Chapter 558: Changes on the battlefield
The western part of the Kingdom of Grass.
In a forest near the Land of Earth, four Iwagakure ninjas were patrolling the surroundings cautiously.
Although the Iwagakure ninja troops were not damaged in the battle with the Konoha ninja troops, the order given to them by the Iwagakure senior leadership was to shrink their troops and try to attract the Konoha ninjas to the Land of Earth.
So now the Iwagakure ninja troops have basically withdrawn to the west bordering the Earth Country, with the main strategic action being to preserve their strength.
"I really don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. Our Iwagakure has strong soldiers and horses, so why do we have to retreat again and again when facing Konoha." A Iwagakure chuunin complained when he saw that the surroundings were calm.
He is very dissatisfied with the current war decision-making in Iwagakure Village. Since the beginning of the war, Iwagakure has basically only used one-tenth of its strength to fight the war, and has been hiding its true strength.
In his opinion, not to mention mobilizing 10,000 troops, directly sending 5,000 ninja troops when Konoha was invaded by Kirigakure would be enough to take advantage of the chaos and take over Konoha.
But the higher-ups remained indifferent and allowed themselves to be bullied by Kumogakure and Konoha.
"Maybe I want to introduce the enemy to the Kingdom of Earth, and then use the geographical advantages of the Kingdom of Earth to destroy the enemy more easily." A fatter Iwagakure next to him continued.
"Too cautious. At present, countries are fighting each other. This should be the best time for our Iwagakure to become the strongest ninja village."
Obviously, he also has some criticisms about Iwagakure's current war decision-making.
After all, it is really frustrating to keep giving in despite having the strength to counterattack or even defeat the opponent.
"Stop talking. The higher-ups have their own considerations. Let's just carry out the orders properly." Sumashi persuaded.
Unlike the two Iwagakure who complained about the senior management, although Sumashi also felt aggrieved, he believed in the senior management.
A very simple truth, if Iwagakure Village makes a profit, the top management of Iwagakure Village will get far more than ordinary Iwagakure ninjas.
Then Iwagakure's senior management must be more eager to win than they are.
After Suma Shi spoke, the atmosphere in the team suddenly became quiet. Although they were all old friends, Suma Shi was different from the other three in that he was a special Jonin and was also the captain of the team.
Normally it's okay for everyone to joke around with each other, but when performing tasks on the battlefield, there still has to be a hierarchy between superiors and subordinates.
Phew! !
Suddenly, there was a sound of kunai breaking through the air, and kunai was shooting towards them from all directions.
Only then did Iwagakure realize that several Konoha ninjas had appeared around them.
Sumashi was extremely surprised. He had been patrolling very carefully just now. There should be no one who could handle it. Could it be that he had used some kind of clever hiding ninjutsu to hide nearby from the beginning?
Without time to think too much, Sumashi quickly used chakra to strengthen his body to dodge.
The attack came so suddenly that he had no time to form seals and use ninjutsu to resist.
Poof!
Although the three Iwagakure chuunin tried their best to dodge, there were too many kunai too fast. Soon, their bodies were covered with kunai and they fell to the ground.
"We have no choice but to retreat." The pain from the wound made Sumashi frown slightly, and he quickly formed seals to condense chakra.
He didn't completely dodge the sneak attack by the Konoha ninja just now, and was slightly injured.
Therefore, Suma Shi had no intention of fighting to the death against the Konoha ninjas to avenge his immediate teammates.
The enemy is not only superior in numbers, but also in full strength. If you stay, you will die.
"Earth Release·Split the Earth and Turn the Palm!"
Sumashi concentrated chakra on his palm and hit the ground hard.
Boom! !
Under the influence of earth attribute chakra, the ground cracked open rapidly, and pieces of mud and rocks quickly shot towards the Konoha ninjas.
At the same time, the cracked ground also raised a cloud of dust, obstructing the view.
Whoosh!
Sumashi took advantage of the Konoha ninjas' dodge to use the teleportation technique to distance themselves, and escaped without looking back.
He wanted to bring back information about Konoha ninjas.
But Suma Shi, who had been running away, didn't notice. The "Konoha ninja" who ambushed them only pursued him for a short while and then stood still and watched him go away.
When Suma Shiteru's figure completely disappeared, the "Konoha ninjas" melted into the underground and disappeared into the forest.
This scene took place not only in the western part of the Country of Grass, but also in the southern part of the Country of Grass where the Konoha ninjas were stationed.
However, in the southern part of the Land of Grass, it became the Iwagakure ninjas who ambush the Konoha ninjas.
