"This puppet hag is really bold. Isn't she afraid this old man will continue to act against the Land of Wind?"
Hanzo the Salamander, who received the news immediately, couldn't help but reveal a playful smile.
Kneeling on one knee, Sakawa asked immediately, "Hanzo-sama, are we going to attack the Land of Wind next?"
"No, this old woman is retreating, but also warning me." Hanzo the Salamander's gaze was deep. "The Land of Wind has lost thoroughly in the probing period of this war. If it weren't one of the Five Great Nations, and with us and the Land of Earth helping to divide the Land of Fire's forces, they might have already withdrawn voluntarily."
"Now, not only has the Land of Wind not withdrawn, but the puppet hag guarding the border base has shifted the battle line to attack the White Fang battle line. This is clearly an attempt to break the current situation, forcing Konoha to adjust their troop deployment on the battle lines, creating opportunities for us."
"If we don't take the opportunity to act against Konoha but instead attack the Land of Wind, they, forced to fight on two fronts, might take the opportunity to declare full-scale war on us, even using... a Jinchuriki!"
A trace of dread appeared in Hanzo the Salamander's eyes: "That Jinchuriki of Sunagakure, many people have forgotten his name, calling him 'Shukaku'."
"For decades, no one has seen him make a move. No one knows if he has reached the legendary realm of Jinchuriki."
"If he can rationally use the Tailed Beast Bomb, the Land of Wind, pushed to the edge of a cliff, might really use this strategic weapon."
As if thinking of something, a smile appeared on Hanzo the Salamander's face again: "Although the main battlefield is in our Land of Rain, giving us a unique advantage in supplying materials, there is also a disadvantage. Once their supplies run out and cannot be replenished in time, they will definitely act against our Land of Rain."
"This old man originally wanted to wait a while before actively breaking this situation."
"Now since someone is actively helping, this old man can't disappoint that puppet hag."
Hanzo the Salamander suddenly bit his finger, formed seals, and slapped the ground: "Summoning Technique!"
With a poof, white smoke filled the air.
When the smoke cleared, the Salamander didn't appear; instead, a super-large scroll was summoned.
Hanzo the Salamander didn't voice his thoughts. Cautious as he was, he cast a Genjutsu on Sakawa, pulling him into an illusion world.
"...Yes, Hanzo-sama."
When Sakawa's consciousness returned to reality, he immediately bowed his head in agreement, then left with the super-large scroll, which was obviously of a special type capable of being summoned.
Hanzo the Salamander made a move, and the Land of Earth and Land of Fire were no exception.
Just like the White Fang battle line being suppressed, breaking the original balance of confrontation.
Unless Konoha could provide powerful troops to the White Fang battle line to contend with Sunagakure, which had gone from fighting on two fronts to a single front...
Otherwise, they could only transfer troops and high-level combatants from the other two battle lines.
This would lead to a decline in defense and combat power on the other two battle lines.
If they still didn't act but wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and the Land of Wind chose to withdraw and let the Land of Fire go from fighting on three fronts to two, then both the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth would completely lose hope of biting off a piece of meat from the Land of Fire.
Thus, the atmosphere on the three battlefields at the junction of the Land of Rain, Land of Rivers, and Land of Grass began to become oppressive, like heavy dark clouds in the sky.
A clap of thunder would bring a violent storm.
...
"Sarutobi-sensei's instructions have arrived."
At the Land of Fire's border base, Orochimaru held a scroll in his hand and said seriously to Tsunade, who had changed back into her combat armor after arriving at the battlefield: "Tsunade, go to the White Fang battle line first to support Sakumo-senpai. The village will transfer a batch of troops to support you later."
"Indeed, no one is more suitable than me." Tsunade wasn't surprised, and a fighting spirit ignited in her eyes. "Hanzo's type of assassin counters me very much. But my type happens to counter puppeteers like that old hag Chiyo the most."
