Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 114 Yang Yi's Promise of Reward (Please Subscribe)

"This is Uchiha Kouta. He will be leading you on battlefield missions. You must stay by his side and learn from him. On the battlefield, caution is far more important than powerful ninjutsu for survival."

Uchiha Yoichi called Kurenai Yuhi and the other two to his side and then spoke to them. Standing next to him was Uchiha Kota, who was nine years older than him. With his two-tomoe Sharingan and the Sage's Curse Seal, he could easily deal with Jonin once he unleashed his full power.

He might be forming a special squad with other ninjas to carry out other missions, leaving him no time to guide Kurenai Yuhi through less challenging tasks.

"Teacher Yangyi, aren't you going to teach us anymore?"

Kurenai Yuhi blinked her jewel-like red eyes at Uchiha Yoichi. The other two, like Kurenai, felt a little uneasy when they heard that Uchiha Yoichi wasn't taking them with him.

"I'm going to do other missions next. Those missions are too dangerous for you guys, and what you need most right now is battlefield experience. You can learn that from Senior Kang Tai."

Uchiha Yoichi comforted him, "He participated in the last Shinobi World War and has done more B-rank missions than I have in all my missions combined. And that's exactly what you need right now."

"Everyone, follow Senior Kang Tai's lead and learn diligently. I don't want Class 8 to suffer losses because of your momentary negligence."

"Yang Yi, you flatter me. However, I will try my best to pass on my experience to you."

Seeing that Uchiha Yoichi had made his decision, Kurenai and the other two obediently greeted Uchiha Kota.

The four of them then formed a small team, and their main tasks were to patrol around the camp, set traps, act as sentries, and eliminate enemies.

Kurenai and the other two are all in a period of growth. What they need now is battlefield and combat experience to hone their strength. However, no matter how fast their strength increases, it is still just a castle in the air. In a battle, a small accident could cost them their lives.

After settling his three students, Uchiha Yoichi went to the Second Ninja Battalion, where he remained the battalion's captain.

The arrangements for the ninja squad have already been clearly explained in the previous meeting.

Select outstanding elite ninjas, such as those skilled in one or two offensive ninjutsu techniques, and then reorganize them into teams based on their ninjutsu skills and strengths.

The rest of the people just need to stand together and throw their shuriken, kunai, and explosive tags.

In fact, this type of person is quite common. After graduating from the Ninja Academy, they are assigned to Chunin squads or trained under Chunin and Genin instructors.

They basically don't teach them ninjutsu. After teaching them how to better use chakra, they are assigned to the ninja squad.

In Konoha Village, apart from ninja clans, there are very few chunin and genin who know ninjutsu. One reason is that they don't have enough chakra, and another reason is that they have nowhere to learn.

The Chunin leading the team had no responsibility to teach ninjutsu. If they wanted to learn ninjutsu, they had to make a contribution and apply to the village. Otherwise, they could only hope that the Chunin leading the team was kind-hearted and would take pity on them and teach them one or two ninjutsu techniques.

Of the 500-strong ninja squad, only 69 were found to be skilled in ninjutsu.

Finally, they were reorganized according to their preferred ninjutsu, and twelve cleanup squads were selected to leave the camp each day to take on missions outside.

Faced with these civilian ninjas, Uchiha Yoichi made some promises: as long as the team could complete ten missions, they could exchange them for a ninjutsu from him.

He also produced a catalog of ninjutsu, which consisted mostly of D-rank and E-rank ninjutsu, with only a small portion being C-rank ninjutsu.

These were all obtained by Uchiha Yoichi from the Hidden Cloud Village. The Uchiha clan also possessed them, but due to their preferred attributes, many of these ninjutsu were of little use to them.

Upon hearing Uchiha Yoichi's words, the twelve squad leaders were all very excited. They could exchange ten missions for a ninjutsu scroll. Although most of them were low-level, it was a rare opportunity for people like them who had no way to obtain ninjutsu.

"Although I would like to offer ninjutsu as a reward, it is against the village's rules. I can only do it as a personal reward. If the village finds out and stops me, then there's nothing I can do."

Uchiha Yoichi paused after speaking, then continued, "Furthermore, caution is the most important thing. Ninjutsu is meant to give you a better chance of survival, but you can only acquire ninjutsu by surviving. Don't let the reward of ninjutsu make you carelessly walk into the enemy's trap."

"Yes, Captain Yang, we understand."

