"You said that Ichiki sealed herself during the fight with the Konoha ninjas?"

While scanning the ancient documents in Miaomu Mountain's library, Shiraishi suddenly learned this surprising news from Liuli's mouth, and almost dropped the documents in his hands to the ground.

Liuli took a deep breath, nodded slightly, and placed the scroll in front of Shiraishi.

"See for yourself, something unexpected happened on the battlefield of the Bear Country. Not only that, Jiraiya's troops also successfully escaped with the support of Konoha. The troops stationed there only annihilated part of their troops.

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When Shiraishi heard the news, he quickly took the scroll filled with battle reports, opened it and scanned it.

Sure enough, as Liuli said, something unexpected happened on the battlefield in the Bear Kingdom.

While intercepting Konoha's support troops, Kazuhime encountered Danzo Shimura at the root, and then used the sealing technique to seal herself so that outsiders could not get even half a step closer to her body.

As a result, the Bear Country was left without a leader and lost valuable combat power equivalent to the tailed beast level, which gave Jiraiya's troops a glimmer of hope.

Although the troops from the Kingdom of Oni fought hard to intercept, they only wiped out a thousand people in Konoha, and finally allowed Jiraiya and others to escape. At this time, they had almost returned to the border of the Kingdom of Fire, and it was no longer realistic to pursue them again.

"What's going on? Why did Yiji seal herself?"

Shiraishi's question.

Although he couldn't keep Jiraiya, this incident made him quite regretful.

But after thinking about solving Miaomu Mountain, whether the opponent is dead or alive will not play a key role in the overall situation.

One Sannin cannot shake the foundation of the Kingdom of Demons.

He is more concerned about Yiji's current situation than this.

What happened to me, I need to seal myself away.

Is the chakra in the body going crazy?

No, if it were before, this possibility would have existed.

However, a few years ago, Ichiji had almost mastered the use of chakra in her body, and there was no longer any situation where she could go berserk with power.

Therefore, this possibility is ruled out.

"The situation is currently unknown. I need to rush back to the Bear Country as soon as possible. I will leave this place to you."

Liuli's original intention was to wait for the matter here at Miaomu Mountain to be completed before returning with Shiraishi.

However, now that something like this happened to Yiji, as a mother, she naturally had to go over and understand the situation in person.

"Okay, then you can set off quickly and leave it to me to handle it."

Shiraishi agreed without hesitation.

The affairs of Mount Miaomu have basically been settled. All that is left is simple finishing work and the distribution of the treasure trove of Mount Miaomu with Ryūchi Cave. He has no problem handling these matters alone.

In comparison, the matter on Yi Ji's side is more worrying.

To be able to activate Yiji's final self-protection mechanism, she must have encountered a problem that she couldn't solve alone.

It also means that this is a distress signal.

Liuli nodded, without any nonsense, and quickly disappeared from Shiraishi's eyes, leaving the library in Miaomu Mountain.

"Danzo...Tsunade-sensei, you really exceeded my expectations...No, maybe it was those two consultants who did it."...

Shiraishi suspected it was Tsunade at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it was more likely that the two consultants did this.

Even if he intends to release it, as Hokage, he cannot act like this blatantly.

After all, Danzo is an important criminal who attacked the Hokage. No matter what the reason is, releasing him means detonating the pressure of public opinion in Konoha Village.

This will be a heavy blow to the reputation of the new Hokage who has only been in office for more than a year.

"A Hokage who can only plead to criminals" represents incompetence and the Hokage's humbleness. This will not only make the neutrals oppose the Hokage, but also make the people under the Hokage question the ability of their superiors.

Therefore, it is more likely that Danzo will be temporarily released by consultants.

After all, without orders from higher-ups, Danzo, as a repeat offender of the murder of Hokage, would never be able to get out of prison.

Therefore, Shiraishi could guess that the top management of Konoha must have gone through a very heated debate in the past few days.

This signal actually has advantages and disadvantages for Shiraishi.

The disadvantage is that Konoha has joined Danzo and his forces as a new force. Some things either do not exist or will happen countless times. If Konoha can release Danzo once, it will definitely be able to release it a second time and a third time.

, and even more.

The good thing is that Shiraishi has discovered the upper limit of Konoha.

Even a repeat offender like Danzo can make the higher-ups change their own principles, and even the Hokage may be a tacit consent member. Just making this decision already means that Konoha has been forced into a desperate situation at this time, and it feels like it is at the end of its rope.

