The main battlefield between Konoha Village and Kumogakure lies in the Land of Fields.
In the original story, after Orochimaru defected, he established Otogakure in this country, and it gained quite a reputation.
But now, it's in a sorry state, completely reduced to a battlefield for the two ninja villages.
In fact, the small countries around the Land of Fire haven't been annexed. The reason is that Konoha Village keeps them as buffer zones.
Once there's a war, they become the battlegrounds.
If the fighting reaches near Konoha Village, it means the situation is very grim.
For example, in the Battle of Kikyō Mountain during the Third Great Ninja War, the battle had reached the village entrance.
The victory in this battle also marked the end of the entire war.
If they had lost, Konoha today would probably be in a terrible state, or even cease to exist.
The team led by Hiashi Hyuga has the most ninjas from the Hyuga clan.
But the command is still given to Tsunade.
Hiashi Hyuga, the head of the Hyuga clan, and Fugaku Uchiha, the head of the Uchiha clan, are of the same generation.
Tsunade is a generation above them and is also one of the Sannin. Both emotionally and rationally, she should be in command.
However, she's quite annoyed.
Clearly, her purpose for participating in the war was to train her three apprentices, but now she's inexplicably taken on the role of commander.
Natsume obediently followed the group on the journey.
Come to think of it, it's his first time traveling far from home. Looking at the strange scenery around him, it's actually quite interesting.
But after looking for a long time, all that's left is boredom.
Everyone is on the move, and he can't even find someone to talk to.
At night, the team stopped to set up camp.
Natsume and Kabuto Yakushi were assigned to the same tent.
To facilitate the march, they all used sleeping bags.
"Kabuto, how well have you learned the Hashirama cell transplantation technique I gave you?"
Over the past two years, Orochimaru's techniques have been continuously improving.
According to the terms of the original deal, he passed on a copy to Natsume.
Hashirama cells are quite useful.
Even if Natsume doesn't need them in the future, it would be great to give them to the subordinates in his organization.
"Some things are really tough for me at my current level," Kabuto Yakushi shook his head, frowned, and said, "But I've benefited a lot. Given a few more years, I'll fully master it."
Natsume thought it was quite good.
Ordinary people wouldn't even understand it, let alone read it.
It's just that Kabuto Yakushi has amazing talent.
Plus, he has Tsunade's guidance.
After all, many medical knowledge is common.
"I'll go see the teacher."
Natsume originally wanted to go to sleep, but suddenly remembered that he hadn't said his daily goodnight to Tsunade.
He crawled out of his sleeping bag and went to the adjacent tent.
As the commander, Tsunade has a separate tent.
She wasn't asleep at this time, and was thinking about Natsume, wondering if she should go and see him.
For nearly three years, she would always say hello to him before going to sleep.
But then she thought of Hinata Hyuga from the morning, and she suddenly felt a bit annoyed.
Tsunade was stunned for a few seconds and sighed.
You're really going backwards as you get older. You even care so much about a little girl.
In fact, she knew that what she cared about wasn't Hinata Hyuga, but Natsume.
"Sister, are you asleep?"
Tsunade immediately opened her eyes, got up, and looked outside the tent. There was a familiar figure outside the tent.
She hesitated for a moment and said, "No, come in."
Natsume entered the tent and naturally crawled into Tsunade's sleeping bag.
Anyway, this had been going on for two years, and both of them were used to each other.
Tsunade didn't react until later.
She wanted to say something but stopped.
Why did she suddenly break her rule?
"I came to say good night to you," Natsume said happily, rubbing his little face against Tsunade. "I can't fall asleep if I don't."
"Why are you still acting like a child?" Tsunade came to her senses, looked at Natsume in her arms, and asked.
"I'm still a child," Natsume said, raising his head and resting his head between her breasts. "I'm not even ten years old yet."
"It's time for you to go to sleep," Tsunade said somewhat helplessly, picking him up by the scruff of his neck.
She didn't mind him taking advantage, but instinctively felt that it wasn't right to go on like this.
They weren't at home. If someone noticed, it would be a big problem.
She didn't care about the rumors, but how could Natsume bear them?
"Okay," Natsume reluctantly left the warm sleeping bag. "Good night, Sister."
"Good night," Tsunade replied calmly, forcing herself not to soften at the sight of his slightly aggrieved look.
When Natsume returned to his own tent, he realized her awkwardness.
He could probably guess the reason.
It was nothing more than that he had grown up a lot.
Moreover, Tsunade's feelings for him were mainly sisterly, not romantic.
Natsume secretly thought that he had to gradually change this kind of emotion.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to win Tsunade's heart.
After all, he had loved her for two lifetimes. He couldn't miss her.
Who could be more persistent than him, considering his past life and this life?
The next day.
After breakfast, they set off again.
Natsume rarely didn't eat Tsunade's rice balls and felt quite nostalgic.
Could this be the so - called Stockholm syndrome?
He quickly shook his head, thinking it was unacceptable.
Around noon, they arrived at the Konoha's main base in the Land of Fields.
The current commander - in - chief of the base was Fugaku Uchiha.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Fugaku Uchiha to the battlefield for several reasons.
One was that the Uchiha clan had amazing combat power.
The other was to clear their suspicion in the Nine - Tails Incident and relieve the dissatisfaction of the clan members caused by the relocation of the clan land.
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Hiruzen Sarutobi was old and didn't want to see internal strife in Konoha again, so he hoped that the Uchiha clan would behave themselves.
In the original story, even when he received the report from Itachi Uchiha about the clan's rebellion, he still hoped to resolve it through peaceful negotiations.
How should one put it?
After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi lacked the ability. He didn't have the skills and means of his teacher, Tobirama Senju, and couldn't handle the Uchiha clan.
Coupled with Tanzo, they were like the so - called 'Wise Ones' of Konoha Village, making things worse.
Maybe things would be better if they did nothing.
Of course, the Uchiha clan itself also had problems.
They were proud, arrogant, extreme, and thought they were above everything.
This kind of personality type has been able to survive for so long solely because of their own strength.
But now, the two most powerful clan members have joined the Konoha camp.
The omen of death is looming over their heads.
When Tsunade saw Fugaku Uchiha, she handed over the command to him.
Replacing the commander during a battle is a major taboo.
Plus, she has to train her apprentices.
After lunch, Tsunade's team gathered.
"I just received an A-rank mission. It'll be your team's first mission," Tsunade said.
Natsume twitched the corner of his mouth. Starting with an A-rank mission, isn't that a bit too much?
Shizune and Kabuto Yakushi were obedient by nature. Hearing this, they just nodded.
Tsunade immediately looked at Natsume, a smile curving her lips, and asked, "What? Are you scared?"
Her tone was full of teasing.
"Of course not!"
Natsume glared at her. Woman, what's wrong with you? How could you doubt me?
Tsunade was even more delighted. She reached out and pinched his little face, saying, "It's okay to be scared. I'll protect you, you know."
Shizune and Kabuto Yakushi glanced at each other.
There was a shared thought in their eyes.
Are we a bit redundant? (Alas)
Natsume is the real apprentice, while they are just the ones she picked up.
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