In Naruto, the more harems you have, the stronger you are.

Tsunade said as she adjusted Li Fan's collar:

"I think the old man seems to want to form an alliance with the Sand Village, but he is still hesitant."

"Perhaps you could offer to form an alliance?"

Li Fan shook his head slightly.

"The Hidden Mist Village was attacked by Uchiha's Susanoo yesterday at noon. I don't think you know about this yet."

Tsunade's eyes lit up as she suddenly realized what was going on.

"I really don't know, and the old man probably doesn't know either."

"I guess after the news comes in this afternoon, the old man will make up his mind to take the initiative to propose an alliance with you."

Tsunade's face became excited.

Her rosy lips opened and closed, and she began to instruct Li Fan on what to do in order to gain the maximum benefits from Konoha.

It was as if she was not from Konoha, nor a disciple of the Third Hokage, but a ninja from the Sand Village.

Li Fan listened carefully and agreed from time to time.

At the same time he thought secretly in his heart.

The Konoha pursuit force should be receiving their own gift soon, right?

at the same time.

Thousands of miles away from Konoha, thousands of Konoha ninjas were moving through the woods.

A yellow-haired man kept jumping towards the tree trunk in front.

Dozens of ninjas surrounded him closely.

The yellow-haired man is the commander-in-chief of this emergency expedition, Minato Namikaze.

On the left and right sides of Minato Namikaze, there was a ninja dressed as an Anbu.

"I didn't expect that the Third-sama would actually send Shinnosuke-senpai and Meng Xue-senpai to help."

Minato Namikaze put on a very friendly smile on his face and started chatting in a relaxed manner.

Minato Namikaze never imagined that he would be chosen as the leader of this ninja army.

Logically speaking, there are seven or eight people in front of me, so it will never be my turn.

But the Third Hokage chose himself.

The meaning behind this was enough to make Minato Namikaze happy for a long time.

The Anbu on the left of Minato Namikaze nodded slightly, and a steady voice came out from the mask.

"Father is just too cautious. Four thousand ninja troops are fighting against two thousand rock ninjas, and we are fighting on our home ground. It is a sure win, but he still sent us to act as insurance."

Minato Namikaze just smiled and didn't agree.

As the eldest son of the Third Hokage, there is nothing wrong with Sarutobi Shinnosuke complaining about his father.

But his relationship with the Third Hokage is a bit distant.

He was just the apprentice of the Third Hokage's apprentice.

If you take up this topic, whether you agree or disagree, it will be very bad.

Especially at the crucial time when he was competing for the next Hokage.

The female ANBU next to her chuckled.

Although the sound is pleasant, it has a condescending feeling.

"Shinnosuke, are you so confident?"

"Although our ninja army has 4,000 ninjas, half of them are newcomers who grew up after the end of World War II."

"Since Iwagakure dared to come here from afar, it means that their 2,000 ninja soldiers must be elite."

Namikaze Minato looked at the female ANBU who had finally spoken a few words after starting from the village entrance. He said carefully:

"The wedding of Mengxue-senpai and Shinnosuke-senpai should be coming soon, right?"

Meng Xue snorted coldly, gently avoided the obstacle in front of her, jumped onto the branch next to her, and said in a proud tone:

"It's still early. We have to wait until this war is over."

Shinnosuke on the other side didn't say a word, but his face hidden by the mask looked a little ugly.

As the eldest son of the Third Hokage, he is the future leader of the Sarutobi clan.

Against the backdrop of playmates of the same age getting married and having children.

This woman is still pretending.

She said she hated sex before marriage and she wouldn't even let me touch her hand!

Under normal circumstances, Sarutobi Shinnosuke could have just laughed it off.

After all, Meng Xue has very good talents and background, and her appearance and figure are also top-notch.

And from some details in our daily interactions, I can see that she really cares about me.

But now she actually refuted herself in front of Minato Namikaze.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke suddenly felt embarrassed.

Minato Namikaze felt that the atmosphere was a little subtle, and he immediately remembered the rumors going around in private.

Rumor has it that Meng Xue-senpai originally looked down on Shinnosuke-senpai.

