The Shadow of Konoha

"Are there any more specific news about the Sand Village?"

"Specific information? That's not something that ninjas of our level can access. But think about it... After suddenly losing the Second Kazekage, they should still be in internal strife, but the external pressure plus their own crisis will surely allow them to quickly reintegrate and unite. It is said that the Sand Village was weakened by the defeat to Konoha, and after hearing such information, the Iwagakure, which was in a fierce confrontation with the Cloud Village, suddenly sent a large group of ninjas to the north for reinforcement, with the intention of forcing a large-scale invasion of the Wind Country."

On the way back from the patrol mission, Hanyu was chatting with his team members. As eyewitnesses of the war, they were of course very concerned about the changes in the overall battle situation. However, even if Hanyu could be said to have a backstage, it would be impossible for him to obtain such important strategic intelligence.

According to public official statements, Konoha patrol teams like Team Hanyu's are active in the northern part of the Land of Rivers, but in fact they have already begun to tentatively infiltrate the Land of Rain, and crossing the border is a common occurrence... Although they did not encounter any special situations, Team Hanyu had just returned from the Land of Rain.

Turning his spearhead toward the Rain Country, the Third Hokage's strategic intention was already very clear - the guys from other villages could fight however they wanted, and after Konoha had dealt with the Hidden Rain Village, it was ready to completely extricate itself from this protracted Ninja World War.

The renewed strength of Iwagakure against Sunagakure is actually doing Konoha a big favor... Konoha's reduction of troop deployment on the border of the Wind Country is equivalent to helping Sunagakure pressure, but at this time Iwagakure is preparing to invade, so next Sunagakure will definitely deploy its main forces to guard against Iwagakure.

Although emotionally speaking, Sunagakure hates Konoha more, a country's strategy cannot be simply determined by personal emotions. On the contrary, the more they hate Konoha, the less likely they will take the initiative to provoke Konoha in the future.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen became the Third Hokage, except for being a little flustered in the beginning, what he did afterwards could be described as "excellent". Although he did not come up with any brilliant ideas, and the strategies he adopted were just solid and progressive... His way of fighting perfectly reflected his own character, steady and mature... But at this time, Konoha was already the most advantageous one among the five major ninja villages.

By now, it can be said that Sarutobi Hiruzen is worthy of the attention of the First and Second Hokage.

The Konoha ninjas can all see this improvement in the overall situation, but precisely because the war in Konoha has reached its final stage, they should be more vigilant and never slack off, otherwise they will fail at the last minute and regret their whole life.

The pressure of losing the whole game due to one wrong move will fall on the player with the greatest advantage on the chessboard. There will be no winner in this war, but Konoha must not lose.

Therefore, from top to bottom, Konoha maintained a considerable sense of urgency at the tactical level at this time, especially for ninjas like Hanyu who had just entered the battlefield not long ago.

Hanyu even felt that the battle between Konoha and Amegakure would not proceed as objectively as expected... He vaguely remembered that in the Second Ninja World War that followed, Amegakure, led by Hanzo, declared war on the three major countries of Earth, Wind, and Fire one after another, and for a long time, they fought one against three and endured the attacks of the three major ninja villages and remained standing.

It is simply unimaginable in the current situation of the ninja world that a small ninja village could shine in such a war. Even though it was the three major ninja villages that fought against the invasion of Amegakure, and Amegakure relied on its country's unique geography and climate to conduct a defensive counterattack, and after the war, Amegakure fell into a long period of civil strife because of the ravages of the three major ninja villages, but in the end, that war still made Hanzo of the Salamander famous.

Of course, the current Amegakure is not as strong as it will be later, but because Hanzo has begun to be active on the battlefield, Hanyu maintains a very cautious attitude towards the next battle between Konoha and Amegakure... Although his attitude is useless, he can't suggest to the Third Hokage to rush into Amegakure and kill him before Hanzo gets up, right?

This is impossible.

However, after Hanyu's team returned to the Konoha camp, he received news that the Hokage ordered him to go to see him immediately after returning from the mission... This order made Hanyu a little confused , and he couldn't understand why the Hokage wanted to see him.

