Talent Tree Ninja: I Can Upgrade My Abilities

At the end of August in the 45th year of Konoha, the Fourth Kazekage of the Suna Ninja personally led his troops north and invaded the Land

At the end of August in the 45th year of Konoha, the Fourth Kazekage of the Suna Ninja personally led his troops north and invaded the Land of Birds again.

Almost at the same time when the Suna Ninja invaded the Land of Birds again, Namikaze Minato of the Land of Grass arrived from the Land of Fire.

At this time, the Iwagakure ninjas had already withdrawn from the Land of Grass and set up defenses at one end of the destroyed Kannabi Bridge. In turn, they used the natural barrier of the huge canyon where the Kannabi Bridge was located to defend themselves and blocked the Konoha-Suna-Kusagakure coalition.

It has to be said that the Iwagakure elite Higashinari should not be underestimated. His defense left Orochimaru and Chiyo helpless.

Inside the big tent, Konoha is led by Orochimaru, the Sunagakure is led by Chiyo and Ebizo, and the Kusagakure ninja is the only one who does nothing. At this moment, the three parties are holding a meeting.

Namikaze Minato, who had just arrived, was also present.

"Since the defense formed by the Iwa Ninja with the help of natural barriers is difficult to break through, why not change direction and attack from the Rain Country?"

Chiyo asked.

Orochimaru nodded slightly: "The direction of the Rain Country is indeed an option. The battlefield has now spread to the Rain Country."

"But we must also contain the Iwagakure's forces here, otherwise the battle situation will not change."

After hearing this, Kusagakure's Shirazu quickly said, "The strength of the Iwa Ninja has not been greatly reduced. With the power of our village, I'm afraid we won't be able to contain them."

Letting them face the Iwagakure alone would definitely be a disaster.

The Iwagakure must hate them for being involved in this war.

Orochimaru and Chiyo were naturally aware of this.

Orochimaru said: "Konoha's main force should be used to contain the main force of the Iwa Ninja from the Land of Grass, and then a part of the troops should be sent to attack from the side from the Land of Rain."

"As for the Sunagakure, I think we can directly pass through the Rain Country and enter the Earth Country, and besiege the Iwa Ninja in the direction of the Bird Country to put pressure on the Iwa Ninja."

Chiyo nodded, this was also what she meant.

What she feared the most was Konoha intervening in the Land of Birds. After hearing what Orochimaru said, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then it's decided. The Iwa Ninja here will be handed over to Konoha and Kusanagi!"

"The Raikage is now putting tremendous pressure on the Iwa Ninja. Perhaps we can take this opportunity to make the Tsuchikage admit defeat."

Orochimaru laughed and said, "Given the Third Tsuchikage's personality, it might be difficult."

"Unless the Third Raikage forces him to mobilize most of his forces."

Ebizo said, "Onoki has a bad temper and is stubborn. I'm afraid he will use the peace talks as an excuse to delay time."

Chiyo snorted: "Then he will have to admit defeat!"

Orochimaru agreed: "It would be best for the Sunagakure to take over the Bird Country before the Iwa Ninja can deal with the invasion of the Kumo ninja."

Chiyo nodded solemnly, "We will!"

The three families reached an agreement, and after the meeting ended and Chiyo and others were sent away, Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato returned to the tent.

Namikaze Minato asked directly: "What should we do next?"

Orochimaru said, "Break the Iwagakure's defenses!"

"Force the Iwagakure to negotiate, even if it's just to delay time."

"The Iwa Ninja needs to delay time, and we also need to mobilize some troops to the Kumo ninja battlefield."

"Although Shuichi-kun is there, he can only contain the AB team. If we want to completely drive the Kumo Ninja out of the Land of Fire, or even drive them out of small countries like the Land of Rice, that amount of troops is not enough."

Namikaze Minato nodded, understanding Orochimaru's strategic intention, and said: "Then let's launch the attack tomorrow!"

"When the time comes, just arrange for someone to throw the kunai out, and leave the rest to me!"

