Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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They discovered that the neighboring Land of Water had also set its sights on the Land of Wind and declared war on them.

At the same time, Kirigakure also declared war on Konoha.

Onoki had long wanted to declare war on the remaining Land of Earth and Iwagakure, and now was the best opportunity!

In addition, Sunagakure lost the Third Kazekage.

It is also close to the Land of Earth.

Thus, Sunagakure issued a declaration of war.

Then,

We are preparing to face an encirclement and suppression by three forces!

Fortunately, each major power tacitly declared war on Konoha.

In summary,

Iwagakure Village → Konoha Village, Sunagakure Village, Kumogakure Village.

Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) → Konoha (Hidden Leaf Village), Iwagakure (Hid

Kirigakure Village → Konoha Village, Sunagakure Village.

Sunagakure Village → Konoha Village, Iwagakure Village, Kirigakure Village.

Konoha Village...

The familiar scenario of four major powers encircling and attacking.

In the 42nd year of Konoha, the Third Shinobi World War began.

Konoha had previously allowed some outstanding third-year students, those preparing for fourth-year, and even those preparing for fifth and sixth-year to graduate early.

Konoha has a fairly sufficient reserve of genin.

Furthermore, once a major war breaks out, there will be a period of relative calm in order to prevent severe economic damage to the major powers.

This period is precisely the safe time for each country to transport goods and complete industrial relocation.

Even so, border clashes have broken out between countries, and the fighting is extremely fierce.

The number of official roads that can be traversed will decrease, and once a country has achieved the above economic stability, it may be the first to lead the ninja army to launch the first formal attack.

Secondly,

The pace of war is one of constant pressure and relentless advance.

Setting up camp, transporting supplies, getting personnel to arrive, and gathering intelligence about the battlefield environment all take time.

A declaration of war merely signifies hostility between nations.

The moment war is declared, if you encounter any ninjas from this country, you must be prepared to attack!

In Loulan, transportation and construction work on the outer city walls ceased.

Everyone seemed to be living in a peaceful state, and the soldiers in the city seemed unaffected by the declarations of war by various countries in the world war.

Actually,

Loulan was also in the process of responding to the attack.

The inner city of Loulan is located in the central area, which is known as the innermost tower area.

In a conference room in Tower 11, all the members with codenames except for Shirahoshi were seated.

Rope Tree with long brown hair and a bull horn mask

Kakuzu, wearing a simple, colorful demon mask hanging around his neck.

Karura, with her slightly wavy brown hair, placed her mask on her right shoulder.

The sheep mask was placed on the table in front of him, along with the red lotus.

Queen Sally, who is seated in the main seat without a mask, is also present.

With Shirahoshi absent, Sally, who is second in strength, has the power to speak.

"Cough cough."

"Then the second major White Cross meeting on the world situation will now begin."

"What are everyone's opinions on this Third Shinobi World War?"

After a moment of silence, Rope Tree said, "Maintain the security of the area surrounding Loulan, and prevent ninjas from various countries from fighting and damaging the outer city walls, and harming ordinary people living in the outer city of Loulan."

“Rope Tree’s suggestion is acceptable; this point can be adopted.” Sally nodded, placed her hands on the table and clasped them slightly, her gaze sweeping over the others:

"And what about you guys?"

"What are your thoughts?"

After a moment of silence, Kakuzu glanced around and said, "I suggest we take this opportunity to attack Sunagakure."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the five people flickered slightly.

Karura thought to herself that her younger brother, Yashamaru, was still in the village, but she hadn't found an opportunity to...

Rope Tree felt that this would drag Loulan into the war, and even if Shirahoshi was strong, he could still unleash a few area-of-effect ninjutsu called 'Atom'.

If all countries were to unite and send hundreds of ninja teams to attack Loulan, even these high-level combatants would be bogged down by the enemy's offensive and unable to escape easily.

Finally, the remaining ninjas stormed into the Loulan region...

A tragedy could very well be brewing from this.

Red Lotus, codenamed Shattered, simply felt that many people would die if war broke out, and she couldn't bear it.

Sally had had this idea for a while, but unfortunately, it required Shirahoshi's intervention.

Her power can only be used in the Loulan region and the surrounding areas...

He was utterly incapable of being a commander-in-chief.

"How about this? Let's decide by vote. If it's a majority vote, I'll consult the Dean."

"If it's a minority, then pretend it wasn't mentioned."

“I object,” Nawaki said first.

“I…I also object.” Then, Honglian, who was still a child, raised her hand and said.

“Agreed. But we must first bring my younger brother, Yashamaru, out.” Karura knew that while her brother wasn't exceptionally talented, he was fifteen years old this year and had become a Chunin last year…

As for the battlefield, it's estimated that this year it will be her brother's turn.

—And the source of the intelligence.

It was Loulan's way of repaying the small team sent by the enemy.

Loulan also dispatched specially trained assassins and spies to various ninja villages to carry out espionage activities.

Two votes against, two votes in favor.

Sally was actually a little shocked by Gallo's decisiveness.

"Miss Sand Spirit, I remember you're from Sunagakure, right? Now you want to destroy Sunagakure... is that really a good idea?"

Upon hearing this, Garula remained unfazed and said firmly, "From the moment I chose to join the Dean's ranks."

"I'm now one of the dean's people."

"in addition."

"The disappearance of the Third Kazekage made me realize the true nature of this era, an era ruled by ninjas, where ninja wars will always erupt due to interests."

At this point, Gallo's face showed a hint of exasperation at his son's lack of ambition:

"So."

"Even the Third Kazekage, who is hailed as the strongest Kazekage of all time."

"None of them could escape becoming a trigger for war..."

"The significance of the existence of Sunagakure."

"Actually, it's not that big."

"Why not let Loulan completely rule the Wind Kingdom!"

"I see." Kakuzu finally understood Karura. "You want Roran to incorporate the Sand Village ninjas and replace the Sand Village, is that right?"

"Do not."

Garu shook his head, a serious expression mixed with a smile on his face: "It's about replacing the entire Land of Wind."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu fell silent.

"You're crazy."

"Loulan holds a favorable and stable position in international trade, both in terms of technological development and economic capabilities."

"But that doesn't mean..."

"Loulan can annex a great nation!"

After saying that, Kakuzu whispered again, "If you said you would annex the neighboring Land of Rain, I would find it somewhat believable."

"To annex the Kingdom of Wind... there are more than a dozen cities the size of our Loulan Kingdom alone."

"If we take it, who will defend it? The officials in the city are all from the daimyo's mansion in the Land of Wind... Besides, most of those officials are just ordinary people."

The implication is that ordinary people will definitely work together for their own status.

Ninjas and ordinary people are two different kinds of people.

In the end, even if the city is briefly occupied, ordinary people will inevitably gather and resist...

At that time, a series of events occurred, including urban riots, economic stagnation, and urban damage.

After the war, the people are gone, the city has lost its original value, and it will take a long time to rebuild and for neighboring countries to invade.

and so.

After thinking it through, I realized that a direct attack on the Land of Wind would lead to prolonged internal strife and unrest there...