Konoha’s New Third Hokage

"Konoha's New Three Generations of Hokage ()"

Now it is the second year of the second ninja world war, and the war in Konoha Ninja Village has been going very smoothly. Even if there are occasional setbacks, it cannot hinder the overall good situation. However, Konoha Ninja Village encountered a rare failure this time. No matter which side it is, it cannot look at this battle with an optimistic attitude.

In the wartime staff department, all the senior ninjas, including Masaki Fumori and other high-level officials, sat in the conference room and listened to a report read by a johnin from the intelligence department. A series of battles and losses after landing from the South.

Although Akimichi Tekkaze rushed to the southern battlefield in time and temporarily suppressed the Kirigakure ninja troops, but the Kirigakure ninja troops were obviously not afraid of this, but began to consolidate the territory they had already occupied, and the third army had not yet fully arrived. Qiudao Fengfeng couldn't fight back.

When Konoha's third ninja unit arrived, Akimichi Torukaze immediately organized his troops to start a counterattack. However, because of the high-speed impact of Kirigakure Ninja Village earlier, the Konoha Ninja troops here were split. After regrouping, Kirigakure Ninja The troops had fortified a solid line of defense and did not seek further advances, holding the line firmly in place so that it would not be lost.

After Konoha's third ninja unit's attack was frustrated, Kirigakure's ninja unit began to turn to support the stronghold on the Eastern Front, directly threatening the back of the first ninja unit. During this period, the Kirigakure Ninja Unit on the Eastern Front also launched a strong and violent attack, which made the No. 1 Ninja Unit take it seriously. In this case, facing the threat from the rear, the No. 1 Ninja Unit immediately fell into a panic. a dangerous situation.

Through an emergency communication channel, Hiruzaru Sarutobi informed the village of the situation and gave his own suggestions. He believed that it would be unfavorable to confront the Kirigakure ninja under such circumstances. Although he might be suspected of cowardice and abandoning the country, he It is hoped that the stronghold can be retreated, fully united with the third ninja force, and a new defense on the eastern front can be established to meet the Kirigakure ninja village.

In the report, Hiruzaru Sarutobi expressed his willingness to bear the responsibility for the defeat of the war. In this regard, the village decided to approve Hiruzaru Sarutobi's suggestion after deliberation. Therefore, under the order of the central department of Konoha Ninja Village, the first and third ninja troops began to shrink the defense line and reorganize the defense. Even so, Sarutobi Hiruzen would shrink the defense line to control the best situation.

Feng Senzhenghui quietly flipped through the report in front of him. When the reporter's voice stopped, the sound of flipping through was still ringing, because Fengsen Zhenghui's face was expressionless, and the others also looked arrogant. , the atmosphere in the entire meeting room seemed very tense.

With a snap, the report booklet was closed, Feng Mori Masaki let out a breath, looked at the jonin present, and said, "Everyone, don't show that expression. I should admit that in this battle Made a mistake of underestimating the enemy and being careless, which resulted in the current situation.”

"No, Hokage-sama, it's all because the frontline commanders didn't notice the enemy's movement in time, and it has nothing to do with your decision." Someone said immediately.

After serving as Hokage, Masaki Kazemori's performance has always been obvious to all, and he has made great contributions to the prosperity of the village. After the outbreak of the Ninja World War, Masaki Kazemori's strategic measures basically have no problems , This makes Feng Mori Masaki's reputation very high. Even if an accident occurs, other people will subconsciously shift the responsibility to other people, rather than Hokage itself making mistakes.

"Okay, people are not sages and sages, and there is nothing wrong with it. You don't have to excuse me." Masaki Fengsen shook his head slightly, "Just like you, I also blinded my eyes for the smoothness of the war. For those ninja villages, I am Some underestimated them."

The strategy formulated by Masaki Fengmori is feasible on the whole. As long as all of them can be achieved, the sand hidden ninja village and the fog hidden ninja village can be solved at a relatively small cost. The tenacity of a ninja village, when they are forced to a certain level, they are not at the mercy of others.

The strategy adopted by Kirigakure Ninja Village this time is very bold,

There is a kind of all-or-nothing spirit. According to the report, both the southern and eastern Kirigakure ninja troops have used jinchu power, but Konoha Ninja Village underestimated the enemy's counterattack strength, which led to Konoha The situation of the ninja army is critical.

