70: Letter of Reconciliation

The meeting with Sakumo was at nine o'clock in the morning the next day, and the three of Shiraishi arrived at the Konoha camp on the front line of the Land of Fire.

　　There is basically no change here from before. If there is a change, it is that the atmosphere here is more tense than before.

　　However, in the last mission to cut off the supply of hidden sand, although the three of Shiraishi's mission 'failed' due to the trouble at the root, Sakumo completed the mission very beautifully.

　　He destroyed Shayin's important supply point by himself, causing Shayin's offensive strength to become weak these days.

　　"In other words, as long as you survive this winter, will Sandyin fall apart?"

　　Shiraishi asked.

　　It is already the beginning of October, and the weather is slowly getting cooler, especially in December, when the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of River will enter the season of cold winter.

　　Sandyin ninjas don't have enough supplies to survive this winter, and when early spring comes, the situation will become extremely unfavorable for Sandyin.

　　"It's generally true, but whether Sha Yin will really retreat, we are not sure on our side, we can only say that it is very likely."

　　Sakumo nodded.

　　In the case of insufficient supplies, launching the last fierce attack to open the gap into the country of fire is also a way out for Sandyin.

　　After all, it was the third-generation kazekage who took the lead this time, so he had to be fully prepared.

　　The more this is the case, the more you have to be very careful not to let the sand ninjas take advantage.

　　"Then what is the task assigned to our team?"

　　"It's still the same as before, looking for the lonely sand ninja troops to annihilate, and reduce the pressure on the frontal battlefield from the side."

　　Sakumo replied.

　　He is very aware of his limits as a ninja. He does not have any large-scale ninjutsu attacks, and all his strengths come from taijutsu and swordsmanship.

　　Therefore, he will have a headache for enemies with large-area ninjutsu attacks, but on the other hand, his taijutsu and swordsmanship are all at their peak.

　　If they couldn't keep up with his speed, and lacked defenses against White Fang's dagger, for him, killing an enemy was only a slash or a few more slashes.

　　This point, the three Shiraishi people are also very clear.

　　He is a ninja with obvious flaws and strengths.

　　It is suitable for small-scale battles, but in large-scale battles, it will limit his strength.

　　Because on the frontal battlefield, he has more things to consider, avoiding the Kunai and the detonating talisman that flew from nowhere, and if he encounters many companions in distress, whether to save or not to save is also a question worthy of serious consideration.

　　In this way, his sword skills will become hesitant and dull, unable to exert 100% of his power.

　　In this regard, Sakumo has nothing to complain about.

　　Ninjas are assigned jobs that suit them due to their different abilities and personalities.

　　He is only suitable for this kind of action, just like Sannin can't do his job, and he can't do Sannin's work either.

　　"You just arrived here today. Let's take a day off here. We will start our mission tomorrow morning."

　　"Yes."

　　Before Sakumo left, he said something to Shiraishi: "By the way, I forgot to say, Shiraishi, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the medical camp to see. Right now, the medical ninjas are still in short supply here on the front line. Take the pressure off there."

　　"I see."

　　Shiraishi nodded and walked towards the medical camp.

　　It is true to relieve the pressure of the medical team, but how much pressure can be relieved, Shiraishi also knows that it is only Sakumo's words of comfort.

　　After all, treating patients is the duty of a medical ninja, and Shiraishi has no reason to refuse.

　　However, in Shiraishi's view, Konoha still has the defect of insufficient number of medical ninjas. It is entirely because of his own cognition and execution strategy that lead to this result.

　　Konoha attaches great importance to medical education, and it is also because of the medical reform proposed by Tsunade a few years ago that he began to train medical ninjas.

　　But in fact, at the beginning, Konoha did not pay too much attention to medical reform.

　　In their eyes, instead of dedicating resources to medical ninjas with weak combat effectiveness, it is better to cultivate more powerful ninjas and strengthen the combat effectiveness of the village.

　　However, after the tragic War of the Rain Country, it was discovered that the resources were tilted towards the powerful ninjas, and the mortality rate remained high, and the medical ninjutsu course was forced to be implemented in the ninja school.

　　Shiraishi is the first batch of medical ninja experimental class members of the medical reform, and he is very aware of how slack Konoha is in training medical ninjas.

