Uchiha's personal opinion

Upon hearing that they could change shifts early, the attendant ninjas immediately got up from the ground. A ninja skilled in the Body Flicker Technique rushed to the police headquarters and brought over another squad of attendants before leaving with smiles on their faces.

"Get ready!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't waste any words, "Show me all the ninjutsu you're good at so I can test your ninjutsu power. After that, you can leave early!"

After speaking, Uchiha Tokumitsu began to refine Sage Chakra. With each blink of his eyes, the Mangekyou Sharingan, radiating a scarlet light, was activated.

The newly arrived ninja attendants also heard about the ordeal of their previous comrades, so they dared not be careless and quickly learned all their life-saving ninjutsu.

"Earth Escape·Earth Solid Wall!"

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

"Four Purple Flame Formation!"

"Uchiha Flame Formation!"

The attendant ninjas dared not be careless. After unleashing all their defensive ninjutsu, they began preparing ninjutsu for a direct confrontation at Uchiha Tokumitsu's signal.

"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique!"

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

"..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded slightly, and the attendant ninjas immediately unleashed the ninjutsu they had prepared. Then, apart from their companions who had already cast a sealing barrier, the others disregarded the effects of their ninjutsu and immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to escape to the side.

"Sage Art: Fire Release - Head Carving!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu figured he couldn't use a single-target attack ninjutsu with too fast an attack speed, so he chose a high-level area-of-effect fire ninjutsu as a countermeasure.

Just as the sea of ​​fire above was about to erupt, a flash of red light appeared in his Mangekyou Sharingan eyes—

"Kaleidoscope Eye Technique: Divine Emperor's Spirit-Born Sovereign!"

"Pong!"

A fiery tsunami, seemingly sweeping across the heavens and earth, engulfed all sorts of chaotic ninjutsu with varying attributes, then, as if unscathed, hurtled towards the attendant ninjas who were maintaining the two barriers—

The eight ninja attendants were terrified by this almost world-destroying power.

Uchiha Tokumitsu quickly used the Body Flicker Technique to flash in front of the Sage Art: Sea of ​​Fire, pressing his hands to the ground—

"Fire Release: Uchiha Flame Formation!"

A towering wall of dark purple flames rose rapidly from the ground, barely managing to block the attack of the immortal fire escape technique.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

Even Uchiha Tokumitsu's own barrier technique was broken by the Sage Art: Fire Release, but at least it only blocked the barrier. The attendant ninjas who were maintaining the barrier behind him were unable to react.

The other Uchiha fire array behind was also shattered by the residual power of the Sage Art: Fire Release. However, the four Uchiha clan servant ninjas had time to react and quickly escaped. Although the subsequent Four Purple Flame Array was constantly flickering due to the impact, and the ninjas maintaining the barrier were also shaken pale by the shockwave, they at least managed to hold on.

"call……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu broke out in a cold sweat.

He breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that his subordinates were alright.

His original intention was only to test the power of ninjutsu, but it would be unacceptable if it resulted in casualties among his subordinates.

The attendant ninja who maintained the Four Purple Flames Formation also dispelled the barrier after the Sage Art Fire Release dissipated, and then collapsed to the ground despite the high temperature.

The attendant ninjas who had already run to the side to hide rushed over to check on them and feed them ration pills to replenish their chakra.

Are you alright?

Uchiha Tokumitsu also went over and asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, Lord Deguang. I'm fine... just a little dizzy from the shock."

A barrier ninja answered with difficulty.

"Were the effects of the ninjutsu recorded?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded, then turned to the clerk among the attendant ninjas and asked.

"There are records... but there's no way to determine the level corresponding to the power of the ninjutsu..."

The clerical staff reviewed the footage from the camera and answered somewhat awkwardly.

"Let's tentatively classify it as S-rank power, after all, this isn't a conventional ninjutsu."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said casually.

The reason for recording this data is to provide the joint counter-terrorism forces with a basic standard for judgment and response if they encounter ninja frogs or snakes that can use sage chakra when clearing out monsters in Ryuchi Cave and Myoboku Mountain.

"...Even the S-rank area-of-effect ninjutsu among the Five Elements Ninjutsu cannot achieve such power."

The clerk pondered for a moment, "I feel that Lord Tokuko's technique is more powerful than the Five Elements Great Bullet Technique used by the old monkey Sarutobi during the Battle of Settsu."

"Then let's record it as an S-rank combination ninjutsu."

Uchiha Tokumitsu shrugged and said casually.

"Let's call it a day. You should all go to the police hospital for a check-up, so there won't be any lasting problems."

Clearly, given the power of Sage Mode, these subordinate ninjas are no longer suitable as test subjects.

The attendant ninjas breathed a sigh of relief.

Orochimaru is still the best!

