Chapter 173：

Although the relationship between Konoha and Kirigakure was not good before.

But it was impossible to sit back and watch Kumogakure annex the Kingdom of Water.

Konoha may start a war against Kumogakure, or simply fish in troubled waters and go to the battlefield of Water Kingdom to kill Kirigakure together.

But the current situation, once Konoha redeploys its manpower, the village will inevitably be empty.

It's hard to say whether Iwagakure and Sunagakure will have other thoughts at that time. After all, things like covenants are very fragile.

Besides, there are Uchiha who are watching covetously. As long as Konoha pulls people away, Uchiha may have a coup.

So no matter what, as long as Uchiha is looking at Konoha, Konoha will definitely not dare to move.

If Konoha moves, Konoha and Uchiha are fighting.

In this chaos, if Iwagakure wanted to intervene in the Kumogakure battlefield, he could only take a detour or pass through the gate of Konoha.

At that time, I don’t know whether Iwagakure was fighting Kumogakure or not. After all, the land in the Land of Fire was more fertile.

That's why once the Ninja World War starts, it will be easy for multiple countries to fight. That's why Hashirama wants to find a tailed beast balance.

"but…"

Natsuki changed the subject: "If we start a war with Konoha, maybe we will bring Itachi and Shisui back in advance."

Tutai said understandingly: "This is no problem. On the main battlefield, as long as the information is correct, we can solve it ourselves."

Xia Mu shook his head: "You don't know this. I went to Kirigakure many years ago. It was a chaotic place with many factions."

"So these Kirigakure faction fights have the habit of recruiting external organizations."

"If we attack Kirigakure, it is very likely that we will face a bunch of mercenary forces first."

Nowadays, there are employment organizations in the outside world, and Xiao's reputation is not that great.

Without the tail-catching beasts, their combat effectiveness is still a mystery.

Tudai turned around in his head several times, but he still didn't expect that there would be mercenaries who threatened them, Kumogakure.

However, based on Dodai's caution, he still asked: "Is there anyone who can check and balance Kirabi and Yukito?"

Xia Mu pretended to think, and then nodded: "Yes, and there is more than one."

He held his head on the earth platform and thought.

Ordinary wars cannot be fought in a short time. What Yunyin wants now is to gain a firm foothold in the early stage.

This will be very convenient for subsequent battles.

On a foreign battlefield, victory or defeat actually depends on whether you can detect the enemy earlier.

In the Kingdom of Water, which is completely Kirigakure's home field, there is abundant water mist all year round. For Kirigakure who is good at assassination, the dispersion of the team is very fatal.

Therefore, Kumogakure can only avoid this disadvantage by fighting in small groups.

Therefore, Kirigakure will inevitably choose to carry out a tough battle. At this time, the importance of masters will be highlighted.

Kumogakure definitely has more masters than Kirigakure, but who would despise their own superiority?

Besides, Natsuki said that Kirigakure would hire very powerful mercenaries.

So it is also a good thing to have two Uchiha masters.

"Iwagakure is also something we need to consider." Tudai continued to discuss.

After all, Iwagakure spent three days and nights and spent tens of thousands of ninjas to massacre the Third Raikage to death. This hatred was impossible to pass.

Anyway, the current fourth generation Lei can't get through it. After all, the relationship between others is father and son.

Although there were ten thousand Iwagakure besieging the Third Raikage alone.

But the Third Raikage has the Hell-Gateron Hand of [The Strongest Spear] and the Thunder Release Armor of [The Strongest Shield].

Attack ninjutsu cannot break the Third Raikage's defense.

Defensive ninjutsu could not withstand the attack of the Third Raikage.

The Thunder Chakra mode gives the third generation of Thunder terrifying speed and reflexes.

Facing the Third Raiying situation, Iwagakure couldn't fight, defend, or run away.

After three days and three nights of fierce fighting, one can only imagine how long Iwagakure's 10,000 ninjas would survive in the end.

After this battle, Iwagakure and Kumogakure could be said to have a blood feud.

It can be said that if Kumogakure attacks Kirigakure, Iwagakure will definitely not sit back and watch, but Iwagakure cannot go over on a large scale.

Konoha doesn't allow it and doesn't dare.

If Iwagakure takes the opportunity to reach Konoha and cooperates with Uchiha, Konoha can be overthrown immediately.

Therefore, Iwagakure will wait and see if Kumogakure takes advantage in the early stage.

The most likely possibility for Iwagakure is to form an alliance or take a detour.

But forming an alliance will take time, and making a detour will take even more time.

But now there are not many masters in Iwagakure, except for Onoki, there is only Loess.

"Is it possible that Ohnoki will come to the battlefield in person?" Natsuki pretended to think for a while and asked this question.

Tudai smiled and said: "It's impossible for Onoki to go deep alone. After all, our Raikage-sama is not a vegetarian."

Xia Mu nodded in agreement.

After all, Old Man Onoki is already that age. No matter how strong the Dust Release is, it will be useless if he can't hit the Raikage.

But Natsuki also knew that the battlefield was changing rapidly, and Ohnoki was experienced and had the ability to kill with one hit like Dust Release, and he could also fly.

If there is a real fight, I don’t know how many times it will open, but Ohnoki will definitely not go deep alone.

