It's not just a feeling.
It has a real performance. Outsiders don't know that Ōnoki actually had a real high-intensity confrontation with Shōji.
In that confrontation.
Shōji almost easily gained the upper hand, although the power of Dust Release was indeed enough to threaten the complete Susanoo.
But you have to hit it right!
not to mention.
Even if Shōji's Susanoo received a slight blow accidentally, it could completely withstand it, but it would be difficult for Ōnoki to parry Shōji's attack.
Especially the two proprietary Dojutsu from Shōji.
Takemikazuchi.
Ōnoki can also rely on its ability to fly at high speed to evade in advance, but Bishamonten Gate Technique has been further strengthened by Shōji Dōjutsu Power, and is about to reach the height of Uchiha Madara.
Ōnoki is impossible to resist no matter what.
In that confrontation, Shōji did not use these two techniques at all. It was just the third form of Susanoo, combined with some A and B level ninjutsu, which completely suppressed Ōnoki.
And Shōji has another most critical trump card, which is Senjutsu!
Even in this aspect of practice, Shōji is indeed not as talented as Naruto and Yakushi Kabuto. In addition, he has to explore on his own, which takes a lot of time. As of now, he has not mastered Senjutsu perfectly.
But he has already been able to initially enter Sage Mode!
In addition, in the past two years, Shōji still has the power to continue to study Dragon Vein, which can achieve a relatively balanced effect with Sage Mode, even though it is still relatively fragile and prone to problems!
But there is no doubt about it!
The power of the two is superimposed.
Dōjutsu Power paired with Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
The current Shōji is definitely comparable to the Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju that were at their peak!
It's hard to say whether he can win or not. After all, if there is no such thing as a battle, who knows?
But Shōji already has the confidence to face these two people!
Although Ōnoki is not very clear about this, he can still make some judgments based on his many years of experience.
This is why Ōnoki feels more and more reassured about Shōji.
It's because he plans to step down at the beginning of the new year. There were some worries before, but now he can feel completely at ease. If Shōji can't lead Iwagakure to the top, what role can an old guy like him have?
It is best to give up the position as soon as possible and let young people play a greater role. You can also enjoy a few more years of happiness.
Everything was going so smoothly.
In just a few days, the succession ceremony of the new Tsuchikage can be held directly, but now Kumogakure has done this.
Ōnoki You can only be in a good mood.
"Oh? Do you think this is a test? Shōji?"
After hearing Shōji's words, Ōnoki's eyes flashed slightly. He crossed his hands on the table and looked at Shōji with burning eyes.
"Yes, although I don't know what the opponent's intention is, but with the character of that Fourth Raikage, if we are really sure, the guarantee is that the army will press in on the frontal battlefield, just like the time two years ago when our two villages jointly suppressed Konoha, this time Instead of directly causing conflicts on the Eastern Front battlefield, choosing Land of Grass was obviously a test move by Fourth Raikage. After all, as long as it is not a full-scale war, he can stop at any time. Even if the situation is not right, the price to pay will be much smaller."
Shōji nodded slightly and said.
"Of course, it is not ruled out that there is indeed something in Kusagakure that Fourth Raikage deserves to value, or that is valuable to use!"
"You mean the so-called No. 1 Noble Phantasm of Sage of Six Paths - Box of Paradise?"
Ōnoki frowned, leaned back, and spoke softly.
This information.
It was the intelligence obtained from the brain of Boro when the Kusagakure rebellion was suppressed two years ago. Of course, Ōnoki did not believe it. In his opinion, things like Sage of Six Paths were still too nonsense.
That was a legendary figure from thousands of years ago.
How could a mere Kusagakure obtain that immortal's Noble Phantasm?
Shōji naturally understands the psychology of his own Lord Tsuchikage.
If he hadn't learned about the plot of Original Work, he would naturally not have believed in such information. However, because of his belief, Shōji had no worries at all. The plot in Original Work already told what kind of existence Shōji Box of Paradise was.
To put it bluntly, this is a war weapon that can be used to devour human emotions, as well as humans themselves, and then use Chakra to produce a monster named 'Enlightenment'!
Satoru's combat power level is roughly equivalent to Tailed Beast.
With Shōji's current strength, there really is no need to worry too much.
That is to say, this thing is a little harder and difficult to kill.
