December of this year.

The four great powers of fire, wind, earth, and water form an alliance army.

Wage war against the land of demons.

The three key sentences were immediately keenly captured by the ninja clan patriarchs present, and even if they were calm by nature, they couldn't help but change their faces when they heard Tsunade suddenly announce such a thing.

The atmosphere in the conference room immediately felt like a quagmire, which made people feel extremely oppressive.

"Fire, Hokage-sama...... Are you saying that you want the country of ghosts to provoke a war? ”

A ninja patriarch stood up and questioned, thinking that his ears had heard it wrong, or that he had auditory hallucinations.

To provoke a war at such a time is still to the country of ghosts...... This is clearly a duel against the wrong opponent at the wrong time. And they, Konoha, are the ones who will most likely be defeated by the other party.

It is impossible for some of them not to be shocked and panicked.

"Yes. A high-level resolution has been passed on the matter, and the daimyo fully supports the decision. And, the Sand Hide of the Wind Country, the Iwakure of the Earth Country, and the Fog Hide of the Water Country will also be Konoha allies in the coming days. Do you have any questions about this? ”

Tsunade sat calmly in his position, and from the initial irritability, he gradually became able to stabilize his mentality.

Since the fact that the four countries jointly attacked the country of demons cannot be changed, then she can only fulfill her responsibilities as a Hokage now, determine the matter, and promote its implementation.

Compared to Tsunade's determination, the ninja clan patriarchs below looked at each other and asked? How can there be no doubts? It's better to say that there are more questions in their minds now than mountains.

There were also some ninja patriarchs who thought about it.

Although they provoked war against the country of ghosts, they really only knew about this kind of thing now.

But what is it, in fact, when you think about it seriously, there are traces to follow.

If a war is to be waged, then the prerequisite materials must be prepared sufficiently, such as grain, grass and medicine, which are indispensable and important war readiness resources.

Obviously, it is impossible to raise these things at the beginning of the war, and it is the right thing to do to prepare these war materials in advance.

I think that the village has recently purchased more medicinal herbs, medicines and other items than in the past, and these matters are directly handled by the advisory group...... Some ninja patriarchs suddenly realized something.

Quietly, Konoha had already silently entered the pre-war state, and only now it was officially proposed at a high-level meeting.

"I have an objection! Hokage-sama, I think it's too risky to go to war with the Oni Country...... To put it mildly, with our current strength in Konoha, it is not enough to fight the country of ghosts. If this continues, the village will never recover! ”

Another patriarch of the ninja clan stood up and sternly refuted the war with the country of ghosts, and directly stated that the current Konoha was not an opponent of the country of ghosts.

"Not necessarily. Didn't Hokage-sama say that? This military operation against the country of ghosts is not only our Konoha family, but also the help of our Konoha in the sand, Iwain and Mist. With a little effort, each family can assemble an alliance army of 20,000 ninjas...... Coupled with the fact that there are several Five Shadow level ninjas leading them, I think this matter is promising. ”

The man sitting in the seat of the Ape Fei clan, after a short thought, gave such a response.

The rest of the ninja patriarchs were also considering the pros and cons.

It is true that the military power of the country of ghosts is obvious to all, and even if it is Yunyin, who now nominally occupies the name of the first ninja village, he may not be able to compete with the country of ghosts in terms of military strength.

Although I don't want to admit it, the high-level leaders of each ninja village have compared their own villages with the country of ghosts in terms of military strength, that is, it is difficult for a single big country ninja village to compete with the country of ghosts in terms of military strength.

The three people in the head alone may be equivalent to the total strength of a large country ninja village.

If you really want to deal with the country of ghosts, you must at least take out the strength of the two great ninja villages to compete with it.

In the first two ninja wars, Konoha won the final victory in a one-to-many situation, and established the name of Konoha as the strongest ninja village.

At this time, the country of ghosts, like the Konoha Ninja Village at that time, was in full swing.

Therefore, if only the Konoha side participates in the war, then it is difficult to win this war, because the chances of victory are really slim.

However, if the four great ninja villages launched a military operation against the country of demons at the same time, then in the eyes of the ninja patriarchs, this matter would be worth trying.