Orochimaru smiled and said, "Then it will depend on your performance, Minato."

Namikaze Minato smiled, then said: "Thank you for taking care of Shuichi before."

"I didn't look after him."

Orochimaru said truthfully: "I'm afraid that Shuichi-kun's strength has surpassed that of your teacher."

"However, he now has two tailed beasts. I'm afraid you need to be prepared, Minato."

This sentence is very meaningful.

Namikaze Minato naturally understood and nodded solemnly: "I will pay attention."

"With me, Jiraiya-sensei, Tsunade-senpai, and you, there shouldn't be any problems."

Orochimaru smiled playfully and said, "Minato, I may not necessarily stand on Shuichi-kun's side."

"Don't forget, I'm still at the root."

Namikaze Minato said: "But you are the disciple of the Sandaime and one of the Three Sannin."

"You and Shuichi are still very compatible companions."

After saying that, Namikaze Minato bowed slightly and said, "I'll go get ready first."

Looking at the back of Namikaze Minato, Orochimaru couldn't help but chuckle: "Unknowingly, Shuichi-kun has already woven a big network in Konoha!"

"In this case, it seems that he is the only one who can be the fifth generation."

Then he turned his head and looked in the direction of Konohagakure. His eyes seemed to penetrate the tent and landed on the Hokage Building across the long distance: "Has the old man made a decision?"

…

The night passed in a flash.

The next day, at the Kannubi Bridge, the Konoha and Kusanagi coalition forces confronted the Iwagakure ninja across the collapsed bridge.

At this time, the powerful people gathered in Konoha were not only Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato, but also senior ninjas such as Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi who rushed over from the Kiri Ninja Battlefield with Namikaze Minato.

The purpose is to completely defeat the current Iwa Ninja, forcing them to negotiate, and then more forces can be freed up to deal with the Kumo ninja.

"Earth Release!"

Orochimaru shouted the order.

Then, the Konoha ninjas and Kusanagi ninjas who were able to perform Earth Release techniques came out one after another, jumped into the canyon, and then formed hand seals together.

Earth Release - Multiple Earth Flow Walls!

Boom!

Walls of earth rose from the ground and continued to rise.

At the same time, the Iwa Ninjas on the other side of the canyon threw various ninja tools at the Konoha Ninjas and Kusanagi Ninjas who were performing ninjutsu below, attacking them from above.

The Konoha ninjas and Kusanagi ninjas on this side also took action, either standing on the shore of the canyon or jumping directly into the canyon to intercept and resist the attacks of the Iwa ninjas.

The existence of the earth flow wall is to serve as a springboard.

After a moment, the tactic paid off.

Namikaze Minato immediately shouted: "Everyone, just throw kunai and flash bombs as much as possible to the Iwa Ninja, and leave the rest to me!"

Orochimaru then said, "Do as Minato says."

"Move out!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

One by one, the Konoha ninjas used the instant body movement technique and used the earth flow wall to approach the other side.

Moreover, it was led by Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi and other Konoha senior ninjas, and Orochimaru himself also went out in person to cover for the others.

When they were close enough, Flying Thunder God Kunai and flash bombs were thrown at the Iwa Ninjas.

As the flash bomb exploded, a dazzling golden light flashed, and the figure of Namikaze Minato on the other side immediately disappeared.

"ah!"

"spread!"

"It's Konoha's yellow flash!"

…

At this moment, Namikaze Minato kept flashing among the Iwa Ninjas, and every time he appeared, there would be an Iwa Ninja falling down with a scream.

At this moment, the Konoha ninjas finally knew how Namikaze Minato got his title of Yellow Flash!In just a moment, Namikaze Minato broke through the defense line of the Iwa Ninja alone, and a large number of Konoha ninjas and Kusanagi rushed to the other side.

The Iwagakure front, which was already short of manpower, quickly collapsed.

Even though Toshi, the commander, was unwilling, he had to order a retreat.

