Chapter 137

Konoha's front camp.

In the central tent.

Orochimaru stood in front of the map and thoughtfully moved the small colored flags.

Each flag represented a squad of Iwagakure, and the color of their specialization, there are reconnaissance squads, assassin squads, as well as strike squads.

There was a rather heavy atmosphere in the tent, Danzo was sitting nearby and also thoughtfully looking at the map, several Elite Jounins were standing nearby with gloomy expressions on their faces.

"Shinobi Sunagakure's activity is putting too much pressure on us..."

Orochimaru stopped moving the flags and said in a hoarse voice.

They were in a terrible situation!

The other day, Suna began to show activity on the southern border, taking advantage of the fact that Konoha is already under huge pressure due to the joint actions of Willow and Ame!

These forces were sent by the Kazekage Race with a rather peculiar purpose, he was determined not only to fight, but also to eliminate the objectionable.

As a result of a full-scale clash with Konoha, Chiyo was killed and Ebizo's reputation was severely damaged, which led to the stabilization of the Race's precarious position.

But having established himself as Kazekage, he was not going to stop increasing his influence and power, by bribing and intimidating the upper strata of the village, Rasa in a short time took control of most of Sunagakure.

Those who could not be controlled formed groups...Similar to the isolated Uchiha Clan of Konoha, all these forces were sent to the front, with the task of invading the Land of Fire.

Sunagakure has not yet terminated the peace treaty with Konoha

The sent forces operated only in the border area and in neutral territories, without clashing with the Konoha shinobi and without beginning to conduct active military operations.

But the problem is that even if Suna doesn't take the initiative, the troops just stationed on the border are already putting a lot of pressure on Konoha!

It is impossible to ignore this!

Orochimaru was forced to separate part of Konoha's forces, in case of movement from Suna, which made the confrontation with Willow extremely tense!

Tsuchikage Oonoki is extremely calculating and cunning. After Yeruashi and Minato became famous in the world of shinobi, he was extremely reluctant to go to a full-scale clash, preferring the tactics of small skirmishes.

Thousands of Willow Shinobi were divided into hundreds of small units, operating in the border area and sometimes penetrating deep into the Land of Fire.

The purpose of such tactics is very simple.

Protection from the Yellow and Silver Flash of Konoha.

Even if Yeruashi and Minato were to become active on this front, they would at best be able to destroy a few small detachments before the enemy reacted and retreated.

Due to the conduct of the war on several fronts, there were no more than eight thousand Konoha Shinobi present on the front of the Earth Country, and given the recent losses and numerous injuries, their actual combat power fell to less than six thousand.

And the Iwagakure side has about ten thousand Shinobi.

The small number of troops does not allow you to launch a decisive offensive, because if the enemy has a superiority in numbers and is not going to engage in a full-scale clash, you will not be able to conduct an effective counterattack.

Thus, Konoha has no choice but to deal with these small Willow squads one by one. Small elite units of Konoha, led by Danzo and Orochimaru, regularly move to the border, but the results are far from desirable, because Oonoki also occasionally leads elite units of Willow, raiding Konoha's forces.

"Suna's actions deserve close attention, most likely they will attack us as soon as a good opportunity presents itself."

Danzo looked away from the map and said softly.

Now it is very clear that the four Great Villages have no intention of attacking each other, their goal is only the Land of Fire, because once the two villages get involved in a war with each other, the remaining two will not be able to contain Konoha and will be crushed one by one.

Suna also understands this and does not worry at all about the fact that the Willow can suddenly attack them, which allows you to absolutely calmly wait for the most dacha moment to enter the war!

"Having dealt with the Ame, it would be possible to stabilize the situation...But Hanzo is a Salamander..."

A heavy light flashed in the depths of Orochimaru's eyes.

If any other small village were in Ame's place, it wouldn't pose any threat to Konoha, they would simply mobilize the shinobi squad and destroy the other side.

But Amegakure is different.

There are not many shinobi in this village, only about two thousand, but the problem is that unlike other small villages, they are led by an incredibly powerful shinobi!

Even five Kage have a hard time dealing with Hanzo!

This is what makes Ame an extremely problematic opponent.

Normally, Konoha would not be afraid of Ame, but now they are fighting a war with Willow and are forced to pay attention to Suna, in such a situation, a move on the part of Ame can cause terrible damage.

"From Erase still no news?"

Orochimaru turned to Danzo.

Danzo is responsible for the situation on the border of the Rain Country, in addition, a considerable number of Shinobi Root are scattered throughout the country itself, collecting information, of course, some of them are monitoring the Ame.

Danzo shook his head, " I can't get in touch, but my people have detected the movement of Ame's forces, they were seen yesterday in a town near Amegakure, by now Hanzo must have already returned to the village."

"Hanzo, as always, is problematic..."

Orochimaru quietly whispered.

Hanzo acts too carefully, in such a situation it will be extremely difficult to deal with Amegakure, they can only wait for the return of Yeruashi and send him to the border of the Land of Earth.

After losing several squads and detecting the Silver Flash, Willow should significantly reduce her activity.

This will significantly ease the pressure exerted on Konoha.

And when Hanzo decides to take the step of Erase will lead the squad and keep the AME in this situation, it seems the best strategy.

"Lord Danzo."

As Orochimaru pondered this, a Root shinobi entered the tent, bowed to Danzo, and handed over a closed scroll: "This is information just received from Amegakure."

"Hmm..."

Danzo took the scroll and slowly opened it, the first lines saying that the Ame forces, led by Hanzo, had returned to the village.

After reading this part, Danzo turned to Orochimaru: "Hanzo is back in Amegakure. I don't know where it is now in Erase, you can contact him?"

"No."

Orochimaru shook his head: "Yeruashi didn't follow me for long, so I didn't have time to teach him the summoning technique, and I can't get in touch through the summoning beast..."

Orochimaru's voice gradually faded.

He noticed that Danzo's expression as he read the scroll changed abruptly, as if he had seen something incredible.

"What happened?"

Orochimaru frowned slightly and asked.

Danzo stared at the scroll for a few more seconds, as if unable to believe what he was reading, and then slowly lowered it, sighed, and said, "Hanzo is dead."

"Amegakure has fallen."