Chapter 125: The war... It's finally begun! (Vol.1: The end!) (Edited)

Ninja A: "The leader of the third squad... is he?"

Ninja B: "He's just a kid who just graduated from Ninja Academy, how could he be the leader of the third squad?"

Ninja C: "Shut up, don't you know him? he's Naito, he didn't graduate recently, he graduated early last year, he's the genius of Ninja Academy."

Ninja D: "Even if he graduated last year, one year is too short a time.... And on the battlefield, no matter how much talent he has, if he's not strong he'll just end up dead!"

The moment Jiraiya announced that Naito would be the leader of the third squad, there was a bit of commotion on the field as a group of ninja murmured in amazement.

Nawaki, who was standing next to Naito, was also surprised.

He had been a little nervous, watching Jiraiya walk over here and stop in front of him, thinking he was going to be named the leader of the third squad.

But he hadn't expected Naito to be chosen as the leader of the third squad.

Nawaki looked very worried and asked, "Cough, Naito... Are you sure you can do it?"

Naito didn't even bother with the chatter around him, he looked at Nawaki and said, "If you think you can do a better job, you can take my place."

"Cough, it's not like I want to be the leader of the third squad..." Nawaki was about to hug Naito, he really wanted to be the leader of the third squad and gain merit on the battlefield.

His dream of becoming Hokage seemed to be about to come true, so he said, "However, since you don't want to do it, then..."

Just as Nawaki was about to arrogantly proclaim himself the leader of the third squad, Jiraiya, who was standing in front of him, couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Everyone be quiet!"

With a shout, everyone immediately fell silent.

Jiraiya calmly said, "These are absolute orders, and everyone must obey them!"

It was already very strange to establish Naito as the third squad leader, but to have him replaced by Nawaki, a recent graduate, would be even more ridiculous!

Nawaki's excited expression froze in an instant, as if he had been poured a bucket of cold water, and he could only follow Naito, his head bowed in defeat.

In an instant, the entire troop lined up behind Naito, who was standing in front.

Naito was too lazy to make a speech, he turned around and left the camp immediately, then the whole troop followed him and headed for the battlefield.

Jiraiya watched the departure of Naito and his troop, and couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity as he watched Naito's movements.

'Why does he feel so familiar?'

It was as if he had seen him somewhere before.

But after thinking about it for a while, Jiraiya couldn't find any clues and could only attribute it to the battle for the genius title he had witnessed between Naito and Minato a year ago.

....

The Land of Rain.

Dark clouds covered the entire sky and rain was falling as usual.

But the color of the water stains on the ground was not transparent and colorless, but blood red.

The atmosphere was tense, and the stench of blood was everywhere on the battlefield.

This was the battlefield of the war between Iwagakure and Konoha.

At this time, there were already at least hundreds of ninja involved in the battle, but basically they were all Genins and Chuunins.

These ninja were only meant to be cannon fodder.

However, if the Genins attacked together, the Chuunins would be defeated by the Genins if there were not enough of them.

After all, if a hundred Genins were to use the Fireball Jutsu at the same time, it would be very difficult for a Jounin to resist, let alone a Chuunin.

The Konoha Genins continued to arrive at the battlefield, but instead of starting to fight directly, they looked at the swarm of Iwagakure ninja in front of them.

The Konoha ninja were clearly divided, with the squads of Chuunins wearing Chuunin uniforms, while the Jounins were gathered and equally in Jounin uniforms.

As for the Genins, they wore only the Konoha forehead protector.

In addition, there were some figures wearing masks, standing silently in various locations, gazing blankly at the battlefield through the holes in the masks.

Konoha was not the only side that had Anbus, there were also the Anbus of Iwagakure, and the two sides were facing each other.

As for Sakumo, he did not appear as the Anbu Captain, but stood behind the Konoha army as the commander, watching Shoudu attentively in the Iwagakure camp.

Shoudu, Onoki's advisor, was standing in the Iwagakure camp, watching Sakumo, all he was thinking about was the Anbu who ruined all his plans all this time.

"You should be careful when fighting Konoha's special Anbu," Shoudu's gaze was calm as he coldly swept the Anbus of Konoha, and then he said to the Anbu beside him, "There is an Anbu that managed to destroy many of our squads so far, he even managed to take down the surprise attack squad."

After saying that, Shoudu narrowed his eyes looking for the Anbu Captain and that special Anbu.

Sakumo remained with a calm face, although if one stood next to him, one could see that his fingers were trembling slightly.

This indicated that Sakumo was also in a state where he could unsheathe his White Light Chakra sword and attack at any moment.

In this kind of situation, there is no need to remind everyone to be vigilant, everyone was extremely alert!

Just at that moment, a sensory-type ninja rushed to inform Sakumo, "Sakumo-sama, the Genin troops have arrived!"

Sakumo pondered a bit and said, "The Chuunins will stop entering the battlefield for now, let the Genins enter first!"

"Yes!"

On the opposite side of Sakumo, Iwagakure naturally had a large number of sensory-type ninja, and immediately someone informed Shoudu about the actions of the Konoha ninja, "Shoudu-sama, the Genins from Konoha have arrived."

Shoudu pondered and ordered, "It seems that Konoha wants to take it easy, if that's the case... also send the Genin squads."

The ninja nodded, "Yes!"

After shaking his head slightly, Shoudu continued to look at Sakumo and those Jounins and Anbus of Konoha in the distance.

These ninja are the most important, as for the battlefield, even though hundreds of Chuunins were already fighting, this was but a small fight for the Great Ninja Villages.

As for the Genins about to enter the battlefield, Shoudu cared even less about them.

The only people he cared about were Sakumo and that special Anbu.

These two people were the only ones that had his attention, as for the battlefield where there was only a group of Chuunins fighting each other, they didn't even need to be observed, they were just sacrifices that the two sides had to use to decrease the numbers of two sides for the final battle.

There is no way one of the two sides would fall for this small battle.

At last, the Konoha ninja broke through and hundreds of Genins finally entered the center of the battlefield.

At the same time, hundreds of Genins were similarly dispatched from the Iwagakure side, charging forward.

Naito, standing in front of the ninjas of Konoha ninjas, muttered under his breath as he looked at the Iwagakure ninjas in front of him, "It has finally begun."

Beside him, Nawaki swallowed saliva, he looked really scared, but he didn't want to expose it, he looked at Naito and wanted to ask him if he was still scared.

But the next moment, he was surprised to see that Naito was no longer by his side, but charging towards the Iwagakure ninjas!

Jiraiya was also watching the battlefield, and suddenly noticed Naito and said, "What is that idiot doing? does he have a death wish?".

Sakumo, who was watching the scene, couldn't help but smile, and Orochimaru, who was standing behind, revealed an evil grin as he watched Naito from the moment he took his first step on the battlefield.

The war... It's finally begun!

--Vol.1: The end--