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If this were not the case, he would not have done such a small trick despite the pressure of public opinion in the village.

In other words, this is all the strength that Konoha can exert at the moment.

All the trump cards are displayed in front of him, and there will be no so-called hiding in the future.

"Thinking about it, it's really a pity that the Third Hokage died in the line of duty so quickly..."

After all, during the Third Hokage's reign, Konoha gave the Kingdom of Demons too much room for development.

Saying this may be a bit disrespectful to the deceased, but this is an indisputable fact.

But it's too late to say this.

After all, Kakashi wouldn't agree either.

The current military crisis between various countries against the Kingdom of Ghosts has been resolved. At the same time, it has also coincided with the loss of positions, causing a split in trust between the major powers.

Next, the huge state machine of the Kingdom of Ghosts will operate at full speed.

The key observation target in the future should be on ‘Xiao’.

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The Konoha troops who narrowly escaped death and returned to the Land of Fire alive will inevitably feel lucky in their hearts.

But looking at the returning companions, all of them were depressed and their expressions were numb, followed by intense grief, which made them want to cry.

Some of the surviving Konoha ninjas were not only physically disabled, but also had a fear of cannonballs.

As soon as you hear a loud noise, your body will start to tremble involuntarily, with a look of fear in your eyes.

After so many days of baptism by artillery fire, that voice would echo in their minds from time to time, turning into a nightmare that would accompany them throughout their lives.

This kind of mental trauma is the most difficult to treat...

Even Jiraiya felt a little psychological shadow from the sound of the bombardment.

Because every day in the country of bears, no matter day or night, you are not immune to the sound of shelling.

Compared with the ninjutsu of ninjas, the explosive effect of cannonballs has more impact on the five senses, leaving a deep and unforgettable impression in people's minds.

Such symptoms are called "ammunition phobia" by Konoha's medical ninjas, a mental disorder caused by cannonballs, which is difficult to treat with ordinary medicine and stones. Not surprisingly, this kind of mental illness is difficult to treat with medicine and stones.

, will accompany the suffering ninja throughout his life.

As soon as they step onto the battlefield and hear the bombardment of artillery shells, they can't help but recall the fear of being dominated by the artillery shells of the Kingdom of Ghosts in this war, which leads to a rapid decline in their combat capabilities.

And this symptom is not limited to Konoha. Iwagakure ninjas who have experienced several large-scale battles with the Kingdom of Demons have many ninjas suffering from this kind of mental illness.

A station on the border of the Land of Fire.

The medical area was crowded with a large number of injured people. Because there was no enough space in the medical area, many injured people could only lie in temporary tents, and nurses with a little knowledge of medical skills could simply treat their injuries.

After all, relying on the more than thirty medical ninjas stationed in this area, it is completely impossible to treat the injuries of thousands of injured ninjas in a short period of time.

Even so, there is still a shortage of medical personnel.

There is also a shortage of medical supplies.

Due to quality problems found in the medical supplies shipped from Konoha to the frontline battlefields, the harmless medical supplies that were temporarily collected and shipped here were completely unable to support the use of so many injured people.

Even though Konoha has been accelerating acquisitions and has even begun to ask for help from the alliance's Sunagakure, hoping to temporarily free up part of the medical supplies and provide them for Konoha's use... In this way, it is still impossible to fundamentally eliminate the consequences of this accident in a short time.

medical crisis.

"How are the casualties treated?"

Standing outside the medical area, Jiraiya looked at the Konoha ninjas who were screaming and screaming all over the ground, with wounds festering and rotting, with a hint of pain in his eyes.

Although I knew that medical resources here were in short supply, I still couldn't help but ask with a glimmer of hope.

But he also understood that the possibility of this was very slim.

After all, he provided the pseudo-immortal talisman produced by Miaomu Mountain, but he still couldn't solve such a crisis.

Because the number of people healed by the Pseudo-Sage Talisman is limited, and there are too many seriously injured people here, some seriously injured Konoha ninjas often die without waiting for the Pseudo-Sage Talisman, with miserable screams, and look ferocious and painful.

Like a ghost whose revenge has failed.

More importantly, the Pseudo Immortal Talismans store magic chakra. Without a stable supply of magic chakra, these Pseudo Immortal Talismans are one-time consumables.

Once it's used up, it means it's gone. You need to find a ninja who knows senjutsu to fill it up with energy.
To be continued...