Saving Uchiha starts from being the patriarch Uchiha Zongxian

"Raikage-sama? Raikage-sama?"

The call from Secretary Mabuyi made Ai, who was feeling dizzy, open his eyes and extinguished the heart-wrenching and almost breathless scene in his mind. He took a breath and said, "How is the situation? How much is the loss? "

He had returned to Kumo Ninja's base in Yu no Kuni.

Of course, he was not alone. He and the army braved the wind and snow and returned together. However, compared with the high fighting spirit when he set out, when he came back, he was sometimes in an unbelievable state of desolation. The extremely low morale made many people stay at the base. The Kumo ninja was stunned.

"Sir Todai has already counted the army. The losses... are not big, and the total number of casualties does not exceed 200." Mabuyi answered cautiously. As the new secretary of Raikage-sama, she is not as good as her predecessor. He understands Lord Raikage's thoughts so well.

"But most of the injured are jonin, right?"

Ai's face darkened.

He didn't know the casualties of the army led by Todai, but the number of Jonin he brought back was only about half of what he had before departure. What worried him the most was that his younger brother, the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki Kirabi, had to protect him. After the army retreated, it fell into the hands of Konoha.

Say something from your heart that cannot be expressed,

He would rather lose an army of two or three thousand than hope that anything happens to Kirabi. The value of a perfect jinchuriki on the battlefield is far greater than that of an army of several thousand people, even if there are dozens of jounin in it. It cannot change the gap between them.

Ma Buyi held her breath and concentrated, not daring to speak.

Fortunately, Ai is not someone who vents his anger on random people. If anything went wrong in the past, he would directly use his fists on walls, rocks and other objects as objects to vent his anger. Whenever he was angry, Kirabi would come over to relieve him. His weird way of speaking always made people frown, and sometimes he couldn't help but punch him twice when he was annoyed.

however,

Ai now found that he couldn't hear the strange voice even if he wanted to, and there was another tearing pain in his heart.

"I don't know what his situation is now..."

Hearing the Raikage-sama muttering to himself, Mabuyi even kept her breathing as low as possible.

"Where's Tutai? Why haven't you come over yet?" Ai changed the question.

"Sir Dodai went to the medical ninja to visit Troy. Let me come back and report the situation to Mr. Raikage first." Mabuyi hurriedly replied, but just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and Dodai's voice sounded. There was a sound outside the door.

Tutai is not the only one who walks through the door;

Following him were a listless Xi and Troy.

Nozomi, who originally wanted to die in battle, did not get what he wanted. As an all-around genius jounin who is proficient in sensory ninjutsu and medical ninjutsu, he is very popular in the village. The comrades all felt that it was more valuable to let Xi live.

then,

Xi did not die, but escaped alive with the army.

As for Troy, the unlucky guy, he was knocked unconscious by the retreating Ai Shun and was forcibly brought back.

"Tudai, I heard Mabuyi say that the army didn't suffer much damage?"

"Yes, those who died in the battle were basically jounin. The dozens of genin who were injured all fell in the snow when they hurriedly retreated. The snow was so heavy that it was hard to see clearly whether there were pits or obstacles ahead. , ended up being injured, but the problems were not serious. The most unlucky one was a fractured bone, which will heal in 20 days, and the others only had sprained feet and bruises..." Tutai pulled naggingly. Ai didn't interrupt when he was talking about a lot of trivial matters, he just listened patiently.

Originally, Ai, the Raikage, had always personally done things like appeasing the military's morale, but today's defeat, which could not be described as a tragic defeat, had brought a huge blow to him. In addition, the fierce battle with Uchiha Fugaku had consumed a lot of effort and energy, so he tried his best to Even if he maintains the Thunder Chakra mode for a long time, he will get tired!

After returning, Ai Shi really didn't have the energy to patrol the camp anymore, so he could only entrust Tutai to appease the soldiers' morale on his behalf.

Todai rambled a lot, and in the end he had nothing to say, so he could only look at the Yondaime who said nothing.

"This time... we lost!"

After being silent for a long time, Ai finally spoke, but what he said made Mabuyi's eyelids jump. Xina, who was standing behind Tutai, looked pale. Troy's words meant that his face was already so ugly that it couldn't continue to deteriorate.

