"Dozens of ironclad ships are conducting naval exercises ...... abroad"

In the Great Tent of the Chinese Army of the Thunder Country Fog Hidden Expeditionary Army, the three generations of Mizukage once again received the military information of the shogunate from the country.

"Are there any special moves from the shogunate in the near future?"

The third generation of Mizukage put down the intelligence documents and asked the Shadow Ninja.

“…… Konoha's warship also escorted 70 billion taels of banknotes to and asked to exchange them for gold ......"

The Shadow Ninja replied.

Since the decision to withdraw his troops, Mizukage has consciously strengthened the collection of intelligence within the Mizunoki Country and the southern archipelago of the shogunate for strategic analysis.

The retreat of the ninja army is not a simple matter.

Although after a series of rapid attacks, Yun Yin, who was greatly injured, could only retreat in Yunlei Gorge to defend, it did not mean that Yun Yin did not have the strength to counterattack when Wu Yin withdrew.

And once there is a problem in the withdrawal process, the Wuyin, who is like an arrow, may even collapse the whole family because of some inexplicable trivial things, in which case it will be regretted.

"Besides, isn't there a war mobilization in Konoha Ninja Village?"

Mizukage asked with a frown.

He felt that he could not figure out the purpose of the shogunate's move.

If it is said that it is to force the daimyo to pay the golden sentence in full, in fact, it is not possible to work so hard; If there is another war, the military power of the shogunate alone may not be able to compete with Kirikure.

Especially now that the Fog Hidden Expeditionary Force is full of fighting spirit, and it is full of complaints because it was forced to withdraw its troops, if it is against the Shogunate Shinobi Army again, it will not have the psychological burden caused by the many defeats in the beginning.

Moreover, the three generations of Mizukage have also arranged for secret envoys to spread various hate speech among the ninja army in order to inspire the hatred of the Shogunate among the Kirikin ninjas.

"The spies lurking in Konoha didn't notice anything out of the ordinary."

The Shadow Ninja said with great certainty.

"It seems that it was really to deter the daimyo so that he could pay the full amount of the money and sentence ......"

The third generation of Mizukage laughed and felt a little funny: "As a ninja of the Uchiha clan, he behaves like a philistine merchant who has fallen into the eyes of money...... It's so much fun! ”

"I see, let the shadows in the village continue to spy on the shogunate's movements!"

The three generations of Mizukage were a little bored, so they revealed the matter.

"Yes!"

The Shadow Ninja immediately saluted and left.

“…… Call! ”

After retreating and leaving the Chinese army's tent, the ninja of the Fog Shadow Shadow, who originally exuded an aura of indifference and slaughter, breathed a sigh of relief, and his originally tense and straight waist collapsed.

"Mizukage-sama has changed a lot...... The solemnity of the superior is really unbearable......"

The Fog Shadow Ninja sighed inwardly and left in an instant.

As for the shogunate's recent actions, after the "professional research and judgment" of the Fog Hidden Shadow Department, various intelligence experts agreed that the shogunate wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Fog Hidden Ninja Army's foreign campaign and the emptiness of the country to blackmail the daimyo of the water country, and as long as the reinvigorated and majestic Fog Hidden Expeditionary Force withdrew and returned home, the shogunate's arrogant and domineering actions would definitely be reined in from now on.

And the views of the three generations of Mizukage are also consistent with the judgment of the hidden part of the fog.

In addition, there was indeed no large-scale war mobilization within the Konoha Ninja Village, which strengthened the self-judgment of the fog hidden side.

……

"The fleet of the outer naval exercise can be withdrawn."

After the Rain Ninja Army led by Sanshoyu Hanzo secretly arrived in the eastern waters of the Fire Country to lurk, Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately ordered.

"Yes!"

One of the attendant ninjas immediately took the order to leave.

"Notify the garrison column in the southern islands and go to sea with a radio station to set up a reconnaissance post!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu methodically issued various battle orders one by one.

The attendant ninjas under his command came out one by one to receive the order.

"Has the golden judgment of 70 billion taels been exchanged?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu asked Shuhiro Hinata.

"According to the report of the entourage, 33 billion ...... have been exchanged"

Hinata Shuhiro immediately responded.

"Very good~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was very satisfied: "Continue to exchange!" The three ironclad ships off the coast of continue to cruise in the harbor, don't let the misty spy officers see the flaws! ”

"So far, the fog has not sent an envoy to communicate, could it be that something has already been seen......

The leader of the Konoha Seal Class, the contemporary patriarch of the Uzumaki clan, and the guardian of the Vortex Tide under the command of the Shogunate, Uzumaki Reed, asked.

"It shouldn't be ......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu can't be sure of it, but since he's already done so many feints, there's no way to do it if he is still seen through.

"The fire escape has already gathered in the throat, so now is the time when it has to be released, otherwise I will be injured due to the ninjutsu backlash......"