"Chiyo has produced an unknown poison that the medical team there cannot neutralize. We'll have to trouble you again." Orochimaru instructed, "Don't worry about Sunagakure activating the Jinchuriki. The Intelligence Division is already reading Ebizo's memories. Sunagakure's important intelligence will soon be mastered by us, and reconnaissance teams and Anbu will keep a close eye on Sunagakure's every move."
Hearing this, Jiraiya couldn't help but ask, "Is there intelligence on the One-Tail Jinchuriki in Ebizo's memories? Everyone calls that Jinchuriki 'Shukaku.' Has he become a Perfect Jinchuriki?"
"It doesn't matter if he's a Perfect Jinchuriki or not."
Orochimaru revealed a confident smile: "Even if Sunagakure activates the Jinchuriki, they won't dare to use the Tailed Beast Bomb casually. Using a Tailed Beast Bomb against a country possessing the Flying Thunder God Technique cost them dearly in the First Great Ninja War."
Jiraiya's eyes widened instantly: "Could it be... the Flying Thunder God Technique can even transfer Tailed Beast Bombs?"
"Nonsense, don't you have Chakra in your body?" Tsunade couldn't help but roll her eyes at Jiraiya. "Even we, who possess Chakra, can be transferred. Why can't a Tailed Beast Bomb, a technique of materialized Chakra, be transferred?"
"Even if Yoru can't do it now, they won't dare to bet." Orochimaru sneered, "They should feel fortunate now that Yoru and Kushina haven't grown up yet. Otherwise, their combination would make the entire Ninja World tremble."
As their teacher, no one knew better than Orochimaru how amazing Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina's potential and growth speed were.
When they became adults, the Ninja World would be their era.
As if thinking of something, Tsunade suddenly asked, "If I'm transferred to the White Fang battle line, who will take my place? Did Sarutobi-sensei persuade those clan patriarchs, and is someone willing to fight?"
"Before the defense line collapses, those guys won't fight." Orochimaru smiled, "The person replacing you is younger than all of us. You should be able to guess who it is."
Tsunade and Jiraiya were both dumbfounded.
The former said in disbelief: "N... no way, is it Yoru?"
"Correct."
Seeing Orochimaru nod, Jiraiya couldn't help but ask, "He's only a Tokubetsu Jonin. Sarutobi-sensei is giving him command authority?"
"Tokubetsu Jonin? Not for long." Orochimaru smiled meaningfully. "Has anyone among our generation's ace combatants completed a Super S-rank mission? This change in the situation was orchestrated by Yoru single-handedly. His wisdom, strength, and achievements all meet the conditions for special promotion."
"Two special promotions in one year, from a Genin to a Jonin with command authority. This promotion speed and record probably won't be matched for decades." Tsunade clicked her tongue in wonder. "We spent so many years, completed so many high-level missions, and experienced life and death so many times to go from Genin to Jonin, yet we were caught up in one year. It's really lamentable."
"No one wants to see war break out, but it must be admitted that war is indeed the only shortcut for civilian ninjas to rise quickly. Now the village needs the Gojo kid, so he must be promoted to a suitable position." Jiraiya analyzed very calmly, then teased Orochimaru, "At this promotion speed, I'm afraid after this war ends, your disciple will become one of the candidates for the Fourth Hokage, becoming your most powerful rival, teacher."
Orochimaru instead revealed a meaningful smile: "I said, Hokage is not Yoru's endpoint."
Tsunade and Jiraiya were slightly stunned, both remembering Gojo Yoru's hidden secret, instantly itching with curiosity.
But knowing Orochimaru wouldn't tell, they didn't ask.
With this special promotion, Gojo Yoru was no longer a special combat member but a Jonin with command authority, needing to oversee the border base and participate in battle at any time.
Fighting on the front line, his secret probably couldn't be hidden anymore, right?
Perhaps before long, they would all know what Gojo Yoru was hiding.
...
"Thinking so highly of me? Or does he want to take advantage of the Hokage's Assistant being away, resistance being minimal, and the Hokage's power being greatest to quickly promote me, a member of the Hokage's lineage?"
