The roar of rage was slowly buried by the sound of the wind and snow that had been re-covered, and the hot air currents gradually disappeared in the icy cold wind, and the eyes of the burning lava warriors, who had been as bright as the sun, began to darken and darken.

In the midst of the rampage, he fought with the ninjas of Konoha and the two toads of Mt. Miaomu for more than a long time, and finally slowly lowered his head under the nervous eyes of the Konoha ninjas.

The hands that clenched the greatsword also lost their strength, causing the greatsword to fall down, causing a slight vibration.

The condensed body turned into transparency, and in a burst of light and shadow distorted, accompanied by a large number of sparks, it melted into the air and lost its traces, as if it had never been before.

Seeing the lava warrior disappear, the Konoha ninjas did not cheer, and they didn't feel that this was a battle that could be called a victory, only the happiness and bitterness of the rest of their lives.

The earth was in shambles, and the cold wind was howling.

On the charred ground, beautiful snowflakes began to fall, covering the gradually cooling corpses.

As far as the eye can see, this originally high-spirited army has already been overwhelmingly forced, to the point where it can't raise its head.

Everything that happened this night will be remembered for a lifetime like a dream demon that will never go away.

Standing on top of Toad Bunta's head, Jiraiya looked at the devastated land, as well as the countless corpses of Konoha ninjas, and the anger in his heart had nowhere to vent, but he stood on top of the toad's head with a blue face, accepting the blowing of the cold wind, as if this would make him sober up a little.

As the leader of the team, the Ape Fei clan Shangnin, in this encounter, has an unshirkable responsibility.

But he knew that now was not the time for guilt and self-blame, and it was with this grief and self-blame that he commanded everyone to clean up the battlefield and collect the bodies of his dead comrades, not wanting them to be exposed in the wilderness of a foreign land.

Jiraiya dismantled the psychic spell and sent the toad Bunta and another toad back to Myoki Mountain.

He came to the side of the Shangnin of the Ape Fei clan and said in a deep voice: "Tell me what happened this time, word for word, I need to understand the situation." ”

The Sarufei clan nodded, not caring about the black ash and blood on their faces, and began to dictate the encounter to Jiraiya with a blank expression.

From the surprise attack, then their counter-encirclement, as a result, miscalculated the combat effectiveness of both sides, resulting in the 3,000-strong troops being completely intercepted here, ravaged by the eleven squad of the Oni no Kuni, so that now the losses are heavy.

If it weren't for the timely support of Zilai, I am afraid that very few of this 3,000-strong force would have been able to escape, and more than half of the personnel would have been annihilated by the enemy here.

After listening to the narration of the experience of the Ape Fei clan, Jiraiya kept his face calm, and finally took a deep breath of cold air and sighed.

He didn't accuse this ape flying clan of the fault of the Shangnin here, if he said the mistake, as the commander, everyone would have to bear the responsibility for the command error.

After all, if you think you are arranging the efficiency of the Oni Country's actions and miscalculate the time of the Oni Country's counterattack, it will be tomorrow morning at the earliest.

As a result, the speed of the Oni Country's actions exceeded all of their expectations.

And no one expected that there was such a terrifying elite squad hidden in the military of the Ghost Country.

And the members of it are all holders of forbidden arts, secret arts, and blood inheritance limits, leaving aside the leading one, the remaining ten, each of them has at least a strong strength comparable to a hundred middle ninjas.

Ninjas of such strength, once they form an organization, can travel lightly, rely on their strong mobility ability, run rampant on the battlefield, and intersperse back and forth between enemy formations, disrupting the opponent's strategic deployment.

Even a large force that meets the enemy head-on, even if it is ultimately defeated, can easily retreat.

Konoha in the past also has such a force.

Interspersing enemy formations on the flank battlefield and using them properly can effectively contain the enemy's main forces and greatly increase the victory rate on the frontal battlefield.

That's the White Fang Squad.

However, even the White Fang Squad could only contain the main enemy force from the flank battlefield in the past, and could not match the large-scale ninja troops.

Caught in a massive force, the White Fang squad will also be hated.

And this elite squad in the country of ghosts, in terms of scale and combat effectiveness, has surpassed the white fang squad of Konoha in the past.

Whether it is from the side battlefield or from the frontal battlefield to contain the opponent's main force, they are capable of doing it.

This encounter undoubtedly confirmed this.

Eleven men into an army.

"Jiraiya-sama, what's next? The country of ghosts has such a force, and with our words alone, I'm afraid it will ......"

Even if he was standing next to one of the three ninjas, the upper ninja of the Ape Fei clan didn't have much sense of security at the moment.

In fact, after seeing that kind of power, only by returning to Konoha Nest can I be afraid that it will bring a sense of security.