This is certainly the responsibility of the front-line commander. As a front-line commander, he failed to notice all the enemy's movements. However, Feng Mori Masaki and others who are in charge of the general staff in the village are also responsible, specifically because of the war. smooth, but too underestimated the potential power of Ninja Village.

"However, although Kirigakure Ninja Village has won a respite, to some extent, they have also pushed to the limit." Masaki Fengmori said, "They have already put two Jinzhuli into the battlefield, and let's not say With the use of Jinchuriki, even the potential of the ninja army itself has not yet fully exploded, everyone, take it easy, although the situation is not very good, it is not that bad."

Hearing Fengmori Masaki's words, the expressions of the others eased slightly. It is true that Kirigakure Ninja Village has put all of its power into it, but the troops of Konoha Ninja Village have abundant combat capabilities. Whether it is Sarutobi Both Hizhan and Shimura Danzo have the strength to compete with Jinzhuriki. Although they lost some places, it seems that the situation is a bit bad, but considering the cloud hidden ninja village as an ally, and the Konoha ninja troops who have reintegrated their strength , there seems to be nothing bad.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Feng Mori Masaki nodded slightly, and said: "We don't have to be frustrated, we will definitely win, but we must not commit the mistake of being blindly optimistic again. The enemy is also a ninja village from the five major countries. If we want to completely suppress They must have the consciousness to pay the corresponding price."

"Master Hokage is right. We can no longer be too happy because the battle is going well, so as to ignore the potential capabilities of other ninja villages. No matter what kind of battle it is, we must take them seriously." At this time, Nara The head of the house stood up and spoke.

The people of the Nara family are very intelligent, and the head of the family is the leader among them. As the "brain" in the Irobuta Alliance, its wisdom is recognized by every ninja family, not only them, but also other ninjas. Everyone in the country has to admire the strategy of the Nara family.

In the fourth ninja world war of the later generations, the Fourth Raikage gave up the position of the general staff of the Ninja Allied Forces to Nara Shikahisa, the head of the Nara Patriarch at that time, and Shikaku lived up to expectations. Facing the unreasonable and filthy reincarnated army, he used Exquisite strategies divide the candidates for each battlefield, so as to suppress the army of reincarnation.

Even if the extraordinary Uchiha Madara and the ten-tailed monsters appeared later, Nara Shikahisa also showed an excellent strategy. Although because of its too powerful power, people of the same strength are still needed to deal with it, but that belongs to the realm of mythology , nor can it be said that Nara Shikahisa's ability is not good, and the current war is just a war of mortals.

In this ninja world war, Patriarch Nara made a lot of contributions to the details of Masaki Kazemori's overall strategy, and played a pivotal role in the staff department. However, he was also temporarily optimistic because of the smooth progress of the war. Now that he heard Masaki Kazemori's review, he was the first to come to his senses and stood up to support Hokage's remarks.

"It's not terrible to make mistakes, because no one can make mistakes, and the war is to see who makes fewer mistakes and whoever wins. It's just a temporary failure. Other ninja villages have not given up after so many failures. It is even more impossible for us to give up because of this, as long as we win the final victory, the failure in the early stage is nothing." Masaki Fengmori said.

After Hokage's words, everyone began to readjust their mentality, and realized that it was because the war was too smooth. Occasionally, when they encountered a setback, they felt that the situation was not good. In fact, this kind of thinking was totally wrong Necessary, is the enemy's advantage really that great? As Hokage said, Kirigakure Ninja Village has invested so much power to have such a situation. It seems that the situation is good, but they are still facing the situation of being overwhelmed by both Fire and Thunder. At most, they have more abundant resources. The capital to deal with, but whether it can win, seems to be an unlikely thing.

After all, Kirigakure Ninja Village is isolated overseas, and the only nearby islands that can be regarded as allies are large and small islands, but those are just some insignificant islands, how much support can they give? No matter how bad the situation in the Land of Winds is, no matter how difficult the military capabilities of Sand Hidden Ninja Village are, at least there will be support from the Land of Earth, and there will be other small countries as buffers along the way.

