Chapter 2: The Shadow of War
The land of fire, Konoha Village. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"It's amazing......"
Tianquan stood outside the gate of Konoha Village, looking at the world's largest ninja village, and his mouth was amazed.
Outside the village is a lush forest, and a fence has been artificially created between the forest and the village, and inside the barrier is the Konoha Village, which was co-founded by Senju Tsuruma and Madara Uchiha.
From the place of Tianquan, buildings are erected on this land, and from time to time ninjas jump over the roofs, of course, the most conspicuous is the landmark building of Konoha, Hokage Rock!
The Hokage Rock opposite the gate of Konoha Village is high above, and the heads of the first two Hokages, Senju Pillar and Senju Pillar, are carved to life, as if looking down on the village they once guarded.
"Between the columns...... There is also the ...... of the door" Tianquan silently stared at the Hokage Rock, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Hey!" The guards at the gate noticed Tianquan and shouted from afar, and Tianquan came back to his senses and walked over slowly.
Seeing Tianquan coming over, the guards also breathed a sigh of relief, it was the time of the Great Ninja War, and Konoha Village was not only facing threats on the frontal battlefield, but also guarding against some ninjas from other countries to steal information. Tianquan had been staring at Konoha Village just now, and it was a new face, so he had to make these two guards vigilant.
"If it's a merchant who wants to enter Konoha Village, you need to pass the paper, but you still need to check." The guard said quietly to Tianquan.
Even during the Ninja War, there were still merchants who bought and sold, and even some prices rose because of the war. Some of Konoha Village's economy and supplies were brought by these merchants, while the other part was financed by the Fire Nation plus the cost of hiring ninjas by ordinary people.
But it was clear that this guard didn't really think of Tianquan as a merchant, but as a test, which was also the most basic line of defense for Konoha to avoid strangers entering the village.
Hearing the guard's words, Tianquan directly pulled out a scroll from his waist and handed it to the guard.
"I'm the patriarch of the Fire Country's Feather Clan, Hagoromo Tenzumi, please help me give this letter to the Hokage."
"Land of Fire...... The Feathered Family? The guard took the scroll and subconsciously glanced at Tianquan, his eyes became solemn, obviously he had heard about the Feather Cloak Clan.
Since the establishment of Konoha Village, basically all the ninjas who can be called in the Land of Fire have joined Konoha Village, and the individual ninjas who have not joined have gradually declined due to the oppression of Konoha Village in the huge power of the Ninja World of the Land of Fire. If the Feather Cloak Clan hadn't been disheartened by Hui's death, they would have joined Konoha Village now, and would still occupy a good position in the village. However, now that the Feather Cloak clan has moved overseas for more than 20 years, they are no longer considered to be from the Fire Country.
"Please wait here for a while." The guard made a few seals, and then said apologetically to Tianquan: "The dark department will be here in a while, and this matter is beyond my authority." ”
Tianquan nodded and waited quietly.
After a while, a ninja wearing a cat-face mask arrived, communicated with the guards, took the scroll, and immediately rushed to the village.
In Konoha Village, in the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hizashi was correcting the documents, and on the side, Koharu explained the key points in the documents to Sarufei from time to time.
"Huh......," Ape Fei stopped writing, and his eyes showed a sense of fatigue.
The Land of Fire has the richest resources in the world, which is naturally coveted, but since Tsuruma and Madara founded Konoha Village, subdued all the ninja clans of the Fire Country with overwhelming strength, and gathered all the forces of the Fire Country together, the Fire Country has also become the most powerful country in the world in one fell swoop, once deterring other countries, and maintaining peace for twenty years. But with Madara's defection and Tsuruma's death, other countries began to sway, in a vain attempt to break the pattern divided at the Five Shadows Conference that year.
But before they could act, the second generation of Hokage Kazuma succeeded to the throne, the ninja school and the dark department were founded, and ninjutsu that were useful for both low-handed and high-level masters such as the Hidden Clone Art and the Konoha Fluid Technique came out, and Konoha Village also entered a peak period of development, once again pulling other countries behind.
