Chapter 172 Uchiha and Kumogakure

While Kakashi and Kabuto Yakushi were chatting at the Root, the Uchiha clan next door was very lively.

After learning that Uchiha Fugaku had become the deputy commander of the front line, the Uchiha hawks were boiling all of a sudden. The deputy commander was also the commander, and in the past only the core members of the Hokage could hold the position.

The Konoha high-level officials now let Fugaku-sama as the deputy commander, which means that the Uchiha is one step closer to the position of Hokage. Next, they only need to defeat the invading Kumogaku, and they can run for the position of Hokage with the power of victory.

Moreover, after experiencing the life and death trials of war, many of the clan members can have three magatama Sharingan.

Although the Uchiha doves were deeply disturbed by the reaction of the hawks, they hated war and were worried that their relatives and friends would die in the war.

But this war was provoked by the Kumogakure Village, and they could not surrender obediently.

So at this moment, the Uchiha hawks and doves united together. It only took half a day for the Uchiha to organize several elite teams to join the large army heading to the front line.

Uchiha Shisui is naturally a member of one of the teams. As a top-ranked strongman in the clan, he could not escape the transfer order of the Hokage Building, and his identification with the village made him unable to retreat.

However, after chatting with Uchiha Itachi a few days ago, Bai Ye's words began to repeat in his mind.

"Uchiha cannot become Hokage, and any Uchiha who dreams of becoming Hokage will become unfortunate..."

Shisui tried hard to forget these words, but when he saw the clan members around him who were full of enthusiasm for war, he couldn't help but think of them in his mind.

Retracting his gradually divergent thoughts, Shisui sighed softly.

Although he didn't want to become Hokage, he couldn't let his clan members give up the dream of becoming Hokage. In the entire Konoha Ninja Village, how many ninjas didn't want to become the high and mighty Hokage.

The identity of Hokage not only represents glory, but also represents the power to lead the village.

At this time, Tiehuo, who was traveling with him, noticed Shisui's change and came over to ask: "Shisui, you look very strange, are you worried about something?"

Another Uchiha in the three-person team also asked: "If you have any worries, tell us, maybe we can help solve it."

Shisui glanced at Tiehuo and the others, and then said: "I am indeed worried. I suddenly feel that Uchiha does not need to pursue the position of Hokage. It is enough to stay in the security force."

"And it is not good for the security force to always be controlled by us Uchiha. More ninjas should be allowed to join."

Hearing this, Tiehuo frowned and his expression became serious: "Shisui, do you know what you are talking about? We Uchiha founded Konoha Village with the Senju clan. How could we give up the position of Hokage?"

"And The guard force was a reward from the second Hokage, and it originally belongs to our Uchiha. "

"Besides, I didn't see the third and fourth generations let Uchiha join. It's a department belonging to the Hokage, not to mention the medical department and the intelligence department, which are all controlled by the major ninja clans."

"Although Shisui is very talented, you are not mature enough. You always have these naive ideas."

Shisui opened his mouth and said, "But if Uchiha doesn't open the guard force, it will not be able to completely integrate with the village. If this goes on, we will be isolated sooner or later."

Tiehuo glanced at Shisui and said with an ugly face: "Shisui, why do you always side with outsiders? With the strength of our Uchiha, we should get more."

After speaking, Tiehuo quickened his pace. He didn't plan to continue chatting with Shisui.

Seeing the expressions of his companions, Shisui sighed in his heart. He knew it would be this result. The clan members could not feel his mood.

And Tiehuo said something wrong.

Compared to the Hokage, the Uchiha were not strong at all. If they united, they might be able to barely defeat one of the three ninjas, but they had no chance of winning against so many people at the same time.

The three of them were all jonins, and after accelerating at full speed, they arrived at the border area of ​​the Land of Fire in a few days.

When they were still more than ten kilometers away from the border, Shisui seemed to have noticed something and stretched out his hand to signal his companions to stop.

After a few breaths, they saw a ninja team.

This ninja team wore Konoha forehead protectors. Judging from the degree of caution when they were on the road, their strength should be around that of a chunin.

Seeing this scene, Tiehuo was a little confused. Shouldn't he go over and say hello when he met friendly forces?

Shisui shook his head slightly, and then explained: "The Konoha ninjas on the front line of Kumogakure are either support teams that rushed here day and night like us, or they are stationed in the front-line defense team."

"These two types of ninjas cannot be as calm as them. If nothing unexpected happens, this team should be the Kumogakure troops that sneaked into the Land of Fire."

After listening to Shisui's analysis, Tiehuo's face became more solemn.

After the three members of the team looked at each other, they immediately opened their Sharingan and walked out of the bushes where they were hiding.

At this time, the ninja team also noticed Shisui and others. After seeing the Sharingan for the first time, their faces suddenly turned ashen, and they fled to the back without hesitation.

They had just accepted the mission of sneaking into the Land of Fire, but they were unlucky to meet Uchiha ninjas.

Uchiha ninjas all have blood limit Sharingan. In the battle between jonin and even elite jonin, blood limit is not a great talent.

