Chapter 64

Konoha.

A meeting was being held on the highest floor of the Hokage building, the atmosphere in the hall was very heavy, with Hiruzen sitting at the head of the table and Danzo separately in the corner of the room.

"Sunagakure doesn't want to listen to our explanations, they link the loss of the third Kazekage to Konoha, now a large number of their troops, led by the fourth Kazekage, have appeared on the border of the land of Fire, retaliatory measures

are needed."

The third Kazekage is missing!

This happened about a month ago, but Suna was trying to hide the news and was looking for her Kazekage, but the search was not successful, in the end, they announced that Kazekage was secretly captured or killed by Konojoi and went to war!

A Declaration of war sharply worsened the situation, initially in the Country of Grass invaded only advanced power Iwagakure, they were able at best to produce a few preliminary attacks to destabilize the situation on the border, full-scale war has not yet been addressed.

But Suna immediately started a full-scale war!

"Since the fourth Kazekage made the move in person, perhaps you should also go to the front line, Lord Hokage."

one of the Elite Jounins cautiously suggested.

Hiruzen was lost in thought.

In fact, he himself would not mind going to the front in person, but the problem is that after the news of a full-scale offensive from Suna spreads, it is impossible to be sure that Kiri and Kumo will not decide to make a move against Konoha.

The Lightning country and the Water Country don't border the Wind Country, so they can't take advantage of this situation to invade the Wind Country, the only way to benefit is to invade the Fire Country.

"I'll go."

Jiraiya stood up and very seriously looked at Hiruzen: "Master, you should stay in Konoha to contain the other villages."

Hiruzen looked at Jiraiya, he is well aware of how strong his student is, but in the end, this is a large-scale invasion from Suna, only Jiraiya will find it extremely difficult to deal with it.

"Danzo, will go with naruto vs. Sasuke due."

Hiruzen turned his head to look at Danzo.

When Danzo was about to say something, Jiraiya suddenly interjected: "Let senior Danzo take care of possible actions from Kiri, and Minato will go with me, the two of us will definitely be able to control

the situation."

The relationship Between Jiraiya and Danzo has never been too good, in fact it is not very appropriate to send them to the front together, as a couple to Jiraiya is much better suited to Minato.

"Next is the question of the composition of the front group..."

Hiruzen's gaze swept across the meeting room, where not only the Elite Konoha Junins were present, but also the heads of all the major clans, including Hyuga and Uchiha.

One of the main goals of this meeting was to show the seriousness of the situation to the main Konoha clans and force them to send their forces to the front.

"Since this is a full-scale war, we will act in accordance with The Lord Hokage's plan and decisions."

the head of the Uchiha Clan said slowly.

The head of the Hyuga Clan sitting next to him was of the same opinion.

The heads of the main clans were well aware of the Hokage's thoughts and the true purpose of the meeting, and they could not stand aside in the event of a full-scale war.

Seeing the attitude of the clan heads, Hiruzen nodded in satisfaction, and started forming a front-line group to counter Suna's forces.

And just at this moment, ANBU shinobi appeared in the room and knelt down in front of the Hokage, passing a scroll: "Lord Hokage!

Hiruzen looked at the ANBU, a light flashing in his eyes.

The ANBU shinobi nodded.

"But it should be good news."

Hiruzen reached out and took the scroll.

At the head of the forces is Orochimaru, as well as Maito Dai, who can show great strength in the event of an unexpected situation, whatever the strategy of the other side, it is almost guaranteed to fail.

Opening the scroll and reading the first lines, Hiruzen nodded in satisfaction, glanced at the audience and began to read aloud.

"Report from the front...arriving at the border, the Konoha squad began to search for the Willow squad, as a result, there was a battle on a rocky terrain, the result of which was the defeat of Iwagakure and the destruction of more than half of their forces."

This made the atmosphere in the hall easier, previously a little gloomy clan heads noticeably relaxed.

Given the full-scale offensive from Suna, this victory over Willow was undoubtedly of great significance. If the situation on the border of the Grass Country stabilizes, they can just watch the movement of Iwagakure, without having to send support right now.

In this way, most of the free combat power can be used to fight Suna.

Clans can also reduce their losses.

"Orochimaru did a good job."

Danzo looked at Hiruzen and said indifferently.

In his opinion, victory over the vanguard of Willow was good news, now they will be able to focus on holding off the offensive of Suna, and then strike back at Willow, the current Konoha is not afraid of fighting on two fronts.

"This guy Orochimaru still deserves trust."

Jiraiya chuckled and confidently said: "Tell Suna to me, I won't let them do whatever they want!"

He had been competing with Orochimaru since he was a child, and since Orochimaru had achieved great success at the front, he should not be left behind either.

Hiruzen examined the scroll, followed by a detailed account of the battle, first of all, he found a description of the losses on the part of Konoha.

"...in the course of this battle, our side lost eleven men, four seriously wounded, and twenty-one lightly wounded."

During the war, it is impossible to avoid casualties.

Eleven dead and four seriously injured, such sacrifices in exchange for destroying half of Willow's forces, no doubt a great victory.

"What is the specific situation, Hiruzen."

Danzo's voice came from the side.

Hiruzen continued reading the report: "Orochimaru tracked down the forces of Willow with the help of specialized teams, faced the other side on a rocky terrain and decided to join the battle, the number of parties was approximately equal...but suddenly on the battlefield from under the ground rushed an elite group of Iwagakure, numbering about thirty shinobi, at least half of whom were Jounins."

After reading this, Hiruzen froze abruptly.

The expressions of those present changed, everyone looked at Hiruzen, wanting to know a more specific situation

Although it is already known that the battle ended with their victory, but the sudden appearance of thirty elite shinobi undoubtedly put Konoha's side in an extremely difficult situation, how did Orochimaru manage to turn the situation around?!