Ascension failed, the system took me away

The land of thunder.

Yunyin Village.

"Lord Raikage, I think it would be safer to go via the sea."

"The ocean is vast and can easily hide the whereabouts of large forces."

"We will sail south from the southeastern port and join up with the fleet of the Hidden Mist Village."

"Join forces to land in the eastern region of the Fire Nation and launch an attack."

"This way, we won't be defeated one by one because our forces are dispersed."

In the Raikage's office, Dodai stood in front of a huge map of the Ninja World, gesturing and expressing his thoughts.

The four major countries have already determined the general plan for their joint attack on Konoha.

The attack must be launched simultaneously. No village can try to delay time, allowing its allies to test the waters while it watches the show from behind.

For this purpose, the daimyo of the four major countries went in person to mediate, and made every effort to avoid any mistakes.

Because of the different geographical locations, the original plan was to split the troops into two groups.

The Iwagakure Village and the Sand Village joined together, marched underground, and headed straight for Konoha from the western part of the Land of Fire.

The Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village met at sea, landed in the eastern part of the Fire Country, and launched an attack.

They use precious communication beasts to maintain real-time communication with each other.

However, the fourth Raikage, who has a head full of brawn, is also a delicate person. He does not trust the third Tsuchikage Ōnoki.

It is believed that this old fox is extremely cunning and has become very skilled in martial arts.

If Raikage Ai is a bandit, then Ōnoki is a cunning villain.

According to the Fourth Raikage's speculation, it would not be safe even if the daimyo mediated.

Given the character of the old guy Ohnoki, he would probably deliberately slow down and delay the time of giving the order to attack a little bit.

Let them be cannon fodder and test the waters first.

The Sand Village that is with the Iwagakure will probably also agree. After all, they are few in number, and it would be great to have others go and test the waters.

Of course, the above are just the personal guesses of the Fourth Raikage.

The reason, in addition to the previous impression of Ōnoki, is also partly due to personal grudges.

During the Third Ninja World War.

His father, the Third Raikage, faced the siege of tens of thousands of people from the Iwagakure Village alone in order to cover the evacuation of the younger generations of the village.

He fought alone and killed countless people. It is unknown how many lives of the Rock Ninjas ended in his hands.

Finally, he died of exhaustion due to running out of supplies.

This battle was a trap set by the cunning Ohnoki.

Because of a mistake in the intelligence exchange, the Third Raikage fell into a trap.

The Cloud Village troops he led were surrounded by the Iwagakure ninjas.

Faced with the encirclement of Iwagakure's collective ninjutsu, the troops under his command had no choice but to die.

However, the Third Raikage's Lightning Release: Thunder God Armor has reached the pinnacle, and his powerful body is known as the strongest shield.

He can break through the siege and escape alone.

But he didn't do that.

Instead, he lived up to the title of Kage and fulfilled his responsibilities as the chief of the Hidden Cloud Village.

He used his powerful fighting force to create a gap, allowing the younger generations in the village to evacuate first, while he stayed behind alone to buy time.

By separating his head and body and splitting his troops into two groups, he was betting that Ōnoki would take the opportunity to encircle and attack him.

Sure enough, this move was exactly what Onoki wanted.

Originally, he just wanted to annihilate this group of Cloud Hidden Army, and didn't have much thought about the Third Raikage.

After all, the speed of the Thunder God Armor is too fast.

Even if Ōnoki's bloodline eliminated Dust Release, its destructive power is unparalleled and unstoppable.

But it's useless if you can't hit the target.

What was unexpected was that the Third Raikage would make such an unwise choice and stay alone.

So Ohnoki took advantage of this opportunity.

Only a small force was sent to drive away the fleeing Cloud Ninjas, while the main force stayed behind to besiege the Third Raikage.

The battle was so bloody that rivers flowed and corpses were everywhere.

Of course, it was the Third Raikage who was killing and the Iwagakure ninjas who were dying.

One side was bloodthirsty, while the other side was terrified of death.

But the terrible loss of manpower did not make the Iwagakure retreat.

The main reason is that they don't dare, because deserters will be treated as traitors and beheaded on the spot.

You can only fight forward with all your might.

If I can land the final blow, I can take the life of the Third Raikage.

This achievement will allow an ordinary Rock Ninja to rise to great heights overnight.

But in the end they were unable to achieve their wish.

Because the strongest shield is not just a name.

Until the very end, the physical bodies of the three Raikages were not able to break the defense, and the only method that could break the defense, Dust Release, failed to hit them.

He died of exhaustion and running out of supplies.

In this battle, the Raikage of Kumogakure was killed, and countless ninjas of Iwagakure were killed. It seemed that both sides suffered losses.

But it is obvious that the losses of Kumogakure are greater. After all, apart from the high-end combat power of Iwagakure, there are not many ordinary ninjas, just like the stones in the Land of Earth.

Being able to kill a shadow can be considered a great victory.

The Fourth Raikage also came to power at this time.

My father died at the hands of Iwagakure. As a son, how could I forget that? This grudge was formed.

So he always speculated on Ohnoki's thoughts from the most malicious perspective.

I agree with Tutai's suggestion of going by sea, but the route needs to be changed.

The Fourth Raikage looked at the map of the Ninja World and pointed his finger at the western coastline of the Land of Lightning.

"Going by sea is indeed secretive, but we won't go south to join Kirigakure."

As he spoke, the Fourth Raikage drew a line.

From the western coastline of the Land of Lightning, head west, all the way across the ocean.

Row directly to the eastern coast of the Land of Earth.

"We will set out directly from here and go to the Land of Earth to join up with Iwagakure and Sandagakure."

"Go with them through the underground march tunnel."

"Ohnoki is an old fox. I must keep an eye on him to prevent him from doing anything tricky."

After hearing this explanation, Tutai on the side thought about it for a moment and felt that it made sense.

Even though the Daimyo Prefecture was coordinating this operation, there was actually no trust between the four major ninja villages.

We cannot leave the safety of our own village to the hands of other villages.

Acting together is the best option.

"What about Kirigakure?"

"It's unrealistic to expect them to go around in a big circle and meet up across such a long distance."

The Fourth Raikage waved his hands and didn't care.

"Don't worry about Kirigakure. They will definitely follow."

"According to a tip from our spies in Kirigakure."

"The current situation in Kirigakure has reached a point where it is difficult to resolve."

“They have very tense internal relations because of their elite policies.”

"Ninjas from the same village are even more hostile to each other than ninjas from other villages."

"Many Kirigakure ninjas couldn't stand this oppressive environment and chose to defect."

"If this continues, it's hard to say whether Kirigakure will be removed from the list of the five major ninja villages."

Tutai suddenly understood after hearing this.

Kirigakure has been playing alone behind closed doors all these years.

In addition to its geographical location and the shortage of supplies, it is only slightly better than Sunagakure.

You can only take the elite route, and only the strong can get more resources.

This policy already existed during the time of the Third Mizukage.

But as time went on, the situation deteriorated a little.

After the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, came to power, it seemed that he also found it difficult to deal with this historical legacy.

The competition among the Kirigakure ninjas is still fierce, causing panic in the entire village.

"So they need a foreign war to divert internal conflicts."

"This joint attack on Konoha is the best opportunity."

"It would be great if we could get a piece of the fat meat of Konoha."