But at the Chunin and Genin level, the Uchiha is nearly invincible in a one-on-one situation.

The illusion of the Sharingan prevents ninjas from looking straight ahead easily, and the dynamic vision gives Uchiha a huge advantage in physical combat, and the Uchiha bloodline has a good amount of chakra.

It can be said that Uchiha is a perfect ninja without any shortcomings.

Moreover, their disguise can deceive ordinary Konoha ninjas, but they cannot deceive the ninjas of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans. The eye technique blood inheritance can make the perception ability change qualitatively.

Seeing that the suspected cloud ninja team chose to escape, Shisui and others looked at each other, each chose a combat target, and disappeared directly after a flash.

Tiehuo and Yakumo launched the Sharingan illusion, and two of the cloud ninjas were directly controlled by the illusion and stayed in place and could not move.

The captain of the Chunin was not a match for Shisui. After cutting the tendons of his feet with a knife, he directly lifted it back with one hand.

The whole battle from start to finish did not even take half a minute.

Having won the battle so easily, Tiehuo said complacently:

"The ninja world has always said that Kumogakure is the second ninja village after Konoha, but the strength of these Kumogakure is not that good, and it is not as exciting as fighting with the bloodline ninjas of Kirigakure."

Shisui smiled slightly and did not intend to expose Tiehuo.

All of their team members are three-magatama jonins. Unless they encounter ninjas at the level of three ninjas or five shadows, they still have the strength to fight, not to mention that these enemies are just a group of chunins.

Walking to the captured Kumogakure ninjas, Shisui used illusion to control the team leader who was about to commit suicide.

In the process of interrogating the intelligence, Shisui frowned. This Kumogakure team turned out to be members of the Kumogakure Anbu. The restrictions that sealed the intelligence were recorded in their brains. Forcibly erasing the restrictions would directly destroy the brain.

Tiehuo frowned and asked, "Can't you get any information out of him?"

Shisui nodded, "The captain's brain is engraved with a restriction, which cannot be cracked in a short time. The rest of the people should be similar."

Hearing this, Tiehuo immediately aimed his kunai at the enemy's heart. When he was about to stab it, a cloud ninja suddenly broke free from the illusion and said, "Don't kill me, I don't have any restrictions on me, I know a useful piece of information!"

Tiehuo hurriedly looked at the cloud ninja and asked impatiently, "Tell me, if the information is useful, I can let you live."

Before he finished speaking, Shisui directly controlled the cloud ninja and got the information from his memory.

After reading the information, Shisui said solemnly, "Tiehuo, Yakumo, we must find Jiraiya and Captain Fugaku immediately. The two-tailed Jinchuriki Yukito has sneaked into the territory of the Land of Fire!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the Uchiha present changed instantly, and they all quickened their pace.

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Three hours later, Shisui appeared in the front-line command room.

There were only a few people in the command room, including Jiraiya, the frontline commander, Uchiha Fugaku, the deputy commander, and the chiefs of the three tribes of Ino, Shika and Chou who served as staff and assistants.

Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Inoichi.

Seeing Shisui walking in with a serious face, Fugaku hurriedly asked: "Shisui, is there anything important to report?"

Shisui didn't waste any words and directly told the information he had obtained through torture.

When they heard that the two-tailed Jinchūriki had sneaked into the territory of the Land of Fire, whether it was Jiraiya, Fugaku, Shikaku and others, their faces changed.

For Fugaku and the Ino, Shika and Chou combination, it was not difficult for them to deal with the Jinchūriki.

The secret techniques of the Ino, Shika and Chou families were enough to fight against Kage-level strongmen in a short period of time, and Uchiha could also fight with the number of three magatama jonin.

But that was all in a prepared situation. If it was an encounter, they would definitely not be opponents.

And the most terrifying thing about the Jinchūriki was the destructive power. If the Tailed Beast Balls were launched at the cities in the Land of Fire, the consequences would be disastrous.

Although the probability of this happening is very low, we have to guard against it.

After all, Konoha currently lacks qualified Jinchūriki, and this is destined to be an asymmetric war.

Thinking of this, Akimichi Choji and Yamanaka Inichi looked at Jiraiya and could only pin their hopes on Jiraiya. After all, Jiraiya is the only one in the camp who can fight the Jinchūriki one-on-one.

If Jiraiya can go out and solve the two-tailed Jinchūriki, the Jinchūriki problem will be solved.

In the Ninja World War a few years ago, Orochimaru killed the eight-tailed Jinchūriki Bulubi by assassination, thus reversing Konoha's unfavorable situation.

Jiraiya looked at the information at hand and fell into deep thought.

During the war with the Hidden Rock Village, he fought with the Four-tailed and Five-tailed Jinchūriki many times. Judging from the information at the time, neither he nor Minato were opponents of these two Jinchūriki.

The reason is very simple. Although he and Minato can suppress the Jinchūriki, they cannot break the defense of the Jinchūriki in the state of Tailed Beast Transformation, which leads to the disadvantage of lack of chakra if the battle is delayed.

It was not until Minato developed the Rasengan using the principle of Tailed Beast Ball that they were qualified to fight the Jinchūriki head-on.