At this time, the advisor Mito Menyan, who had been silent, coughed lightly, focused everyone's attention, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the power of the Oni Country is getting stronger and stronger, and it has affected the balance between the countries, and if it is not restricted now, it will be even more difficult to deal with it in the future. Finally, let's not forget who is the one who dominates that country, for us in Konoha, this is an existential crisis. We Konoha love peace, but in order to survive, this is a war that has to be forced to be waged. ”

Although this kind of remark sounds a bit alarmist, Mito Menyan has a saying that is true, that is, Konoha and even the country of fire have very bad diplomatic relations with the country of ghosts.

Otherwise, over the years, Konoha would not have formed an alliance with his old rival in the Third Ninja World War, Sand Hidden Village, and advanced and retreated together on the position against the Oni Country. It was because I felt the pressure of being given by the country of ghosts, so I had to come together with Sand Hidden Village.

In this matter, Konoha has no room to retreat.

As Mito Menyan's words sounded, the ninja clan patriarchs, who were originally hesitant, gradually made up their minds.

That's right, by now, they have lost the space to retreat.

The stronger the country of ghosts, the narrower the living space for the country of fire and Konoha becomes.

Moreover, the system implemented by the Oni Country against ninjas is not conducive to the development of the ninja clan, especially those ninjas who have their own secret art inheritance, once they lose the safe haven of Konoha, the consequences can be imagined. To put it bluntly, they are on the opposite side of the ghost country, and there is no possibility of peaceful coexistence.

"In that case, then I, the Ape Flying Clan, seconded it. When the time comes, our clan will support thirty elite ninjas for the village. ”

The man sitting in the seat of the Sarufei clan echoed on the spot, expressing his willingness to support thirty elite ninjas for this war.

And his words quickly mobilized the enthusiasm of the rest of the people.

"The Hyuga clan seconded."

"The Autumn Dao clan seconded it."

"The oil girl seconded it."

"The Inuzuka clan seconded the proposal."

As the patriarchs of the ninja clan seconded the proposal to participate in the war, those who still had concerns had no choice but to nod their heads and acquiesce, and chose to second, agreeing to join the war.

Seeing that all the patriarchs were actively participating in the battle one by one, the two advisor elders sitting on both sides of Tsunade also nodded approvingly.

With such an indomitable will to fight, there are basically no worries about the next war.

"Well, that's the end of this meeting. Please also ask that after you go back, on the surface, as if nothing happened, choose cronies in the family, and arrange them secretly. ”

Koharu added a sentence at the end to tell everyone to be careful.

Everyone nodded, understanding the importance of this matter and indicating that they would act carefully.

After all, there were still eight or nine months left before December, enough for them to prepare for the battle, and then to deal a painful blow to the country of ghosts.

After the meeting, the ninja patriarchs left the conference room one after another, and in the end, only Tsunade was left, and the five people who stayed in the conference room did not leave.

"Well, we're going to have to set it up a little faster. However, I didn't expect the attack to be in December, so what's going on? ”

Koharu began to inquire about it.

"This is the result of a joint discussion between Hokage-sama and the three of them: Tsuchikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage. Because December is approaching the end of the year, and it is winter, it can catch people off guard. Moreover, against the combat power of Chiba Shiraishi, Uchiha Ruri, and Hinata Ayane, it is also necessary to develop a special plan to limit their movements, which requires a lot of time to arrange. ”

Lu Jiu explained on the side.

After listening to this, Koharu and Mito Menyan nodded slightly, agreeing with this reason.

"So, do you have any good suggestions on how to restrain those three people, Shikaku?"

Mito Menyan's gaze swept towards Shikaku, wanting to hear his opinion.

Lu Jiu shook his head helplessly and replied, "Judging from the information I have obtained so far, the basic crowd tactics are basically ineffective against the three of them. Although to a certain extent, the use of crowd tactics can indeed contain their movements, but as long as they want to leave, it is difficult for ordinary ninjas to stop them. At this time, you can only use ninjas of the same level to limit their range of activities. There is no other way. ”

"Shikaku's opinion is basically the same as mine, and I don't know much about the situation of Ruri Uchiha and Ayane Hinata, so I won't express my opinion. But Chiba Shiraishi's strength, I have personally learned, his doppelganger ability is varied, covering short-range, medium-range and long-range attack modes, and he has no chance of winning when he is alone. Even if I join forces with Tsunade, I'm afraid the result will be ......."

