn't interested. Becoming Hokage wasn't an option in his life plan, as it would take up too much of his time for living and training.

This is a world of the extraordinary. When an individual's power is strong enough, it inherently represents power, and there is no need to sit in that demanding position.

However, speaking of the Hokage, Uzuki Yuuka suddenly said, "This time, Jonin Minato was suddenly recalled. Do you think this means he will succeed as the Fourth Hokage?"

Higashino Jiro agreed, saying, "Although I always thought that Lord Orochimaru was more likely to be the Fourth Hokage, based on the information we have so far, the Fourth Hokage should be Minato, a Jonin."

Moonlight Clouds saw that they shared the same view.

Higashino was not surprised. Jonin were not only powerful, but their access to information within the Konoha circle was also far superior to that of Chunin and Genin.

The current situation is clear, and the political signals released by the third generation leader are clear enough that everyone is not stupid and can see them naturally.

This newly formed three-way alliance is quite satisfied with this. Compared to Orochimaru, they are closer to Minato Namikaze, and their connections with each other are also deeper.

As for the other person rumored to be Fugaku Uchiha, aside from his own clan members, very few commoner Jonin would side with him.

This is a natural disadvantage, which Hyuga Hiashi clearly saw.

The Uchiha clan was aware of this, but their obsession ran too deep; becoming Hokage had become a curse for the clan.

Unfortunately, everyone knew that the selection of the fourth generation was already set. The only thing that was unexpected was that things are unpredictable, and Minato Namikaze passed away before he had even served a full year in office.

It was the afternoon of October 2nd.

At the front line where ninjas from Konoha, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure were intertwined, a mobile patrol team consisting of 12 members—Higashino Jiro's squad, Uzuki Yuuka's squad, and Gekko Kumomi's squad—saw the distress flare and immediately rushed to a certain area.

But they arrived too late; there was no one left, only a small, destroyed battlefield.

Higashino Jiro's squad examined the bloodstains on the ground and the traces that the ninja hadn't had time to clean up after leaving, while Yuwa's squad was responsible for examining and analyzing the traces of ninjutsu.

The entire team is based on Moonlight Clouds.

Soon, Higashino Jiro reported: "The Konoha defense team responsible for area A07 has gone missing. Based on similar incidents in the past, they are most likely dead. The number of enemies is unknown, but they left traces of their retreat towards Iwagakure."

Uzuki Yuu followed up with a report: "The ground is damaged by various escape techniques, and it's impossible to determine which side was responsible."

Moonlight Clouds is having a terrible headache; this is the chaotic situation on the front lines right now.

After a few days of peace, the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Stone Village resumed their mutual hunting, while the Hidden Leaf Village was also frequently attacked, and often it was impossible to determine who was responsible.

The traces of retreat might be fake, and the traces of ninjutsu might also be fake. While those two sides were fighting each other, they were also impersonating each other to harass Konoha and drag Konoha into the mess.

At the same time, the people of Konoha, including the mobile support teams like Higashino Makoto who are active on the front lines, will choose to kill any enemy they encounter, no matter who it is, because if you don't kill others, they will kill you.

In the early stages of war, the goal was to seize benefits. But now, it has little to do with benefits anymore; all that's left is mutual vendettas, a fight to the death.

It all comes down to who can't withstand the strain first.

Everyone knew that things would not end well if things continued this way, but none of them could let go of their hatred. At this point, even the village's leader could not go against the will of the entire ninja community.

"Really, can you still sense the enemy's location?"

After entering his sensory state, Higashino Makoto searched the area and said, "There are no ninjas in the direction of Iwagakure. There is a group of 9 ninjas about 5.5 kilometers to the northeast. They are heading towards our A09 defense zone."

Upon hearing this, Moonlight Cloud immediately ordered, "Full speed ahead to provide support!"

When everyone arrived, the battle had already begun, with nine enemies dressed as Cloud Ninja launching a frenzied attack on the Konoha ninja.

Three Konoha ninjas who were fighting back were covered in wounds, and three more were lying on the ground. The situation was critical.

Higashino Shinichi accelerated closer, drew his short sword, and swung it down fiercely.

【Wind Release: Shadowless Sword】

A massive wind blade sliced ​​vertically across the ground, cutting everything in its path, heading straight for the two sides in battle. Its flight speed was intentionally kept relatively slow, with the aim of dividing the battlefield and rescuing the three friendly soldiers who were about to be overwhelmed.

"Danger!"

"It's Konoha's reinforcements, retreat!"

Both sides jumped away to avoid the wind blades. After landing, the nine enemies turned and ran, while the three from Konoha huddled together, keeping a close eye on both sides without advancing.

The front lines are in complete chaos right now. No one has checked the coded messages, so who knows what kind of monsters or demons are coming?

Moonlight Cloud ordered, "Zhen, stop these guys for me."

"yes!"

In terms of speed, apart from Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique, no one can compare to him.

Higashino Makoto leaped lightly into the air in the direction the enemy had fled. Then, with the aid of wind, his body streaked across the sky like a meteor, passing over the heads of the nine people. After landing, he turned around and unleashed a massive, shadowless sword horizontally.

The enemy was very good at anticipating the situation and had prepared defensive ninjutsu before Higashino Makoto even landed.

[Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall]

Unfortunately, this thin earthen wall was no match for the Shadowless Sword. It was instantly cleaved in two before the astonished eyes of the enemy. The wind blade that cut through the earthen wall then slashed three enemies who were not quick enough, leaving huge, fatal wounds on their chests before dissipating.

Subsequently, Moonlight Cloud and others rushed into the battlefield and quickly wiped out the remaining 6 people.

This is what the front lines are like now.

Disguise, ambush, counterattack, killing each other—no one had a specific objective; the goal was simply to eliminate all the enemies they encountered.

After carefully examining all the corpses, Higashino Jiro said, "We can confirm that they are not from the Cloud Ninja, but there are no special characteristics on their bodies that indicate they are from the Iwagakure side."

Uzuki Yuu said resentfully, "Then they must be hired ninjas. It's another outside help that old bastard Onoki paid to hire. Only they like to do this kind of thing."

Currently, the front lines are not only occupied by ninjas from the three major ninja villages, but also by a considerable number of rogue ninjas, rogue ninjas, ninjas from small and medium-sized ninja villages, and ninjas from independent clans.

They were all hired by Iwagakure to hunt down Konoha and Kumogakure for bounties posted in the underworld. These people had no hatred, no principles, and only cared about money.

Konoha and Iwagakure have officially ceased hostilities, but Onoki is not an honest man. He is used to getting things done by paying money and has issued a large number of missions in the underworld.

There's no evidence to support these claims. Anyway, Iwagakure didn't break their verbal agreement to attack Konoha, so what business is it of theirs if they hire ninjas?

Konoha and Kumogakure basically don't use this method, because it would be tantamount to disrupting their own mission system.

If everything is handled by someone in the underground black market, what use are the ninjas that you have painstakingly trained?

If this continues, the development of trust will indirectly weaken the village's power.

Onoki knew this too, but there was nothing he could do about it.

At this point in the war, we have to hold on, even if it means breaking the rules and spending money to hire foreign aid.