Chapter 166: The Help of Minato Namikaze
"The Cloud Ninjas have decided to negotiate?"
Kushina was surprised to hear the news. They were fighting to the death some time ago. Could this be a conspiracy? Tsunade
knew some inside information. There were also people from Konoha in the Land of Lightning who were collecting information. She said, "It's probably true. Even if they don't negotiate, they won't be able to hold on for long. If it drags on to the end, Konoha will definitely win miserably. But even if they negotiate, the Cloud Ninjas will ask for a lot. There was a precedent ten years ago."
When the Second Raikage was preparing to negotiate with the Second Hokage, he had the face of a robber. I lost, but you have to compensate me! They
would directly snatch away the secret techniques and blood inheritance they liked without any sense of propriety or shame. Even Kahn knew to wear a mask when doing such things. The Cloud Ninja Village didn't hide it at all.
Tsunade continued, "They may give up on Kahn, but they will never give up the Six Paths Ninja Tool..."
"Who wants to give them the Six Paths Ninja Tool? This is given to me by my boss."
Kushina said immediately, "Even if they continue to fight, I am not afraid of them. They are obviously a loser, but they still have so many demands. Give me some more time, I can capture the Jinchuriki of their ninja village!"
Tsunade knew that Kushina was not bragging. Her Diamond Seal had a great restraint on the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki. In the last war, if it weren't for the young Eten to rescue, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki would have been captured by Kushina.
Now, except for the Third Raikage, no one in the Cloud Village can deal with Kushina at all. However, even if the opponent is changed, Rope Tree's Wood Release can also restrain the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.
"I am not in charge of the peace talks. In the end, it still depends on the village. However, with your current strength, you don't have to worry about them forcing you."
Tsunade patted Kushina's shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm on your side."
The envoys of the Cloud Ninja peace talks have passed the camp and headed for Konoha Village; the Third Raikage actually still has the strength to fight, but after the fight, the Cloud Ninja will have to recuperate for a period of time, and there will be a gap with the daimyo.
So a ceasefire is necessary unless they can see the hope of victory. However, the Third Raikage is not honestly planning to negotiate. While sending envoys to Konoha, he submitted his intention to form an alliance to the Rock Ninja.
Now the Rock Ninja does not know the Cloud Ninja's intention to negotiate. They only know that the Cloud Ninja and Konoha had an extremely fierce fight not long ago, and it is very reasonable to find them to form an alliance now.
At the battlefield of the Land of Grass, after Minato Namikaze led the support troops here, he was immediately welcomed by Jiraiya.
"Minato, I feel at ease with you here. To be honest, the reinforcements of the Rock Ninja have increased recently. Now the number of Rock Ninja ninjas on the opposite side should exceed 3,000."
After leading Minato Namikaze and others into the tent, Jiraiya told him about the battlefield in the Land of Grass.
To sum up, the situation in Konoha is not optimistic. The number of people is almost twice as much. Even if Minato Namikaze brought 500 reinforcements, the Rock Ninjas still have 1,000 more than the Konoha ninjas.
Although the Rock Ninjas did not use the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, their joint earth escape ninjas were something that even Jiraiya had to avoid.
After hearing about the events on the battlefield in the Land of Grass, Minato
Namikaze nodded and said, "Teacher Jiraiya, let's work together to repel the Rock Ninjas. But I'll need you to help hold off the enemy on the front battlefield." Jiraiya laughed and said, "I know. A master should help his disciples to smooth the way. I'll gather the captains of the senior ninjas in the camp and announce to them that you will be the commander-in-chief of the battlefield in the Land of Grass."
Minato Namikaze was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly, "Teacher Jiraiya, why are you giving the command position to me?" He had no idea about this and had no experience in command at all.
"Because you want to be Hokage, right? Sarutobi sensei told me that if I didn't plan to become Hokage, I should pave the way for my disciple."
Jiraiya smiled and said, "I have more important things to do and can't be bound by one village."
"But in addition to the teacher, there are also Orochimaru senior and Tsunade senior, there are many other ninjas in the village who are more suitable for the position of Hokage."
Jiraiya interrupted Minato Namikaze and said, "Their desire to become Hokage is not as pure as yours, Minato, I have always believed that you are the most suitable to be Hokage. Now all you lack is military exploits, and Sarutobi sensei and I will help you."
Although he said it easily, Jiraiya knew that Minato Namikaze's competitors were not weak, especially Orochimaru and Nawaseki; the grandson of the first Hokage, the bloodline of the first Hokage, Jiraiya didn't know what Sarutobi sensei should do to let Minato Namikaze defeat Nawaseki.
After being encouraged, Minato Namikaze became more confident and said, "I understand, Jiraiya-sensei, I will work hard next time."
Then, Jiraiya summoned the jonin in the camp and announced the news that Minato Namikaze would be the commander-in-chief of the battlefield.
