Chapter 27: Ninxiong's Methods
When the Sand Ninjas deployed their troops on Mount Kikyo and logistics continued to be sent to the front line, the entire ninja world was secretly in turmoil.
Although countries like Raigakure and Kirigakure are no longer able to withdraw troops, they can only look at the fertile land of the Fire Country with salivating eyes.
However, some small teams will also be sent to sneak into Konoha to collect intelligence, at least to know the changes in the war situation as soon as possible.
If Konoha was completely defeated, even if their manpower was depleted, they would still withdraw some troops to participate in this feast of division.
In the Hokage's office in Konoha Village, the Third Hokage was holding an emergency wartime meeting with a group of ninja clan leaders and all advisors.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was wearing a black combat suit with blood stains all over his body.
The face, which had not yet aged completely, was filled with surging fighting spirit, and his eyes were as intimidating as those of a demon or evil ghost.
The murderous aura of the ninja was so strong that it made people shudder in this small room.
Perhaps outside of war he was an indecisive and slightly clumsy politician.
But when the war really came to him, he regained his status as the peerless strong man who had gained great fame during the Second Ninja World War.
He had just returned from the front line and his chakra was still stirring.
The puppetry performed by Chiyo and Ebizo together is extremely powerful. Various puppets are combined with seals, hidden weapons, poisons and other methods.
Ordinary ninjas were no match for them and swept the battlefield without Rasa, the new gold sand ninja, having to make a move.
In order to prevent too many casualties, only a strong man like me who has mastered the Five Elements Escape Technique can fight back.
Just now on Mount Kikyo, he first seized the opportunity to use the compound escape technique to tear through the enemy's defense line, and then used the Five Escape Techniques: Dalian Bullet Technique to directly flatten a hilltop.
Buried the first batch of the bravest warriors of the Wind Kingdom.
Dragon bullets with five different attributes: fire, thunder, water, earth, and wind raged on the battlefield and finally rushed towards Chiyo and the other person.
The puppeteer who finally survived by relying on his hidden skill directly launched the White Secret Technique: The Ten Kinmatsu People and began to attack.
The Third Hokage's strength on the battlefield in his violent state was no less than any legend, and the various ninjutsu he could use with ease were amazing.
The use of various shuriken techniques alone was enough to block the attack of the top-level puppet technique, and then he summoned his old friend, the Monkey King, the Monkey Demon.
Holding the Vajra Ruyi Stick, he performed superb stick techniques, and combined with various restricted ninjutsu with one-handed seals, he finally defeated the famous Ten People.
Ebizo wanted to launch a sneak attack, but was tricked by the shadow clone of the Third Generation, who had terrifyingly rich combat experience and had been preparing for a long time.
What followed was a demonstration of Konoha's forbidden techniques, one move after another, and it ended with Ebizō being seriously injured and Chiyo escaping with her brother.
He defeated the siege of the Sand Village with his own strength. This is the power of the Ninjutsu Doctor. The bragging of being the strongest Hokage in the later period is still a bit true.
After all, the Third Hokage did achieve an impressive record on the battlefield.
At the same time, it also suppressed the panic in the village. The Hokage had to have the strength and reputation to stand up in the open.
I believe that this head-on blow will make the other party quiet down for a while.
After all, those big figures of the Sand Ninja Village are very expensive items, and the village’s finances will not be able to sustain such a high-intensity attack for long.
The people who came to the meeting now were all the young clan leaders who stayed in the ninja village. Most of the Hyuga clan, the Uchiha clan, and the Hokage clan rushed to other battlefields to snipe the enemy.
Among the clan leaders of the second tier, only the Ino, Shika and Chou clans have left the Nara clan as a think tank to lead the endgame.
The remaining people who can be considered important are the three Hokage advisors.
"Now, let's talk about it. How can we deal with the situation in the battle of Kikyo Mountain this time?"
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what they had.
This was the first time in the entire history of the ninja world that Konoha was attacked on its doorstep.
In the past, when the first generation was around, anyone who dared to invade the Land of Fire would be wiped out on the mainland. Even escaping would be impossible, and they would even have to face the pursuit of Uchiha Madara, the Rose of the Battlefield.
