Naruto Time Control

Chapter 137: Report on Amegakure

Konoha Front Camp.

In the central tent.

Orochimaru stood in front of the map and carefully moved the little colored flags.

Each flag represented a squad of Iwagakure, and the color of their specialization, there are recon squads, assassin squads and attack squads.

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

"The activity of the Sunagakure ninjas is putting too much pressure on us..."

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

They were in a terrible situation!

The other day, Sunagakure began to show activity on the southern border, taking advantage of the fact that Konoha is already under great pressure due to the joint actions of Iwagakure and Amegakure!

These forces were sent by Kazekage Rasa, and as for the purpose, they were very strange, not simply for war, but to eliminate dissent.

As a result of a large-scale confrontation with Konoha, Chiyo died and Ebizō's reputation was severely damaged, so Rasa, who had been forced into a precarious position, was now firmly in the position of the Fourth Kazekage.

But having established himself as Kazekage, he was not about to stop increasing his influence and power, by bribing, suppressing and coercing 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, tasked with invading the Fire Country.

Sunagakure has not yet rescinded the peace treaty with Konoha.

The sent forces operated only in the border area and neutral territories, without clashing with Konoha ninja and without starting active military operations. josei

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

It's impossible to ignore this!

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

The Tsuchikage Ōnoki is extremely calculating and cunning. After Yeruashi and Minato became famous in the ninja world, he was extremely reluctant to go for a large-scale confrontation, preferring the tactics of small skirmishes.

Thousands of Iwagakure ninja were divided into hundreds of small units, operating in the border area and sometimes penetrating deep into the Fire Country.

The purpose of such tactics is very simple.

Protection against the Yellow and Silver Flash of Konoha.

Even if Yeruashi and Minato became active on this front, at best they could 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 ninja present on the Earth Country front, and given recent losses and numerous injuries, their actual combat power was reduced to less than six thousand.

And the Iwagakure side has about ten thousand ninja.

The small number of troops does not allow you to launch a decisive offensive, because if the enemy has a numerical superiority and will not engage in a large-scale confrontation, you will not be able to make an effective counterattack.

Therefore, Konoha has no choice but to deal with these small Iwagakure squads one by one. Small elite Konoha units, led by Danzo and Orochimaru, regularly move to the border, but the results are far from desirable, because Ōnoki also occasionally leads elite Iwagakure units, assaulting Konoha forces.

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

Danzo looked away from the map and said quietly.

It is now very clear that the four Great Ninja Towns have no intention of attacking each other, their target is only the Fire Country, because once the two ninja towns engage in a war with each other, the remaining two will not be able to hold Konoha and will be crushed one by one.

Sunagakure also understands this and is not at all worried that Iwagakure might suddenly attack them, allowing them to wait absolutely calmly for the most suitable time to enter the war!

"Having dealt with Amegakure, it would be possible to stabilize the situation? But Hanzo of the Salamander..."

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

If any other small ninja village were in Amegakure's place, they would pose no threat to Konoha, they would simply mobilize a ninja squad and destroy the other side.

But Amegakure is different.

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

Even five Kage have a hard time dealing with Hanzo!

This is what makes Amegakure an extremely problematic opponent.

Normally, Konoha would not be afraid of Amegakure, but now they are fighting a war with Iwagakure and are forced to pay attention to Sunagakure, in such a situation, a move by Amegakure can cause terrible damage.

"Still no news from Yeruashi?"

Orochimaru turned to Danzo.

Danzo is responsible for the situation at the border of the Rain Country, besides, a considerable number of Root ninja are scattered all over the country, gathering information, of course, some of them are monitoring Amegakure.

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

"Hanzo, as usual, is troublesome..."

Orochimaru whispered under his breath.

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

After losing several squadrons and detecting the Silver Flash, Iwagakure should significantly reduce its activity.

This will significantly relieve the pressure on Konoha.

And when Hanzo decides to step up, Yeruashi will lead an Elite team and keep pressure on Amegakure, this seems the best strategy.

"Danzo-sama."

As Orochimaru pondered this, a Root ninja entered the tent, bowed to Danzo and handed him a sealed scroll, "This is information we just received from Amegakure."

"Well..."

Danzo took the scroll and slowly opened it, the first few lines said that the Amegakure 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 Yeruashi is now, can you contact him?"

"No."

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

Orochimaru's voice gradually faded.

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

"What happened?"

Orochimaru frowned slightly and asked.

Danzo stared at the scroll for a few more seconds, as if he couldn't believe what he was reading, then slowly lowered it, sighed and said, "Hanzo is dead."

"Amegakure has fallen."