A month ago Land of Earth Iwagakure Shen Bing Land of Fire was engaged in some kind of military exercise at the border. Nowadays, the number of troops at the Shen Bing border has increased, and there are signs that Land of Fire will send troops if they disagree.
Hokage's Office's candle had only a wick left, and the flame flickered against the candle. At this time, Shizune handed the three emergency reports to Tsunade behind the desk.
"Three regiments became five. Lady Tsunade, border emergency report, Iwagakure Ninja crossed the border thirty miles, camped in the buffer zone, built stones, and dug drainage ditches. It seems that they are preparing for war."
Senju Chen stood by the window. Looking at Hokage Rock outside the window.
"Sister, they don't dare to do anything."
"But who dares to bet? If they suddenly launch an attack at the border, we cannot be unprepared." Tsunade replied angrily.
"Don't worry, sister, their every move is being monitored by us. The exercise that old man Ōnoki conducted was not to start a war from the beginning, but to test our Konoha's confidence and strength."
"Sister, you are our Konoha's Hokage. You are still afraid of that old man Ōnoki." Senju Chen joked with a laugh.
Tsunade was also amused by Senju Chen's words, "Do you think I'm afraid of being beaten? You weren't even born when I went to the battlefield at the age of twelve."
She sat down, leaned back, and suddenly lowered her voice.
"Konoha has never been afraid of war, but Little Chen, what I'm afraid of is fighting now."
Senju Chen didn't answer. He picked up the pot, poured her a glass of warm water, and pushed it over.
"Medical Department has just been established, things about Scientific Ninja Tool have just started, and the Experimental Class class you made has just started. You said that these can make us Konoha Don't be afraid of any country. My sister believes in you, but after all, these are just the beginning." Tsunade counted one by one, "But if we start a war with Iwagakure now, if the battle continues, all of these will have to stop. These are all your hard work."
"After we stopped," she looked up at him, "What did you say to the people in the village? What did you say to the parents who were queuing up to pay the registration fee this morning?"
Senju Chen pushed the cup half an inch towards her hand.
"Sister, it is precisely because these three things were newly built that they must be destroyed."
"Huh?" Tsunade frowned.
"If we don't fight, they will always be just 'newly built'." Senju Chen said, "Sister, although Medical Department and Joint Factory are just newly built, it's not that they don't have the ability to provide later guarantees, Medical Department won't say that., Joint Factory can already produce alloy steel plates. As for Experimental Class, although the class has just started, we Konoha will not let a group of brats who have just gone to school go to the battlefield!" Senju Chen took a sip of tea and continued.
"However, that old man Ōnoki still has some strategic vision, because this is the last chance for them to show their claws against us Konoha. If it really takes another five or ten years, then the entire Shinobi World combined will not be enough for us Konoha!!!"
Konoha, Hokage building conference hall.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat where he was, taking a puff on his pipe and lighting it once. Mitokado Homura tapped his hand on the table three times before speaking.
"In this case, follow the usual practice." He said, "The first step is for Lord Hokage to issue a protest document and deliver it to Land of Earth through Damingfu channels. The second step is to select two Jonin teams to station at the border. With five regiments on the opposite side, we will set up two teams with the posture in place and not to follow the facts. The third step is to evacuate on our own after the opponent's exercise is over."
"Elder Homura." Senju Chen asked, "When was the last time you did this?"
"Second Shinobi World War ago."
"What's the result?"
Mitokado Homura's hand stopped on the table.
"Then let me ask another question." Senju Chen said, "What will Daimyo of the Land of Earth do if the protest document is handed in?"
Utatane Koharu answered for him, "Reply to 'regular drill, no offense intended', then don't change a word and set up camp as usual."
"Yes." Senju Chen nodded, "Then our two Jonin teams stayed at the border station for three months. When we came back, we were a lot thinner, and the village paid three more months of wartime subsidies. Iwagakure spent the food and grass from an exercise to find out the upper limit of our reaction, and also trained the reservists into veterans."
"Then you want to fight?" Utatane Koharu held down the table, "If you do it, you will give Iwagakure an excuse. He has not crossed the actual control line yet. If you do it, Daimyo of the Land of Earth will cry everywhere among the five countries tomorrow, saying that Konoha is provoking a war."
"We won't make the first move." Senju Chen said.
"... what?"
"I mean, kill no one until they cross the line."
The hall became quiet. Smoke slowly floated upward in the light beam.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took the pipe out of his mouth and knocked it on the edge of the table twice.
"Little Chen."
"Third Grandpa."
"You want to do it," the old man raised his eyes, "Do you want Iwagakure to feel pain, or do you want all Shinobi World to see your new gadget?"
Senju Chen's fingers stopped on his knees for half a second.
Tsunade sat upright in the main seat.
Last time in the corridor, the old man asked "Ambition or Will of Fire"? It was an elder asking the younger generation. This time, he asked without any unnecessary words and without any morality. This was a question from a person who has been Hokage for thirty years.
"I want them all." Senju Chen said.
Mitokado Homura looks up.
"I want Iwagakure to feel pain, because they haven't had pain for many years. After so many years since Third Shinobi World War ended, Shinobi World several other big countries have become less and less awe of us Konoha. This time is a good example. I just took this opportunity to cool off their muscles. I also want to make everyone Shinobi World all know one thing - Konoha is always the one they can't afford to mess with." Senju Chen admitted very cleanly, "Grandpa Third, I don't intend to go around with you. There is no conflict between these two things here. When selfishness and public interest are established at the same time, I will not pick one to show off to you."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at him for a long time and put the pipe back into his mouth.
"Go on."
Senju Chen lifted the suitcase at his feet onto the table, and the buckle spring popped open.
There are no scrolls or tools inside, just a stack of paper.
He took out seven sheets and distributed them one by one. The thin paper made seven different rustling sounds in the hands of the seven people - that was the old man repeatedly observing something he couldn't understand but was afraid of understanding.
Mitokado Homura The first thing I saw was the name.
[First Wing Captain Kitsuchi(Iwagakure Jonin)]
--Old injury: Left knee, the bone fracture during Third Shinobi World War has not fully healed.
--Instead of riding horses on rainy days, we took bullock carts instead. It rained on four out of the last nineteen days, and we did not leave the camp on four days.
--Eat twice a day, Mao hour and You hour. Drink alcohol after You hour, lasting about one hour.
[Third Regiment Grain Truck Scheduling]
--One trip every three days, always take Eagle Claw Gorge.
--At three quarters past the second sentry post, there were nine ninjas protecting the food, including two Chunin.
--A total of six trips in 19 days, and the routes of the six trips are exactly the same.
[Second Regiment Captain Tenchō]
--Go to the seventh camp at the rear at 1:00 every night and stay for about forty minutes. The camp is staffed by two female ninjas from the medical class.
Mitokado Homura's fingers stopped on the last line, his throat moved, and he turned the paper down.
[Evaluation of the actual establishment of the fifth wing]
--Complete two (first and third).
--The second, fourth, and fifth regiments are empty shells. The reasons are as follows: the ratio of the camp area to the smoke spots is out of balance; the number of people exercising daily does not match the number of tents; the frequency of toilet use in Camp No. 4 at night is only 38% of that in Camp No. 1.
--Conclusion: The total number of people in the three empty regiments does not exceed the real number of one regiment, and the main bodies are reserve soldiers and Ninja Academy student soldiers.