The twelve squad leaders quickly responded, all feeling moved after hearing Uchiha Yoichi's words.

Although the captain in front of them was young, he rewarded them with ninjutsu and warned them to be careful, showing concern for their lives, which was very rare in the village.

Everyone says the Uchiha clan is difficult to deal with. If that's considered difficult, then they don't know what it would be like to be easy to deal with.

As for the remaining people, they were divided into teams and waited until the battle began before going to the battlefield to throw shuriken and explosive tags.

A clash of ninjutsu?

No way. Genin can't unleash many ninjutsu, and they don't know any escape techniques either. They can just save their chakra by throwing shuriken and kunai.

The fact that Kakashi was shocked when Sasuke Uchiha unleashed a Great Fireball Technique upon graduation is enough to show that the Three Body Techniques were already widely known among genin.

In the entire ninja world, only the Hidden Stone Village can combine ninjutsu attacks.

Excluding Jonin, if we only consider the Chunin and Genin from the various ninja villages fighting on the battlefield, Iwagakure is definitely the strongest; their Earth Release ninjutsu can be combined after being released, increasing their power many times over.

After dealing with the matters concerning the ninja squad, Uchiha Yoichi handed over other trivial matters to several squad leaders and then went to find Hatake Sakumo.

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"A counterattack? What is the old man thinking? How is that even possible!"

After receiving the village's order, Jiraiya immediately covered his head; although the village had given him another 800 ninjas as support, even so, Kikyo Castle now only had 1,100 Konoha ninjas.

The Sand Village in the Land of Rivers has over two thousand ninja, as well as the Fourth Kazekage and the One-Tailed Jinchuriki.

They can only defend themselves now; they want to launch a counterattack.

"That shouldn't be the case. The old man should know about the battle reports here. How could he possibly think I persuaded that bear, Uchiha Mina?"

Jiraiya slapped his forehead, realizing what this meant.

Although he said that the Tailed Beast Ball of the One-Tailed Jinchuriki was blocked by Uchiha Mina's summoning beast Kuma last time, that bear did not obey his commands, and he could not send Uchiha Mina to the battlefield.

"The Hokage must have considered other matters; Mina Uchiha's summoning beast is only one aspect."

Nara Shikaku analyzed that although the message didn't tell them much, he still managed to deduce some information.

Waiting for an opportunity?

Who created this opportunity? If it wasn't the Sand Village's own stupidity, then the village must have had another plan that could create an opportunity for them to counterattack the Sand Village.

Besides disrupting the enemy's rear, the next step is to send reinforcements, which could come from the village or from other forces.

"However, Jiraiya-sama, I still think we should explain the situation to the village. If all else fails, we should at least explain the situation to the village, or at least send a message to Jonin Yoichi and ask his summoning beast to help us."

A summoning beast capable of unleashing an attack comparable to a Tailed Beast Ball is already more powerful than Jiraiya's giant toad. It's such a waste to keep such a powerful force in the rear medical camp.

If this bear joins the battle, Nara Shikaku will truly be confident in devising a plan to counterattack the Sand Ninja.

"I'll think of another way."

Jiraiya scratched his head and said that he knew that if the bear joined the battlefield, many Konoha ninjas would survive, but he wished it were that simple.

Oh well, so be it. Explaining the situation to the village won't hurt!

Jiraiya made a decision in his mind: let the village communicate with Uchiha Yoichi, since he couldn't do anything about that bear anyway.

On the other side of the battlefield between the Land of Rivers and the Land of Fire.

As the epicenter of the last Shinobi World War, the Land of Rain witnessed a chaotic battle between three ninja villages. The match ended with the Hidden Rain Village surrendering, and Hanzo, hailed as a demigod, abandoned his dream of becoming the sixth greatest ninja village in the world.

Now that war is raging everywhere in the ninja world, Hanzo's long-dormant dream has been reignited.

However, he did not rush into the war, but instead accumulated strength and waited patiently.

Moreover, the Land of Rain is not peaceful either. Recently, a foolish organization has emerged, spreading their incredibly stupid ideas everywhere.

At first, Hanzo found it somewhat laughable after hearing it, so he ignored them. He would naturally realize how foolish his youthful ideas were after he hit a wall.

However, I recently heard from my subordinates that those young people seem to be developing faster and faster, constantly recruiting young ninjas to join them, and spreading their ideas throughout the Land of Rain.

This made Hanzo wary. Could these seemingly foolish young people be plotting to seize his Rain Village?