But what can be done is that Shinnosuke-senpai has been pestering me for several years, and other peers have already got girlfriends.

Senior Meng Xue reluctantly agreed to his request for a relationship.

But even so, she still put forward several strict requirements.

These include not engaging in premarital sex and not having physical contact with others without consent.

At first, Minato Namikaze was a little bit unconvinced.

But now looking at the atmosphere between the two of them, I kind of believe it.

Minato Namikaze sighed with empathy.

He is in the same situation.

His girlfriend, Uzumaki Kushina, also strongly opposes premarital sex.

At most, I can just hold hands.

Even if you hold the hand for too long, Kushina will glare at you.

Not to mention kissing and stuff like that.

Minato Namikaze was just about to talk about something to ease the awkward atmosphere.

Suddenly, a ninja appeared in front of us and jumped towards us from a distance.

Seeing this, Minato Namikaze became secretly alert.

Soon, Minato Namikaze and the other two stopped on a big tree.

Ten seconds later, the ninja also came in front of the three people.

"Minato-sama, the vanguard troops were thirty miles ahead when they suddenly discovered a hundred injured ninjas."

"After investigation, we found that they were all emergency troops sent to the border defense line two and a half hours ago."

Namikaze Minato's expression became more serious, and he murmured:

"Exploring?"

"Is there not a single ninja awake?"

The ninja who came to report lowered his head slightly, with obvious doubt in his tone:

"Yes, all the hundred ninjas were injured and fainted on the trees."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's eyes flickered a few times, and he spoke bluntly:

"The enemy was able to injure and knock them all unconscious, so it would be easy to kill them. Why did they keep them alive?"

"Could it be that all these people have been replaced by the enemy using transformation techniques?"

Meng Xue next to her immediately retorted.

"That's impossible. There are several members of the Hyuga clan in the vanguard. It's impossible for such a situation to exist."

The Hyuga family's bloodline limit is the Byakugan. As long as the Byakugan is used, one will have the ability to see through everything within a kilometer with almost no blind spots, making him a walking human radar.

As long as there are people from the Hyuga family in the reconnaissance team, as long as they are careful, they will basically not be ambushed.

This is also the reason why they dare to move forward so boldly.

"Boom!"

Just after Meng Xue finished speaking, a huge explosion suddenly came from the front!

Hearing the loud bang of the explosion, Meng Xue's slender body suddenly stiffened.

Meng Xue forced a few words out of her throat.

"Impossible, how could Iwagakure be able to hide from the Byakugan's clairvoyance?!"

Minato Namikaze frowned slightly and was about to say something when he suddenly raised his head!

I saw dense arrows flying towards this side from the sky.

And each of those fine arrows was clearly tied with a detonating tag!

Looking at the arrow flying towards him, Minato Namikaze's face changed instantly.

"Everyone disperse!"

Minato Namikaze's words just fell with a limp voice.

Dense array of arrows had already flown into the forest where they were.

"boom!!"

An arrow accurately hit the branch where Minato Namikaze had just been standing.

When the detonator on the arrow starts to burn.

Namikaze Minato has disappeared.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Yumeyuki were also nowhere to be seen.

Only the Chunin who came to report was a beat slow. As soon as he turned to leave, the detonating tag exploded!

In the smoke after the detonator exploded, only a broken arm fell to the ground.

"Boom!"

The sound of explosions continued to ring out in the forest.

A large number of towering trees fell to the ground helplessly due to the explosion.

Occasionally, a few towering trees would crush a few Konoha ninjas who were hiding under the trees and had no time to escape.

After a few minutes, the arrows that kept flying finally disappeared.

The surviving Konoha ninjas came out from every corner in horror.

The outer robe had been burned and the mask had been shattered.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, with an ordinary long and thin horse face, stood on a intact big tree.

He threw a piece of intestine hanging on his arm, which belonged to someone unknown, to the ground.

There was a hint of resentment and anger in his eyes.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's voice was as cold as if it contained ice.

"Why is the arrow so fast?!"

What he said was also the inner doubt of all the Konoha ninjas present.

During battle, they would set up ambushes and shoot arrows from far above the enemy.