Becoming the Tsuchikage in the Naruto World

Chapter 258: The Harvest

Minato Namikaze breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the news. "It's good that they've retreated." In this one day, the pressure on him had been immense. He had just taken office, and the enemy had almost reached the village. His position as Hokage, which hadn't even warmed up yet, had nearly been shaken. Fortunately, they had pulled through.

After calming himself, Minato asked, "Lord Third, was it you who repelled the Mist ninjas?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, pointed to a child behind him, and said, "It was his father. He burned his life to kill four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, scaring off the Mist."

Minato was stunned upon hearing this. The village still had a ninja of such strength? He subconsciously looked towards Might Guy and blurted out, "Guy?"

Might Guy was Kakashi's classmate and good friend, so Minato naturally recognized him.

Seeing Minato recognize him, Might Guy quickly said, "Lord Hokage, my father died in battle. His body is also missing."

After thinking for a moment, Minato asked uncertainly, "Was it the Eight Inner Gates?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and said, "Yes. I also didn't expect the power of the Eight Inner Gates to be so great."

"Minato, this child must be well-cultivated in the future. His father is a hero of the village."

Minato nodded in agreement. At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and said to Hiruzen in a low voice, "Senior Danzō sent someone to contact me, saying he needs ten ninjas from the Aburame clan, and at the minimum, they must be Chunin. He said he is confident he can stop the Sand ninjas."

Minato was hesitant, not knowing if he should send the men over. His initial intention was not to, as he didn't like Danzō's style. But if he could really stop the Sand ninjas, the situation for Konoha would undoubtedly be much better.

A glint flashed in Hiruzen's eyes. He thought of a possibility. After some thought, he said, "Agree to Danzō's request. He probably isn't exaggerating this time."

Minato was stunned. It seemed Hiruzen knew what Danzō was planning, but he didn't ask. He had only been in office for a short time and hadn't read many of the village's confidential documents yet; he knew too little.

So Minato nodded and had someone make the arrangements.

"Lord Third, Senior Duy's body is missing?" Only now did Minato have a chance to ask about some details.

Hiruzen's face was grave as he nodded, "Yes. Not only is Might Duy's body missing, but of the four members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist who died in battle, their four swords are also missing."

"You're saying there was someone else at the scene at the time?" Minato frowned.

"It's uncertain. Perhaps the surviving members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen took the swords and Might Duy's body. But if that were the case, they shouldn't have left the bodies of their four comrades behind and only taken Might Duy's body," Hiruzen was also unsure.

The two of them thought about it but had no leads, so they could only put it aside for now.

...

In just a few short days, the situation in the ninja world had undergone a huge change. The main force of the Mist, which had come aggressively, was defeated just like that. The brilliant move by the Mist's flanking force to strike at the heart of the enemy was inexplicably thwarted by a Konoha Genin's father.

Even more miraculously, the Sand ninja army, minding its own business, suddenly suffered heavy losses.

And Iwagakure, which had been clamoring to attack Konoha, had drawn back its forces in an anticlimactic fashion.

The Fourth Raikage, who felt like he had participated in the whole process yet also felt like nothing had to do with him, couldn't understand what had happened at all. He could only furiously smash his temporary desk in two with a single punch.

The Sand ninjas had retreated. At the cost of five Aburame clan members' lives, Danzō had finally led the poison insects to the Sand ninja camp.

Then, Danzō quietly watched from a distance as the Sand ninjas struggled desperately under the ravages of the poison insects.

He didn't know how many casualties the Sand suffered, but in any case, the Sand had retreated. This time, if not for Hiruzen decisively repelling the main Mist force and Might Duy, a mere Genin's father, scaring off the Mist's flanking force, Danzō felt he could have used this operation to once again test the waters for the Hokage position.

The position of Hokage should be held by someone like him, who could make the enemy retreat with a wave of his hand, not be taken advantage of by that young brat Minato who still smelled of his mother's milk.

However, with those two events preceding it, although Danzō's operation this time was stunning, it was not enough for him to challenge Minato's position as Hokage.

One thing happened after another, and the situation changed so quickly it was dizzying.

Not only was the Cloud Village baffled, but even the Konoha ninjas, who had suddenly turned the tables, had won in a muddle.

But one thing was very clear: Konoha had turned the tables in a situation that could almost be called desperate. However, as for the specific course of the battle, all parties were still dispatching intelligence ninjas to collect information with all their might, but so far, they had no leads.

What was the deal with that Konoha Genin? Was it false information deliberately spread by Konoha? Or was it a hidden trump card of Konoha? Or some special forbidden jutsu? Were there still other ninjas in Konoha who could perform this kind of forbidden jutsu?

A Genin using a forbidden jutsu could reach Kage-level. What if a Jonin used it? What if the Hokage used it? This question couldn't be thought about too deeply, otherwise, the four great nations would lose their confidence in winning the war.

And what happened on the Sand ninja's side? They just retreated for no good reason? Without even a cause? Who were they defeated by? Could it be another Konoha Genin?

Was the upper limit for Konoha Genin this high?

And what was the situation with Iwagakure? Did Iwagakure know in advance that Konoha was prepared? Or had that old fox Ōnoki reached some treaty with Konoha again?

While all parties in the ninja world were trying to sort out the cause and effect, Ishiro returned to the Land of Earth.