However, the country of water does not have any major powers to support it. Facing the alliance between Huo and Lei, the best result is to control the coastal areas, and the country of water may not even be able to achieve such a result. Thinking about it this way, the true image of the Land of Water seems to emerge vaguely.

"...Is it like a cornered animal making a desperate counterattack?" Someone murmured.

"That's right, as long as the arrogance of Kirigakure Ninja Village can be suppressed, the power that erupted just before death will quickly decline over time." Patriarch Nara nodded.

"In other words, what we have to do now is to strengthen our beliefs and not make other mistakes in combat." Masaki Fengmori glanced at everyone, "I think from the beginning to the end that Konoha You will be the winner of this war, and you will definitely be the leader of the order of the ninja world in the future, I hope you can also have the same belief."

"Live up to Hokage-sama's trust." Everyone stood up and saluted Masaki Fengmori.

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After receiving the order from the village, Hiruzaru Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura and others personally presided over the task of shrinking the defense line, and they thought they had a heavy responsibility to personally cover the retreat of the troops on the front line, but only with their strong strength Only in this way can Kikakure Ninja Village be afraid, and dare not rashly advance too far.

When the first and third ninja units are reintegrated, the defense line will be re-planned, with Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and Akimichi Tekkaze stably controlling the three directions. Even with the power of the tail beast, Kirigakure Ninja Village Stop moving forward and start to consolidate the newly occupied land. According to their intelligence, the troops of Yunyin Ninja Village have begun to move south, and may threaten the right wing of Wuyin Ninja Village at any time.

Because of the attack of Kirigakure Ninja Village, many territories in the Fire Country were lost, and the nobles on it had to gather the remnants and retreat. Naturally, they also had certain complaints about Konoha Ninja Village, and Hiruza Sarutobi managed to appease them They couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The newly established stronghold can effectively control the eastern and southern fronts. After confirming the enemy's movement on the front line, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the stronghold and went to his camp to prepare for a good rest. He had just entered and hadn't had time yet. Sitting down and drinking a sip of water, I saw an unexpected figure.

"Masaki." Hiruzaru Sarutobi said in surprise when he saw the person in front of him, because he was in a private camp, and he didn't have a respectful title in front of outsiders, and this was also the way of expressing their friendship.

Masaki Fengmori nodded at him, poured him a glass of water, and said, "Drink it, it's been hard work, I heard you are going to confirm the movements of Kirigakure Ninja Village."

"Why did you come here?" Hiruzaru Sarutobi took a sip, moistened his throat, pulled up two chairs, and sat down with Masaki Fengmori.

"It's just a shadow clone. Although I want to write a letter, I feel that I should come here to discuss the next battle with you in person." Masaki Fengmori said.

"I'm sorry, Masaki, you entrusted me with the heavy responsibility, but—" Hiruzaru Sarutobi shook his head, "Although I guessed that Kirigakure Ninja Village would definitely take a counterattack, I didn't expect it to be so violent that it hurt us I have to shrink the line of defense. I am not trying to excuse myself, I also said in the report that all the responsibilities are borne by me, and you should not hold them accountable.”

"This can't be said to be your problem." Feng Senzhenghui said the conclusion of the meeting again, "You don't have to blame yourself, since you plan to take full responsibility, I will give you a certain punishment, but I will not deprive you of As for your commander status, I can also guarantee that for the rest of the responsible people, except for those who are timid to fight, even if the rest retreat, as long as they fight bravely, they will not be held accountable, and there is no compensation for the victims. It will be less."

"Really, thank you so much, Masaki." Hiruzaru Sarutobi said solemnly.

"Don't think it's free, I tell you, you have to give me a good victory and come back, if not, you know the result." Feng Senzhenghui said with a smile.

"I understand." Hiruzaru Sarutobi nodded heavily, with some coldness in his eyes, "Kirigakure Ninja Village made us suffer so much this time, so many people died in the south, and I was forced to face those The accusations of the nobles, these accounts, I have to settle them for them."

"The people in our village naturally have to count, including those soldiers and civilians who lost their soldiers and generals in order to defend the territory." Feng Mori Masaki said, "By the way, what is the accusation of the nobles that you are talking about?"

