Kushina was finally brought back to Konoha by the Anbu. The battle was fierce on the battlefield, and the command headquarters could not spare any ninja to protect her.
With Kushina's return, the impact of the kidnapping incident slowly dissipated, and no one mentioned Cloud Hidden Village again, as if this incident had never happened.
The Third Tsuchikage was indeed a scheming man. Although he was far away in Iwagakure Village, he could see into Sarutobi Hiruzen's thoughts earlier than anyone else.
Since Konoha has no plans to take action, the Third Raikage will continue to attack Earth Country sooner or later when he realizes it. So Ohnoki took the opportunity to send out troops, pretending to attack Kumogakure's troops with Konoha, and bluffed the opponent. Retreat and give up a large occupied area.
When the Third Raikage reacted, the two villages started fighting again, but the advantage of Kumogakure Village was not as great as it was at the beginning.
As a chain reaction, the battle between Konoha and Sunagakure became increasingly fierce.
In August, the Third Kazekage single-handedly attacked Konoha's supply troops, causing food shortages on the front lines.
In September, Chiyo developed a new poison that inflicted huge casualties on Konoha's troops and stalled the advance of the front.
But soon the new poison was cracked by Tsunade. In the next two months, poisoning and detoxification became new ways of fighting on the battlefield.
After this battle, Tsunade's reputation as a medical master became more and more famous. Although she was very proud, she was very humble.
"What kind of genius is that? I just spent the time that others eat ramen on detoxifying."
Of course, there is another sentence at the end of the full version: "Hahahaha, don't call me the title of 'the best female ninja in the ninja world' in the future. You must keep a low profile. Oh, by the way, have you seen Kawa no Kuni at four in the morning? ?"
That's probably what Tsunade-hime is, low-key and humble.
Of course, Tsunade was right. She did spend her meal time cracking Chiyo's poison. At the same time, as her medical ninjutsu became more and more mature, the lethality of the poison in Sunagakure Village became more and more limited.
Therefore, at the end of the Thirty-One Years of Konoha, there were new changes on the battlefield. The number of ordinary ninjas in Sunagakure Village gradually decreased, and elite puppet masters began to provide support in large numbers.
In order to deal with the puppet master, Konoha began to re-formulate the combat policy: with ten elite jounin as the core, 60% of the ninjas were divided into ten parts according to their strength, specifically to snipe Sunagakure's puppet master on the battlefield. As for the remaining 40%, it is used for replacement and defense when the defense line shrinks.
Uchiha Tatsu naturally took one position, but considering his extremely young age, some of the ninjas on the list were familiar to him.
Including some of the ninjas rescued from the battlefield of the Land of Rain, as well as companions who had performed missions together.
Therefore, Orochimaru's actions have reduced the instability in the team he led to a minimum.
When Uchiha Chen returned to Konoha's camp from the battlefield with a scar all over his body, it was already two months later.
The team he led was attacked by troops separated from Sunagakure on the final stretch of the road because the journey was too far.
There were more than forty Sunagakures in total, and they carried out a round-robin campaign against the twenty-man team he led. After nearly two days of hard fighting, the team paid the price of ten ninjas and killed all forty Sunagakures. Kill.
Since then, Uchiha Tatsu's name has become even louder, and he has many more fans in the Konoha army.
The last person who was so popular was Konoha Shiroga, and now his grave has been... No, no, Sakumo is not dead yet.
Uchiha Tatsu, who returned to the camp, including the ninjas in his team, quickly received medical ninja treatment.
Two days later, most of the ninjas who completed the mission, including Tsunade and Orochimaru, returned to the camp.
But a week later, Sakumo returned with an injury and his words "mission failed" cast a shadow over this operation.
Hatake Sakumo's mission is different from others. It is a very difficult and dangerous mission. If successful, the war can basically be said to be over.
But unfortunately, Konoha White Fang, who has a 100% completion rate on tasks, also stumbled on such a task.
Although Orochimaru felt very sorry for this, he didn't say much. Everyone has a first time, and the success rate of missions is not high.
Orochimaru patted Hatake Sakumo on the shoulder, told him not to take it to heart, and ordered the seriously injured ninja to be sent to the medical area for treatment.
However, a serious question began to linger in the hearts of every Konoha ninja - when will the war end
Peace, what is the path to peace? !
... ... ... ... ... ... ..
Uh-huh!
Nagato, who was wearing training clothes, opened the door and walked in.
Jiraiya was the only one in the room. He was lying on the low table eating hot ramen. The books on the table were all piled up on the tatami.
"teacher."
Nagato sat casually on the tatami.
"What's wrong?"
Jiraiya sucked the ramen into his mouth.
"Do you have time now?"
"Ah, I was thinking about writing a book." Jiraiya said with a sad face, "But I haven't been able to come up with any good ideas."
"It's better to fill your stomach first and rest now."
He ate a few more hurriedly and then asked:
"What's wrong?"
"There is something."
Nagato looked up at the gray sky, and seemed to see the land of rain destroyed by war. Maybe they were poor people, maybe orphans, maybe ordinary people waiting for death. The wind turned the tears of these people into rain, and they came from far away. Place brought here.
As far as the eye can see, a crow, soaked by water drops, flies towards the western sky. In this kind of weather, where is it going to fly to and what is it doing? The figure of the crow looked inexplicably heavy.
"About what the teacher said before, the hatred in this world."
Nagato paused.
"I thought about it myself."
"Oh, is there any good idea?"
Jiraiya raised his head and asked.
"Peace, the path to peace I don't know yet."
Nagato turned around and looked at Jiraiya seriously and said, "But one day I will break this curse."
"If there is peace, I will hold it tightly in my hands."
His tone became more firm.
"More important than methods is the power of belief!"
Jiraiya fell into deep thought. After a while he nodded and said, "Yes, it's a good idea. It may indeed be the case."
"Yes!"
he suddenly shouted.
"What's the matter, teacher?"
"It seems that thanks to you, I can write a good book."
"Yeah?"
"In that case, we need to confirm the protagonist's name first."
Jiraiya rubbed his chin and looked at the ramen in front of him.
"Have you figured it out, teacher?"
"Think about it."
"What is it?"
"Keep it secret." Jiraiya smiled proudly. "You will know when the novel is written in the future."
He laughed and drank the ramen soup from the bowl.
... ... ... ... ... ... ... .
At the end of June, the wisteria transplanted next to the hut bloomed. The flowering time this time is one month later than last year, blooming out of season, as if waiting for something.
The bright purple flowers glow in the abundant rain, and the crystal water droplets stay on the petals and then slide down one after another, looking extremely beautiful.
"Then it's up to you."
Jiraiya stood in the rain and looked at his three disciples.
"Don't cry, Yahiko, you will be considered a coward."
From the beginning of Konoha's 30th year to now, they have lived together for two years, and Jiraiya is very reluctant to let go of the three of them.
"Here you go, Jiraiya-sensei."
Xiaonan handed over a bouquet of folded paper flowers.
"I will keep it well. Xiaonan, you will definitely become a beauty in the future."
"Let's meet again when you grow up."
Jiraiya turned and left.
“This country is poor and there’s going to be a lot of pain in the future.
but... ...
From now on, you will have to rely on your own strength to change this country. "
"You've all grown up."
Right, Nagato (Naruto).
... ... ... ... (To be continued)