Frequent small-group ambushes caused headaches to the leaders of both sides' ninja troops, and they believed that the other side had the idea of starting another war.
"These Konoha ninjas are too cunning. They don't dare to enter the Earth Kingdom. They only dare to carry out assassinations near the border!" Riishi slapped the desk in the camp with a look of displeasure.
He is the captain of Iwagakure's demolition force and one of the best in the entire Iwagakure. But now he can only watch the unfavorable news coming to Iwagakure one after another, feeling very angry in his heart.
But there is really no good way to crack the stone, because the decision-making of the top management of Iwagakure is to defend, to pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger, and to lure the enemy deep.
"Ask the higher-ups for instructions. This is not the way to go. Many people in the army have a lot of grievances." Iwakura suggested.
Split Rock nodded, he had already had this idea.
Or just retreat to the Earth Kingdom and cower, and carry out Gouzi to the end. Apart from losing face in the ninja world, there will be nothing else.
Either go to war with the Konoha ninja troops directly, fight hard, and become famous if you win, or just continue to act like a pig if you lose.
Both of these options, Split Stone felt, were better than staying at the border with neither going up nor down.
"Don't send out ninjas from the demolition team recently." Split Stone reminded him of something.
Since he also served as battlefield commander, Riishi basically handed over the authority of the demolition force to Iwaku, the deputy captain of the demolition force.
The death of a fellow village ninja was certainly heartbreaking, but if the casualties were among the elite of his demolition team, Split Rock would be even more uncomfortable.
The ninjas of the Demolition Force are all the true elites of Iwagakure, and each team member spends a lot of resources to train them.
Iwaku nodded.
On the other side, not long after Jiraiya returned to the battlefield from the Land of Rain, something unexpectedly happened that gave him such a headache.
"If you didn't care, I would have thought we were fighting Kirigakure Village. How come Iwagakure's assassinations have become so powerful?" Jiraiya looked at the recent battlefield information with some confusion.
It was common sense for Iwagakure to counterattack, and harassment in the form of a small team was also a normal battlefield strategy, but the actual level of performance was very unfamiliar to Jiraiya.
It wasn't his first day fighting Iwagakure on the battlefield of Grassland. He didn't know what assassination tactics Iwagakure was good at and what level he was at.
Compared to squad assassination, Iwagakure is better at legion combat.
Even for a ninja of Jiraiya's level, it is very dangerous to be surrounded by Iwagakure ninja troops.
During the Second Ninja War, Jiraiya almost died at the hands of Iwagakure's troops, and he was deeply impressed by the Iwagakure's legionary combat capabilities.
"Is it possible that Iwagakure's reinforcements have arrived?" Namikaze Minato thought for a while and expressed his speculation.
"Perhaps Iwagakure specially trained ninja troops who are good at using earth escape during the truce."
Jiraiya looked thoughtful.
What Namikaze Minato said is not unreasonable. Earth Release has its own unique advantages when used in ambush and assassination. After all, Earth Release can escape from the ground.
"In this case, we have to consider the possibility of a large-scale attack by Iwagakure troops next." Jiraiya put down the information and said.
The reinforcements of Iwagakure have appeared, so the attitude of Iwagakure Village is obvious. Iwagakure wants to fight Konoha to the end.
According to the conventional thinking, after the harassment is completed, a large-scale attack will be carried out on the exhausted enemy.
"Next, I will join the patrol team to clean up the incoming Iwagakure." Namikaze Minato said proactively. He possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique and has strong mobility, and Namikaze Minato also has strong perception ability. Even if he does not arrive in time to save the Konoha ninja, he is likely to avenge him. He is the most suitable to deal with harassment. Crisis candidate.
"I'll leave it to you, Minato." Jiraiya believed that Minato could solve the problem.
Immediately afterwards, Jiraiya hurriedly contacted the top management of Konoha, reported the latest intelligence and applied for the sensing team to go to the battlefield.
There may be a big war on the battlefield in the Kingdom of Grass next, and he must be fully prepared.
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Early morning, Konoha Village.
Shisui got up and first settled his breakfast with Zoroark.
Since his body suddenly grew bigger after evolution, Shisui was worried that Zoroark wouldn't be able to eat enough, so he gave Zoroark a much larger breakfast.
One person and one fox finished breakfast and went to Obito's home as usual, preparing to ask Obito to go to the southern forest to practice together.
Before arriving at Obito's home, Zoroark deliberately used illusions to maintain Zoroa's appearance.
Neither Obito nor Charizard noticed anything unusual.