But the order had to be accepted anyway, and before Hanyu even had time to think about it, he was taken to the Hokage.

"Hokage-sama, what do you want from me?"

The tent where the Third Hokage was located looked no different from other tents in the camp from the outside. When Hanyu arrived here, he found that the Hokage was busy dealing with a pile of documents. It seemed not a good idea to disturb the Hokage rashly?

It must not be good, so he asked directly.

Based on Sansho's attitude towards him, to be honest, Hanyu didn't think that the Third Hokage would take any adverse actions against him... After all, Senju's face was something that Senju's disciples needed to take into consideration.

If you think about it this way, wouldn't the Sandaime and Hanyu be from the same school?

Well, the two of them are not of the same generation at all.

When the Third Hokage saw Hanyu coming here, he signaled him to wait. After he finished the work in his hands, half an hour had passed, and only then did he have time to explain some things to Hanyu.

"When I was young, I always thought that the Hokage was a very impressive character, but now that I have become the Hokage, I find that most of the work is in this field." Sarutobi Hiruzen put down the pen in his hand and said to Hanyu while organizing the documents on the desk.

You see, this is the way the Hokage talks. Compared to Hanyu's direct opening, the Third Hokage did not rush to explain the purpose of calling Hanyu over. He always starts with the little things around him, especially when facing young ninjas, he will try to communicate with you and make you understand him. He can also understand you, pay attention to you, and care about you, like a spring breeze blowing on your face, moistening things invisibly.

This is by no means brainwashing, but he does look forward to and work hard to train young people into the talents needed by Konoha... Because he has too little contact with Sarutobi, Hanyu doesn't know whether this is a problem he developed after becoming Hokage, or whether he has always been like that.

However, Hanyu nodded, indicating that he understood the Hokage's feelings. As the highest leader of a military group, the time the Hokage spent buried in paperwork must be much longer than the time he spent fighting in battle.

"Is the first Hokage like this too?" Although he understood it, Hanyu couldn't help but ask, because he found it hard to imagine someone like the first Hokage doing something that a Hokage should do.

As expected, the Third Hokage's expression froze immediately, "Well, the First Hokage... After all, the First Hokage is different from ordinary people. When he was the Hokage, this kind of work was left to the Second Hokage."

The First Hokage had such a cheerful and carefree personality that even if he really wanted to do the job of handling confidential documents, the Second Hokage would probably not trust him to do it... and he didn't want to do this kind of job at all.

In general, apart from the Uchiha who is a bit annoying, the first Hokage is particularly comfortable in his position. He is only responsible for various "final decision-making" tasks, and all the remaining dirty work is left to his younger brother... Frankly speaking, although the second generation has a gloomy personality, to the first generation, this younger brother is really a little cutie.

Because Hanyu mentioned the first Hokage, the Sandaime seemed to be lost in reminiscence for a moment, but then he came back to his senses and continued to say to Hanyu, "Did you find anything during your patrol mission to the Rain Country this time?"

"No, everything is normal in the Rain Country. We didn't make any special discoveries along the way... nor did we encounter any enemies." Hanyu said , shaking his head .

"Really?" The Hokage was silent again, as if thinking about the current battle situation. When he came to his senses again, he finally explained the purpose of calling Hanyu over. "There is nothing special about calling you here this time. It's just that I plan to entrust your team to serve as my guard for the next period of time."

"ah?"

Hanyu was full of questions. As the Hokage's bodyguard? If a rookie team like them were in danger, would they protect the Hokage, or would the Hokage protect them?

"Are there only four of us in the Hanyu team?" Hanyu immediately asked the key point.

The Hokage smiled , and that smile seemed to say, "Since I have chosen you, I am 100% confident that you can take on such a responsibility."

Infected by the Hokage's smile, Hanyu also started to smile. It was like a spring breeze. The trust of a big shot made people feel like a spring breeze.

Then, the Hokage continued, "Of course...

It's not just you."

The clouds disappear and the rain stops in just a moment.

"…"

Hanyu really wanted to slap himself in the face, MMP, why was I laughing along with him, am I mentally retarded.

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