Naruto: Konoha’s Kanpu - Chapter 329: Iwagakure's Decision

Land of Earth, Iwagakure.

In the Conference Hall of the Tsuchikage Building, Sandaime Tsuchikage, Onoki and a group of Iwagakure’s higher-ups gathered on a round table, and the atmosphere was heavy.

Detailed information on the Battle of Kannabi Bridge has been sent back to the village from the front line!

“The plan to attack Konoha has failed.”

Onoki, who is already bald, sits in the top position. His expression is heavy, his red nose hung high, and his eyes are looking at all the higher-ups present,” What do you think?”

The group of Iwagakure’s higher-ups were silent. After a while, someone finally started to talk: “Since Sunagakure has declared war on us, it is impossible to win the war at the Land of Rain in a short time! Right now, the only way to quickly defeat Konoha is to surprise Konoha from the Land of Grass!”

Another Iwagakure’s higher-up sighed and said: “It’s a pity that Takuya failed.”

A middle-aged Iwagakure’s higher-up slammed the table and shouted: “There are still Shinobi in the village. We can organize another army of 2,000 Shinobi to surprise Konoha!”

“What about the logistics? If we want to send supplies from the Land of Earth to the Land of Fire, the Kannabi Bridge in the Land of Grass is the only way to go. As long as there is Yellow Flash, our logistics simply can ‘t make it through!”

“Yellow Flash… Ordinary Shinobi can’t defeat him.”

“Unless Tsuchikage-sama can come personally!”

The Iwagakure’s higher-ups talked one after another, and then turned their heads to look at Onoki with hopeful eyes, hoping that Onoki can go to the Kannabi Bridge himself, takes advantage of his flying ability, and wipes out Yellow Flash with Dust Release in one fell swoop!

Onoki snorted, and said: “You guys should have learned the information about Yellow Flash’s speed, right? Even if I can fly in the sky to avoid Yellow Flash’s instant attack, I will be in the same situation, as my Dust Release can’t hit Yellow Flash either. I am old now. If I try to fight a war of attrition either. After all, that Yellow Flash is still very young.”

“Then, what should we do?”

“Make a detour! We’ll transport the supplies to the Land of Rain first, then enter the Land of Grass from the Land of Rain, and then transport them to the Land of Fire. In this way, we can avoid the Kannabi Bridge! “

“If the logistics route is too long, the probability of being attacked will increase several times!”

“Damn it, if it were not for the sudden declaration of war from Sunagakure, we would have already defeated Konoha in the Land of Rain!”

“If this continues, the situation in the Shinobi World will become more and more favorable for Konoha.”

“Yeah, because of the Yuki Clan, Kirigakure has many conflicts on the front line and haven’t shown themselves for a long time! It has even affected the conflicts in their village. With the current trend, they will lose in three months at most!”

“Once Kirigakure is defeated by Konoha, those Kumogakure’s Shinobi, who only know how to hit a person when they’re down, will definitely retreat, and then wait until there’s a conclusion between us and Konoha before deciding whether to take advantage of it or not!”

“At that time, Konoha will be able to gather all their strength to deal with our village!”

“In other words, if we don’t defeat Konoha within three months, we will be dragged to death by the situation!”

Many Iwagakure’s higher-ups looks at each other in blank dismay.

‘It is obviously the Four Great Shinobi Villages all attacked Konoha, so how come that in the end, Konoha is the one who won?

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“If we formed an alliance with Sunagakure, Konoha would have already lost.” Onoki finally spoke, and his tone sounded very unhappy.

At first, the people from Sunagakure came to contact them to form an alliance and invade Konoha together. Onoki agreed, but the group of Iwagakure’s higher-ups said that invading together is not in line with Iwagakure’s interest, and insisted that Sunagakure must be the first to take the lead, so that it can not only consume Konoha’s vitality and it would also drag Sunagakure to death. After that, when the war is won, they will be able to enjoy the fruits of victory over Konoha alone.

However, even if Sunagakure indeed did consume a lot of Shinobi from Konoha, they have formed an alliance with Konoha and turned around to attack their Iwagakure!

The more Onoki thought about it, the more angry he became, thinking to himself why he was deceived by empty promise at the beginning, and was persuaded by these bastards?!

“Tsuchikage-sama, what nonsense are you talking about?!”

“Although we are the village’s advisors, you are the one who makes the final decision!”

“Don’t shift the responsibility to us.”

The higher-ups are also people who want to save their own reputation, so there’s no way they would admit such a thing.

Onoki was so angry that his face turned red, and he wished that he could shoot them in the face with Dust Release!

Everyone discussed for a long time, but they still didn’t come up with a solution.

Finally, one of the higher-ups coughed dryly and said: “Perhaps, it is time to end the war.”

“At this time, Konoha will not surrender.”

“What I mean is…”

“Let us surrender? What a joke!”

“By surrendering before the situation completely falls to Konoha’s side, we can at least avoid being blackmailed by Konoha! We can even make some excessive demands! For example, in exchange for our surrender, we want Yellow Flash’s life!”

Hearing this, the other advisors stared at him with weird gaze.

“Are you dreaming?”

“What stupid thing are you saying?”

“It’s because of the Yellow Flash that we couldn’t defeat Konoha, so do you think that old fox Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn’t know? He would rather sacrifice himself than the Yellow Flash!”

“Then we can ask Sarutobi Hiruzen to step down!”

“That’s right, we should let Konoha’s Sandaime Hokage be responsible for this war!”

“At the same time, we can cancel all the compensations for the defeated country!”

“That’s right, the compensations from the defeated country will never come out from our Iwagakure!”

“And when the war between us and Konoha is over, we can deal with Sunagakure with all our strength!”

“That’s right, when we defeat Sunagakure, we can also get huge benefits!”

“If this is the case, then we can consider surrendering.”

After they finished talking, the group of higher-ups looked at Onoki again.

Seeing this, Onoki’s eyebrows twitched in anger: “What are you all looking at me for?!”

“Tsuchikage-sama, whether we will surrender on the premise that Sandaime Hokage will step down and cancel all compensations for the defeated country, or continue the war, it’s time to make a decision!” One of the advisors said.

‘You guys is making me make the decision again?’

‘If something goes wrong, you guys will definitely push it to me again, right?’

‘Being a Tsuchikage is too difficult!’

Onoki closed his eyes. He would really want to flip the table, but considering the interests of the village, he had to calmly consider the advice of these advisors. After a while, Onoki opened his eyes and slowly nodded: “I understand, I will write to Sandaime Hokage later.”

“Then, we’ll take our leave first.”

“Excuse us, Tsuchikage-sama.”

Not long after the many advisors left, Onoki’s son, Kitsuchi rushed in aggressively and directly asked: “Father, are you really planning to surrender to Konoha?”

Onoki floated up from his seat, with his hands behind his back, he slowly floated past the round table, and then said: “This is for the benefit of the village.”

“What about our companions who have died in the hands of Konoha so far?!” Kitsuchi asked unwillingly after catching up with Onoki, who is floating in the air.

“Konoha also has many Shinobi who died in our hands.”

Onoki then said, “Kitsuchi, this is war. Everything is for profit. If you can see this clearly, you won’t feel sad anymore.”

“Father, I…”

Kitsuchi wanted to say more, but Onoki has already floated away, going to a place he can’t go.