A few years ago, in order to transform internal conflicts into external conflicts, Sunagakure of the Wind Country started a war on the grounds that the Third Kazekage was missing!
The first to bear the brunt was the Land of Fire's Konoha Village with fertile land and abundant resources!
The two sides first conducted small-scale mutual probing on the border, and then slowly developed into a large-scale war!
During this period of time, Iwagakure of the Earth Country and Kumogakure of the Lightning Country were also ready to move. After finding the right time, they successively launched wars against Konoha!
At that time, the pressure on Konoha was unprecedented. While facing the three major countries outside, they also had to balance the power of the big families in the village. Almost all the available combat forces in the village were dispatched!
Fortunately, Kumogakure, a notorious troublemaker, was very powerful. First, it sneak attacked Sunagakure of Wind Valley, and then stabbed Iwagakure in the back, which really gave Konoha a chance to breathe!
Taking advantage of the weakness of Sunagakure, the mutual restraint between Iwagakure and Kumogakure, and the activeness of Namikaze Minato, Konoha defeated Sunagakure at lightning speed and forced it to sign a ceasefire agreement!
At the same time, Konoha also destroyed the supply line of Iwagakure and collapsed the front-line troops of Iwagakure, making Iwagakure unable to launch a large-scale war in a short period of time!
The war has reached this point, and the situation is already clear!
Just when Konoha Village was thinking that the war was about to end and was cheering, unexpectedly, Kumogakure turned around and stabbed Konoha again!
Kumogakure suffered losses at the hands of Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
First, the sneak attack was discovered by Sunagakure, and the layout was repelled. Then when they were copying the back road of Iwagakure, they were ambushed, and even the Third Raikage died at the hands of Iwagakure!
Then Kumogakure decided to attack Konoha!
This result is probably what made the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen rack his brains and not know what is in the heads of these reckless men in Kumogakure!
What caught Konoha off guard the most was that Kirigakure of the Water Country, which had been silent among the five major countries in the ninja world, also launched a war against Konoha at this time!
Konoha was dragged into a desperate situation again!
Although Iwagakure could not launch a large-scale war against Konoha for the time being, it was not seriously injured. There were still a large number of ninjas in the village that could be called upon, and the war could be reignited at any time!
Konoha must deploy heavy troops on the border between the two to prevent accidents!
Although Sunagakure had signed a ceasefire agreement with Konoha, it was actually a piece of waste paper without any deterrent power!
As long as Sunagakure saw an opportunity, it might tear up the agreement at any time and declare war on Konoha again!
Therefore, Konoha also needed to deploy a certain amount of troops on the border with Sunagakure!
Coupled with the war with Kumogakure, Konoha could no longer withdraw troops to deal with the attack of Kirigakure!
With no other choice, the Konoha high-level officials had to turn their attention to the two Konoha clans, the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan, which they had been guarding against!
The Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan are both powerful clans in Konoha!
Their powerful strength and strict clan system have always been feared by the Konoha high-level officials!
Especially the unruly character of the Uchiha clan, which has always been targeted by the Konoha high-level officials who are deeply influenced by the thoughts of the Second Hokage!
The reason why the Konoha high-level officials do not want the Uchiha clan to go to the battlefield is, on the one hand, to isolate them, and at the same time to prevent the Uchiha clan from entering the center of power in Konoha by virtue of their military exploits!
Secondly, it is because the Uchiha clan's bloodline limit Sharingan is extremely special, and it will awaken due to emotional fluctuations and increase its strength!
There are too many separations and deaths on the battlefield!
So when others are getting weaker and weaker, the Uchiha clan may become stronger and stronger!
After all, those who can survive the war are all refined gold!
The number of the Uchiha clan may decrease after experiencing the war, but at the same time, there will be a leap in quality!
Just like in this war, two people in the Uchiha clan opened the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan!
Any one of them is enough to match thousands of troops!
Under such circumstances, the Konoha high-level officials naturally want to avoid the Uchiha clan from joining the battlefield as much as possible!
However, the declaration of war by Kirigakure has made the Konoha high-level officials reach the end of their rope, and they have to activate the Uchiha clan and send them to the border to resist the invasion of Kirigakure!
Throughout the entire Third Ninja World War, the other four major countries basically fought and stopped, only Konoha changed opponents one after another and kept fighting!
For nearly eight years, the entire Konoha was exhausted physically and mentally!
And now the war is finally over!
"Jin, what should we do next? Bring them all back to Konoha?"
Namikaze Minato quickly sorted out his emotions, looked at Uchiha Jin, and asked.
Now the war is not really over yet, and we can't let our guard down!
Uchiha Jin pondered for a moment but did not answer directly, instead asking: "What do you think?"
Namikaze Minato hesitated for a moment and said: "The Third Raikage is dead, the Fourth Raikage is still undecided, and Kumogakure is now leaderless!"
"If you want to end the war, at least let their Fourth Raikage candidate go back to take charge of the situation!"
"I think this A and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki have a deep relationship. With him dealing with Kumogakure, it should be easier to promote the signing of a ceasefire agreement!"
Namikaze Minato wanted to release A back to Kumogakure.
After all, there must be different voices in a village, especially when there is no leader, there will be many people with ulterior motives jumping out!
And A and Killer Bee have a deep relationship. If he is released back to take charge, the hostage Killer Bee can play the greatest effect!
But this is just a routine situation!
Uchiha Jin smiled and said, "Minato, you made a mistake! If it were any other village, your decision would not be wrong, but don't forget that Kumogakure is a unique existence!"
"Do you believe that as long as you release A, this reckless man will gather a large number of troops tomorrow and use a full-scale war as a threat to force us to release him?"
Namikaze Minato was stunned when he heard this, but after thinking carefully about the style of Kumogakure, he really couldn't refute it! After all,
it is well known that the people of Kumogakure are a group of war maniacs!
Uchiha Jin continued, "One of A and Killer Bee is a candidate for the Fourth Raikage, and the other is the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. They are both people that Kumogakure will never give up!"
"Only when we have both of them in our hands will Kumogakure sit down at the negotiation table obediently!"
Hearing this, Namikaze Minato frowned and said, "Are you sure the top leaders of Kumogakure will reach a consensus on this issue?"
Uchiha Jin understood the deep meaning of Namikaze Minato's words, and sighed softly, "The top leaders of Kumogakure are different from our Konoha! They are much more united than us!"
"And the Raikage assistant of Kumogakure, Dodai, is a smart man. He won't let others mess around!"
"So let's take A and Killer Bee back to the village first!"
After a pause, Uchiha Jin seemed to remember something and instructed: "By the way, don't mention me when you report back! Just say that this is your team's record!"
Hearing this, Namikaze Minato's pupils shrank slightly, and he said in surprise: "Jin, wasn't your action this time ordered by the Third Hokage?"