The Twelve Medallions and the Continental Balance of Power

T/N: The title was previously translated wrong (my bad), it actually translate to "Twelve Medallions", which represent the most urgent military orders delivered with gold medals by the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the Song Dynasty

After instantly killing the Yondaime Raikage, Makoto also exhausted his last effort and fell into a long deep sleep.

He thought he had good willpower, but it would be difficult for him to release two more jutsus when his internal organs were completely shattered.

Vaguely, he seemed to hear a strange male voice telling him to stop.

But he couldn't tell who the speaker was.

Dimly, Makoto's consciousness fell into endless darkness.

But Makoto felt relieved because of this.

He is still quite confident in his kekkei genkai – after realizing his kekkei genkai's ability, Makoto has been working hard to develop the breadth of its use. Considering the danger of the battlefield, Makoto once focused on the repair of internal organs.

After all, for ninjas, skin trauma or bone fractures are trivial matters, they can be dealt with by themselves, and there is no need to seek medical ninjas.

But the really fatal injuries basically occurred on internal organs and meridians.

There really isn't a solution for meridian, unless there is a really skilled master.

But for internal organs...Makoto has already experimented, and his genjutsu can perfectly replace the original organs.

It doesn't matter if the organ is smashed, as long as he moves fast enough, he can directly genjutsu one, and then suture it with chakra silk thread to make a perfect replacement.

Perhaps because of his kekkei genkai, these replacement organs fit 100% with his body without any rejection.

Makoto was greatly encouraged because of this, and felt that he had found a supreme cure for Konoha Ninja's organs. But the final facts proved that the organs produced by these illusions still have a rejection reaction with other people...

The Yondaime Raikage's offensive power is indeed amazing, but Makoto asked himself if his connections are okay. Seeing that he was knocked down, others would definitely come over and give him first aid.

The Kage-level ninjas around him are experienced fighters who know what to do in such an emergency.

Even if the worst happens... isn't there Chiyo?

If Tsunade is a T0 level doctor in the ninja world, then Chiyo is a T1 level doctor.

This old woman who has fought bad battles all her life is rich in experience, outstanding in means, and capable of everything.

She is proficient in puppetry, fuinjutsu, and medical ninjutsu.

The most important thing is that she also possesses the forbidden technique of exchanging life for life – One's Own Life Reincarnation.

If it is really impossible to save Makoto, Chiyo will definitely use this technique.

Because at this time, Konoha is bound to win a big victory. After losing the two major enemies, Iwa and Kumo, Konoha will be at the height of the sky, and no one can shake it.

If Makoto dies, the alliance between Konoha and Suna will become very dangerous.

Chiyo can even deal with her enemy's son with a smile. How could she be vague in the face of such big right and wrong.

As long as Makoto is alive, everything she has done before will be meaningful.

And if Chiyo died... that would be a good thing for Konoha.

The Yondaime Kazekage said that at best, he has a strong temperament, but at worst, he does not treat people as human beings, and it is easy to lose heart.

He treats his own son like that, can he be expected to treat others?

The Chiyo who originally had a grandmother temptation can still relax a little bit. Now if he is the only one left... Ah, there is no need to calculate to such an extent, right?

After all, everyone gets along very happily.

He always felt that he had done a lot of inappropriate things recently, and he was really not human.

Thinking this way, Makoto began to calculate the gains and losses of this battle.

Not to mention the loss, from a purely utilitarian point of view, he shouldn't be in line with the Yondaime Raikage.

It is too dangerous.

But on the other hand, it is precisely because of his adventure that this reputation is bound to increase.

Soldiers always like to follow a strong man who can fight in battle and lead them to promotion and fortune.

"Overall, the benefits outweigh the risks. –

"Besides, with Raikage's character, what he said before doesn't seem like a lie... Maybe I will be blown out of my head by him when I really turn around..."

Experience must be absorbed and lessons must be remembered.

Makoto recalled silently, enriching his soul.

I don't know how long he stayed in the darkness, Makoto's soul slowly floated up.

He knew it was time to wake up.

After struggling to lift his eyelids, Makoto found himself lying on a camp bed.

He felt as if he had worked hastily for three days and three nights, and he was exhausted. The body is full of the smell of disinfectant and thick bandages, just like a mummy.

He was staying in a marching tent at this time, and there were all kinds of busy and chaotic sounds outside. Kakashi, who was also bandaged, sat at the entrance of the tent with a serious face, staring at his surroundings vigilantly.

"Kakashi."

Makoto called out to the big guy who was covered in bloody smell, and Kakashi immediately laughed and came up to him.

"Hokage-sama, you're awake! –

"You have been in a coma for seven days. If Chiyo-baasama hadn't said that you are fine, we..."

It looked like his last self-rescue was successful.

