Control Time From Hokage

Konoha camp.

In the most central camp.

Orochimaru was standing in front of the sand table map, playing with the flag on the sand table map.

Each small flag represents a squad of Rock Shinobi, each large flag represents a squad, and different colors represent different nature of the team. Some are detection squads, some are assassination squads, and some are combat troops.

The atmosphere in the camp seemed a bit depressed. Danzo was sitting not far away, looking at the sand table map, groaning, and a few elite Jōnin nearby also looked low.

"Sand Shinobi's activities put a lot of pressure on the wings."

After Orochimaru inserted a few flags somewhere on the sand table map, his voice was a little hoarse and slowly spoke.

The situation is very bad now!

In response to Rock Shinobi and Rain Shinobi, he has already endured tremendous pressure. As a result, just the day before yesterday, Sand Shinobi started activities on the southern border flank again.

These Sand Shinobi are sent by Fourth Kazekage Rosha, and their purpose is very peculiar, not just for war, but to eliminate dissidents.

In the previous war, Chiyo was beheaded by Kazekage, and Ebizō's prestige was also severely hit. Luo Sha, who was forced to stand on an unstable upper position, has firmly taken the position of Fourth Kazekage.

After securing Fourth Kazekage's position, Luo Sha did not stop reaping power. He bought, suppressed, or threatened the village's senior officials, and controlled most of Sand Shinobi Village in a short period of time.

And those uncontrolled, organized into groups...similar to Konoha's Uchiha clan, which is difficult to control, were sent out by him to invade the territory of the country of fire.

Sand Shinobi did not completely tear up the previously signed contract.

This batch of Sand Shinobi that appeared only moved around the border, taking actions in areas where they belonged to unknown places. They have not yet fought with Konoha's ninjas, nor did they take the initiative to fight.

But the problem is that even if Sand Shinobi does not take the initiative to start the war, but only displays hundreds of troops on the border, there is still a lot of pressure on Konoha!

It's impossible to ignore it!

The stationing of this batch of Sand Shinobi forced Orochimaru to allocate some troops to deal with it. In this case, the conflict between the front and Rock Shinobi became very serious.

Tsuchikage Ohnoki is very insidious and cunning, especially after Kaedeya and Namikaze Minato became famous, he hardly launched a large-scale attack, but engaged in scattered battles.

Thousands of Rock Shinobi, divided into hundreds of troops, were active along the border, and some of them directly invaded the country of fire.

The purpose of this is simple.

Just to guard against Namikaze Minato and Hatake Kaedaya.

Even if Namikaze Minato and Hatake Kaedya both appeared on the battlefield here, they would lose only one unit at most, and there would be no large-scale losses. They just evacuated as soon as they noticed something wrong.

As Konoha faced the three ninja villages at the same time, there were only seven or eight thousand ninjas in the Rock Shinobi battlefield. After this period of casualties, the actual combat effectiveness has dropped to less than six thousand.

On the Rock Shinobi side, there are nearly 10,000 ninjas watching.

The lack of troops also makes it difficult for Konoha to launch a frontal decisive offensive. After all, the opponent has more people than you. If you don't plan to fight you head-on, it is impossible to counter-encircle if you are small.

Therefore, Konoha can only be forced to deal with Rock Shinobi's small-scale operations. Orochimaru and Danzo have led the team to go out one after another, but the actual results are not satisfactory, because Tsuchikage Onoki often leads elite troops to launch raids.

"Sand Shinobi's actions really need to be on guard. It seems that they haven't done anything yet, but they may go to war with us again at any time."

Danzo stared at the sand table map and said in a deep voice.

Now everyone is clear that with the exception of the Fire Nation, the other four powers will no longer attack each other, because once they attack each other, the remaining two countries will inevitably not be able to resist Konoha's power. , Will be defeated one by one.

Sand Shinobi Village is also aware of this, so it is possible to participate in the war at any time without worrying that Rock Shinobi will attack them and look back at Wu You!

"If Rain Shinobi Village can be settled, the situation can be stabilized...but Hanzō of the Salamander..."

A gloomy look flashed in Orochimaru's eyes.

Switching to other small ninja villages would not pose a threat to Konoha at all. Sending a group of ninjas can directly destroy the opponent.

But Rain Shinobi Village is different. Rain Shinobi Village has a large number of ninjas, two to three thousand people, and the most important thing is the leader of Rain Shinobi Village, Hanzō of the Salamander, who is not as powerful as the leaders of other small ninja villages. , But an extremely powerful ninja!

Even Five Shadows can't help each other!

In this case, Rain Shinobi Village has become an extremely troublesome existence.

If it is normal, Konoha is not afraid, but now facing Rock Shinobi Village and guarding against Sand Shinobi Village, then Rain Shinobi Village's actions will be very deadly.

"Is there no news from Fengye?"

Orochimaru turned to look at Danzo.

Danzo has always been in charge of the battle in the Land of Rain. Many of Danzo’s root ninjas are scattered in the Land of Rain, collecting information, and some are staring at Rain Shinobi Village.

Danzo shook his head and said, "I have lost contact with Kaedeya, but my people have detected Rain Shinobi's actions. They have arrived in a town not far from Rain Shinobi Village a day ago, and they should have returned to the village by now. Inside."

"This guy Hanzo..."

Orochimaru murmured with a sullen face.

Hanzō of the Salamander's acting style was too cautious. He was so cautious that he couldn't find a chance to solve the threat of Rain Shinobi. In this situation, the only way to let Maple Ye return first, and then let Maple Ye deal with Rock Shinobi's teams.

As long as a few teams are eliminated, Rock Shinobi perceives the intelligence that Silver Flash is active on the battlefield, and the level of activity and scale of action will inevitably be greatly reduced.

That way, the positive pressure can be relieved a lot.

If Hanzō of the Salamander launches a sudden flank attack, and then let Fengye lead the team to fight Hanzo, this is the most appropriate response strategy.

"Master Danzo."

While Orochimaru was thinking, a root ninja suddenly walked in, saluted Danzo, and handed a closed scroll to Danzo, saying, "It's the information from Rain Shinobi Village."

"Well……"

Danzo took the scroll, opened it slowly, and glanced over, and saw the first line describing the news that Hanzō of the Salamander had led Rain Shinobi back to Rain Shinobi Village.

Danzo glanced at Orochimaru, and said, "Hanzo has returned to Rain Shinobi Village. I don't know the specific location of Kaedya. Do you have any news about Orochimaru? I will ask my people to contact Kaedya..."

"No."

Orochimaru shook his head and said, "Kaedyah has too little time to learn ninjutsu with me, and I haven't had time to teach him Summoning, so I can't use my Summoning beast to communicate..."

At this point, Orochimaru's voice gradually weakened.

He noticed that Danzo's expression suddenly changed, and suddenly he stared straight at the scroll in his hand, his face frozen, as if he had seen something incredible.

"what happened?"

Orochimaru looked at Danzo, frowned and asked.

Danzo stared at the scroll. It took a few seconds before he seemed to have recovered from a certain disbelief. He slowly lowered the scroll, looked at Orochimaru, and took a breath:

"Hanzo is dead."

"Rain Shinobi Village collapsed."

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