Naruto the Genius

Chapter 100: Attacked from Both Sides
Jiraiya shook his long hair and said to Huang Tu: "If I remember correctly, you are Huang Tu from Iwagakure. You asked Konoha for someone without any evidence, refused to negotiate with Konoha, and even started a war. Iwagakure's behavior is too overbearing." Huang Tu on the opposite side knew that he was in the wrong, and said with a somewhat unnatural look: "We are only acting according to the orders of Lord Tsuchikage. As ninjas, we must put the mission first. You are known as one of the three ninjas of Konoha, and it is said that you have the strength comparable to the Hokage. It is my honor to fight with you."

Jiraiya said somewhat sadly: "It seems that there is no way to avoid war. In this case, we can only fight with all our strength." Huang Tu immediately formed a seal "Earth escape, rock fist" The fist made of rock hit Jiraiya, "Ninjutsu, needle Jizo" Jiraiya's hair grew quickly, wrapped Jiraiya tightly, and blocked Huang Tu's punch. Then he kicked Huang Tu, and Huang Tu immediately jumped back to avoid Jiraiya's attack.

Jiraiya also took advantage of the situation and jumped back, and at the same time began to form a seal "Summoning Technique". The smoke dissipated, and Bunta appeared with a pipe in his mouth. Jiraiya shouted: "Bunta, prepare the oil." Bunta understood, and performed a combination ninjutsu "Fire Style, Toad Flame Oil Bomb" with Jiraiya. Jiraiya used Fire Style to ignite the oil spit out by Bunta, forming a powerful and wide-range Fire Style ninjutsu. Huang Tu knew the power of this move, and immediately formed a seal "Earth Style, Earth Wall", and a huge earth wall rose up to block the powerful flames.

Looking at Bunta summoned by Jiraiya, Huang Tu thought: "I summoned such a big guy, I must get rid of it first, otherwise it will be dangerous." Huang Tu pressed his hands on the ground and used "Earth Escape, Mountain Earth Technique". The Earth Escape formed two mountains, sandwiching Bunta in the middle, and Bunta supported himself with all his four feet. Jiraiya was shocked by Huang Tu's ninjutsu, but seeing that Huang Tu's hands never left the ground, he immediately condensed a Rasengan and jumped over Bunta's head towards Huang Tu. Seeing Jiraiya attacking with the Rasengan, Huang Tu immediately left his original position and raised two earth walls to block Jiraiya.

However, this way, the Mountain Earth Technique that restricted Bunta was released. Bunta sat on the ground and panted, "What an amazing ninjutsu! If you hold on a little longer, I will be crushed into a meat pie." The two were about to continue fighting when suddenly an Iwagakure Anbu came to Huang Tu and whispered something in Huang Tu's ear. Huang Tu looked a little solemn and said to Jiraiya, "Master Jiraiya, we have suffered a lot of losses so far. I think today's battle will end here and we will decide the winner tomorrow."

Jiraiya watched the battle between the two sides. Konoha and Iwagakure were basically in a stalemate, neither side could gain any advantage. Looking at the constant casualties of Konoha ninjas, Jiraiya felt a little reluctant. Looking at Huang Tu on the opposite side, he knew that he was not an easy opponent to deal with. Originally, Konoha was indeed stronger than Iwagakure, but the geographical location of the Land of Fire meant that Konoha had to guard against the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water at the same time, so it was impossible to deploy all its troops. Jiraiya was silent for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he agreed to Huang Tu's proposal.

At this time, whether it was Konoha or Iwagakure, many ninjas were already bloodthirsty. The leaders of both sides gave orders at the same time. Under pressure from their superiors, the fighting gradually stopped. When both sides retreated, they looked at each other with hatred. Once a war breaks out, companions will be sacrificed, and the sacrifice of companions will trigger hatred. This will easily lead to a vicious cycle. In a war like this where the gap in strength between the two sides is not big, the result is often that neither side will gain any benefit.

After a truce was finally reached, Jiraiya returned to the temporary base, and Shikaku also returned. Jiraiya was puzzled by the sudden truce of Iwagakure, and said to Shikaku beside him: "Iwagakure was obviously forced to declare war on us for some reason, and now their goal has not been achieved, why did they suddenly stop fighting?" Shikaku thought for a while and said: "The Tsuchikage should know that he does not have an absolute advantage in this war. If it continues, Konoha will definitely suffer losses, but it will not be good for them. The truce must be to reduce losses and at the same time to contain our Konoha troops. It seems that they have other allies, but we don't know who they are."

Jiraiya was surprised and said, "If there are other big countries attacking the Land of Fire, we have gathered so many people here, wouldn't Konoha be in danger!" Shikaku said, "That's true, but we can't withdraw now, otherwise we are likely to be hunted down. If things go wrong, Iwagakure may even directly attack Konoha. If we want to go back for reinforcements, we must deal with the enemies in front of us, but judging from today's situation, it will be difficult to deal with them in a short time." Jiraiya was worried about Konoha when he heard what Shikaku said, and said, "Is there no better way?"

Shikaku saw what Jiraiya was thinking and comforted him, "Don't worry, Lord Hokage is not that easy to deal with. Besides, Konoha still has so many powerful Anbu. Konoha will be fine. All we have to do is to do things well here. What I am worried about is something else. The Ninja World War may be unavoidable. Peace has lasted for so long. Is the Fourth Ninja World War finally coming?"

Jiraiya felt relieved at first when he heard what Shikaku said, but he was also heavy-hearted when he heard about the Ninja World War. He had experienced the Third Ninja World War, and he knew the cruelty of war better than anyone else.

During the war between Konoha and Iwagakure, both Kirigakure and Kumogakure closely followed the development of the war. After learning that Konoha had sent a large number of ninjas to fight Iwagakure, Kirigakure believed that Konoha's own defense would definitely become empty. Kirigakure, who had long wanted to attack the Land of Fire, felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and finally could not hold back and sent a large number of ninjas to the Land of Fire.

Not only other countries are paying attention to Konoha, Konoha is also paying attention to the movements of other countries. As for Kirigakure, Konoha has paid special attention to it since the last incident. Konoha also got the news of their next action in advance. The news that the two big countries attacked the Land of Fire at the same time reached Tsunade, and Konoha held a meeting again. But this time, everyone knew that it would be difficult to solve the problem through negotiations, and the issue discussed was how to respond to the challenge.

Even though the Fire Nation was the strongest of the five great nations, facing the situation of two great nations attacking at the same time, everyone in the conference room felt tremendous pressure. This time, the Fire Nation was facing a huge crisis, and if things went wrong, there was a danger of national destruction.

(End of this chapter)