Uchiha's opinion

"Dozens of ironclad warships are performing in foreign navies..."

In the tent of the middle army of the Wukage Expeditionary Army of the Land of Thunder, Mizukage Mizukage received another message from the shogunate from the country.

"Is there any special move by the shogunate recently?"

Sandai Mizukage put down the information document and asked Anbu Ninja.

"... Konoha's warship also escorted 70 billion taels of banknotes to Kinki and asked to exchange them for gold..."

Anbu Ninja replied.

Since the decision to withdraw troops, Mizukage has consciously strengthened intelligence collection in the country of water and the southern islands of the shogunate for strategic research and judgment.

Retreating the ninja army is not a simple matter.

Although after a series of rapid attacks, Yunyin, who was seriously injured, could only hide in Yunlei Gorge for defense, but it did not mean that Yunyin would not have the strength to fight back when Wuyin withdrew.

Moreover, once there is a problem in the withdrawal process, Kirigakure, who is eager to return home, may even cause the whole family to collapse due to some inexplicable trivial matters. If that happens, it will be too late to regret.

"Besides, didn't Konoha Ninja Village mobilize for war?"

Mizukage asked, frowning.

He felt that he couldn't figure out the purpose of the shogunate's move.

If it is said that it is to force the daimyo to pay the full amount of the gold sentence, there is actually no need to work so hard; if another war is to be waged, the military strength of the shogunate alone may not be able to compete with Kirigakure.

Especially now that the Kirigakure Expeditionary Army is full of fighting spirit and full of complaints because of being forced to withdraw. If they face the Shogunate Ninja Army again, they will not have the psychological burden caused by the many defeats in the past.

Moreover, Mizukage Mizukage has also arranged secret envoys to spread all kinds of hate speech among the ninja army, in order to arouse Kirigakure ninja's hatred for the shogunate.

"The spies lurking in Konoha didn't notice anything unusual."

Anbu Ninja said very positively.

"It seems that it is really to deter the daimyo so that he will pay the full amount of the sentence..."

Mizukage Mizukage smiled and felt a little funny: "As a ninja of the Uchiha clan, he behaves like a philistine businessman who fell into the eyes of money... It's really interesting!"

"I see, let Anbu in the village continue to spy on the movements of the shogunate!"

The third generation of Mizukage was a little dull, so he left the matter alone.

"Obey!"

The Anbu ninja saluted and left immediately.

"……call!"

After backing away from the large tent of the Chinese army, the Kirigakure Anbe ninja, who was exuding a cold and murderous aura, was relieved, and his waist, which was originally tense and straight, also collapsed.

"Mizukage-sama's changes are really not small... The solemnity of the superior is really unbearable..."

Kirigakure Anbe ninja sighed inwardly, then left instantly.

As for the recent actions of the shogunate, after the "professional research and judgment" by Kirigakure Anbe, all intelligence experts agreed that the shogunate wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Kirigakure ninja army to fight abroad and the domestic emptiness to blackmail the Daimyo of the country of water. Zhenweiyi's Wuyin Expeditionary Army withdrew and returned to the country, and the arrogance and domineering actions of the shogunate must be restrained from then on.

And Mizukage's viewpoint is exactly the same as Kirigakure Anbe's research and judgment.

Coupled with the fact that Konoha Ninja Village did not launch a large-scale war mobilization, this strengthened Kirigakure's self-judgment.

...

"The fleet of foreign naval exercises can be withdrawn."

Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately ordered the Uchiha Tokumitsu's order after the Rain Ninja Army led by Sanshoyu Hanzo secretly arrived in the eastern waters of Fire Nation.

"Obey!"

An attendant ninja immediately took orders to leave.

"Notify the garrison column of the Southern Islands, take the radio station to the sea and set up a reconnaissance post!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu methodically issued various combat orders one by one.

The subordinate ninjas came out one by one to lead the order.

"Has the 70 billion taels of gold sentence been exchanged?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu asked Hinata Shuhiro.

"According to the report of the entourage, 33 billion have been exchanged..."

Hinata Shuhiro responded immediately.

"Very good~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was very satisfied: "Continue to exchange! The three ironclad ships off the coast of Kinki continue to cruise in the port, don't let Kirigakure's spies see the flaws!"

"So far, Kirigakure has not sent an envoy to communicate. Could it be that something is wrong..."

Uzumaki Weiming, the leader of the Konoha Seal Squad, the contemporary patriarch of the Uzumaki Clan and the guardian of Uzumaki under the shogunate, asked.

"It shouldn't be so..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu is also uncertain, but since he has already made so many fake moves, there is nothing he can do if he is still seen through.

