I have a bunch of relatives who want to be Hokage

"The idea of ​​developing the Blood Successor Snare." Uchiha Shingen said, "There are also research materials on tailed beast chakra, I asked you if you want it."

"Do you want to study the secrets of the Six Paths Sage?" Orochimaru asked.

Others may not know what research direction these things point to, but Orochimaru has a clue.

Ultimately, his goal is to unlock the secrets of all ninjutsu and thereby gain the truth.

To unlock the secrets of all ninjutsu, of course we cannot avoid the Sage of Six Paths who created the Chakra Age.

Strictly speaking, although the ultimate goals are different, Orochimaru and Uchiha Shingen are indeed companions on this road.

"I already have a lot of clues." Uchiha Shingen looked at Orochimaru, "Orochimaru, although you have many faults, you are a professional in research, and we have the same goal."

"I like to hear that." Orochimaru nodded, "But what does this have to do with me sending someone to help you fight the Cloud Ninja?"

"You don't clean your laboratory?" Uchiha Shingen asked, "If you don't clean up the insects, how can you conduct research with peace of mind?"

"I see..." Orochimaru looked back in the direction of Otogakure, "Tell me your strategy."

"After handing over the people to you, I will touch base with Yun Ninja first. I want to see if there are really that many Yun Ninjas in Nanguan City. I think there is a high probability that there won't be."

"The Kumo ninja is indeed no longer the Kumo ninja of the past." Orochimaru nodded, "My intelligence shows that Kumo Hidden Village recruited a group of rebellious ninjas from Kirigakure Village a long time ago and taught them new tactics. You've messed with them a bit too much over the years, and you always use Susanoo."

"I will capture Nanguan City first. At that time, can your people be prepared? And your village, even if it is just a show, we still have to do it seriously."

"No problem." Orochimaru said very ok, "But as compensation, you have to help me build a number of laboratories. During the war, the prices on the black market were inflated, and the channels on Luosha's side were also low. It’s very tight.”

"This is okay, there is no problem." Uchiha Shingen said, "The family also has special funds for this area and can allocate funds."

"Sure enough, you are the most comfortable talking about things with Shingen." Orochimaru's eyes narrowed.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't a look, it's just a smile.

Orochimaru stretched out his hand and shook it with Uchiha Shingen.

This is a symbol of friendship as fellow partners.

It is also a cordial collision between the Orochi Style Substitution Technique and the Flying Thunder Seal.

"It seems that we will be partners from now on, and we will have a happy cooperation."

"That's easy to say, but isn't it a little too insincere for you to use ninjutsu when shaking hands?"

"No, this is also proof of partnership. Not just anyone is qualified to be your partner, right?"

The two looked at each other for a long time, and then both smiled cordially.

Letting go of their hands, the two of them separated and went back to their respective homes without stopping.

Chapter 6 Shingen expands his army

In the sixty-third year of Konoha, Konoha Hidden Village set a new record.

It set off a ninja war with a joint chuunin exam.

In the second half of this year, Uchiha Shingen, who took office as the commander-in-chief of the northern theater of Konoha, began the first legion-level military operation he personally directed.

Uchiha Shingen reorganized all Konoha's military forces in Yuno Country, leaving two thousand men to garrison Konoha's control area with Yugakure Village as the center. He recruited the remaining three thousand men and marched westward.

Also accompanying the army were the convoys of nobles from Shuang and Lei.

There are also foreign ninja corps employed by Konoha.

These ninja organizations that had already made a lot of money in Konoha failed to pretend in front of Uchiha Shingen. After Uchiha Shingen had a meeting with their leader, they all honestly quit.

Uchiha Shingen discovered that Konoha has always had a bad habit, that is, it is unwilling to use foreign ninjas on a large scale to fight its own wars.

If there are not enough people, we will use our own young people to fill the gap.

It's not because they are stingy and unwilling to spend money, but because they feel that foreign ninjas have no professional ethics and cannot take tasks as seriously as their own family members.

In this regard, Uchiha Shingen just wants to say - those lower-level ninjas who have just left school and been transferred from the logistics line are actually not very reliable. In many cases, they cannot even understand the orders of their superiors well.

The scariest thing is that there is one who is not only a noob but also thinks he is right.

You hold him accountable and he tells you about the Will of Fire, which is completely different from the horse's mouth.

Therefore, why do things that can be solved with money have to cost one's own life? The cost of training people is too high. It is not as practical as raising the admission standards of ninja schools.

