Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 162 Revealing Strength! (Please Subscribe)

"Gentlemen, something is very wrong with the Cloud Ninja. Although they have gathered a lot of ninjas, they are acting very calmly and don't seem to be fighting us at all."

After temporarily halting the attack, Hatake Sakumo summoned everyone to discuss the matter.

They have pushed their frontline camps to the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Springs, and have sent a large number of ninja squads to patrol the Land of Hot Springs, and sometimes even venture into the Land of Lightning to fight with the Cloud Ninjas.

Facing a military superpower where martial arts are prevalent, Sakumo Hatake's arrangements were already quite blatant, but the resistance from the Cloud Ninja was very weak. The Cloud Ninja only retaliated when the Konoha mission team entered the Land of Lightning.

The war has been going on for two months now. Uchiha Yoichi has accumulated five chances to draw cards, and next month he will be able to accumulate six chances, giving him two more opportunities to exchange for cards. However, there has been no progress in the war.

Compared to the battles in Iwagakure and Kusanagi-ninja, the skirmishes in the Land of Hot Springs are relatively minor. Thirty-seven people have died in the past two months, which is almost ten times the number of deaths in the other side.

"If they are not intimidated by the reputations of Sakumo-kun and Yoichi-kun, then they have some kind of plan. We need more intelligence, preferably by infiltrating behind the Cloud Ninja lines."

When Orochimaru spoke, he glanced at Uchiha Yoichi, just like when he obtained information about the Two-Tails last time.

"However, perhaps the Cloud Ninja Master has learned his lesson and will no longer use that method to transmit information."

"Have the Iwagakure and Kumogakure really joined forces? If the two great ninja villages are united, Kumogakure should at least launch a few attacks to put some pressure on us."

A Jonin from the Nara clan spoke up, "The Iwa ninja have suffered over two hundred casualties, but the Kumo ninja don't seem to be in any hurry at all."

Although the Cloud Ninja suffered at least a hundred casualties, the battlefield here was not intense at all compared to the other side; moreover, a third of the Cloud Ninja's hundreds of casualties were dealt with by Uchiha Yoichi while he was away on a mission.

Now, whenever the Cloud Ninja encounters Uchiha Yoichi from afar and spots him, they immediately order all team members to scatter and run away.

If he can return alive after meeting Konoha's Raiga, he'll have something to brag about.

Sakumo Hatake said, "There's one more thing. The Third Hokage wants to transfer two hundred ninjas from here to help the battlefield over there, and hopes that we can tighten our defenses here."

Upon hearing this, the other Jonin inside the tent fell silent and did not speak.

Uchiha Yoichi frowned and asked, "Can't we send reinforcements from the village?"

"We still have ninjas left in the village to deal with the Sand Village and the Hidden Mist Village. We can't possibly put all our ninjas on the battlefield in the Land of Grass. We still have too few ninjas. Facing two ninja villages, we are really stretched thin."

There are already more than 2,000 Konoha ninjas on the battlefield in the Land of Grass, while there are only 1,500 ninjas on the Land of Hot Springs. If 200 of them are transferred to the other side, they will be the ones who suffer if the Cloud Ninjas suddenly launch an attack.

However, there are indeed not many ninjas left in the village. To date, there are only about 10,000 registered ninjas. If all the ninjas who died in the First and Second Shinobi World Wars are removed, the number of registered ninjas in Konoha may only be around 7,000.

Now, nearly half of the ninjas have been deployed to the two battlefields. The Sand Village has a history of invasions, so it's impossible to place our defenses on the Rain Village.

"Although our situation isn't ideal either, this is the Hokage's order. Yoichi, Hayama, each of you select one hundred men from your ninja squads to provide support."

Sakumo Hatake spoke up, saying that the Third Hokage had not consulted with them but had given the order directly, and he had no choice but to obey.

"I see."

Uchiha Yoichi and Shirakumo Hayama spoke up, saying they would get the job done as soon as the discussion was over.

"In addition, continue to strengthen intelligence gathering, and increase the number of patrol teams. Ryota-kun, I'm leaving this matter to you."

"Understood, Jonin Hatake."

The Cloud Ninja War has progressed to a point where even Sakumo Hatake is somewhat confused. However, they are not without any backup plans. Orochimaru has created a summoning seal and prepared his blood in advance.

By having some Chunin and Genin use the Summoning Jutsu together beforehand, ten giant summoning snakes, each over a hundred meters long, can be summoned on the battlefield.

The appearance of these summoned snakes poses a significant threat to the Cloud Ninja, along with Orochimaru, Uchiha Yoichi, and their summoned beasts.

Another reason why Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted Mina to go to the battlefield was that Mina would take Geiz with her, but he changed his mind after learning that Mina was pregnant.

