Konoha Can't Lose!

"Hey, it seems like he's grown a little taller?"

While washing up in the morning, Shuichi Hoshita found something wrong.

After washing up, he immediately measured himself. Sure enough, he was 2 centimeters taller than when he measured a week ago. He is now 1.3 meters tall.

He is already tall among his peers, and he is almost catching up with Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyo, who are two years older.

The physical fitness has improved dramatically!

"My physical fitness has improved once before. My physical strength is slightly better than Kakashi. I underestimated it a little bit, and we are on par with him in terms of chakra volume."

"Now that my physical fitness has doubled again, I can now call myself 2 cards in terms of chakra volume."

Shuichi Hoshita was very happy. It has been a week since he won the [Physical Skills Expert].

Of course, 2 cards is also compared to the current Kakashi, not the adult version.

But the improvement of physical fitness means that his growth potential will also be improved by the same amount.

And this also requires him to continue to practice and keep digging.

After all, even the Senju clan, or even Senju Hashirama himself, were not born with a burst of chakra.

However, when he thought of the sage body and the physique of the Uzumaki clan, Shuichi Hoshita's mood quickly calmed down.

His physique was only 2 cards after two improvements.

If it hadn't been improved, in terms of chakra, he would have been at most a Chunin level in this life.

"You still need to work hard!"

"Compared to Nagato, who mastered six mainstream ninjutsu at the age of ten, I'm nothing now."

"And the chakra level should be a gap compared to the top level of ordinary people like Jiraiya, let alone Naruto."

Of course, Jiraiya is now at his peak.

And Jiraiya's chakra level is the ceiling except for people with special physiques.

After packing up his equipment and carrying the scroll, Shuichi Hoshita went out.

After gathering at the old place, Minato Namikaze announced the mission directly: "The destination of this mission is the River Country."

"Shuichi should know that we had a confrontation with the Sand Ninja in the River Country last year, right?"

Hideo Hoshita nodded.

Of course he remembered that many Konoha ninjas were injured at that time, and he participated in the treatment.

Seeing this, Kurama Sanyo immediately asked: "So is it related to our previous mission, Minato-sensei?"

Minato Namikaze nodded: "It is indeed related."

"The Daimyo of the River Country did not exclude the Sand Village because of that incident. According to intelligence, the Sand Village found an iron mine in the River Country, and the big businessman of the Fire Country failed in the competition."

"In addition, there are signs that the Sand Village has joined forces with the Rain Village."

"But the Rain Village is under the charge of the Anbu and the Root."

"And I Our mission is the River Country. After the last conflict, the two sides were in a stalemate for a while, but as the competition for iron ore intensified, the appetite of the Wind Country and the Sand Village became bigger and began to target the business activities of the Fire Country in the River Country. "

"So, this time our mission is to strangle the Sand Ninja and protect the merchants and caravans of the Fire Country."

Hoshita Shuichi and the other two nodded in unison: "Understood!"

"Then, let's go!"

Namikaze Minato gave the order and set off first, and Hoshita Shuichi and the other two followed immediately.

After leaving the village, they walked along the main road for a while, then turned into the dense forest, and headed straight to the southwest, heading straight to the River Country.

At noon, Hoshita Shuichi and the other four rested at the border of the Fire Country and had a grilled fish meal by the river.

In the 40th year of Konoha, on April 6, at about 1 pm, the four crossed the border and entered the River Country.

"Teacher Minato, I want to go to the village last time." Uchiha Shisui suddenly said. Namikaze Minato was startled at first, then nodded: "Okay!" Hoshita Shuichi thought about it and changed direction. It didn't take long for everyone to arrive at the village where they had the mission in the River Country last year. However, it was now in ruins, with no trace of anyone living there. The houses in the village were dilapidated and became the home of many animals. A year has passed, and things have changed and people are gone. Uchiha Shisui was stunned by this scene, and Kurama Sanyo said: "Have all the people here been moved away?" Uchiha Shisui's expression changed slightly. He was naive, but not simple, and not stupid. He had killed all the men in the village with his own hands, and he had realized something. Hoshita Shuichi thought of Orochimaru, plus Danzo.For those who dared to attack the people near Konoha Village and even Konoha Ninja, the death of those people in this village should be the best outcome.

