Naruto: My Ninjutsu is mediocre

After leaving the Kingdom of Wind, Yu Zhen has been staying in the Kingdom of Rain for some time.

First, he was waiting for his pupil power to fully recover.

Secondly, he was monitoring the movements of Iwagakure. Although Iwagakure did not declare war on Konoha, Yu Zhen did not believe that they would be so honest. The major ninja villages often follow a code of conduct that is twofold.

Thirdly, since he was free anyway, Yu Zhen hoped to find the trace of White Zetsu, and then find the "incubator" Uchiha Madara who was hiding somewhere unknown.

Uchiha Madara is now old and ugly, and has almost no fighting ability. If he can be found, does it mean that an opportunity to solve most of the problems in the ninja world once and for all will arise?

But this matter seems to be something that can only be thought about. In the past ten or twenty years, the White Zetsu of the ninja world has almost disappeared in the ninja world like a delicious endangered game.

White Zetsu temporarily gave up monitoring the Ninja World and even entered a "dormant state", which only means one possibility... Madara's incubation of the Rinnegan has entered a critical period, which completely attracted the full attention of Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.

Hey, Uchiha Madara’s hatching efficiency is not as good as poultry. What does this mean?

This means that although he can dance, he can't sing, rap or play basketball. He has only mastered one of the four skills. Don't blame him for the hatching efficiency being only 25%.

Yu Zhen wandered around the Rain Country like an old man taking a stroll, but he never found any trace of White Zetsu. Although White Zetsu might not know Madara's whereabouts at all, why couldn't he find any?

As the saying goes, you only know how to cherish something when you lose it. Yu Zhen began to miss the time when White Zetsu could pick fruits everywhere... It is true that when people get old they like to reminisce about the past.

Although White Zetsu was not found, Yu Zhen's walk was not completely fruitless. He did discover that Iwagakure was trying to establish a secret infiltration channel leading to the Fire Country in the Rain Country.

Iwagakure does have some plans, but this is normal. The big ninja villages have declared war on their neighboring countries. Is there anything special about Konoha against Iwagakure?

What needs to be done must be done, and what needs to be conspired must be conspired. The Third Hokage lacks deterrent power. Konoha has long lost the First Hokage, and the Iwagakure is no longer the Iwagakure of 1962.

Yu Zhen did not "retaliate excessively" for Iwagakure's small moves. The other party was building a secret passage, just like wanting to sell small bags of flour to the Fire Nation, so Yu Zhen directly cut off this passage.

He cut off the passage and dealt with as many cannon fodders as possible, which fully demonstrated his kindness... After all, he had no intention of following the "network cable" to attack Yanyin.

Iwagakure Village, village chief's office.

"Master Shodai, the infiltration team we sent to the Rain Country has been completely annihilated once again..."

A ninja reported some bad news to the first Tsuchikage Mu.

"Why didn't you send back any news before you disappeared?" Wu asked.

"Yes, Shodai-sama."

"I see."

This news was indeed a bit bad, but Wu was unmoved. He had a very mature mentality. Anything could happen during war. Now that the ninjas were on the battlefield, they could no longer be regarded as human beings. They were just numbers... War was nothing more than a game of filler and numbers.

Wu is not young anymore, but he seems to be in very good physical condition. After all... although he is the first generation Kage, he is actually the age of the second generation Kage. In addition, he is a skill-output ninja, so his combat effectiveness is maintained very well.

For a mage-type ninja, a slight deterioration in his physical condition does not affect his combat effectiveness.

Or to be more precise, age has not affected his output ability for the time being.

The ninja looked at Wu cautiously, and then asked cautiously:

"Master Shodai, do you still want to continue this mission?"

He felt that it was pointless to persist. Facts had proved that this infiltration route was not feasible. Forcing it would only result in the ninjas' deaths.

Wu Xin wondered what was going on. There was something wrong with the feng shui of the Rain Country. Every time I came across this country, I was unlucky... Was it that earth conquered water or water conquered earth? Was it soil erosion?

"The mission must go on."

"The Sunagakure vanguard was completely wiped out in less than a day, and the First and Second Kazekages perished. We must find out what happened. This concerns the village's next battle strategy... We must go around and observe closely."

"But, Lord Shodaime, as far as I know, Konoha has not formulated any combat plan against us. Is it necessary for us to continue to increase the number of enemies in this war?" The ninja was a little puzzled.

"Right now, Sand Village and Cloud Village pose no real threat to us, not to mention Rain Village... We need to take a long-term view. Is the Land of Earth bound to remain trapped on the plateau forever? We also need to go down the mountain."

"If we continue this mission, our losses may get completely out of control..."

This ninja is not ignorant of the truth, but his attitude towards war is not calm enough. A general's success is built on the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. Of course, the superior must see blood, but he must also ignore it.

"It's okay, I'm going there myself."