　　If Tsunade hadn't proposed this reform... Maybe Konoha wouldn't pay attention to the profession of medical ninja until now.

　　(PS: In the original book, I seem to recall that when Tsunade proposed the medical reform, all the high-level officials including the three generations of Hokage and Jonin were not interested in Tsunade's proposal. Only Kato Dan supported Tsunade, which may be greedy for her body...)

　　When they arrived at the camp where the medical team was located, they could hear the pained cries of the wounded, and the smell of disinfectant and blood mixed together and penetrated into Shiraishi's nostrils.

　　Coupled with the limited range of the camp, some of the injured could only lie outside for some treatment.

　　Priority is given to rescuing seriously injured ninjas, and then treating moderate to mild injuries. This is the rule of the Konoha Medical Corps.

　　Here, Shiraishi also saw Tsunade, but he did not reminisce about the past, when Tsunade was performing medical ninjutsu to treat the injured.

　　Shiraishi explained his intention to the deputy commander here, and the other party was very happy. One more medical ninja at this time means that he can rescue a few more injured people.

　　Especially since the other party was the medical ninja specially equipped for Sakumo's team. He was the first batch of medical experimental class students in the ninja school. No matter how you looked at medical ninjutsu, it couldn't be too bad.

　　Therefore, he immediately assigned Shiraishi more than a dozen moderately and mildly injured people, as well as some medical supplies, and asked him to go to work quickly.

　　Shiraishi walked to an open space, where there was a floor covering, and there were many wounded Konoha ninjas lying there, about dozens of wounded.

　　Along with Shiraishi, there are three medical ninjas, the oldest is in his thirties, and the youngest is a few years older than Shiraishi.

　　Even if they are both medical ninjas, there is no communication at all, or there is no such time at all.

　　Shiraishi devoted himself to using the healing technique to treat the wounds of these wounded with skillful and standardized movements.

　　During the treatment process, Shiraishi will also communicate with the injured to relieve the pressure in their hearts and better treat them.

　　"It's already fine, you just need to rest for two days."

　　"I know you, you are a member of the Sakumo Jōnin squad, you are really a powerful medical ninja."

　　The healed Konoha ninja praised Shiraishi in a kind tone.

　　"No, compared to the seniors, I still have many shortcomings."

　　For this kind of compliment, Shiraishi just smiled modestly.

　　After all, compared to a medical ninja of Tsunade's level, he really has a lot to improve.

　　Starting in the morning, Shiraishi did not finish his medical work until it was dark in the evening.

　　Because most of the tents were requisitioned by the medical troops, even so, there were still some wounded who were not assigned to tents, so when Shiraishi came back to join Ruri and Ayane, he was only assigned an open space that could be used for rest.

　　At five o'clock in the morning the next morning, the sky was dark, and the three of Shiraishi had already woken up.

　　Some Konoha ninjas are still sleeping, and many Konoha ninjas patrol the outer circle of the camp, mainly sensing ninjas and ninjas from the Hyuga clan.

　　When Sakumo came to look for them, Shiraishi and the three had prepared everything, including ration pills, antidote, kunai, detonating talisman, sealed scroll, medical box, etc.

　　As the only auxiliary medical staff in the team, Shiraishi's job was to equip as many supplies as possible, so he also stuffed emergency food and water in his backpack.

　　The next mission of the Sakumo team can also be said to have no mission content.

　　If it encounters an enemy, it will be wiped out, if it encounters a companion, it will provide support, and if it is lucky enough to encounter Sand Ninja's transport convoy, it will destroy it.

　　Just like Sandyin sent elite troops to make trouble in the country of fire before, it was used to disturb Konoha's attention, and even the frontline Konoha ninjas did not dare to mess around.

　　The Sakumo team's mission this time is the same.

　　Go deep into the country of rivers, and even in the country of the wind, to carry out sabotage work behind enemy lines, and let the Sakumo team deal with it according to the situation on the spot.

　　The above gave the Sakumo team a considerable amount of freedom, which also meant that this mission was very dangerous.

　　Not to mention Shiraishi and Ayane, Ruri was already eager to try it.

　　After the last battle, her ninjutsu, taijutsu, and illusion have grown a lot, and her sharingan has also been upgraded to the form of three tomoe.

