I teach kendo in the ninja world

Time is like a white horse passing by, and it slips by quietly in a sudden.

Terumi Mei, Zabuza and others who were arranged in groups to go out for training have already completed their respective goals and returned to the No. [-] training ground for the final joint training.

After nearly a month of preparations, the Leaf Village of the Fire Country finally sent out troops brazenly, and an army of five thousand ninjas marched directly into the territory of the Whirlpool Country, which borders the Water Country.

Don't underestimate this mere 5000 people.

In the past, during great ninja wars, there were often tens of thousands of people, and most of them were cannon fodder genin. The proportion of ninjas with chunin and above strength was estimated to be less than [-]%.

But this time, due to the special terrain of the Kingdom of Water, bringing genin cannon fodder would not have much effect and would take up space. Therefore, most of the 5000 people were chunin and chunin who had the ability to fight on the sea for a long time. Jonin.

Genin made up only a small part.

Among them, there are endless ninjas from major families.

In order to deal with the Kirigakure Jutsu, Konoha can be said to have sent out all the various ninja groups in the village who are good at investigation this time.

At a glance, there are some with white eyes, some with dogs, some with bugs flying around them, etc...

Of course, the mountain clan responsible for connecting everyone together and transmitting information is naturally indispensable.

The waves are roaring and the sea breeze is salty.

Jiraiya, who was appointed by Orochimaru as the commander-in-chief of the Ninja Army, stood on the eastern coast of the Kingdom of Whirlpool, looking at the Kingdom of Water in the distance shrouded in thick fog.

"Shikaku, are the ships ready?"

"Twenty-five large ships have been launched."

Nara Shikaku is the general staff officer of this ninja army. With his extraordinary mind and careful thinking, he coordinates all aspects of these 5000 people just right.

"Very good! Pass my order and everyone will board the ship immediately and set off!"

Zilai also said in a low voice.

"Yes!"

Twenty-five large ships pulled their sails, carrying five thousand elite ninjas from the Leaf Village, heading towards the Bear Country.

Eh?

Wait, aren’t we going to get the land of water?Why run to bear country?

This is exactly the strategy formulated by the Konoha Staff Group headed by Nara Shikaku.

The land of water is located on a large island very far away from the mainland.

In other words, it is okay to say that it is a small continent. The specific situation can be compared to Australia in reality.

Such a long distance, not to mention how long it takes to get there by boat, how much supplies are consumed, these are all trivial matters, and Konoha can afford them anyway.

But the biggest problem is.

If you are on the vast sea with no village in front of you or any store behind you, you are intercepted by Kirigakure ninjas.

Not to mention the outcome of the battle, it is almost certain that most of these 25 large troop transport ships will not be saved.

By then, the Konoha ninjas whose ships had been destroyed would be in great danger.

Therefore, the staff team rejected this seemingly simplest strategy that could directly attack Huanglong.

Although they already hated Kirigakure in their hearts, they still chose to play it safe and steady.

Although the Kingdom of Water is far away from the Kingdom of Fire, there are not too many small islands that look like stars on the sea.

After careful research, they finally discovered a route with many islands along the way. In this way, even if they encounter Kirigakure's ninjas at sea, they can fight and retreat and find an island as a support as soon as possible, so as not to be trapped in the sea. It is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of geographical conditions.

The starting point of this route is the east coast of the Bear Country.

The Bear Country is a peninsula country bordering the Fire Country. It can be regarded as having three coasts, and only the western border is connected to the Fire Country.

The reason why Konoha did not choose to cross directly from the Bear Country, but to take a detour from the Uzumaki Country and take the waterway, is because there is a grand canyon full of poisonous gas in the middle of the Bear Country. There are sparsely populated people and almost no birds. Impassable.

Standing on the deck of the Konoha flagship, Nara Shikaku spread out the chart in his hand and pointed at several of the specially circled islands:

"Jiraiya-sama, this is the route planned by our staff. On this route, almost every half-day's journey, there is an island that can be used as a temporary camp. The farthest distance among them will not exceed one day. In this way, even if we are attacked by Kirigakure at sea, we can quickly find support and won't have to fight on the sea all the time."

"Um……"

Jiraiya took the hand-drawn map and looked at it carefully, "I trust the plan you made. Just do it! If you encounter enemies at sea, I will buy you time to retreat."

"Yes."

……

Starfish Island.

This is the Western Front Defense Headquarters set up in Kirigakure Village.

As the commander-in-chief, Gui Deng Qianyue is closing her eyes to rest.

Sudden.

A palm-sized clam appeared next to him and opened its shell on its own initiative.

"Huh? The people from Konoha have already set off?"

Gui Deng Qianyue raised her eyebrows, with a fighting smile on her face.

The sea is the home ground of Kirigakure Village, and they are a passive defensive party. How could they not arrange some sentinels to detect Konoha's movements?

Ghost Lantern Qianyue directly asked the Clam Clan to send a large number of members to the sea near the east coast of the Country of Fire, keeping a close eye on the movement on that side.

After all, isn’t it normal for there to be some pearls, tortoise shells, shells, etc. on the beach?

Who would be wary of the occasional small shell floating on the sea?

And it was these little shells that no one cared about that completely revealed the location of the Konoha Ninja Army.

"More than 20 big ships?"

Gui Deng Qianyue touched her chin, "As the emperor of the sea, it is time to prepare a grand welcome ceremony for these landlubbers! Come on!"

"Lord Qianyue!"

The Kirigakure ninja standing guard outside the door pushed open the door and entered, half-kneeling on the ground.

"Go and inform all the ninjas of the Ghost Lantern clan to assemble on the dock as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

"Hey, hey, it's time to let the Konoha ninjas know who is the real king of sea battles!"

Ghost Light Qianyue's eyes were filled with excitement, as if she had already seen the future of Konoha Ninja's ship being destroyed and people being destroyed.

……

The battle of water and fire is about to break out, but this has no direct connection with Araki yet.

After returning to Kirigakure Village with Oya Castle Flame, he directly introduced him to Goju Yagura.

"Oh? Blood dragon eye? Biological bomb?"

Araki's vision made Yagura's eyes light up. He immediately reached out and held Oya Shiroen's hand, and said sincerely: "In that case, from today on, you are considered a member of the ANBU of Kirigakure Village and are directly under my jurisdiction. , the identity information will be kept temporarily. As for your daughter, don’t worry, I will arrange for manpower to take good care of her."

Araki had also mentioned the identity of Goju Yagura to Oya Shiroen before he came. If nothing else was mentioned, the position of ANBU leader was enough to explain everything.

Therefore, seeing that Yagura's attitude was so sincere, Oyajo En also completely let go of his still slightly worried heart and solemnly accepted the mask and costume of Kirigakure ANBU.

"Thank you, Lord Yagura!"

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