Chat group from Naruto

The sudden announcement seemed to drop a bomb in the chat group that had been immersed in it for a long time, causing an uproar.

People in the ninja world, especially the ninjas in the Great Ninja Village, have never thought that there is anything wrong with the method of "unrestricted war".

Doing whatever it takes to win is their "basic philosophy."

It can be seen from the few fragments related to the Kingdom of Rain in the original work that the civilians living in the war zone are precarious and displaced. This kind of life is normal.

When the ninjas lacked something, it was common for them to "take local materials" and plunder directly from local civilians.

In fact, most ninjas will directly kill people to prevent possible revenge in the future.

This is how Uzumaki Nagato's parents died.

Although that was Black Zetsu and Madara's plan, judging from Uzumaki Nagato's later experience, this is indeed the norm in the ninja world.

Often after a war that lasts for several years, the two warring parties may not suffer much loss, but as a small country on the battlefield, the population will plummet by more than [-]%.

For a long time, the ninjas in the ninja world have been accustomed to this kind of "unrestricted war" and don't think there is anything wrong with it.

Even Yunyin Village, as the "victim", was very surprised.

When something lasts for a long time and everyone does it and becomes a habit, no one will question whether it is reasonable and correct.

On the contrary, when someone raises questions and finds out the real "truth", they will be regarded as heretics by most people.

Just like Copernicus who proposed the "heliocentric theory".

It was only then that many members of the chat group understood the meaning of the group rules that "large-scale civilian casualties are not allowed for any reason."

Of course, whether they can accept it or not, the rules of the chat group will not change.

There was no room for them to question.

Weak people have no right to speak. This is an irrefutable truth no matter where in the world they are.

Whether they want it or not, they have to accept reality.

That is, from now on, the war model of the ninja world must change.

Of course, that's for later.

But another thing can have an immediate impact right now.

That was the war between Konoha and Kumo ninja.

There are only four punishment measures for Konoha in the chat group, but the fourth one is just a supplement to the first one, strictly speaking, there are only three.

But each of these three penalties was enough to change the balance of the war.

Just asking Konoha to bear the food rations for the disaster-stricken civilians in the Kingdom of Clouds would add a huge burden to Konoha.

If Konoha is unwilling to bear it, then "random natural disasters" will give Konoha a devastating blow.

This is definitely not a multiple-choice question. Even an idiot will definitely choose the former between hemorrhage and death.

However, the number of civilians in the Land of Thunder affected by Konoha's "unrestricted war" reaches seven figures.

Even if Konoha is known for its wealth, that is only for the number of ninjas.

The total number of ninjas and civilians in Konoha is about 20, of which the number of ninjas is less than [-].

This still includes the children in the ninja school.

The burden of feeding 20 people is definitely completely different from feeding millions of people.

Even if the cost of supporting one ninja is enough to support hundreds of civilians, it does not mean that Konoha can easily take out this wealth.

Not to mention, among the punitive measures, Konoha was required to give out not money, but food of equivalent value.

Even though there is just one more acquisition procedure, the difficulty is not small.

It is not difficult to buy a small amount of food, but enough food to feed millions of people cannot be obtained at once by even the "richest man in the ninja world", the Fire Nation Daimyo, and he has to find a way to distribute it from various places.

If the distribution and transportation of food are completed within two months as required by the punitive measures, Konoha will not have to do anything else during these two months. Just raising funds and purchasing food will involve all their energy. , it may not be possible yet.

If you can't do it...then it will be fun.

This means that unless Konoha intends to break the pot, it will not be able to exert strong enough pressure on the Cloud Ninja Village for at least two months.

In fact, if the Kumo ninja's tactics are strong enough, they might be able to drive Konoha's vanguard out of the Kingdom of Thunder.

At least, we can recapture the important pass of Thunder Cloud Canyon.

This is undoubtedly a great life extension for Yunyin Village, which is already on the verge of extinction.

As for the ability to ban Konoha members, it made Kumo Ninja even more overjoyed.

Let’s not talk about Namikaze Minato, the Hokage who cannot go to the battlefield in person until the situation completely collapses.

Jiraiya, who cannot use psychic skills, can be said to be greatly reduced as a threat to top experts.

