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Suddenly, he charged towards the remaining Sand Ninja and Rain Ninja.

In an instant, the battle situation was completely reversed. It was no longer the Sand and Rain factions suppressing Konoha, but the Konoha faction suppressing both of them.

Chiyo's eyes flashed with resentment. They were originally able to take down Konoha in one fell swoop, but unexpectedly, a Cheng Yaojin appeared halfway, making all their efforts futile.

"retreat!"

The word 'retreat' was almost squeezed out between his teeth.

Although Chiyo harbored resentment towards Sakumo for killing her child, she was, after all, the Captain-Commander of Sunagakure, and everything she did had to be for the benefit of Sunagakure.

The ninjas from both the Sand and Rain factions, who had already lost their will to fight, immediately retreated without any hesitation after hearing Chiyo's order.

"Ran?"

Zhang Ye was completely stunned!

Can you imagine what it feels like for a man who's already taken off his pants, ready to wreak havoc, to be told that the other woman is on her period?

Zhang Ye felt this way right now. In order to kill more enemies, he used up the recovery cards he had been holding.

However, all the opponents escaped, and their speed was comparable to that of martial arts masters.

After seeing the retreat of the Sand Rain Second House, White Fang breathed a sigh of relief. They had won this battle with great difficulty.

If a few more battles like this were to occur, their current forces would certainly be no match for the enemy.

"We must recruit men from Konoha as soon as possible!"

Jiraiya walked up to Zhang Ye, and his henchman slapped Zhang Ye on the head, laughing loudly, "Well done, kid!"

It hurts so much!

Zhang Ye looked at Jiraiya with dissatisfaction, inwardly blaming him for not knowing his own strength.

"Hahaha!!"

……

After this battle, there were no more intense conflicts with the Sand Ninja for two whole months, but Zhang Ye's mission was not completed.

This means that the alliance between Sunagakure and Amegakure has not completely dissolved.

A year has passed since the start of World War II. There is roughly only one year left until its end!

Both sides seem to be recuperating, after all, the previous battles have caused the Sand Village to lose many powerful ninjas!

Although Sunagakure is weaker than Konoha in overall strength, it ranks second among the five great ninja villages.

However, after these battles, Sunagakure's ranking will likely plummet.

Not only Sunagakure, but also Iwagakure and Kumogakure have seen a significant decline in strength.

The only village whose strength has remained unchanged is Kirigakure; they have been sitting on the sidelines watching the two tigers fight.

Not only that, they also made a fortune from the war, which greatly angered the daimyo of the other four countries.

While they're all fighting fiercely on all sides, you're sitting comfortably at home, making a fortune.

Therefore, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire personally issued an order to Konoha, requiring the formation of a force to go to Kirigakure.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the scroll sent by the daimyo of the Land of Fire with a solemn expression.

"Danzo, what do you think of the daimyo's demands?"

"Hmph, this is an opportunity to prove Konoha's strength to the other ninja villages. Hiruzen, you must seize this opportunity!" Danzo revealed a sinister smile.

He's a true war maniac; how could he possibly pass up such a good opportunity?

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned more and more deeply, and said in a deep voice, "I know, but most of our troops are currently on the battlefield. It will be difficult to mobilize a completely new force!"

"It's not difficult!"

Danzo grinned wickedly and whispered in Hiruzen Sarutobi's ear.

"What did you say?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's face showed a look of shock.

Danzo said grimly, "These two clans have grown too fast in the past two years and must be suppressed. Fortunately, they are hostile to each other, otherwise Konoha would be a village controlled by these two clans. Don't forget, Konoha is the result of our teachers' hard work. We can't let it perish in our generation. Otherwise, how will we face our teachers after we die!"

“But… they are, after all, powerful clans of Konoha. Isn’t it a bit unfair of us to do this?” Hiruzen Sarutobi said softly.

Danzo curled his lip, sat down on the desk in the Hokage's office, crossed his arms, and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with a mocking expression.

"You old bastard, just say you want me to go. Don't try to have your cake and eat it too!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Danzo with an innocent expression and said, "When did I say I was going to let you go? You said it yourself. I didn't force you!"

"Tch!" Danzo scoffed. "I'll go, but I'll choose the people this time. No objections, right?"

"Okay, I'll leave this entirely to you. Just let me see the list after you've finished!"

"You damned old bastard!"

"We're in the same boat, hahaha..."

Chapter 110 Heading to the Land of Water

On the vast sea, there was a rather large ship, its hull made entirely of wood, quite rough. The waves crashed against it, but did not break it.

Sixty-two Konoha ninja dressed in ninja outfits were gathered on the ship.