On the contrary, Orochimaru did not order a relentless pursuit, but instead occupied the defense line previously built by the Iwagakure and turned it into his own defensive position.

The Kusagakure Village also quickly brought up the people and supplies that had been prepared long ago and began to rebuild the Kamnubi Bridge.

Next, Orochimaru would garrison this location with a small number of troops plus the Kusanagi to prevent the Iwagakure from counterattacking. It would also be used as a logistics route and a retreat route for the Konoha ninjas entering the Land of Earth to fight the Iwagakure ninjas.

This will shorten the battle line and save manpower. With the cooperation of the roots in the Rain Country, at least one or two thousand troops can be saved to support the Kumo ninja battlefield.

While Konoha and the Kusagakure continued to expand their victory, the Suna Ninjas on the other side were also making great progress.

In terms of average quality, the Suna Ninjas were originally superior to the Iwa Ninjas, and now they had the advantage in military strength, so the Iwa Ninjas were defeated one after another.

Of course, there were also some Iwagakure ninjas who did not have a strong will to resist.

When Ōnoki gave the order, he showed no confidence in preserving the Land of Birds.

Time flies and it is September.

The Suna Ninjas completely expelled the Iwa Ninjas from the Land of Birds, invaded the Land of Earth, and even connected the battlefield with Konoha again.

But under such a good situation, Konoha and Suna Ninja both stopped at the same time and started to threaten to negotiate.

Iwagakure Village, Tsuchikage's office.

Looking at the two peace agreements brought back by his son Kitsuchi, Onoki's face turned pale.

This is not a peace talk, it's clearly a threat!

"These bastards... damn it!"

Onoki gritted his teeth.

The Konoha and Suna Ninja is taking advantage of the situation.

Kitsuchi was also full of helplessness, and said: "Father, in this situation, I'm afraid we can only agree to peace talks temporarily."

"We must mobilize our forces to deal with the Kumo ninja first, otherwise we will be in even greater trouble."

The Third Raikage personally led the army to invade the Land of Earth, which had a very bad impact and has shaken the support of the Land of Earth's Daimyo for the Iwagakure Village.

Onoki snorted, "Then you go to negotiate on my behalf!"

"Let Konoha retreat back to the Land of Fire, and let the Suna Ninja withdraw from the Land of Birds!"

Kitsuchi was stunned, but then he understood.

As for the peace talks, let's just haggle and buy time.

"I see!"

Kitsuchi nodded, then turned and left.

Onoki looked at the map. The red lines on it represented the movements of the Third Raikage.

They wandered around in all directions, just like they were treating the Land of Earth as their back garden.

This also caused extremely bad effects and damage to the Land of Earth.

This is also the reason why the Daimyo of the Land of Earth is dissatisfied.

"If you don't want to leave, then stay!"

Onoki's eyes were fierce.

He will lay a net to make sure the Kumo ninjas have no way to escape!

While the Iwagakure were winning battles one after another in the Iwagakure battlefield, on the Kumogakure battlefield, Hoshita Shuichi was leading Uchiha Shisui and Asuka to fight against the AB combination.

However, after suffering a loss for the first time, there was one more person around the AB group.

Lava Earth Age!

Three on three!

Dodai's experience, the characteristics of Lava Release, and the fast speed of casting all made Hoshita Shuichi and Uchiha Shisui look at him sideways and feel a little headache at the same time.

With one more person, the original advantage was immediately leveled.

However, by restraining the AB combination, Konoha's front line was completely stabilized.

Especially as reinforcements continued to arrive, Konoha's strength grew stronger and stronger.

And Hoshita Shuichi still challenges the AB combination every day, not only to restrain them, but also to hone his Flying Thunder God Technique.

Fighting against such a master can rapidly improve one's proficiency in the Flying Thunder God Technique, much faster than by beating up weak opponents.

Time flies and it is mid-September.

Konoha organized the first counterattack and forced the Kumo ninja to retreat again.

at the same time.

