The first day of the new year.
The Konoha residents, who had been immersed in the festive atmosphere, were suddenly doused with a bucket of cold water.
A ninja team of a full thousand people escorted a large amount of supplies to the front lines.
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Everyone knew what this represented.
The number of pedestrians strolling and playing on the street instantly decreased by more than half.
Even though Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi gave an impassioned speech at the top of the Hokage Building.
Most of the Konoha residents also believed that even if a war really Burst, they would definitely be able to achieve final victory under the leadership of this 'Strongest Hokage'.
But the dark clouds of war still hung over everyone's hearts.
Time passed quickly in a depressing atmosphere.
Half a month's time.
Konoha had already dispatched a total of three thousand people in batches through various means, quietly and silently.
In the village, two thousand ninjas who had received the order to prepare for war also began various drills and exercises.
The previously unresolved issue of the highest commander on the front lines.
After Yamanaka Kei, controlling a White Zetsu who played the role of Danzo, had argued with the Third Hokage again and again in a 'you regret, I shadow' manner, it finally fell to Danzo.
"Third Hokage's true love is Danzo!"
Yamanaka Kei looked at the letter of appointment in his hand, his expression somewhat indescribable.
Indeed, from the Third Hokage's point of view.
Danzo's age basically meant he had lost the opportunity to ascend to the Hokage position.
Moreover, the ruthless actions of Root over the years also determined that even if Danzo obtained a large amount of merit, it would be difficult for him to be recognized by most Konoha ninjas.
But the highest command of the front-line battlefield was handed over to Danzo in this way.
It was clear that the Third Hokage's trust in this old friend was higher than that of Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and others!
"B, how are the people your squad is monitoring doing recently?"
Yamanaka Kei put away the letter of appointment in his hand and turned to look at B, the Squad Leader B of the Third Combat Team beside him.
"Five days ago, he was taken in by Gan Yuan, the owner of the Three Springs Pond in the Hot Spring Street, and brought back to his home. A day ago, he began to be responsible for scrubbing the backs of male customers who entered the Three Springs Pond to bathe."
B's voice did not fluctuate in the slightest, as always cold and calm.
"Is the owner of Three Springs Pond still a great philanthropist?"
"According to the investigation, Gan Yuan, the owner of Three Springs Pond, divorced his wife ten years ago and has had relationships with many men..."
"Stop!"
Yamanaka Kei decisively called a halt to B's report.
After all, the following content is very likely to pollute his pure soul.
Knock, knock, knock~
The sound of knocking on the door rang.
A Root ninja from the Intelligence Department quickly entered after receiving permission and presented the latest intelligence.
Yamanaka Kei glanced at the large characters "Loves Cupping" on the scroll.
He raised his eyebrows slightly and opened the scroll.
(January 7th, more than 5,000 elite ninjas from the Hidden Sand will leave the Sand Village in two batches under the cover of small sandstorms.)
(The first batch of more than 3,000 people, led by Rasa and other Hidden Sand executives, will meet with the Iwagakure Village team in the Rain Country, and the two sides will jointly attack the Konoha front-line camp.)
(The second batch of 2,000 people, led by Chiyo, will depart three days later as reinforcements for Rasa and others.)
(If this battle is successful, Rasa will become the Fourth Kazekage.)
"This woman..."
After Yamanaka Kei finished reading the contents, his expression was full of strangeness, constantly guessing Pakura's state of mind.
Recently, Root has also received some information about the Sand Village from other channels.
Although it is not as detailed as the information given by Pakura, it is enough to corroborate the authenticity of this information.
But this woman's two pieces of information both focused on Rasa...
The Sand Village is limited by the environment and the Daimyo's support, and there are not many outstanding talents among the younger generation.
If Rasa has an accident.
As far as he knows, only Pakura and Maki are left with the opportunity to ascend to that position.
And as a Bloodline Limit ninja.
Pakura's chances are undoubtedly greater than Maki's!
But borrowing a knife to kill in Konoha, what if she ascends to the position of Kazekage?
Unless she is willing to be a puppet of Konoha for the rest of her life, once the matter is exposed, she will only die even more miserably!
Pakura is not stupid.
Yamanaka Kei, who has seen the other party's memory, would not think that this is a brainless woman.
So, is it because of the matter mentioned in the last piece of information, that Chiyo asked her to protect Rasa and help Rasa gain military merit?
She has been wronged!
Her thinking was already confused by the tampered memories, and she was wronged in the Sand Village, which completely turned her to Konoha?
And because of the influence of long-standing ideas, she is still obsessed with the position of Kazekage?
"My spy wants to become the boss of another family?"
Yamanaka Kei tapped the table lightly with his index finger, put away the scroll, and walked out the door.
