harleyscars Chapter 98 To destroy Konoha, first destroy the Land of Fire.
Chapter 98 To destroy Konoha, first destroy the Land of Fire.
Chapter 99 To destroy Konoha, first destroy the Land of Fire.
An did not rush into the battlefield rashly. He circled around on the outside, preparing to find an opportunity to make a decisive move!
Killing ordinary Jonin is pointless; you have to kill those big shots with names and identities.
For example, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, or the Perverted Sage Jiraiya!
Normally, Hiruzen Sarutobi is always surrounded by a large group of people protecting him, but now the front lines are stretched thin and lacking in combat power. Presumably, this old man will have to take up his stick and personally go into battle with the enemy!
Jiraiya's Sage Mode is too powerful and not easy to kill, so Hiruzen Sarutobi, that old man, is much easier to kill!
If An finds an opportunity, he can go up and kill him!
Moreover, An Xin was somewhat puzzled as to why Konoha had managed to withstand the successive attacks from the four countries.
This is incredible!
An had personally participated in the previous Konoha Crush and knew exactly how many elites Konoha had lost in that battle.
Under normal circumstances, Konoha's current strength is at most half of what it used to be.
Even if other countries cannot launch a full-scale attack, and even if Konoha recalls all the ninjas stationed throughout the country and has the advantage of terrain, these factors alone cannot bridge the gap in absolute strength!
This puzzled Uchiha An greatly, as he couldn't understand how Konoha had managed to do it.
This is outrageous!
Before figuring this out, An didn't plan to act rashly. Otherwise, if a giant pillar resurrected by Edo Tensei suddenly appeared, he would have nowhere to reason with it!
Forbidden techniques aren't something that can only be used by him!
Although Konoha Village has banned this thing, it depends on the situation.
Normally, for the sake of the village's reputation, we certainly cannot use something that toys with the souls of the dead.
But now that they've reached a life-or-death situation, and the village is about to be wiped out, why are they still worrying about this and that? That Hiruzen Sarutobi can't be called a heartless "ninja hero"!
Even if it's not Edo Tensei, we can't let our guard down.
There are just too many forbidden techniques in Konoha!
That lunatic Second Hokage spent his time researching forbidden techniques, and then wouldn't allow them to be used. He sealed them away in a tattered book, leaving them specifically for rogue ninjas to use and cause trouble for his own people.
But from another perspective, these things are the legacy that Tobirama Senju left for Konoha!
Before the foundation of Konoha Village is destroyed, who can guarantee that Konoha Village can be completely destroyed?
What An wants to investigate now is the foundation that enabled Konoha to survive the Four Nations War, and then cut off that foundation from the root!
At this time, Konoha Village was surrounded by enemies on all sides, but the relationship between the villages was also not good. No one was willing to entrust their back to another village, so they simply occupied a different direction, fought their own battles, and did not interfere with or help each other.
This meant that Konoha Village had to divide its forces to deal with the situation, with someone leading the defense on each side.
Just by looking at that giant toad, you can tell where Jiraiya is.
An went over to check and found that he was fighting fiercely with the Fourth Raikage and his brother.
Sage Mode is incredibly powerful, and with the help of many other ninjas, the two sides were evenly matched for a short period of time.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was in charge of the other side, wielding his Vajra staff with great force and using various escaping techniques with ease. He truly lived up to his reputation as the "strongest Hokage" in Konoha's history!
The old man Onoki floated in mid-air, commanding with composure and displaying the demeanor of a great man. However, his elite subordinates had long been wiped out by the Third Raikage, and Deidara had not yet grown up. There was a lack of capable successors, and it was impossible for him to defeat Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group of elite Anbu members in a short period of time.
On the Sunagakure side, Kakashi, leading the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and a group of elite Konoha ninjas, was in control of the situation.
The Wind Kingdom's performance certainly lived up to its reputation as the weakest of the great nations!
That nickname is well-deserved!
The cold violence against Jinchūriki, even the Scorching Release user Pakura, was given away by his own people. This tactic is exactly the same as that of Konoha Village!
No wonder Sunagakure and Konoha are such staunch allies!
