Chapter 216
The funds to maintain the operation of the ninja village and the compensation after the war was defeated were enough to crush this small country that was not rich to begin with.
The ninjas were traveling very fast. It was only after one o'clock in the afternoon when they set off. By the early morning of the next day, the ninja troops had already arrived at the border of the Land of Fire.
The Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Thunder are separated by the Kingdom of Tang and the Kingdom of Moon. Based on the speed of ninjas, it would take about a day and a half to cross these two countries.
War may break out at any time.
According to intelligence, Cloud Hidden Village has sent a large number of Cloud Ninjas to secretly sneak into the Kingdom of Tang. They may cross the border at any time and carry out some destructive attacks in the Kingdom of Fire.
Wars between the five major powers are often protracted.
Unlike the Four Ninja World War, the enemy and us in the Four Ninja World War have clear goals. As long as both sides concentrate their main forces to determine the winner.
But the war between the five major powers cannot be decided in one battle.
The war missions of destroying town security, destroying the economy, destroying buildings, assassinating nobles, officials, daimyo, etc. are the themes of the war between the five major countries.
Because there is little difference in combat power between the five major nations, once the two villages gather all their main forces for a decisive battle, the other three major ninja villages will ultimately win.
Therefore, there are hidden rules in the war between the five major powers.
During the Third War of the Ninja World, Konoha only destroyed the Kanna Kun Bridge, and Iwagakure Village directly declared its surrender.
It's just a bridge. With the ability of a ninja, wouldn't it be possible to just build a new bridge by using Earth Release?
The focus of the battle of Kanna-kun Bridge is not actually the bridge itself, but that Namikaze Minato killed dozens of Jonin in Iwagakure Village in that battle in an instant.
Konoha originally only planned to destroy the Kannakun Bridge, delay the arrival of supplies from Iwagakure Village to the front line, and create a fighter opportunity for Konoha.
However, Namikaze Minato's sudden display of power immediately frightened the Iwagakure Village.
If Kanna Kunqiao was really so important, how could Minato Namikaze let Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, who were only twelve years old at the time, carry out the mission?
"Is it okay to insert this here?"
In the camp, Hinata is helping to set up the tent.
For Hinata, who was doing this kind of thing for the first time, military career was still quite new.
Although I am unhappy that Yunyin Village disturbed my research, but since they are here, let’s have fun with them!
The ninja opposite Hinata said: "Yeah! Just insert it there!"
After a long day of work, the camp was finally set up.
Hinata cleaned up and wandered to the meeting tent in the middle of the camp.
"Hey...Kakashi-sensei, is this your first time as a combat commander?"
Hinata asked curiously: "How do you feel?"
Kakashi looked at the map spread out on the discussion table in a pretentious manner. There were various lines and marks drawn on the map, which were Kakashi's analysis of the trends in Kumogakure Village.
Hinata took a sneak peek.
Hinata had been trained and learned these things after she became a Jonin.
A jounin is not just powerful.
The purpose of the chuunin exam is to test the ability of ninjas to lead teams to perform tasks, while jounin needs to master more knowledge, including the tactical qualities that must be possessed in war.
Seeing that the person coming was Hinata, Kakashi rolled his eyes and said feebly: "I feel okay!"
Hinata walked to the conference table and asked curiously: "Kakashi-sensei, do we need to send ninjas into the Kingdom of Yu?"
"no!"
Kakashi refused verbally: "Before departure, Lord Hokage strictly ordered us not to provoke Kumogakure. If we send ninjas into the country of Yu, not only will the country of Yu be dragged into the war, but also the war between us and Kumogakure It will also be on the verge of breaking out.”
Hinata looked at Kakashi and said, "I understand the truth...but are we going to defend here?"
"If we scare Yunyin Village, wouldn't the war be over?"
Kakashi said with a serious face: "Hinata, our biggest enemy is not Kumogakure... but Akatsuki!"
"If we start a war with Kumogakure at this moment, the other three major ninja villages and the Akatsuki organization hiding behind the scenes will ultimately benefit."