"Anyway, let's go to the camp to rest and recuperate, and then let's talk about the next thing."

For a while, he couldn't think of any good way, he was good at taking the lead in the charge, but it was better to leave things like strategy and tactics to professionals.

However, there is only one thing that is clear, that is, the strategy and tactical template used by the Oni Nation in this war, which they have deduced from the existing data, has no reference value in the slightest, and must be rearranged.

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Konoha.

Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, and the others gathered around the table in the private room to celebrate Hinata's birthday and enjoy the food.

It's still snowing outside, but the bustle and heating inside the private room make it a warm world that is completely different from the outside.

They sweat hotly and bring hot food to their mouths.

Time passed slowly in their lively exchange.

Finally, there is the gift giving session.

Everyone carefully prepared gifts for Hinata, and Hinata thanked and accepted them one by one.

Being blessed by so many friends, as a young lady, is also a very rare and precious memory.

After all, in her memory, it was the first time she had spent a birthday party with her friends.

In previous years, I basically spent time at home with my parents and sister.

I was also very happy, but I still felt inhibited when I spent my birthday party with my family, especially when my father was present, and I felt that even if it was a lively birthday party, it would become a normal family meal.

"Invincible Begins with Sacrificing to the Ancestors"

"Hinata, this is my gift to you, it's a chakra glove!"

When it was Naruto's turn to present his birthday, he gave him a pair of gloves that could conduct chakra well, wrapped in a beautiful gift box, and solemnly placed it in Hinata's hand.

Hinata, a little shy and squirming, accepted Naruto's gift.

"Thank you, Naruto-kun......"

Seeing Hinata accept the gift, Naruto was about to say something, when Sakura's question came from the side:

"I've wanted to ask for a long time, why did Naruto send chakra gloves?"

Naruto scratched his head and said, "Ah, that, I think the most practical thing to give a gift is." If you don't use it at home, isn't it a meaningless decoration? ”

After all, Hinata uses soft fists and is a typical melee ninja.

With the physical characteristics of the Hyuga family, combined with this kind of glove that can conduct chakra well, it can be said that it is like a tiger.

In other words, do you want Hinata to keep it in mind? Naruto, I didn't expect you to be quite good. ”

Sakura smiled ambiguously.

Naruto blinked in confusion, not understanding what he meant.

He just considered the practicality of the gift, and Hinata used a soft fist, so he chose this gift?

Why does it feel like Sakura's mouth has become weird? Naruto scratched his ears and cheeks for a moment, feeling very puzzled.

Hinata, on the other hand, turned red and turned into a tempting red apple.

"Well, Hinata, don't take it seriously, Naruto's elm head won't understand."

Shikamaru walked over and patted Naruto on the shoulder, as if he had seen something.

“？”

Naruto was even more deflated now.

I always feel like I'm not talking to them on the same channel.

"I—I know."

Hinata nodded, knowing that Naruto didn't mean that way, but still felt warm in his heart.

"Then, the time is almost up, and I will take my leave."

Hinata held the gift box and bowed to everyone, intending to leave.

As the eldest lady of the Hyuga clan, even though it is her birthday, the clan's schedule for her is quite strict, and she can't stay outside for too long.

The clan has a lot of opinions about her, but after all, she didn't make up her mind to abolish her status as the heir of the clan, just to show that meaning, which also means that many things in Hinata now have to follow the rules of the Hyuga clan, and they can't go beyond the rules.

Sakura turned to Naruto and said, "Naruto, go and send Hinata." ”

"Huh?"

"With so many gifts, it's inconvenient for Hinata to hold them alone. And it's not safe for girls to walk alone at night. ”

"How is it possible, this is in the village, what danger is there?"

Ino and the other girls helplessly held their foreheads, as if they were sighing something, and even Ding Ji, who was still sitting at the table eating, couldn't help but stop eating.

Zuo Jing smiled and said nothing, as if he thought this scene was very interesting.

"Stupid, let you go, what are you talking about?"

Bang!

Unceremoniously, Sakura punched Naruto's head.

So, at Sakura's strong request, Naruto shed tears of 'excitement' and shared part of the gift box for Hinata and escorted her back to the Hyuga clan's clan land.

"Is that okay?"

Shikamaru asked as he walked over to Sakura's side.

"It doesn't matter, it's not Naruto that I like."

Sakura replied very simply.

She only has a 'brotherly' affection for Naruto, and has no idea of falling in love at all.

"Hinata is better suited to Naruto than to pursue me. Naruto's temperament needs a backup to take care of his clutter, and I don't care about people. ”

Sakura stroked her long cherry hair, a smile on her lips.

Shikamaru looked at Sakura's palm, which had some meat cocoons on it.