"Because the lost territory is the fiefdom of those people, they put the responsibility for the loss of the territory on my head, saying that it is not good for protection. Although the defeat in the war is my responsibility, I just swallowed it, but listening to those guys, It's really unpleasant." Sarutobi Hiruza said.

"Our Konoha Ninja Village is the military power of the Fire Nation, and so are their local lords. This time the battle is also involving ninjas and samurai, so they themselves have no responsibility at all?" Masaki Fengmori snorted softly.

"Miyamoto has done his best. He also understands the reasons for the defeat in the war. Besides, he also gathered the troops in time. The loss is not too big. I owe him a little. But other people are different. I don't know where they have the face to throw all the responsibility on me." When Sarutobi Hiruzen said this, his tone was a little angry.

"These aristocrats don't hurt their backs when they stand and talk. I still admire those nobles who dare to do it themselves, but I don't like those who just point fingers behind their backs." Feng Senzhenghui said, "They It's really uncomfortable to have such a guy around who only needs others to pay, but dare not take the slightest responsibility."

"But there is no way, who is the nobleman of this country, and we are just the hired ninja alliance." Hiruzaru Sarutobi couldn't help sighing.

"Why, you just accepted their accusation?" Feng Sen Zhenghui raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Then what can we do? We don't have the right to deal with the nobles in the country. If we are guilty, we can rely on the daimyo to solve the problem. At most we can use a little force." Hiruzen Sarutobi shrugged helplessly.

Konoha Ninja Village is a mercenary of the Nation of Fire, and they are not qualified to intervene in the internal politics of the Nation of Fire. At most, they affect the politics indirectly by influencing the nobles. But in the final analysis, it is impossible for them to personally participate in it. This is also an inherent problem belonging to Konoha Ninja Village. It not only puts Konoha Ninja Village and the Kingdom of Fire on a relatively equal position, but also makes it lose something.

"To be honest, our Konoha Ninja Village is also doing our best for the Land of Fire, not only defending the country, but also fighting for its status and interests in the ninja world." Masaki Fengmori said, "In comparison, what we got is Ordinary employment payments—less than our own business revenue—reward and effort are simply disproportionate.”

"Not only that, but also to accept the difficulties of the nobles." Hiruza Sarutobi knows that Konoha Ninja Village has developed so far, because of its too strong strength, it has already caused the fear of the daimyo and its faction nobles, just because of the strength of the Ninja Village. , and being friendly with other local lords who are close to Konoha Ninja Village, and showing favor to the daimyo, the relationship was maintained just now, but the daimyo must have wanted to weaken Konoha Ninja Village in his heart.

The failure of some local lords to do their best this time may be behind daimyo's back. After all, daimyo is unwilling to see a Konoha Ninja Village, which is like a country within a country, break away from his control, and Konoha Ninja Village also He would not be willing to put himself under the complete control of the daimyo—the current Konoha Ninja Village is actually farther and farther away from the shackles of traditional feudalism in thought, and has less respect for the daimyo.

"Those who work diligently should get their due rewards. The same is true for Konoha Ninja Village. Since the security of the country is protected by us, at least the country has to take responsibility for raising soldiers. Now it is the village that pays the ninjas Your own financial income." Feng Mori Masaki looked at Hiruzaru Sarutobi seriously, "So far, the contradiction between the village and the country is getting bigger and bigger. It used to be good in peacetime, but now it has begun to erupt during war. , just because of the protection of the country, the nobles can't really suppress the village in an all-round way, but they will definitely find ways to weaken the power of the village."

Hiruzaru Sarutobi's heart tightened slightly, he was actually more worried about this, but he couldn't think of any other good way, so he felt that he had to find a way to ease the conflict, and said, "Masaki, what do you think?"

"It's hard to say now, but no matter what, the village must not be bound by those nobles in the future. If you want to maintain the order of the ninja world, you must make full use of the power of the country of fire, and the current village is barely maintained by other means. Unified relationship, but sooner or later there will be problems, and the situation you are facing is a proof." Masaki Fengmori said.

"Masaki, do you mean..." Hiruzaru Sarutobi asked hesitantly.

"I don't have any special ideas. I just want Konoha Ninja Village to get the rights and status it deserves. It's fair to get as much as you give." Masaki Fengmori smiled at Hiruzaru Sarutobi.