Chapter 49: Analyzing the Situation.

Yasu followed Orochimaru to the Land of Hot Water.

After several days of trekking, they finally arrived at the Konoha ninja encampment in the Land of Hot Water.

The Konoha ninja encampment was located on the border between the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Fire.

Tents stood in rows, and several ninjas were on patrol.

The ninjas who saw Orochimaru respectfully greeted him as 'Lord Orochimaru'.

Orochimaru led him straight into the innermost tent.

Inside the tent, Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze were present.

Jiraiya's expression was one of pleasant surprise when he saw Orochimaru: "Orochimaru, you've finally arrived! The old man said you were coming to the Land of Hot Water to support us, which is a great relief."

Orochimaru didn't exchange pleasantries with Jiraiya and went straight to the point, asking: "What's the situation now?"

Jiraiya said seriously: "The situation is very bad. Our front lines have been retreating again and again, almost to the point where there's no further to retreat."

Orochimaru walked to the sand table, and Jiraiya explained the current situation in the Land of Hot Water to him in detail.

Ans as soon as Yasu entered the tent, he began to examine Minato.

He hadn't seen him in several years, and Minato had changed a lot. He looked much taller, his appearance looked more determined, and he had developed a sharp aura.

Similarly, Minato was also examining Yasu.

In Minato's eyes, Yasu had also changed a lot.

Yasu turned his gaze and walked to Orochimaru's side, wanting to see what the situation was like in the Land of Hot Water.

Jiraiya explained to Orochimaru: "The Hidden Cloud Village ninjas seem to have reached a cooperation agreement with the Hidden Hot Spring Village in the Land of Hot Water, and many Cloud ninjas are garrisoned in the Hidden Hot Spring Village."

"The border between the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Fire is very long and we only have a limited number of ninjas, and it's difficult to stretch the battle line so far. Currently, we can only do our best to barely keep the Cloud ninjas outside the border of the Land of Fire."

"At the same time, the Hidden Cloud Village has also garrisoned many ninjas in the Land of Frost. As soon as combat power is consumed, the ninjas garrisoned in the Land of the Frost will provide timely support to the Land of Hot Water to replenish combat power."

"According to the current situation, we are likely to withdraw completely from the Land of Hot Water back to the Land of Fire."

Orochimaru looked at the sand table, his brow furrowed.

He had prepared himself for the situation of the Konoha ninjas in the Land of Hot Water being very bad, but he didn't expect it to be this bad.

And Jiraiya was now secretly overjoyed. After coming to the Land of Hot Water, he had been frowning every day.

Because if it was just fighting, he wouldn't care. It's just that many troop deployments and task assignments require him to do them himself, he was completely overwhelmed.

Now that Orochimaru had arrived, he could dump all these things on him, after all, Orochimaru was the most skilled at this kind of thing.

Orochimaru was looking at the map table and thinking.

And Jiraiya looked at Yasu: "Kid, it's been a long time. I didn't expect you to become Orochimaru's disciple. He is quite picky about his disciples, not bad."

Yasu bowed to Jiraiya: "Long time no see, Lord Jiraiya."

After greeting him, he ignored him and started looking at the map table with Orochimaru.

Seeing his coldness, Jiraiya curled his lips and muttered: "No wonder they're master and disciple, they're both so cold."

Yasu looked at the flags belonging to the Konoha side on the sand table, his expression a little strange.

This front line is completely on the border of the Land of Fire.

If they retreat again, the border will be gone, and they will retreat directly into the Land of Fire.

Orochimaru tilted his head to look at him and asked: "Yasu, what do you think we should do to change the current situation?"

Not only him, but Jiraiya and Minato also looked at Orochimaru in surprise.

They didn't expect Orochimaru to ask Yasu for a way to change the situation.

Orochimaru said: "Just say what's on your mind, now is the battlefield."

His meaning was obvious; the battlefield is a good opportunity to make contributions.

If Yasu wants to enter the core of Konoha, he must try every means to perform.

Orochimaru was helping him make contributions.

Yasu frowned slightly, thinking in silence.

Jiraiya whispered to Orochimaru: "Oi, isn't it a little hasty to ask a kid about such an important matter?"

Orochimaru said with a smile: "Jiraiya, don't underestimate my disciple, he's even smarter than me."

Jiraiya looked at Yasu, who was pondering, with a suspicious look: "Really?"

After a while, Yasu came back to his senses from his contemplation.

Orochimaru asked: "What do you think?"

"I have an idea, but it may not be rigorous."

"Just say it, I will judge whether your idea is feasible or not."

Yasu nodded, and then asked: "Before that, I would like to ask Lord Jiraiya a question, that is, the reason why our Konoha ninjas have not retreated back to the Land of Fire and can still be stationed on the border line is because of you, right? My next idea is based on this question, so please answer me honestly."

Jiraiya touched his chin and replied: "Although there is a reason for self-praise, it can be said that there is this factor, after all, no matter what, I am one of the Sannin of Konoha."

Yasu first began to analyze: "In my opinion, the Hidden Cloud Village must not be ready to start a war with Konoha yet, otherwise, given the current situation, where the strength of the two sides is so disparate, the Cloud ninjas would definitely have the ability to attack and force us back into the territory of the Land of Fire."

"In this, Lord Jiraiya can be said to have played a crucial role as he is one of the Sannin, he is directly stationed here, which is equivalent to proving to the Hidden Cloud Village that we are determination to defend the border."

"And if even Lord Jiraiya is defeated, then Konoha will inevitably send more ninjas to support, which is not in their interest. Because it is currently known that the Hidden Rock Village has already cooperated with their Hidden Cloud Village. If Konoha sends ninjas to support the Land of Hot Water, then the pressure on the Hidden Cloud Village will be great. Although it is cooperation, they don't want to face the pressure of Konoha alone and let the Hidden Rock Village be so comfortable."

"Therefore, in my opinion, before the full-scale war begins, the Hidden Cloud Village will not take further action, but will maintain this state. In this way, when the full-scale war begins, they will be able to easily break through the border defense and directly attack the Land of Fire, starting the war in the Land of Fire."

Jiraiya's expression became very serious as he listened to his analysis.

Indeed, as he said, the number of Konoha ninjas and Cloud ninjas in the Land of Hot Water is vastly different. If the Hidden Cloud Village gathers ninja troops to attack them, they can only retreat to the Land of Fire.

However, since they retreated to the border line, the frequency of attacks by the Cloud ninjas have decreased a lot.

In that case, Yasu's analysis is correct, the Hidden Cloud Village is deliberately maintaining the current situation in the Land of Hot Water.

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