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Chapter 90: Another Special Promotion, Five Nights Join the Battle
Chapter 90: Another Special Promotion, Gojo Yoru Joins the Battle
"That old puppet woman is incredibly audacious. Isn't she afraid I'll continue my attacks on the Land of Wind?"
Upon receiving the news immediately, Hanzo the Salamander couldn't help but reveal a playful smile.
Sagawa, kneeling on one knee, immediately asked, "Lord Hanzo, shall we attack the Land of Wind next?"
"No, this old woman is backing down, but she's also warning me," Hanzo of the Salamander said with a deep gaze. "During the probing phase of this war, the Land of Wind has already lost completely. If it weren't for the fact that they are one of the five great nations, and that we and the Land of Earth are helping to divide the Land of Fire's forces, they might have already withdrawn from the battle."
"Not only has the Land of Wind not withdrawn, but the puppet old woman stationed at the border base has also shifted her battle lines to attack the White Fang front. This is clearly an attempt to break the current situation, force Konoha to adjust its troop deployment, and create an opportunity for us."
"We didn't take the opportunity to attack Konoha, but instead attacked the Land of Wind. Forced to fight on two fronts, they might use this as a pretext to launch a full-scale war against us, perhaps even resorting to—Jinchūriki!"
Hanzo of the Salamander's eyes revealed a hint of apprehension: "Many people have forgotten the name of that Jinchūriki from Sunagakure and call him 'Shukaku' instead."
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"For decades, no one has seen him make a move, and no one knows whether he has reached the legendary level of Jinchūriki."
"If he could use the Tailed Beast Ball rationally, the Land of Wind, which was pushed to the edge of a cliff, might actually use this strategic weapon."
As if remembering something, Hanzo of the Salamander smiled again: "Although the main battlefield is in our Land of Rain, we have a unique advantage in terms of supplies. But we also have a disadvantage: once their supplies run out and they can't replenish them in time, they will definitely attack our Land of Rain."
"I originally intended to wait a while longer before taking the initiative to break this situation."
"Now that someone is offering to help, I cannot let that puppet old woman down."
Hanzo the Salamander suddenly bit his finger, formed hand seals, and slammed his hand on the ground: "Summoning Jutsu!"
With a bang, white smoke billowed out.
When the smoke cleared, instead of the salamander, a giant scroll was summoned.
Hanzo the Salamander did not reveal his thoughts. Cautiously, he used his magic to pull Sagawa into the world of illusion.
"—Yes, Lord Hanzo."
Once Sagawa's consciousness returned to reality, he immediately bowed in response, then left with the super-large scroll that was clearly a special type and could communicate with spirits.
Hanzo the Salamander is making moves, and the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire are doing the same.
Just like when the White Fang front was suppressed, the original balance of power was broken.
Unless Konoha can provide strong troops to the White Fang front, allowing them to contend with Sunagakure, which has shifted from a two-front war to a single-front war.
Otherwise, they would have to transfer troops and high-level combat forces from the other two fronts.
This will lead to a decline in the defense and combat capabilities of the other two fronts.
If they don't take any action and instead choose to sit back and watch the tigers fight, then the Land of Wind's decision to back down and withdraw, allowing the Land of Fire to go from fighting on three fronts to fighting on two fronts, will completely eliminate any hope of either the Land of Rain or the Land of Earth taking a bite out of the Land of Fire.
Thus, the atmosphere at the three battlefields bordering the Land of Rain, the Land of Rivers, and the Land of Grass began to become oppressive, like heavy dark clouds in the sky.
A clap of thunder can bring a violent storm.
"Sarutobi-sensei's instructions have arrived."
At the border base of the Land of Fire, Orochimaru held a scroll in his hand and said solemnly to Tsunade, who had changed back into armor after arriving on the battlefield, "Tsunade, go to the White Fang front to support Sakumo-senpai. The village will send a batch of troops to support you later."
"Indeed, no one is more suitable than me." Tsunade was not surprised, a fighting spirit igniting in her eyes. "Assassins like Hanzo are very effective against me. And taijutsu ninjas like me are the best counter to puppeteers like Chiyo."