Hinata almost forgot about the Akatsuki Organization. After all, the Akatsuki Organization was Hinata's power.
But if the Akatsuki organization is taken into consideration, it is indeed inappropriate for Konoha to start a war with Kumogakure at this moment.
"ok, I get it!"
Hinata responded without sincerity, and then asked: "Kakashi-sensei, are these possible invasion routes for Kumogakure?"
"kindness!"
Kakashi nodded and said: "Look here and here..."
Kakashi drew two lines.
"These two lines are Kumogakure's most likely invasion routes. Once Kumogakure enters these two places, he will immediately cause damage to our border cities and then evacuate quickly."
"If we take into account the premise that Konoha does not want to take the initiative to start a war, Kumogakure Village's actions may be unscrupulous."
Hinata looked at the map carefully, then looked up at Kakashi and asked innocently: "Kakashi-sensei, if I am surrounded by Kumo ninja and I am about to be beaten to death, will you save me?" Should I kill Yun Nin?"
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Kakashi rolled his eyes and complained: "Even you were almost beaten to death. Even if I ran to save you, I would probably be beaten to death too!"
Hinata hummed, crossed her arms, and planned not to talk to Kakashi for a week.
Kakashi scratched his head and said helplessly and seriously: "I will never let my companions be in danger."
never mind!
Seeing that Kakashi still seemed a little bit sincere, Hinata generously forgave Kakashi.
Originally, I was just bored and teasing Kakashi, but what Hinata wanted to ask more was: If Akai and Obito fall into the water at the same time, who will you save?
After playing around with Kakashi for a while, Hinata also looked at the map seriously.
"Kakashi-sensei, for now, the attitudes of Kirigakure and Sagakure should be important, right?"
Hinata analyzed for a moment and guessed: "Kumogakure and Iwagakure should have reached an agreement on a certain purpose, but Iwagakure has not taken action yet... The Tsuchikage may still be hesitant, or maybe he has not yet agreed with Kumogakure on the details. Hidden Village is settled.”
"Kumogakure is gathering ninja troops at the border, probably not to put pressure on Konoha, but to put pressure on the entire ninja world."
Kakashi looked at Hinata in surprise and said in surprise: "It seems that you have grown a lot during this time!"
"Of course!"
Hinata said proudly: "I used to be Hokage-sama's most trusted right-hand man!"
Regarding Hinata's resignation, there was actually some talk in the village, but it was suppressed by the topic of war.
And Kakashi didn't want to interfere in this matter, after all, it was a choice made by an individual's free will.
Although ninjas advocate obeying orders, with the development of the world and the progress of society, 'freedom' has become a topic that ninjas occasionally talk about.
No one wants to live like a machine, let alone a killing machine.
It has been more than ten years since the Three Ninja World Wars ended, and more than ten years of peace have allowed the ninjas to progress in their thinking.
This is also the reason why the fighting between the five villages did not break out immediately.
If we had followed the thinking during the Third World War, Kumogakure and Iwagakure would have launched a full-scale attack on Konoha and would not be as restrained as they are now.
Although Hinata has shown great strength, for the Tsuchikage and Raikage, who have been at the pinnacle of the ninja world for decades, they will not admit that they are not as good as Hinata before they have a real fight.
"How to deal with the structure of the ninja world is a matter for the top management of the village."
"Our current mission is to keep Kumogakure out of the country and protect the safety of the Fire Country."
Kakashi pointed to several places on the map and said solemnly: "The reconnaissance team consists of one jounin and three chuunin to ensure the team's survival rate."
"Although the structure of the ninja world has nothing to do with us, you are right about one thing...The attitude of Kumogakure Village will determine whether they will take the lead in provoking a war."
"The Fourth Raikage has a fiery personality and is not tolerant, but not everyone in Kumogakure Village is warlike."
"..."
After hearing Kakashi ramble a lot, Hinata was still very interested at first, but soon lost interest.
