Chapter 14 Take over command
Konoha, the Hokage's residence.
Hiruzen, who was frantically reviewing documents at his desk, had never missed the existence of the advisory group so much.
I have to say that although those comrades always contradicted me, when they were in the village, I never stayed up all night to review documents.
Now those three guys are heading to the battlefield, leaving everything on themselves.
He has already stayed up for three all-nighters.
And it just happened to coincide with the birth of his second son.
Fortunately, Biwako was sensible and did not complain. She just quietly took care of the house so that Hiruzen could complete his duties without distraction.
"Hokage-sama, the latest battle report from the front line."
An Anbu suddenly appeared, kneeling on one knee, holding a scroll in both hands.
"Oh, bring it here."
After getting Hiruzen's permission, the Anbu stood up, respectfully handed the scroll in his hand to the other party, saluted again, and disappeared in an instant.
"Let me see...Have you defeated Hanzo?"
The battle report detailed the battle with Hanzo, and also mentioned that Mito Kado En and others were seriously injured and that Danzo had arrived at the camp.
At the end of the scroll is the loss of Konoha ninjas in this battle.
木叶忍者共阵亡上忍12人，中忍56人，下忍60人；另有8名上忍、12名中忍、23名下忍失踪。
There are countless people with minor and serious injuries.
If Tsunade hadn't cracked Hanzo's poison and created an antidote, the casualties would have been even more serious.
Fortunately, most of the casualties were civilian ninjas, which was acceptable to the village.
Hanzo also sent someone to hint at the idea of a ceasefire.
Recalling Danzo's plan again, Hiruzen began to calculate the remaining fighting force in the Land of the Rain.
His three disciples were still able to continue fighting, Yan was on his way back to Konoha with the heavily injured troops, and most of the remaining fighting jonin were from powerful families, and Danzo had also arrived at the battlefield...
He pulled out a pipe from his bosom and took a few puffs. Hiruzen narrowed his eyes in the smoke.
If Danzo's plan had been followed, the troops in the Rain Country should have taken advantage of their victory to launch a surprise attack on the Wind Country.
But due to Yan's serious injury, morale seems to be somewhat unavailable.
This guy Yan is really...a sharp contrast to Xiaochun.
In River Country, the troops led by Koharu have already started fighting with Sunagakure.
The ninja leading the team is a jonin named Shashu, who is said to be one of the best masters in Sunagakure.
Xiaochun fought with him back and forth.
In addition, Koharu also sent someone to deliver a piece of information. Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law gathered some elite Sand Ninjas and seemed to be preparing to do something...
I also referred to the suggestions left by Danzo before he left and sent Hatake Sakumo over.
Hiruzen also had high hopes for this young man that Danzo was optimistic about.
I hope he can bring me some surprises.
Speaking of Danzo, I really miss him a little...
Putting away his pipe, Hiruzen took out a blank scroll and began to write on it.
"Somebody come!"
He rolled up the scroll, and as Hiruzen finished speaking, an ANBU soon appeared in the room.
"Give this to Danzo, and also tell him that I have ordered in the name of the Hokage to give him command of the troops in the Rain Country."
"It's up to him to decide what to do next!"
......
"So, this unit will be under my command from now on."
Danzo was now sitting at the head of the meeting room.
Originally, he thought he would get news of a great victory at the front, but what he saw was Yan, who was beaten so badly that he could hardly recognize him, being carried back.
From Tsunade, he learned that his good friend was blown away by Hanzo's Explosive Flame Array as soon as he entered the battlefield, and he withdrew from the battle without even having time to use the Substitution Technique. Danzo was so angry that he almost cursed out loud.
However, after calming down, Danzo accepted the reality and asked Tsunade to arrange a place for him and the three little ones to live.
I still remember Tsunade's surprised look.
[In her opinion, I will definitely seize command of the front line.]
Little did he know that the main purpose of Danzo's operation had already been achieved, and it was useless to him whether he had the command or not.
In any case, Konoha will win the war in the end.
However, when the Anbu sent by Hiruzen handed the scroll to him personally, and saw the concern and trust written on it, Danzo always felt like a fat man getting an electric shock - a corny feeling.
"Ahem, since the Hokage-sama has given me the command, I will accept it with reluctance."
Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Danzo whispered a few words into the Anbu's ear, asking him to wait for a moment while he would bring a handwritten letter back to Hiruzen.
The Anbu nodded obediently, silently retreated behind Danzo, and found a corner to stay.
"First of all, I am grateful for the trust of the Hokage, who has entrusted me with such a difficult responsibility. I must be responsible for the Hokage, for the village, and for everyone..."
......
He spoke eloquently for half an hour, and Jiraiya and the others were already drowsy.
Why didn't I realize before that this Hokage assistant was such a talkative person?
"So, in order to ensure that the next action can proceed smoothly, I propose the first work arrangement."
Oh? Here comes the point!
When everyone heard about the arrangement, they immediately perked up, ready to see what wise and powerful orders the Hokage Assistant could come up with, no, what orders he could issue.
"First, send the Genin, children, and those ninjas whose injuries affect their movements back to the village."
"what?"
In fact, apart from the rare reckless man like Nawaki, there are also other young Genin in the team.
Most of them are children of major families, sent out by the family to gain experience and gild themselves for future promotions.
Most of them stayed in the rear, enjoying the protection of the strong in the tribe, so the casualty rate was not high.
The remaining civilian Genin were the ones who were actually tricked by their superiors into going to the battlefield, thinking that they could contribute to the village.
In fact, they are just a group of cannon fodder.
In Danzo's opinion, these guys are of no help to the next action and will only hinder him.
It would be better to take this opportunity to send Nawaki, Nagato and the others back together.
"Also, those Chunins who are not strong enough must return to the village."
"Danzo-sama, this would leave only about one-third of the troops left."
"If Yuyin launches a surprise attack, how will we respond?"
A jonin from the Nara clan raised his hand and expressed his doubts.
"That's right. In this way, the troops on the front battlefield will be crushed by the enemy's numbers."
The next person to speak was a jonin from the Inuzuka clan.
The Uchiha clan ninjas were intimidated by Danzo's past majesty and did not dare to interrupt.
The Sarutobi clan has always obeyed Hiruzen's orders. Since Danzo is the commander appointed by their leader, they will naturally support Danzo.
Not to mention the Shimura clan, they are Danzo's direct line and will definitely not sabotage.
The Hyuga clan didn't want to talk at all. Let them do whatever they want. Anyway, they were all branch families, and those who were sent to gild themselves were all members of the main family. Whatever happened had nothing to do with them.
For a moment, the conference room was divided into three forces.
Danzo had anticipated this situation.
This order of his has affected the interests of all the major clans.
but......
[It seems that they have been given too many favorable treatments recently, which has made them a little proud...]
When Hiruzen returned to the village and took office as Hokage with Tobirama's last will, the opposition from the major clans was far more intense than it is now.
However, after gaining command of the Anbu, Danzo resorted to many "little tricks". After several family elders accidentally "committed suicide", there were no more voices of opposition in the village.
"Everyone, since the teacher has handed over the command to Danzo-sama, then everyone should obey his orders."
Before Danzo could figure out how to deal with these guys, Tsunade suddenly spoke, interrupting his thoughts.
Tsunade was very happy about Danzo's order. After all, it was always a little unsafe for her younger brother to be on the battlefield.
She also learned from Orochimaru and Nawaki that the other party had actually sent someone to protect her brother.
Although it was unclear what Danzo's purpose was, this order was in her favor at the moment, and Tsunade had to support it no matter how she looked at it.
As comrades who fought side by side, Tsunade and others' performance on the battlefield conquered all the ninjas present. When they saw her speak, those opposing ninjas immediately quieted down.
"Your name is Maruichi, right?"
Seeing that the situation was calmed down by Tsunade, Danzo nodded slightly and pointed his finger at the Nara family's Jonin.
"Yes, Lord Danzo."
Naramaruichi, who was named, nodded obediently.
"Let me answer your question first. Yuyin has already sent someone to contact us and is preparing to sign a ceasefire agreement."
"It won't be long before we receive news from the rear."
"Therefore, in this war, we in Konoha only have one last enemy left, and that is the Sand Village of the Wind Country."
Standing up, Danzo picked up a wooden stick and pointed at the battle map on the table.
"Next, I will lead you all to raid Sunagakure and win the final victory for Konoha!"