If they were used for human experiments, I'm afraid they would be worse off dead than alive.

"Maybe I should have thought of it at the beginning, but there must be something hateful about pitiful people. In addition to those who entered the Land of Fire to rob, other people in this village are also beneficiaries!"

Hideichi Hoshita is very clear-headed. Although he is unwilling to massacre the village, he will not be a saintly bitch and say that he should forgive and understand.

He is not qualified!

Of course, if all the people in these villages were dragged by Orochimaru for human experiments, it would indeed be a bit inhumane.

What a perverted world!

…

Everyone noticed that something was wrong with Uchiha Shisui. Shuichi Hoshita stepped forward and patted Uchiha Shisui on the shoulder, saying: "Everyone must bear the cause and effect. Killing people must be prepared to be killed, and robbing people must be prepared to be punished."

"Maybe the women and children in this village did not participate, but they enjoyed the benefits of the robbery, and this is also the cause and effect they need to bear."

"They may look pitiful, but the ones who really need our pity and protection are the innocent people in the Land of Fire who were robbed and killed."

People are always double-standard, as the saying goes.

Now their butts are sitting in the Land of Fire, sitting on the side of Konoha.

Not in the Land of Rivers, let alone in this village in front of them.

Of course, Shuichi Hoshita did not know that Uchiha Shisui had participated in the massacre of adult men in this village before.

But even if he knew, what would happen?

As mentioned before, Shuichi Hoshita was on the side of Konoha. He was Uchiha Shisui's companion and teammate.

"Thank you, Shuichi."

Uchiha Shisui thanked him, and his expression had recovered.

Seeing this, Minato Namikaze immediately ordered: "Keep on the road!"

Everyone set off immediately, and in less than 10 minutes, the four of them appeared on a hill outside a small town.

Namikaze Minato said: "This river valley town is the first stop for merchants from the Fire Country to enter the River Country."

"Although Konoha still has a share of the mission volume of the River Country, in fact, the expulsion of merchants from the Fire Country this year means that part of our mission volume has also been swallowed up by the Sand Ninja."

Hoshita Shuichi looked at the town in front and asked: "So, Minato-sensei, we should be the pioneers of this operation?"

Namakaze Minato nodded: "Yes!"

"Because the Sand Village did not want to expand directly into a large-scale war, it did not deploy a large number of troops on the border of the River Country, but chose to form a de facto ownership of the River Country in important strongholds, that is, towns."

Hoshita Shuichi He thought: "I'm afraid the Daimyo of River Country doesn't want to completely turn against Fire Country. Now he aims to let Sand Village actually take over the tasks of River Country. Later, the Daimyo of River Country may use minerals as a bargaining chip to make peace with the Daimyo of Fire Country."

"So, it's not just the Daimyo of River Country, Wind Country, and Sand Village who don't want to start a full-scale war, but also the Daimyo of Fire Country."

"If Konoha loses this battle, the Daimyo of Fire Country will suffer losses, but will not be left with nothing."

"On the contrary, it's Konoha that will lose more than just the tasks of River Country."

Namikaze Minato was full of admiration after hearing this. He had intelligence to support his analysis, while Hoshita Shuichi was able to analyze so many things after just listening to a little, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"What a keen political sense. With such talent, he is definitely the best candidate for Hokage!"

Namikaze Minato secretly admired and said, "The analysis is very accurate!"

Uchiha Shisui also secretly exclaimed at this moment: "As expected of Shuichi, he has a unique vision!"

But Kurama Sanyo was confused. He felt that what Shuichi Hoshita said was roundabout, and he only understood one point in the end.

That is, Konoha cannot lose!