Chapter 124: Frontline Situation

Beyond the invasion of external enemies, there are certainly no shortage of problems within Konoha.

When Uchiha Feiyu originally left Konoha, he threw out quite a lot of dirt on Root and Konoha, almost causing the Konoha High Command to lose all prestige.

If it weren't for the fact that Konoha is currently in the midst of war, it is estimated that either the Third Hokage would have stepped down directly, or the entire Konoha would have erupted into civil war!

Even at this critical juncture, the various factions within the ninja village are only superficially united while inwardly divided, barely coping with the enemy's offensive; to imagine they could support the Konoha High Command as they did before, without the slightest second thoughts, is absolutely impossible.

Among them, the one with the biggest reaction is naturally the Uchiha Clan; one must know that among the dirt on Danzō, the parts concerning the Uchiha Clan were absolutely the most numerous and the most vicious.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that Danzō captured several Uchiha Clan ninja and sent them to Orochimaru as materials for human experiments is enough to make the Uchiha Clan hate him to the bone.

Although Danzō is dead, everyone knows clearly that this matter must have had the tacit approval of the Konoha High Command; under such circumstances, the fact that the Uchiha Clan did not storm the Hokage Building directly is already due to the soft personality of Uchiha Fugaku.

As for expecting the Uchiha Clan to continue to bleed and exert themselves for Konoha, it is simply out of the question in the short term; that they don't stab Konoha in the back is already out of consideration for the big picture.

……

Although this is Uchiha Feiyu's speculation, he also believes it should be close to the truth; if he were to display abilities like Susanoo under these circumstances, wouldn't he immediately attract the attention of Madara Uchiha?

Coupled with the fact that Uchiha Feiyu is a rogue ninja of Konoha and has no overly complex relationships or feelings with the Uchiha Clan, looking at it this way, he is simply a natural candidate to replace Madara Uchiha and execute the Eye of the Moon Plan!

It is precisely because of this that Nara Shikaku does not want Minato to say any nonsense; one must know that nowadays, in all of Konoha, criticizing Root has already become a form of political correctness.

Yes, Uchiha Feiyu had long since arrived at the forward Konoha camp; relying on Genjutsu to manipulate the five senses, he came directly to the command center and carefully read through all kinds of intelligence.

Nara Shikaku patted his face and gave a wry smile:

"I just feel that the strategy failed; the strategy of diverting the disaster elsewhere has had no effect at all."

Of course, the consequences would certainly be severe; if the Rock Ninja also chose to use a sudden Tailed Beast attack, Konoha could potentially be wiped out, and then both sides would end up in a messy, ruinous battle.

As a result, although Jiraiya stopped the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he also turned what was originally a crushing surprise attack into a long-drawn-out tug-of-war; in the long run, the losses caused are likely even greater.

What truly surprised Uchiha Feiyu was another matter:

"You mean the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki also went to the Iwagakure front? And Jiraiya was transferred to deal with the Mist Ninja?"

"What is there to discuss about this!"

A crisp voice rang out, and the red-haired Uzumaki Kushina waved her small fist:

"With Minato and me joining forces, no matter how many ninja Iwagakure sends to support, we can beat them to the ground!"

Because of environmental factors, with the barrier of the ocean, it is almost difficult for the Mist Ninja Village to invade the continent, so in every Ninja World War, the aggression of the Mist Ninja Village is not strong; they mostly just take advantage of the chaos, basically only sending one or two thousand ninja.

Minato asked curiously, and Nara Shikaku shook his head:

Just a jinchuriki combined with the Flying Thunder God is truly impossible to guard against; just thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle.

Even Minato, who is known as the Yellow Flash, or Uzumaki Kushina, who is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, had absolutely no discovery at all.

Minato was just saying a couple of things; in reality, he didn't have a good impression of Root either. After all, his wife is a jinchuriki, and with Danzō's personality that everyone hates, it would be strange if he hadn't had designs on her.

Under these circumstances, Madara Uchiha had no other choice but to cultivate someone himself, so Obito caught the eye of Madara Uchiha.

Under these circumstances, Minato not spitting on Root is already considered good cultivation; his words just now were merely an expression of his feelings.

Seeing Uzumaki Kushina's confident expression, Nara Shikaku also revealed a faint smile.

