The Shadow of Konoha

The chaotic battle lasted all night, and it was not until dawn that the Konoha camp returned to peace. During that night, Hanyu and Sakumo encountered a total of three waves of enemies, two teams of two and one team of four. They took advantage of the terrain, their familiarity with the environment, and their own speed and agility to eliminate the eight enemies without suffering much damage. It can be said that for the Hanyu duo, although the one-night battle was dangerous and could mean a matter of life and death, the frequency of the battles was not as frequent as imagined. There were enough ninjas guarding this area, so the barrier around the frontline hospital was not broken until the end of the battle.

The Sand Village didn't achieve this part of their goal, but before dawn, they didn't want to fight any more and chose to quickly evacuate the battlefield... after leaving behind a pile of corpses. Not only did Konoha suffer heavy casualties when it was ambushed, but the attacking Sunagakure wasn't much better off. In fact, the casualty rate and exchange ratio of both sides tonight were not much different. All this was thanks to the order given by Uchiha Kagami after Konoha's command system was destroyed. It was that simple order that stabilized the situation and morale of the Konoha camp.

The next morning, Hanyu, feeling a little tired, sat on the ground to rest. Not far from him was the body of an enemy, but it was not worth worrying about. A little further away, Sakumo was lying there resting... because of his age, he seemed to have consumed much more energy than Hanyu. With the help of the light in the sky, Hanyu observed the surrounding situation. It seemed that although the Konoha camp had been attacked, it did not seem to be to the point where it could not sustain it. This level of damage was completely tolerable.

Perhaps Sunagakure's plan had failed? Hanyu couldn't help but think so. It was impossible for a ninja of Hanyu's level to have a summary of the battle situation so quickly. He would never have the chance to know many details of last night's battle. After all, he was just a small soldier. But unexpectedly, just when Hanyu thought he should stand up and help clean up the battlefield, Koga appeared in front of him again.

Because of the decentralization of command last night, Koga is still the highest person in charge here and Hanyu's "immediate boss."

"Doctor Koga, are you okay?" Hanyu asked when he saw that the other person looked a little embarrassed. At this time, one of Koga's hands was hanging around his neck, and it was obvious that he was injured in the battle last night.

Koga shook his head. He didn't care about his injury. He said to Hanyu, "Hanyu, this is an emergency. You need to return to the village immediately."

"Return to Konoha?" Hanyu was stunned, then stood up hurriedly. He didn't quite understand this order. You know, the Konoha camp had just been attacked. When the force was weak, shouldn't they hold on and wait for help? Why return to Konoha?

"Am I with my team?" he then asked.

Because they were in different areas last night, Hanyu didn't know the situation of the remaining members of his team at this moment. He couldn't even be sure whether those three were still alive.

But Kouga denied his statement again, "No, it's just you, your team is still here...you need to go back to the village, where you and your jutsu can be useful."

Hanyu was startled, and then speculated, "Could it be that something has happened to Teacher Sansho?"

At present, Hanyu's relationship with Konoha is still relatively shallow. Apart from Sansho's point, he really can't think of a reason to transfer himself back to the village - he has not been on the front line for a long time and has not fought many serious battles.

"No, it has nothing to do with Sansho, but it is an emergency...everything will become clear once you reach the village," Koga said.

Since he refused to explain, Hanyu would definitely not get an answer no matter how hard he tried to figure out why he wanted to go back to the village, so he continued to ask, "Do you want to leave right now?"

"Immediately," Kouga emphasized.

Now Hanyu understood. No matter what the specific task was, at least it was urgent: "I understand. I'll prepare now."

But just as Hanyu was about to turn around and leave, Koga grabbed him again. He used his still movable hand to tightly hold Hanyu's arm, then leaned over and whispered, "If it really comes to an emergency, you must protect Sansho."

Looking at the other party's serious expression, Hanyu had no choice but to nod very seriously, but at this moment he became even more confused... What on earth happened in Konoha? Unfortunately, there wasn't much information about the Great Ninja War in his memory.

The mission was extremely urgent, and Hanyu had no time to rest and had to reunite with three unfamiliar ninjas again. "Are all the people here? Then let's go."

After gathering, the leading ninja gave the order to set off without much hesitation. Before they set off, several similar teams had already left... This shows that Konoha is withdrawing a large number of forces back to the village.

Could it be that Sand Village attacked the frontline camp of Konoha and also attacked the village? How could such a thing be possible?! But if that was not the case, why did they withdraw so many ninjas from the frontline? Nothing makes sense anymore.

Hanyu had no problem with combat missions, but he just hoped that he would not be involved in any conspiracy. His mind was turning over and over, but his feet did not stop moving. He followed the team out of the camp and set out on the journey back to Konoha. However, before leaving the camp, Hanyu suddenly paused.

"What's wrong?" The team leader immediately noticed his abnormality.

"No, nothing, I just saw an 'acquaintance,'" said Hanyu.

And it was a dead "acquaintance". When passing by a team of ninjas sorting out corpses, Hanyu saw the corpse of the logistics ninja who had selected weapons for him yesterday.

The captain was somewhat dissatisfied with Hanyu's reaction. He frowned and said, "Don't be distracted. Focus on the mission."

The group left the Konoha camp and suddenly increased their speed. Soon they crossed the border of the River Country and returned to the Fire Country. At this time, the atmosphere in the team seemed to finally relax a little, so Hanyu heard the conversation between the two ninjas:

"If the acting Sandaime hadn't hesitated, what happened last night wouldn't have happened at all."

"Well, he's still not decisive enough. He lacks the responsibility and experience of a Hokage. If it were the Nidaime..."

Listening to the conversation between the two, they seemed to put the blame for what happened last night on Sarutobi Hiruzen. Such an idea made Hanyu curl his lips, he sneered... What the Third Hokage lacked was prestige and qualifications, not experience and responsibility. What did Sarutobi Hiruzen have to do with the Sunagakure's surprise attack?

And "if it was the second generation", why not think about things in a more beautiful way and say "if it was the first generation"?

But it's also true that we can't blame these ninjas for their superficial knowledge. You have to know that all ninjas have graduated from elementary school and have little cultural level. Most of them only know how to fight and kill, and have no idea what strategy is.

At present, the Third Hokage is actually also on the front line. However, when the enemy's strength is equal and the situation is stalemate on the front battlefield, he did not send the ninja team he led directly to the front line, but chose to set up a new camp on the border of the Fire Country.

If the two forces are rashly combined into one, the situation will not tilt towards Konoha. The reason is simple. Only Konoha knows how to send more troops. Doesn't Sunagakure know how to do that?

Therefore, the Third Hokage's approach of setting up two camps to support each other in order to prevent unexpected events and respond to all situations is completely reasonable in terms of strategy.

But now it seems that because of some problems in the front-line camp, it seems that the actions of the Third Hokage have begun to be questioned... You know, Sarutobi is only the acting Hokage now. For a leader who lacks prestige, all mistakes made by his subordinates are the leader's responsibility.

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