"Okay——"
Hinata glanced at Kakashi and showed an expression of 'I really admire you'.
"After all, in the end, it doesn't depend on strength."
Kakashi believes that there is a high probability that the Hidden Cloud Village will cross the border, especially when the Hidden Cloud Village receives information that Hinata has arrived at the front line, it will definitely send strong men to test Hinata's strength.
If you want to test a ninja of Hinata's level, ordinary jounin will not do it.
Even Darui, who is known as Raikage's right-hand man, doesn't have enough weight.
The Raikage himself will not be present in person, so the Hidden Cloud Village will most likely send out jinchuriki to test how dangerous Hinata is to the other major ninja villages.
Kakashi said helplessly: "Hinata, actually the situation you mentioned before is very likely to happen. There is a high chance that you will be besieged by Kumogakure."
"it does not matter!"
Hinata shrugged and said nonchalantly: "People who are too good will always be jealous."
Kakashi glanced at Hinata: "Just think about it yourself!"
There are two types of balance between the five major ninja villages, one is a balance with a small difference in combat power, and the other is a balance with a huge gap in combat power.
Just like when Senju Hashirama was still alive, even if the threat to Konoha was extremely huge, the ninja world still maintained a balanced situation.
"I'll go out and take a look!"
After roughly understanding Kakashi's thoughts, Hinata said hello, turned around and walked out of the camp.
Kakashi looked at Hinata's leaving back with slightly complicated eyes.
Konoha sent troops very hastily this time. Without even discussing tactics in the village, they directly sent large troops to the border to defend Kumogakure.
Maybe the village had some considerations in one way or another, but Hinata was thinking along the way, was it necessary for her to be sent here?
Both Tsunade and Kakashi said not to actively provoke Kumogakure, and the forces sent to the border by Kumogakure were just ordinary ninja troops.
The border doesn't actually require Hinata's power.
And once Konoha needs Hinata to take action, there is no need to send ordinary ninjas to hold them back.
Even if a ninja war really happens, ninjas of Hinata's level will only perform tasks in the form of an elite team.
After a conversation with Kakashi, Hinata finally figured out the reason why she appeared in this team.
Konoha sent Hinata to the front line this time, in fact, to exert a deterrent effect on Kumogakure in high-level ninja battles.
With Raikage unable to fight in person, the combat power that Cloud Hidden Village can send is actually quite limited.
Konoha can even guess who the ninja sent by Cloud Hidden Village to test Hinata is.
When they reached the edge of the camp, Hinata felt a little depressed.
‘Pah!’
Kicking away the small stone that blocked the road, Hinata sat on the wooden stake, holding her chin with both hands, staring at the ground in front of her in a daze.
Although she was not betrayed by the village, Hinata was still a little unhappy.
Once the Hidden Cloud Village received the information that Hinata had arrived at the front line, they would only have two options left: ‘test’ and ‘retreat’.
And considering the character of the Fourth Raikage, the possibility of choosing the former is actually greater.
The original purpose of the Hidden Cloud Village was just to put pressure on Konoha and the entire ninja world, forcing other ninja villages in the ninja world to besiege Konoha together.
Konoha’s attitude was to let Hinata defeat the Hidden Cloud Village in a high-level ninja battle.
Perhaps the village was worried that Hinata would mindlessly hold a meeting to kill too many cloud ninjas, resulting in Konoha and the Hidden Cloud being unable to end, so it combined Hinata and the ninja troops, two incompatible forces.
However, the village chose to conceal Hinata.
In fact, from the perspective of Konoha's deployment, this approach is not considered deception, after all, there are 2,000 ninjas and 300 medical ninjas accompanying them.
In a sense, Konoha's deployment is to resist the invasion of Kumogakure Village.
Perhaps Konoha does not need Hinata's power now, but once Kumogakure Village sends out a strong man of Jinchūriki level, Hinata will have a place to use her skills.
But the reason why Kumogakure Village sent out a strong man was that Konoha used Hinata as bait to lure them...