Chapter 183 What, are you dissatisfied? Originally, because of the existence of Shiba Kiyokawa, the direction of the current world line has already deviated greatly from the original. However, at the end of this year, the battle at Kannabi Bridge still shocked the entire ninja world just like in the original work! The news of Konoha's defeat and Akatsuki's great victory spread from the desert of the Wind Country to the sea of the Water Country. Everyone knew about it! The Ninja World War once again opened a new chapter at this similar time point! Although this new chapter is still called the Battle of Kannabi Bridge on the cover, the content has nothing to do with the original work anymore... In this battle, Konoha and Iwagakure both ended up being losers, destined to compete with each other in misery. Konoha suffered heavy losses. Almost all of the elite ninjas that Minato Namikaze brought up the mountain were killed. Only Akimichi Choza, who was the first to be exhausted, managed to escape down the mountain with two or three others. Aburame Shio died, Maruboshi Kosuke also died, and many elite representatives of the ninja clan also died. Elder Hideki of the Konoha main family was even captured alive! And this is just the loss in the mountainous area where the Kamnobi Bridge is located. Looking at the entire battlefield, in order to cover the supply line assault, Minato Namikaze launched a large-scale covering offensive on a front line of more than 300 kilometers! A total of more than five thousand Konoha ninjas participated in this offensive! Among them, the Sarutobi clan was forced to charge to the front line, and ultimately paid a heavy price.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke fought bravely on the front line this time. This was probably the first time since he was born that he worked so hard and took the lead in devoting everything to Konoha. The will of fire that he had always talked about in the past was finally put into practice with his body this time. When he returned to the front-line camp seriously injured, half of Sarutobi Shinnosuke's head, including his eyes, was wrapped in gauze. At this time, he was lying on a stretcher. Although he was gasping in pain, he was still excited. He asked his colleagues around him and the medical ninjas who were busy walking around over and over again. "Did we win? Did we take the Kannabi Bridge?" Because of the delay in the transmission of information and orders, the battle on the mountain ended in the early morning, but the news did not reach them until noon. During the long wait, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, whose eyes were wrapped in gauze and unable to see, asked again and again. Until faint sobbing was heard and an angry voice answered him. "We failed! We failed! Commander Minato is seriously injured and dying. Everything is over!" At that moment, the pillar in Sarutobi Shinnosuke's heart collapsed. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" After saying this, he waved and stretched his hands wildly in front of him. "This time, our Sarutobi clan went to the battlefield. We didn't hold back at all and made such a great contribution. Why did we fail?" This statement was purely a slip of the tongue due to his out-of-control emotions. But sometimes, the more you lose control unintentionally, the more you can tell the truth. The next moment, there was a crisp "pop" sound. A passing medical ninja slapped him hard in the face without showing any mercy.
"So you yourself know that your Sarutobi clan has always been a drag in the past! You bastard!" "you!" "What are you talking about! The war has been lost like this, everything is over, do you think I'm still afraid of you Sarutobi clan? Go to hell, go and heal your wounds yourself!" Then Sarutobi Shinnosuke felt that the medical ninjutsu chakra in his body disappeared. He was helpless, terrified, and angry. His eyes were temporarily covered by thick gauze and he could not see anything, but he could sense the boundless despair spreading around him... After the defeat in the war, the internal conflicts that were previously suppressed by Minato Namikaze are bound to erupt even more violently in the future! The poor Sarutobi clan took the initiative to sacrifice themselves in the war for once, but not only did it fail to change their reputation, it made them even more hated. Of course, the despair and worry of the Konoha ninjas were actually a bit exaggerated. Because only part of the battle report was sent back, they didn't know yet: Iwagakure was not much better than them. Before Uchiha Madara pulled out the tube, he used the power of the Outer Path Demon Statue to perform a fire escape that turned the entire valley into a sea of fire, burning hundreds of Iwagakure's main ninjas to death in one breath! Even afterwards, when Akatsuki was cleaning up the battlefield, they secretly took away a group of valuable survivors. Then they put all the blame on Uchiha Madara and Jiraiya for their disappearance. This caused Ohnoki to bang the table and scream over and over again after the war. "Uchiha Madara! Uchiha Madara! How could that old man still be alive?!" For a moment, it was hard to tell whether he was angry or scared. After all, others may not know, but Shiba Kiyokawa knows very well: the person Ohnoki fears most in his life is Uchiha Madara. It was precisely by taking advantage of Ōnoki's mentality that after the war, no matter how many questions Iwagakure raised about the details of the battlefield cleanup process, Shiba Kiyokawa's answer was always. "It was all Uchiha Madara's fault!" No matter how much Oonoki puffed his beard and glared. "There were reports that several teams from our village went to the mountainside to provide support. How come they are missing too?" Shiba Kiyokawa's answer is always: "Uchiha Madara did it. You know, that's Uchiha Madara!" "What about my apprentice! Where did you hide my apprentice Deidara?! Before his death, would Uchiha Madara embarrass a four-and-a-half-year-old child?!" Shiba Qinghe shrugged and pretended to look around at the scenery, "Who knows? After all, it's Uchiha Madara. Why don't you go ask him yourself?" Just this question scared Ohnoki enough, "He, he, he's not dead yet?!" "He's dead. I'm asking if you want to go to the Pure Land and ask him?" "..." Ohnoki was so angry that he gasped again. But at this point, he has completely lost the confidence to boss Shiba Kiyokawa around. In this battle, Akatsuki did not participate at all in the defense of the front lines outside the mountains, and they did not get involved in the battle in the valley where the mortality rate was the highest. Throughout the entire process, they were only responsible for guarding the mountain top road leading to the Kammubi Bridge. With the help of a large number of pre-arranged traps and terrain advantages, their losses were minimal. Both Iwagakure and Konoha suffered heavy losses in this battle, especially the main elite forces, which suffered extremely heavy losses, which could be described as serious injuries!
In the Ninja World War, it is meaningless to have a large number of line-filling ninjas. The number and quality of the main jonin and chunin often reflect the true war potential of a ninja village! Now the roles have been reversed. At least in this local battlefield in the northwest of the Ninja World, the Akatsuki organization has become the strongest force! So even if Oonoki was angry, he wouldn't dare to really break up with Shiba Kiyokawa for the time being! On the contrary, he had to suppress his temper, try hard to force an ugly smile, take a few deep breaths, and then ask with a smile. "So what are your plans next, Qinghe? How do you regroup and attack the Fire Nation?" At that moment, Shiba Kiyokawa smiled. "We are not that familiar with each other, so you should call me Chief Shiba. Before we attack, I think it would be better for you to pay the money for the bridge repair first." "What? We have to pay for repairing the bridge?" "Of course! This bridge is the lifeline of your Iwagakure supply chain. We, the Akatsuki organization, are kind enough to help you reinforce and rebuild it and save your battle situation. Do you think we should pay for it out of our own pockets?" At that moment, Ohnoki was so angry that his whole body was shaking. "You! You are taking advantage of the situation! Shiba Kiyokawa, we are allies! You used my bridge to fish, you used my bridge to set up the battlefield, you used my bridge to achieve your glory, and now you are asking me for money? You! You are really going too far!" In response to this, Shiba Kiyokawa fought back with just one sentence. "What, you don't accept it?" (End of this chapter)