"The fire escape has already gathered in the throat, so now is the time to release it, otherwise I will be injured due to ninjutsu backlash..."

"Patriarch Weiming, this time we really need to start fighting..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said to Uzumaki Weiming.

"The lives of the Uzumaki family were all saved by the lord, so it is an incumbent duty to participate in the war!"

Uzumaki Wei said in a righteous manner.

Uchiha Deguang nodded, and then continued to issue various military missions.

According to the latest intelligence, the ninja army of Kirigakure's expedition to the land of thunder has reached 10,000 people after several rounds of reinforcements. With such a large number of ninja troops, if it is a traditional land battle, it is indeed impossible for the shogunate alone. It is difficult to defeat it.

However, through the ship repair yard assisted by the shogunate, Tokumitsu Uchiha also keenly discovered a shortcoming of the Kirigakure Expeditionary Army, that is, the relative lack of sea transportation capacity.

The Kirigakure Ninja Army in the Expedition to the Land of Thunder has more than 500 large and small warships, but most of them are traditional sailboats and paddle boats with extremely limited carrying capacity. This battleship established an absolute advantage when fighting against Yunyin at sea when conquering the Kingdom of Thunder.

However, compared with the 72 ironclad ships of the shogunate, Kirigakure's naval power is not worth mentioning.

Other traditional warships in the Kirigakure Fleet, such as the Ataka ship, not only have a slow speed, but their defenses cannot even withstand a single torpedo. Go to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

Although Kirigakure is good at underwater combat, it does not mean that every Kirigakure ninja can travel long distances across the sea. After all, the backbone of the ninja army is still dominated by Chunin. The Chakra of these Chunin is relatively limited. Even if you try your best to cross the sea and return to the country of water, you will be in a predicament of being slaughtered due to the depletion of chakra.

"...Notify the sea sentry of the Zhengyi tribe that if they find Kirigakure's sea-crossing fleet, they will send a report immediately, and confirm the fleet batch of the third Mizukage who is the target of this battle!"

The naval battle was getting closer, and Uchiha Tokumitsu also began to feel a little anxious.

This time, not only Kirigakure's main ninja army, but also Uchiha Madara who was disguised as the third Mizukage was directly confronted!

Facing this old man, no amount of caution could be overstated.

"Mr. Deguang seems to be a little anxious..."

A muffled voice came from the door.

"Mr. Hanzo..."

Uchiha Deguang turned his head to look, with a bright smile on his face.

Sansho Hanzo, holding a sickle in his hand, walked over with his head held high, and beside him was a particularly miniature citrus orange Yakura.

"Mr. Yagura is here too~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu greeted.

"snort!"

Although Goju Yakura had been released from Uchiha Madara's seal and regained his sanity, he still snorted unhappily.

Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't care about Yakura's rudeness, and said to Sanshoyu Hanzo: "This time the matter is very important, and then I ask Mr. Hanzo to go all out and don't hold back..."

"Of course, the employment fee is easy to talk about. As long as I win, I will never treat Yuren who came all the way to join the battle!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said solemnly.

After a few more greetings with Uchiha Tokumitsu, Sanshoyu Hanzo also asked to resign on the grounds of taking care of his own ninja army, leaving space for Uchiha Tokumitsu and Goju Yakura.

In the second Kirigakure conquest, he also had a relationship with Kutachi Yagura, knowing that this short ninja who had been defeated and captured was one of Kirigakure's high-level ninjas, and he was still Jinchuriki. I don't know why, but now he is showing up in the Tokko shogunate resident in a big way.

"It's terrible..."

Sanshoyu Hanzo thought as he walked: "If Aminin Village hangs out with the shogunate a few more times, will the ninjas in the village also favor the shogunate because of this..."

Sansho Hanzo jumped onto a tall tower and looked towards the port of Fuba City.

The Ureninja who had put on brand-new outfits had just disembarked, with the shogunate Uchiwa fan logo on his forehead shining brightly. He was crossing the sea with the United Company ninja who arrived in twos and threes.

"These bastards!"

Sanshoyu Hanzo was about to be stunned by these incompetent ninjas of his own.

...

"Say something quickly."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said to Goju Yakura, who looked constipated.

"...What do you want to do with Kirigakure?"

Kutachi Yagura asked seriously.

Although he was sealed by the "Three Generations of Mizukage" and rescued by Uchiha Tokumitsu, Yakura's love for Kirigakure prompted him to ask this question.

"Set things right."

Uchiha Tokumitsu's answer was concise and to the point.

"But a lot of people will die from it!"

Kuju Yagura was not satisfied with Uchiha Tokumitsu's answer.

"Maybe...but it's all fate!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was noncommittal.

