After all the village leaders reached a consensus.
As the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura directly addressed the current situation by issuing corresponding orders for conscription and troop deployment.
In addition to the existing defenses of the northern sea frontier, a new batch of elite troops will be dispatched, with a tentative number of around one thousand. This includes dozens of Jonin -to-high-level ninjas dispatched by the three major powerful families.
The purpose was to blockade the entire northern sea area as much as possible, so as not to give the Cloud Ninja any easy opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
Although most wars between the Five Great Shinobi Villages are confined to the borders, or even take place on the territories of small and medium-sized countries, in past encounters, there have been almost no instances of large-scale invasions into each other's borders. At most, small units mainly engaged in harassment and reconnaissance have infiltrated.
However, the absence of a precedent does not mean there will be no successors.
Moreover, even a small-scale invasion would cause trouble for the Land of Water and the Kirigakure.
After all, the Land of Water is an island nation with natural barriers. While it increases the difficulty for other ninja villages to invade, it also increases the difficulty for its own side to defend itself. Large-scale troop movements can be easily detected, but the stealthy incursion of small elite units is not so easy to detect!
Therefore, given the current delicate situation in the Shinobi World, Kirigakure must proceed with caution. After all, if they had a choice, the Kirigakure leadership, led by Karatachi Yagura, would certainly not want to fight against the Cloud Ninja Kirigakure.
The primary target should definitely be Konoha or Sunagakure!
Although the former is stronger than the Cloud Ninja, the Land of Fire, to which it belongs, is the richest and most prosperous in the entire Shinobi World. The latter, on the other hand, has been the weakest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages for many years. As long as the leaders of the Kirigakure don't lose their minds...
Every major battle inevitably targets these two ninja villages for a showdown!
Especially in Konohagakure ).
Taking advantage of the previous Shinobi World War, the Kirigakure's battle lines have been advancing step by step towards the coastline of the Land of Fire. The destruction of the Land of Whirlpools caused the Konohagakure to lose control of a very important part of the coastal area!
Next, Kirigakure's target is another small island nation located in the eastern region of the Land of Fire — the Land of Waves!
If we can successfully occupy it.
This would allow them to build a perfect island defense chain along the southeastern coast of the Land of Land of Fire, containing the ninjas of Konohagakure in the coastal areas. While restricting the movement of the main force of Konohagakure ninjas, it would also make it easier for the Mist Ninja to invade the heart of the Land of Fire at any time. This has been Kirigakure's long-cherished wish for many years!
This was also the best strategy that Karatachi Yagura wanted to use to establish his prestige Mizukage. Therefore, under such circumstances, the entire Kirigakure was not keen on going to war with the Cloud Ninja, as most of their strength would be devoted to the battle against the Cloud Ninja.
For Kirigakure, this is definitely more harmful than beneficial!
Karatachi Yagura wanted to use this relatively mild countermeasure to warn the Cloud Ninja against reckless behavior.
Generally speaking, unless Kirigakure makes a fatal mistake and exposes an opening, Cloud Ninja rarely rushes in directly!
Karatachi Yagura didn't think the Cloud Ninja would target their Kirigakure as their primary objective. To put it bluntly, among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, as long as none of them revealed any significant weaknesses or made any fatal mistakes, they would be a formidable opponent.
Konohagakure )
They are always the primary target of the other four great ninja villages!
The strongest, the richest, and located at the center of the four great ninja villages' encirclement—who else should we attack but Konoha?! However, the other four great nations often find themselves hindering each other, which is why Konohagakure has repeatedly been able to achieve final victory in wars!
Otherwise, if the four great ninja villages could have joined forces to attack Konohagakure, Konohagakure would have been destroyed long ago, after the First Hokage died, or at least after the Second Hokage died. It's just that the four great ninja villages have a hard time coordinating their efforts!
The most classic battle was the deadly duel between the Second Mizukage Gengetsu Hozuki, and the Second Tsuchikage Mu, during the First Shinobi World War. Without these two leading Iwagakure and Kirigakure to fight with real intensity, Konohagakure might have already become history.
The Second Shinobi World War unfolded in a similar way.
Therefore, before this Shinobi World War begins, the leaders of the Five Great Nations, especially the Five Kage, must carefully consider which strategic objective their respective ninja villages have!
What tactics should be employed?
Back in the village, Qi spent several days resting and paying close attention to the changes within the village. Although he still didn't have any reliable sources or channels of information, he could still gather some of the intelligence he wanted through certain details.
In particular, will the Fourth Shinobi World War break out?
As a member of the Yuki Clan, Kei could make a fairly accurate judgment simply by carefully observing the situation within his own ninja clan.
Seeing that neither the Yuki Clan nor the entire Ninja Village had launched an emergency mobilization, Qi's slightly anxious heart gradually calmed down.
For Qi right now, the thing he dislikes most is uncertainty!
While it's true that with his presence in the Shinobi World, as long as he doesn't die, the original storyline will inevitably change as his involvement increases, I genuinely hope that this change will be slower and smaller until he himself possesses the power to stand firmly in the Shinobi World!
In this way, he at least still has some 'so-called plot-predicting advantage', right?
Even if that sounds a little ridiculous and foolish.
But this is truly one of the few 'advantages' that Qi can effectively leverage!
Therefore, the Third Shinobi World War must not be caused to break out prematurely due to his meddling, and it is even more important that the Mist Ninja and Cloud Ninja start the war first. This important task should be entrusted to the Sunagakure!
This is good as it is; we must maintain the smoothest possible situation.
It was after that group of Mist Ninja left the village and headed to the northern coastal region of the Land of Water Team 7, which had been resting in the ninja village for three or four days, finally received a summons from their captain, Ao.
Kei, Mei Terumi, Kisame Hoshigaki also arrived at the meeting point notified by Ao immediately.
Qing also arrived at the designated time.
Upon seeing that all three were fully prepared and ready to go.
A faint smile appeared on Qing's face.
"Out!"
An arm swung gently.
The figure who was the first to leap out.
Without the slightest hesitation, Kei, Mei Terumi, Kisame Hoshigaki leaped up and followed closely behind their Jonin instructor, leaving the village once again!