"Really... did Konoha win?"

"Won!" Kakashi said, his eyes drifted away for some reason, "Konoha won! –

"Konoha has 1,521 people dead and 1,321 people severely injured. –

"Suna has 1,221 people dead and 825 people severely injured. –

"We can't count the data of Kumo and Iwa, but the casualties combined should be more than 12,000, and there are a lot of captured materials. –

"The Yondaime Raikage was beheaded by you on the spot, the Hanzo received a serious injury and escaped, and the others were all injured."

The Yondaime Raikage was indeed dead.

And after he fell into a coma, the Sandaime really seized the opportunity and gave the enemy a ruthless blow.

Of course, the casualty ratio of Iwa and Kumo is not so exaggerated. After all, everyone is a ninja, and the proportion of senior ninjas is quite large.

They know how to protect themselves in dangerous situations.

At the same level, it is easy to injure, but it is always difficult to kill.

It can only be said that there was no Kage commander at the end of the fight, and the morale collapsed. The duck was completely released and was running wild, and was killed by Konoha and Sunagakure indiscriminately.

– If Konoha didn't fight so hard in front, there would be no victory in the future.

It's just...

When he heard the number of dead on his side, Makoto still felt distressed like his toes were stomped on.

Looking at the data alone, Konoha really won a big victory this time. But the death of more than a thousand people is still...the reason why the ninjas were not slightly injured is because after so many days, under the healing of medical ninjutsu, they either recovered or died.

Being seriously injured is even more troublesome.

Because they are often difficult to treat, and there is a high probability that they will be accompanied by physical disabilities.

This is not counting the materials and money spent before.

Makoto didn't look at the specific data, but he was basically sure that what he had obtained for a few months was basically wiped out in this battle.

War is really a monster.

The only consolation is that Suna is also not having a good time.

From the data point of view, they are much better than Konoha. But the problem is that the number of them participating in the battle is small...

Well, it's really bad to see your teammates more miserable than yourself and feel happy.

But the human heart is always so strange.

"Those lords, how are they?"

Kakashi naturally knew who Makoto was talking about.

"Those lords were injured in varying degrees of severity. For the sake of safety, except for Sandaime-sama, all of them are recuperating."

They're recuperating?

Recuperating is good.

At least the person is alive.

In such a fierce battle, it is impossible for the Kages on Konoha's side not to be injured.

Mkaoto was completely relieved to hear that none of the Kage-level ninjas died.

"Sandaime didn't rest? Is it because he wants to continue to command the ninja army to attack the opponent's important strongholds, and even the headquarters?"

Kakashi shook his head.

"No...we are now on our way back to Konoha."

He has only been in a coma for a week, why are they returning?

It's not that the ninja army can't continue to fight. With the character of seeking stability of Sandaime, it is impossible to come up with a conspiracy in Ziwu Valley or something, and copy someone else's hometown in one go... Is it a treaty?

T/N: Ziwu Valley - a military counter offensive launched in 230 by the state of Cao Wei against his rival state Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China

"Was a treaty signed? How much is the other side going to pay? Two trillion ryos?"

Makoto has always hated mobilizing teachers due to anger. Since the brothers followed him, he had to think about them.

But two trillion...should be able to pay well for the casualties, right? Moreover, more than a dozen tasks that he has been thinking about can also be started simultaneously.

Konoha will become stronger and stronger because of this.

This is really exciting news.

Kakashi was getting more and more embarrassed.

"No, it's only 200 billion...and, it's paid off in 29 years..."

Pay off after so many years?

A year is not as good as the money they earned from selling cigarettes in a month.

How could the three generations manage to sign such a lousy treaty!?

Of course Makoto knew that the cigarette money of the Land of Fire was a special product of a special period. It didn't exist before, and there won't be any in the future.

The foundations of the two villages of Kumo and Iwa have already been shaken. They have already lost the battle, and if they want to make them pay so much war indemnity, it is almost like killing them.

But Makoto still felt that it was not worth it when he thought that all the people had been fighting for such a long time to get this little war reparation.

But Makoto felt that the Sandaime would never be kind to people in this way.

"Is there any other condition attached?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama. The leaders of the two villages have already promised to sign a ten-year peace agreement with us. They also handed over some of the village's secrets...ah, they also promised to normalize the Five Kage Summit, and all major events in the ninja world, all will be decided jointly by the Five Kages. And in the next five years, Konoha will be used as the venue for the Five Kages' talks. Not only that, Konoha has obtained the military access rights of the two countries, and Konoha can enter the two countries to perform tasks, and also be able to receive missions in both countries without interfering with state secrets..."

"At the same time, regardless of the Yondaime Raikage, the Sandaime Tsuchikage Onoki will be cautious in Konoha for the rest of his life."