"Hey, Lao Pang, why don't you take me to fly there? I'm too lazy to move after eating." Zoroark requested with a smile.
"Your wings are cool and handsome. It will definitely be exciting to fly."
Hearing Zoroark compliment him on how handsome he was, Charizard subconsciously raised his chest and raised his head, and swallowed back the words he was planning to refuse.
People who praise it for being handsome are good and discerning people who are destined to live a meaningful life.
"Ouch!"
Charizard stood in front of Zoroark, waved his wings and flew up, then pointed his paw at his back with a heroic look, signaling Zoroark to jump up.
Zoroark jumped lightly onto his back.
The moment Zoroark jumped behind Charizard, Charizard's expression changed slightly, and even the waving wings stopped for an instant, almost falling.
Feeling the heaviness on his back, Charizard's face was full of questions, how could such a small Zoroa be so heavy?
"Ouch."
Charizard took off with force, indicating that it was time for Zoroa to lose weight.
It had carried Zoroa before, but it felt very light at that time and was completely different from now.
Charizard felt that Zoroa was at least seven or eight times fatter.
However, Charizard is very curious about how Zoroa maintains his figure, even though he has gained so much weight, he doesn't seem to have become rounder.
"Damn it, you are my psychic beast!" Watching Charizard fly away with Zoroa, Obito felt envious.
He has long wanted to do something like riding a fire-breathing dragon and flying in the sky.
However, Charizard has been willing to die rather than surrender, saying that it is not the kind of dragon that can be ridden, so Obito has to give up temporarily.
After all, it was too dangerous to force Charizard to fly. Obito suspected that Charizard might deliberately fly high and then drop him.
Although it is possible to catch him midway and prevent him from falling to death, the process will definitely be uncomfortable.
"Shisui, you just pamper Zoroa too much. You should use illusions to hypnotize it and do more training." After arriving in the southern forest, Obito deliberately taught Shisui his nurturing experience in front of Zoroark.
Obito knew Shisui wouldn't do this, he just wanted to make Zoroa angry, who allowed this red-furred fox to always make trouble for him, and ride a fire-breathing dragon in front of him that he couldn't ride.
"Still not." Shisui declined politely, looking at Obito with a somewhat unbearable look.
Zoroark is not a big-hearted fox. Obito will definitely be teased by Zoroark for saying this.
"Damn it, Obito, who is born evil, actually misled the kind-hearted Shisui. Do you want to be beaten?" Zoroark couldn't sit still.
If Obito had infected Shisui with his inhumanity, that would be fine.
"Just you?" Obito looked unconcerned.
As long as he gets serious, Zoroa's illusions have almost no effect on him.
Apart from illusion, Zoroa has no other abilities that he can use.
"You can't ask Charizard to come with you." Obito added.
If Zoroa invited him, his Nilong might beat him together with excitement on his face.
"It's so troublesome to deal with you." Zoroark said that one fox was enough for him.
Zoroark's attitude made Obito suspicious.
He doesn't know what kind of strength Zoroa is, so how can he have the confidence to fight with him?
"Is there a breakthrough in strength?" Obito thought in his mind.
The cautious Obito opened the three Magatama Sharingan.
It would be really embarrassing if he overturned on Zoroa, after all, this is a Pokémon that has not evolved.
Kakashi, who had just arrived, heard the conversation between one person and one fox, and showed a thoughtful expression.
Although Soraya can be a bit naive occasionally, he is generally wise and will not take the initiative to fight.
"Obito is going to be in trouble." Kakashi was sure.
Thinking of this, Kakashi took out his camera with a nonchalant expression to see if he could take some good new photos to threaten Obito.
But what made Kakashi regretful was that Zoroark was too strong at first sight when he was leading the intelligence. After interfering with illusions and moving at high speed, he pinned Obito to the ground in less than a minute and failed to create an interesting scene.
"Ah? No, how..." Obito looked confused.
Although he underestimated the enemy a little, Zoroa's strength was a little too abnormal.
If you don't evolve to have this strength, if you evolve you won't be able to reach heaven.
Obito wants to report to Mu Yue that there is a Pokémon cheating here!
"Stop teasing Obito." Shisui smiled helplessly, telling Zoroark to stop.
"Who made him want to lead you astray?"
Zoroark canceled the illusion and showed his evolved appearance.
Obito:......
People who play genjutsu have bad hearts, except for Shisui.
"Sure enough." Kakashi was not surprised.
Zoroa dared to have direct sex with Obito, so he must have evolved.
Coupled with the fact that Zoroark is good at illusions, Kakashi immediately knew that Zoroark had used illusions to disguise himself.
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