"Yes, Lord Third, wasn't there information before that Mammoth, the son of the former Kusagakure leader Boro, fled to Land of Lightning after the rebellion failed? Kumogakure must have learned the relevant information from Mammoth. Although it is not clear how much that Fourth Raikage knew and how much he chose to believe, we can be sure that that Fourth Raikage intends to use this as a basis to test the attitude of our Iwagakure!"
Shōji raised his sword eyebrows slightly and said with a firm tone.
"Well, this possibility is indeed the highest."
Ōnoki nodded slightly after thinking for a moment and said.
"So, we don't need to worry too much, let alone go to war. You only need to order Kitsuchi and Mister Rōshi on the eastern front to be more alert. As for Kusagakure Let me handle the problem there personally. Since Lord Fourth Raikage has made such a generous move and sent Two-Tailed Jinchuriki and his most trusted adviser, we must accept this gift well!"
Shōji The corner of his mouth raised a beautiful arc, and his seemingly smiling eyes revealed a hint of coldness at this moment.
The accumulation of the past two years.
For Shōji, everything that needs to be prepared has been done. Whether it is personal strength or the strength of the village, it has developed to a peak level!
Including the most important transplantation experiment of Wood Release cells, there have been corresponding results in the past two years, although there is still a long way to go before Uchiha Madara can achieve the perfect integration of 'Yang Release power' and 'Yin Release power'.
However, Wood Release cells extracted from White Zetsu can already achieve perfect integration with the power of Sharingan. The next step is to Shisui is conducting the final experiment to see if it can achieve the same effect as Obito, easily supplement Dōjutsu Power, and enhance the effect of Dōjutsu Power to a certain extent!
If possible!
That means that all assumptions in the experiment are correct.
Shōji can truly take the step of integrating First Hokage Wood Release cells to seek the step that allows your eyes to break through to the level of Rinnegan.
All the plans and arrangements are down to the last step.
According to Shōji's previous thoughts, it was natural that after all this was completed, he would implement his plan to unify Shinobi World and destroy Obito and Madara.
Now since Kumogakure intends to cause provocation in advance.
Shōji is naturally happy to accompany you!
It just so happens that after I have further improved my strength recently, I also plan to find a reference object to experiment with. Isn't Wuhe Two-Tails Matatabi the best candidate to try it out!?
It's time to show off the hardness of your fists again!
Not to mention other Four Great Shinobi Villages.
There is also Obito hiding in the dark corner. Since that collision, Shōji has not caught a single trick in the past two years, including his plan to let Shisui show his face deliberately to lure Obito.
This guy didn't even take the bait.
Shōji can also completely guess that the guy Obito will definitely no longer plan to collide in the near future, but will focus on development and make final preparations before the plan is launched!
This appearance.
It is not only to suppress Kumogakure, but also to deter Obito secretly.
'I'm ready, what about you? Obito! '
Comes with a similar meaning.
Ōnoki was not surprised that Shōji took the initiative to ask for help. Although Shisui and Han could go to support him, and the strength of the two of them was enough to suppress Kumogakure, the safest option was to let Shōji come.
Believe it or not is one thing.
But some necessary preparations are still indispensable.
If that Box of Paradise is really the Noble Phantasm dedicated to Sage of Six Paths, then Shōji would be the best choice.
"Well, the reinforcements can be directly drawn from the garrison troops along the line, and I will immediately arrange the corresponding personnel to block the border! There is no need to have any worries, any enemy who dares to invade our territory can be killed!"
Ōnoki is not Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Even if Kumogakure sent Dodai, Raikage's most trusted adviser, there was also Two-Tailed Jinchuriki.
But in the eyes of Ōnoki, there is no difference.
He kills Third Raikage as soon as he asks.
Do you still care about other Kumo Ninja?
Ōnoki's judgment criteria have always been concise and clear.
Enemy or companion.
That's all.
Ōnoki will not show any kindness to the enemy, let alone worry about killing important figures in other people's ninja villages and angering them, which is ridiculous like Sarutobi Hiruzen.
If you don't kill the enemy, why are you still there?
In other words, Sarutobi Hiruzen would do such stupid things as sacrificing his ninja village companions to please the enemy's ninja village.
Not to mention the Byakugan incident, Hyuga Clan was absolutely right. Even if it was wrong, from the perspective of the interests of the country and the Ninja Village.
Sarutobi Hiruzen should blatantly refuse Kumogakure's request and do everything possible to protect Hyuga Clan.
