"Yeah, I thought it would be easy to invade one of them, but I didn't expect to be squeezed out directly. That kind of mental power is simply unheard of. If it were any worse, I might have to stay there forever."

Haiyi didn't take Shikaku's teasing to heart and just answered with a wry smile.

From this distance, you can still hear the sounds of fighting coming from the battlefield.

The number of Konoha ninjas gathered on the battlefield now is at least three thousand, including dozens of jounin alone.

With so many ninjas charging head-on, the aftermath of the battle alone could tear the center of Konoha apart a dozen times.

After Lu Jiu heard this, he was also very surprised and nodded solemnly.

"The situation seems to be much harsher than imagined. How do you feel directly?"

Shikaku asked.

"I won't talk about mental strength. Just look at my expression now. As for chakra, I'm afraid it's not a good choice to fight a protracted war. The opponent's chakra is very huge. It's not an exaggeration to say it's a humanoid tailed beast.

.”

Facing a ninja with this amount of chakra, in a protracted battle, even if they can win, Konoha will suffer heavy losses.

What's more, this is just the enemy's puppet.

No matter how much sacrifice is required to eliminate the opponent, as long as sacrifices are caused in the battle, Konoha's side will not really win the battle. What needs to be done now is to reduce the sacrifice rate as much as possible and suppress the cost to the minimum range.

"As for ability... let's have some reservations. The other party is obviously trying to catch Naruto, and then they will probably not really take action until the target arrives."

Haiyi's statement basically made Lujiu agree.

According to the intelligence returned from the front line, the enemy indeed has such a plan.

After all, the other party's goal is very clear, it is for the Nine Tails in Naruto's body.

Before Naruto, the true master, comes, he will never reveal his full strength unless forced to do so.

"Where's this side, Hokage-sama?"

Haiyi asked this question.

Shikaku pointed outside and heard a huge sound outside the Hokage Building. A huge shadow appeared from the smoke and occupied most of the open space in front of the Hokage Building.

It was an extremely huge slug.

Immediately in their field of vision, the giant slug began to squirm, forming small palm-sized slugs that dispersed and swarmed towards the battlefield in the center of Konoha.

"The Hokage-sama intends to minimize the village's losses, and will use the Slug Immortal of the Shiggy Bone Forest to minimize the village's losses."

"Uh... is Hokage-sama planning to heal an entire village of ninjas?"

Haiyi's color changed a little.

In any case, this kind of behavior is really too random.

There are currently at least 10,000 ninjas left in Konoha Village, and the number of ninjas participating in the war is conservatively estimated to reach more than 6,000.

Not to mention six thousand people, just treating two thousand ninjas at the same time is already unimaginable.

"Who knows about this kind of thing? She is the Hokage of Konoha. Even if she messes around, she must ensure that Konoha can retain most of its combat power after the battle. Otherwise, the Demon Kingdom will inevitably not add insult to injury.

Let us Konoha fall into an even more critical situation."

Compared to the Akatsuki organization that just showed up, in Shikaku's mind, the threat from the Kingdom of Demons always comes first.

The danger of the former is currently difficult to estimate. Even the so-called 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' is just a vague concept with no real experience. But the country of ghosts is different. The oppressive power of this country is Shikaku's real

What I experienced... was an invincible despair.

Shikaku has no doubt that after adding new forces like Uchiha Sasuke and Hatake Kakashi, the Demon Country military will be able to gather at least seven or eight Five Kages, or even ninjas above this level.

Not to mention, the ninja troops armed to the teeth, as well as reinforced soldiers suspected of being able to be mass-produced. Coupled with complete military, economic and political strength, the ultimate destructive power is definitely more terrifying than the current Akatsuki organization.

Several levels.

The reason why he didn't do that, Lu Jiu didn't think that the international balance was working, but that the other party was probably secretly gaining momentum and planning something else.

After all, in a big country with such a high degree of concentration of power and military, and the prevalence of militant factions, there is only one path that can be taken until the machine called the "state" stops - war and conquest.

Perhaps, this friction between the Akatsuki organization and Konoha is also part of the other party's plan.

However, such thoughts are always speculations. Before there is concrete evidence, Shikaku has no way of knowing whether the Kingdom of Demons has a hand in secret. He can only make a certain degree of estimation based on the past style of the Kingdom of Demons.

"Is that so? Then what's the reason for calling me over in such a hurry?"

Haiyi asked.

"Can your body still move?"

Lu Jiu didn't answer the question and asked about Haiyi's physical condition.

