Negative Master of Konoha

Chapter 159 Frontline Situation

Seeing Orochimaru entering the command post, Natsuki quietly asked Nara Shikoku beside him: "Senior Shikaku, when did Master Orochimaru come to the battlefield of Thunder Country?"

Shikahisa Nara walked towards the command post while explaining softly: "I arrived yesterday, because Master Sandai knew about the dangerous situation here, so he sent Master Orochimaru to lead [-] recovered ninjas to come for reinforcements. "

"400 people? That's great." Hearing the number of reinforcements brought by Orochimaru, Xia Shu couldn't help but feel joyful.

These four hundred people are ninjas who returned to Konoha Hospital to recuperate after being injured in various battlefields. They have experienced great battles, and they are much more elite than ordinary troops. With their participation, the gap in strength between the two sides has suddenly narrowed. , there will be greater confidence in resisting Yun Nin's next attack.

After following Shikoku Nara into the command post, Natsuki greeted Minister Anbu and Orochimaru who were discussing the military situation respectfully: "Master Minister, Oshemaru-sama."

"Natsuki-kun, Jiraiya actually sent you here, where is Minato?"

After discovering that it was Shikajiu and Natsuki who came, Orochimaru looked at Natsuki with fiery eyes, and a trace of hidden deep greed flashed faintly.

Xia Shu, who had always been very vigilant towards Uncle Snake, suddenly sensed the hidden meaning in Orochimaru's eyes, and a chill ran up his spine, but he replied very calmly: "The situation on the battlefield of the Land of Land It's still unstable, so Jiraiya-sama left Minato-senpai as an assistant."

"Hehe... Ziraiya..." For some reason, Dashemaru showed a smile from the heart, but unfortunately it was fleeting. If Natsuki hadn't been paying attention to him, he would even feel that he was hallucinating.

"Shikaku, how is the plan going?" Minister An asked Nara Shikoku after waving his hand to signal the two to sit down.

"With the help of Natsuki, a centurion of Yunin was completely wiped out, and we lost 37 ninjas." After hearing his inquiry, Nara Shikahisa reported the results of the previous battle to him.

"Thank you for your hard work, then let's discuss the next action."

Minister An went to the military map, and while drawing a route in the coastal area of ​​the Land of Thunder, he told the news that made the three of Xia Shu's hearts sink.

"According to the latest information, Yunin has once again assembled 2000 troops, ready to transport them to the country of soup by sea, and then rush to the front line from land. Once these troops arrive, we will face the army with 700 troops. Tolerate the cloud of 7000 people."

In Nara Shikahisa's mind, he quickly designed many strategies, but in the follow-up deduction process, they were all rejected one by one.

Shaking his head, Nara Shikamaru said helplessly: "We can't allow them to merge smoothly, otherwise the difference in strength between the two sides will be too great, and Konoha will undoubtedly be defeated."

"That's right, so there are only two things we can do at the moment," Xia Shu thought for a while, and put forward his own idea: "Either defeat Yun Nin's front-line troops before the arrival of reinforcements, or detour into Tang Country and ambush Yun Nin's troops." This batch of reinforcements."

Orochimaru shook his head, denying Xia Shu's idea: "With the strength of our Konoha, it is only comparable to the strength of the front-line troops of Yunin, and it is impossible to defeat the opponent. As for the ambush and reinforcements, Yunin will not give us a chance."

Looking at the map of Hokage Continent, Natsuki looked carefully for all possible opportunities, and suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Master Orochimaru, is Konoha's funds sufficient, and can we discuss with Sand Ninja to hire a Criticizing Sand Shinobi troops?"

After hearing Xia Shu's words, the three of them were very surprised. After all, there had never been any hiring of troops from other big countries before.

"Don't worry about funding, the Land of Fire is one of the wealthiest countries in the ninja world."

Nara Shikahisa, who is also familiar with the situation in the village, answered Natsuki's question, and then said with some uncertainty: "Busa Shinobi has suffered heavy losses on the previous battlefield, and is currently in the recovery period. I don't know if I would like to join the ninja world again. In battle."

"No, Sand Ninja will join." Orochimaru glanced at Natsuki in amazement, and explained with some excitement: "The defeat of Sand Ninja made their relationship with the daimyo of the Land of Wind even more tense, and the military expenditure was cut again. , Even the pension for the dead sand ninja is barely paid through borrowing, so it can be said that it is heavily in debt."

"In addition, the sand ninjas gave up a lot of commissions some time ago, resulting in their current task volume is very small, and they are in a state of making ends meet every day, so as long as we can give a suitable price, for the cultivation of a new generation of sand ninja, They will definitely accept our employment, but the number may not be many."

After hearing Orochimaru's words, the pressure on Minister An's heart eased, and he said: "In that case, we can arrange those elite sand ninjas to join the Earthland battlefield nearby, and we will draw the same number of elite troops from the Earthland battlefield. .”

"Yes, in this case, although it is not enough to defeat Yun Nin, it is still no problem to delay them for a while."

After taking into account the possible increase in the number of reinforcements, some plans that could not be used due to insufficient troops were reactivated by Nara Shikahisa, and he was more sure about the development of the battle situation.

"However, even if we have reinforcements, we may not be able to hold on to other battlefields to determine the outcome." Orochimaru looked at the map of the Kingdom of Thunder, a flash of enthusiasm flashed in his eyes, and said meaningfully: "The wind is blowing Woolen cloth."

Nara Shikahisa heard Orochimaru's words, his face changed suddenly, his eyes were fixed on Orochimaru's face, and after confirming his thoughts, he asked in a shy voice: "Master Orochimaru, do you really decide to do that? "

"Hehe, this is a war. As long as I can win, I won't care what the outside world thinks of me."

After hearing Nara Shikamaru's question, Orochimaru knew that the resourceful man had already guessed what he wanted to do, so he chuckled arrogantly and unrulyly, without wavering in his decision at all.

"But, Oshemaru-sama, this."

Nara Shikahisa wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Orochimaru unreasonably: "Shikaku, I have made up my mind, you just need to think about the frontline issues."

"Yes." Due to the majesty of Orochimaru, Nara Shikahisa sighed inwardly, and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to persuade him.

Natsuki and Minister An were confused, but seeing that they were not going to speak out, they didn't ask, and continued to discuss the matter of hiring sand ninja troops.

After some discussion, after the plan to hire Sand Shinobi was finalized, Minister An immediately wrote a report and submitted it to Konoha Headquarters jointly with Orochimaru for discussion by the senior leaders.

(End of this chapter)