Peace Is About to Arrive

Uchiha Shingen clapped his hands together.

From the four sides of the Rock Giant, five or six giant ice-sculpted hands rose from the ground.

A giant hand blocked the Rock Giant's leg, while another slapped its rear end.

An inverted triangle body shape does look quite intimidating, but...

Losing its balance, the Rock Giant fell face-first to the ground in a classic "dog-shit" move, shaking the earth and throwing Ōnoki's Rock Clone off its back.

The other giant ice-sculpted hands followed the rhythm amidst the roar, some pressing down on the hands, some on the legs, and those with free time began to smash the Rock Giant's joints, knocking off its limbs.

After a fierce fight among the large men, the ground was left in a mess, but the battle was over.

Earth Release: Earth Release: Golem Technique is essentially a shield; it can withstand a lot of damage, but it won't let you pilot a Gundam.

Having settled things here, Uchiha Shingen looked up at the sky.

Ōnoki was quite efficient; the Scorch Fireball were almost completely cleared.

This Ninjutsu system, which lacks innovation, has weaknesses.

The result of Susanoo is that this set is very suitable for taking on large targets, whether it's Susanoo or a ninja army, it can be used to fight them easily.

Especially Dust Release; it Susanoo even Dust Release Uchiha Madara's complete Susanoo.

However, it's not that effective in single-player battles.

As for Uchiha Shingen, he is indeed Uchiha Clan, but Mu's methods don't work on him.

He knew best what weaknesses the Uchiha Clan possessed.

He learns each Ninjutsu for a reason; he doesn't waste his energy practicing them without a cause.

From the moment he learned his first Ninjutsu in this playthrough, he began to build a Ninjutsu system that he had already envisioned.

In the sky, Ōnoki looked at the disintegrated Rock Giant, his expression becoming more solemn.

The White Ghost is not so easy to capture; he has confirmed that.

The plan to exchange the White Ghost for the disciple and granddaughter thus failed.

It's impossible to actually fight to the death with the White Ghost here.

On the ground, Uchiha Shingen used Ice Release to create a large bird. He jumped onto the bird's back, half-squatted down, and pressed his palms against the Ice Bird.

The Ice Bird flapped its wings dramatically and then took flight.

"You're White Ghost, kid." Ōnoki recognized it at a glance; it was his Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique.

He was able to learn this Ninjutsu on the spot, even if he didn't learn it completely, which proved that the information he had initially doubted was true.

The White Ghost can indeed copy bloodline limits.

The fireball from before must have been Scorch Release, and now I'm using Ice Release.

To be able to do that, White Ghost is undoubtedly a master on par with Yellow Flash.

It wasn't because he copied Ninjutsu, but because of his insight.

With this, you won't be too bad at using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Sand Village ninja using the Scorch Release technique joined Leaf Village. I heard it was recommended by an Uchiha Clan. Was that you?"

"Yes, it's me." Uchiha Shingen stood on the Ice Bird and flew to a position level with Ōnoki.

During his first playthrough, he didn't quite understand how Deidara made that clay flying device fly so fast and jump up and down. Now he knew, he must have learned it.

Even if they didn't learn it, they must have utilized some of the principles.

This is indeed more convenient than flying by yourself—it allows you to dedicate more energy to using Ninjutsu.

However, the difficulty of Dust Release still exceeded his expectations.

Even after watching Ōnoki make several moves, this technique remains unfathomable.

Although it's just one more property, the difficulty is completely different.

"In terms of Sharingan perception alone, even Uchiha Madara might not be able to match you," Ōnoki said. "To have earned your current reputation, you certainly deserve it."

"It was just luck. I paid a heavy price, Lord Tsuchikage." Uchiha Shingen smiled. "You don't seem to want to fight. How about we chat for a bit?"

That's what they say, but Uchiha Shingen wouldn't underestimate him.

Who knows if Ōnoki might change his mind at any moment?

After all, he's notoriously fickle. The fact that Iwagakure is so full of martial spirit in the current Ninja World is all thanks to this fatso.

Ōnoki ignored Uchiha Shingen's invitation and looked in the other direction.

That was another battlefield between the Rock Ninja army and the Leaf Village ninja army.

From the air, it was clear that the Rock Ninja army's offensive was completely blocked by the Leaf Village ninja army, unable to advance even an inch, and instead being pushed back little by little.

"Uchiha Shingen, Leaf Village won't always be the strongest, you know that, right?"

"Lord Tsuchikage, let's not discuss this matter," said Uchiha Shingen. "As for Lord Tsuchikage's hostility towards Leaf Village, it's completely unnecessary. Iwagakure and Leaf Village are natural allies based on their positions."

"Iwagakure does not form alliances with anyone."

"It's only because you're still here," Uchiha Shingen said somewhat bluntly. "The day you're gone, Iwagakure will probably become Sand Village's prey."

"Sand Village should focus on protecting itself first," Ōnoki sneered. "With such unequal strength, alliances between ninja villages won't end well. I'll wait and see if your two villages turn against each other."

"How about we each compromise, forgo an alliance, but cooperate to deal with the Cloud Village?"

"That's negotiable," Ōnoki said, "But don't even think about using my disciple and granddaughter as bargaining chips; that's impossible."

"You don't need to tell me that, I'm not involved in the negotiations." Uchiha Shingen avoided the topic.

"Let's talk about it at the negotiating table then." Seeing that the other party didn't respond, Ōnoki wasn't disappointed. He turned and flew towards the Rock Ninja headquarters, leaving behind the final words, "Uchiha Shingen, if your Uchiha Clan ever can't make it in Leaf Village, you can come to Iwagakure."

Chapter Forty-Four: Peace Is Imminent

The Rock Ninja army has retreated.