He knew that Sakura must have practiced very terrifying physical skills these days, such as strange powers or something...... It's really not very suitable for 'taking care' of people.

"That's what I said......"

"Shikamaru, didn't anyone tell you that your eyes were rude?"

Sakura squinted, apparently noticing Shikamaru's gaze.

"Uh...... Sakura, don't stare at my head, I don't want to be a stupid guy like Naruto. ”

Shikamaru jokingly moved a step or two to the side, opening up a safe distance. I'm afraid that the other party will do the same to Naruto and take a look at his head, after all, he doesn't have the ability to resist beatings like Naruto, and he will definitely be beaten in the head.

"However, Hinata is really hard. It's my birthday, but I have to go home so early. ”

Sakura looked at the end of the street, Hinata and Naruto, who had drifted away, and sighed that the life of the eldest lady of a wealthy family did not seem to be as good as she imagined.

"Well, everyone has their own difficulties in this kind of thing, it depends on how everyone self-guides."

Shikamaru put his hands behind his head and said this.

After enjoying the treatment of the family, it is natural to assume the corresponding responsibilities of the family.

Especially for a wealthy family like Hinata, the rules of his family are much stricter than those of regular ninjas, and the enforcement is also very thorough.

"Speaking of which, Shikamaru, do you feel that something is wrong with the village in the past two days?"

Sakura asked suddenly.

"Huh? Are you saying that the ninjas in the village have suddenly become less sexual? I don't know about that. ”

Shikamaru understood what Sakura was referring to, but unfortunately, there was no information to refer to, and he didn't know why there were fewer ninjas in the village recently.

Could it be that they are participating in some kind of mission collectively?

Moreover, my father doesn't know where to go, and he doesn't even have anyone to talk to, so I hope nothing happens. Shikamaru thought, but for some reason, there was always some uneasiness in his heart, as if something bad was going to happen.

……

"Sister, you're back."

"Fireworks?"

After returning to the clan land and parting ways with Naruto, Hinata headed back to her home.

Before he returned to his room, he ran into his sister's fireworks in the corridor.

The other party was wearing a white yukata printed with pink petals, walking barefoot in the hallway, his long hair wet and smelling of fragrance, apparently just bathed.

"The hot water is already boiling, let's go wash it quickly."

Hanabi stared at Hinata's chest and said.

"Okay, okay. I put the gift in my room and went back. ”

Hinata hurriedly responded, perhaps in a hurry, and a gift box fell.

Hinata was just about to bend down and prepare to clean it up again, when someone picked up the gift box that had fallen on the ground faster than her.

"Wait, Hanabi-"

"Sister, what are you doing so nervous?"

Hanabi weighed the weight of the gift box, then untied the ribbon to see what was inside.

"Is there something suspicious in there? Speaking of which, my sister has also reached this age. ”

"What are you talking about! This was given to me by Naruto-kun—"

"Oh, I just said casually, don't be nervous, sister. I see, is it a gift from that yellow hair? I'd like to take a look at it even more. ”

As he spoke, he threw away the ribbon and opened the gift box, and Hanabi saw a brand new pair of gloves inside.

The glove is dark blue in color, close to leather, and on one side is a small iron guard, which is clearly a ninja glove.

Hanabi stimulated the chakra slightly, and realized that the chakra conduction properties of these gloves were excellent.

It can better stimulate the soft fist.

She also owns a pair of chakra gloves.

"It's this thing.,Generally speaking.,It's not a romantic ...... for girls."

Before Hanabi finished speaking, Hinata put down the other gift boxes in her hand and snatched the chakra gloves from Hanabi's hand.

"It's just a birthday present, where do you want to go?"

Even though she tried to harden her voice, Hinata's voice still sounded soft.

"It's not that I want to go anywhere, it's obviously my sister that you're starting to think nonsense."

Hanabi's small body is full of adult-like majesty.

Hinata subconsciously took a step back to the side and hit the wall, with no way back.

Hanabi put one palm on the wall, his head slightly raised, and the pure white child's hole was raised upward, with a sharp color.

"Y-What are you doing, Hanabi? I'm telling you, I'm my sister'......."

"It's because of my sister that I can't help but want to bully...... This is obviously my sister's fault. ”

"Please, please don't do that...... I ......"

Hinata bit her lip tightly, looking pitiful as if she was being bullied, and her eyes drifted timidly.

"It's really a nasty body, obviously it was relatively conservative a year ago."

"I don't want to ...... like that."

"You're trying to use this to seduce your Naruto-kun, right? I didn't expect that the dignified eldest lady of Hyuga would be so shameless. ”

Hanabi's body approached further, almost touching Hinata's chest.

"There's no such thing!"