However, the good times did not last long, as time went on, other countries also established their own ninja schools and various necessary systems, and the power that ninjas had accumulated for many years began to erupt, and after the deterrence of Tsuruma and Madara, the first ninja war finally broke out.
Geographically, the Land of Fire is located in a hilly area and is the center of the continent, the Land of Wind in the southwest is full of deserts, the Land of Earth in the northwest is mostly desolate and rocky, the Land of Thunder in the northeast is located on a plateau, and the Land of Water in the east is surrounded by water. Therefore, except for the water country, which has little need for war, other countries want to take the opportunity to defeat the fire country and redivide the power of the ninja world.
To add insult to injury, the strongest person in Konoha Village at this time, the second Hokage Senjuma, in order to let his subordinates escape, left alone to block the pursuit of the Golden Horn and Silver Horn troops of the Land of Thunder, and his whereabouts are still unknown.
At the speed of the door, if there is no news at this time, it can almost indicate his death.
"Ape Fei, do you want to take a break?" Zhuan Xiaochun looked at Ape Fei's tired appearance and couldn't help asking.
"It's okay......" Ape Fei sighed, took out another document, and began to read.
"Eventful......" After looking at it for a while, Ape Fei couldn't help but throw down the page and rub his temples.
Zhuan Xiaochun looked at the document, glanced at it a few times, and immediately understood why Ape Fei was bothered.
Yunyin Village has also sent troops!
Originally, Kazuma was preparing to form an alliance with Yunyin Village, wanting to win allies as much as possible, but now that the second generation of Thunder Shadow has died, and the Golden Horn and Silver Horn troops are missing, the new Thunder Shadow succeeded to the throne and tore up the unfinished agreement between the two villages, and brazenly sent troops to prepare to attack the Fire Country, the reason is that the second generation of Hokage Thousand Hands, together with the traitor Golden Horn and Silver Horn of Lei Yin Village, attacked the second generation of Thunder Shadow, resulting in the death of the second generation of Thunder Shadow.
Anyway, not many people knew the situation at that time, so it was no matter how Yunyin Village made it up.
Now the shadows of the five countries are: the second generation of Wind Shadow Shamen, the first generation of Earth Shadow Shihe, the third generation of Thunder Shadow Ai, the first generation of Water Shadow White Lotus, and the rest are the third generation, the generation of Hokage Ape Flying Sun Slash.
Acting Hokage, even if Sarufei is a disciple of Pillar and Tsuruma, and the designated successor of the second generation Hokage, but the light of the first two Hokage is too dazzling, and before there is enough military exploits to convince the public, Sarufei can only be a Hokage. Fortunately, the high-level of Konoha is very united at this time, although it is the Hokage, but Sarufei is already fulfilling the duties of the Hokage, as long as Konoha Village can survive this crisis, Sarufei can become the third Hokage of Konoha Village.
However, the crisis in Konoha Village is not ordinarily big now, except for the Fog Hidden Village, which did not participate in the attack on Konoha Village, the other four ninja villages have already sent troops, and the troops of Konoha Village are deadlocked in the vassal countries of the Fire Country, if this defense line is broken, then the battle line will be pulled to the border of the Fire Country, or even the country!
With the strength of one country, against the other four most powerful powers in the world, the national strength of the Fire Country is indeed worthy of its name of "the first power", but without a strong man like the second generation and the second generation, this kind of war situation will not last long.
"How's the battle going?" Sarutobi asked Koharu.
"This is the latest intelligence, as you can see, the situation is temporarily deadlocked." "But now this situation is not in our favor, you need to find a breakthrough as soon as possible, preferably if you can defeat a country first." ”
Ape Fei left his seat and came to the side of the room, silently looking at the map on the wall, with lines of different colors, with scissors on it, teeth and claws, pointing directly at the land of fire.