"Chiyo created a highly toxic substance of unknown origin, and the medical team there can't find an antidote. We'll have to trouble you again."
"Alright." Orochimaru instructed, "Don't worry about Sunagakure activating the Jinchuriki. The intelligence department is already reading Ebizo's memories. We will soon have some important information about Sunagakure. The reconnaissance team and the Anbu will keep a close eye on Sunagakure's every move."
Upon hearing this, Jiraiya couldn't help but ask, "Does Ebizo's memory contain any information about the One-Tailed Jinchuriki? Everyone calls that Jinchuriki 'Shukaku.' Has he already become the perfect Jinchuriki?"
"Whether he is a perfect Jinchūriki or not doesn't matter."
Orochimaru revealed a confident smile: "Even if Sunagakure activates its Jinchuriki, it wouldn't dare to use the Tailed Beast Ball lightly. Using the Tailed Beast Ball on countries that possess the Flying Thunder God Technique cost those great nations dearly during the First Shinobi World War."
Jiraiya's eyes widened immediately: "Could it be that—the Flying Thunder God Technique can even transfer Tailed Beast Balls?"
"Nonsense, don't you have chakra in your body?" Tsunade couldn't help but roll her eyes at Jiraiya. "Even we who possess chakra can transfer it, so why can't a chakra-materializing technique like the Tailed Beast Ball transfer it?"
"Even if Yoru can't do it now, they wouldn't dare gamble," Orochimaru sneered. "They should be grateful that Yoru and Kushina haven't grown up yet. Otherwise, this combination would make the entire ninja world tremble."
As their teacher, no one knew better than Orochimaru just how astonishing Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina's potential and growth rate were.
When they come of age, the ninja world will be their era.
As if she had just thought of something, Tsunade suddenly asked, "I've been transferred to the White Fang front, so who will take my place?"
Has Sarutobi-sensei convinced those ninja clan leaders that some are willing to fight?
"The defenses haven't collapsed, so those guys won't go into battle," Orochimaru laughed. "The person replacing you is younger than all of us; you should be able to guess who it is."
Tsunade and Jiraiya, who was standing next to her, were both dumbfounded.
The former exclaimed in disbelief, "No—it can't be night, can it?"
"You got it right."
Seeing Orochimaru nod, Jiraiya couldn't help but ask, "He's only a special Jonin, and Sarutobi-sensei is already giving him command?"
"Special Jonin? He won't be for long." Orochimaru smiled knowingly. "Among our generation's ace fighters, has anyone completed a Super S-rank mission? This shift in the situation was orchestrated by Yoruichi. His intelligence, strength, and achievements have already met the criteria for special promotion."
"Two special promotions in one year, from a genin to a jonin with command authority—this speed and record of promotion will probably be unmatched for decades to come." Tsunade clicked her tongue in amazement. "We spent countless years, completed countless high-level missions, and faced countless life-or-death situations to become jonin, and yet we were caught up in just one year. It's truly astonishing."
"Nobody wants to see war break out, but we have to admit that war is indeed the only shortcut for civilian ninjas to rise quickly. Now the village needs five boys, so we must promote them to suitable positions." Jiraiya analyzed very calmly, then teased Orochimaru, "At this rate of promotion, I'm afraid that after this war ends, your disciple will become one of the candidates for the Fourth Hokage, becoming your most formidable opponent as his teacher."
Orochimaru, however, revealed a meaningful smile: "I've said it before, the Hokage is not the end of the night."
Tsunade and Jiraiya were slightly taken aback, both remembering the secret hidden by Gojo Yoru, and their hearts were filled with anticipation.
Knowing that Orochimaru wouldn't tell them, they didn't ask.
With this special promotion, Gojo Yoru is no longer a special combat member, but a Jonin with command authority, required to be stationed at the border base and ready to participate in combat at any time.
Fighting on the front lines, his secrets must be out of the question, right?
Perhaps it won't be long before they all know what Gojo Yoru is hiding.
"Does he think so highly of me? Or is he trying to take advantage of the Hokage's absence, when there's the least resistance and the Hokage has the most power, to quickly promote me from the Hokage's lineage?"
