When the alarm sounded, Uzumaki Jun left Mikoto, who was waiting to give birth at the hospital, and habitually found a hill. He took out a telescope and looked at the allied forces of the three great ninja villages from the Land of Fire. He sighed inwardly and murmured, "Couldn't they have come a few days later?"
Mikoto was going to give birth in a few days. Now that the war had broken out, he didn't know if he would have time to stay with her.
Although, with his strength, he could have pushed through in one go.
But...
A country's power does not rely on one person. If the Land of Whirlpools always relied on him, what would happen if an accident occurred?
So...
The Land of Whirlpools needed a war, a war that could demonstrate the nation's strength to the entire Land of Whirlpools!
Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would not intervene. Moreover, if the Land of Whirlpools could truly achieve victory without relying on him, then he could feel at ease to handle one matter.
A matter he was very curious about!!
Uzumaki Jun quietly watched the coordination of the Land of Whirlpools' army and inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Konoha and the others had not landed, the situation in the Land of Whirlpools would not be too dangerous.
The battle situation could change in an instant. Although he had set up artillery positions all around the Land of Whirlpools and ordered them to stop the enemy at the beach, who knew what might happen in war?
So...
He would keep hiding here. If a truly uncontrollable situation arose...
Only then would he intervene!!
...
"What is this?!"
When a huge sound rang out, everyone turned their gazes in surprise toward the direction of the Land of Whirlpools, watching the large blue sphere that suddenly appeared, getting closer and closer to them...
"What is this?!"
Although they didn't know what the sphere was, the commanders of each team, sensitive to chakra, felt a sense of danger upon seeing the spherical object and quickly used their respective jutsu!
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Wave!" The Third Kazekage, upon seeing the strange thing shooting toward them, immediately used Magnet Release to form a huge wave, blocking in front of the fleet. No matter what, when seeing something unusual at a time like this, defending was the right thing to do.
This was basic ninja instinct!!
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
"Earth Release..."
Everyone reacted quickly and hurriedly launched defensive jutsu.
"Boom!!"
The moment the sphere hit the jutsu of the three great ninja villages, a huge explosion sounded instantly, accompanied by a powerful impact force. The fleets of the three great ninja villages began to sway unsteadily on the sea, rocking back and forth!
"Rasengan?!"
Minato frowned and murmured as he looked at the jutsu suddenly launched by the Land of Whirlpools, "No?! This power is a bit weaker than the Rasengan, and also..."
This distance...
It's a bit far!
This...
How exactly did the Land of Whirlpools do it?
How could the chakra remain stable after the Rasengan left control?
"This is interesting!" Orochimaru walked over, licked his lips, narrowed his eyes, and said, "This might be the Rasengan, but right now..."
"It's more like a Tailed Beast Ball!"
To think the Land of Whirlpools actually had something like this?
Although its power was weaker than an A-rank jutsu, it would be quite useful if the quantity was large enough.
But...
How exactly was it done?
The distance here was really too far; his snake eyes couldn't clearly see the situation on the Land of Whirlpools' side.
However...
"A Tailed Beast Ball?" Minato frowned, touched his chin, pondered for a moment, and said, "Such a large-scale Rasengan..."
"A skill exclusive to tailed beasts." Orochimaru revealed a smile at the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "It's very similar to the Rasengan. I estimate that this jutsu was developed based on the Tailed Beast Ball."
"What a genius idea!!"
The daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools?
His reputation is quite significant...
"I hope to meet him this time."
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the Land of Whirlpools.
This round of jutsu had only caused some trouble for them. Although a few ships were damaged, it would not affect their navigation.
"The daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools?" Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, Minato also showed a smile on his face and murmured, "I really look forward to meeting you..."
It's just...
I didn't expect it to be on the battlefield...
He sighed helplessly inwardly. He had received favors from the daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools back then.
But now, as a jonin of Konoha, he could only carry out the Hokage's orders.
Just as they were letting their thoughts wander, the familiar sound rang out again...
"Boom!!"
"Dammit!" The Third Kazekage's expression immediately turned ugly, and he said indignantly, "This power, this scale of jutsu... Can the Land of Whirlpools release it infinitely?"
If that were the case, it would be troublesome.
After all, they were on the open sea!
Some jutsu were quite troublesome to perform and consumed a lot of chakra. What if they were exhausted by the time they landed?
As a Kage, he would not really think that the Land of Whirlpools was easy to deal with. Just look at Kirigakure—didn't the Second Mizukage also look down on the Uzumaki clan back then?
What happened in the end?
He failed!!
And suffered heavy losses, having to shift the battlefield to fight desperately with Iwagakure...
He believed that every ninja here understood that war was never something to be taken lightly. Even if they were the allied forces of the five great ninja villages, who knew what the Land of Whirlpools had behind it?
But now...
The Third Kazekage sighed inwardly and ordered the ninja below to quickly defend again. Otherwise, after a few more impacts like this, the ships would be shaken to pieces, and then they would really have to walk on water.
And on Konoha's side...
Minato was also surprised that such powerful jutsu could come over in overwhelming numbers. Frowning as if thinking about something, he said, "Two minutes?"
Then, raising his head to look at the increasingly close jutsu, he quickly performed a jutsu to defend.
This time, the five great ninja villages could not afford to lose!
Otherwise...
Where would their dignity be??
He sighed inwardly...
He hoped the Land of Whirlpools would not stubbornly resist; otherwise, the final outcome would be something they definitely could not bear.
The Hokage had already said that no matter what, the Land of Whirlpools was an ally established by the First Hokage and had great kindness toward Konoha. So, as long as they brought back Konoha's missing-nin, there was no need for excessive killing.
Minato looked helplessly at the Land of Whirlpools, remembering the red-haired child who had given him the chakra refinement manual and the Rasengan jutsu back then. He really didn't want to become enemies with him.
Even...
He had some ideas about the Rasengan that he wanted to discuss with the daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools.
But now...
After all, he was just a ninja.
"Minato-sensei..." A young girl walked to Minato's side, hesitated for a moment, and said, "That..."
"What is it, Rin?" Minato showed his signature smile, looked at Rin, and said, "If there's something you want to say, just say it."
"The Land of Whirlpools..." Rin glanced back at Kakashi, who was looking up at the sky, and Shizune, paused for a moment, and then said carefully, "Are we really going to war with the Land of Whirlpools?"
Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade are still in the Land of Whirlpools!!
Thinking of this, Rin felt a headache. She had promised Lady Tsunade not to say anything, but now...
If she didn't say anything, what would Minato-sensei do when he saw Lord Jiraiya?
Moreover, Kakashi and Shizune were so mean, actually making her come and say it. But if she said it...
Would Lady Tsunade beat her up later?
But now, with the war...
"Sorry, Minato-sensei, I just have a jutsu I don't understand." Rin thought for a moment and decided to wait and see how the situation developed before deciding whether to say it or not!
"But it seems Minato-sensei doesn't have time right now. I'll ask again when we return to the village."
As soon as she finished speaking...
"Boom!!"
Minato looked helplessly at the jutsu launched again by the Land of Whirlpools, smiled wryly, and nodded, saying, "Sorry, I really don't have time right now."
This Land of Whirlpools...
What exactly are they trying to do?
Spending such a huge amount of chakra, is it just to interfere with their advance?
Minato frowned as he looked in the direction of the Land of Whirlpools...
"I really can only answer you when we return to the village."
This is such a headache!!
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