Uchiha Tokumitsu sighed.

Chapter 346 No War on the Northern Front

Just as Mount Myōboku was listed as a terrorist force, after Ryūchi Cave was added to the anti-terrorism force's elimination list, another small country, the Land of Swamp, known for its venomous snakes, immediately stepped forward and claimed that its snakes might be a branch of Ryūchi Cave, thus attracting a team of anti-terrorism ninjas to investigate.

Of course, just like in the Land of Forest, the counter-terrorism forces did not find any trace of the ninja snakes in the Land of Swamp. However, with the guiding principle of "since we're already here," the counter-terrorism ninjas still took the opportunity to wipe out all the large venomous snakes in the country.

After the anti-terrorism ninjas gleefully beheaded the large venomous snakes that were plaguing the area and brought them back as war achievements, the Swamp Country, whose snake problem had been alleviated, announced that as a country rich in snakes, they had conducted in-depth research on the medicinal value of various venomous snakes, especially the snake wine of the Swamp Country, which had a very miraculous effect on the aspects that men care about most.

Then the United Company arrived, partnering with local daimyo and nobles to establish a brewery. After establishing the brand and standards, they quickly promoted it throughout the ninja world, focusing on high turnover. As a result, the Land of Swamp became the second small country to become wealthy due to the war on terror.

After a period of heightened tension, the border troops deployed in the northwest and north also began to return to their routine patrols under orders from their superiors.

The reason is simple: after forming the Northern Alliance combat force, Iwagakure and Kumogakure have not taken any other actions. They have simply stayed in the northern part of Takigakure to carry out daily tactical training. They have no intention of moving south in the short term, nor have they infiltrated the southern part of Takigakure under the pretext of counter-terrorism.

Therefore, apart from one of the direct detachments of the joint anti-terrorism force, all other Konoha and Shogunate ninja forces stationed in the Land of Waterfall withdrew to their headquarters and reopened trade between the northern and southern regions of the Land of Waterfall.

The composition of the personnel in the directly subordinate detachments stationed on the border is also quite interesting.

Uchiha Shiina selected half of the 120 Sand Ninjas sent by the Sand Village of the Land of Wind to form a special multinational joint counter-terrorism unit, which was then mixed with Konoha Ninjas and Grass Ninjas. The unit was led by Rasa, a young Jonin from the Sand Village who had recently gained fame.

As for the reasons given to the outside world, it is because Sunagakure, the Land of Wind, is one of the five great nations and five great ninja villages, and has the ability and responsibility to take on this responsibility.

As for the real reason, it was that Uchiha Shiina intended to use this squad as a frontline expendable force and to drag the Sand Village of the Land of Wind into the fuse of the future war against the Northern Alliance.

As for the Sand Village, although some of them expressed concerns about their own ninjas being rashly sent to the border, most were satisfied with the respect shown to the Sand Village by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Force.

After all, although the counter-terrorism force is nominally a multinational alliance, positions above the brigade level are basically monopolized by Konoha ninjas. Sunagakure Jonin Rasa is the first to break through the "glass ceiling" and should rightfully receive the village's support, and so on.

Therefore, after carefully listening to the arguments of both Sunagakure factions, the Third Kazekage ultimately chose to support Rasa and sent another two hundred Sunagakure ninja to join the joint counter-terrorism force, thus obtaining a new position as the commander of a newly established branch.

……

Meanwhile, some "unpleasant incidents" began to occur in the allied forces formed by Iwagakure and Kumogakure due to their long-standing conflicts.

Since the defeat of Kumogakure and the cession of territory by the Land of Lightning, Iwagakure, eager for revenge, has established a psychological advantage over Kumogakure. They believe that these dark-skinned barbarians of Kumogakure are nothing more than their defeated enemies, and that their current alliance is only because the great Iwagakure elders sympathize with the fallen Kumogakure. Furthermore, since the Iwagakure forces outnumber the Kumogakure forces, the Iwagakure should be responsible for arranging the various command positions in the ninja army.

However, A, the Fourth Hokage of Kumogakure who was transferred to the Allied Shinobi Forces, disagreed with this statement. He pointed out that Kumogakure and Iwagakure are both among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and their status should be equal. There is no such thing as one side being superior to the other. Therefore, the positions in the Shinobi Forces should be determined through negotiation between the two sides to ensure both combat effectiveness and fairness. Only in this way can the original intention of forming the Allied Shinobi Forces be preserved.

However, A's words drew even more ridicule from the Iwagakure Jonin, especially those who had been transferred from the Frost Country Expeditionary Force.

"I once heard Commander-in-Chief Tesshi say that during the campaign, the Cloud Village's southward ninja army couldn't even hold out for a day under the shogunate's offensive. How could someone so weak and incompetent be entrusted with an important command position!"