Before the Third Ninja War, various ninja organizations had not yet emerged. Before that, it was reasonable for Konoha to do this.

But during the Third Ninja War, such ninja organizations continued to appear. Although many were destroyed in the war, there were even more new ones. At this time, if you said that I will use my own people, then I really mean that I will use my own people. I can't live with myself.

To put it bluntly, I am still too proud.

You can't overthrow the entire industry just because of one Akatsuki organization. There is no other mercenary organization with such a unique brain circuit in the ninja world.

From the reality of the industry, most ninja organizations have very good reputations and good professional quality, and as long as you give them enough money, they are really willing to die.

Trading lives for money is a matter of course in their eyes. Their strength is indeed not as good as that of the Ninja Village, but they are dedicated and their livelihood depends on it.

Besides, as Party A, what kind of Party A is it if you don’t use the money to your own death?

Now, Uchiha Shingen is the supreme commander of the northern theater, and whatever he says is what he says.

When Uchiha Shingen ordered the troops to set off, the number of ninjas in this combined army had naturally increased to 5,000.

But this is not all of Uchiha Shingen's army of servants.

After the Konoha ninja army set off, their first target was not Nanguan City controlled by the Kumo ninja, but Otogakure Village.

If the Kumo Ninja Army dared to take the opportunity to attack Yugakure at this time, then Uchiha Shingen would laugh to death.

Uchiha Shingen drew out the elite troops from the two major families to form a vanguard army of several hundred people, and invaded Tian Country that day.

Uchiha Shingen's reason is very simple and straightforward. As an ally of Konoha, Otogakure does not cooperate with Konoha's military operations. This is disrespectful and has ulterior motives.

The vanguard army composed of the backbones of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans exploded in mobility. After entering Tian Country, Otogakure's symbolic defense force was defeated in one blow. Then the two clans of ninjas invaded Otogakure Village, without a trace. Unceremoniously, this place was burned to the ground.

The group of Uchihas were in high spirits. It was not easy to set fire to such a high level.

The gangsters of Konoha have come here to take advantage of the excitement. Whether they can return to take advantage of the excitement depends on Otogakure's performance.

The nominal leader of Otogakure Village appeared in time next to Otogakure Village, which was burning and prosperous. He showed a wonderful performance of "our small family and small business cannot afford to offend the big boss".

Those who can become elites among ninja clans like Uchiha and Hinata are not stupid.

Even if they are a little stupid in life, they have a good sense of smell on the battlefield, so these ninjas who were arranged by Uchiha Shingen to burn their homes immediately noticed something fishy.

But no one said anything. Everyone thought it was very Shingen and there was nothing wrong with it, so they naturally switched to actor mode.

The script is a bit rough.

But with the endorsement of Orochimaru and Uchiha Shingen, and the participation of more than a dozen Jonin in this scene, it is still persuasive.

When the main formation of the Konoha army escorting the noble convoy arrived at the border of Tian Country, three thousand sound ninjas were already waiting at the border, and the extras who had worked hard also returned to the team and returned to being actors.

After counting the troops, under the orders of Uchiha Shingen, this ninja army, which had expanded to 8,000 people, escorted the noble convoy to the north.

This time, it was straight to Nangguan City.

The three theaters may not necessarily be able to link up with each other, but the war has not officially started yet, but they can still maintain contact at a fixed frequency. As far as the latest battle report received by Uchiha Shingen is concerned, there is currently no opening gun in the three theaters. .

The western theater is the largest. Konoha and Sunagakure are still adjusting. At the same time, Amegakure and Kusagakure are still waiting and watching. Iwagakure has not taken action. They are just gathering troops at the border. The troops of the three major ninja villages have not yet officially selected the battlefield.

But the special warfare teams from the three parties have already started working on the lands of the three countries of rain, grass and stone.

The sand ninjas seemed to be particularly energetic.

Senju Hashirama, as always, was polite before fighting, and sent a request for peace talks to Iwagakure, but there was no response after the letter was sent.

As for his Zhou Mu... he is probably hoarding dirt talismans.

After all, for a week, I have the habit of being restless if I don't get dirty.

People nowadays seem to think that Zhoumei is an obsessive-compulsive disorder patient who specializes in hoarding fine filth. Uchiha Shingen really doesn't know how things came to be like this.

Rumors can kill people.