As the negotiations between Konoha, Suna Ninja and Iwagakure entered a new stage, Namikaze Minato brought Kakashi, Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin back to Konoha for a short rest.

Not only them, but also many Konoha ninjas who initially fought against the Suna Ninja and the Kiri Ninja, more than a thousand people returned to Konoha to begin resting and preparing to support the Kumo ninja battlefield.

…

In the meeting room of the Hokage Building.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo, Homura Mitokado, and Utane Koharu were all there.

Danzo's face was not looking good, and he said firmly: "Even if we want to negotiate with the Iwagakure, we must not give up the benefits we have already obtained. If we do so, all the ninjas who died in the village before will be meaningless."

"We are now completely in the upper hand. There is no need to make concessions to the Iwagakure."

"Four-Tails, I absolutely do not agree to return it to the Iwa Ninja!"

Utatane Koharu also said, "Huruzen, should you consider it?"

"In order to gain the support of the Suna Ninja, we agreed to return the One-Tail, but this time there is really no need to compromise with the Iwa Ninja."

Without waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to speak, Danzo said, "In my opinion, even the One-Tail should not be returned to the Suna Ninja."

"Although Hoshita Shuichi said that he would be able to extract the tailed beast without dying in three years, but what if that happens?"

"Hiruzen, is such an outstanding talent going to be lost like this?"

At this moment, he had completely forgotten that he had once called Hoshita Shuichi a "born evil kid" in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"And if Hoshita Shuichi did it, then the tailed beast cannot be returned."

Danzo looked at the silent Sarutobi Hiruzen and said, "With the One-Tail and the Four-Tail in our hands, we can use these two tailed beasts to conduct experiments and create a perfect Jinchūriki."

"Then the village will have two more powerful fighters. Even if we encounter this situation again, it won't be so critical."

The second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, did not agree to distribute the tailed beasts at the beginning. As a fan of Senju Tobirama, Danzo also agreed with this choice.

In Danzo's opinion, such powerful combat power is safest if it is held in his own hands.

If all the nine tailed beasts were in Konoha, what would happen even if they were besieged by the four major ninja villages?Listening to Danzo's words, Homura Mitokado and Utane Koharu were both very excited.

Not to mention the perfect Jinchūriki, even someone like Roshi is extremely powerful.

Although Konoha has the strongest Nine-Tails, it is difficult to control it because it is too powerful and cannot exert its power at all.

One tail and four tails are more suitable.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sensed the excitement of his two old friends and sighed secretly. He did not say that it was Hoshita Shuichi who had proposed returning the One-Tail. Instead, he silently took the blame, but was also very determined: "Possessing too many tailed beasts will only cause the village to be besieged by others. Even if we control the One-Tail and the Four-Tail, we cannot resist the siege of the other four major ninja villages."

"Even the Takinin Village will feel it's dangerous and join them by then."

"And even if we can stop their siege, how many ninjas in the village will have to be sacrificed."

"How many children will be sent to the battlefield?"

"A war like that is totally meaningless."

Danzo glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen. He knew that since the decision had been made, his old friend would not change it. But he still said: "Hoshita Shuichi is also a person that the daimyo values. If he is sacrificed for this..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said solemnly: "All consequences will be borne by me, the Hokage."

"Besides, once we defeat the Kumo ninja, I will resign from the position of Hokage!"

Danzo was delighted, but his expression did not change at all.

However, Homura Mitokado and Utane Koharu were shocked when they heard this.

Utane Koharu quickly said, "Huruzen, there's no need to go to this extent!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and said, "We are getting old, it's time to give way to the young people."

After hearing this, Utane Koharu and Homura Mitokado fell silent.

Yes, they are indeed old.

The outcome of this war has become clear, and it is indeed time to withdraw.

"Since you have made up your mind, Hiruzen, then let it be."

Homura Mitokado said: "However, regarding the selection of Hokage, I'm afraid we need to consider it carefully."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded: "Don't worry, I have already considered this."

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