This kind of thing would be impossible to happen in any other Four Great Shinobi Villages, including Rasa, which would most likely not be able to do such a thing.
Not to mention Ōnoki.
Just Dodai and Two-Tailed Jinchuriki, since they dare to enter their Land of Earth territory and show malicious words.
If you kill, you will kill!
This capacity and character of Ōnoki is also what Shōji most agrees with.
"Yes, Lord Third, I obey your orders!"
Shōji also bowed and saluted immediately, with a sonorous and powerful Responded.
"Well, I leave everything to you, Shōji!"
Ōnoki looked at the new Lord Fourth Tsuchikage he had chosen with a gentle look in front of him, and said so with the same tone of high trust.
"Yes!"
The moment the message is received.
It is already the time when Kusa Ninja and Kumo Ninja are approaching the original Kusagakure area.
Shōji naturally must seize all the time. No matter how fast he is, Kusagakure will most likely be lost when he arrives. Of course, there may also be a stalemate. After all, Akatsuchi is nearby, and nearly a thousand southern garrison troops led by Kamizuru Iwatetsu can arrive in a short time.
But the result could not be worse.
Shōji won't be too worried, unless Kumogakure really presses in, and then Fourth Raikage and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki all come together, then Shōji will indeed frown and feel slightly distressed, but only slightly!
Shōji is not fighting alone!
But there is still troop support.
With Shōji's current strength, as long as he is not stubborn, he must challenge the entire Ninja Village alone, and he still doesn't retreat to resupply before fighting again, which can be said to be invincible in the true sense!
This is Shōji's greatest confidence.
'Well, it seems that the three little guys are at Land of Birds on their mission this time? Don't join in the fun! '
Leading the urgently assembled Anbu elite, they jumped out, left the village, and galloped towards the original location of Kusagakure.
Shōji also had such an idea flashing through his mind.
I have to say.
Shōji's guess about the three little ones is really right.
When the mission was supposed to be over, the three little ones returned directly to the village. The moment they saw the call for help, they changed their route and met up with Akatsuchi much earlier than Shōji. They were also very bold to carry out the reconnaissance mission!
That was when Shōji had just led the Anbu elite on the way to Land of Grass.
The three little ones happened to reach an agreement with Akatsuchi, so they split into two groups and sneaked towards Kusagakure's location.
Because we wanted to hide our tracks, we deliberately chose remote roads and actively slowed down our speed.
Wait until the three little ones sneak around Kusagakure.
The Kusa Ninjas led by the four elders have initially completed the finishing work!
For the time being, the entire Kusagakure has been brought under his command again.
"The next step is up to you, Deidara. First, try to find out as much as possible the defense distribution situation on the opposite side!"
Kusagakure is located in the southwest suburbs.
The scarlet Sharingan reflected in Itachi's eyes can greatly enhance Itachi's insight, and he can explore his surroundings as much as possible to ensure that no one else can detect the traces of the three of them.
As for whether to sneak into the village to investigate.
It still depends on the power distribution of Kusa Ninja and Kumo Ninja.
Bold yet careful, Itachi also knew how dangerous this type of mission was.
Although 99% of people don't know.
But Itachi knew how his eldest brother Shōji's most powerful assistant now—Yakushi Kabuto—came from!
There is a living example beside me.
In addition, Shōji has always emphasized that ninjas must maintain the highest level of calmness and rational thinking at all times.
There is absolutely no way Itachi would take the initiative to act foolishly in this regard.
"Yeah!"
Hear Itachi's words.
Deidara also nodded solemnly and responded to Responded.
As mentioned before, although Kurotsuchi and Deidara at this age still have a part of the mentality of children, the habits they have developed over the years have made these two children very obedient to Itachi's instructions.
This is not only the result of Shōji's previous emphasis.
It was Itachi who conquered the two of them with his outstanding performance time and time again.
Kurotsuchi regards Itachi as their first opponent in the fifth generation Tsuchikage competition (this little girl also learned from her father that Shōji will become Fourth Tsuchikage. Although she feels a little regretful that she is not her father, Kurotsuchi also recognizes Shōji's size and strength, and Shōji is still her captain.)
And it was also when the three of them planned the moment.
"Boom!"
"Bang!"
Suddenly.
There were bursts of violent vibrations coming from the entire north.
"Huh?"
The sound of fighting erupted brightly.