Coming out of the Hokage Building, Gojo Yoru looked unusually dazed.
Being promoted from Genin to Tokubetsu Jonin already surprised Gojo Yoru greatly.
Thinking carefully, he felt this identity suited him well.
After all, Gojo Yoru, mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique, indeed possessed a special space-time talent.
Using Space-Time Chakra, Gojo Yoru's strength was the most ambiguous existence in the Ninja World.
He could be a Genin, a Jonin, a Kage-level, or even a Super Kage or Six Paths level.
Let alone the current Five Kage, even the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and Isshiki Otsutsuki hiding in some corner of the Ninja World would have their defenses breached or even die if hit by Gojo Yoru.
Hatake Kakashi was just a fake 50-50 fighter; Gojo Yoru was the real 50-50 fighter!
However, Gojo Yoru's space-time ability was currently unknown even to Uzumaki Kushina, except for Orochimaru and the Slug Sage.
In Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes, he was just a Chunin who mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and "Black Lightning," possessing the ability to kill enemies above his level. Yet he was specially promoted to an all-rounder Jonin and given command authority. This was simply thinking too highly of Gojo Yoru.
Thinking of his next task to send Tsunade to the White Fang battle line, Gojo Yoru tried to analyze from Sarutobi Hiruzen's perspective and instantly realized why he was specially promoted again.
Twice famous throughout the Ninja World, instantly killing fifty-five Sand ninjas, achieving a Super S-rank mission... Gojo Yoru was no longer suitable to be a surprise troop.
Konoha needed him, with the record of injuring the Salamander, to oversee the border defense line confronting the Land of Rain, dealing with the four-nation melee about to enter the next stage alongside Orochimaru and Jiraiya.
But Sarutobi Hiruzen also worried that some idiots who worked hard to climb to their current positions only to be caught up and surpassed by Gojo Yoru in a few months might harbor dark thoughts during wartime, so he specially promoted him again.
Only all-rounder Jonin were the backbone of the Five Great Ninja Villages, possessing the ability to command.
Sarutobi Hiruzen granted Gojo Yoru privileges a few months ago to guard against these idiots, and now promoting him and giving him command over combat units was also to guard against these idiots.
Sarutobi Hiruzen indeed knew about those idiots bullying children of prestigious clans in the Ninja Academy.
Bullying children of ninja clans and young ladies of prestigious families when young, who knew what stupid things they would do when they grew up?
Having figured this out, Gojo Yoru knew he had caused another butterfly effect.
The title of Sannin, given to losers, probably wouldn't appear again.
In the original work's Second Great Ninja War, the Land of Rain only lasted less than two years before Hanzo the Salamander chose to spare the Sannin and withdraw voluntarily because he saw no hope of victory.
During the three years Jiraiya taught the Yahiko trio, Konoha was fighting Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
Because Taijutsu and Medical Ninjutsu were the nemeses of Chiyo's puppetry and poison, Tsunade was naturally transferred to the Land of Fire VS Land of Wind battle line.
And Kato Dan was on the Land of Fire VS Land of Earth pot-king battle line from the beginning, also beaten until his kidneys flew out by Iwa ninjas in the later stages of the war.
In the original work, Chiyo shifted the battle line because both her son and daughter-in-law were killed by Hatake Sakumo.
Now, Ebizo's death caused Chiyo to go berserk ahead of schedule.
That deadly poison, similar to the Salamander's poison, was a nightmare for ninjas like Hatake Sakumo who excelled in Nintaijutsu and needed to get close to unleash their full power.
Without an antidote, they would die upon contact.
The only person in Konoha who could crack Chiyo's poison was Tsunade, the future Medical Sage.
The Senju Clan's Chakra Burst happened to be the nemesis of puppets, and Hanzo the Salamander, a speed-type assassin, happened to be the nemesis of Taijutsu ninjas like Tsunade. Sarutobi Hiruzen would definitely send Tsunade to deal with Chiyo.