Onoki didn't even find a successor, so what should I do now that Iwagakure is dead?

When Xia Mu asked this sentence, it was just a trap.

"Don't worry, Mr. Dodai. It's impossible for Iwagakure to have large troops coming in the early stage. If Iwagakure has a large number of personnel mobilized, we Uchiha will stop it." Natsuki gave Dodai a guarantee.

"Don't worry, Tosagakure, they will never move."

Natsuki said with a smile, and Dodai nodded in agreement.

The current Sunagakure is weak, the Jinchuriki has not grown up yet, and the Fourth Kazekage will not come to help Kirigakure.

If Sunagakure hadn't been in such a bad place and so poor, he would have been beaten long ago.

Of course, things on the battlefield are changing rapidly and cannot be calculated all at once.

However, as long as Kumogakure can gain a firm foothold in the early stage, Kumogakure will definitely fight this battle.

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Chapter 214 Orochimaru returns to the village

Uchiha clan land

Late at night, reception room.

"How many people are you Uchiha planning to send out?"

Tudai asked.

Natsuki was thinking about who would be suitable to take out for some experience. Itachi and Shisui would definitely go.

"Itachi and Shisui will bring one or two more elites, and I will be responsible for containing the people of Konoha in the village."

Dodai nodded, Itachi is a master of Mangekyō Sharingan, Shisui is a master who has been famous for many years, and is also suspected to be a master of Mangekyō Sharingan.

Natsuki confirmed his guess: "Shisui, like Itachi, both have the Mangekyō Sharingan."

Now Uchiha no longer needs to hide this information, besides, Shisui's Susanoo will definitely be used recently.

oh!

Tutai nodded, outside speculation and Xiamu's own admission were still two different concepts.

There are two powerful Mangekyō Sharingan, and Uchiha is also full of sincerity.

Natsuki's efforts to contain Konoha within the clan were much more useful than going to the battlefield on her own.

As for Fugaku, he has not been seen in public since the last attack. Most likely, he was seriously injured.

So Natsuki didn't say anything, and Todai didn't ask.

"What about profit distribution?" Tutai asked. He didn't know how big Xia Mu's appetite was.

Natsuki walked around the desk and took a map from the side.

Take the pen and circle around the four islands on the left side of the Water Kingdom.

"We Uchiha want these islands."

Tudai took a closer look and saw that these were the islands to the west of Kirigakure, close to the former Uzumaki Country.

It doesn't look very big on the map, but the combined area is comparable to that of Tian Country.

Let alone the Uchiha clan, even if the entire Konoha Village were moved there, this territory would be more than enough.

Moreover, these four islands all have important trade ports in the Kingdom of Water, making them extremely suitable for business development.

Tutai pondered for a while and then agreed.

After all, the war hasn't started yet, so we can only give a general idea. Once the fight is over, everything is easy to talk about. If you don't win, then everything is over.

If the Kingdom of Water is defeated, but both Uchiha's kaleidoscopes are lost...

Therefore, the final distribution of benefits still depends on the remaining strength of both parties.

However, this possibility is unlikely. Uchiha, Natsuki and a whole group of people, it is impossible for Kumogakure to be reluctant to part with a few islands.

It would not be a good thing to offend a family with unlimited potential.

"Okay, it's settled."

Natsuki settled the matter directly.

"How long does it take for you to prepare for war? Can you avoid being discovered?" Xia Mu asked some layman questions.

Now that they are allies, Tutai said very bluntly: "We need to conduct preliminary inspections before we can make combat deployments."

"Whether the transport ships are sufficient depends on the monsoon climate at sea. It will take three months at the earliest to prepare."

"The sea voyage also takes about a month. It is difficult to hide this kind of movement from the Kingdom of Water."

It’s been half a year? Xia Mu didn't expect that it would take so long to prepare.

Didn't the Fourth Ninja War only last three days?

"Does it take that long for us ninjas to gather together? Isn't it just a few days?"

"Does your ship need to sail for a month?" Xia Mu felt that the ships of the Kingdom of Thunder were quite advanced.

Tudai had no choice but to explain to Natsuki.

None of the five major countries has an organized army, only some private armies and other officials and managers who protect the daimyo. It's not helpful at first.

If we want to occupy a large area of ​​the Kingdom of Water this time, we will need a large number of occupying personnel.

Then you need to count some managers and subsequent managers.

The combat strategy also needs to be adjusted according to the different conditions in the Kingdom of Water.

The time to test and find out the situation is much longer than the time to assemble.

Kumogakure's boat is fast, but not everyone can adapt to that speed.

Xia Mu suddenly realized.

Although the ninjas in this world all come and go, their numbers are too small and they cannot completely occupy such a large territory.

Moreover, a protracted war is very logistically demanding and requires ordinary people to serve as tools.

"In that case, go and investigate for yourselves. I can only guarantee that Gotachibana Yagura and Sanwei Isofu are both dead, and they probably won't be able to be resurrected for a few months.

Vulpix Yugao also defected, and the chance of being captured by Kirigakure is slim. "

Xia Mu just listened to a few words and felt that this was an extremely complicated issue.

Fortunately, I don't have to think about these issues.