On the village side, corresponding arrangements have been made. With the help of part of the Slug Immortal from the Shiggy Bone Forest, Konoha's sacrifice rate can be suppressed.

"If it's just reconnaissance, it's not a problem."

Haiyi answered.

"I need you to lead the village's Anbu to conduct a search outside the village. Judging from the information obtained so far, the enemy's body is not in Konoha, but controls these puppets to fight from a distance."

Shikaku said.

"you mean……"

Haiyi was stunned for a moment and quickly understood.

"There should be devices or people that can emit chakra signals. Find these existences and interfere or destroy them. As for the ANBU, they will support your two detachments. In addition, there are ten squadrons of troops.

"

The two squadrons of ANBU are thirty-four elite ANBU ninjas, and the strength of the ten squadrons is one thousand Konoha ninjas.

Haiyi knew that this time, Lu Jiu had undoubtedly invested a lot of money.

"Does it need such a big move?"

"The opponent dares to ignore Konoha's defense strength and rush directly into Konoha to get involved in Konoha. If he is not a fool, he is confident that he can take away the Nine-Tails under Konoha's full protection. Therefore, the victory of the battle cannot only come from this side.

You still need to consider external factors before you start. If it weren’t for the fact that you can’t mobilize too many manpower now, I will support you with more troops.”

Shikaku said seriously.

"...I understand, leave it to me."

Haiyi nodded with a heavy expression.

He knew that Lu Jiu's guess was probably true.

If the enemy dares to rush directly into Konoha to seize the Kyuubi, they must have full support.

This is also true. Less than a quarter of an hour into the exchange of fire between the two sides, there have been hundreds of casualties on Konoha's side, and this was despite the other party's failure to use its fullest strength.

If the enemy's strength is not restrained as soon as possible and this continues, casualties may reach thousands.

This is undoubtedly an added disaster for Konoha today.

"Please, Haiyi."

Watching Haiyi lead the ANBU away, Shikaku slowly looked back after a long time.

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Across the sea from the Kingdom of Fire is the Kingdom of Water.

Kirigakure Village, which is adjacent to the sea, was built on one of the largest islands in the Kingdom of Water. Even in summer, the sea area controlled by Kirigakure is still filled with fog, and the sight beyond a certain range is directly useless.

The city built by the sea can only be seen vaguely through the slightly thick fog. With the development of industrialization in recent years, the buildings in Wuyin Village have gradually moved towards the industrial modern city model.

Even the various ships located in the port are no longer simply wooden, but semi-mechanized ships, with stronger maneuverability and defense capabilities at sea.

Occasionally, there will be semi-mechanized warships riding the wind and waves in the sea, and they will start patrolling on time, not sparing any corner of the sea, protecting the sea area of ​​Kirigakure Village with absolute smoothness and safety.

At the port, you can also see a large number of Kirigakure ninjas, forming patrol teams to maintain the security of the Kirigakure port.

The perfect patrol strength is undoubtedly telling others that it is wishful thinking to attack Kirigakure from the sea.

What's more, most of Kirigakure's ninjas are water escape ninjas who are good at fighting in water. It is not a wise choice to go against Kirigakure ninjas in this home position.

Nagato, who quietly poked his body out from the white clouds thousands of meters above the sky, was suspended in the sky with a wonderful posture. His sight was locked on the Kirigakure land below, and he had a panoramic view of the layout of Kirigakure Village.

Moreover, under the induction of one's own sensory ninjutsu, dense chakra information can be fed back. The number of such information gathered is beyond imagination, at least 15,000 people.

And there are various large-scale barriers intertwined in the sky above Kirigakure Village. It is an extremely complex compound barrier that can prevent enemies from attacking in the air. In addition to these compound barriers, there are also a number of ninjas who control flying ninjas.

equipment, patrolling high altitudes 24 hours a day.

If Nagato hadn't used the clouds to shield himself, Nagato felt that if he peeked at Kirigakure from high altitude, he would probably be noticed by these Kirigakure ninjas who patrolled the high altitudes with flying ninja tools.

Whether it is the sea, land, or high altitudes that are difficult to guard against, they are all protected by Kirigakure ninjas without blind spots.

In terms of defensive strength, the power Kirigakure displayed at this time seemed to be even higher than that of Konoha.

However, in Nagato's eyes, these defensive forces cannot be said to be completely useless, but they are far from enough to threaten him.

Subconsciously, Nagato's body began to sink. There was no joy or sadness on his face. He just flew slowly towards Kirigakure Village from a high position. His calm and calm attitude was as relaxed and carefree as taking a walk.

"Three-tails, six-tails, it's time to recycle them."
Chapter completed!