Transferring Tsunade away would weaken the border defense line's strength.
Similarly, no high-level combatant was more suitable than Gojo Yoru, who injured the Salamander.
Thus, Gojo Yoru went to find Uzumaki Kushina and told her about this matter.
"I might stay on the battlefield for a long time in the future, rarely coming back. Still the same sentence: try not to go into the wild. Now is when the village's defense is weakest. No one knows if other ninja villages will send people to infiltrate the village." Gojo Yoru instructed, "When training, you can do it in Tsunade-sama's courtyard or the school playground. Don't go to that abandoned training ground."
"Mhm mhm..."
Uzumaki Kushina nodded repeatedly, always so obedient at times like this.
After Gojo Yoru finished instructing, Uzumaki Kushina suddenly hugged his waist, looked up, and also instructed: "Yoru, be careful. Remember what I said last time, never try to be a hero."
"Okay."
Gojo Yoru rubbed Uzumaki Kushina's round face, then suddenly smiled mischievously: "By the way, I was specially promoted again. Now I'm a backbone-level all-rounder Jonin of the village."
"So amazing."
Uzumaki Kushina exclaimed cooperatively, not understanding Gojo Yoru's meaning.
Gojo Yoru could only remind her again: "Sixth-grade trainee ninja Uzumaki Kushina, how many months until you graduate?"
"March next year. What's wrong?" Uzumaki Kushina blinked, still not understanding Gojo Yoru's meaning.
Gojo Yoru patted her shoulder heavily, looking serious: "Then do you need a powerful Jonin to be your Jonin instructor?"
Uzumaki Kushina's eyes widened, finally understanding Gojo Yoru's meaning.
Then her hair immediately rose against gravity in anger: "Foul-mouthed Yoru, keep dreaming! I don't want to be your student; I want to be Orochimaru-sensei's disciple!"
Thinking of Gojo Yoru becoming her Jonin instructor and constantly teasing her about it in the future, Uzumaki Kushina shuddered.
She absolutely didn't want such a lifelong dark history.
"If you become my student, you can be with me all the time." Gojo Yoru tempted.
"Don't think I have no brains. Can't we do missions together if I'm your teammate?" Uzumaki Kushina raised her fist, making a threatening gesture. "Say that again, and I'll beat you up."
"What a pity."
Seeing he couldn't fool Uzumaki Kushina, Gojo Yoru sighed helplessly, then made a bold move, turning Uzumaki Kushina from an angry Red Hot Habanero into a shy little tomato in seconds.
Mwah~~
Gojo Yoru bit Uzumaki Kushina's small round face, sucking hard like eating a dumpling, leaving obvious teeth marks and saliva, and smiled: "Go, remember to miss me every day."
After speaking, Gojo Yoru teleported and disappeared, leaving behind Uzumaki Kushina with a flushed face and steam rising from her head.
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"Yoru, be careful."
Arriving at the border base, Gojo Yoru immediately sent Tsunade to the rear of the White Fang battle line.
Looking at Gojo Yoru, who seemed to have grown taller again after a few months, Tsunade took out a prepared storage scroll, stuffed it into Gojo Yoru's hand, and instructed seriously: "Your Flying Thunder God Technique and ability to hide Chakra aura have all been exposed. If Hanzo's target is still us, he will definitely make ample preparations before acting again to prevent your ability from working."
"Inside this scroll are antidotes I prepared for you. You must carry a few tubes in your ninja tool pouch and pockets."
Gojo Yoru was slightly stunned, then the corner of his mouth rose slightly: "Don't worry, I'm the strongest!"
"On the contrary, Tsunade-sama, remember to be careful. Before cracking the enemy's poison skills, never risk your life. Don't be as careless as last time; I'm not always this timely."
"If you need help, send me a message anytime."
Patting Tsunade heavily on the shoulder, Gojo Yoru teleported and disappeared.
Tsunade's lips also curled up slightly, then as if thinking of something, her expression suddenly became angry: "This brat, he must be thinking about that matter again!"
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