During a military meeting, a Jonin from Iwagakure, who had served in the dispatched army, launched a scathing attack on all the Jonin from both sides.

"Furthermore, given the current military strength of Kumogakure, can it send more ninjas to join the Allied Forces in the future?"

This statement hit Cloud Village right where it hurt.

The Northern Alliance's combat force currently has only two thousand ninjas on staff, with only about seven hundred of them being from the Hidden Cloud Village.

The number of 700 ninjas that Kumogakure could muster without weakening its various ninja forces stationed abroad or taking on missions was already the maximum they could.

Even after years of growth, the number of ninjas in a ninja village still needs time to develop; it's not possible to quickly acquire a group of usable ninjas simply by throwing resources at them.

"The formation of an allied ninja army is the common will of the two village chieftains. Aren't you worried that the harsh and malicious words of your village's ninjas will cause unnecessary trouble for the alliance between the two sides?"

The fourth generation of Ai turned his attention to Iwagakure's assistant, Kyoto, who was sitting in deep thought.

According to the agreement between the Tsuchikage and the Raikage, this newly formed ninja army would be the best testament to the "traditional friendship" between the two great ninja villages. Therefore, knowing that his side had not sent many troops, the Raikage took the initiative to abandon his plan to have a Kumogakure ninja serve as commander. Instead, he appointed A, who was his successor, as the chief of staff of the ninja army and gave the position of commander to Iwagakure's Yotsuchi. As for the specific middle-level positions, due to time constraints and the fact that the Kage of a village could not easily bargain, it was decided that they would be discussed after the allied forces were formed.

The conflict lies in the selection of Jonin to serve as the captain at the brigade level.

In order to weaken the Frost Country Expeditionary Army, which was vaguely independent, Tsuchikage Onoki transferred 500 ninjas from his unit to the south. His aim was to reduce the number of ninjas under the actual control of Jonin Teishi. At the suggestion of the Allied Corporation, Teishi also sent his trusted Jonin Shimoishiyama to the south to join the Allied Ninja Army. Before the military meeting, he had his confidant make a big show of it in Iwagakure, declaring that "the great and powerful Iwagakure must obtain all the detachment-level positions."

Although Huang Tu knew that the remarks of these Iwagakure Jonin from the dispatched army system were ill-intentioned, he did not stop them in time because he could not find a suitable reason and the Iwagakure ninjas from the ninja village also supported this view.

However, once the matter escalated to the point of being discussed at a military conference, the conflict between Iwagakure and Kumogakure reached a fever pitch.

Even though the Fourth Hokage Ai had the idea of ​​making some concessions in order to achieve unity, he was completely enraged by the words of the Jonin from Iwagakure.

However, when he tried to suppress his anger and ask Huang Tu for help, Huang Tu remained indifferent.

"Let's discuss this matter again..."

Huang Tu didn't rush to express his opinion, but instead chose to change the subject: "Aside from the positions at the brigade level, the reorganization of the ninja army is of paramount importance. Moreover, according to the decision of Lord Tsuchikage and Lord Raikage, the allied ninja army will collectively adopt new headband insignia to demonstrate the close friendship between the two great ninja villages..."

When the ninjas from both sides of the Allied Shinobi Forces had just arrived, Kumogakure and Iwagakure organized several drills, which revealed a particularly clear-cut division between the two sides' ninjas.

Although the high-ranking officials of the two ninja villages have been promoting "friendly cooperation" internally, the lower and middle-ranking ninjas on both sides have not really understood this. Iwagakure believes that Kumogakure is just a bunch of defeated enemies, while Kumogakure thinks that Iwagakure is a bunch of opportunists taking advantage of others' misfortunes. Therefore, even during the exercises, all sorts of phenomena such as refusing to help those in distress and kicking someone when they're down have emerged one after another. The conflict between the two sides has not been resolved by the establishment of the allied forces, but has become more and more apparent under the instigation of Iwagakure, which is part of the dispatched forces.

Therefore, after discussion, Huang Tu and the Fourth A decided to completely disrupt the organizational structure of the ninjas from both sides and reorganize them into a mixed force, hoping that this move would allow the ninjas from the two villages to achieve "mutual understanding" through living together day and night.

This is also why the fourth generation of Ai is so anxious.

If the ninjas on both sides are completely disorganized and reorganized, and if Kumogakure does not have the support of a Jonin at the platoon level, his so-called chief of staff will become a figurehead. In that case, both the transferred ninjas and Kumogakure headquarters will be greatly disappointed with the allied ninja army, and his prestige as the advocate who strongly promoted the alliance between the two villages will also be damaged.

More importantly, the fourth generation of Ai cannot allow his plan of "linking rocks against leaves" to fail, otherwise it will affect his plan to capture the Eight-Tails in a few years.