Another Deadly Question

Kakashi: "..."

After a brief silence, Kakashi said in a serious tone, "Strong strength, clear mind, calm and decisive in the face of adversity, rich combat experience, has carried out many S-rank missions, and possesses extremely outstanding ninja qualities."

"Oh!"

Hinata responded calmly, "Is that all?"

Kakashi looked at Hinata, and Hinata looked back at Kakashi. They stared at each other for a moment...

"Good-looking!"

Kakashi's voice was so soft that even Hinata was standing next to him, could barely hear it. However, Hinata was still very satisfied and nodded to herself.

Kakashi also breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

With a sudden change in his aura, Kakashi looked towards the Konoha Gate, Hinata also turned her head to look over.

Tsunade appeared Body Flicker Technique with four Anbu, one hand on her hip, and shouted, "Everyone!"

"The Hidden Cloud Village is amassing ninja forces at the border, intending to sabotage the Land of Fire's security. To protect the Land of Fire, to protect Konoha, we entrust everything to you all!"

"Set off!"

As soon as Tsunade finished speaking, two thousand three hundred ninjas, led by Kakashi, ran towards the border of the Land of Fire.

The most tense situations are actually Land of Moon and the Land of Hot Water, as Konoha and Hidden Cloud Village are about to engage in a major battle.

These two countries are sandwiched between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning. Once Konoha and Hidden Cloud Village go to war, these two countries will become the battlefield.

In fact, looking at the map of the Shinobi World, the Five Great Nations are either separated by the sea or by small countries as buffers.

These small countries, sandwiched between large countries, provide commissioned missions to the Five Great Shinobi Villages during peacetime, but become battlefields for the large countries during wartime.

Small countries without ninja villages are fine, but those small countries with ninja villages often provide large countries with an excuse.

Your ninja village has joined the war, so I can attack you.

Just like the Land of Rain in the past.

The tragedy of the Land of Rain lies not only in its location between three great nations, but also in the fact that Amegakure, under the leadership of Hanzo Shinobi World War.

The expenses to maintain the ninja village, as well as the reparations after the defeat in the war, were enough to crush this already impoverished small country.

The ninjas traveled extremely fast. They set off at a little past one in the afternoon, and by the next morning, the ninja force had already reached the border of the Land of Fire.

Between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning lie the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Moon. At the speed of a ninja's journey, it would take about a day and a half to cross these two countries.

War could break out at any time.

According to intelligence, the Kumogakure has dispatched a large number of Cloud Ninja to secretly infiltrate the Land of Hot Water, and they could cross the border at any time to carry out some destructive attacks in the Land of Fire.

Wars between the Five Great Nations are often protracted.

Unlike the Fourth Shinobi World War, the objectives of both sides in the Fourth Shinobi World War were clear, and the outcome could be determined simply by concentrating their main forces.

However, the war between the Five Great Nations could not be decided in a single battle.

The main theme of the war between the Five Great Nations was to disrupt town security, damage the economy, destroy buildings, and assassinate nobles, officials, and Daimyo.

Because the Five Great Nations are roughly equal in strength, if two villages were to concentrate all their main forces for a decisive battle, the other Three Great Shinobi Villages would actually be the victors.

Therefore, there are unspoken rules in the war between the Five Great Nations.

During the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha only destroyed the Kannabi Bridge, Iwagakure immediately surrendered.

It's just a bridge. With the abilities of a ninja, using Earth Release wouldn't be difficult to rebuild a bridge.

The key point of the battle at Kannabi Bridge was not actually the bridge itself, but rather that Minato Namikaze Iwagakure instantly killed dozens of Jonin Iwagakure during that battle.

Konoha's original plan was simply to destroy the Kannabi Bridge, delaying the arrival of Iwagakure's supplies at the front lines and creating an opportunity for Konoha to launch a counterattack.

However, Minato Namikaze's sudden display of power directly intimidated Iwagakure.

If the Kannabi Bridge was really that important, why would Minato Namikaze have sent Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, who were only twelve years old at the time, to carry out the mission?

"Can this be inserted here?"

At the campsite, Hinata was helping to set up tents.

For Hinata was doing this for the first time, military life was quite a novel experience.

Although he was annoyed that the Kumogakure had disturbed his research, since he was already here, he might as well play along with them!

The ninja opposite Hinata said, "Okay! Just stick it there!"

After a busy day, the campsite was finally set up.

Hinata washed herself up and then strolled leisurely to the council tent in the very center of the camp.

"Hehe... Teacher Kakashi, is this your first time serving as a combat commander?"

Hinata asked curiously, "How are you feeling?"

Kakashi looked at the map spread out on the council table with a serious expression. The map was marked with various lines and symbols, which were Kakashi's analysis of the movements of the Kumogakure.

Hinata glanced at it furtively.

Hinata received training in these areas after becoming a Jonin.

Jonin is not just about being strong.

The purpose of the Chunin Ninja Exams is to assess a ninja's ability to lead a team to carry out missions, while Jonin need to master more knowledge, including the tactical qualities necessary for war.

Upon seeing that it was Hinata, Kakashi rolled his dead fish eyes and said listlessly, "I feel alright!"

Hinata walked to the conference table and asked curiously, "Teacher Kakashi, do we need to send ninjas into the Land of Hot Water?"

"No!"

Kakashi refused, saying, "Before we set off, the Lord Hokage strictly ordered us not to provoke Hidden Cloud Village. If we send ninjas into the Land of Hot Water, not only will we drag the Land of Hot Water into war, but our war with Kumogakure will also be imminent."

Hinata looked at Kakashi and said, "I understand the logic... but are we just going to defend here?"

"If we scare the Kumogakure, wouldn't the war be over?"

Kakashi said with a serious expression, "Hinata, our greatest enemy is not Kumogakure... but Akatsuki!"

"If we start a war with Kumogakure right now, the other Three Great Shinobi Villages and the Akatsuki hiding behind the scenes will ultimately benefit."

Hinata almost forgot about the Akatsuki, since the Akatsuki was already considered Hinata's power.

However, considering the Akatsuki, Konoha is indeed not in a position to start a war with Kumogakure at this time.

"Okay! I understand!"

Hinata gave a perfunctory reply, then asked, "Teacher Kakashi, are these all possible invasion routes from Hidden Cloud Village?"

"Kindness!"

Kakashi nodded and said, "Look here and here..."

Kakashi drew two lines.

"These two routes are the most likely invasion routes of the Hidden Cloud Village. Once the Cloud Ninja enters through these two points, they can immediately cause damage to our border cities and then quickly withdraw."

"If we also consider that Konoha does not want to start a war, Kumogakure's actions may become unrestrained."

Hinata carefully examined the map, then looked up at Kakashi and asked innocently, "Teacher Kakashi, if I'm surrounded by Cloud Ninja and about to be killed, would you kill Cloud Ninja to save me?"