As he emerged from the Hokage Building, Gojo Yoru appeared unusually dazed.
Gojo Yoru was already quite surprised by his promotion from Genin to Special Jonin.
Upon closer reflection, I realized that this identity suits me quite well.
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After all, Gojo Yoru, who mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, did indeed possess a special talent in space and time.
Using space-time chakra, Gojo Yoru's strength is the most ambiguous existence in the ninja world.
He can be a genin, a jonin, a kage, or even a super kage or a six-path level.
Let alone the current Five Kage, even the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Otsutsuki Isshiki who is hiding in some corner of the ninja world, would have their defenses broken or even die if they were cut by Gojo Yoru.
Kakashi Hatake is only a fake 50/50, Yoru Gojo is the real 50/50!
However, apart from Orochimaru and the Slug Sage, even Kushina Uzumaki is unaware of Gojo Yoru's space-time abilities.
In Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes, Gojo Yoru was merely a Chunin who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and Black Lightning, possessing the ability to kill enemies of higher ranks. Yet, he was specially promoted to an all-around Jonin and given command authority, which was far too much of a favor to Gojo Yoru.
Thinking about his upcoming mission to send Tsunade to the White Fang front, Gojo Yoru tried to analyze the situation from Hiruzen Sarutobi's perspective and suddenly realized why he had to give Hiruzen a special promotion again.
Having twice made a name for himself in the ninja world, and having instantly killed fifty-five Sand Ninja, completing a super S-rank mission, Gojo Yoru is no longer suitable as a surprise weapon.
Konoha needs him, who has the record of injuring the Salamander, to stand guard on the border against the Land of Rain, and work with Orochimaru and Jiraiya to deal with the upcoming four-nation war that is about to enter its next phase.
However, Hiruzen Sarutobi was worried that some fools who had worked so hard to climb to their current positions, only to be overtaken by Yoru Gojo in just a few months, might develop dark thoughts during the war. Therefore, he promoted him again.
Only all-around Jonin are the backbone of the five great ninja villages, possessing the ability to command.
A few months ago, Hiruzen Sarutobi granted Gojo Yoru special privileges to keep an eye on these idiots. Now, he is promoting him and giving him the authority to command combat troops, also to keep an eye on these idiots.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, as expected, knew about the idiots at the ninja academy bullying the rich kids.
Who knows what stupid things someone who dared to bully even ninja clan members and rich heiresses in their childhood might do when they grow up?
Five nights after thinking these things through, he realized that he had once again caused a butterfly effect.
The title of "Legendary Sannin of Konoha" will probably never appear again.
In the original manga, during the Second Shinobi World War, the Land of Rain only lasted for less than two years. Hanzo of the Salamander, seeing no hope of victory, chose to spare the lives of the three legendary Sannin of Konoha and voluntarily withdrew from the war.
During the three years that Jiraiya taught Yahiko the three youngest children, Konoha was constantly fighting against Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
Because taijutsu and medical ninjutsu are the nemesis of Chiyo, a puppeteer and poison master, Tsunade was naturally transferred to the front line of the Land of Fire vs. the Land of Wind.
Kato Dan, on the other hand, was on the front lines of the battle between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth from the very beginning. It was also in the later stages of the war that the Iwa ninja found his true form and beat him so badly that his kidneys flew out.
In the original story, Chiyo's shift in the battlefront was that her son and daughter-in-law were both killed by Sakumo Hatake.
Now that Ebizo has been killed, Chiyo has gone berserk prematurely.
That deadly poison, as lethal as the poison of the salamander, is a nightmare for ninjas like Sakumo Hatake who are skilled in taijutsu and need to get close to unleash their full power.
Without an antidote, they would die instantly upon contact.
In Konoha, only Tsunade, the future medical genius, is capable of neutralizing Chiyo's deadly poison.
The Senju clan's chakra bursts are the bane of puppets, and speed-type assassins like Hanzo of the Salamander are the bane of taijutsu ninjas like Tsunade. Hiruzen Sarutobi will definitely send Tsunade to deal with Chiyo.