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On the other side, Minato Namikaze, on the battlefield in the Land of Grass, received reinforcements, but only managed to barely stabilize the situation.

It's incredibly difficult for one ninja village to fight against three. Moreover, the Iwa, Kusanagi, and Takigakure ninjas know that Konoha has a small number of ninjas, so they deliberately attack from multiple locations to keep Konoha ninjas busy.

Even Danzo's Root organization suffered a setback. He originally wanted Root to secretly infiltrate behind Iwa ninja lines to assassinate and cause trouble, but he failed despite losing more than a dozen Root ninjas.

Fortunately, these Root ninjas didn't die in vain. They at least destroyed Iwagakure's logistics support and obtained important information: the route for transporting supplies to Iwagakure and the supply locations for Kusagakure.

Previously, only the Hidden Cloud Village could rely on the Six Paths Ninja Tools to transport supplies without much pressure. Other ninja villages needed to transport supplies by manpower, and their storage scrolls couldn't hold that many.

The Iwa ninjas deployed this time were numerous, and supplies had to be transported every few days, otherwise the shuriken and kunai would not keep up with the consumption.

Upon learning this news, Danzo immediately relayed it to Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya without hesitation. He was not about to waste the lives of any more Root ninjas on such a thing.

Root has already sacrificed many ninjas in order to gather this information. If more are sacrificed, Konoha will lose an important protective force. So let the battlefield commanders worry about it.

Danzo also wanted to know how this young battlefield commander could turn the tide of the battle.

Meanwhile, the Iwa ninja and Kumo ninja exchanged battle reports almost daily. The war has lasted for two months since it began, and Onoki, the Third Raikage, Kyoto, Tsuchida, and A all believe that it is time to launch an attack.

Their intelligence has confirmed that Konoha will not send the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the envoys sent to Sunagakure and Kirigakure have already set off. Although they may not necessarily gain anything, they should at least give it a try.

After finalizing the attack time, Ai said to Huang Tu, "I'll have to trouble you guys then, Mr. Huang Tu."

"Don't mention it, we have a common enemy."

Huang Tu said to Ai, "After the Cloud Ninja were defeated by Konoha, they even lost the Two-Tails. Konoha obtained the Two-Tails. If they are not punished, they will have the strongest Nine-Tails and a new Two-Tails Jinchuriki. Their strength will probably increase greatly in a few years."

In addition to Konoha's Wood Release, it can be said that the previous Chunin Exams facilitated the alliance between Kumogakure and Iwagakure.

The following day, A no longer allowed the Cloud Ninja to show weakness, and directly dispatched a large number of Cloud Ninja reconnaissance teams, which soon collided with the Konoha ninja teams outside, and then the two sides engaged in a fierce battle.

This time, they did not gain any advantage. Targeted blockades occurred in many parts of the Land of Hot Springs, causing heavy losses to the Konoha team.

However, the news quickly reached Hatake Sakumo, who, realizing that something was wrong with the Cloud Ninja, immediately dispatched scout ninjas to investigate their movements.

As the reconnaissance team continued to send back messages, the information they received surprised even Sakumo Hatake.

The Cloud Ninja have come out in full force, with a large number of ninjas approaching their Land of Fire. It is estimated that they will be able to invade the Land of Fire within a few hours.

Sakumo Hatake immediately summoned all the Jonin, told them the information, and then made arrangements.

"Orochimaru-kun, if I'm not around, you'll be in charge of command. If Orochimaru is also busy, Hayama-kun, you'll be in charge. As for Yoichi-kun, if the Eight-Tails appears, he'll be yours."

Sakumo Hatake made many arrangements; given the same number of ninjas, the Cloud Ninja would definitely be easier to deal with than the Iwa Ninja.

After making arrangements, the Konoha ninjas quickly assembled. Many ninjas were determined to participate in the war, although this time it was somewhat sudden.

Soon, just as the Konoha ninjas were preparing to deal with the Kumo ninjas, they also saw the vanguard of the Kumo ninja army.

However, a Yamanaka clan ninja who was monitoring the area with ninja hawks suddenly reported to Hatake Sakumo: "Jonin Hatake, I've spotted Iwa ninja, and there are quite a few of them, at least several dozen. They're on the left flank of the Kumo ninja army."

boom!

Before the mountain clan ninja could finish his report, three monsters, each several tens of meters tall, suddenly appeared in front of the Cloud Ninja forces in the distance.

A huge gorilla with red fur all over its body, horns on its head, two ferocious fangs, and four tails swaying slowly behind it.

There was also a monster composed of a dolphin's head and a horse's body, all white, with five enormous tails that could blot out the sky.

