Chapter 72: The Cloud Village's Disdain
"This is the battlefield, and you are the supreme commander of this front. Can't you be a little more serious!"
Hatake Sakumo was exasperated.
The Ino-Shika-Cho trio at the side was a bit confused. After all, they knew less about Aoyama Riuun. They didn't understand why Hatake Sakumo had such a big reaction to Aoyama Riuun just wanting to "say hello."
"It's just saying hello, it should be fine, right?" the simple-minded Akimichi Choza couldn't help but say.
In the understanding of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, the so-called "saying hello" was to announce to Kumogakure that the Konoha forces had arrived. Simply put, it was pre-battle trash talk, a mutual verbal assault.
But! Hatake Sakumo directly rolled his dead-fish eyes and said, "His version of 'saying hello' is to charge into Kumogakure alone!"
"Huh?"
The Ino-Shika-Cho trio was stunned. Are you sure that's 'saying hello' and not 'seeking death'?
Facing the Ino-Shika-Cho trio's gaze, which was similar to seeking confirmation, Aoyama Riuun naturally shrugged.
"Is there a problem?"
In Aoyama Riuun's view, there was nothing wrong with such a thing.
"..."
The problem is huge, okay?
This time, even the Ino-Shika-Cho trio joined in blocking Aoyama Riuun's path. They were genuinely worried that he would be reckless and just charge out.
"Ah!"
Seeing this, Aoyama Riuun knew he couldn't be reckless. He was a little helpless.
"You're all too cautious. You should learn from me. When in doubt, punch first."
"A fist may not necessarily solve the problem, but it can definitely solve the person who raised the problem!"
"..."
His words... even the intelligent Nara Shikaku was stunned for a moment. He had no idea how to refute that.
"Don't treat Kumogakure like Sunagakure!"
Hatake Sakumo rolled his eyes and said. If it were Sunagakure, he wouldn't have cared, but Kumogakure was different.
"I heard before that both Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchuriki and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki have become perfect jinchuriki. Add to that the Raikage and those famous elite Jonin."
"Kumogakure's overall combat power is second only to our Konoha!"
If nothing else, just the two perfect jinchuriki sounded troublesome.
"Tch! I really don't know what there is to worry about!"
Compared to the others' solemnity, Aoyama Riuun shrugged as if it were nothing.
"Alright, let's go back and discuss countermeasures first!"
Hatake Sakumo didn't think such words could get through to a big brute like Aoyama Riuun. He rolled his eyes directly and led him back to the camp that was being set up.
Aoyama Riuun shrugged rather helplessly. He had originally planned to "say hello," but now it seemed he had to wait.
...
At the same time, on the other side in Kumogakure, the scouting ninja returned to report.
"Lord Raikage, the scouting is complete. We couldn't see clearly who is leading the Konoha ninja. But looking at the total number, Konoha only dispatched two thousand ninja in total!"
"Two thousand?"
Forget the Fourth Raikage, A; most of the people in the Raikage's office laughed after hearing this number.
"Our Kumogakure has dispatched five thousand ninja this time."
"Is Konoha looking down on us?"
"To only send two thousand ninja, they're simply courting death!"
No matter who was leading the Konoha side, after hearing about such a disparity in numbers, they all sneered in disdain.
In the meeting room were the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii; the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer Bee; the Magnet Release ninja, Toroi; Kumogakure's strategists and the Raikage's assistants, Samui and Mabui; the sensor ninja, C, and so on. Basically, anyone of note was present.
Compared to the disdain of the crowd, Mabui and Samui were much calmer.
"Konoha's opponent this time isn't just our Kumogakure. There are other battlefields that also require ninja!"
"Indeed, if it were a true one-on-one, the number of Konoha's ninja would not be less than ours!"
It wasn't about boosting others' morale and diminishing their own; it was simply a fact.
"So what? With only two thousand ninja, our Kumogakure has nothing to fear!" someone said dismissively.
After all, apart from a few rational individuals, most of the ninja in Kumogakure were hot-headed brutes. To make a group of brutes wary of their opponents before the war had even begun... dream on.
Samui and Mabui just rolled their eyes slightly at this. They didn't bother arguing and looked at the scouting ninja.
"C! Can you sense who is leading the Konoha side?"
"I can't! The distance is too great. If I get any closer, I'll be easily discovered."
C also shook his head helplessly at this. If he could sense them, that would be great. But although he couldn't sense who was leading the opposing side, there was one thing C could be sure of.
"The number of powerhouses they've dispatched this time should only be one or two, no more than three!"
"Hmm!"
Samui nodded.
"Indeed. This time, Konoha has to face Iwagakure and Sunagakure simultaneously. Their high-end combat power has been more or less distributed!"
To be honest, as Kumogakure's strategist, Samui knew that Konoha had more high-end combat power than Kumogakure. If it were a one-on-one fight, Kumogakure would not be their opponent.
Unfortunately, this was a battlefield. Even the all-brute Kumogakure wouldn't be reckless enough to fight one-on-one. As long as they could win, that was enough. As for how dishonorable the means might be? Tch! In the ninja world, when was there ever time to care about such things? To be able to survive was what mattered.
"If that's the case, then there's even less need to worry!"
Hearing that Konoha's high-end combat power this time wouldn't exceed three, the Kumogakure side became even more arrogant.
Even the Fourth Raikage, A, smiled dismissively.
"Have everyone get ready. Tomorrow, we will officially go to war with Konoha!"
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