Starting with the usurpation of Akatsuki, the ninja world was overthrown.

Chapter 183 What, you're not convinced?

Chapter 183 What, you're not convinced?

Originally, due to the existence of Shiba Kiyokawa, the current timeline has already deviated greatly from the original story.

However, at the end of that year, the battle at Kannabi Bridge still shocked the entire ninja world, just like in the original story!

The news of Konoha's defeat and Akatsuki's great victory spread from the deserts of the Land of Wind to the seas beyond the Land of Water, and everyone knew about it in no time!

The Ninja World War has once again turned a new page at this similar time!

Although this new chapter, apart from the cover still being called the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, has absolutely no connection to the original work in terms of content...

In this battle, both Konoha and Iwagakure ultimately became losers, destined to only compete in misery.

Konoha suffered heavy losses. Almost all of the elite ninjas that Minato Namikaze brought up the mountain were killed. Only Akimichi Choza, who was the first to be exhausted, managed to escape down the mountain with two or three others.

Aburame Shio died, Maruboshi Kosuke died, and many other elite representatives of the ninja clans died. Elder Hideki of the Konoha main family was even captured alive!

And this only represents the losses in the mountainous region where the Kannabi Bridge is located.

Looking across the entire battlefield, Minato Namikaze launched a massive cover offensive along a front of more than 300 kilometers in order to cover this supply line assault!

More than 5,000 Konoha ninja have participated in this offensive!

The Sarutobi clan was forced to charge to the front lines, and ultimately paid a heavy price.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke is fighting bravely on the front lines this time.

This was probably the first time since he was born that he had ever worked so hard and taken the lead in dedicating everything to Konoha.

The Will of Fire, which he had only ever talked about in the past, was now put into practice by him.

When Sarutobi Shinnosuke returned to the front-line camp severely injured, half of his head, including his eyes, was wrapped in gauze.

He was lying on the stretcher, gasping for breath in pain, but he was still excited.

He asked his colleagues and the busy medical ninjas over and over again.

"Have we won? Have we captured the Kannabi Bridge?"

Because of the delay in the transmission of information and orders, the battle on the mountain ended in the early morning, but the news did not reach them until noon.

During the long wait, Shinnosuke Sarutobi, whose eyes were wrapped in gauze and who could not see, asked again and again.

Until the faint sound of sobbing came, an angry voice answered him.

"We've failed! We've failed! Commander Minato is critically wounded and on the verge of death. It's all over!"

At that moment, the pillar in Sarutobi Shinnosuke's heart collapsed.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

After he finished speaking, he waved and stretched his hands haphazardly in front of him.

"This time, our entire Sarutobi clan went to the battlefield. We didn't hold back at all and made such a great contribution, so why did we still fail?"

He said that in a moment of emotional outburst.

But sometimes, the more unintentionally one loses control, the more likely they are to speak the truth.

The next moment, a crisp "snap" was heard.

A passing medical ninja slapped him hard across the face, showing no mercy whatsoever.

"So you yourself knew that your Sarutobi clan had been a hindrance all along?! You bastard!"

"you!"

"What do you mean, 'you'?! The war has been completely lost, everything is over, do you think I'm still afraid of your Sarutobi clan? Go to hell, go heal your own wounds!"

Then, Shinnosuke Sarutobi felt the medical ninjutsu chakra in his body disappear.

He was helpless, terrified, and angry. His eyes were temporarily covered by thick gauze, so he couldn't see anything, but he could sense an endless sense of despair spreading around him...

The defeat in the war means that the internal conflicts that were barely suppressed by Minato Namikaze are destined to erupt even more violently in the future!

It's a pity that the Sarutobi clan, having made a rare voluntary sacrifice in the war, not only failed to improve their reputation but also became even more hated.

Of course, the despair and worry of the Konoha ninjas were actually a bit excessive.

Because only some battle reports have been received so far, they are unaware that Iwagakure is not actually much better off than them.

Before Madara Uchiha pulled out the tube, he used the power of the Gedo Mazo to unleash a Fire Release technique that turned the entire valley into a sea of ​​fire and incinerated hundreds of Iwagakure's main ninjas in one go!

Even after the Akatsuki cleaned up the battlefield, they secretly took away another group of valuable survivors.

Then they pinned all the blame for their disappearance on Madara Uchiha and Jiraiya.

This caused Onoki to slam his fist on the table and scream repeatedly after the war.

"Uchiha Madara! Uchiha Madara! How is that old bastard still alive?!"

For a moment, it was hard to tell whether he was angry or frightened.

After all, others may not know, but Shiba Kiyokawa knows very well: the person Onoki feared most in his life was Uchiha Madara.

It was precisely by exploiting Onoki's mentality that, no matter how many questions Iwagakure raised about the details of the battlefield cleanup process after the war, Shiba Kiyokawa's answer was always the same.

"It was all Madara Uchiha's doing!"

No matter how much Onoki blew his beard and glared at him.

"There were reports that several teams from our village went to provide support on the mountainside, how come they've also disappeared?"

Shiba Kiyokawa's answer was always the same: "It was Uchiha Madara who did it, you know that, he's Uchiha Madara!"

"Where is my disciple?! Where did you hide my disciple Deidara?!"

Did Madara Uchiha really harm a four-and-a-half-year-old child before he died?!

Shiba Kiyokawa shrugged, pretending to look around at the scenery. "Who knows? That's Uchiha Madara, after all. Why don't you go ask him yourself?"

That single question terrified Onoki: "He...he...he's not dead yet?!"

"He's dead. I'm asking if you want to go to the Pure Land and ask him about it?"

"..."

Onoki was so angry that he gasped for breath again.

But now he has completely lost the confidence to be bossy in front of Shiba Kiyokawa.

In this battle, the Akatsuki organization did not participate at all in the defense of the front lines outside the mountains, nor did they get involved in the battle in the valley where the death rate was the highest.

Throughout the entire process, they were only responsible for guarding the mountain pass leading to the Kannabi Bridge. With the help of numerous pre-set traps and terrain advantages, their losses were negligible.

Both Iwagakure and Konoha suffered heavy losses in this battle, especially their main elite forces, which were severely damaged.

In the Fourth Shinobi World War, having a large number of filler ninja is meaningless; the quantity and quality of the main Jonin and Chunin often reflect the true war potential of a ninja village!

Now the roles have reversed, and at least in this local battlefield in the northwest of the ninja world, the Akatsuki organization has now become the strongest force!

So even though Onoki was angry, he didn't dare to really break ties with Shiba Kiyokawa for the time being!

On the contrary, he had to suppress his temper, force a smile, take a few deep breaths, and ask with a forced smile.

"So, what are your plans, Qinghe, to regroup and attack the Land of Fire?"

At that moment, Shiba Kiyokawa smiled.

"We're not that close, so please just call me Boss Shiba. Before we launch the attack, I think it would be better if you paid for the bridge construction first."

"What? We have to pay for the bridge repairs?"

"Of course! This bridge is your Iwagakure's lifeline for supplies. Our Akatsuki organization kindly helped you reinforce and rebuild it, saving your battle from dire straits. Do you expect us to pay for it ourselves?"

At that moment, Onoki was trembling all over.

"You! You're taking advantage of our misfortune! Shiba Kiyokawa, we're allies!"

You used my bridge to fish, to set up battlefields, and to achieve your glory, but now you're asking me for money.

You! You've gone too far!

In response, Shiba Kiyokawa countered with just one sentence.

"What, you're not convinced?"

(End of this chapter)