Now that several years have passed, his strength has improved a lot compared to the beginning.

With the assistance of the boss Fukasaku Shima, he can improve his strength a lot after entering the Sage Mode. It is not very difficult to deal with a young man like the Two-tailed Jinchūriki.

But the pressure faced on the front line of Kumogakure is not only from the Two-tailed Jinchūriki, but also from the AB combination.

A is the fourth Raikage Ai, a Raikage in his early thirties who possesses the power and chakra comparable to the tailed beasts, while B is the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer Bee, whose strength has reached the level of the Five Kage.

Compared to the teenage Yukito, these two are the reason why Kumogakure dares to start a war.

Jiraiya doesn't know who else in the ninja world is a match for the AB combination, unless Tsunade and Orochimaru are willing to join forces with him to reproduce the glory of the three ninjas.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya sighed softly, not knowing how to face the current difficult situation.

Maybe he can only wait for the old man or Orochimaru to come with the support troops, otherwise this front-line camp will not last long.

Nara Shikaku saw through Jiraiya's thoughts and said slowly: "Jiraiya-sama must stay at the command center to prevent the Fourth Raikage from leading a surprise attack. There should be no chance to deal with the Two-tailed Jinchuriki."

"For now, we can only report this news to the Third Generation and ask the Third Generation to send more people to support."

Nara Shikaku's proposal was very pertinent and was recognized by Jiraiya and the others. Their current main goal is to stabilize the front line and keep the war as close to the border as possible.

After the arrival of the remaining troops, they can launch a counterattack against the Hidden Cloud Village.

After hearing Nara Shikaku's suggestion, Fugaku frowned and his eyes began to move constantly on the sand table and map.

Nara Shikaku is worthy of being born in the "military strategist" family, and the suggestion he made is very safe.

As long as the front line is stabilized, if the Hidden Cloud Party does not get any effective results, it will sooner or later negotiate with the village. After all, war is for gaining benefits, not just venting anger.

But this strategy is not friendly to Uchiha.

What Uchiha needs is merit, and outstanding achievements in battle to change the villagers' view of Uchiha, and then go further with the contribution to the war.

If the war is won in the current way, Uchiha will not get any merit at all.

Should we continue to be stable and eventually miss the opportunity, or work hard to win a glimmer of hope?

After thinking for a long time, Uchiha Fugaku already had the answer in his heart. He took a deep breath and said to Jiraiya:

"Jiraiya-sama, Shikaku Jonin, the matter of capturing the two-tailed Jinchūriki is left to Uchiha."

"Uchiha will capture Yukito alive and make her a bargaining chip for the village and the Hidden Cloud Village."

After these words came out, Jiraiya, Shikaku and others looked at Fugaku. Jiraiya couldn't help but remind him: "Patriarch Fugaku, it is not easy to defeat the Jinchūriki, and it is even more difficult to capture him alive."

"There is no joking in the army. Does Patriarch Fugaku really want to take on this task?"

Fugaku nodded slightly, and then said: "Don't worry, Jonin Jiraiya, although the Jinchūriki is strong, he is also afraid of the Sharingan illusion. She is nothing in front of Uchiha."

Hearing this, Shisui's face changed slightly.

How could Chief Fugaku accept such a mission? Not to mention that the tribesmen have never fought against Jinchūriki, even if the Sharingan can restrain the tailed beasts, it cannot restrain Jinchūriki.

At this time, Fugaku paused and continued, "And as long as she is in the Land of Fire, the safety of the civilians of the Land of Fire cannot be guaranteed. Uchiha will not allow such a thing to happen."

Seeing Fugaku's solemn look, Jiraiya couldn't speak to dampen morale.

Adhering to the principle of steady progress, Jiraiya still reminded: "I will ask Chief Fugaku to solve the invasion of the Two-tailed Jinchūriki, but this time, I will not make this mission public, even if it cannot be completed, it doesn't matter."

"If Chief Fugaku can really complete this task, I will ask the old man for credit."

"Don't worry, Master Jiraiya, Uchiha will definitely capture the Jinchūriki alive."

After speaking, Fugaku walked towards Shisui, and he planned to discuss with Shisui immediately the countermeasures for capturing the Two-tailed Jinchūriki.

Seeing this scene, Nara Shikaku looked at a fool. He couldn't imagine why Uchiha would accept such a task.

You are Uchiha. Don't you know how bad your reputation is in the village?

Even if the task of capturing Jinchūriki is successful, it will not be much good for Uchiha. After all, if the Sharingan can control the two-tailed Jinchūriki, it is not difficult to control the nine-tailed Jinchūriki.

In this way, the matter of the Nine-tailed Rebellion will fall on you Uchiha.

If you fail, it will also hit your reputation. Can't you see that letting you Uchiha as deputy commander is to let you take the blame?

After shaking his head secretly in his heart, Nara Shikaku did not remind them.

The struggle between Uchiha and the Hokage has nothing to do with them. As the patriarch of the "military advisor" clan, he knows very well that the best team to stand is not to stand, so that he can always stand on the side of the winner.