In the Eastern War Zone, Kirigakure and Konoha have begun to intersect with each other on a daily basis, and the big dogs will have a great time.

After all, he was the most proficient ninja in Konoha during his lifetime.

The first tough battle seems to have to be fought by myself.

Eight thousand ninja troops marched north along the border of the mountainous area.

As they gradually approached Nanguan City, the atmosphere of the noble convoy began to become less leisurely.

Although there is no conflict between the nobles and the ninjas, just as the ninjas will feel that the nobles have too many problems when performing tasks, the nobles are actually quite afraid that when the ninjas fight, they will be in high spirits and get rid of them. Did it too.

Everyone still knows that the five major ninja villages are starting a ninja war.

If possible, of course they would like to stay in Konoha Hidden Village and wait for the ninjas to finish fighting, but reality does not allow that. They all have territories. It is common for the ninja world to fight for several years. Of course, it is not possible to not return home for a few years. It's safest to go back early in the morning.

Uchiha Shingen was a very particular person. He went out of his way to comfort these nobles, patting his chest on their behalf and saying that he was sure to send them to Nanguan City safely. He also told everyone not to stay too long after entering Nanguan City, and to be sure to do it in time. Set off to go home, because since Konoha has entered a state of war with Kumogakure, it cannot delay for too long.

He reminded this point emphatically, and the noble representatives nodded to express their acceptance.

A few days later, the Konoha ninja army arrived at Nanguan Castle.

Chapter 7 Uchiha Shingen’s Suspicion

The rebuilt Nanguan City is still surrounded by mountains and sea.

But it has been strengthened on the original basis.

The city wall extends out to the sea, allowing it to intercept ships directly.

Seeing this city, the nobles also breathed a sigh of relief.

What is the relationship between Kumogakure and Konoha? The nobles of the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Fire are similar, as well as their dependent countries.

But no matter which country's nobles they are, the ninjas in the regular ninja villages will not embarrass them. After all... it's like in the eyes of the Fire Country nobles, Yunyin Village is just a village that happens to be located in the opponent's territory.

The Kingdom of Fire also hired Yunyin Village from afar for some special tasks, and it was not like Rai Daimyo had never dealt with the Hokage before.

If you think of each ninja village as a company on Blue Star, this relationship is easy to understand.

The various slogans of Ninja Village are very similar to "We want to become bigger and stronger and enter the world's top 500" on Blue Star.

I have never seen anyone really planning to destroy anyone - a typical loss-making business. With so many ninja organizations, if one giant falls, the cluster effect will take effect immediately, creating new ones.

Might as well play with an old rival.

Basically, at the end of a ninja war, when you are beaten to the doorstep, you will almost see the outcome.

of course there are exceptions.

For example, in the Third Ninja World War, Kumo Gakure attacked Sunagakure secretly. Kumo Gakure's army rushed into the desert across thousands of mountains and rivers to grab something, which made the entire Sunagakure village furious.

I'm so poor and you want to rob me?

He pushed the cloud ninja army out without any fight.

Later, Sunagakure and Kumogakure fought against Konoha together, losing their physical advantage. Konoha's worst moment was when Sunagakure was pushed to Mount Kikyo.

Platycodon Mountain is very close to Konoha Hidden Village. Platycodon Castle was one of the test centers for the Chunin Examination in the original time and space.

But at that time, the commander-in-chief of the war zone in Konoha was Orochimaru. He was a typical obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he would not retreat, and even went face-to-face with Sunagakure to get poisonous.

Sunagakure poisoned him, at least he could detoxify it himself.

Orochimaru directly entrusted the snakes in Ryūchi Cave to release poison. Orochimaru himself didn't even know what kind of poison those snakes would release.

But there are only a few of them. Normally they would just fight each other and go home to eat hot pot hand in hand.

Uchiha Shingen has endured this for a long time.

No sense in destroying a ninja village? From the perspective of eliminating opponents, this is indeed the case.

But he would be happy if he killed Kumogakure.

Iwagakure is too far away, and the big head will not fall into his hands if he kills it.

There is no reason for Sunagakure to jump so fast.

Kirigakure is too close, so closed, and the cost is too high.

After all, Kumogakure is the most suitable!

Not close yet not far, the benefits are clear. As long as the battlefield is under control, the pressure of unrest will not be transmitted to Konoha. It can be said to be very comfortable.

It was already night when the Konoha ninjas arrived.