By diverting Tsunade's border defenses, their strength will also decrease.
Similarly, there are no high-level combatants who are more suitable to replace Tsunade than Gojo Yoru, who injured the salamander.
So, Gojo Yoru went to find Uzumaki Kushina and told her about it.
"I may stay on the battlefield for a long time in the future and only come back once in a while. I'll say it again, try not to go to the wilderness. Now is when the village's defenses are at their weakest, and no one knows if other ninja villages will send people to infiltrate the village." Gojo Yoru instructed, "When you are training, you can go to Tsunade-sama's courtyard or the school's playground, but don't go to that abandoned training ground."
"Uh-huh"
Kushina Uzumaki nodded repeatedly, always so obedient at times like this.
After Yoru finished giving his instructions, Kushina Uzumaki suddenly hugged his waist and looked up to say, "Yoru, be careful. Remember what I told you last time, don't be reckless."
"it is good."
Gojo Yoru rubbed Kushina Uzumaki's round face and suddenly grinned mischievously, "By the way, I've been specially promoted again. Now I'm an all-around Jonin at the village's core level."
"That's amazing."
Kushina Uzumaki exclaimed in agreement, not understanding what Yoru Gojo meant.
Gojo Yoru could only remind her again: "Sixth-year apprentice ninja, Uzumaki Kushina, how many months until you graduate?"
"Next March, what's wrong?" Kushina Uzumaki blinked, still not understanding Yoru Gojo's meaning.
Gojo Yoru patted her shoulder heavily, his expression serious, and said, "Then, don't you need a powerful Jonin to be your mentor?"
Kushina Uzumaki opened her eyes wide and finally understood what Yoru Gojo meant.
Then her hair immediately defied gravity and stood on end in anger, her face contorted with rage: "You foul-mouthed Ye, you wish! I don't want to be your student, I want to be Orochimaru-sensei's disciple!"
The thought of Gojo Yoru becoming her mentor Jonin and constantly teasing her about it sent chills down Kushina's spine.
She absolutely doesn't want this kind of dark history to last a lifetime.
"If you become my student, you can stay with me forever," Gojo Yoru tempted.
"Don't think I'm stupid. Does being your teammate mean we can't do missions together?" Kushina Uzumaki raised her fist, making a threatening gesture. "If you say that again, I'll beat you up."
"What a pity."
Seeing that he couldn't fool Kushina Uzumaki, Yoru Gojo sighed helplessly, and then made a bold move, turning Kushina Uzumaki from an angry, fiery red chili pepper into a shy little tomato in an instant.
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Gojo Yoru bit Kushina Uzumaki's round face, sucking on it like she was holding a glutinous rice ball, leaving obvious teeth marks and saliva, and laughed, "I'm leaving, remember to think of me every day."
After saying that, Gojo Yoru instantly disappeared, leaving behind only Kushina Uzumaki with a flushed face and white mist emanating from her head.
"Night, be careful."
Upon arriving at the border base, Gojo immediately sent Tsunade to the rear of the White Fang front.
Looking at Gojo Yoru, who seemed to have grown a little taller over the past few months, Tsunade took out a storage scroll she had prepared beforehand and placed it in Gojo Yoru's hand, solemnly instructing, "Your Flying Thunder God Technique and ability to conceal your chakra aura have been fully exposed. If Hanzo's target is still us, he will definitely be fully prepared before making his next move, preventing your abilities from working."
"Inside this scroll is the antidote I prepared for you. Make sure to carry a few with you in your ninja tool pouch and pocket."
Gojo Yoru paused slightly, then a slight smile appeared on her lips: "Don't worry, I'm the strongest!"
"But Lady Tsunade, remember to be careful. Before you break the enemy's poison technique, don't risk your life. Don't be careless like last time. I can't always be so timely."
"If you need help, feel free to send me a message."
He patted Tsunade's shoulder hard, and Gojo Yoru instantly disappeared.
Tsunade's lips also curled up slightly, then as if she had thought of something, her expression suddenly turned angry: "That brat, he must be thinking about that again!"
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