Ishiro first went to the front line and communicated with Ikura, telling him everything he knew.

After listening, although Ikura was strange as to why Ishiro knew in advance that Konoha could stop the Mist's flanking force led by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, he didn't ask much. He only inquired about how to handle the four swords.

Ishiro hadn't thought about how to handle them yet. There were summoning jutsu formulas on the seven swords. Ishiro didn't know if there was someone in Kirigakure who could summon the seven swords, but he didn't dare to take the risk. So Ishiro had placed multiple seals on all four swords.

Before using the swords, Ishiro had to find a way to break the seals first.

However, Ikura had reminded him. Kirigakure would soon get news of the missing swords. Setting aside the others, the Blastsword Shibuki had to be dealt with first.

The power of the Blastsword Shibuki mainly came from explosive tags, but these tags couldn't be generated from thin air. Ishiro guessed that the Mist had probably placed the tags somewhere in advance, and then the user of the Blastsword would summon them.

If the explosive tags were hidden by Jinpachi Munashi himself in some secret place, that would be one thing. But if the Mist was responsible for placing and storing them, then they would definitely transfer the explosive tags at the first opportunity.

This was a considerable income.

Thinking of this, Ishiro immediately removed the seal on the Blastsword Shibuki and began to study how to use it with Ikura.

The principle of the Blastsword was not complicated. Although the sword had some spirit, it was essentially just a weapon. With the Kage-level strength and knowledge of Ishiro and Ikura, they quickly figured out how to use the Blastsword.

The summoning and detonation of the Blastsword were separate. Ishiro only needed to use the summoning function without activating the detonation function to summon the explosive tags from the other end of the summoning jutsu.

This was not difficult for Ishiro, whose proficiency in sealing jutsu was nearing the top of the ninja world.

Facts proved Ishiro's guess to be correct. The explosive tags used by the Blastsword Shibuki were indeed prepared in advance. After Ishiro tore off several hundred thousand explosive tags from the Blastsword, it could no longer summon any more.

After re-sealing the Blastsword, both Ishiro and Ikura looked at the hundreds of thousands of explosive tags and felt very satisfied.

In frontline battles, explosive tags were important strategic materials. Ishiro only packed five thousand of them, leaving the rest for Ikura.

And Ishiro didn't bring these five thousand explosive tags back to the village but found Kanako, who was on a mission at the front line.

To support the explosive tags needed for battle, Kanako had to take the initiative to serve as a Chunin squad leader to perform missions. She happened to be at the front during this time; there were many missions at the front, and the contribution points were also high.

When Ishiro found Kanako, she had just finished a mission and was calculating how many explosive tags she had left after deducting for consumption, only to find she had almost no profit.

Listening to Kanako muttering to herself, Ishiro couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The price of explosive tags was indeed high. For a newly promoted Chunin like Kanako leading three rookie Genin, it was certainly too difficult to make a profit by performing missions.

Kanako was still very happy to see Ishiro. She briefly told Ishiro about her recent situation and then expressed her frustration about her income not covering her expenses.

Hearing this, Ishiro directly took out the prepared scroll and said, "I just got several hundred thousand explosive tags from the Mist. I kept five thousand, they're all in here. For you to use."

Hearing Ishiro casually mention hundreds of thousands of explosive tags, although Kanako knew Ishiro was showing off, she was still so shocked that her small mouth formed an 'O'.

After a long while, Kanako finally reacted to the fact that Ishiro was also giving her five thousand explosive tags, and then her whole person was dumbfounded again.

By the time she came back to her senses, Ishiro had already disappeared.

Carefully looking at the scroll in her hand, Kanako quickly returned to her own tent. Then, she opened the scroll and began to count them one by one.

After giving the explosive tags to Kanako, Ishiro flew directly back to Iwagakure.

Without stopping, Ishiro first went to the interrogation room to hand over the Kurama clan member to the interrogation department, and only then did he come to the Tsuchikage's office.

"Lord Tsuchikage, we've struck it rich, struck it rich!" As soon as he entered, Ishiro couldn't wait to speak.

Ōnoki was currently analyzing the recent situation with Mei and Saka. Seeing Ishiro come in, he was about to ask him if he had any news from the front line, but instead heard Ishiro shouting about striking it rich.

So the three of them exchanged a glance, and then Mei was the first to speak, "What matter made us strike it rich?"

Ishiro directly took out the four sealed swords from a sealing scroll. Seeing the four swords, Saka almost jumped up and said, "You clashed with the Mist and killed four of the Swordsmen?"

Ishiro had come back from the Land of Fire without much delay, except for spending some time dealing with the explosive tags on the Blastsword Shibuki at the front line.

So at this time, Ōnoki and the other two had not yet received news of the complex changes in the situation at the front. They didn't even know that Konoha had already stabilized the situation. So after seeing the four swords, Saka subconsciously thought Ishiro had clashed with the Mist.

Saka wasn't strange as to how Ishiro could kill four of the Swordsmen. With Ishiro's Kage-level strength, although it would be troublesome, it was not impossible. Saka was just worried that Ishiro doing so would bring trouble to Iwagakure.

Ishiro chuckled and said, "I didn't kill them. Four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were killed by a Konoha Genin's father. I just picked up the four swords. Hmm, that Genin's father used a powerful forbidden jutsu. I brought the body back to see if we can research anything out of it."

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