Chapter 118 The Leaf of Konoha is the Leaf (Subscription Request)
"Take the initiative?"

Orochimaru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him in a daze.

It wasn't that he wanted to undermine his teacher's confidence.

In his opinion, even though Sarutobi Hiruzen was powerful, he could destroy the Bankuri Doliubi used by dozens or hundreds of ninjas from the Iwagakure Village.

But the other side has four thousand people!

As long as a thousand people are assigned to use the Ten Thousand Miles Earth Flowing Wall, unless Hashirama Senju comes in person, it is impossible to break this rock-solid fortress.

"Even the teacher..."

Orochimaru seemed to be hesitant to speak, and it was obvious that he did not think highly of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Haha, when did I say I came here alone?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen chuckled, and then a voice rang out that made Jiraiya's face fall.

“So, there’s me.”

Under Jiraiya's astonished eyes, a red-haired boy with a playful face opened the tent and walked in.

The man was tall, with slightly long red hair tied up directly. The few slightly messy strands of hair on his forehead faintly highlighted his unruly appearance. His gray-brown eyes were very bright, his facial features were regular, and his figure was handsome. He was wearing a black ninja uniform under a Konoha Jonin vest, and there was a red swirling clan emblem on the left arm of the ninja uniform.

The village's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Kyuyuki!

"Old man, you!"

Looking at the person who came, even if Jiraiya was stupid, he understood what Sarutobi Hiruzen meant.

This is to annihilate the Iwagakure troops of the Grass Country in one fell swoop!
"Old man, you have to think it over carefully!"

"If we let this bastard go, will there be any survivors in this army of the Iwagakure Village?"

"Besides, Huang Tu is the son of the Tsuchikage!"

"The Tsuchikage will definitely not let this go!"

"The war will expand in an instant!"

“How many people will die by then?!”

Jiraiya was so emotional that a series of words came out of his mouth.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked calmly at the excited disciple in front of him.

“Who started this war?”

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked rhetorically.

"Also, next time I want you to wear Konoha's forehead protector."

Jiu Xing looked at Jiraiya and couldn't help but smile mockingly.

"That's because of this brat!"

"This brat hit Kirigakure!"

Jiraiya is a peace-loving person, and he believes that his teacher's actions are completely contrary to peace.

Once the first Jinchūriki takes the field, the war will instantly become intense!

By then, there will be countless casualties!
"Then why did I fight Kirigakure?"

Jiu Xing, who was not afraid of trouble, asked back on behalf of Sarutobi Hiruzen with a smile.

"You stinky boy!"

"Go back with me!"

As he said that, Jiraiya planned to take Jiuxing away. He couldn't let Jiuxing appear on the battlefield!
Konoha has never been the first to use the tailed beasts, and this time it definitely won't work. What's more, the opposing Four Thousand Rock Ninjas have solutions.

However, when his arm was about to grab Jiu Xing, it was held down by a pale hand.

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya and said:

"The teacher is right."

Just four words represent Orochimaru's attitude.

"Jiraiya, next time you want to do something to me, please wear the Konoha forehead protector first."

Jiu Xing pointed to the Konoha forehead protector that he wore on his forehead. "Jiraiya, do you know?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't pay attention to what Orochimaru and Kyuuki said, but looked at Jiraiya calmly and spoke.

"There are less than 5,000 ninjas left in the village."

"The last time the Iwagakure Village besieged the Sandaime Raikage, they dispatched tens of thousands of ninjas. Now, there are at least 7,000 ninjas that have not been dispatched from the Iwagakure Village alone."

"This is enough power to fight against Konoha."

"There are also the Hidden Cloud Village, the Sand Village, and the Hidden Rain Village."

"Do you know what these ninjas mean to Konoha?"

"Things are different now. The entire ninja world is Konoha's enemy."

Jiraiya clenched his fists tightly. Sarutobi Hiruzen's words left him speechless. After a long while, he spoke hoarsely:

"We, and Kirigakure..."

"Well, yesterday, Karatachi Yagura sent 500 reinforcements, and I asked them to help Sakumo."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's cold words were like a sharp sword that cut off Jiraiya's last words.

"If we don't strike first, we will have to wait for the other party to use their Jinchūriki first, and then many of our companions will die in vain."

"Can you be responsible for the lives of so many companions?"

"Jiraiya."

"Letting Jiu Xing go on the field earlier means saving the lives of more companions."

Sarutobi Hiruzen calmly looked at the disciple who was most like him and continued:
"Also, take off your Oil-lettered forehead protector and replace it with a Konoha forehead protector."

Jiraiya froze in place. He felt like he didn't recognize the Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him. In his memory, Sarutobi Hiruzen had never spoken to him as harshly as he did now.

"Hey, Master Jiraiya, don't blame me. This is an order from Master Hokage."

Jiuxing walked up to Jiraiya with a smile and was about to take off his oil-lettered forehead protector, but Jiraiya glared at Jiuxing fiercely.

"What are you looking at? If you have any objections, go and tell the old man."

Jiu Xing glared back without any hesitation.

Then he took off Jiraiya's oil-lettered forehead protector without any care.

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya and sighed, then took off his forehead protector and put it on Jiraiya who remained silent.

Jiraiya did not resist. He just looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with a disappointed look and said:
"Old man, do you know what it means to let this kid play?"

"massacre."

Sarutobi Hiruzen responded to Jiraiya, proving that he already knew the consequences.

However, those who want to achieve great things will naturally not be concerned with trivial matters.

What's more, although Konoha has surpassed the Konoha during the Second Hokage's period, it is still powerless against the four ninja villages.

"Jiraiya, don't let me down."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the disciple in front of him and sighed.

This was something he didn't want to see. He knew Jiraiya's character. He left Konoha for three years during the war just because of the ridiculous prophecy of a toad on Mount Myoboku.

He was naive. Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know what kind of magic potion those toads in Myoboku Mountain had fed Jiraiya, but Konoha, which was at a critical moment of life and death, would not tolerate Jiraiya's willfulness.

He is the Hokage, the Hokage of Konoha. If this war is not won, Konoha's strength will be reduced to the lowest point.

Although there is still hope of a comeback as long as Jiu Xing is not dead, that would mean sacrificing the lives of countless Konoha ninjas.

As long as there is a possibility, Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn't want any Konoha ninja to die in vain.

The situation is like this now, if Jiu Xing takes the lead in going on the field, he can minimize his own casualties.

what?
Enemy casualties?
That's called harvest!

Konoha’s leaves are the real leaves, and the enemy’s leaves should be burned quickly.

This is the ninja way of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third Hokage of Konoha!
(End of this chapter)