"Whew......" Ape Fei exhaled lightly and asked, "What do you suggest?" ”
Koharu pointed to the northwest and southwest of the map, and said: "The land of earth or the country of wind, these two countries are relatively weak, and the country of water has not sent troops, but the country of thunder is on guard, and some of the troops are defending at home, this is our chance." ”
Ape Fei muttered: "Just because you don't have it now doesn't mean you won't have it in the future......"
"But there's no way around it." Zhuan Xiaochun said calmly: "Some of the forces we deployed in the east to defend the Water Country can be transferred to the northeast, which can greatly delay the pressure on other aspects. ”
"En......" Ape Fei thought quietly, and the room fell silent for a while.
Zhuan Xiaochun is now Sarufei's assistant, as a woman, she has a unique way of thinking about problems, and she can complement Ape Fei, so her advice Sarufei will think about it.
Since the unification of the five major powers, they have also extended their tentacles to the surrounding small countries, forcing those small countries to become their vassal countries by force, so this time it can be said that they are pouring out, the country of fire is now short of manpower in all aspects, and the country of water is not moving, just to withdraw the troops in this area, change the defense to the country of thunder, and then gather superior forces to defeat a country first, force it to surrender, and then you can have enough troops to deal with other countries.
However, this is an ideal situation, although the water country is the weakest among the five major powers, but it should not be underestimated, if the water country does not make any action in this ninja war, once it takes advantage of the fire country's eastern defense line is empty to send troops, then the fire country will face the worst result of being attacked and surrounded by enemies.
And unfortunately, the current leader of the Fog Hidden Village in the Land of Water is a generation of Mizukage, as a character who created the pattern of the ninja world and is of the same level as a generation of Hokage, a generation of Mizukage is definitely a hero, and there is no reason not to be interested in the Land of Fire. Rather than thinking that the Water Country has no intention of sending troops to the Fire Country, it is better to observe, and it is conceivable that as long as the Fire Country is at a disadvantage in the war, then the Water Country will definitely pounce on it and bite a piece of meat.
"It would be nice if the first and second generations of adults were still there......" Zhuan Xiaochun suddenly sighed heartily.
"Yes......" Sarufei was reminded of her words, remembering the almost invincible record of the pillars.
"The powerhouse of the Fire Nation back then...... It's really desirable. Ape Fei said, his face showing a kind of perseverance and fearlessness.
"However, the Konoha Village established by those predecessors must not be destroyed in my hands! I'll take care of it! ”
Zhuan Koharu looked at Sarufei and smiled slightly: "I believe in you, and I also believe in the second generation Hokage-sama!" ”
"Hokage-sama!" A figure appeared in the room in an instant, kneeling on one knee with a mask on his face, which was none other than the Hokage's direct troops, the Dark Division.
"What's the matter?"
"The patriarch of the Feather Cloak clan has arrived!" Darkbe said, handing out the scroll, "This is his prayer." ”
"What! The Feathered Family? Sarufei and Zhuanyu Koharu glanced at each other, and they both saw an emotion in each other's eyes.
Unbelievable!
The Feathercoat Clan, who had disappeared for more than 20 years, would reappear! And it's just in time for the country of fire to encounter a crisis, is it true or not?
Ape Fei took the scroll and opened it directly, starting with a few words that frightened him.
"Three generations of Hokage apes flying to the sun and slashing their relatives!"
The corner of Sarufei's eyes jumped, and he was appointed as the acting Hokage, and he could also be called the Hokage to the outside world, but not long after the second Hokage disappeared, he had just taken office, and now the Hokage's algebra and name were directly called out on the worship post of the Feather Clan, and this alone made Sarufei think a lot.
Continue to read, it was over in just a few lines, but Ape Fei felt a wave of surprise in his heart.
The post is very simple, in addition to congratulating Sarufei on his appointment as the third generation Hokage, it is the feather clan who wants to join the Konoha side to participate in this war.
Syllable! Ape Fei closed the scroll.
"Invite the patriarch of the Feather Cloak Clan to my office!"