Chapter 177: Battle
If it was just Tuan Zang who brought up this matter, Kaede Ye might think that it was just his daily brain pumping, but after the performance of everyone, it made Kaede Ye feel more and more wrong.
Unexpectedly, there were a lot of people who were in favor of Tuan Zang's proposal, especially the patriarchs of several big families led by them, as if they had discussed it with Tuan Zang a long time ago, and they kept saying something with Tuan Zang.
Soon, driven by a few people in Tuanzang, there were more and more people who recognized that the interests of Konoha were the first priority and the overall situation was the most important.
The Konoha high-level who hesitated to start a war against foreign enemies was unexpectedly decisive in dealing with their own people.
"What about Mito-sama? If sheβ" Suddenly the question was raised.
"It's okay, Mito-sama believes that she will also focus on the overall situation, for the Konoha and Uzumaki clans, she has always been very open..."
At this moment, Mito's kindness and love for Konoha have also become something that these guys take advantage of, and Kaede Ye actually understands that there is one easiest way to rescue the Vortex Clan, and that is to threaten Mito by opening his mouth.
With Mito's identity and status, as well as the strength of the Nine-Tails Pillar Force, as long as he speaks, there are not many people who can oppose it.
However, the reality is that Mito will never be able to say such a thing.
In the Thousand Hands Clan, listening to Kaede's previous dictation of the previous decisions made to everyone, Mito's eyes suddenly darkened slightly.
"Grandma Mito... Actually..."
"Hmm... You go back first..."
There was no direct answer to Kaede's question, but Kaede probably understood that Mito had indeed made a decision.
She wouldn't do that...
On the occasion of such a big war, she will not take the lead in splitting Konoha from within.
Two days later, the Vortex Patriarch, who had not been able to wait for reinforcements for a long time, personally fought his way out of the siege and came to Konoha.
After a quick meeting with Mito, the Vortex Patriarch angrily rushed towards the Hokage Tower.
It just so happened that Konoha was still holding a meeting, and he was arguing about various things on the battlefield, so the Vortex Patriarch broke in by himself.
"Zhihe, you..."
Just when the three generations were embarrassed to say something, the Vortex Patriarch was already red-eyed.
"Why, why didn't you send us reinforcements?"
Although he had already gotten some of the news before he came in, he couldn't believe it anyway.
"Well, we're still discussing..."
"Huh! Discuss until all of us in the Vortex are killed? β
The Vortex Patriarch suddenly rushed towards the three generations in anger.
"Enough!"
In an instant, several strong men stood up and surrounded the Vortex Patriarch in the middle.
"It's Konoha here, don't go too far."
"Calm down!"
The three generations looked at the Vortex Patriarch apologetically, and motioned for everyone to stop.
Of course, he didn't know what Kaede Ye had said about him before.
If you really want to get to the end, if you lose the Uzumaki Clan, it will definitely be an irreparable absolute loss for Konoha.
However, the current situation in Konoha is indeed really critical.
He doesn't have as optimistic hopes for the outcome of this war as Kaede Night, although in the long run, the Uzumaki clan is important to Konoha, but in the short term, a decisive battle with the Kiri Shinobi in unfavorable terrain, once lost, is likely to lead to a total rout of Konoha.
Therefore, he also hopes to get a compromise, if the Vortex Clan is willing to retreat, it will be even better.
Even if it really comes to the last step and loses the Vortex Clan... That can actually be said to have bought time for Konoha on other battlefields, and under the overall situation, he just wants to seek stability.
"If you want, we can help you pick up some of your people..."
"What about the rest of the Vortex Nation?"
In response to the Vortex Patriarch, there was silence.
"That's your answer? Then I will tell you my answer, no way! β
"Even if we all die in battle, we Vortex Clan will not be able to abandon the Vortex Country!"
The decision made by the Vortex Patriarch was more decisive than everyone expected, and he gave an answer without hesitation.
"Then I'm sorry... We can't take such a big risk to fight the Kiristin at sea..."
"Huh-" The Vortex Patriarch couldn't help but laugh.
"We've shed blood for Konoha!"
The Vortex Patriarch roared angrily.
"If it weren't for you Konoha , we wouldn't be like this today!"
Facing the angry shouts of the vortex patriarch, everyone in Konoha felt a little ashamed.
In fact, as the Vortex Patriarch said, they did too much for Konoha.
The last time they fought ninja, when they were still strong, they once relied on the power of the single clan to fight against the fog ninja to buy time for Konoha.
In that ninja war, they sacrificed a lot.
Here, I have to mention the comparison between the strength recovery of the ninja village and the family, the ninja village often does not take more than ten years to recover the peak strength, but once those powerful families are hit, the recovery will be calculated at least in two generations, more than thirty years.
The last time they sacrificed so many people for Konoha was the reason why they weren't the opponent of the Kirist Shinobi at all today.
If it weren't for the resolute side of Konoha , the mist ninja might not have provoked this powerful family, after all, their clan was originally indisputable and had almost no enemies.
And in addition to this, Konoha also owes a lot to the Vortex Clan in other aspects, such as the children who died in order to become human pillar power, and those are all the hole cards of the Vortex Clan sacrificing themselves to achieve the nine-tailed Konoha card.
However, the reality is that Konoha eventually turns his back on them.
Looking at the whirlpool patriarch with a sad and angry face, the group fell silent.
"Hehe... This is what your first Hokage said will always be with us? β
The Vortex Patriarch's eyes were full of despair.
Suddenly, at this very moment, a man stepped forward.
"On my behalf, we of the Thousand Hands Clan are invited to fight."
Looking at the eyes of the three generations calmly, the eyes of the thousand-handed patriarch were full of determination.
Immediately after, without waiting for the three generations to agree or not, the thousand-handed patriarch ordered to gather people on the spot.
Turning back to shake the hand of the Vortex Patriarch, the Thousand-Hand Patriarch whispered to him in his ear.
"Konoha may indeed have failed you, but we of the Thousand Hands Clan did not."
Silently watching this scene, Kaede Ye's heart sighed silently.
While it's uncertain whether this happened in history, there should be little difference.
Maple Night had actually guessed before.
With the distance between the country of the vortex and Konoha, it is impossible for them to be destroyed unless Konoha abandons them.
Probably because Konoha is sorry for them, even if they are scattered all over the world, no one comes to live in Konoha.
And it may be because of this that the Thousand Hands Clan is in decline, or even separated from Konoha.
"Konoha cut off two of his own arms again," Kaede thought secretly.
If you really want to say that it may not be difficult to help the Thousand Hands Clan and the Vortex Clan keep more seedlings and live more people, but the difficult thing is that no matter what others do, they have completely separated from Konoha ...
Maybe that's exactly what some of the top brass in the village wanted? It was almost predictable that the Thousand Hands would help the Uzumaki Clan, and even if the Thousand Hands Patriarch didn't stand up, it was estimated that they would have a way to force him to stand up.
This is probably exactly what they wanted, the decline of the strongest family in Konoha in exchange for their development space...
Of course, it doesn't seem to be a loss to use the sacrifices of the two families in exchange for Konoha to gain time on other battlefields.
"Whew-"
Taking a deep breath slightly, Kaede Ye suddenly stood up.
"Kaede Night, please fight!"
Perhaps, this could be his chance? As long as he performs well, the legacy of the Thousand Hands Clan is almost at his fingertips.