Among the woods.
Amidst the sounds of killing.
The ninjas of Konoha Village ended their ambush on the ninjas of Sunagakure Village.
This battle is very cruel!
certainly.
exactly…
This is cruelty to Sunagakure Village!
This battle was a perfect example of calculation without care. The ninjas of Sunagakure Village quickly ran towards Konoha Village with the intention of sharing the cake. They did not even think that Konoha Village still had the power to fight back. They didn't even expect that they might encounter an ambush of this level.
So much so that at the beginning of the battle, a one-sided and completely unbalanced scene occurred.
On the other hand, look at Konoha Village.
After the battle of defeating Iwagakure, the ninjas of Konoha Village have reached their highest level of momentum. All the previous haze has been swept away, and they no longer have that decadent posture.
One goes down and the other goes up.
Plus ambushes and sneak attacks.
Konoha Village won this battle almost without any accidents, and controlled the damage to a very small extent.
Now this time.
The flames burning in the forest have been extinguished.
The battle is over.
There are corpses of Sunagakure Village ninjas on the ground, and they are being cleaned up by the ninjas of Konoha Village. The remaining ninjas have been tied up with ropes and have become prisoners of war of Konoha Village.
The entire battle process did not consume much time.
Even the ninjas of the Leaf Village who participated in this battle were deeply shocked by Minato Namikaze. It can be said that they took this opportunity to get to know Minato again. In their eyes, he was not very young. The boy has completely changed into something else.
"Watergate."
At this time, Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo walked towards Namikaze Minato. He called Minato softly. Judging from his expression, he seemed to have something to say to Minato.
"Sakumo-sama."
Minato immediately nodded to Hatake Sakumo. At this time, Minato was still just an ordinary jounin. Of course, this was only in terms of level, not strength. After all, Minato had only become a jounin not long ago. Time has been very fast in terms of promotion. It can be said that he is a genius among geniuses, but he has not been a jounin for a long time, so he does not have a deep foundation. Compared with him, Hatake Sakumo is already a genius. The elite Jonin who had already risen during the Second Ninja War, the genius before him, the already famous Konoha White Fang, had no problem calling him "Sir".
"What's matter?"
Minato asked directly. After he took over a position similar to that of a commander here, he had been thinking about how to win this battle and save Konoha Village from fire and water, so he had no relationship with Hatake Sakumo. What verbal communication.
If Hatake Sakumo hadn't come to him now.
He may not have taken the initiative to say anything yet.
after all.
He is here to solve the problem!
Before the problem was solved, his mind did not allow him to think too much. He wanted to focus all his emotions on how to make Konoha Village win.
"Well, let's talk."
Hatake Sakumo nodded with a smile. He was under a lot of pressure just now. The ninjas of Iwagakure Village not long ago made him feel that he almost became the eternal sinner of Konoha Village. Now the ninja army of Sand Hidden Village has been destroyed. After that, his mood relaxed a lot, and he was already in the mood to talk to Minato.
"OK."
Minato looked around, his eyes fixed on a tree, then he raised his hand and pointed at the tree and said, "Sakumo-sama, let's go under that tree!"
"Okay!" Hatake Sakumo walked over first.
Minato followed.
The two of them arrived at the tree very quickly.
And they sat down together, leaning on the tree trunks, looking towards the Konoha Village ninjas who were disposing of the corpses not far away, enjoying the short leisure time after the victory in the war.
"Lord Sakumo, you came to me because of the matter of Kumogakure Village, right?"
Minato spoke first, his blue eyes looking forward, the smile on his face slowly faded, and he looked much more solemn.
He made the immediate judgment that it was about Yunyin Village. After all, this was another crisis they were about to face.
As long as this crisis is overcome, Konoha Village will be equivalent to surviving the current disaster.
"Yunyin Village is indeed relatively troublesome. Those ninjas mainly fight with physical skills, so when fighting with them in close combat, they do not get any advantage. However, after our ninjas fought twice in a row, their bodies The chakra consumption is very huge, and it is difficult to support the huge consumption of ninjutsu. The most important thing is that after this battle, our detonating talismans have been exhausted, and the ninjas of Sunagakure Village are even more... They come here to share the cake. They basically travel lightly and don’t bring any resources. We can’t get any supplies from them. The next Yunyin Village will be the biggest trouble we encounter!”
Minato spoke his analysis in one breath at a very fluent speed, which immediately dumbfounded Sakumo Hatake next to him.
All of a sudden.
Hatake Sakumo looked at Minato blankly, he hesitated several times, not knowing what to say.
"But..."
Minato's words suddenly changed, and a bright smile appeared on his face.
"It's not that we don't have any chances. We can stay put and repair as much as possible to recover as much as possible. The ninjas of Sunagakure Village still got a lot of military food pills. There is still some time for the arrival of the ninjas of Cloud Hidden Village. , this time can allow us to recover as much as possible. At that time, we can still use this method of ambush and plotting, but I need to use the Flying Thunder God technique more to disrupt the opponent's arrangement in the local camp, and then While we are thinking of ways to retreat from the enemy, it will be difficult to annihilate them like we did with Sand Hidden Village!"
Minato analyzed it by himself. In fact, after he won the victory over Sunagakure Village, he had been thinking about these words, but he didn't say them out. Now that Hatake Sakumo came and asked, he directly mentioned them. He stated all his plans.
certainly.
This wasn't Minato being talkative.
But in his opinion, Hatake Sakumo is still the commander of the ninja army of Konoha Village, and he has only temporarily handed over such leadership rights to him.
so.
Regarding reporting such things to Hatake Sakumo.
Minato didn't shy away from anything.