　　This kind of growth is obvious, and Sakumo is also very satisfied with it. He thinks that if he wants to deal with the current Ruri, he can't take it lightly.

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　　Mid-November.

　　The Kingdom of Rivers, the Sandy Camp.

　　Three generations of Kazekage looked at the information sent by the people below with a gloomy face. In the past month, there have been frequent reports of the Sand Ninja team performing patrol tasks in the country of rivers, and they were annihilated by the enemy.

　　"Konoha White Fang!"

　　Three generations of kazekage fists slammed on the table, his eyes burning with anger.

　　Even without looking at the information in the intelligence, you know who did such a thing.

　　Except for Konoha White Fang, none of the Jōnin that Konoha can dispatch now has such a terrifying speed of annihilation.

　　The speed was so fast that it seemed like a tornado, and wherever it went, no grass grew and was uprooted.

　　Whether it is the upper ninja team, the chunin team, or even the lower ninja team, all of them are cut off without leaving no mercy.

　　Apart from the prestigious White Fang, Sandai Kazekage could not have imagined that there was another Konoha Jonin who could do this.

　　His most trusted puppet troops, the two elites, were also annihilated in the Land of Fire by the team led by White Fang, and even the corpses are still in Konoha's hands.

　　The power that Sandyin can mobilize is not much higher than that of Konoha, the only variable is his Kazekage, and the trump card that has not been used - Shukaku.

　　The poisonous attack strategy created by Sandyin was defeated by the Konoha ninja Tsunade.

　　He had no problem fighting head-on, but Sand Ninja's overall quality was worse than that of Konoha Ninjas. In addition, there was a shortage of medical ninjas in the camp, and the death rate was a little higher than Konoha's.

　　Now that White Fang is harassing the rear again, Konoha's next step...

　　Sure enough, it didn't take long for a jonin to come in to report that there was a change in the Konoha camp. Nearly a thousand ninjas set out from the camp and headed here from the front.

　　However, the moment they entered the borders of the River Country, Konoha's thousand troops stopped moving, as if they were just going out for a parade.

　　But Kazekage Sandai understands that Konoha intends to oppress Sandyin on the frontline, creating opportunities for White Fang to attack.

　　If Sandyin desperately pursues and kills the White Fang team, Konoha's large force will be pressed from the front.

　　"Is that guy still not agreeing?"

　　Three generations of Kazekage looked at a sand Shinobi with a solemn expression.

　　"He doesn't agree. No matter how I persuade him, he doesn't agree to use Shukaku's power. He said that he hoped that you, Mr. Kazekage, would value peace and stop the war for the sake of Sha Yin."

　　Jonin replied.

　　"Stop the war for Sandyin's sake, okay?"

　　Three generations of Kazekage turned his attention to the direction of the country of fire.

　　The land there is richer than the land of wind, and there are endless genius ninjas in Konoha, White Fang, Sannin, Kato Dan...

　　The ninjas include three clans of pigs, deer and butterflies, as well as other famous ninjas, Sarutobi, Shimura, Inuzuka, Aburame and so on.

　　What is even more terrifying is that Uchiha and Hyuga are among the most complete ancient bloodstained giants in the ninja world today.

　　With such a strong lineup, the third generation of Kazekage felt a heavy heart when he thought of this.

　　Now, if Konoha hasn't recovered from the war in the Land of Rain, he will loot resources in the Land of Fire, and when Konoha recovers, it will be extremely difficult to reap the benefits.

　　Because Konoha is getting stronger and stronger, it has caused enough pressure on the surrounding countries and ninja villages.

　　If it goes on like this, as Konoha gets stronger and stronger, there will be less and less space for Shayin to live.

　　We can only continue to cut military expenditures and reduce the number of ninjas. We can only watch the number of ninjas in Konoha grow more and more, and the military expenditures are getting more and more sufficient, which is unique in the ninja world.

　　By that time, Sandyin will be completely lingering under Konoha.

　　Three generations of Kazekage didn't want to see Shayin like that, no matter how powerful Konoha was, he had to fight it.

　　As long as the power of Konoha can be weakened, Sandyin can breathe a sigh of relief, and he can see the hope of prosperity.

