I, The New Hokage of Konoha - Chapter 231
“Let them come from several routes; I will only take one.”
This is a famous saying by Mr. Wild Boar, praised by future generations as a treasure of winning a hundred battles.
Regardless of how high the credibility of this ‘winning a hundred battles’ is.
Yuki Senju must now take inspiration from this strategy, turning passivity into proactivity, initiating conflict in advance, and not following the enemy blindly.
Even though the war is set to begin tomorrow, the preparations of Konoha are undoubtedly hasty.
But the Five Lands Alliance, forced to act prematurely, faces the same outcome.
On the same starting line, the mobilization capabilities of the already semi-industrialized Fire Land are clearly faster than the other Lands.
This is undoubtedly an advantage for our side.
Furthermore, the current situation in the Fire Land is much better than that of Mr. Wild Boar.
There’s no need to go all-in like he always did.
Given the current situation in the Hidden Cloud Village, Yuki Senju personally leading a group of elite soldiers is enough to eliminate the living forces of the former.
Most of the remaining Konoha forces will be responsible for defending against attacks from the Earth, Wind, Water, and Iron aspects.
Using the advantage of striking first and creating a time gap, while the other four Lands are slower to react, Yuki Senju will first eliminate the Cloud Ninjas, then free up more manpower to deal with the other enemies.
The plan is set.
The high-ranking officials in the Hokage’s office immediately sprang into action.
Figures like Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Uchiha, and Tsunade were preparing to go to the pre-arranged battlefields in the Fire Land as frontline commanders to fend off the enemy.
Meanwhile, the stay-behind faction led by Shikaku Nara needed to launch logistical support work quickly.
This night in Konoha was unusually busy.
Naturally, this situation caught the attention of the villagers.
Among them, spies from other countries were more sensitive and quickly sensed that something was amiss. However, when they tried to transmit the information swiftly, they found that the village’s entrances and exits had already been closed off.
They were not allowed to leave without the Hokage’s order, whether they were ninjas or civilians.
Moreover, a vast transparent barrier had been erected, covering Konoha. It closely monitored all personnel movements and isolated information transmission methods like telepathy jutsu.
“War is coming!”
Some of the elderly residents of Konoha, who had experienced the Second and Third Great Ninja Wars, had already guessed the reason.
They were not too afraid because they had fought in many wars where one faced many.
Furthermore, Konoha was stronger than ever, with a new God of the Ninja World in the village. Their confidence was higher than ever.
At this moment, Yuki Senju, whom the villagers of Konoha revered as the new God of the Ninja World, was advancing towards an even higher level under this title.
With the overall strategy set, everyone had their own roles to play, and Yuki Senju, who had some free time, began to attend to his own matters.
After instructing the Anbu to prevent outsiders from entering for some time, Yuki Senju took two vials of blood from his ninja pouch.
The blood in these vials belonged to Naruto Uzumaki, the reincar land of Asura, and Sasuke Uchiha, the reincar land of Indra.
After the battle with Kaguya ?tsutsuki, Yuki Senju realized that he needed to unlock the Rinnegan to further enhance his abilities. Due to the substantial consumption of prestige points in recent years, it took some time to accumulate the points required to exchange for the Rinnegan, even with subsequent replenishments.
Prestige points grew slower as time passed, and not everyone could continuously gain them like Kakashi Hatake, whose prestige points flowed like a never-ending stream. It was similar to how, when your reputation was already high in someone’s mind, anything you did afterwards would still earn their admiration, but it wouldn’t be as intense as at the beginning.
If Yuki Senju had continued to limit his influence to Konoha without expanding it to the entire Fire Land, it would have taken him a very long time to accumulate enough prestige points to unlock the Rinnegan.
Now that he had the entire Fire Land as his base, despite the gap in prestige points required for the Rinnegan, he managed to accumulate the last few points during his recent visits to the Fire Land, inspections of military deployments, and special visits to civilian life.
“It’s time!”
With anticipation in his eyes, Yuki Senju took out the vials of blood containing Naruto and Sasuke’s blood and silently invoked the system. He watched as the blood in the vials disappeared.
Then, an immense power surged into his eyes.
In an instant!
After unlocking the Rinnegan, the control of his chakra began to radiate uncontrollably.