"Not bad, it is said that the Yellow Flash on the front line and our Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki are a couple; the two joined forces to resist the entire invasion of the Rock Ninja, and incidentally took care of the Land of Lightning front, deterring the Cloud Ninja."

Not only Minato, but at this moment, sitting beside Minato, Konoha's other Shadow-level combat power, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Kushina, is also not someone skilled in command; therefore, the current command authority has long fallen to Nara Shikaku, the strategist.

Logically speaking, the Cloud Ninja suffered heavy casualties, with both the Third Raikage and the only candidate for the Fourth Raikage dead, leaving only the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki to hold on alone; it is absolutely difficult to face the Rock Ninja invasion.

"What's wrong? Is it hard to handle? Shikaku?"

Thinking of this, Uchiha Feiyu immediately made up his mind to put on a good performance with Susanoo on the Rock Ninja battlefield.

Although the current Uzumaki Kushina is not a Perfect Jinchuriki, relying on the massive chakra of the Uzumaki Clan and the suppressive nature toward the Tailed Beast, she can still exert more than half of the Nine-Tails' power.

This performance also attracted the attention of White Zetsu, who was nearby at the time, which is what made Madara Uchiha convinced that Obito had extremely high potential.

Judging from various signs in the original Hokage story, the current Mist Ninja Village is likely being manipulated by Madara Uchiha; before directly raiding Madara Uchiha, he did not want to come into contact with the Mist Ninja Village, lest he alert that old geezer Madara Uchiha.

Although this future Fourth Hokage could never be called stupid, he is not a person skilled in battlefield planning.

"Or... I could do the opposite and use the power of the Sharingan more, directly attracting the attention of Madara Uchiha, letting Madara Uchiha treat me as his backup and summon me over?"

As for which side to deal with when the time comes, I'll just see which ninja village provokes me then!

Sure enough, the plot still shifted; I remember in the original work, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist raided into the heart of Konoha, but in the end, because they kept chasing Guy, they were kicked into the "Lucky Three Treasures" by Guy's father, who opened the Eight Inner Gates Formation.

If it weren't for the fear that the opponent's jinchuriki would also break the pot and cause major losses to Konoha, this young couple joining forces could end this war in an instant!

"Kannabi Bridge, so there really is such a mission! But this time, without Minato, is it relying entirely on Kakashi to lead his three subordinates to execute it?"

The so-called strategy of diverting the disaster is to turn the current target of Iwagakure toward the Cloud Ninja Village.

Another point is that at that time, the Uchiha Clan did not have a single person who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan; only Uchiha Fugaku had the possibility of awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, and he kept hiding it without making a move; Madara Uchiha couldn't pick a suitable person even if he wanted to.

Facing such a big piece of fat with no power to resist, Nara Shikaku always felt that Onoki would not be able to resist the temptation; however, the fact is that Onoki ultimately still set his target on Konoha and did not turn toward the Cloud Ninja Village.

Uchiha Feiyu, also sitting in the tent, touched his chin and said with some emotion.

Looking at the subordinate of Orochimaru in front of him, Uchiha Feiyu asked with some surprise.

Even though Madara Uchiha also knew that the more emotionally rich an Uchiha is, the greater the possibility of awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, in reality, the awakening of the Mangekyo still depends on luck; otherwise, it's not like there weren't people in the Uchiha Clan who were cold on the outside but valued love and righteousness on the inside, so why was Uchiha Obito chosen?

The biggest reason is that when Obito awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, he had already displayed some Mangekyo abilities; his body, which was originally being crushed, was partially etherealized because of the power of Kamui, which is how he avoided being crushed to death by the boulder.

Possessing a Space-Time Ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God Technique that exceeds imagination, having him command in the rear is not nearly as valuable as him supporting various squads on the front line; it is precisely because of this that Minato also has no experience in command.

But if one considers that the Uchiha Clan only had a few hundred ninja, one knows that the Uchiha at that time absolutely exerted all their strength to resist the offensive of the Mist Ninja.

"Let's not talk about it then; the key issue now is to discuss how to deal with the Rock Ninja."

But in reality, the positioning of a jinchuriki itself is a weapon against the village; a Great Ninja Village pushed to the limit can fully use ninja to protect the jinchuriki, and then rely on the super-large attack range and massive destructive power of the Tailed Beast Bomb to perish together with other ninja villages.