"Patriarch Reed, this time I really need to start fighting for my life......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said to Uzumaki Reina.

"The lives of the Vortex clan were all saved by the lord, and it is incumbent on them to participate in the war!"

Uzumaki said nominally.

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded, and then continued to issue various military missions.

According to the latest intelligence, after many rounds of reinforcements, the ninja army of the Misty Hidden Expedition to the Land of Thunder has reached 10,000 people, and such a large number of ninja troops, if it is a traditional land battle, it is indeed difficult to defeat it with the power of the shogunate alone.

But through the shipyard built with the help of the shogunate, Uchiha Tokumitsu also keenly discovered a shortcoming of the Kigakure Expeditionary Force, that is, the relative lack of maritime capacity.

The Fog Hidden Ninja Army of the Expedition to the Land of Thunder has more than 500 large and small warships, but most of them are traditional sailboats and oars rowing boats with extremely limited carrying capacity, and the main battleships are still the six ironclad ships sold by the shogunate, and it is these six warships that have established the absolute advantage of fighting against Yunyin at sea when conquering the Land of Thunder.

However, compared to the shogunate's seventy-two ironclad ships, Kiri's naval power was nothing to mention.

Other traditional warships in the Fog Hidden Fleet, such as the Ataka Ship, are not only slow, but their defenses can't even resist a torpedo, as long as the shogunate controls the rhythm of the war during the naval battle, it is completely possible to send all the Fog Hidden Ninjas to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

Although the fog is good at underwater combat, it does not mean that every fog hidden ninja can tread the water and cross the sea for a long distance, after all, the backbone of the ninja army is still dominated by the middle ninja, these middle ninja chakras are relatively limited, even if they try their best to cross the sea and return to the water country, but they will also fall into the dilemma of being slaughtered by others because the chakra is exhausted.

“…… Notify the sea guards of the three clans, and if there is any discovery of the foggy sea crossing fleet, send a report immediately, and confirm the fleet batch where the target of this battle is the third generation of Mizukage! ”

The naval battle is getting closer and closer, and Uchiha Tokumitsu is also starting to get a little restless.

This time, it was not only the main ninja army of Fog Hidden that was directly opposed, but also Madara Uchiha disguised as the third generation of Mizukage!

In the face of this old man, it is impossible to be too cautious.

"Tokumitsu-kun seems to be a little overly anxious......"

An urn-clad sound came from the doorway.

"Mr. Hanzo......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu turned his head to look at it, a big smile on his face.

Hanzo, the sansho fish with a scythe in his hand, walked over with his head held high, followed by a wolfberry Yakura who looked particularly miniature in size.

"Mr. Yakura is also here~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu greeted.

"Humph!"

Although Goji Yakura had been relieved of Madara Uchiha's seal and regained his senses, he still snorted coldly angrily.

Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't care about the rudeness of the wolfberry Yakura, and said to Hanzo Sanshoyu: "This time the stakes are very high, and I will ask Mr. Hanzo to go all out at that time, don't leave your hands behind......"

"Of course, in terms of employment costs, as long as I win, I will never treat Yuren who came all the way to participate in the war!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said with an oath.

After a few more words of greeting with Uchiha Tokumitsu, Sanshoyu Hanzo also resigned and left on the grounds of taking care of his own ninja army, leaving space for Uchiha Tokumitsu and Goji Yakura.

In the second Kigakure Expedition, he also had a relationship with Goji Yakura, knowing that this short ninja who had been defeated and captured was one of the high-level ninjas of Kijigaku, and he was also the identity of a human pillar force, but for some reason, he now appeared in the Tokuko Shogunate station.

"It's horrible......"

Sanshoyu Hanzo thought as he walked, "If the rain ninja village and the shogunate mix up a few more times, will the ninjas in the village also favor the shogunate because of this......"

Hanzo jumped onto a tall tower and looked out towards the harbor of Fubo City.

The rain ninja who has changed into a new outfit has just disembarked, with the shogunate's fan logo on his forehead and his forehead, and he is hooking up with the ninjas of the United Company who arrived across the sea together, as if the two brothers are happy.

"These bastards!"

Sanshoyu Hanzo was about to be dizzy by these self-cooked ninjas of his own family.

……

"Say whatever you want."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said to Yakura, who looked constipated.

“…… What the hell are you going to do with the fog? ”

Goji Yakura asked solemnly.

Although he was once sealed by the "Three Generations of Mizukage" and rescued by Uchiha Tokumitsu, Goji Yakura's love for Kigakure prompted him to ask this question.

"Set things right."

Uchiha Tokumitsu's answer was concise and to the point.

"But a lot of people will die because of it!"

Goji Yakura was not satisfied with Uchiha Tokumitsu's answer.