Hinata whispered a refutation of this kind of thing.

Her breasts were so swollen that she didn't want to.

"I don't believe it, let me check."

"Don't!"

Hinata blushed and panicked to protect her chest from the fireworks attack.

"Haha!"

Seeing Hinata's embarrassed and panicked appearance, Hanabi laughed happily, took two steps back, and the majestic momentum on her body disappeared, becoming no different from an ordinary cute little girl.

Only then did Hinata react, she was tricked by Hanabi, and glared at Hanabi with some shame.

This sister is so hateful!

Obviously she is the sister!

"Hanabi, you're so rude!"

Hinata's face was full of unhappiness.

"It's all to blame sister, you don't have the slightest majesty, do you want to sue?"

"I won't sue, I'm not a child."

Hinata rolled her eyes and began to pick up the other gift boxes that had fallen on the ground.

"Okay, don't tease you, sister, my birthday present has been placed in your room. Well, I wish you a good night's dream, sister. ”

Seeing that her sister Hinata was so funny, Hanabi walked towards the other end of the corridor with a happy mood.

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The next day, at eight o'clock in the morning.

The sound of an alarm sounded in the sky above Konoha and spread to the entire territory of Konoha Village.

The villagers were still stunned, and the ninjas who were familiar with this siren immediately took action, especially the cadre-level ninjas who served in various units, and rushed towards the direction of the Hokage Building.

This alarm sounds, and it will only sound over the village when there is a war in the village, which means that Konoha Village will enter a state of first-level alert.

The important blocks of the village were posted by the ninjas of the Shadow Division.

More precisely, a declaration of war.

- In order to counter the hegemony of the Oni Country and maintain the sovereignty of the Allied Powers, the Fire Nation, along with the Earth Country, the Wind Country, and the Water Country, will decide to declare war on the Oni Country in order to maintain international peace!

- From today until the end of the war, Konoha will always be on first-level alert, and it is strictly forbidden to enter or leave. All ninjas who violate this rule will be treated as wanted for treachery.

- All the upper ninja, middle ninja, and lower ninja cancel their original tasks, suspend all commissions, and wait in the village at any time to prepare for battle.

"War, war...... Hey, Shikamaru, did you see that the village has declared war on the land of ghosts! ”

In front of a wall with an announcement attached, the trio of the new generation of pigs, deer and butterflies converge.

Ino pointed to the announcement document and let out a nervous scream as he patted Shikamaru's shoulder hard.

Ding Ci hummed and ate the potato chips, the speed was getting faster and faster, and he could almost only see the afterimage, obviously in a shocked mood.

"Ino, you don't have to shout so loudly, I can see it."

Shikamaru helplessly shrugged his shoulder, which was slapped by Ino, and then he looked at the declaration of war posted on the wall, and bit his finger, intending to use the pain to clear his head.

It is true that he did feel that something was not quite right in the village in the past few days, his father, as the head of the Konoha Kamishinobi squad, had not been working in the Hokage Building in the past few days, and together with Ino and Dingji's father, he didn't know where he had gone.

But he definitely didn't guess that all this anomaly would be related to the war.

And it's still picked at such times.

It's not like a make-the-fly decision, it's premeditated! Seeing that in addition to the Fire Realm, three other great powers were also involved, Shikamaru knew that such a war could not be a temporary decision.

"What to do, Shikamaru? Dad and Uncle have been out of the village lately, I'm afraid they're ......."

Ino's face was full of nervousness and worry.

Although she was born in an era far away from war as a new generation of female ninjas, it doesn't mean that she doesn't understand the cruelty of war.

Just from the words in the books, you should know that war causes a large number of deaths and displacement.

She was very worried about her father, who also died on the battlefield.

"What else can I do? Asma, these ninjas, had already gone to the ninja meeting just now. For now, this result cannot be changed, so wait for the orders of your superiors with peace of mind. ”

Shikamaru said it on the surface, but the fingers that were bitten by the teeth also trembled slightly, proving that he was uneasy in his heart.

This is war, not a mission.

In other words, the so-called mission, in the face of war, is not even qualified to carry shoes.

……

Hokage Building.

Large meeting room.

Hundreds of upper ninjas gathered together, and as the vice president of Konoha Hospital, Asami Masumi sat at the head of the seat, proving that she was also quite extraordinary among the upper ninja people.

From her position, she could clearly see the five generations of Hokage Tsunade presiding over the meeting in front of her, the two advisors, and the Hyuga clan patriarch Hinata Hinata who attended a major meeting as a high-level elder for the first time.

What will the higher-ups do next?

While thinking about such a question, Asami Masumi took out her notebook and picked up the pen with a calm expression, intending to record the content of this meeting word for word.