You know, although Jiraiya's sage mode is powerful, it can only be used in battle with the help of two toads.

Without the psychic technique, it means that Jiraiya's sage mode has lost most of its actual combat value.

Although you can use Sage Mode by refining Senjutsu Chakra in advance during a prepared battle, you cannot do this in an encounter.

This means that Jiraiya's threat has been reduced by at least [-]%.

Uchiha Fugaku and Sarutobi Hiruzen's strength was not weakened so much.

Although the former's fire escape is considered very strong, as the owner of the Mangekyo Sharingan, Uchiha Fugaku's strongest point is still the illusion of the Mangekyo Sharingan and Susanoo.

Without Fire Release, it will definitely have an impact on Uchiha Fugaku's strength, but it is not a decisive impact.

The same is true for Sarutobi Hiruzen's earth escape. As a "Doctor of Ninjutsu" who is good at the five attribute escape techniques of wind, thunder, water, fire and earth, without earth escape, Sarutobi Hiruzen's strength will definitely decline a lot, but he is still still strong. He can use wind escape, thunder escape, fire escape and water escape, and still maintains a considerable level of combat power.

But no matter what, after being banned from fire escape and earth escape respectively, the strength of Uchiha Fugaku and Sarutobi Hiruzen will inevitably be greatly affected.

Even for Namikaze Minato, who is unlikely to fight in person, the sealing of the Rasengan, one of his two signature skills, has also significantly reduced Namikaze Minato's combat power.

This is an excellent opportunity for Yun Ninja, and even for all the forces that covet the abundant resources of the Fire Country.

In an extraordinary world like Naruto, the value of a strong person is far more than hundreds or thousands of "ordinary people".

Even though the strength of only four people in Konoha has dropped significantly, these four people almost account for more than half of Konoha's top combat power.

It can be said that Konoha at this time is the weakest moment in history.

If we don't take this opportunity to take a bite, when Konoha recovers, it will be the despairingly powerful No. [-] Ninja Village again.

Not to mention the Kumo ninja, even the Iwa ninja village, which was in a temporary alliance with Konoha, couldn't help but feel excited.

Although the Kingdom of Thunder is considered rich, it is poor compared to the Kingdom of Fire.

There are certainly many benefits from carving up the Kingdom of Thunder, but the Kingdom of Fire is even more coveted.

The reason that did not prompt Onoki to immediately abandon the alliance and turn around to attack Konoha was that the Iwa Ninja Village was in a very good situation on the battlefield of Thunder Country. Although it would be a stalemate for a while, it was only a matter of time before the northern defense line of Thunder Country was captured.

Once they break through the defense line guarded by the military advisor Tutai, the army of Iwa Ninja Village can march straight in. Almost the entire northern part of the Kingdom of Thunder belongs to Iwa Ninja Village.

The benefits that were about to be obtained suppressed Ohnoki's greed.

Even if you want to attack Konoha, you must at least get this easy benefit first.

Except for Onoki, the other villages were not able to suppress their greed so easily.

Sunagakure Village passed the resolution to carry out military operations against Konoha as quickly as possible. Even Chiyo, who was already planning to retire, once again launched the masterpiece of Bunzaemon, the founder of puppetry - the Chikamatsu Ten People, and planned to personally lead it. The Suna Ninja army sets out for battle.

Naturally, Kazekage Rasa couldn't go directly to the battlefield and needed to stay in the village to stabilize people's hearts, but he also sent his most capable assistant, his wife's brother, Yashamaru.

——This is the jounin who was ordered to assassinate Gaara in the original work, but couldn't bear to do it and committed suicide, causing Gaara to fall into darkness.

Kumogakure Village, which had been suppressed by Konoha for a long time, was immediately ready to launch a large-scale raid in order to recapture the strategically important Thunder Cloud Canyon as soon as possible.

Unlike other ninja villages, there is no such thing as "Kage cannot go to the battlefield" in Kumogakure Village.

In fact, at the current situation of Yunyin Village, only the Raikage's "personal expedition" can ensure the morale is available.

Having been suppressed by Konoha for such a long time, losing most of its territory, and not even seeing the hope of a comeback, other ninja villages with less fighting will would have collapsed long ago.

