Chapter 74: Let Us Go Crazy Together

As Hyuga Hiashi went all out, laying everything bare under the sun, the grievances and frustrations of the Hyuga became the grievances and frustrations of the entire Konohagakure.

And the pain of the Konoha Ninja traveled with the wind to the Sakurahara battlefield thousands of miles away.

Although Orochimaru was not in Konohagakure, he had completely grasped all the changes in the village through the secret agents he left behind and his eerie Ninjutsu.

Yamanaka Chujiu had long anticipated these changes; from beginning to end, he focused only on Orochimaru's methods, and while being shocked by his own teacher, he constantly revised his own plan.

The Third Hokage's indecisiveness and indifference contributed to the injustice suffered by the Hyuga clan, and the Hyuga gave up their pointless pride, turning it into the frustration of the Konoha Ninja.

And this became the first breach in Sarutobi Hiruzen's prestige, as well as the prerequisite for saving Hyuga Hizashi.

But once the prerequisite was met, the key shifted from Konohagakure to Sakurahara.

The Sakurahara fortress had already turned into ruins, and Yamanaka Chujiu stood on a large tree, looking far away at the broken walls and debris.

He said to Orochimaru behind him: "Teacher, do you think if the two of us join forces, we can crush the Cloud Hidden Army, retake Sakurahara, and force them to withdraw from the Land of Fire?"

Orochimaru pointed at his own nose: "You and me?"

"Chujiu kid, did you not see it before, and now you want to see with your own eyes how pathetic your teacher is in front of the Fourth Raikage?"

"I am not afraid of the Fourth Raikage, but in a head-on battle, I am definitely not his match."

"You, also, are absolutely not the match of Killer Bee."

Yamanaka Chujiu said: "Yes, but why would the two of us, master and disciple, want to clash with the AB Combination?"

Orochimaru: "Hmm?"

Yamanaka Chujiu smiled: "Teacher Orochimaru, you say if we don't confront the Fourth Raikage here, would he dare to charge straight at Konohagakure?"

"Can this bunch of Cloud Ninja, who lack morale, are short on food and clothing, and have exhausted their equipment, take down Konohagakure under the leadership of two Shadow-level Ninja?"

Orochimaru answered without even thinking: "Impossible!"

"Konohagakure is not that fragile! And my teacher Hiruzen is not as weak as he thinks he is!"

Yamanaka Chujiu asked again: "Then what about this Konoha army of ours?"

"Our food is sufficient, our equipment is sufficient, our morale is at its peak, and our stamina is sufficient; can we use four thousand troops to pierce through the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Moon, and slaughter our way into the Land of Lightning?"

"In the end, can we take down Kumogakure?"

Orochimaru laughed loudly, but his laughter stopped quickly, and at an even faster speed, it turned into shock: "How is it... possible? It is possible!"

"Your command can make the army move as if through uninhabited territory..."

"Our state allows for long-distance raids..."

"My 【Ten Thousand Snake Poison Net Array】 is most adept at conquering immobile fortresses, strongholds, and ninja villages..."

"It really... can be done!"

Yamanaka Chujiu smiled: "If Teacher says we can take down Kumogakure, then we will certainly be able to take it down."

"When Kumogakure cannot be conquered, it is the foundation and backing of the Cloud Hidden Army, but when it can be conquered, it becomes the Cloud's most fatal weakness, the vital point that the Fourth Raikage must save."

"By attacking what they must save, our army can strike directly at Kumogakure, and we can also ambush the Cloud Hidden Army at will; we can fight however we want!"

Yamanaka Chujiu clenched his fists: "Victory inevitably belongs to Konohagakure; the only difference is how long it takes to obtain it, and where it is obtained."

Orochimaru understood Yamanaka Chujiu's layout; he listened, dazzled and enchanted, feeling as if a hole had been opened in his head, and from that hole, he saw an incomparably vast new world.

But to summarize it, it was just one sentence: War, can actually be fought like this?

Can the outcome of a ninja village actually not rely on Shadow-level Ninja at all?

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue, licked his cheek, then licked his eye, and finally made up his mind.

He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Yamanaka Chujiu!"

Chujiu was startled: "Teacher, what is it?"

Orochimaru smiled hideously: "Being your teacher really makes me a hundred times more exhausted!"

"Let's execute the plan just as you said!"

"Four thousand five hundred Konoha Ninja, attack and advance, pierce through three countries in succession, and conquer the second strongest village in the Ninja World, Kumogakure..."

"Let us go crazy!!"

Yamanaka Chujiu was ecstatic, raised his hands high and shouted: "Let us go crazy once!!"

His fanatical emotions spread through the Mind Severing Realm, infecting all the Konoha Ninja and triggering an emotional riot.

If someone else were leading the team, such an emotional riot would inevitably turn into a mutiny.

But under Yamanaka Chujiu's control, the emotional riot of the Konoha Ninja was transformed into surging morale and an infinite desire for victory.

"Attack!"

"Attack toward the Land of Lightning!"

"Konoha Ninja should not just defend!"

"Fight to Kumogakure!"

"Destroy Kumogakure, and fight for total peace in one battle!"

"Capture Nii Yugito alive!"

"... Who is that, so thirsty?"

"Hahahaha!"

The Konoha Ninja went from excitement to fanaticism; in the end, even Yamanaka Chujiu could not fully control it and could only let go a little, allowing everyone to vent their emotions.

One Great Fireball after another was released into the sky, forming a continuous explosion in the heavens.

The roaring sounds and cheers resounded through the clouds; the noisy commotion of the Konoha Ninja was huge, and the Cloud Ninja naturally discovered it.

But the Cloud Hidden Army was also tense to the extreme because of this, and dispatched a large number of ninja for reconnaissance and vigilance.

Yamanaka Chujiu discovered this and sent out encirclement squads to counter them, precisely sniping individual Cloud Ninja and surrounding organized Cloud Ninja squads.

In just two short hours, the Fourth Raikage painfully discovered that he had lost more than three hundred elite ninja again.

The furious Fourth Raikage rushed to the front of the Konoha army and questioned Orochimaru: "We have already sued for peace, why do you still dare to kill Cloud Ninja?"

Orochimaru replied disdainfully: "You are the Raikage of Kumogakure, and I am Orochimaru of Konohagakure; what qualifications do you have to question me?"

"You are merely seeking peace, which we in Konohagakure have not yet accepted; so what if I launch an attack?"

The furious Fourth Raikage clamored to challenge Orochimaru to a duel, but Orochimaru commanded the entire army to bombard the Raikage, forcing him away with sheer firepower.

No matter how strong the Fourth Raikage is, he is still just a ninja, and his defense is not enough to withstand the Ninjutsu of thousands of ninja.

Even the Third Raikage, who had even stronger defensive capabilities, only managed to hold out for three days and three nights by using the terrain to restrict the Iwagakure ninja.

If they were truly fighting on flat terrain, even if the Third Raikage's defense were ten times stronger, he would still be surrounded and sealed.

After such a commotion, the Fourth Raikage judged that Orochimaru's unusual movements were very likely an attempt to lure him into launching an attack to sabotage the negotiations of Konohagakure.

Therefore, he decided: the entire army would pull back, giving Konohagakure no opportunity for a night raid.

The advance route of the Konohagakure army thus became a smooth path.