Almost immediately.
"It seems that Akatsuchi-san sent another team to cover us. It was exposed so quickly. It seems that Kumo Ninja's side is indeed well prepared!"
Itachi could make a judgment immediately, but what Itachi didn't expect was that Akatsuchi personally led the team and was the result of active exposure.
The purpose is to attract as much attention as possible from the Kumo Ninja side.
Create better opportunities for Itachi and the others.
"We have to pick up the pace!"
"Leave it to me, Itachi!"
Deidara looked solemn, and immediately took out a large piece of clay from the black satchel on his waist, and mobilized Chakra.
Just in less than a minute.
Deidara created dozens of small and exquisite Byakugyoku spiders, ants, flying insects and other creatures.
This time the focus was on exploration, not combat.
Deidara Naturally, we want to make the clay creatures as small as possible.
And make its color as transparent as possible.
If it were really bright white, it would be too easy to spot!
This is also the experience that Deidara has accumulated bit by bit in the process of performing tasks. Although he is still far from the peak strength of his Original Work, compared with Original Work himself at the same time, he is already much stronger!
Especially on clay bioavailability.
It opens up more possibilities.
"Go!"
Chakra that adheres slightly.
These clay creatures flew out at extremely fast speeds.
Under the control of Deidara.
With the help of the cover of many big trees, he quickly sneaked into the interior of Kusagakure, although this thing is very secretive.
It is also very suitable for intelligence reconnaissance.
But the disadvantages are also very obvious.
The most important shortcoming is that the distance that Deidara can control is limited, and it is impossible to achieve unbridled remote operation and control.
This is also related to Deidara's own strength, or to be more precise, its mental strength. The stronger the mental energy, the farther the distance Deidara can control. The current radius distance that Deidara can control is about three to four thousand meters.
Beyond this limit, the clay creature will lose control.
Another shortcoming is that this clay creature is not a high-tech reconnaissance machine like a drone with only a camera in Shōji's previous life. Deidara relies on Chakra attached to the clay creature for perception!
The intelligence information that can be captured is also limited.
It is also prone to a certain degree of deviation.
As a companion, Itachi knew this very well, so he did not let Deidara conduct too difficult an intelligence investigation!
Only the most basic information collection is required.
This is a technical job that requires patience. When it comes to the selection of the location, Itachi also made such a judgment after careful consideration.
Be patient.
From time to time, violent vibrations were heard in the northern area.
Almost half an hour later.
"Okay!"
Deidara, who had always had his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.
"The defense situation has been figured out. We can sneak in from this side and it is almost certain that we will not be noticed. This is the weakest point of the defense patrol."
Deidara pointed at a certain point on the map that Itachi had already taken out and placed on the surface, and said in a deep voice.
"Well, then, come out!"
Itachi nodded heavily.
"Whoosh"
"Whoosh"
"Whoosh!"
The three of them also immediately took advantage of the shade of the trees and sneaked towards the Kusagakure position at high speed.
The angle of approach.
With the help of Deidara clay creatures.
The three of them invaded Kusagakure very easily.
Different from the crowds of people I saw when I came here to replenish my supplies due to a mission in the middle of last year, Kusagakure at this moment, obviously in the afternoon, was a lonely scene.
There was no one on the street, and all the shops were closed.
If it weren't for the fact that the houses were full of living people, the three little ones would have almost thought that this shinobi village had turned into an empty city!
Seeing this scene, Itachi became more determined in his inner determination.
'As Shōji-san said, as long as there are different countries and ninja villages in the world, the war will never end. If we want to usher in true peace, we must unify the entire continent. This is the only way to end the war! '
Itachi took a deep breath, and without Kurotsuchi or Deidara noticing, Itachi clenched his hands tightly.
After sneaking in.
Of course it is impossible to run around like a headless fly.
The best way is to find a Kusa Ninja or Kumo Ninja to collect intelligence. The method is very simple, but the process is not.
Because you can't cause too much noise to attract other people's attention.
Second, you must choose the right person. If you are too strong, it will not work, and if your status is too low, it will not work.
Because only such candidates can suppress the noise as much as possible and collect important information!
Itachi asked Deidara to send out so many clay creatures not just to find out the defense status of Kusa Ninja and Kumo Ninja.
Also to look for it in advance.
Is there anyone suitable to be captured for intelligence collection?
"This way, Itachi!"