Naruto: Starting from the pursuit of Tsunade

"I~"

The fourth generation Aiben wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, he became a deflated ball.

Looking at the huge destruction caused by Ōnoki's Dust Release, a chill welled up in his heart.

"You are right. I was too impulsive."

After taking a deep breath, the Fourth Generation Ai admitted his mistake.

Although many Iwagakure fled in this battle, the victory undoubtedly belonged to the Cloud Village.

If he rashly took the lead and chased after them, this victory might be lost in an instant.

"Hmph~ It's good that you admit your mistake. I don't want there to be a next time."

The fourth generation Ai snorted coldly, and when he turned around, what he saw was blood and broken limbs all over the ground.

War is always the biggest meat grinder!!!

"Compile a list of the casualties and send the wounded back."

As the Fourth-Kami Ai gave orders, the surviving Cloud Ninjas began to get busy.

The bodies of the Cloud Ninjas who died in the battle were found one by one and placed in the open space, and the wounded were carried away after being given simple treatment by the medical soldiers.

In comparison, the Iwagakure ninjas couldn't even recover the remains of their victims.

"Tsuchikage-sama, what should we do next?"

The Iwagakure ninja ran for a long time before they dared to stop and rest. A senior leader came to Ōnoki with a timid voice.

"What do you think?"

You can tell that Ohnoki's voice is full of fatigue, and even his eyes are a little cloudy.

He glanced around and found that the entire team had completely lost their morale.

Sad, confused, scared...

Various negative emotions continue to spread in the air.

If there is no good solution to the current predicament, the Kingdom of Earth will be close to destruction.

"Recall Lao Zi and Huang Tu to make plans?"

The top Iwagakure ninja asked tentatively, and it was obvious that this was not a good suggestion, as he himself did not have the confidence.

"Can we defeat the Kumo Ninja after recalling them?"

"What about Akatsuki Village?"

After Ōnoki asked two questions in succession, the Iwagakure high-ranking officials looked unhappy and stammered for a long time without being able to utter a single word.

"You are usually so eloquent, but now you don't even have a decent idea?"

Oonoki rarely scolded, and his voice was frighteningly calm.

“It’s our incompetence.”

The Iwagakure high-ranking officials did not dare to look Ōnoki in the eye and lowered their heads in shame.

If it weren't for Ohnoki today, it's hard to say how many of these senior executives would have come back.

Even Han is dead, but they don't think they are stronger than Han.

"Forget it, ask them to come to the meeting."

Ohnoki sighed and stopped mocking, he knew that he still had a large part of the responsibility after all.

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, the senior executive quickly stepped back, as the pressure of facing Ōnoki alone was too great.

After a few minutes, all the high-ranking Iwagakure ninjas who had survived the expedition arrived.

"I'm going to send someone to Konoha for help."

"You two can discuss who should go."

Oonoki's words were shocking, without any intention of negotiating.

"this..."

"Will Konoha help?"

"Our relationship with Konoha is far from good."

"It's good that Konoha didn't fall into the well."

"We were the ones who attacked Konoha first."

Several people started talking about it, and without exception, they all felt that Ōnoki's idea was quite unreliable and impractical.

"Shut up."

"I don't want to hear your opinions. Tell me, who's going?"

Ohnoki could no longer hold back his anger and roared, attracting countless eyes.

"Tsuchikage-sama, if you must do this, I am willing to go to Konoha."

While all the top brass were still looking at each other, the chief of intelligence who had luckily survived on the front line came over from not far away.

Regardless of whether he wanted to atone for his sins or not, Ōnoki's expression finally softened.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Daisuke."

"All of you, get out of here."

After driving away the annoying guy, Ohnoki spoke a few sincere words to Nakano Daisuke alone.

"Konoha hates me, I know."

“But asking them for help is no longer a last resort.”

"Although I don't know how much chance I have, I still have to give it a try."

"If this is done, our Land Kingdom still has a glimmer of hope."

"If it doesn't work, you can do whatever you want."

In fact, Ohnoki had no idea what to do, but he really couldn't think of any better solution.

As for Nakano Daisuke, if his request for help fails and he chooses not to come back, he can accept that.

After all, Nakano Daisuke has always been his confidant, otherwise he would not have sat in such an important position as the head of intelligence.

If the fault and responsibility this time were not so great, Oonoki would not have chosen to punish him.

"Don't worry, I will live and die with the Iwagakure."

Nakano Daisuke's eyes were firm and his words were extremely sincere, but only he knew how much of it was true and how much was false.

"I'll write a letter for you to take to Tsunade."

Oonoki didn't comment on Daisuke's vow, and it didn't matter.

"Yes."

Daisuke responded in a deep voice, but one could see a hint of disappointment on his face.

Oonoki did not avoid Daisuke, but just took out a piece of paper and started writing.

Although he was very curious, Daisuke looked away and didn't dare to look.

It took Ohnoki a long time to finish writing most of the page. He felt extremely uncomfortable writing every stroke of the letter.

In all these years, have I ever been so humble?

After packing the letter and sealing it with lacquer, Oonoki solemnly handed it to Daisuke.

"It's all on you."

He gave an ugly smile and his waist seemed to bend a little more.

"I try my best."

Daisuke knew the difficulty of this matter and could only leave with a wry smile.

"I hope we can hold out until reinforcements from Konoha arrive."

Oonoki muttered to himself as he watched Daisuke leave.

He knew very well that without reinforcements, he would die.

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