Konoha's frontline base on the Sunagakure battlefield.
In front of the command tent.
Just as all of Konoha's ninjas sank into fervor, four figures appeared on the high platform before the command tent.
The person at the front wore a perfectly straight suit, a fiery red tie, and a pair of polished leather shoes that gleamed brightly.
Over his shoulders, a huge white cloak fluttered in the wind, with Konoha's large emblem painted across the back. His dark hair danced with the breeze, his resolute face looked as if it had been carved by a blade, and the domineering aura in his eyes seemed to look down upon heaven and earth itself. His entire person appeared heroic and extraordinary.
It was Yoru!
"Lord Yoru!"
"Ah! Too handsome! Lord Yoru!"
"I want to bear your children!"
The moment Yoru appeared with Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Sakumo Hatake, the female ninjas in Konoha's formation flushed red and screamed loudly one after another.
The male ninjas of Konoha also erupted into thunderous cheers, their excitement surging high.
Sakumo Hatake looked at Yoru somewhat strangely. At this moment, Yoru was standing on the high platform, his left hand resting on the railing while his right hand formed a fist. He smiled and waved toward the Konoha ninjas below the platform.
And what responded to Yoru was even more intense cheering and screaming.
No matter how one looked at this scene…
It felt somewhat flashy.
Sakumo Hatake was startled by his own thought and hurriedly shook his head hard. Slandering his superior behind his back was not something an excellent ninja should do.
After the decisive battle meeting on the Konoha-Sunagakure battlefield ended, Orochimaru and the various commanders of Konoha's frontline base jointly sent a petition back to the village.
The content of the petition was to request that the village appoint Yoru as the commander of the decisive battle! Orochimaru voluntarily requested to serve as deputy commander!
After Hiruzen Sarutobi received the petition, he immediately convened an elders' meeting.
Unsurprisingly, the meeting quickly passed the proposal, appointing Yoru as the commander of Konoha's decisive battle against Sunagakure, with Orochimaru as his deputy!
The reason was very simple. As the strongest combat force, Yoru had to become the commander!
Yoru's current strength was clear to everyone in Konoha!
As the saying went, soldiers fought soldiers, generals fought generals! A decisive battle was different from ordinary battles. The strength of the supreme commander himself was the most important factor.
In this decisive battle, the Third Kazekage would almost certainly participate.
Without a doubt, the Third Kazekage would be the commander of Sunagakure's side in this decisive battle.
And naturally, the Third Kazekage had to be dealt with by Konoha's strongest frontline combatant—Yoru!
Yoru had to become Konoha's commander in this decisive battle! Otherwise, there would be no one suitable to take the position!
Even the elders of Danzo's faction, who had always opposed Yoru, did not interfere with this decision.
This was the inevitable result! Although Danzo was extremely unwilling, in this matter, he truly had no way to stop it!
Very soon, the appointment order arrived at Konoha's Sunagakure frontline camp.
Today was the day to review the troops on the battlefield, and Yoru naturally felt he had to dress a little more formally.
Thus, he specially took out the custom-made outfit he had treasured for a long time.
Tsunade looked at the man before her with some amusement. She had to admit that Yoru, after putting on this set of clothes, truly looked even more handsome and even more unrestrained than usual.
One had to know that high-level commanders like them were all wearing armor! A ninja's body was still very fragile. Sometimes, a single shuriken could take the life of a Jonin!
Yoru's perfectly straight suit indeed looked extremely carefree. Paired with the cloak rising in the wind, he did not feel like someone coming to war at all. Instead, he looked more like he had come on vacation.
Orochimaru looked at Yoru at this moment, his snake-like eyes filled with deep interest.
Yoru was an extremely complex person.
Toward his own people, he appeared gentle on the surface, but in reality, he was extremely domineering.
When dealing with enemies, his methods were extremely cruel and ruthless. The title of Konoha's Red Demon already proved that.
Yet toward Konoha's villagers, he was very kind and approachable, and his prestige among Konoha's people was extremely high.
Angel and devil.
This was Orochimaru's evaluation of Yoru
Silence.
The entire camp fell quiet.
Just now, Yoru had suddenly clenched his fist, and the massive Konoha ninja army fell silent.
Their gazes burned as they looked at the figure on the platform, waiting for his speech.
From this, one could see Yoru's prestige and position among the people of Konoha.
"First! In this battle, I will serve as supreme commander of the entire army!"
Yoru straightened his back and spoke loudly.
The ninjas below did not speak, but everyone's eyes were filled with intense approval. Clearly, Yoru becoming supreme commander was what everyone hoped for!
"This decisive battle is the final battle! The shameless Sunagakure launched the most despicable war against our Konoha! They want to steal our resources, seize our land, and destroy our homeland!"
Yoru shouted loudly. With Yoru's current physical strength, his powerful voice resounded beside the ears of all five thousand five hundred Konoha ninjas!
Everyone's eyes turned blood-red. Their breathing grew rough. They wished they could step onto the battlefield right now and tear those hateful Sand ninjas into pieces!
"In this war, Sunagakure used vicious poison and caused countless Konoha comrades to die unjustly! Now, the opportunity has arrived! This is a war of revenge! Step onto the battlefield! Kill them all! Use their blood to honor the heroic spirits of Konoha!"
Yoru raised both hands high and shouted loudly. A dense killing intent spread through the camp.
"Kill Sunagakure! Honor our heroic spirits!"
"Kill Sunagakure! Honor our heroic spirits!"
"Kill Sunagakure! Honor our heroic spirits!"
All the Konoha ninjas raised their hands high with blood-red eyes and roared loudly.
The entire camp boiled with killing intent!
They remembered their comrades who had died miserably under Sunagakure's poison. They also remembered the comrades who had carried out missions with them and died tragically beneath Sunagakure's blades!
This was a war of revenge!
Only by honoring their comrades' heroic spirits with Sunagakure's blood could they rest in peace!
After Yoru gave the order, the commanders of each unit began distributing ninja tools in an orderly manner. The logistics ninjas distributed explosive tags into every ninja's hands.
After fully equipping themselves, five thousand five hundred Konoha elites left the camp and began their march!
Sunagakure and Konoha seemed to share an unspoken understanding, placing the decisive battlefield on an open plain in the Land of Rain. Originally, there had been a small village of the Land of Rain there.
Unfortunately, that small village just happened to appear on the battlefield where Sunagakure and Konoha would fight their decisive battle.
The weak did not even have the right to struggle for survival in war!
The final decisive battle between Konohagakure and Sunagakure had arrived!
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