Some jonin were very surprised, but the jonin of Ino-Shika-Chou and the four Sarutobi clans had already received the news in advance. The origins of these four clans even had a long history before Konoha Village, especially after Sarutobi Hiruzen became the Third Hokage, they basically would not object to his request. Especially the matter of supporting Minato Namikaze, in the eyes of Ino-Shika-cho, is much better than Orochimaru or Rope Tree becoming Hokage.
Orochimaru has experienced two Ninja World Wars and has already had his own team and followers in the village. After becoming Hokage, his relationship with the three clans will not be as close as that of the Sarutobi clan; as for Rope Tree, it is even farther away. It is the tradition of the "Senju" clan to use civilian ninjas. Moreover, with Rope Tree's personality that is very similar to the first generation Hokage, some people believe that he promoted Uchiha. What
the three clans like most is Minato Namikaze, who has no team and followers in his rising period and can only rely on the Hokage of the ninja clan.
With the strong support of Ino-Shika-cho, the four Sarutobi clans and Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze successfully became the leader of the battlefield in the Land of Grass; the subsequent war arrangements against the Rock Ninja were also very smooth, because Minato Namikaze had discussed with Jiraiya and the senior ninjas of the Nara clan before the meeting.
After the news spread, many people were very surprised. They felt that Minato Namikaze was a little young, but most people felt relieved when they thought of his strength. Only a few people were worried that Minato Namikaze had no battlefield command experience.
"I didn't expect that Minato teacher would become the commander-in-chief. In this way, he can assign us some tasks that can make us heroes."
Uchiha Obito was also a little surprised after hearing the news, but thinking of Minato teacher's strength, he felt that this was the right thing to do; he had been Minato Namikaze's disciples for two or three years, and the three of them knew this teacher much better than others.
"Those kinds of missions are all very dangerous, either A-level or S-level, and they are not something a guy like you who just became a Chunin can take."
After hearing Kakashi's taunting, Uchiha Obito immediately clasped his fists angrily and said, "Asshole Kakashi, we are both Chunins, if I can't take it, you can't take it either!"
Kakashi glanced at Uchiha Obito casually, and said lightly, "I don't intend to take missions that I can't complete, and I am a Chunin with five years of mission experience, and I will soon be a Jonin."
"Asshole Kakashi, do you want to fight!?"
"Okay, both of you!"
Nohara Rin spoke up to stop the quarrel between the two, and then warned, "We are in the camp now, the two of you should stop quarreling, otherwise it will cause trouble for Teacher Minato."
After hearing what Nohara Rin said, Uchiha Obito and Hatake Kakashi gave up the quarrel, but still looked at each other coldly; Kakashi couldn't stand Obito being late for various reasons, and Obito thought Kakashi was too inhumane.
However, the two of them still listened to Nohara Rin's words. After all, Nohara Rin was also a little genius in Konoha, but her talent was all in medical ninjutsu. Nohara Rin became a Chunin only half a year later than Obito, but she did not participate in the Chunin exam, but became a Chunin by relying on medical ninjutsu.
Konoha has only seven medical jonins in total. Except for the pharmacist Nono, the others are over 30 years old. And Nohara Rin became a medical Chunin at the age of eleven just by relying on medical ninjutsu, which is enough to show her talent.
If it weren't for Sarutobi Hiruzen's transfer order, Nohara Rin should stay in Konoha Hospital instead of joining some elite infiltration team.
"It has been a month since the last large-scale war. I believe we will have a mission soon. Make some preparations and don't cry when the enemy approaches."
After Kakashi said this, he returned to the tent to check the ninja bag again, leaving Uchiha Obito who was furious but persuaded by Nohara Rin.
After signing the peace agreement with the Sand Ninja, Konoha's ninjas in the River Country withdrew many of them, and the Sand Ninja Village officially withdrew from the war against Konoha.
In order to transfer Orochimaru back to the village and liberate the military deployment of Kikyo Castle, Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to the Sand Ninja's material compensation, but it was not written in the peace agreement, but was secretly sent to the Sand Ninja Village by the Root.
However, the peace talks of the Cloud Ninja made Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitate.
When they first proposed the conditions for the peace talks, they did give in a little, but it was really just a little. The demands after the concession were also excessive. If other ninjas in Konoha knew about it, they would definitely not agree to the peace talks with the Cloud Ninja.
"The Third Raikage has no sincerity at all, so let's decide the outcome on the battlefield."
After the first peace talks, Sarutobi Hiruzen said to the Cloud Ninja envoy very hard, and then drove him out of the Hokage Building; but he left some room and did not directly drive the Cloud Ninja envoy out of Konoha, meaning that he asked the Cloud Ninja envoy to send a message and ask for instructions, and then show some sincerity.
More than ten days later, the Kumo Ninja envoy brought the second peace negotiation conditions. This time, they were much more normal, but the Third Hokage still had difficulty deciding.
Because the Six Paths Ninja Tools were not in Konoha Village at all, if the Kumo Ninja insisted on this, there would be no need for peac