Faced with the retreat of the Rock Ninja, the Konoha Ninja did not insist on pursuing them to the death. Both armies tacitly withdrew their troops and retreated to their own camps.

Everyone knows why we're here fighting each other.

They're all top figures in the industry; they know the rules of the game inside and out. Competition is competition, but the rules won't be broken.

Next came cleaning up the battlefield and preparing for negotiations.

In this battle, Uchiha Shingen once again topped the battle merit list.

There's nothing we can do about it.

He wiped out the Demolition Corps, captured the Tsuchikage's disciple and granddaughter, single-handedly destroyed a squad of Rock Ninja soldiers, and finally held off the Tsuchikage, ensuring the Leaf Village ninja army's advantage in the laning phase.

When you calculate it all, he's far ahead of the second-place player.

No one can compete with him for the ranking.

However, now that they've topped the charts, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.

Although Uchiha Shingen and Ōnoki repeatedly claimed that they would not participate in the negotiations, in reality, he would still participate.

It's okay if you don't say anything; people will get what they want.

During the cleanup, Uchiha Shingen found himself practically becoming a professional greeter.

Because the Hawks love to drop by his place all the time.

Even members of the Sarutobi Clan are included.

These people all share a common identity— the Hawks.

It can only be said that war is the place where the value of ninjas is best demonstrated, and the Hawks always have a strange idea—that the person who kills the most on the battlefield is most likely Hawks.

It's no wonder they have this kind of thinking.

So-called Hawks ninjas are a group of people who hope to demonstrate their value through war.

It has no necessary connection with whether someone is radical or belligerent.

A ninja can be as calm as a rock in normal times, always smiling at everyone, but if you ask him if he wants to fight, he'll immediately grab his knife. This fits the Hawks character.

As the saying goes, be humble in your personal life, but ambitious in your work.

Get along well with your colleagues, but also work hard to make money.

The reason why Shimura Danzō was later considered an outsider by the Hawks was because he did not seek to demonstrate his value through war, but rather to realize his ideals. He was not afraid of using war as a means of combat, but if necessary, he was even more of a Sarutobi Hiruzen.

This is completely different from the Hawks.

Regarding the attempts by the Hawks to establish connections, Uchiha Shingen responded, "Yes, yes, I am Hawks."

Factions have their downsides, but they also have their advantages. To sum it up, it's about sharing the profits and the blame.

Due to their past environment, the Uchiha Clan was neither Hawks nor Doves; they were simply one faction— the Outsider Faction.

But things are different now; the Uchiha Clan is playing with everyone else.

Objectively speaking, without bias, this generation is represented by Uchiha Shingen and Uchiha Shisui.

However, Uchiha Shisui's personality was only suited to playing in the Doves circle, so Uchiha Shingen naturally went to play in the Hawks circle.

On this day, after Uchiha Shingen got up, surprisingly no one came to his door to chat.

He decided to go see Deidara and Kurotsuchi.

After all, I caught it myself, and it's not really appropriate to have never even checked on it.

Negotiations on the battlefield have not yet begun, and both the Leaf Village ninja army and the Rock Ninja are currently in a state of preparation.

For example, both sides need to reconcile their statements, locate the missing persons on both sides, and confirm who was captured and who was killed in unknown places.

Deidara and Kurotsuchi, along with the Rock Ninja, have also checked with them and learned that they are all playing hide-and-seek in the Leaf Village POW camp.

Although it's called a prisoner-of-war camp, it's actually part of the Leaf Village camp.

There wasn't any deep-seated hatred between Leaf Village and Iwagakure, and they weren't particularly harsh in their treatment of prisoners of war.

Rather, the captured Rock Ninja felt that the rations for Leaf Village prisoners of war were actually higher than what they received when they were in their own clan's army.

That's really awkward.

Many of them were fighting Leaf Village for the first time. Although they didn't say it, they thought that next time they fought Leaf Village, they should just surrender when they felt they couldn't win.

The Rock Ninja only surrender when fighting the Sand Ninja, preferring to be killed rather than surrender.

When Uchiha Shingen entered the prisoner-of-war camp, some Rock Ninja recognized him.

It can be said that after this war, Uchiha Shingen is now truly famous.

Anyone who single-handedly takes on a thousand men on the battlefield will become famous.

Uchiha Shingen walked past the rows of tents crowded with people and found the place where Deidara and Kurotsuchi were.

Deidara and Kurotsuchi were children, and Leaf Village, being quite humane, provided them with relatively better imprisonment conditions for prisoners of that age.

The tent that Uchiha Shingen found was relatively cleaner.

He lifted the tent flap and went inside, finding that there weren't many beds, but the living conditions were much better than the previous large tent.

Uchiha Shingen spotted Deidara immediately, who was being entangled by Kurotsuchi.

The future number one bomber in the Ninja World had a serious expression on his face.

But Uchiha Shingen saw through his disguise at a glance—he was actually extremely distraught.

There were other Rock Ninja in the tent, most of them not very old, and quite inexperienced.

They looked at Uchiha Shingen with some unease.

Deidara saw it too, of course. He grabbed Kurotsuchi's hand, climbed off the bed, and walked up to Uchiha Shingen.

"Shingen- sensei, is the war over?"

"Yes, it's over." Uchiha Shingen looked down at him, then at the anxious Kurotsuchi, and said, "I met with the Third Tsuchikage; he's very concerned about you."

"Shingen- sensei is joking." Deidara covered Kurotsuchi's mouth to stop her from speaking. "Our teacher is the Tsuchikage; he wouldn't mention his worthless disciple like me on the battlefield."

"There's no need to be so wary," Uchiha Shingen laughed. "I'm not a bad person, I wouldn't lie to a child, that's true."

He looked around.