Pakura taking the stage is only beneficial to him, with no downsides.
Having a village's Kage as an internal asset.
Whether he wants to unify in the future, or use them as allies or a reserve of combat power, it will be much more convenient.
The only problem is probably that the Hidden Sand is too poor.
If Rasa didn't work hard to mine, the Hidden Sand would probably be even more destitute than in the original story.
He still needs to find a way to make them rich.
It's a bit troublesome.
Opening the door to the neighboring office, he temporarily entrusted the Root affairs to Yakushi Nonou, who was taking care of children, and Uchiha Mikoto, who had just joined Root.
Yamanaka Kei placed a hand on the shoulder of the White Zetsu disguised as Danzo and disappeared from the office using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
The Hidden Mist and Cloud Village have recently entered a stalemate.
They seem to be fighting fiercely, but judging from the intelligence, both sides have obviously tacitly slowed down their attacks.
They are clearly waiting for Konoha to fight with the Hidden Sand and Iwagakure.
The main force of the Hidden Sand had already set off eight days ago to meet with Iwagakure in the Rain Ninja Village.
With more than three thousand people trying to hide their tracks, their movements couldn't be fast. Calculating the time, they should be almost there.
As for Iwagakure, although there hasn't been any definite intelligence returned, since Onoki has conspired with the Hidden Sand to attack.
Then his actions shouldn't be much slower than the Hidden Sand.
Speed is of the essence in war.
After the two sides meet, the Konoha camp on the front line will inevitably suffer a direct attack in no more than two days!
Whoosh
With the Flying Thunder God Kunai pre-buried by Root ninjas.
Yamanaka Kei, with the White Zetsu playing Danzo, arrived directly at a outpost less than fifty kilometers away from the front-line Konoha camp after more than ten long-distance space transfers.
Second Squad Captain Yi of the Root Combat Team and his three ninjas, who were disguised as ordinary ninja squads and stationed in the outpost, hurriedly got up and saluted when they saw the sudden appearance of the two superiors.
"What's the situation?"
Yamanaka Kei took the lead in asking Squad Leader B.
"Currently, all three hundred ten-man teams have arrived at their designated locations and are hidden. No large-scale enemy traces have been found in the direction of the front line."
"What about the thousand-man camp on the front line?"
"At Jiraiya-sama's request, the camp has always been in a state of secondary alert, and daily patrols have been ongoing."
"Mm."
Yamanaka Kei nodded slightly.
The temporary captains of the three hundred ten-man teams were all carefully selected core Konoha ninjas.
Aburame Shibi, Kurama Murakumo, Kurama Unkai, Hyuga Hizashi, Umino Iruka, Minazuki, Inuzuka Tsume, Akimichi Shito, Nara Enke, Taji...
Regardless of ability or strength, these people are trustworthy.
As long as they see the pre-arranged signal, from their respective positions, they can reach the designated location within an hour at most, and launch an encirclement against the enemy.
Now that everything is ready, all that remains is to wait.
Yamanaka Kei and the White Zetsu disguised as Danzo entered the underground bunker of the outpost to rest.
The sky outside the outpost also gradually darkened as time passed.
Four o'clock in the morning.
A knock on the door startled Yamanaka Kei, who was lying on the bed resting.
"Come in."
"Kei-sama, Danzo-sama! Our people have just sent back news that teams from Iwagakure and Hidden Sand are launching attacks on the front-line camp from the east and west! Jiraiya-sama has summoned four large Toads and is working hard to resist!"
"How many enemies are there?"
"An estimated three thousand or more!"
"Send the signal immediately!"
Yamanaka Kei got up from the bed and patted the wrinkles out of his clothes.
He formed a hand seal with one hand, leaving behind a Shadow Clone.
He had the Shadow Clone take 'Danzo's' place to oversee the overall situation, commanding the three thousand Konoha ninjas who had been scattered to encircle the enemy.
As for himself, he directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique to go to the Konoha camp fifty kilometers away.
Whoosh
Yamanaka Kei had just followed the Flying Thunder God Mark and teleported to a place less than three kilometers away from the camp.
He was stunned to discover that he seemed to have...
Landed in a crowd of people?
Damn it!
Weren't they saying that Hidden Sand and Iwagakure were attacking the Konoha camp from the east and west?
This is the due south side!
Did they also want to completely block the Konoha ninjas' retreat route?
Looking at the Sand Village ninjas around him, each stopping in their tracks, their eyes fixed on him.
Yamanaka Kei clicked his tongue.
"Can I say I was just passing by, would you believe me?"
"Kill him!"
A low shout came from the crowd.
Amidst the clattering sounds, various puppets rushed straight at Yamanaka Kei!
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