"Maybe...... But it's all fate! ”

Uchiha Tokumitsu was noncommittal.

"Sure enough, it's the Uchiha who is called the evil clan! Isn't the life of the Mist Ninja a fate? ”

Goji Yakura asked through gritted teeth.

Although his heart was full of anger, there was nothing he could do at this moment.

"The life of the Fog Hidden Ninja is naturally also life, but ......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu looked down at the short man, "You can't do the fog life, right?" ”

"Besides...... The shogunate came and went freely, so if you are not satisfied, you can leave! ”

Uchiha Tokumitsu's tone seemed very indifferent.

"What about the seal on my body? What's going on here! ”

Goji Yakura finally couldn't hold back his anger anymore, stuck out his tongue and said, "What the hell is this! ”

After that, he ripped off his clothes again, pointed to a black curse mark on his abdomen, and shouted, "And this! What the hell! ”

"On the tongue is the seal of the root of the tongue, and on the belly is the seal of the four elephants embedded in the seal of self-karma......

Uchiha Tokumitsu said indifferently: "Please don't think about it, after all, this battle has been planned for a long time, and I just want to keep it a secret." ”

"And don't you think I don't have the power to seal your sanity like my ancestor?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted coldly, with a threatening tone in his tone, "In front of Uchiha's kaleidoscope writing wheel, it's not that difficult to control a human pillar to fight......"

"Abominable ......"

Goji Yakura gritted his teeth in anger, "Madara Uchiha...... Why Madara Uchiha! ”

After he was unsealed, Uchiha Tokumitsu selectively revealed some information to him, but in the face of the truth, people still chose to escape.

"The legendary ninja world Shura Madara Uchiha ......"

Goji Yakura looked restless, pacing back and forth in place.

Seeing that Goji Yakura was so anxious, Uchiha Tokumitsu's pre-war uneasiness inexplicably dissipated.

“…… Is it really Madara Uchiha? ”

After lingering for a while, Goji Yakura asked again.

His face was full of unease.

The opponent is the legendary Madara Uchiha......

The dignified ninja world Shura, how could he make a drama of running to the fog hidden to control the water shadow and replace it?

This doesn't fit the arrogant character of Madara Uchiha!

"If you don't believe me, ask the three tails in your stomach."

Uchiha Tokumitsu pursed his lips, "By the way, there's another key word to talk about Isofu-"

"Indra!"

Goji Yakura's expression immediately became strange, and the tailed beast Chakra on his body unconsciously began to overflow.

"The Seal of Self-Karma!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu casually formed a mudra and activated a spell that caused Goji Yakura's body to stiffen.

After seeing that the tailed beast Chakra had reined, Uchiha Tokumitsu released the curse seal.

“…… You guy! ”

Goji Yakura, who had regained his freedom of movement, trembled with anger.

It's a very bad feeling to be in the hands of someone else.

"What is the difference between such a disgusting behavior and what you said about Madara Uchiha!"

"At least, you're free again!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said as a matter of course, "Are you willing to be reduced to a battle weapon without sanity?" ”

"I don't want this kind of freedom!"

Goji Yakura is still not convinced.

"Alright then......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu is about to unleash the spell seal again.

"I'm joking!"

Seeing this, Goji Yakura hurriedly shouted.

"Don't forget, your identity is still my captive, and it is already the kindness of Lord Ben to let you regain your limited freedom, and you should be grateful."

Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted coldly, "Besides, leaving a spell on your body is just to avoid being discovered by Madara Uchiha after the seal is lifted, so don't think about it!" ”

It's all down to such a situation, can you not think about it?

Besides, what if you think about it more? Does it work?

Goji Yakura only felt bitter in his mouth.

“…… If I can persuade some of the fog to be surrendered, will I save them from the misfortune of war? ”

"Maybe...... Not right now, though. ”

Uchiha Tokumitsu replied, "Of course, if they rebel against each other in wartime, I will give them a decent ending......"

What is a decent ending?

Goji Yakura didn't dare to think about it and ask more.

"Lord Tokumitsu!"

As a cloud of smoke rose from the instantaneous jutsu, an attendant ninja knelt on one knee in front of Tokumitsu Uchiha.

"According to the overseas sentry report, the Wuyin Expeditionary Force has now begun to return, and the first fleet has now set off, with an estimated crew of 4,000 people, and its pilot is the Loquat Ten Tibet!"

"What about our esteemed Mizukage?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu twisted his neck, a fierce smile on his face.

"It has been confirmed that it is still off the coast of the Land of Thunder, or it will depart at the same time as the first fleet unloads and returns!"

Squire Ninja reports.

"Good!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded, and the last trace of uneasiness in his heart was completely extinguished.

"Inform the ninja army to assemble and board the ship immediately!"

"The code name of this battle is: Ming Liang!"

Will you let age spots die or be defeated?

(End of chapter)