Finally, there's the Eight-Tails, Gyūki, which is quite familiar to Konoha ninjas. Last time, it fought fiercely with Uchiha Yōichi on the battlefield, and its destructive power was enough to terrify ordinary ninjas.

The appearance of these three fully-formed tailed beasts on the battlefield immediately brought an unimaginable sense of pressure to the Konoha side. Even Uchiha Yoichi was somewhat surprised, and then felt that it was very troublesome.

Orochimaru's expression turned grave, but he was the quickest to react. Based on the Yamanaka clan's report, he immediately said to Sakumo Hatake, "Sakumo-kun, prepare to retreat. This war is completely unwinnable."

"Retreat will be difficult; the Cloud Ninja won't let us retreat."

After Hatake Sakumo finished speaking, he quickly searched for a solution in his mind, but he found that there seemed to be no solution. Since the Cloud Ninja had hidden such important information, how could they easily let them leave?

"No matter what, we need to fight first!"

Upon seeing the three fully-formed tailed beasts, Uchiha Yoichi immediately sensed that he would likely be unable to conceal his strength today.

"Susanoo!"

A massive amount of chakra surged directly from his body, rapidly coalescing into bones, muscles, and armor.

A massive, deep blue Susanoo, seventy or eighty meters tall, suddenly appeared on the battlefield; after his eye power increased, the size of the Susanoo also became much larger than before. Now, Uchiha Yoichi's Susanoo is more than twenty meters taller than the Eight-Tails.

Then, the deep blue Susanoo quickly arrived at the front of the battlefield, wielding its chakra sword and slashing the incoming Tailed Beast Ball diagonally into the sky.

However, Susanoo only managed to deflect one Tailed Beast Ball before breaking in two. When faced with the second and third Tailed Beast Balls, he could only cross his arms in front of his chest to defend himself.

Orochimaru reacted quickly, forming hand seals and chanting, "Triple Rashomon!"

boom!

The violent explosion, the scorching flames, and the intense, violent impact instantly toppled Rashomon.

Fortunately, the Konoha ninjas were aware that they had spread out and hidden underground from the beginning; otherwise, the Tailed Beast Ball explosion could have caused heavy losses to the Konoha ninjas.

The tailed beasts truly live up to their reputation as war bombs; a single attack from them can overwhelm dozens of Jonin, who are already high-ranking members of a major ninja village.

"Hehehe, you bastard, you idiot, I'll blow you up!"

Upon witnessing the effectiveness of the Tailed Beast Ball, Killer Bee excitedly began rapping. He then addressed Rōshi and Han, saying, "Gentlemen, how about we press on and continue the attack?"

"He's alright, Killer Bee, watch out!"

Swish!

A powerful slash suddenly erupted from the dust cloud of the explosion, striking the three Jinchūriki with terrifying force that cleaved the ground into a deep abyss.

Thanks to Lao Zi's reminder, all three of them used their tails to block the slash.

However, the battlefield had been completely destroyed. Deep ravines stretched from the Leaf Village side to the Cloud Ninja's main force, and the smoke from the Tailed Beast Ball explosion had also been cleaved open by this slash.

The deep blue Susanoo had a huge hole blasted in its chest by the Tailed Beast Ball, but it was quickly repaired by Uchiha Yoichi using chakra.

A terrifying crater nearly 100 meters deep appeared in the ground in front of Susanoo.

Sakumo Hatake, Orochimaru, and the others were secretly alarmed upon seeing this. If it weren't for Yoichi Uchiha and Rashomon blocking most of the explosive impact, it would have been difficult for half of the Konoha ninja to survive the Tailed Beast Ball attack.

"Yayama-kun, immediately have Inoue-kun relay the orders: First Battalion, provide cover; Second and Third Battalions, along with the medical team, prepare to evacuate and send a message to the village explaining the situation here!"

Hatake Sakumo made a decisive decision: if they didn't evacuate soon, these thousands of ninjas would probably perish here.

Uchiha Yoichi and the three Jinchuriki on the opposite side also had the idea of ​​changing battlefields.

Even Susanoo possesses the destructive power of a tailed beast. Any one of their attacks can easily split mountains and shatter the earth. If they were to run rampant on the ninja battlefield, a thousand ninjas without sealing techniques would not be enough for them to kill.

"It seems that a simple Susanoo would have difficulty defending against the continuous attacks of the Tailed Beast Ball. It's time to reveal some of its strength."

After making his decision, Uchiha Yang clasped his hands together, and a Sage Mode mask suddenly appeared on his face, with a sharp horn slowly emerging from the top of his head.

Even Susanoo changed. Scale-like structures appeared next to the Tengu's armor, and a sharp horn similar to Uchiha Yoichi appeared on Susanoo's forehead.

"Celestial Art: Wooden Dummy Technique!"

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