"We lost miserably. Konoha is stronger than we expected." Under Mabuyi's astonished gaze, Dodai bluntly agreed with the Raikage-sama's remarks about defeat. However, there will always be cases like this. A 'but'.

"However, the outcome between us and Konoha has not yet been completely determined! Why should Raikage-sama sigh here? Are you planning to deliver a surrender letter directly to Konoha? If you are determined, I can help you now You write a letter of surrender!"

"...I lost my temper."

Ai straightened his back, and the depressed air on his body dissipated a little. Maybe it was because he had just rested for a while, but in short, his eyebrows were a little more energetic, "Compared to him... Ever since he completely mastered the Eight-Tails" After the strength, I honestly never thought anything would happen to him.”

"The situation is not at its worst yet! In terms of overall strength, we still have the advantage. This failure is also due to unclear intelligence. If we knew that two people in the Uchiha clan had opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, What do you mean, I want to be brought along by wooden figures..."

"It's three people."

Ai interrupted Tutai.

"Uchiha Fugaku, that should be the name, right? The last leader of the Uchiha clan also opened the Mangekyō Sharingan."

"..."

Dodai opened his mouth and lost his voice for a moment. He had seen with his own eyes how powerful Susanoo was. He knew very well that two and three were completely different concepts. If there were only two Susanoos, With the power of Kumo Ninja, as long as he is well prepared, he still has a certain chance of winning the next battle. "

But if it is the three Susanoos,

Then the account will have to be settled again!

"What on earth is going on? Lord Raikage, please explain in detail." Tudai couldn't restrain the confusion in his heart and wanted to ask more clearly. This matter is not a trivial matter. If he didn't find out clearly, he might not even be able to sleep. I can't even sleep peacefully, even if I figure it out, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well either.

"I was entangled by that Uchiha Fugaku. At that time, I wanted to kill Uchiha Fugaku at a certain price. Unfortunately, I was a little short of success in the end. Also, Troy, what happened to you? ?How could you be controlled so easily?"

Ai looked at Troy.

The power of the Uchiha clan's genjutsu is that even a jounin cannot break free in a short time, but this is two different things from manipulating a jounin for his own use. Troy's mental will is not that fragile, right?

"I was careless!"

Troy's voice was dull, "But... I met Uchiha Fugaku's eyes at that time, and for some reason, I suddenly felt... not afraid in my heart! I didn't care about the illusion of the Sharingan at all, obviously I clearly knew in my mind that the Sharingan's genjutsu was terrifying, but I wasn't really afraid at that time. After that, my eyes blurred and I mistook you, Raikage-sama, for Uchiha Fugaku..."?

Regarding the stupid things he had done, he had already heard from Xi during the examination.

"Aren't you afraid of the Sharingan's genjutsu?"

Ai's eyes widened.

What is this situation?He originally thought that Troy was directly controlled by Uchiha Fugaku using illusions, but according to Troy's statement, he always felt that something was slightly wrong.

"Lord Raikage."

Xi then spoke up.

"what happened?"

"I think Senior Troy may have been under the illusion twice." Xi said in a deep voice, "According to Senior Troy, the first time he accidentally saw Uchiha Fugaku's eyes, he was first under the illusion and his mind was manipulated. , no longer afraid of the Sharingan, so he boldly looked at Uchiha Fugaku, and then fell into the illusion for the second time, reversing the image of you and Uchiha Fugaku, Raikage-sama."

"It's just that... the essence of illusion is deception and lies. It makes people indulge in falsehood. It is impossible to directly control a person's mind. There is no such illusion in this world... At least, in In my knowledge, I have never heard of illusions being able to do this."

Xi smiled bitterly.

His mind was in chaos now, and his chaotic mood and full of confusion made his head feel as big as a bucket.

"Changing people's minds... Yumu people!!!"

Tudai screamed.

then,

Ai's pupils shrank sharply.

Xi thought about it and his expression changed drastically.

Obviously, they have determined that the changes in the two Yuki people are definitely related to Uchiha. Even if there are no traces of being manipulated by illusions on the two Yuki people, the more so, the more frightening they are.