Jiraiya didn't continue to say this, but the meaning expressed was already very obvious.

"In this way, it is a wise decision to set the time for the attack to be in December. However, in fact, there is no need to worry too much about how to target Chiba Shiraishi, it is not only us Konoha who will participate in the battle this time, in order to resist the attack from other directions, the three of them will definitely not be able to converge together, and there is a high probability that they will be scattered to three battlefields and fight separately. In this way, their threat is greatly reduced, and when the time comes, they can be defeated individually. ”

Mito Menyan was not frightened by Jiraiya's words, but pointed directly at the weakness of the Oni no Kuni, and as long as the three of them were scattered, there was a way to defeat them.

"Tsunade, what do you think? You may need your help then. ”

Koharu looked at Tsunade, the Hokage.

"Just do as you say. I won't interfere in the strategic arrangement, you can just decide on your own. During this time, I will focus my energy on internal management. It was almost time, so I left first. ”

After saying this, Tsunade got up from his seat and walked to the door and disappeared.

"Tsunade, she ......"

Zhuan Xiaochun frowned, and stopped talking.

"Forget it, Xiaochun, it's okay to let her calm down by herself for a while, let's just do our job well, don't do superfluous things."

Mito Menyan shook his head, stopped Koharu from going to bed, and then closed his eyes and said nothing.

……

After Tsunade left the conference room, he did not go to the office, but to the personal lounge of the Hokage Building.

As if the body had been drained of strength, he collapsed on the soft bed, and Tsunade closed his eyes and put his hand on his forehead, giving people a rather tired feeling.

After lying on the bed board for about a few minutes, Tsunade suddenly opened his eyes, and with some kind of determination in his eyes, he instantly stood up from the bed board and walked quickly to the work table in the lounge.

Open the notebook, turn to a blank page, pick up the pen, and write the paper.

Halfway through the book, Tsunade's brow furrowed, and with a snort, he tore off the page, crumpled it up, and stuffed it into the pocket of his clothes.

Then I wrote in my notebook, and I just wrote a line, which I tore off again, crumpled it into a ball of paper and stuffed it into my pocket.

It wasn't until the third time, when he wrote the words 'Transaction Terminated' on the paper, that he barely satisfied himself by tearing the page off his notebook and folding it into a square for confidentiality.

Then, she bit her finger and quickly sealed, while running the chakra in her body, she slapped it to the ground, and performed a psychic spell.

Accompanied by a thick smoke was an arm-sized slug.

"Tsunade-sama, are you looking for me?"

The soft and glutinous voice of the live slug sounded, and the upper body was raised, and the two tentacles contracted in the air.

"Ah, there's something I please."

Tsunade folded the square piece of paper on the workbench and placed it in front of the living slug.

"It's ......"

The body of the live slug moved, not understanding what Tsunade meant by putting the paper in front of him.

"Give this to the man in the land of ghosts."

Tsunade believed that Shiraishi would understand what it meant when he saw this message.

This means that the verbal agreement they had made was null and void.

"Lord Shiraishi? I understand. ”

The live slug didn't ask Tsunade what his reason was, and very obediently squirmed forward, making contact with the square paper, and then directly integrated the square paper into the soft and sticky body.

"Please, live slug."

"Well, if Tsunade-sama doesn't have anything else to order, then I'll leave first."

"Go ahead."

Tsunade nodded and let the live slugs go.

The live slug exploded into a cloud of white smoke with a thud and disappeared from the break room, returning to the Wet Bone Forest.

Looking at the figure of the live slugs leaving, Tsunade was a little stunned, and a look of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

But this lonely color quickly disappeared from Tsunade's eyes and turned into a determined color.

"The next time we meet, it's the enemy."

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Termination of Trading.

Seeing the message transmitted by the live slug, Bai Shi, who was working in the office, was slightly silent.

Immediately, he smiled rather relaxedly.

"It's really like Tsunade-sensei's style."

It was clear that he could use the information gap to deceive him and keep him in the dark, but Tsunade did not choose to do so, but used this neutral text to cut off all connections. In this way, he not only broke off with him, but also did not betray his own village, and was worthy of his Hokage's position.