– Prudence is a penalty inherited from the Warring States Period, and its specific manifestation is probably similar to confinement. However, most of the people who received this punishment did not end well, and some even starved to death during the cautious period.

Kakashi said a lot.

But the more Makoto listened, the more frustrated he became.

Compensation is too little.

There are many small privileges, but while the profits are not much, it will greatly offend the two countries.

This is not a letter of surrender, it is a letter of temporary truce.

If this thing is really followed, within ten years, several Hidden Villages will have to fight.

And what does it mean to normalize the Five Kage Summit?

Does Konoha need this thing... It doesn't seem like the Sandaime.

Makoto always has a special sense of disobedience.

He pondered for a while, and asked out the doubts in his heart.

"Who interfered in the war after I fell into a coma?"

Kakashi wanted to wait for Makoto to recover, but seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Kakashi had no choice but to report the truth.

"It's Mizukage Yagura. –

"When you killed Raikage and fell into a deep coma, Mizukage led the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and the most elite Kirigakure ninjas to join the war. –

"At that time, the Four Great Hidden Villages had a scuffle. Although we won, we were exhausted. Mizukage jumped out at this time and suggested that both sides stop fighting. –

"Of course we don't want to, but Killer B, Hachibi Jinchuuriki, who lost his brother directly made a move on Mizukage, but..."

Under Kakashi's description, Makoto knew what happened.

Kirigakure, who had never participated in the war, did participate in the war after all.

For this mysterious Hidden Village, the four major Hidden Villages are full of vigilance.

Even before the official decisive battle, the two sides exchanged information very seriously, and confirmed that Kirigakure's large army has never left the mainland, so they can rest assured.

Unexpectedly, this guy Yagura is really courageous.

He did not use a large army, but he brought his top elites here.

This move is very dangerous.

Because when the four major Hidden Villages are highly tense, if a small group of people like him comes in, if they are caught by either of the two sides, they will probably be wiped out.

If found by both sides together, it is mixed double fight.

The Four Great Hidden Villages are not stupid and will not give this guy a chance.

Even if they are close to the final battlefield, it is difficult to intervene silently.

Because all the people present at that time were Kages, it was very difficult to deceive their perceptions. Once discovered by them, they are likely to be besieged by Konoha and Kumo.

But Yagura was lucky.

The Shodaime caused the rainstorm, and its original intention was to help the Nidaime. But who would have thought that the wild rain would also become the best cover for Kiri?

When Konoha and Kumo were exhausted from fighting, he jumped out...but Yagura was very smart, he didn't attack both sides, but wanted to mediate between them.

Don't look at the lack of people from Kiri, but the combat power is really not bad.

Because Kisame is still one of the Seven Ninja Swords.

And Yagura...is also a perfect Jinchuriki.

Killer B, who was exhausted, rejected his suggestion and launched an attack on him, but was easily resolved by Yagura.

However, Yagura did not fight back, but continued to state his mediation – what he wanted was not an unreasonable truce, but to allow Kumo and Iwa to admit defeat and pay compensation, but also prohibited Konoha from expanding the results of the war.

All in all, what stands out is one that allows both sides to continue to maintain a balance of power.

And he also pointed out that there has been too much bloodshed between ninjas, and many conflicts can actually be resolved through discussion.

At the very least, if it is resolved early, there will be no need to meet with each other in the end.

So he wants to normalize the Five Kages Summit, and even turn it into a resident organization to help ninjas mediate relations.

Everyone present didn't know his little idea, but...

"What does Onoki say? He is responsible for this war. As one of the initiators, he is willing to be cautious all his life even though he still has cards?"

"Onoki-sama said that when encountering an enemy with such strong financial resources and sufficient logistics as Konoha, you must kill with all your strength as soon as possible. But if things are not in harmony, then there is nothing you can do to endure and wait for the right time... You must not let Because of this, Iwa suffered a crushing defeat, and he is willing to take responsibility for it."

Tsk, can you afford it, can you put it down?

But Onoki himself doesn't have many years to live... I guess he thinks so.

"What did the Sandaime say? Can he agree to this kind of thing?"

"The Sandaime said...he said...'you are right, what Konoha wants now is to rest, not to start a war indiscriminately'."

Makoto pursed his lips and had to admit that Sandaime's judgment was correct.

Of course Kirigakure is not strong, especially this guy has to cross the sea to fight.

But its strength is intact.

Even if Konoha defeated Iwa and Kumo, they would definitely not be able to wipe out the two factions of ninjas.

By that time, with the intact Kirigakure, and the remnants of the two villages who jumped out from time to time to fight security battles, it is estimated that Konoha will never be able to live in peace for the rest of his life.

The soldiers already had PTSD because of a moving tree, and the ninjas without the restraint of the base camp are probably equally difficult.

