Chapter 197 The Hidden Rain Village temporarily retreats! The wind of Konoha starts with Danzo!
An hour after Fujiwara Tetsuya returned to the camp!
With the support of Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and others!
Hiruzen Sarutobi safely returned to the camp!
As for the battle with Hanzo!
Fujiwara Tetsuya only learned some inside information from Hiruzen's mouth!
After Orochimaru led the reinforcements to arrive!
Hanzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi tacitly chose to end the battle!
If one had to make a comparison!
Between the two, it should be considered a draw!
Perhaps to maintain the prestige of the strongest Hokage!
News of this battle only spread within a small circle!
For the vast majority of Konoha Ninja!
The winner of the battle was, without a doubt, their Hokage!
In the evening!
As night fell!
Those from the Senju Clan!
Still couldn't withstand Salamander Ibuse's venom! After struggling for several hours!
They completely closed their eyes!
The Konoha Camp gradually filled with suppressed cries!
Not only Tsunade and the members of the Senju Clan!
But also those Konoha Ninja who had lost their clan members and comrades!
War is cruel!
For a Ninja!
Accepting death is a path a Ninja must experience to grow from naive to mature!
After all, not everyone is a savior!
Some things, one can only get used to and accept!
In the days following the great battle!
Neither Amegakure nor Konoha!
Initiated an attack!
However, according to the information sent back by the reconnaissance squad!
Amegakure seemed to have dispatched dozens of Ninja squads!
Frantically plundering the wealth of the surrounding towns and Villages!
Regarding this phenomenon!
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru remained silent!
Before the temporary squad, led by Tsunade and composed of many Medical Ninja, could decipher Hanzo's venom!
Rashly fighting Amegakure to the death!
Would only lead to the demise of more Konoha powerhouses!
Clearly, the deaths of nearly forty Konoha Jonin and Elite Jonin!
Made Hiruzen Sarutobi feel a pang of heartache!
Amegakure retreated!
One morning, they directly set fire to their painstakingly built camp!
And during their retreat, they burned countless roads and bridges!
Burning dozens of surrounding Villages to the ground!
Perhaps Hanzo did it on purpose!
In short, for the next half a month!
Konoha Ninja and officials sent by the Land of Fire's Daimyo!
Were basically dealing with the issue of refugees!
When Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru led the main Konoha forces to pursue them westward again!
Amegakure's main forces had basically retreated to the Land of Rain!
Only within a twenty-mile radius of the Land of Fire!
They had established more than ten small and medium-sized strongholds!
And dispatched thousands of Ninja to guard them!
Clearly, neither Hanzo nor Amegakure!
Had extinguished their ambition to continue invading the Land of Fire!
Once Amegakure completely digested the wealth plundered from the Land of Fire!
Returning would only be a matter of time!
After the main Konoha forces arrived!
After multiple surveys, Konoha's newly built camp was located at the foot of an isolated mountain, ten miles away from Amegakure's central stronghold!
Apart from the isolated mountain!
The surrounding terrain was flat!
If Amegakure were to launch a surprise attack!
The patrolling reconnaissance squad would be able to react immediately!
"Orochimaru! In your opinion!"
"What should our next step be!"
In the temporary Konoha Camp!
It had been nearly a month since Hiruzen Sarutobi led reinforcements to the western border!
For a Village's Kage, especially someone with such strong control as Hiruzen Sarutobi!
A month away from the Village's center of power!
Was clearly long enough!
Therefore, after handling the camp's affairs!
Hiruzen Sarutobi also had the idea of returning to Konoha!
"Teacher!"
"Tsunade still hasn't researched an antidote to the Salamander venom!"
"And, according to the information sent back by the reconnaissance squad!"
"The strongholds built by Amegakure are all very rugged and sturdy!"
"Taking down these strongholds will likely take a lot of time and cost!"
"Currently, Amegakure has adopted a defensive posture, most likely gathering strength to invade Konoha again!"
"My idea is, before Amegakure takes large-scale action, putting aside squad-sized or larger combat!"
"To dispatch powerful elite squads to prioritize removing the strongholds Amegakure has established within the Land of Fire!"
"This way, on one hand, it can avoid provoking Hanzo's nerves and triggering another large-scale invasion!"
"Secondly, it can buy time for Tsunade and her team to develop an antidote to the Salamander venom!"
"Thirdly, it facilitates the Village's reorganization and replenishment of its fighting force!"
"To cope with the potential pressure from the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth that may follow..."
During the time Orochimaru was in command!
Because of Reikun's special charisma and powerful strength!
Orochimaru also gained the support of many people!
Among them, in addition to civilian Ninja with no foundation!
There were many elites from Shinobi Clan!
Thus, under Hiruzen Sarutobi's inquiring gaze!
Many figures instantly stepped out and echoed his words!
"Orochimaru! As your teacher, I am very pleased!"
"Your vision is not limited to Amegakure!"
"That's right! The Village does need to strengthen its forces against Sunagakure and Iwagakure!"
"Then, the matters here will be handled as you said!"
"After I return to the Village, I will send another batch of supplies!"
Due to the significant losses of Jonin and Elite Jonin under Orochimaru's command!
Before leaving!
Hiruzen Sarutobi still transferred more than ten Jonin and several Elite Jonin from the accompanying Ninja, especially those Shinobi Clan loyal to the Hokage lineage, to Orochimaru's hands!
However, compared to these!
What made Jiraiya breathe a sigh of relief was!
Kato Dan left! He returned to Konoha with the majority of the Ninja accompanying Hiruzen Sarutobi!
This also freed him from the daily 10,000x critical damage!
......
Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi led the ANBU Fourth Squad and hundreds of Konoha Elite Ninja on their way back to Konoha!
The political climate in Konoha!
Also gradually became more turbulent! Root Headquarters!
After Danzo returned to Konoha!
In addition to using his connections to forcibly replenish some personnel for Root!
As for the Shimura Clan internally!
After the incident in the Land of Grass!
Danzo had already given up on the idea of drawing personnel from within the Shimura Clan!
Because it was too painful!
The trip to the Land of Grass had almost cost him all the clan members he had drawn into the Anbu!
It was foreseeable that the deaths of several Jonin, Elite Jonin, and dozens of Chunin and Elite Chunin!
Would make the Shimura Clan unable to recover for a considerable period in the future!
In addition, Danzo had secretly dispatched those Root members loyal to him!
To various parts of the Land of Fire to accelerate the search for orphans with Ninja aptitude!
Due to funding issues!
Danzo's idea of building outer bases would not be realized in the short term, at least!
He had to temporarily settle the dozens of orphans collected by Root members!
In a cave dozens of miles away from Konoha Village!
And dispatched two Root squads!
To be responsible for the lives and training of these orphans!
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