Chapter 208: The Countdown Begins
Kumogakure.
Urus hurriedly arrived in Kumogakure, and the first thing he did was present himself before the Raikage.
"What did you say?" The Raikage sneered and said: "The Hokage is ready to go to war? Challenging our four shinobi villages at the same time? Who gave him the courage? He is indeed a crazy Uchiha."
Urus said in a deep voice: "The development of Konoha is beyond imagination. Also, Raikage-sama, we cannot be sure of Kirigakure and Sunagakure's intentions."
"Don't talk about them, old Onoki can't be trusted at all either!" The Raikage sneered and said: "I know that old man too well. He definitely wants Kumogakure to rush to the front and be their cannon fodder."
"Then we..." Urus was a little worried.
"No need to worry!" The Raikage said calmly: "We'll attack from different directions. I won't let Onoki stay too far behind."
"But what about Kirigakure and Sunagakure?"
Urus hesitated and said: "Sunagakure has been cooperating with Konoha in recent years, and their heroine Pakura is also closely related to Funan. As for Kirigakure... According to intelligence, Ao secretly met with Funan."
The Raikage didn't seem worried.
"Some people who don't want to contribute but want to take advantage, how can there be such a good thing, right?"
"They are welcome to think that."
"Prepare yourself, the Fourth Great Shinobi War is about to begin." The Raikage said with a light sigh.
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Iwagakure.
After reading all the information, Onoki fell into deep thought.
How has Konoha developed so fast?
That Uchiha not only has great power but is also a genius in management.
This is something he never expected.
Originally, he thought that he was just a violent maniac who ruled Konoha with power. At that time, he maliciously thought that this guy should definitely be born in Kumogakure.
Kitsuchi whispered on the side: "Father..."
Onoki stared at him.
"… Tsuchikage-sama."
"Speak!"
"The attitudes of Kirigakure and Sunagakure are unclear. If we rely on Kumogakure alone, even if we can defeat Konoha, our losses will not be small."
Kitsuchi's voice was not loud. He was tall and looked quite humble in front of the Tsuchikage.
Onoki didn't care and said: "From the first Shinobi World War to now, every time, there will be shinobi villages that don't want to participate, including Iwagakure. What's the result?"
"In the three Shinobi World Wars, none of the five major shinobi villages escaped."
"This is not a battle that can be avoided if you don't want to participate."
Kitsuchi nodded repeatedly. "Then what should we do?"
"Prepare for battle, of course."
"Attack Konoha?"
"No, we will attack Konoha and Sunagakure."
"Sunagakure?" Kitsuchi was stunned and said: "Tsuchikage-sama, our original plan was for the four shinobi villages to join forces to deal with Konoha."
Onoki was too lazy to say anything, glared at Kitsuchi, and turned away.
The deputy on the side quickly notified the top leaders of Iwagakure, including the Jinchuriki.
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Kirigakure.
After reading the intelligence, Terumi Mei looked helpless and said: "We have only been quiet for a few days, why are we going to war again? Oh my God, can't we just live our lives in peace for a few days?"
She looked annoyed. "Don't they know that war affects beauty?"
Ao, who had replaced his eye with a normal one, looked at her curiously. "Mizukage-sama, Konoha has agreed to cooperate with us, do we still need to prepare for war?"
Mei looked at him like he was an idiot.
Ao blushed and realized that his question had been quite stupid.
"They still have the Three-Tails in their hands."
"So let them have it." Mei didn't care about it at all, and said: "Do you think Iwagakure and Kumogakure really care about the two-tails and the four-tails?"
"In fact, one tailed beast is enough for a village. The Shinobi World War has been fought three times. How many times have the tailed beasts appeared?"
For Kumogakure, the two-tail is not strong enough, nor stable enough, and is far inferior to the eight-tails.
For Iwagakure, the four-tails Jinchuriki is disobedient and far inferior to the five-tails.
As for Kirigakure, they still had Utakata.
...
"Sir!"
"Yako, don't even think about it!" Funan looked at her sternly.
What was that woman thinking? Was she planning to go to the battlefield as a medical-nin?
Let those brutes bite her! No!
Fuck!
Yako, frustrated, replied: "Then let Karin go. Even if she doesn't use her Uzumaki clan healing ability, she's still an excellent medical-nin."
"That's more like it!"
Karin was accepted as a disciple by Tsunade, and Funan also knew this.
He was surprised that Tsunade, who had always avoided any relationship with him, decided to train her stepdaughter.
At that time, Funan was curious and asked.
Tsunade gave him a big eye roll. "Who are you looking down on? The grudge I have with you is between you and me, what does it have to do with other people? I, Tsunade, have a generous heart and I'm not the type of person who takes out my anger on others."
'Wow, you sure have a generous heart.' Funan thought to himself. 'If it weren't for your age, do you think I would have let you get away?'
Yako, with a serious face, insisted. "My Lord, I want to go to the battlefield as your bodyguard!"
"Impossible!"
Yako frowned, about to retort.
Funan interrupted her and said: "Yako, I have a more important mission for you. It's dangerous, I don't want to give it to you, but you're the most suitable person."
"… Tell me what it is about, and I hope you're not making excuses. If you are, I assure you that you won't be coming back to my bed for a long time."
Funan said seriously: "Stay in Konoha and do a good job as a secretary. After I leave, you will be the acting Hokage and take full charge of Konoha's affairs."
Yako almost exploded.
She was suddenly startled and said in surprise: "Are you going to..."
"Yes!" Funan smiled and said: "Do you think this mission is a dangerous mission?"
"Okay!" Yako finally nodded.
If Funan left, no one knew what Sarutobi Hiruzen would do.
If Yako stayed and the others left, it would be a unique opportunity.
"How many people are you going to take with you this time?"
Funan looked at the list.
After Funan became Hokage, the number of Konoha's shinobi increased rapidly, and their ranks also increased rapidly.
Funan has been the Hokage for four years. The difficulty of promotion has increased four times, but there are still a large number of people who are promoted every year.
The key is that Funan does not hold people back.
He sets the threshold, and as long as you pass it, you can be promoted.
During the Sarutobi Hiruzen period, that was a joke.
During this time, it didn't matter whether you were a member of the Uchiha clan or not, as long as you were qualified, you could be promoted.
This caused a massive increase in the number of high-level shinobi in Konoha.
For this battle, without affecting the functioning of Konoha, Funan plans to mobilize about 60% of the jonin.
Which was an incredible amount!
When an all-out war breaks out, every village has to mobilize all its strength.
Missions?
Cancelled!
All energy is focused on war.
Many opposed this decision, but Funan stood firm.
"Ten thousand shinobi!"
"Only ten thousand?"
Yako couldn't help but ask: "Wouldn't that be too few? We can mobilize many more shinobi than that."
"Just those." Funan was very determined and said: "Also, even though there aren't many of them, I want to deal a decisive blow to both the Kumo and Iwa shinobi."
In other words, achieving a victory with an absolute advantage.
Yako sighed and said: "My Lord, you... those two shinobi villages managed to survive even in the time of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. Do not underestimate them or we could suffer a great loss."
Funan only gave a slight smile.
He stared at the map for a long time and finally began to act quickly, assigning troops.
Seeing how he distributed his forces, Yako couldn't help but be speechless.
Why does Uchiha Funan look so crazy now?
An ordinary person wouldn't even come up with such a plan.
... I hope everything goes well.
Yako prayed silently.
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