As the second "largest village" among the five major ninja villages, Kumogakure Village is not so fragile, but its morale is also very low.

At this time, the only one who can stabilize people's hearts is Raikage, who has always been very iron-blooded and tough.

The only one that responded slower was Kirigakure Village.

There is no way, who allowed Kirigakure Village to have only two group members, and one of them defected.

And even Terumi Mei who stayed in the village had no real power at all.

The ninja forces headed by Kaguya Sukeo would not even inform Terumi Mei when discussing village affairs.

Even though the latter is nominally a high-level official in the village.

Being treated like this by the village, Terumi Mei, although she never thought about defecting like Kisame Mikigaki, was still a little disheartened.

Coupled with the selfishness of "keeping secrets" and unwilling to disclose the existence of the chat group, there was no good reason to tell the village's top management about the changes in Konoha, so Terumi Mei simply chose to shut up.

From Terumi Mei's perspective, Kirigakure, which had just recovered a little from a coup, needed not to launch a war, but to recuperate.

Choosing to keep it secret was partly out of selfishness, and partly because Terumi Mei didn't want the village to go to war with Konoha again.

However, this matter was obviously not something Terumi Mei could stop.

Although the senior officials of Kirigakure Village were unaware of the changes that had occurred in Konoha, their intention to take advantage of the war between Konoha and Kumo Ninja to make a fortune from the Land of Fire had not changed at all.

However, after the Ghost Lantern clan announced their withdrawal from the operation, several major families were at loggerheads over who would be the leader of the operation.

Everyone knows that if the "take advantage of the situation" operation is successful, the "chief general" leading the team will definitely get the maximum benefit.

In order to compete for this position, several major families refused to give in, and no one was willing to give this good opportunity to others.

The first to initiate action was Konoha's old enemy, Kumogakure.

On the third day after the chat group announcement was released, Yunyin Village completed the integration of its forces, used almost all its reserve forces, and assembled more than [-] ninjas to prepare to retake Thunder Cloud Canyon.

Raikage Ai even personally led the expedition, striving to launch a "blitzkrieg" before Konoha could react.

There is even a sense of ambition in Lei Yingai's heart.

This operation is not only to recapture the Thundercloud Canyon, but also to take advantage of the great decline in the strength of Konoha's two generals to inflict the greatest damage to Konoha as much as possible.

If one of Uchiha Fugaku and Jiraiya can be retained, not only can they regain the large area of ​​lost land in the southern part of the Kingdom of Thunder, but they will also be free to solve the troubles in the north.

Maybe we can take advantage of the situation to counterattack the Country of Fire.

Although, strictly speaking, the territories of the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Fire do not belong to Kumogakure and Konoha, but to the daimyo of the two countries.

However, whether it is in terms of reputation or actual interests, as a great ninja village, it is the most basic responsibility to protect one's "sphere of influence" from hostile ninja villages.

The Kingdom of Thunder was invaded by Konoha and lost control of a large area of ​​territory. Although in a short period of time, the actual losses suffered by Kumogakure Village were not large, but the interests of the Daimyos of the Kingdom of Thunder suffered heavy losses.

However, the reputation of Yunyin Village was greatly damaged as a result.

Not to mention, with Konoha's destruction of the southern part of the Kingdom of Thunder, the actual interests of Kumogakure Village will also be greatly affected in the long run.

After all, the main source of income of Yunyin Village relies on the tasks entrusted by the nobles and wealthy businessmen of the Kingdom of Thunder.

The latter, on the other hand, relied on exploiting civilians to amass wealth.

As the number of civilians decreases and their lives become poorer, the income of the nobles and wealthy merchants in the Land of Thunder will drop sharply, thus significantly reducing the number of missions entrusted to Yunyin Village.

In addition, Yunyin Village's performance in this war will inevitably make its "customers" lose confidence in Yunyin Village's strength and consider entrusting the task to other villages to complete.

If this situation cannot be reversed, it is foreseeable that even if Yunyin Village finally survives the war safely, the days ahead will become very sad.

In order to reverse the situation, Yunyin Village must not only conquer the lost territory, but also conduct a beautiful military operation to regain the trust of customers.

This action was simply and crudely named "Revenge" by Raikage Ai.