"no… "
Hatake Sakumo suddenly felt that Minato had taken the topic further and further. He did not doubt Minato's ability at all. Even at this time, he no longer took the ninja army in Kumogakure Village seriously.
After all, judging from the timeline...
The information about the defeat of the ninja army in Iwagakure Village should have reached Kumogakure Village.
If the Raikage of Hidden Cloud Village wasn't a fool...
An order to withdraw troops should be issued now!
so.
In his opinion.
Whether that fight will happen or not is another matter.
"It's okay, Sakumo-sama!"
Minato immediately looked towards Hatake Sakumo, his blue eyes flashing with strong confidence, and then he suddenly grinned. The sudden change in his expression was as if he had changed from a rigid and serious state to a... The big boy next door who is illuminated by the sun looks very comfortable and safe, giving people a very comfortable feeling.
"We also have a secret weapon!"
Minato blinked, but he did not elaborate. This involved some little secrets, little secrets that he did not want to tell even Hatake Sakumo.
But this is not a very special secret.
If the time came when he had to use a secret weapon, then he would not mind letting the ninjas of Konoha Village see it, and he would not continue to keep this secret. It would be impossible to keep such a secret at that time.
But not until that moment.
How long can it be kept
Just keep it safe for as long as you want!
"Minato, you misunderstood. This is not the topic I want to talk about. I believe in your ability. Cloud Hidden Village will not do anything in front of you!"
Hatake Sakumo smiled helplessly. He really didn't expect that he was just chatting with Minato. He wanted to say something, but Minato reported him seriously. If he said a few more words, he would be afraid of it. I have to tell you everything about the secret weapon.
but.
After these words from Minato.
Hatake Sakumo suddenly realized a big problem.
That is, Minato's talent is far beyond his impression, completely beyond his imagination. Even when he was looking for a teacher for his son Kakashi, he had tried his best to overestimate Minato Namikaze, but Now it seems that he still underestimated.
This young man's future must be above him!
This is something he can expect now!
"Isn't it about Yunyin Village?"
Minato was stunned for a moment, a big question mark popped up in his head. He tilted his head and stared at Hatake Sakumo in confusion. He really couldn't figure it out. At this juncture, Hatake Sakumo was looking for him, not Kumogakure. question, what kind of question would that be.
"I'm going to talk to you about something that only we can talk about. You don't have to answer me about these words, but I hope you won't lie to me. Also, I won't let a third person know the content of our conversation, so you You can tell me the truth." Hatake Sakumo suddenly became serious, and even his tone of voice was extremely serious, as if he was going to talk about some very critical topics.
"what is the problem?"
Minato nodded. Through Hatake Sakumo's attitude, he had already realized the seriousness of the content of the next chat. The smile on his face faded again and he looked very serious.
"About the Hokage position!" Hatake Sakumo said in a low voice.
"this… "
Minato took a deep breath. He never thought that he would be talking about such a topic to Hatake Sakumo at this time, under the tree where the war had just happened.
actually.
He has always thought about becoming Hokage!
As early as when he was chatting with Qingyu, he was determined to be the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village, and he also wanted to become the strongest Hokage of Konoha Village. He wanted to surpass Senju Hashirama, the first Hokage of Konoha Village. He wants to use his method to cause changes in the ninja world and bring the ninja world into a new era.
But.
There is a very real problem here.
That’s Hatake Sakumo!
At this stage of time, anyone in Konoha Village who wants to become Hokage cannot avoid this genius ninja known as Konoha White Fang.
This is not only strength and reputation, but also Hatake Sakumo's unique status in Konoha Village, which can be seen from the half-sleeved Hokage robe on his body.
Even the three disciples of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who are called the Sannin of Konoha Village, including his teacher Jiraiya, if these people want to become Hokage, they must go through it. Hatake Sakumo this level.
Namikaze Minato knew very well.
At this stage.
Hatake Sakumo is the best candidate to become the Fourth Hokage of Konohagakure!
Completely ahead of these other competitors by who knows how many positions.
Now Hatake Sakumo talked about the issue of the Hokage position, which gave Minato an indescribable feeling. It was like digging deep into the hidden corners of his heart. To be honest, it was a bit embarrassing, but the lies were heard again. Hatake Sakumo finished what he said before.
All of a sudden.
Minato was a bit embarrassed.
Don't know how to speak.
"Actually, you don't have to worry. You can say whatever you want. I just want to know your thoughts and your attitude."
Seeing the embarrassment in Minato's eyes, Hatake Sakumo had already made a guess in his mind. After all, most of the children in Konoha Village would aim to become Hokage. This was no secret.
"Do you want to be Hokage?"
Hatake Sakumo asked straight to the point, and stared at Minato with his black eyes. What he wanted was the truth, what Minato really thought in his heart.
Minato felt Hatake Sakumo's eyes.
He raised his head and greeted him.
He didn't expect this moment to come so soon.
But he was not timid.
At most I feel a little embarrassed.
"think."
Minato nodded, his tone was firm, and he had no intention of retreating. This simple word sounded like a horn of attack, and behind him was an endless cliff.
"very good!"
Hatake Sakumo's eyes suddenly lit up, and his pupils shone with admiration. He seemed to be very satisfied with Minato's answer. A faint smile could already be seen on the slightly raised corner of his mouth.
"I will do my best to help you become the fourth Hokage of Konoha Village!"
"The current Konoha Village must inject youthful power!"
"If no changes are made..."
"I could almost see it coming..."
"The village will not be able to survive the Fourth Ninja War that will happen at some time!"
Namikaze Minato was confused when he heard Hatake Sakumo's sudden words. He never expected that Hatake Sakumo would support him.
(End of chapter)