The endless forbidden techniques of the second generation also made all the top strong men feel terrified. Everyone knew that in a life-and-death battle, anyone would be taken away by Tobirama's moves.
Only the third generation, the successor to the will of fire, had the most shameful record in history. Even if he wiped out all the Sand Villagers on Mount Kikyo, he could not cover up his guilt.
However, even at such a critical moment, everyone present believed that Konoha Village would not fall.
Because the longer you stay in this village, the more you understand how terrifying the background of this village is.
Not to mention the extreme forbidden techniques in the Sealed Book or methods similar to those of the Tsuchigumo clan, Konoha's most powerful weapon, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, can be drawn out at any time.
The elders of the ninja clan naturally know the status of the Nine-Tailed Beast among the tailed beasts, which is a super-level existence.
The Sand Village has at most one small loser, and is no match for them.
Besides, this is the Jinchūriki of the Uzumaki clan who masters the sealing technique, so he naturally has sufficient confidence.
However, they really don't have much experience in how to fight this war, and can only follow the lead of the Third Hokage.
This also means that even if there is any guilt in the end, it is the Third Hokage who did it alone and has nothing to do with them.
That's human nature. Even Konoha Village, which has always had the Will of Fire, cannot avoid being blamed for this.
In the end, it was the Sarutobi clan's own people who made a suggestion, which was to release the Nine-Tails.
But it was rejected by the Third Hokage himself.
If Kushina was just an orphan of the Uzumaki clan and a Jinchūriki, he naturally wouldn't mind releasing the Nine-Tails.
But she is still Minato's partner, so the situation is completely different.
Now Namikaze Minato is still fighting on the front line as the commander of the mobile force. He is a top-notch fighter capable of defeating the AB combination of Lightning Ninja, and he is also a peerless genius who can use Flying Thunder God.
Moreover, this child is one of the backbones of the Hokage department. He is even preparing to let Minato be the 4th generation.
We must not allow any problems to occur in the handover of the village, so the 9-tail can only be the last resort.
Some people also said that they should send the forces of Anbu and Root to attack the Sand Village in order to put out the fire.
But it was immediately rejected by Danzo, who looked at the clan leader who made the suggestion with a sinister look.
There is nothing worth caring about in the poor Sand Village, and the tactic of changing homes is unacceptable to the rich.
And if they want to go to the Hidden Sand Village, they must send elite troops, and now the only ones that have not been mobilized are their own roots.
This would be like cutting his own flesh, so Danzo would naturally not be willing to do that.
Although he was willing to give everything for Konoha, that was Konoha under his leadership.
The final conclusion of the meeting was to delay.
As long as they can hold back the main force of the Hidden Sand Village, their village's economy and front line will be dragged to collapse.
Chapter 28: Harvest Season and Hard Life
The biggest risk is that other countries will take advantage of the situation. Currently, the only village with such strength and ambition is the Iwagakure Village.
After everyone had dispersed, Danzo still took this opportunity to report several very extraordinary action plans, but he also acted first and reported later.
Because he knew the character of his old friend, he would tear off his disguised kind face in times of crisis.
Sure enough, Sarutobi Hiruzen just said a few words lightly that it would not happen again and then began to deal with the wartime affairs in the village.
After the Uchiha Guard also went to the front line, the security in the village was in great chaos, and the enemy's infiltration and psychological warfare also had a great impact on ordinary people.
It's not easy to be a Hokage. When facing internal troubles, this heroic ninja feels more and more that the position should be handed over to the next generation.
Oh, and I have to write a letter to Hanzo in person to keep him calm. Danzo's instigation inside the Rain Country was too ineffective.
Now the Rain Ninja unexpectedly has the power to influence the outcome of the battle.
Whether joining forces with the Sand Ninja to destroy Konoha or helping Konoha attack the Kikyo Mountain defense line from the rear are both very dangerous choices.
In the name of the Third Hokage, you can use land as a price to keep the opponent in the middle.
As for whether he will fulfill his promises, he will resign when the war is over, and these promises will be of no effect.
Sarutobi Hiruzen is also the village leader with a thick face and a black heart.
After receiving the two letters, Salamander Hanzo was not moved at all and did not take any action.
He was no longer the Hanzo who just relied on caution to get by yesterday, but a cultured Hanzo.