　　If there is no war, there is not even a glimmer of hope in sight.

　　Therefore, the idea of ​​'harmony is the most precious' of the Shukaku people is righteous from a personal point of view, but between countries, there is no justice or evil, only the strong and the weak, and only the gains and losses.

　　"He is not suitable for this ninja world. Although Shukaku is very peaceful in his body, if he does not actively stimulate it, there is no risk of running away. But it also means that Sandyin will not be able to use this weapon. Weapons cannot be used, this is the greatest tragedy of the war. It seems that we need to replace the jinchuriki..."

　　Hearing the words of the three generations of Kazekage, the expression on the face of the ninja was shocking.

　　"Lord Kazekage, this..."

　　"Don't worry, I'm just mentioning it casually. After all, the transfer of the tailed beast is very important and must be decided through a high-level meeting."

　　Three generations of Kazekage said this, but he couldn't make the Jonin feel at ease.

　　"Then what should we do now?"

　　This situation is very helpless.

　　This is the most difficult place for Sandyin.

　　Compared with Konoha, it is not only the overall quality gap, but in terms of top ninjas, it is not as big as Konoha.

　　Just a Konoha White Fang gave them a headache. The sand ninjas were all terrified to let such a dangerous ninja be destroyed in the rear.

　　Recently, many sand ninjas are afraid to take on missions like patrolling the country of rivers.

　　Facing that White Fang, many Sand Ninjas had already begun to feel terrified.

　　"I already have a countermeasure. This is a personal letter from Tsuchikage Onoki to me, and he will help us in secret."

　　"Is that Tsuchikage? To be honest, I don't recommend Kazekage-sama to cooperate with that Tsuchikage."

　　"This is our only chance."

　　Three generations of Kazekage said.

　　Having said that, he sat down on the desk and drafted two letters.

　　After writing the letter, he handed it over to the close friend Jonin next to him, and said, "One letter to Konoha's commander, Orochimaru, and one letter to the patrol team to send to Konoha White Fang."

　　"This is..."

　　The named jonin looked at the third Kazekage in confusion.

　　"Go down."

　　"Yes."

　　Despite his doubts, the Jonin went down and carried out the task.

　　"It's all for Sandyin's sake... Konoha..."

　　The three generations of kazekage whispered quietly, and a fierce breath passed through his eyes.

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　　The western region of the country of rivers.

　　It is at the junction of the land of wind and the land of rivers.

　　Sand Ninja, who supports the river country from the land of the wind, will pass by this road.

　　The four members of Sakumo's team implemented the annihilation strategy here.

　　Destroy all the sand ninjas in front of you, not a single one.

　　After annihilating a team, he understands to get out, never sloppy, find a hidden place to hide, and then continue to annihilate after a period of time.

　　Sakumo, who has been famous for a long time, aside, Ruri and Ayane's strengths are also at the level of Jonin, and they also have a special bloodline limit. The destructive power brought by the three is amazing.

　　Shiraishi only needs to give some small assistance at the back of the team, such as poisoned smoke bombs, and throwing detonators.

　　During non-combat, they use local materials to make medicines, such as food pills and antidotes. After all, Sand Ninja's puppet master weapons are highly poisonous, and it is dangerous to accidentally get scratched by them.

　　In this way, the persistent combat capability of the Sakumo squad is increased.

　　This morning, another sand ninja team of six was wiped out.

　　It doesn't seem like much, but since he accepted this mission more than a month ago, they have been fighting, fighting, and constantly dying at the hands of their team, and there are hundreds of them in total.

　　When you are lucky, you will encounter a convoy entering the country of rivers from the Land of Wind, burn the few materials in Shayin, and then use the agile mobility to create chaos with Ruri's large-scale fire escape technique. Run away to avoid being surrounded by large troops.

　　If there are fewer people chasing, they will be annihilated by their team in reverse.

　　If the number of chasing ninjas increases, use the super-high mobility to take the opponent around in the country of rivers.

　　Unless Sandyin dispatches more than a few hundred ninjas at one time, including more than twenty Jonin, it is impossible to encircle them in the country of rivers.

　　If the three generations of Kazekage really have this kind of determination, and divide so many active forces, Sand Hidden is on the frontal battlefield, and it is impossible to win against Konoha, and the loss will be even greater.