Although they were from the same village, they didn't seem to get along very well.

They gathered in three groups, and if you looked closely, you could see that two of them had unique markings on their bodies.

This is a symbol only found in large families.

One group's clothing featured a fan-shaped logo with a flame-like symbol inside, while another group had a logo resembling a round fan.

These two symbols are renowned in the ninja world.

They are both powerful clans in Konoha, the Uchiha and Hyuga clans!

Many ninja villages want to plunder the bloodline limits of these two clans because their bloodline limits can be transplanted into other people.

This information has been circulating since the Warring States period!

Although both clans belong to Konoha, they dislike each other. The Uchiha hate the Hyuga, and the Hyuga look down on the Uchiha!

The two families have been constantly at odds with each other ever since the founding of Konoha.

Another group, composed of people from different families and commoners, chatted amongst themselves in a very harmonious manner!

Zhang Ye and Minato Namikaze were also in this group, along with some boys and girls of similar age.

Moreover, Zhang Ye knew most of them.

These include Nawaki, Inuzuka Tsuru, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Choza, and Shirakage Hideaki.

The eight of them sat together in a small circle, talking to each other.

The most talkative one among them was Nara Shikaku, who started talking non-stop as soon as he boarded the ship, leaving Zhang Ye and Namikaze Minato speechless for a time.

"Does your son know how much you can talk?" Zhang Ye thought to himself, speechless.

The son and his father were completely opposite when they were young; one was afraid of trouble and the other loved to nag.

"So, what exactly are we going to do in the Land of Water this time? Why didn't you tell us what this mission is all about?" Inuzuka Tsuru asked the group in confusion.

This is her first time on the battlefield, and she's still a little nervous.

Rope Tree, who was standing nearby, patted her on the shoulder and laughed, "Since we're here, let's do as we're told!"

The pendant hanging around his neck caught Zhang Ye's attention.

Zhang Ye had seen this pendant before; he had seen it on Tsunade. It was a gift from Hashirama Senju to Tsunade.

In the original story, after Tsunade gave the pendant to Nawaki, Nawaki died.

Only three people were allowed to wear this pendant: Hashirama Senju, Tsunade, and Naruto. All the others who wore this pendant have perished.

Zhang Ye looked at the rope tree and smiled.

Now that I'm here, if you want to die, ask me first!

"Minato, I haven't seen you for a year and you've already become a Chunin! That's amazing!" Nawaki said enviously, looking at the clothes Minato was wearing.

"Tch, he thinks that's impressive? You probably don't know what level of ninja Zhang Ye is now. He really stole the show in the battle against Sunagakure, and just a few days ago he was promoted to Jonin!"

Yamanaka Inoichi said in a sour tone, but still took out a small gift box from his backpack and handed it to Zhang Ye.

"Here you go, this is a gift for you!"

Zhang Ye looked at Yamanaka Inoichi with a wry smile. This guy was really interesting. He thanked him and took the package.

"We also congratulate you on your promotion to Jonin!"

The remaining two members of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio also gave Zhang Ye a gift. Akimichi Choza's personality is very similar to his son's; to be precise, the entire Akimichi family has this kind of personality.

Zhang Ye looked at the pork cutlet bento in his hand and glanced helplessly at Akimichi Choza.

Fortunately, there is no such thing as 'getting a lunchbox' in this world, otherwise Zhang Ye would definitely beat this little fat boy into a dead fat man.

Minato Namikaze looked at Zhang Ye somewhat awkwardly, scratching his head of blond hair.

"Well, you know what that is, hehe..."

Glancing at the embarrassed Minato, he knew that the guy hadn't prepared a gift for him. After all, the two of them hadn't had any time to rest. They had been transferred here directly from the battlefield in the Land of Earth, without any rest time at all.

Zhang Ye chuckled: "It's alright, we can make it up when we get back to Konoha!"

Hideaki Shirakage and Tsurugi Inuzuka congratulated Zhang Ye. They had only just learned that Zhang Ye had been promoted to Jonin, and they couldn't find anywhere to buy him a gift on this vast ocean.

"You've already been promoted to Jonin..." Nawaki looked at Zhang Ye, a defiant glint in his eyes, and said, "I won't lose to you. I'll become a Jonin before I return to Konoha!"

"Hello, may my brother and I chat with you?"

Suddenly, two unfamiliar voices came from beside them.

Zhang Ye looked up and saw that they were members of the Hyuga clan, and they were twin brothers, about the same age as them.

“Absolutely no problem!” Minato Namikaze said gently with a smile.

"Thank you!"