"Sure enough, it's the Uchiha known as the evil clan! Isn't Kirigakure's life not his life!"

Ginger Yakura gritted his teeth and asked.

Although his heart was full of anger, there was nothing he could do at this moment.

"The life of Kirigakure Ninja is also life, but..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu looked down at the short Goju Yakura, "You can't do that with Kirimieki, can you?"

"Besides... the shogunate is free to come and go, if you are not satisfied, you can leave!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu's tone seemed very indifferent.

"Then what about the seal on my body? What's going on here!"

Goju Yakura finally couldn't hold back his anger, stuck out his tongue and said, "What the hell is this!"

After finishing speaking, he tore off his clothes again, pointed at a mass of black curse marks on his abdomen and yelled loudly: "And this! What the hell!"

"The one on the tongue is the seal of eradicating tongue disasters, and the one on the stomach is the four-element seal embedded in the seal of self-karma..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said indifferently: "Please don't think too much about it. After all, this battle has been planned for a long time and there is no room for error. I just want to keep a secret."

"Also, don't you think I don't have the ability to seal your mind like my ancestor?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted twice, with a threatening tone in his tone, "In front of Uchiha's Kaleidoscope Sharingan, it's not too difficult to control a human Churiki to fight..."

"hateful……"

Goji Yagura gritted his teeth angrily, "Uchiha Madara...why Uchiha Madara!"

After he was lifted from the seal, Uchiha Tokumitsu selectively revealed some information to him, but in the face of the truth, people still choose to escape.

"The legendary Ninja Shura Uchiha Madara..."

Goju Yakura seemed restless, pacing back and forth in place.

Seeing Kutachi Yakura so anxious, Uchiha Tokumitsu's pre-war anxiety dissipated inexplicably.

"...Is it really Uchiha Madara?"

After lingering for a while, Kutachi Yagura asked again.

His face was full of uneasiness.

The opponent is the legendary Uchiha Madara...

How could Shura, the dignified ninja world, make a scene of running to Kirigakure to control Mizukage and replace him?

This doesn't fit Uchiha Madara's arrogant personality!

"If you don't believe me, just ask the three tails in your belly."

Uchiha Tokumitsu curled his lips, "By the way, there is another key word to talk to Isofu—"

"Indra!"

Kuju Yagura's expression immediately became strange, and the tailed beast chakra on his body began to overflow unconsciously.

"The seal of the self-karma curse!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu made a mudra casually, and activated a spell to make Kudachi Yagura's body freeze.

After seeing that the Tailed Beast Chakra had restrained, Uchiha Tokumitsu released the shackles of the seal.

"...You bastard!"

Kudachi Yagura, who regained his freedom of movement, trembled with anger.

It's a bad feeling to have your life hanging in the hands of others.

"What's the difference between such a disgusting behavior and the Uchiha Madara you said!"

"At least, you are free again!"

Uchiha Deguang said as a matter of course: "Are you willing to become a combat weapon without sanity?"

"You don't want this kind of freedom!"

Goji Yakura still refuses to accept.

"Oh well……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu made a gesture to activate the curse seal again.

"I'm joking!"

Seeing this, Kuju Yagura hurriedly yelled.

"Don't forget, your identity is still my captive. It is my lord's kindness to let you regain limited freedom. You should be grateful."

Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted twice, "Besides, leaving the spell on your body is just to avoid being discovered by Uchiha Madara after the seal is lifted, so don't think too much!"

It's all reduced to such a situation, can you not think about it?

Besides, what can I do if I think too much? useful?

Goju Yakura only felt bitter in his mouth.

"...If I can persuade some Kirigakures to surrender, can I save them from the calamity of war?"

"Maybe . . . but not now."

Uchiha Tokumitsu replied: "Of course, if they rebel during the war, I will give them a decent ending..."

What is a decent ending?

Goju Yakura didn't dare to think too much about it.

"Lord Deguang!"

As a cloud of instant body smoke rose on the spot, an attendant ninja knelt on one knee in front of Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"According to reports from overseas sentries, the Kirigakure Expeditionary Force has now begun its return journey. The first fleet has now set off, with an estimated crew of 4,000 people. Its leader is Loquat Juzang!"

"Where is our respected Lord Mizukage?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu twisted his neck, with a fierce grin on his face.

"It has been confirmed that they are still on the coast of the Land of Thunder, or they will leave at the same time after the first batch of fleet unloads and returns!"

The attendant ninja reports.

"very good!"

Uchiha Deguang nodded, and the last trace of uneasiness in his heart was completely wiped out.

"Notify the ninja army to assemble and board the ship immediately!"

"The code name for this battle is: Ming Liang!"

May I ask whether to let age spots die or flee?