According to the curriculum of the Akatsuki organization, when being neighbors with a big country like Konoha, one should not take any action and should not try to help the other party.
It is a timely help in wartime, but a shame after the war.
When the next person in power is unwilling to acknowledge these promises and facts, the lives and resources paid by the Rain Country will be worthless.
The lesson from the past is the Land of Whirlpools.
After all, the direction of this war was going just as Noah had expected, and Hanzo admired him more and more.
The most important thing in the Rain Country now is the harvest season.
As time goes by and the land reform is carried out, the Akatsuki organization will usher in the time for the first harvest.
As the war in the ninja world became more intense, they understood the importance of supplies, so all the Akatsuki ninjas even borrowed a group of ninjas from the Rain Village to ensure that the harvest this time would be steady, accurate and fast.
In order to plunge the country into chaos, some sinister villains would burn or destroy these food resources as a very ninja-like method.
For example, a one-eyed dragon at the root did make this plan, and at such a critical moment he was still thinking of making trouble outside.
But unfortunately, the Akatsuki organization cut it off ahead of time and caused Danzo to lose some manpower, which made the other side even more angry towards Yahiko and the others.
With the help of shadow clones, water spirits, earth escape, wind escape, and various escape techniques as well as the assistance of the Rain Ninja Genin, the rice fields were harvested quickly.
In the end, with everyone exhausted, a large amount of supplies were quickly recovered.
Of course, the data did not meet Noah's expectations, but since this was the first time such cooperation, it was normal to have errors.
Others were simply shocked. It was actually much stronger than before.
The bounties for all ninja missions participating in the event will be fully paid by the Akatsuki organization, because Yahiko and his team have become rich.
Although he is not as domineering as others, he is not the leader of an organization that begs for alms from both the Rain Village and the Daimyo Prefecture.
The tenant farmers were overwhelmed and even frightened when they first received so much food that they grew themselves.
Will the ninja masters be unhappy if we leave so much food unturned?
They had only dealt with the vassals of the big farms in the past, and were very scared at first. These people were originally a low-level group that could be killed at any time by passing wandering ninjas and refugees during the war.
As a result, they were taken over by a strange ninja group called Akatsuki, which redistributed the land and revised the strange tax system.
It is a very fresh experience to contract a certain amount of land from Akatsuki as a family unit and be responsible for paying agricultural taxes and collective levies.
In words they can understand, the land is still distributed to everyone, but the remaining grain after the harvest and payment belongs to the individuals, which fully mobilizes the farmers' enthusiasm for production.
Even if they are dissatisfied or don't believe something, they have to do their job obediently under the control of the ninja.
The refugees who were running around were also allocated reclaimed wasteland for cultivation, which unexpectedly made the core area very peaceful.
This year they actually lived very well under the management of the ninja, who even gave them some relief food and arranged simple medical institutions for them.
It also provides great help in agricultural tools and farming, which is said to be the power of science.
I don't understand, but there's nothing wrong with doing it. Lord Yahiko and all the ninjas in Akatsuki are good people no matter how you look at it.
The simple farmers now feel both the joy of harvesting their own food and the fear of being inconsistent with their previous living rules.
Because of fear, they want to give up some food in exchange for safety. This is the way for the grass to survive in troubled times.
But Noah stopped it, this was just because people were uneasy after the first land division.
He must let these people get their share of the rewards. Hard work pays off is the correct idea that the Akatsuki organization should promote.
It is also the first step to liberate the farmers' minds and let numb people know what it means to be alive.
The issue of their children's education has been ongoing. After the war, they will find that their land will be taken back by the nobles like it did thousands of years ago, and their children will have no chance to continue learning.
But can people who are no longer numb still accept such a life? After all, they have seen the light.
This is the awakening process.
Seeing these farmers constantly thanking the Akatsuki organization and the ninjas of Rain Village with the few words they knew, many inexperienced ninjas were moved.
Even old ninjas who often go on missions will not refuse this kind of heartfelt admiration, but they can distinguish between missions and daily life.
When the mission requires killing these villagers, they will not show mercy. This is the real ninja. This is also the group of people that Noah will conquer in the end.
Those farmers who showed signs of awakening would tentatively ask whether the land would be returned to their families after the war.
