RNP Chapter 170 Was this also part of your calculations?
Chapter 170 Was this also part of your calculations?
Chapter 170 Was this also part of your calculations?
The day after Kakashi was promoted to Jonin, just like in the original story, Minato Namikaze and Rin Nohara both presented him with congratulatory gifts, but Obito, due to his carelessness, forgot to prepare one.
Just as Obito was shouting, "It's not that I wasn't prepared, I just haven't decided what to give you yet," Shio Aburame came over to report.
"Minato, the Root intelligence personnel report: the Kumogakure's containment plan has succeeded, and preparations at the front are complete. However, there has been a minor incident south of the village, so it seems that the third wave of support promised by Lord Jiraiya will not arrive."
Minato Namikaze nodded and said seriously, "Then let's not wait any longer, it's time to move out!"
He then placed his hands on Kakashi's and Obito's shoulders respectively.
"Kakashi, this time Rin and Obito are counting on you. You're a Jonin now, it's time to take on the responsibility of leading your team."
Obito stood to the side with a shocked expression, like a cat.
"W-what?! Does that mean I have to call this arrogant guy captain from now on? No way!"
Unfortunately, Minato Namikaze had no time to comfort his tsundere disciple. He simply smiled faintly and then immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.
He had been planning and preparing for so many days, he couldn't wait any longer!
This time, he will personally end the war in the North!
Around 4 p.m. that afternoon, Konoha's all-out attack finally began!
This time, Minato Namikaze has staked almost everything he has on him!
Thousands of ninjas launched a full-scale attack on Iwagakure from multiple directions, thus covering his elite squad as they marched north, heading straight for the high-altitude mountains in the central part of the Land of Grass!
When intelligence of the impending war reached the Iwagakure front-line command, Onoki let out a long sigh with a complex expression.
The voice contained a mixture of relief, resentment, and barely concealed jealousy.
"Those young people from the Akatsuki organization were right about all of this."
Those younger guys guessed right again; they always seemed to be able to read the enemy's movements and predict the trend of the situation!
Onoki let out a long sigh, suppressing his emotions, and ordered, "Then proceed with the ambush operation as planned!"
This time, the pressure that Konoha will face during its surprise attack is destined to be several times greater than in the original timeline!
Because this time, Iwagakure came prepared!
However, in the first few battlefields where the ambush broke out, Iwagakure was still hit hard despite having made prior preparations!
This time, the fighting spirit of Konoha was miraculously strong!
Because the first to charge into the front lines were all Sarutobi clan ninjas, they had no other choice.
Behind them was a joint command team composed of various ninja clans.
They now only have one path forward! There is absolutely no way to retreat!
At that moment, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who was on the front lines of the battle, felt his heart bleed!
After this battle, regardless of victory or defeat, or whatever the outcome, the Sarutobi clan's accumulation of at least twenty years will be destroyed...
I wonder if my father, Sarutobi Hijiri, will have even a moment of regret when this news reaches Konoha Village.
While the full-scale offensive was in full swing, Minato Namikaze's elite squad was also moving north at an astonishing speed!
This time, even Hyuga Hideki, the head elder of the Hyuga clan, was forcibly brought out by Namikaze Minato and accompanied him all the way, using his Byakugan to scout and avoid any possible enemy encounters.
At this moment, Elder Hyuga recalled that not long ago, he had been bullying Minato Namikaze, smugly spouting nonsense and recklessly criticizing the village's ills in front of him. But now, the boomerang had pierced back into his own body.
He woke Minato Namikaze up to his mistake, and with that, his own good days came to an end...
He asked Minato: Why don't you say the same thing to the Sarutobi clan?
But now things are different. Minato Namikaze has completely transformed into Orochimaru and is directly ruthlessly attacking the Sarutobi clan. His words have become sharp arrows, completely severing Hideki Hyuga's escape route.
Throughout the journey, Hideki Hinata sighed silently in his heart, lamenting why they had never cherished Minato Namikaze, whose smile was warm and sunny.
The only thing he could be thankful for was that, after they set off, it was as if someone was helping and guiding them, and their journey north miraculously bypassed almost all the Iwagakure defense forces along the way!
More than two hours after setting off, Hyuga Hideki's all-seeing Byakugan had only warned of enemy approach twice, and both times it was against scattered small teams that were just passing by.
This gave Hideki Hinata a bit more confidence, making him feel that their operation might be blessed by fate!
However, what he didn't know was that what truly favored them was not fate, but the dark force lurking in the shadows!
In the current timeline, Konoha's situation is different from the original story. Iwagakure and Akatsuki have already begun their defenses, so Black Zetsu was forced to go from watching from the shadows to personally taking part, guiding a small group of Konoha's elite troops to the mountains.
This incident had initially caused Madara Uchiha, who was inside the cave, to burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Konoha Village has truly regressed! Now they're even struggling to deal with a mere Iwagakure Village, to the point that they need your help. What a waste! Hashirama, I really want to show you how pathetic and laughable your descendants are now!"
Black Zetsu was already used to Madara's constant references to Hashirama and his tendency to mock Konoha in everything he did.
At first, Kuro didn't take it seriously, believing that the situation was still under his control. Even though Konoha was at a slight disadvantage, with his skillful handling of the balance of power in the ninja world, he was sure that Konoha would still have a fighting chance against Akatsuki and Iwagakure!
It wasn't until after traveling all night, when Black Zetsu led Minato Namikaze's elite squad to the starting point of the mountain road in the early hours of the morning, that he realized how terribly wrong he had been!
What appeared before all the Konoha ninjas on this trip was a mountain full of traps and bunkers, a raging wildfire near the main road sweeping down the mountain, and boulders and stray arrows falling from the mountaintop!
Choza Akimichi, standing next to Minato Namikaze, was the first to shout, "Watch out!"
Then he swallowed a pill, and his body suddenly swelled up and grew larger, instantly transforming into a small giant, smashing a boulder thrown down from the mountaintop with a single punch.
Then Minato Namikaze stretched out his hands, placing a Shinobi Kunai horizontally in the palms of his hands, and opened a Flying Thunder God formation directly in front of his palms.
He used this method to teleport all the broken stones far away, preventing them from hitting the crowd behind him.
Just like in the original work, he used a similar method to transfer the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball.
Even so, the morale of this elite squad was greatly shaken at this moment.
"How could this be? The preparations were thorough, weren't they? Such an exaggerated defense—did the enemy know we were coming all along?"
Someone couldn't help but mutter a sound, their expression filled with despair.
Was their most desperate attempt to end the war completely out of the enemy's hands from the very beginning?
Even Black Zetsu found it hard to believe.
He hadn't paid attention to the Akatsuki for a while, and recently he had focused more on Obito Uchiha. When he looked back, he was surprised to find that the Akatsuki had already prepared for battle to this extent!
"Shiba Kiyokawa, was this also part of your calculations?" Black Zetsu thought resentfully.
(End of this chapter)