Thorn in Grandma Chiyo's Side! [First Update, Please Subscribe]

Hikaru held down the command headquarters. With Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and several other Kage-level experts assisting him, along with several thousand powerful Konoha ninja, how could Sunagakure defeat Konoha as long as no major mistakes were made?

Not to mention anything else, even wiping out this group of Konoha's frontline forces would be difficult for Sunagakure. These several thousand men had all been carefully selected. In the language of war, they were elite forces.

They held every possible advantage against Sunagakure's ninja. How could Sunagakure possibly keep jumping around?

Hikaru did not intend to personally deploy. All he needed to do was prevent Konoha from making any major mistakes. That alone was enough. He could leave the rest to the others.

With three Kage-level experts at his side, if Hikaru still had to charge into battle himself, then this battlefield would be utterly meaningless.

"Hahaha, that felt great!!!"

Before long, Jiraiya returned to the camp. Aside from the dead and wounded, those he had brought out had mostly remained on the battlefield to prevent Sunagakure from launching a counterattack.

Having won so easily, Jiraiya could not have been more pleased with himself.

"Wipe that smug, irritating grin off your face. I really want to kick you. From now on, be more careful.

Once the probing attacks are over, Sunagakure will start getting serious. You must put caution first and absolutely cannot make any major mistakes. You know the consequences otherwise."

Jiraiya had returned with a broad grin and a proud look on his face, but before he could celebrate for long, Hikaru dumped a bucket of cold water over him.

The smile vanished from his face, and his expression became as ugly as if he had eaten fly droppings.

Hikaru did not care how stifled Jiraiya felt. "Hold out