The Shadow of Konoha

"This should be considered a success, right?"

The huge rock wall was divided into two by a vertical gully that stood vertically on the ground. The air was filled with fresh stone dust. Hanyu waved his hands to push away the mist that blocked his view, and then he saw two flat and smooth cross-sections that seemed to have been polished by running water.

So there was no need for any doubt in answering his question in the affirmative...his technique had certainly been successful.

"Simply speaking from the perspective of the power of the technique, it might even be stronger than your Lightning Release Ninjutsu." Katsuyu continued.

"Really?" Hanyu thought for a moment, compared his two ninjutsu, then shook his head and said, "They are different. One emphasizes penetrating damage and internal destruction. It is an assassination technique that focuses the power of thunder and lightning on one point; the other emphasizes the cutting attribute from shallow to deep. It is a slashing technique that cuts in two with one stroke. It is precisely because of the different effects that I developed new ninjutsu. The two are complementary rather than substitutes. Otherwise, if I only emphasized the power of the technique, then I already have the Second Hokage's Water Breaking Wave, and there is no need to do this again."

Hanyu's two techniques, one is a spear for stabbing people, and the other is a chainsaw for chopping people.

In any case, Hanyu was quite happy that he could learn new chakra attribute changes and complete a new ninjutsu before going to the battlefield again... Now that his training can come to an end and he has achieved something, he will not be afraid of new battlefields and unknown battles.

Because he left the battlefield to take on the temporary escort mission of the Hokage and spent the New Year in the village, Hanyu had been away from the battlefield for quite some time. If he was resting, then he had definitely rested enough.

According to normal rotation, he should go to the battlefield next... In fact, the new combat mission has already been handed over to him.

Just as Hanyu had expected, Konoha's battles with Amegakure had not been going smoothly during this period, and were not as easy as the Operations Department had imagined.

Judging by the absolute strength between the villages, Amegakure is not worth mentioning at all, but the battle between the two sides has reached a stalemate... On the one hand, in the middle and late stages of the Ninja World War, Konoha was unwilling to invest more manpower in the frontal battlefield; on the other hand, because the battlefield between the two sides was located in the Rain Country, Amegakure had obvious geographical advantages. They could use local advantages in the jungles and mountains to continue to entangle with the elite Konoha ninjas.

So the result was that Konoha stepped into a quagmire.

We have taken over the three major ninja villages, so can't we do anything to a small Amegakure like you? This is what Konoha thought at first, but sorry, there is really nothing we can do.

After a long period of no progress, Konoha learned from its mistakes and finally began to change its combat strategy.

Hanyu was not surprised by this result. It was common for the strong to be unable to defeat the weak. He had countless examples in his mind. For example, Konoha was the strongest village on earth, and Amegakure was the Southern Monkey. The former was much stronger than the latter, but... they couldn't win.

After realizing the crux of the problem, Konoha began to change its combat strategy. It no longer sought victory in large-scale frontal group combat, and even killing the enemy was no longer the top priority. The front-line command now began to organize elite ninja teams, which continued to infiltrate the Rain Country in small groups, focusing the combat on the destruction of Rain Country's transportation, supply, production facilities, communication centers and other key targets.

In other words, Konoha changed its previous idea of quickly dealing with Amegakure and immediately withdrawing from the war, and instead had to return to the old path of protracted warfare.

This was a change that was forced upon them by Amegakure, but this retreat in strategic intent was honestly a bit scary, because it shifted the war between Konoha and Amegakure from an exchange of ninja lives to a competition of national strength between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain... fighting and logistics, and in this aspect the two sides were incomparable, and no matter how long Amegakure dragged the war on, it would not win.

This means that even though the war has once again turned into a protracted war, Konoha can afford the consumption on the local battlefield. In a nutshell, Amegakure is just a minor problem for Konoha, but Konoha is a complete and utter headache for Amegakure.

If the leader of Amegakure had any brains at this time, he would definitely not consider defeating Konoha... that was impossible, but to immediately ask for peace with Konoha after a small victory on the local battlefield. For no other reason, just to be able to withdraw from the war in a decent manner with minimal damage.

In other words, the outcome of the war between Konoha and Amegakure had actually been determined long ago, but the process leading to the outcome was particularly important.

After Hanyu's team returns to the front line, they will carry out this kind of infiltration and sabotage mission.

After the training came to an end, Hanyu naturally had no need to stay in the Wet Bone Forest any longer. Three days later, his team gathered again and prepared to return to the front line ahead of schedule.

"Everyone, long time no see." At the agreed gathering place, a training ground somewhere in Konoha, Hanyu greeted his three companions.

Although they have stayed in the village for some time, they rarely meet each other because Hanyu.

"Captain, are we going back to the battlefield?" someone asked. Since everyone was called together suddenly, it was most likely related to the war.

"Well, after all, the team has been fishing for a long time. Next we have to go back to the front line to carry out combat missions." Hanyu said.

Going to the battlefield, leaving the battlefield temporarily, returning to the battlefield, and then dying on the battlefield, this is the fate of most ninjas.

"I will explain the next mission to you all. I hope you can be mentally prepared... According to the order, we will be isolated outside the command headquarters and infiltrate . The combat goal is to destroy the enemy's transportation lines and other important facilities.

The mission requirements are relatively general, so we have a high degree of autonomy and flexibility during the mission. Many times we can do what we want without being bound by the command center's dogma... This is an advantage in the mission.

Of course, the disadvantages in the mission are also very obvious - lack of supplies, intelligence support, isolated, deep in the Rain Country, surrounded by enemies, so it is extremely dangerous and the whole army can be wiped out at any time. " Hanyu continued to explain.

But there are some problems with what he said, because such a task is not about "annihilation of the whole army at any time", but it should be about how to avoid annihilation of the whole army.

Hanyu would not risk his life for Konoha, but the mission was just that.

However, after such a long period of training, Hanyu would never reject or fear the battlefield.

Let me, the Konoha Iron Fist, go and meet Rain Village Hanzo. Would I be afraid?

Hanyu thought silently.

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