No matter what, Konoha's expedition must consume more than them.

Under such circumstances, it is still unknown what the outcome of the fight between the two sides will be.

But on the other hand, Konoha, who has a national strength advantage, can actually accumulate a greater advantage before the next war by relying on the advantage of quick blood recovery after the truce.

– This war is really helpless for Konoha.

Makoto didn't want to fight at all.

"What about Kumo's side?"

"Killer B was very emotional, but the others... In short, Yugito-sama replaced him and agreed to the contract."

Nii Yugito?

It must be the unlucky Jinchuriki who was dealt with by the undead duo in the future.

She is quite decisive.

It's a pity that in the anime, she didn't have time to pretend to be aggressive, and it was just a defeat scene.

"And... the big countries must have also intervened, right?"

Kakashi didn't dare to answer.

Hahah, sure enough.

If this ninja world war against Konoha can fully achieve all strategic goals, then the entire ninja world can be said to be dominated by Konoha.

Konoha's momentum will be comparable to or even surpassed that of the Shodaime and Uchiha Madara – Makoto's combat power cannot be compared with these two giants, but when it comes to stumbling other ninja villages and making black hands, these two are really amateurs.

He is confident that all the thorns will be cleaned before Naruto takes over as Hokage.

All Naruto needs to do is run over with absolute violence.

At this point, there will be only one great Hidden Village left in the entire ninja world, and that is Konoha.

The ninjas in the whole world will be the extension of Konoha Hokage's hands.

This is of course good news for war-torn ninjas.

Who wants to work hard all day long when they can earn money standing up.

...However, this is definitely not what the daimyos want to see.

If you dare to unify the ninja world now, they dare not even think about what you will do next.

Dumbledore even knew that the association had to be balanced.

The daimyos are not good at economics or the military, but they are self-taught in internal fighting.

Thus, Twelve Guardian Ninjas came.

Makoto understood the pain of Lord Yue.

T/N: Lord Yue, Yue Fei, a Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty and was considered a national hero of China. Because of his warlike stance, he was put to death by the Southern Song government in 1142 under a concocted charge, after a negotiated peace was achieved with the Jurchens

Fortunately... this was to be expected.

Makoto has always prepared for the worst and strived for the best result.

In any case, Konoha has gained some benefits this time.

Although it is Kirigakure who gets the most benefits.

On the surface, Kirigakure only promoted the normalization of the Five Kages Summit, and won one of the seats, without any supplies or compensation.

But you must know that the four major Hidden Villages on the mainland didn't play with Kirigakure very much before.

Who let it be at sea?

Now it has not only joined in legally, but also won a valuable vote.

In the next ten years, Kirigakure would be able to take part in every major event in the ninja world.

Don't underestimate this move.

If this move is used well, it is very valuable.

The power of Kiri, which had been unable to project in, might be able to enter easily.

As for what it wants to do with this power...whether it is the balance of power in the mainland, or it is for sale, it is very interesting.

Mizukage Yagura did not fight the first battle, but he did things that he could not do in war.

Obito, what the hell are you doing, quickly turn Kirigakure into the Bloody Mist.

Makoto smiled and slowly closed his eyes.

"This ninja world is really interesting."

Makoto said such words, but Kakashi did not dare to answer.

"Hokage-sama, you must let me speak clearly. I can only say that based on the current situation, taking a comprehensive look at the overall situation, looking at the past and present, and considering the average level of each department, it may be concluded from the analysis that, in summary, in general, you likely find however unpleasant it may be, that the outlook is in any case delicate - that is all to be expected at this stage."

Ah, Kakashi, you've grown.

Makoto didn't continue to talk to him, but sorted out the tasks that were more suitable for him to do next.

[Old soldiers don't die, they just wither: they never leave.]

[With a 100% satisfaction rate, properly handle cruel people.]

[Man Can Conquer Nature: Destiny? Hahahahaha!]

[Turn an area that is not suitable for living into a livable zone.]

[The sixth in the world: Hey, capital is amazing, isn't it?]

[Create a Coca-Cola Company and let it control the sixth largest naval power in the world.]

[Green Will: What this little fruit contains is not nutrients, but toxins.]

[Completely control the fruit output of a certain place, and use it to control the situation in the country.]

[Unparalleled Under Heaven: I am strong because I have the most powerful mother.]

[Create the most powerful company in the world.]

[Ninja Beacon: I am justice!]

[Tell a concept, and it has been widely recognized by ninjas.]

There are so many kinds.

However, just as Makoto was carefully planning the way ahead, a task suddenly indicated that he had completed it.

[The One Who Owes Money is the Man: try talking to me loudly again? Believe it or not, I will lie down and die immediately for you to see.]

[The debt ratio of the faction is over 80%.]

... But I don't want to complete this broken task!