Two years later, Konoha 32 years.

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Twenty years after the First Shinobi War, the economic disparity between countries has widened, and the power of martial arts factions in various countries has risen on the pretext of increasing fair privileges. The use of force to expand the territory was promoted, and the Second Shinobi War began.

This year, the war between Konoha and the sand ninja entered the white heat, at this time, a man who killed the enemy in the border of the sand ninja made his name, and the sand ninjas who feared him called him "Konoha White Fang", the task was 100% complete, and even if he retreated, it was not considered a mission failure when he encountered the white fang.

In June of the same year, the sand ninja gathered 5,000 ninja regiments from the eastern front "Ghost Mountain" to raid the northern garrison of Konoha, and the poison developed by the sand ninja "Chiyo" claimed to have no possibility of cracking, bringing huge casualties to Konoha at that time, more than 300 people were killed in battle, 1,200 people were poisoned, and more than 3,000 people of the northern garrison of Konoha were forced to retreat 90 miles to Lianju Mountain.

In late June of the same year, Princess Konoha "Tsunade" cracked Chiyo's poison technique, and the northern garrison of Konoha launched a full-front counterattack.

The northern garrison of Konoha launched a night attack at 11:30 that night, and the elite troops led by Konoha White Fang entered the hinterland of the enemy army and successfully beheaded the commander of the southern Sand Ninja Legion.

In August of the same year, the Konoha forces launched a comprehensive strategic counteroffensive under the leadership of Tsunade, which took six days to recover all the occupied territories of Konoha.

In September of the same year, the Konoha army pressed the border, and the soldiers pointed directly at the hinterland of the sand ninja.

At the same time, in the southern part of Konoha in the border area, the leader of the rain hidden village, known as the "demigods", is trying to become the fifth largest ninja village in the world, and armed conflicts have broken out with neighboring countries one after another.

In October of Konoha 32, Yuyin Village officially declared war on Konoha.

Konoha was forced to temporarily suspend his plans for a full-scale attack on Shinobi and mobilize elite troops to rush to the southern battlefield.

In late October, the war between Konoha and Yuyin Village officially began in "Hechuan".

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The cold wind is howling, and the sky is freezing.

Winter is coming.

Heavy snow fell in the sky, covering the entire Konoha with a snow-white coat.

On this day, Konoha did not have the prosperity of the past, all the people went to the entrance of Konoha Village, more than 100,000 people stood on both sides of the road and looked into the distance with anticipation and fear, the crowd was extremely crowded but strangely very quiet, until the team returning from the expedition appeared at the end of the road, there was a sound of sobbing from the crowd.

"They're back."

It didn't take long for the Konoha troops who had retreated from the front line to recuperate appeared in front of everyone, they were all remnants of the retreating army from the front line of the Sand Ninja and the Rain Ninja, thousands of wounded and hundreds of seriously wounded, but the bodies of many more people remained on the battlefield forever, leaving only the names engraved on the memorial monument and the crying heart-rending relatives.

The 1455 remnants of the Konoha army were all gray and defeated, walking silently on the streets of Konoha The leader was the eastern commander Orochimaru, who was the first to fight with the sand ninja and the Konoha army that led the troops to the rain ninja battlefield, so his troops were the most seriously attritional, and the number of people who came back was less than one-third of the battle.

There were no triumphant cheers, no warm greetings, all around were horrified, sad, resentful gazes.

Orochimaru walked at the front of the line with an expressionless face, he knew what these people were thinking, as the so-called one general was incompetent and exhausted to the death of the three armies. Although Orochimaru is not an incompetent coach, even his record and merits are among the best in the entire Konoha.

However, too many people died.

At the end of the Hechuan Campaign, the entire Hechuan River was stained red with blood, and there was not a drop of clear water for dozens of kilometers.

The river is full of Konoha and the corpses of enemies.

"Life is really fragile."

Heavy snow was falling in the sky, and Orochimaru's mood was like the cold wind of this winter, becoming more and more cold to the bone.

At this moment, a woman rushed out of the side of the road, and she ran in front of Orochimaru and cried out despite the obstacles.

"Orochimaru-sama, I... My family's... Son...... Why is he not in the ranks, isn't he your guard always by your side? ”

Orochimaru's face was cold, and he glanced at the other party with numbness in his eyes, which immediately made the woman's whole body shiver.

The eyes of the snake are golden and emotionless.

Cold-blooded.

Numbness.

A sense of contempt for life.

"Dead."

Two simple words, impersonal and without any emotional fluctuations, popped out of Orochimaru's mouth.

This cold and ruthless expression made the surrounding crowd suddenly rise in disgust, although he was a famous third-generation apprentice, but this act of ignoring people's grief also made Orochimaru lose his position in the hearts of the people.

Cold, ruthless, and a cold-blooded animal.

Even though no one spoke, the eyes of the people around him had changed.

But Orochimaru didn't bother to care about what these people thought, his personality was already very cold, if it weren't for the kind of hot-blooded idiot like Jiraiya who always ignored this indifference, Orochimaru didn't feel that anyone could understand each other with him. Even the three generations of Hokage, in recent years, the concept of the two has become more and more repulsive.

"Are you alright?"

Orochimaru glanced coldly at the woman, turned around and continued to move forward.

Perhaps because his attitude was too cold and hard, the woman's courage that burst out of nowhere, actually grabbed Orochimaru's sleeve.

I saw that the woman's face was full of tears, her eyes were red, and her expression was distorted.

shouted in a heart-rending voice.

"Why, why can you say such cruel things so simply!"

"Do you know how much my children adore you? You know how much effort he puts into getting closer to you!! ”

"Why would you say such things so emotionlessly, or even without caring at all! Don't you have hearts and tears that you don't want to show even the most basic sorrow!? ”

At this time, two Konoha ninjas rushed out of the team, hurriedly picked up the woman and pulled her into the crowd.

Orochimaru looked coldly at the woman who had been dragged away.

"Orochimaru, you are an emotionless brute, my son died for you!!"

"I curse you cold-blooded viper!!"

Soon the woman was dragged away and disappeared into the crowd, but her sad tone that contained grief and indignation resonated with the people around her, although the person who didn't hate Orochimaru very much before, his face was cold at this time, and there was a faint hatred in his eyes staring at him.

Anger?

Perhaps.

But Orochimaru's impersonal and cold words not only tore the woman's heart, but also deeply stabbed everyone present.

Many people may think at this moment that it would be good if it was Orochimaru who died.

This is the human heart.

“……”

Orochimaru was silent and continued to walk forward.

People are so fragile.

A simple injury will kill.

If you are infected with toxins, you will die.

Walking on the road will also die.

Running in the river will also die.

People who were laughing one second will suddenly be blown away the next second, and their internal organs will be scattered all over the ground.

Frail.

Impotent.

Are humans such useless creatures?

Human life is something that can be taken away so easily.

What about me?

How much weight does my life have?

"The weight of life...... How much does it weigh......

Orochimaru slowly closed his eyes.

At this time, the wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier, and the howling cold wind blocked everyone's vision.

A transparent tear slid down her cheek.

Dissipated in the icy cold wind.

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The next day, Konoha issued a new order.

According to a high-level study, a decision was made after discussion with front-line commanders on the current problem of a serious shortage of troops caused by two-front operations.

- Expand the army!