As expected, Yuki Senju had anticipated this, and he immediately activated a barrier under his desk, isolating the inside and outside.
In the following moments, he did not suppress the overflow of power. The released chakra swept through his office like a tangible force.
One minute later.
When everything settled down and Yuki Senju opened his eyes again, he could see everything more clearly than before.
This was just a minor improvement compared to his regular eyes after unlocking the Rinnegan.
Soon, Yuki Senju walked to a full-length mirror that had been prepared in his office. He examined himself in the mirror.
Like Madara Uchiha’s appearance, his Rinnegan was also a purple swirling pattern.
“This is the power of the Rinnegan?”
Afterwards, feeling the new power surging within him, Yuki Senju couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction.
After unlocking the Rinnegan, the owner could automatically master the five basic chakra nature transformations and understand Yin and Yang. Although he had already delved into this area before, the all-encompassing improvement brought by the Rinnegan would undoubtedly take his understanding of chakra to a new level.
In addition, as the most crucial Rinnegan technique, it differed from when Nagato had to practice hard to master it.
Now, as the true master of the second Rinnegan in the Ninja World, Yuki Senju quickly explored and mastered it in a short time.
The Six Paths of Pain, Amenominaka, Tengai Shinsei, Chibaku Tensei, and the ability to create Six Paths clones were all part of the common Rinnegan techniques that he possessed.
However, the techniques he did not possess were things like the Amenotejikara, Kamui, and the ability to create the Shadow of the Almighty.
Instead, he acquired three new techniques.
“Interesting.”
After examining the abilities of these three new techniques, Yuki Senju smiled with satisfaction.
He initially thought that the Rinnegan would be merely a bonus to his already impressive abilities.
However, it turned out that the possibilities were limitless.
“I really want to meet Madara Uchiha again! At that time, let’s see if you can still say ‘Dance of the Kaguya.'”
Looking out the window, Yuki Senju,
the first person in the Ninja World to possess both the Six Paths body and the Six Paths eyes, besides Hagoromo ?tsutsuki, was filled with anticipation.
…
Woo, woo!
As the day began to break, the sound of the train whistle from Konoha Station resounded continuously.
In the past, the crowd at the station was mostly composed of merchants and civilians. Now, it was filled with Konoha ninjas.
Most of the Konoha ninjas wore their standard combat attire with a green vest, just as they always did. However, a small group of them had a more formidable presence, wearing what appeared to be armoured suits.
These were the Chakra Armor, one of the recent military products developed by the Konoha Research Department.
It was initially inspired by the Snow Ninja of the Land of Snow and had been brought back to Konoha during a mission led by Kakashi Hatake. The Konoha Research Department further developed it, creating full-body armour that was lighter than it appeared, capable of absorbing a certain level of chakra, and greatly enhancing strength, speed, and defence.
For this reason, the Chakra Armor was highly favoured by Konoha ninjas.
However, even with the wealth of the Fire Land, it was impossible to equip all ninjas with the expensive Chakra Armor. It could only be produced in small quantities and used to outfit elite squads.
Before this mission, Yuki Senju’s assault on the Hidden Cloud Village, the three thousand Konoha ninjas were not equipped with Chakra Armor.
This was because speed and mobility were essential for their mission, and Yuki Senju alone could compensate for any shortcomings.
“Depart!”
Without wasting any time, Yuki Senju, who still looked energetic and showed no signs of fatigue, gave a brief farewell to others after disembarking from the train. Then, with a wave of his hand, he led the fully assembled three thousand Konoha ninjas onto a dedicated train.
Woo, woo!
Soon, with the loud whistle of the train, carrying Yuki Senju and the three thousand ninjas, it sped along the railway to the Land of Frost, heading to the border with the Land of Lightning.
Four hours later.
Under normal circumstances, reaching the border between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Frost would take one or two days. However, thanks to the high-speed train, they had already arrived.
Such a significant advantage was why the Hidden Cloud had strongly opposed the construction of the railway to the Land of Frost in the first place.
However, under the dominance of power, all opposition was in vain.
Today, the Hidden Cloud Village would undoubtedly taste the bitter fruit of their past decisions.
“Our target is the Hidden Cloud Village. Let’s go!”
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