Chapter 694: Igniting the Flames of War, Every Blade of Grass a Soldier
A ninja force of tens of thousands from Sunagakure might not seem like much to the current five great nations. After all, which major nation didn't have a hundred thousand ninja troops? During the arms race, every country was frantically recruiting. Under such circumstances, a ninja force of tens of thousands was actually considered very small.
However, in this special period, a ninja force of tens of thousands from Sunagakure began to move out. This touched everyone's nerves.
Konoha immediately convened an emergency meeting.
"Where is the Hokage?" A group of Konoha jōnin rushed into Naruto's office, only to find it completely empty. At such a critical moment, Naruto was gone! This was quite a shocking event for the entire village of Konoha! The Hokage of Konoha, the Sixth Hokage, was actually gone. What time was it now? How could the Hokage leave the Konoha ninja village? Not to mention what the Hokage was doing, at this time, no matter what he was doing, he should not have easily left Konoha!
These Konoha jōnin felt they couldn't sit still.
"Where on earth did the Hokage go?"
"What time is it now? How dare he leave Konoha? The people of Sunagakure have already started to move, and they are coming at us aggressively!"
"What should we do in this situation!"
Shikamaru sighed helplessly. Who knew such a problem would arise at this critical moment? He had already sent people to deliver a message to Mount Myōboku at the fastest speed. The toads of Mount Myōboku would deliver the intelligence to Naruto. But right now, the priority was to deal with the problem of the large-scale irregular movement of Sunagakure's ninjas.
"What are you all shouting about? The Sixth Hokage of Konoha isn't here, but aren't we still here!" As he spoke, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, walked out.
Tobirama's appearance instantly quieted the jōnin down quite a bit, but there were still some jōnin clamoring to see Naruto immediately. Unlike other ninja villages where the successive Kages managed problems together, Naruto's prestige in Konoha was still quite high. So these Konoha ninjas, compared to the First Hokage and the others, trusted Naruto more.
Tobirama alone couldn't even suppress these ninjas, which instantly made his face turn a bit ugly. And at this time, Hashirama in the distance smiled. He had told Tobirama before that he alone couldn't suppress these Konoha ninjas. Although the ninjas of Konoha held enough reverence for them, the past Hokages, it was still no match for Naruto's position in their hearts. Naruto was the current Hokage, who had turned the tide, saved Konoha, and even saved the entire ninja world. With such achievements, it was impossible for these Konoha ninjas to submit to him, a mere Second Hokage.
But at any rate, Tobirama was his younger brother, and the situation was urgent now. Although he didn't want to snatch anything, someone had to step up and take charge of the situation now.
Just as he was about to walk out, a ninja suddenly spoke up and asked, "Since the Hokage isn't in Konoha, then what about Lord Sasuke!"
"As long as Lord Sasuke is here, no matter what Sunagakure wants to do, we don't need to be afraid at all!"
Hearing this sentence, all the Konoha jōnin also nodded one after another. Although Sasuke might have disappeared for a long time, and in the memory of Konoha's jōnin, such a person might not even exist, but! The current Sasuke was given such an evaluation by the Sage of Six Paths. At the same time! Even the current Hokage had personally acknowledged Sasuke as his companion. The strongest in the ninja world, and also the Hokage's companion. Sasuke was basically the second most trusted person for all Konoha ninjas after Naruto.
Hashirama hadn't expected Sasuke to have such high prestige in Konoha. He should have only been in this world for a short time! The title of "strongest in the ninja world" seemed to be more useful than his "God of Shinobi"!
"Alright! Since we can't contact Naruto, it's naturally unlikely we can contact Sasuke either!"
"No matter what those two have gone to do."
"We can't count on them for a while now, but the problem with Sunagakure must be solved!" Hashirama spoke, and the sound of discussion instantly quieted down a lot. He looked at the crowd.
The First Hokage's prestige was much stronger than Tobirama's. With both of them stepping up, these Konoha ninjas really didn't have many other opinions.
"Then Lord First and Second Hokage, what should we do now?" a Konoha jōnin asked with a pale face. He wasn't afraid of these aggressive Suna ninjas, but he was worried that if it wasn't handled well, it might directly trigger a Great Ninja War. If a Great Ninja War broke out, then there would be widespread devastation, and even as a jōnin, he had a high probability of dying in the war. So he was afraid.
These ninjas who had never been on the battlefield were all afraid, but at the same time, the belief in protecting Konoha was supporting them not to be afraid.
Hashirama sighed softly. "I know your worries, but... if Sunagakure insists on making a move, will you choose to surrender without a fight?"
"No!" Almost as soon as he finished asking, someone answered.
Hearing this answer, Hashirama was very satisfied. "If that's the case, don't you know what to do?"
Since they wouldn't surrender without a fight, then they would resist. Sunagakure had dispatched tens of thousands of ninja troops towards Konoha. No matter what, Konoha couldn't just sit and wait for death. These ninjas had taken a detour, seemingly planning to come from the direction of the Land of Grass, thus cleverly avoiding the unfavorable geographical position of the Land of Rain for Suna.
"Why did Sunagakure suddenly dispatch tens of thousands of ninja troops? Have we received any intelligence?" Hashirama still wanted to confirm again.
And Shikamaru, who was in charge of this area, frowned and shook his head. "Currently, there is no other intelligence!"
"All we have is that Sunagakure has dispatched ninja troops. No matter what they want to do, we absolutely cannot let our guard down." At a time like this, even finding the reason could just be the other side's excuse, just wanting to deploy troops on the border of the Land of Fire in advance. It was impossible for the Land of Fire not to take precautions. Otherwise, wouldn't they be letting others get the upper hand?
Hashirama pondered for a few seconds. "How many ninja troops has Sunagakure dispatched?"
This question, Shikamaru didn't even need to think and blurted out: "Thirty-five thousand!"
"Among them, three hundred jōnin, four thousand chūnin, and the rest are genin, as well as a ninja supply unit and a medical ninja unit!"
"The total number adds up to exactly a forty-thousand-strong ninja force!"
Hashirama was very satisfied with Shikamaru's answer. He had already clarified the enemy's situation. Shikamaru was indeed worthy of being Naruto's brain. Such things no longer needed to be ordered.
"If that's the case, I have an idea!"
"Regardless of whether Sunagakure intends to start a war, my Konoha will also dispatch a forty-thousand-strong force to the border!"
"This way, in terms of numbers, we are equal to the opponent, and at the same time, we can implicitly send a message that we do not want to start a war immediately."
"But at the same time, assemble a hundred-thousand-strong ninja force in Konoha Village, which can also tell the other ninja villages that if they really want to fight, our Konoha is ready to accompany them at any time!"
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