Chapter 230: Unlimited Swordsmanship (Part 2)

As a "shadow", one must have strong self-confidence. Whether in terms of strength or strategy, one must have the momentum of "I am the best in the world".

Theoretically speaking, Kage should be one of the top five strongest ninjas in the ninja world, and they should be considered the "Five Absolutes"... This theory is both right and wrong. Kage-level strongmen are definitely rare, but the problem is that the strength ladder of ninjas before Kage is very smooth, but the strength of ninjas after Kage is discontinued.

Some elite jonin can fight with a Kage for three hundred rounds, but what about those above Kage?

The first Tsuchikage believed that he was the strongest in the world. Pressure makes people progress. When he shouldered the expectations of the ninja clan, the ninja village and even the Rain Country, his strength would naturally become stronger than in the original historical trajectory.

Without such strength, one cannot shoulder the fate of a country.

In fact, ever since the first Tsuchikage mastered Dust Release, he has not been invincible, but at least he has never been defeated... His worst record on the battlefield is a draw.

The first Tsuchikage came from a war-torn era, and he had heard of the "Legend of the Super Kage". He also admitted that people like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were exceptions in the ninja world, and his current strength was far from reaching the peak of those figures.

But knowledge alone is not enough. The first Tsuchikage thought he had rationally measured the gap between himself and a strong man of Hashirama's level. He even put himself in a weak position. Isn't that enough?

However, this gap is not accurate, or any estimate made by an outsider is not accurate... Wu has never actually fought with Hashirama or Madara, so he has no way of correctly understanding their strength.

In this timeline, Wu Ke did not have the experience of visiting Konoha with Ōnoki and being obstructed by Uchiha Madara.

But it doesn’t matter. The courses missed on campus can be made up in the university of society... We still have to attend classes, which is gratifying.

For various reasons, in order to serve the ambitions of Iwagakure and even the Land of Earth, the Tsuchikage had to take action.

It is "natural" that Iwagakure has intentions towards the Land of Fire, because they have already obtained the benefits that can be easily seized in the last Ninja World War. If they still want to be the ultimate winner in this Ninja World War, their strategy must be bolder.

First, they had to get as much intelligence as possible about Konoha. Without intelligence to support their strategy, it would be nothing but castles in the air. But this "first" was now stuck, and the Tsuchikage had to get to work.

This is not surprising, as early filmmakers became more accustomed to doing things themselves.

Contractors will occasionally carry cement bags on the construction site, although it is easy to get themselves into concrete mixer trucks, concrete piles, or concrete piles while carrying them.

What he has to do is quite difficult. If Yu Zhen hadn't set up a checkpoint in the Land of Rain, it would be easier to sneak into the Land of Fire, but he wants to find out what the Sand Ninja has experienced.

Ha ha.

Not only Iwagakure couldn't figure it out, even Sunagakure couldn't figure it out.

Not only can Sunagakure not figure it out, even Konoha can't figure it out.

Unless the Tsuchikage could capture Nara Hideyuki alive, there was no point in trying. Even the information Hideyuki reported to Konoha was so concise and complex, so trying to get information from him? Frankly, it would be easier to just kill him.

After the Tsuchikage made the next war deployment, he immediately led a team to set off.

"Huh, they actually came... That's normal. In chess, you play rooks when you need them, and kings when you need them. But the problem is that in the ninja world, rooks are kings."

As the Tsuchikage began to move deeper into the Land of Rain, Hazen immediately sensed them.

He set up checkpoints here to block traffic, without collecting taxes or protection fees, but simply harvesting lives. An ordinary ninja village would definitely not be able to stand this... Those who can perform such tasks must be elite ninjas. The feelings of the ninja village are completely different when a team of elites dies and a team of cannon fodder dies.

Asuma is dead and that's it, but Kakashi can't die again, the principle is the same.

The Tsuchikage team stopped as soon as they entered the Land of Rain. A ninja climbed to a high place and swung his arm horizontally. Then a bird of prey hovering in the air swooped down and landed on the man's arm.

The ninja took off the mailbox tied to the bird's claws, took out the note, translated the encrypted information on it, and was immediately shocked.

"Lord Tsuchikage, the Second Raikage has been killed." He quickly returned to the Tsuchikage and said.

"Dead? And why?"

The Tsuchikage was stunned for a moment. First it was the Second Kazekage and then the Second Raikage. The war had just begun. What happened?

"Kumogakure is keeping the news strictly secret, but according to the information leaked by the Konoha front, the Raikage died at the hands of the Second Hokage's daughter."

"Konoha still has some foundation, but the death of the Second Raikage may not be a good thing for them."

"Lord Tsuchikage?"

The Tsuchikage shook his head but offered no explanation.

After the new Raikage takes office, he will be more unruly and reckless in his actions. After all, he is younger, more energetic, and naturally more impulsive.