Although Rasa is the Kazekage, he's incredibly weak. Without the help of his parents, taking down Konoha's White Fang's son won't be an easy task.
After muttering a few complaints to herself, An moved on to look in the last direction.
To An's surprise, the main force of the resistance fighters on the Kirigakure side was actually a group of strangers!
The "Village of Blood Mist" policy over the years has significantly weakened the fighting strength of Kirigakure.
Moreover, Yagura is under Obito's genjutsu control, and when he resorts to underhanded tactics, he is even more ruthless than the previous Mizukage!
The Hidden Mist Village is now fully capable of competing with the Hidden Sand Village for the title of "weakest ninja village".
They can't even beat a monk now!
That's right, the main force resisting the Land of Wind was a group of monks, plus a bunch of ordinary Konoha ninjas who were helping out on the sidelines.
The bald monk at the head of the group stood there with his hands clasped together. Without even moving, an energy giant Buddha statue stood behind him, unleashing a flurry of punches, like a thousand-armed Guanyin, causing the ninjas from the Land of Wind to flee in terror.
An could see clearly that the monk was using the secret immortal technique of the "Fire Temple," the "Thousand-Handed Killing Technique."
This is Jiriku, the monk from the "Fire Temple"!
Don't these monks usually stay in the temple eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures?
Why are you involved in this war?
Looking at the group of people behind him, they were all unfamiliar. Judging by their skills, these people were no weaker than Jiraiya. When they joined forces, they beat Yagura and the others into a sorry state.
An glanced at the strangers and noticed that none of them had Konoha headbands, but they all wore a cloth belt with a large "" embroidered on it!
This symbol—could it be one of the twelve guardian ninja of the daimyo?
Has the daimyo of the Land of Fire sent reinforcements?
Uchiha An was somewhat confused.
In his past memories, the daimyo always drew manpower from Konoha to protect the nobles, but he never saw them send their own private forces to support the war of the ninja villages.
This part isn't even in the original work!
However, upon closer examination, this actually makes a lot of sense.
If Konoha were to be destroyed, the Land of Fire would certainly be divided up by various countries, and the daimyo and nobles would naturally face certain death.
It's unclear whether these reinforcements were sent voluntarily by the daimyo of the Land of Fire, or whether Hiruzen Sarutobi obtained them after paying a great price.
Regardless of how they were acquired, it is an undeniable fact that the Twelve Guardian Ninjas appeared on Konoha's defensive positions.
"damn it!"
Uchiha An's anger suddenly surged.
"I knew it!"
"Hayamura has suffered such heavy losses, how can it possibly withstand the attack from the four kingdoms!"
"So that's where the root is!"
"It seems that to destroy Konoha, we'll have to destroy the entire country first!"
"Otherwise, as long as the country is willing to invest, Konoha Village could be rebuilt no matter how many times it is destroyed!"
A burning desire to kill ignited within Uchiha An. He decided that when he had time, he would go to the capital of the Land of Fire and slaughter the daimyo and his nobles!
We must let the daimyo and nobles also feel the pain of war!
You dare to interfere in the internal affairs of Konoha Village!
Oh, and those bald monks from the Temple of Fire!
Since you're not content to stay in the temple and chant Buddhist scriptures, you might as well stop chanting altogether!
Instead, recite the Rebirth Mantra!
He traveled to both battlefields, carefully imprinting the faces of the outsiders in his mind, before sneaking back into the battlefield.
There are priorities, and we can consider the matter of the Land of Fire later.
What he needs to do now is to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi!
It's easier said than done!
Even though Hiruzen Sarutobi was somewhat isolated at the moment, with only a few Anbu members and not many elite ninja guards around him, he was still a Kage-level ninja who could concentrate highly on the battlefield, making a sneak attack almost impossible.
You only get one chance!
An quickly formed hand seals, transforming into an ordinary Iwagakure (Iwagakure Village) member. He quietly blended into the main force of Iwagakure and, under the command of the old man Onoki, slowly made his way towards Hiruzen Sarutobi.
After wave after wave of attacks, it was finally An's group's turn to step forward.