Swing the knife from the leaves

Also brightly lit at this moment was the Hokage Building.

Konoha Village, Hokage Building.

In the office, the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked his pipe with a sad expression.

Smoke surged upwards, piling up in the room.

The numbness caused by smoking has made three generations forget the fatigue.

But it couldn't relieve his sorrow.

A few days ago, news came back that the Third Raikage was fighting against the Ten Thousand Rock Ninja.

Also coming back was Jiraiya's report.

After reading it, the three senior Konoha officials all smiled.

Especially the Third Hokage.

It was as if a big stone had been dropped in his heart.

The Ten Thousand Rock Ninja were blocked by the Third Raikage alone for three days and three nights.

That kind of bravery made the Third Hokage fearful in his heart.

But the good news is that the Third Raikage is dead.

Moreover, the [-] rock ninja army led by Onoki suffered heavy casualties and had to return home.

There will be no strength to fight again in a short time, so the weak defense in the northwest will be safe.

And because of Iwa Ninja's actions, Kumo will definitely shrink the front.

Then the pressure on the Konoha troops in the north will be much less.

Although the casualty report was not optimistic, the crisis was resolved.

If the situation continues like this.

Orochimaru stood firm in the Rain Country, while Jiraiya blocked the Kumo Ninja in the north.

The Fire Nation is now certain of victory.

But at this time, news came that the Third Hokage didn't want to see.

The Mist Ninja joins the battle.

This immediately gave Konoha's top brass a chill.

Let them change from being relaxed these past few days to being uncomfortable now.

Every time I thought about it, I no longer had to think about Iwa Ninja's problems, and the Kiri Ninja came.

This really made Sarutobi Hiruzen angry.

Picked up the report again.

Shikaku wrote this to him.

It introduces the current battlefield situation.

The pros and cons of our side and the Mist Ninja.

But after all, Sandai saw what Shikaku meant.

Give him more troops.

Two thousand ninjas attacked the entire Mist Ninja Village, and he couldn't stand it.

Continue to smoke the cigarette butt for two more puffs.

The third generation put down the report and looked at the black village outside the French window.

Increase troops, go there to increase troops.

Konoha also has only two thousand guard troops.

There are also those ninjas who have just left school, all of them twelve or thirteen years old.

Orochimaru's third generation released a lot of people who had just left school.

Now we have to put it on the southeast side again.

At this time, there was a roar outside.

"I've said it several times, don't bring up such a list."

"All funds in Konoha must be limited to war."

Sandai was not surprised. His old partners were all feeling uncomfortable tonight.

It's just that Xiaochun's voice is a little hoarse. She yelled several times today.

There were footsteps outside the door, and after knocking on the door, a ninja came in.

Sandai turned to look at him, holding a document in his hand.

"Sandaime-sama, the list of remaining ninjas and retired ninjas has been compiled."

The ninja said as he handed over a document.

"Okay, fortunately, you can go down."

"Yes"

The third generation took the file and spoke gently to the ninja.

After the others left, Sandai opened the file and read it carefully.

The shortage of troops forced Sandai to find a way.

Using those retired ninjas was his last resort.

Sandai flipped through the pages, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling.

But an hour later, Sandai put the list of retired ninjas on the table.

Sandai let out a long sigh.

"Not enough, far from enough."

Except for those who are severely disabled, there are less than [-] ninjas who can be activated.

This kind of force is simply not enough.

Sighing again, Sandai had to open the list of young ninjas.

Above is a list of all genin.

Some have already rushed to the battlefield in the Land of Rain, while others have completed some reconnaissance missions around Konoha.

Finished reading the list.

The third generation finally made a decision.

Send all two thousand guards to the battlefield.

The younger ninjas were guarding Konoha.

But it must be that the strength is not enough.

If it's a team like Kakashi's, they must rush to the battlefield.

By the way, the third generation suddenly thought that it was time to bring Minato back.

We also need to get Kakashi's team back and come back with Minato to perform the mission.

Someone needs to deal with the damage caused by the enemy ninjas in the Land of Fire.

When the guard ninja goes to the battlefield, someone has to take over.

It just so happened that the battlefield in the north had eased, allowing Minato to come back.

"Comer" A figure appeared in front of the Third Hokage.

Sandai handed him the completed list in his hand and said:

"Calling the ninjas on the list for emergency war mobilization."

"Yes"

The ANBU accepted the order and quickly left.

Sandai sighed slightly as he watched the man leave.

He turned around and wrote three secret letters and handed them to Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Nara Shikaku respectively.

Hand the letters to the three Anbu and ask them to rush to the front line.

After all the orders were given, the third generation left the office and came to the corridor.

He took off his pipe and went to the offices of the two consultants one after another.

Now the third generation has to find a way to get the supplies and equipment for 2000 people from the hands of the two consultants.

I hope Xiaoharu can save some face for me, the Hokage, and not scold me too harshly in front of those juniors.

A few minutes later, shouting came from Xiaochun's office.

"Sarutobi Hidden Slash!"

The sound was so loud that everyone in the nearby office poked their heads out.

In the corridor, Mito Menyan said angrily to them:

"What are you looking at? I've never seen the Hokage discussing things with his advisor."

"Go back to work."

The head that stuck out immediately retracted.

After all, it's scary for Mitomon consultant to be angry.

The Hokage Building was extremely quiet at night.

People sitting in those offices, processing documents, heard shouts from the consultant's room from time to time.

Sometimes there were scoldings from some old bastard or the like, but they pretended not to hear them.

The next day, in the morning.

It was still the same training ground, with the Third Hokage standing at the front of the team.

In front of him were the assembled troops.

They are all ninjas on the list who can be recalled.

Plus the original two thousand guard troops.

There are 700 people standing on this training ground.

Among them were a few young men with immature faces, who were considered to be powerful genin.

Standing in front, the Third Hokage delivered his speech again.

Just like the previous times, the army must first boost its morale before setting off.

Soon the atmosphere among the ninjas on the battlefield became lively.

Except for a few old ninjas, the other ninjas all looked enthusiastic.

While talking, Sandai recalled what happened last night.

Despite Xiaochun's scolding and Yan's insistence, the third generation still got the supply list of the reinforcements shamelessly.

But again, now the two advisors, accompanied by ANBU, left the village and headed for their respective destinations.

In fact, the third generation understands the difficulties of the two people very well.

In fact, the village no longer has the supplies to supply an army of more than 2000 people.

Most of the supplies were transported to the front line, and the rest were used after Jiraiya asked for help some time ago.

It has only been less than two months since the Daimyo stopped supplying supplies.

Without this new reinforcement, each battlefield could barely continue fighting for another year with the supplies it already had.

But there is no way, Konoha is now fighting on three fronts.

Logistics became a huge problem.

The two consultants went crazy every day to collect money from the village, calling on all the ninja clan to donate money, and they donated three times.

After suffering a few scoldings from Koharu, Sandai finally got the two's assurances.

Mito Kaden left the village and went to the daimyo, shamelessly asking for the third fund.

Xiaochun, on the other hand, contacted various merchants and nobles to collect supplies from them.

After traveling back and forth, I might not be able to return to the village until half a month later.

We should be able to bring back supplies by then.

The speech was finally over, and the supporting troops set off.