The older you get, the more you value power.

During the Second Shinobi World War, Hanzo was in his prime, full of vigor and ambition, but his dreams were dealt a heavy blow; now, he has come to value power.

Hanzo considered anyone who threatened his power in Amegakure as an enemy.

"Lord Hanzo, the envoy from Konoha has arrived. We brought him in quietly without letting anyone see him."

"Yes, bring them over."

Hanzo said, and the Rain Ninja nodded and went down to lead his men.

Soon, the three arrived at Hanzo's room. Danzo, who was in the lead, went inside, while the other two Root members stood at the door and stayed outside with Hanzo's guards.

"I didn't expect Konoha to send you, Danzo."

Hanzo spoke, his voice somewhat muffled, because he was wearing an isolation mask; otherwise, his breath would also be poisoned by the salamander, and without this mask, many people around him would die.

"What brings you to Amegakure?"

"Hanzo, I'm not used to beating around the bush, so I'll just state my purpose and bottom line directly."

After Danzo sat down, he said, "I hope that Amegakure can form an alliance with Konoha to jointly attack Sunagakure. After defeating Sunagakure, we can divide the benefits of the Land of River, and you can also get half of the mission entrusted to you by the Land of Wind."

"A mission commissioned by the Land of Wind? On what basis would the Daimyo of the Land of Wind entrust a mission to you?"

Upon hearing this, Hanzo frowned and asked, "A large part of the income of the ninja village comes from mission commissions, and mission commissions from a major country are even more lucrative. Even half of that would be enough to feed the Rain Ninja Village."

Danzo spoke up, saying, "The Third Kazekage is dead, the Fourth Kazekage suffered a crushing defeat, and with Konoha and Amegakure eager to try their luck, as long as the Daimyo of the Land of Wind isn't confused, he'll naturally know what to choose. Moreover, Konoha will also try to persuade the Daimyo of the Land of Wind."

"So, after all this time, you wanted Amegakure to join the war before even obtaining the commission from the Daimyo of the Land of Wind. Danzo, your plan is entirely in Konoha's best interest. I will not agree to it."

Hanzo snorted and said that even if he wanted to obtain the mission of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, he would not fall for Danzo's trick.

"Our alliance is beneficial to both sides. Konoha can even promise that, apart from what the Land of Rivers had agreed to beforehand, all the benefits of defeating Sunagakure will go to Amegakure. Konoha only wants to defeat Sunagakure."

Danzo announced a decision they had discussed beforehand: to cut off a piece of flesh from the Sand Village and give it to the Rain Village. This would give the Sand Village another target of hostility, and the hatred might even shift.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, Konoha and Kumogakure are about to start a war. We just want to end this battlefield as soon as possible, which is why we came to you. If this drags on, even Sunagakure won't be able to do anything to Konoha. Last time, they already deployed the Tailed Beasts."

Leaking some unimportant information might not necessarily make Hanzo develop any ideas about Konoha; on the contrary, it might increase the chances of successfully persuading him.

Hanzo is suspicious; he might think that if Konoha revealed this information, they must have some hidden cards that he didn't know about.

"Well, I need to think about it. Why don't you stay in Amegakure for a few days?"

"If I don't hear from you by tomorrow, I will return to Konoha."

Danzo decisively said, "Hanzo, Konoha originally had no need for an alliance, but an alliance between Konoha and Amegakure would benefit both sides. I hope you will think it over carefully."

After saying that, Danzo stood up and walked outside. Once outside, a Rain Ninja led them away.

After Danzo left, Hanzo summoned his trusted confidants from Amegakure to discuss the matter, as he was already inclined to form an alliance with Konoha.

The reason why Amegakure suffered a crushing defeat in the last great war was because Amegakure had no allies and had to fight against two major ninja villages at the same time.

Even though he didn't lose, Yu Ren still suffered a crushing defeat.

After much discussion, Hanzo finally decided to agree to the alliance with Konoha. The Land of Rain's position was too awkward, facing three great powers and three vassal states of those powers. Caught in the middle, the Land of Rain could not develop at all.

The next day, when Danzo came to discuss the matter again, Hanzo said directly, "Danzo, I agree to the alliance, but you must agree to one condition!"

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By the way, in the manga, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind gave all the missions of his own country to Konoha, forcing the Sand Village and Orochimaru to form an alliance to launch the Konoha Crush Plan. Although I don't understand it, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind did indeed do something so stupid.

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