Three Kage died right after the battle began. The Tsuchikage was also a Kage. Logically, even if he did not harm his own kind, he should have regarded it as a bad omen. However, the Tsuchikage seemed unaware of it.

Although we are all shadows, can we be the same? What is their strength and what is my strength?

Although the Tsuchikage was very confident, his subordinates were shrouded in a gloom in their hearts... When the Tsuchikage was on his way to carry out a mission, he received the news of the Raikage's death. Isn't this a warning?

But the Tsuchikage didn't care about it, and as his subordinates, they couldn't say such things to disrupt the morale of the army.

Putting the intelligence aside, the team set off again.

After a while, the perceptive ninja in the Tsuchikage team suddenly stretched out his hand to block the attack, and the entire team stopped again.

"Lord Tsuchikage, we've spotted an enemy ahead... They must be enemies."

The Tsuchikage frowned. What kind of ambiguous information was this? What did he mean by "should be an enemy"?

"Explain."

"There is a chakra reaction, but it's not strong. There's no movement to prepare for battle. It seems to be just waiting quietly." said the perceptive ninja.

"Only one person?" asked the Tsuchikage.

"Yes, only one person."

"That's him."

Anyone who appears abnormal on the battlefield is abnormal.

The Tsuchikage did not hesitate and led the team directly through the rain curtain of the Rain Country and arrived in front of Yu Zhen in an instant.

Then, the Tsuchikage had no way of confirming whether the person in front of him was the enemy who had been interfering with the actions of Iwagakure and whom he was looking for on this trip.

It was gloomy and rainy outside. A man was squatting in a dry tree hole with his head and shoulders sticking out of the hole. Although he was wearing a hat, everyone could see that he was looking at the stream in front of him with a focused expression... because he was holding a fishing rod and fishing.

If you look closely, you can see a bonfire burning in the tree hole, making it look like survival in the wilderness.

It's a pity that the Tsuchikage is not a fisherman, otherwise he would know that the place where the other party is staying is exactly the fishing spot that thousands of fishermen dream of.

"You've taken the bait."

Seeing that the other party had indeed arrived, Yu Zhen threw the fishing rod, walked out of the tree hole, stretched, and took off the hat on his head.

He caught fish, so he didn't catch any fish.

After staring at Yuzhen's face for a while, the Tsuchikage finally spoke:

"I know you... I was supposed to be the Second Tsuchikage."

If it weren't for the death of the previous chief of the Ishigawa clan and the leader of all the ninja clans in the Land of Earth, Mu should indeed be the second Tsuchikage instead of the first Tsuchikage who founded Iwagakure.

If there had not been the Battle of Iwahara River, there would not have been ongoing civil unrest on the plateau while ninja villages had already been established in other areas.

In short, if he hadn't met Yu Zhen, the Tsuchikage could have pretended nothing had happened, but now that they had met each other, there was absolutely no reason for the Tsuchikage to remain at peace.

When enemies meet, the next thing to decide is who will stand and who will lie down... However, since the Tsuchikage has such an understanding, he naturally believes that he will be the one standing.

"From a follower to the leader of a series of systems, you have the opportunity to further display your talents. Isn't this a good thing? I think, at least to you, I should not be a vicious person, right?" Yu Zhen said.

I didn't expect that the other party had such a deep impression of me... Yu Zhen had no memory of encountering Wu, but the other party was able to recognize him. I think he was also on the Iwara River battlefield at that time.

What kind of hatred or grudge could he hold on to forty years? This shows that the other party is not a broad-minded person.

The Tsuchikage didn't bother to refute. Judging from the results, he did get more opportunities to display his talents after losing the former leader, but only he knew the hardships and bitterness of starting a business.

"Are you here to stop the Iwagakure ninja's actions?"

"No, I was just fishing."

Actually, it doesn't matter what Yu Zhen says, but his years of habit as a ninja still makes him not reveal any information to the enemy.

"This battle should have taken place decades ago... It's surprising you're still alive, but where are those helpers around you? They seem to be gone."

This little provocation had no effect on Yuzhen, but instead exposed the fact that the Tsuchikage was still brooding over the outcome of the Battle of Iwahara River.

"Then why didn't the battle happen decades ago?"

It's very simple. Decades ago, the Tsuchikage didn't know Dust Release at all. If he didn't know Dust Release, what other means could he use to threaten the four-blooded version of Yuzhen at that time?

"Things that didn't happen decades ago don't need to happen now... If you retreat now, it would be the most rational choice."

Yu Zhen still tried to persuade him kindly. After all, the gap in strength between him and the Tsuchikage was even more exaggerated than before.

"Who do you think I am? I'm the first Tsuchikage who founded Iwagakure!"

The sentence "Who do you think I am" is not very concise, but it is actually a standard death flag.

Yu Zhen shook his head:

"Demigods are not gods after all."