"Is this... the Sharingan genjutsu? Or is this the Mangekyo Sharingan genjutsu?" Dodai's expression turned extremely ugly, "Back then, Yukito had a fight with that Uchiha Shisui. His personality has changed."

"But Troy is okay now?"

Ai looked at Troy.

Troy nodded hurriedly and kept saying "I'm fine!".

"Maybe it's different people?"

Tutai replied subconsciously.

Immediately, he shook his head and sighed, "We have too little information about the Sharingan, so we can't guess accurately. The question now is... what should we do next? Konoha is now divided between two... ·····No, it’s the three Susanoos, and we have lost Kirabi. To be honest, this situation is quite pessimistic!”

Tutai gasped as if he had a toothache as he spoke.

The three Susanoos, the three pairs of the so-called Mangekyō Sharingan, and the genjutsu that seems to be able to modify the mind and will of the human being...it gives me a headache just thinking about it!

"Contact the Iwa Ninja and ask the Iwa Ninja to exert more strength!"

Ai gritted his teeth and said, "Konoha is using all its power to deal with us. In this case, let the Iwa Ninja take advantage. As long as the Iwa Ninja advances smoothly, I don't believe that Konoha will not divide its troops to deal with the Iwa Ninja."

He has not yet received the information that Jiraiya is leading his army to the Country of Grass to face the Iwa Ninja.

Since the war between Konoha and Kumo Ninja, both sides have intensified their attacks on spies. Even after Sogen and Jiraiya sent troops, Akimichi Tofu directly ordered Konoha to enter a state of wartime control, which allowed Kumo Ninja to place himself in It has become extremely difficult for Konoha's spies to deliver information!

"I'm afraid the Iwa ninja may not act according to our ideas."

"No matter how they move, as long as Konoha can divide its forces."

"Then... Raikage-sama, what kind of results do you plan to achieve in this attack on Konoha?"

Tutai asked.

There was no need to ask this question originally, because from the beginning they had been trying to take advantage of as much as possible and take advantage of as much benefit as they could. They did not have an exact strategic goal. But now they have suffered a big loss and folded into the eight tails. Jinchuuriki, and the chances of winning the next battle are not high.

At this moment,

We can't continue fighting so aimlessly.

"... No matter what, we must capture a few valuable prisoners of Konoha and exchange Kirabi back." Ai said slowly. At the end, he lowered his voice and continued: "The worst is to do it. Bring back the Eight-Tails." The Eight-Tails and Kirabi seem to be one, but in fact they are different.

It would be best if Kirabi, the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki, could be replaced.

But if the situation is not optimistic, then we have to get the Eight-Tails back anyway.

To put it more bluntly, jinchuriki can die, but tailed beasts must not be lost. This is the true view of each ninja village on jinchuriki and tailed beasts. Whether it is Kumo ninja or Konoha, they are all the same.

"In this case, we should send a messenger to contact the Iwa Ninja."

Tutai breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Lord Raikage was not dazzled by hatred and was still able to take things seriously.

He knew very well how deep the relationship between the sworn brothers Ai and Kirabi was, so he was very worried about what impulsive behavior Ai would do at this time.

"Then what should we do if Konoha attacks again?"

Xi couldn't help but ask.

"Of course we fight back! This time we failed because we didn't know the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan. But now that we know the depth of Uchiha, the next step is to find a way to deal with it. With our military strength, even if we can't easily defeat Konoha, But Konoha can't even think of taking advantage again and again." Dodai said decisively.

What ninjas fear most in battle is unclear information.

To give the most typical example, the battle between Jiraiya and Pain. Even though Jiraiya's strength is difficult to defeat Pain who has the Samsara Eye, if he knows the secret of Pain's Six Paths clone, it is not a big deal to escape with his whole body. Difficult matter!

Although Susanoo is powerful,

But Kumo Ninja is not a vegetarian either!

How to deal with tailed beasts in the past is how to deal with Susanoo now. Even if the two are not completely compatible, they can be modified according to the situation. The Kumo ninja's military strength can still bear the losses. In terms of the number of troops alone, Kumo Ninja is definitely the best among the five Ninja Villages now.

"Just do it!"

Ai made a decision.

then,

The envoy of the Kumo ninja braved the wind and snow and headed west to the Kingdom of Earth.