Chapter 169 The decisive battle is coming Two days later, Kakashi's Jonin examination ended as scheduled. Due to the intense war situation, this assessment even made an exception and no longer required the ninjas who signed up for the assessment to return to the village. Instead, the village arranged for examiners to come to the front line to review their abilities and thoughts one by one. After the test was over, the chief examiner, the jonin, came to Namikaze Minato's tent and gave a reminder after careful consideration. "Master Minato, your disciple's personal strength is indeed outstanding, but his understanding of the Will of Fire seems a bit extreme. Do you think so?..." In the current world line, ever since Shiba Kiyokawa planted a seed of confusion in Kakashi's heart more than a year ago, Kakashi's growth has completely deviated from the trajectory of the original work! His strength has become stronger, but his heart has also become colder. He is drifting further and further away from the village leaders and is no longer as absolutely loyal as in the original book. After all, there are some things that you can cover your eyes and pretend not to see for a lifetime, but once you open your eyes, the truth is like the elephant in the room, which is impossible to ignore! At this point, Kakashi's understanding of the Will of Fire is more than just extreme. It can be called "treason"! But to the examiner's surprise, Minato Namikaze interrupted him before he could finish. But instead of promising to educate Kakashi, he just gave a cold evasive answer. "Since there is no problem with Kakashi's strength, grant him the title of Jonin immediately. I will need his ability to lead a team independently in the next battle." The examiner became anxious. "Minato-sama, didn't you hear what I just said? This child's will of fire--"
But Minato Namikaze interrupted him again, his tone even colder than before. "Chougo, you have changed your last name to Sarutobi now, right?" The examiner called Changwu was stunned for a moment, but he was still nodding in confusion. "Yes, Minato-sama. Hiruzen-sama also asked me to bring you a few words this time." He didn't hear the distance and indifference in Minato Namikaze's tone at all. "Changwu, go back." "Minato-sama, what did you say?" "I say, go back. Just tell Shinnosuke what that person asked you to bring. After the assessment, return to the village as soon as possible and don't stay at the front line for too long." It was not until then that Sarutobi Changgo suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter! His whole body was trembling: Now it seemed that Kakashi, his disciple, was not the only one who had an extreme understanding of the Will of Fire. But facing the look from Minato Namikaze, he was unable to utter a word. He didn't know what happened on the front line a while ago, but he instinctively felt that Minato Namikaze's eyes were no longer as warm as before. The morning sun had now turned into a scorching sun, and the blazing rays made him sweat profusely. He didn't have the courage to refute and could only retreat as he was told. Then he quickly teleported to find Sarutobi Shinnosuke. But before he could go to Lord Shinnosuke to complain, Sarutobi Shinnosuke eagerly grabbed his hand, as if he had grabbed the last straw! "Chango, you need to go back and tell my father! Minato has changed! He has completely changed! Next, he plans to entrust all the most dangerous tasks to our Sarutobi clan! Go back to the village and ask my father to come and stop him!" Changwu was now completely stunned. As a crucial attempt by Minato Namikaze to end the entire northern war, the Battle of Kannabi Bridge certainly could not have been limited to the few strokes left in the original work! In fact, various forces in the north are currently planning a decisive battle of unprecedented scale! Minato Namikaze's next action will definitely not be as simple as leading a team alone and raiding Kannobi Bridge thousands of miles away! In order to cooperate with the bridge bombing operation, he planned a large-scale covering attack!
On the map, the entire planned offensive line stretches for more than 300 kilometers! This is a crucial decisive battle that will truly determine the fate of the two villages! In this decisive battle, Minato's most unexpected decision was that he forced almost all the most dangerous offensive tasks on the front line to be handed over to the Sarutobi clan! The moment the battle plan was announced, all the ninjas on the front line quickly realized the firmness of Namikaze Minato's determination this time! No one dared to raise any objections. Even Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who looked as if he had lost his parents, retreated under the sharp gaze of Namikaze Minato and did not dare to stand up and oppose Namikaze Minato's decision on the spot. Now that he heard Shinnosuke relay the news, Sarutobi Changgo felt as if he had been struck by lightning. "How could this happen?! What on earth happened to Minato these days?!" Deep down, Changwu actually knew the answer. Why did he change his surname to Sarutobi? Could he not remember it? It’s just that in the past they had long been accustomed to Minato Namikaze’s strength, tolerance and concessions, and they thought that Minato Namikaze would always be tolerant and continue to create miracles! However, they never imagined that under the huge external pressure, once the little sun overheated, the heat would be completely unbearable for them! This time, it is Minato Namikaze's turn to teach them what the will of "fire" is. The sweat on Sarutobi Changgo's forehead suddenly flowed even more violently, but he had no idea what to do. Three more days passed as everyone waited in agony, anticipation, and anxiety! On this day, the first one to feel that the war was coming was Yunyin, who seemed to be the most out of it! "Lord Raikage, something bad has happened! The village's Two-Tails Jinchuriki has gone berserk! The reason is still unclear." On this day, a member of the Kumogakure Anbu rushed into the room to report, which instantly made the Raikage panic. "Damn it! How could the Jinchūriki lose control?! And at this very moment!" They, the Hidden Cloud Village, have always done a good job in dealing with the tailed beasts. It's not like Iwagakure where the Jinchūriki runs away from home every other day, nor is it like Konoha and Sunagakure where they can only lock up the Jinchūriki in the village and dare not let them out. The utilization rate of their Jinchūriki in Kumogakure has always been ranked first among the five major villages! But now is not a good time. A few years ago, they had just replaced the Jinchuriki of the two tailed beasts in the village. At that time, the Second Ninja World War had just ended, and the Hidden Cloud Village also thought that war would not come again in the short term, so they took advantage of the truce period to replace the two tailed beasts' Jinchūriki one after another. Nowadays, the jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails and the Two-Tails are very young, and the Two-Tails jinchūriki is particularly immature. Yukito is still just a little girl in her early teens, and she has been a jinchūriki even shorter than Killer Bee. So Yunyin kept her in the village. Who would have thought that something would happen at this critical juncture! Raikage Ai was an impatient man. He immediately rushed out after smashing a wall, and it seemed that he was planning to rush back to the village to deal with it personally. However, Dodai, the front-line commander of Iwagakure, was obviously much calmer, and he thought of it immediately. "Could this be Konoha's doing? According to the intelligence, they are obviously going to make a big move soon!" "Are you saying that the Jinchuriki's rampage this time was caused by Konoha's spies? But isn't Konoha's spy chief, the one named Danzo Shimura, still bedridden?" Raikage Mabui asked in confusion. Dodai said: "Danzo is seriously injured, but it doesn't mean that Konoha's spies will not take action. We have a lot of intelligence showing that Konoha's spy system in the entire north is now under the command of Minato Namikaze!" At that moment, everyone in the room was silent. After a long while, someone sighed and said something. "Hey, so why did Akatsuki beat Danzo Shimura so badly in the first place? Wouldn't it be better to let him return to the village in good health?"
It can be seen that everyone has a consensus: Compared to Minato Namikaze, Danzo is a waste! (End of this chapter)