　　Shiraishi deftly shrugged over the dead body on top of the dead sand, rummaging for things.

　　The scrolls that might record ninjutsu and data, the detonating talismans used for fighting, and the ration pills for recovery, all of them were taken away until the backpack could no longer be loaded.

　　Shiraishi couldn't help but sigh that he followed Sakumo, and the task was so smooth.

　　The three of them above faced the hordes of Sand Ninjas and could only flee everywhere.

　　Even if the strength has become stronger now, he does not dare to confront Sandyin's large army head-on.

　　Now that there is a Sakumo leader, small-scale troops, as long as there are no more than 100 people, go directly to fight.

　　If there are more than 100 people, they will adopt a roaming strategy and take the sand ninjas around in circles.

　　To chase or not to chase, this choice must be very tangled for sand ninjas.

　　If you catch up, you will probably die. If you don't catch up, the Sakumo squad will continue to sabotage, and will continue to attack the Sand Ninja patrols in the country of rivers and attack their transport convoys.

　　And with Ayane's white eyes, you don't have to worry about rushing into battle. If you encounter a large-scale army, you only need to break through from the weakest point.

　　In terms of ability to break through, with Sakumo taking the lead in charging, it can be said that he can come and go freely within the territory of the country of rivers.

　　"Okay, the search is almost done here."

　　The six corpses on the white stone ground were groped to a clean state.

　　In total, there is one upper ninja, three chunin, and two lower ninjas.

　　In a confrontation, without letting Sakumo take a shot, both Ruri and Ayane annihilated them.

　　Sakumo has the biggest credit, but without the help of the three of them, it would not have been so smooth, at least the problem of continuous supply would be a headache.

　　Sakumo nodded and started to move.

　　The three of Shiraishi followed closely behind, moving very quickly.

　　In this way, they are running at the border between the country of the river and the country of the wind.

　　When you are tired, rest, eat dry food, drink some water, and then continue on your way.

　　Until about three o'clock in the afternoon, in Ayane's white-eyed vision, a four-person sand ninja team appeared.

　　Sakumo did not hesitate, and intended to annihilate this sand ninja team according to the previous rhythm.

　　"Strange."

　　Ayane said something.

　　"What's weird?"

　　Ruri looked at her.

　　"There should be one person in this team who is a perception ninja. He sensed our existence, but he didn't escape, and he wasn't ready to fight..."

　　Hearing Ayane say that, the other three frowned slightly.

　　"It was as if they were waiting for us to come over."

　　Ayane said unsurely.

　　"Are there any traps lying around?" Sakumo asked.

　　Ayane took a closer look and shook her head.

　　Don't talk about traps, these sand ninjas didn't even use Chakra, and they didn't plan to use long-range ninjutsu to attack.

　　Just as he was about to approach, one of them, Sand Ninja, left the team and rushed towards him.

　　At Ayane's gesture, Sakumo stopped, and Shiraishi and Ruri also stopped.

　　It didn't take long for the sand ninja to arrive in front of them.

　　He didn't do anything, just took out a sealed letter from the ninja kit.

　　"Your Excellency White Fang, this is a letter from our Lord Kazekage to you, please take a look."

　　The other party looked like a businessman.

　　Ayane nodded to Sakumo, there was no poison in this letter, and no chakra flow, just a normal letter.

　　Sakumo walked over, took the letter from this sand ninja, opened it and glanced at it, his eyes narrowed slightly.

　　"I know, I will personally confirm this matter."

　　The sand ninja nodded and disappeared from front of Sakumo.

　　"Sakumo-sensei, this letter is..."

　　Shiraishi and the others gathered around, curious about the contents of the letter.

　　Sakumo didn't hide it, and unfolded the letter to Shiraishi and the others.

　　At the top of the letter, there are only three words - reconciliation letter.

　　This is Sand Ninja's third Kazekage, ready to stop the war with Konoha.

　　"Is this letter credible?"

　　"I don't know, let's see what Orochimaru said. If you agree, the war will end here. If you don't agree, we will continue our mission. Until we receive the official order, the mission will be temporarily suspended, and we don't need to attack Sand Shinobi again."

　　Sakumo finished speaking, his deep eyes looked into the distance.