Making such a choice, to a certain extent, represents the other party's heart, and in just a few days, he has experienced unimaginable struggles.

The next time we meet, will it be an enemy?

It doesn't matter, this kind of psychological awareness, Shiraishi has already done a good job.

It's better to say that Tsunade gave such a response, which made him feel a lot more relaxed.

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Half a month passed and it was mid-March.

Although the shadows of Konoha began to quietly store a large amount of materials needed for the war, on the surface, Konoha Village was still as peaceful as usual, and there was nothing abnormal about it.

And Tsunade also fulfills the Hokage's obligations and duties step by step, and every day he goes back and forth between his home and the Hokage building, and occasionally goes to an izakaya to drink and relax, and he concentrates on his work.

The mess left by the previous Hokage, after months of hard work, has finally improved a little.

In terms of task entrustment, there has also been a gradual improvement, and the upper ninja, middle ninja and lower ninja have all begun to return to work, and there are a large number of tasks waiting for them every day, and the appearance of being busy before and after makes Konoha look a little thriving.

However, this good mood was soon broken by uninvited guests.

"I remember you were called Mountain Stroke, what did you come to me for? Isn't it because you're trying to make some moths out of your roots? ”

Tsunade's tone was full of sarcasm.

Yamanaka Stroke, who was sarcastically ridiculed by Tsunade, did not change his face, but replied honestly: "Hokage-sama, I came to you this time to present a gift. ”

"Gifts? If you don't give me the whole thing, I should be thankful, I don't dare to accept your gifts. ”

Tsunade continued to taunt the other party.

Yamanaka took out a file bag by himself, still not caring about Tsunade's sarcasm, but put the file bag on the table in front of Tsunade.

Tsunade's eyes swept over the pouch, not knowing what the other party's intentions were.

"Our roots know that Hokage-sama has been purging the 'rats' in the village recently, so we are here to offer this gift to help Hokage-sama establish his authority. This file bag contains the details of those 'rats', and Hokage-sama can send the shadows to capture them and bring them to justice at any time. ”

The mountain wind has a calm face.

When Tsunade heard this, he fell into deep thought.

It's a big gift.

As the so-called new official took office with three fires, she became the Hokage, and she urgently needs to do a few things that can affect the village, so as to establish her prestige as soon as possible, recruit more talents who can be used for herself, and accumulate political capital.

Although she doesn't like roots, she sometimes has to admit that this organization is powerful. The content in this file is most likely genuine, not fraudulent.

"There is absolutely no problem with the information in this file, the guys recorded in it are all scum who have really betrayed the interests of the village, and these people are at the disposal of Hokage-sama."

Mountain stroke guarantees this.

"What do you need? I don't believe you're going to help me for no purpose. ”

Tsunade was not deterred by the immediate benefits, but calmly inquired about the conditions of Yamanaka's stroke.

"Danzo-sama heard that the seventh class where the fourth generation of Hokage's son Vortex Naruto is is still lacking a member, so Danzo-sama wants to send an excellent root ninja to join the seventh class to protect the safety of the Hokage's son, which is also to make up for the mistakes made by the root in the past. What does Hokage-sama think? ”

The wind in the mountains flashed in his eyes, and he said what he meant.

Tsunade breathed rapidly, and she knew that the intention of sending such a big gift from the root was definitely not simple.

But he didn't expect that Danzou would hit Naruto with his idea.

Don't you give up on the power of tailed beasts?

Just as he was about to say no, Yamanaka continued: "Of course, this is not enough to show the sincerity of our roots. If Hokage-sama agrees to this request, from today onwards, the roots from top to bottom will be subject to Hokage-sama's arrangement. Moreover, Hokage-sama doesn't have to worry about us being unfavorable to Naruto, with the current status and status of the other party, no one will be willing to take risks, and our roots are no exception. ”

Tsunade took a deep breath, stared at Yamanaka Wind, and said, "In that case, the quota for the seventh class can be allocated to you, but forget about the matter of closing your roots, I still want to let myself live for two more years." ”

"Thank you enough, Hokage-sama. Then I won't bother and take my leave. ”

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Yamanaka bowed respectfully to Tsunade, then turned and walked quickly out of the office.