"That brat Kakashi is already a Quasi-Kage level ninja now; if this battle continues like this, I think he will become a Shadow-level ninja directly on the battlefield, and then the fighting will be easier."

"Iwagakure has increased its troops again; it feels like these earth rats are never-ending."

Minato chuckled:

"Don't worry, wasn't the situation just as difficult before? We still managed to hold on; although there aren't many troops left in the rear, the current Leaf Ninja have all been tempered."

However, as long as the two of them are there, then no matter what, Konoha will not truly be destroyed; at most, it will suffer some losses in this battle, but no ninja village will dare to push Konoha to the limit.

"That's true. With Minato's Flying Thunder God, plus the power of the Nine-Tails, no matter what, we of the Leaf have retained the right to flip the table!"

Originally, in the Third Shinobi World War, the Uchiha Clan should have been sent to deal with those Mist Ninja. Although it is a bit ridiculous to send the Uchiha Clan, who excel at Fire Release, to deal with the ninja of the Land of Water, in reality, the Uchiha Clan did indeed contribute a lot to the Leaf.

Nara Shikaku interrupted Minato's words. Ever since Orochimaru defected, Minato had already been designated as the Fourth Hokage. The clever people of the Nara Clan naturally attached themselves to him early on.

This advisor from the Nara Clan seemed to have long been accustomed to Minato's methods; he glanced at the intelligence in his hand and frowned slightly.

At the Leaf front line, Minato glanced at the intelligence in his hand and handed it to the advisor from the Nara Clan under his command.

"Perhaps this is also related to the complete destruction of Root... I have to admit, although Root is very disgusting, when dealing with outsiders, it is indeed a very useful poisonous blade."

"As for Lord Jiraiya, he is currently stationed at the Leaf's coastline, leading the Leaf's troops to continuously fight against the Mist Ninja led by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist."

Minato, who possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, can be called the ninja with the strongest mobility in the Ninja World, while the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, who carries the strongest tailed beast, is also the ninja with the strongest destructive power in the Ninja World.

"Tsk, thinking about it this way, even I feel that this husband-and-wife duo is a bit outrageous!"

It was precisely because of Might Dai's sudden outburst that this invasion by the Mist Ninja did not cause any harm and was quickly and completely repelled.

Even though he was openly looking through intelligence in the command center, walking around, and even muttering to himself, a group of Leaf Ninja acted as if they saw nothing and heard nothing.

However, this is actually not much different from the Third Shinobi World War in the original work; at most, it has become a bit more difficult because there is no Uchiha Clan and Orochimaru.

"Hmm!? Obito, Rin, and another one is Guy?! When did such a team pop up?"

Nowadays, because of the lack of the Uchiha Clan, if the Leaf wants to withstand the attacks of the Mist Ninja, it must transfer more ninja from other battlefields, which makes the Leaf's situation even worse.

However, Uchiha Feiyu did not care much about the Mist Ninja or the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. He waved his hand, dismissed the undercover agent under Orochimaru, and began to think while stroking his chin.

"Alright, Minato, don't say any more about the topic of Root."

However, with so many strange and peculiar ninjutsu in the Ninja World, this kind of tactic is ultimately just a deterrent, and the possibility of success is not very high.

The strongest mobility, combined with the strongest destructive power—if they really let go and fought, it would be enough to make any Ninja Village suffer.

In fact, the role of a jinchuriki is just like that. Although in the original manga, when the Akatsuki organization collected jinchuriki, the performance of those jinchuriki could be described as hard to comment on; there were few who could actually stand their ground.

Madara Uchiha chose Obito back then partly by chance and partly out of helplessness. As for saying he had his eye on Obito from the very beginning, Uchiha Feiyu absolutely does not believe it.

Although he was a bit puzzled by this, Uchiha Feiyu knew very well in his heart that it was likely his butterfly effect that caused Kakashi to stand out earlier.

After all, he had stored the Soul of the White Fang of the Leaf on the White Fang Short Blade. In other words, when Kakashi was in danger, Hatake Sakumo could possess his son at any time and perform what is called a "portable dad substitute."

(End of this chapter)