Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 232 Konoha is in danger
"咻咻咻~~~"

Hearing the whistling sound in the sky, Shikaku's clone stopped talking abruptly and his expression froze on his face.

Just when I said that the mission would be accomplished if the enemy didn't have any new tactics, the enemy's new tactics appeared.

However, before Shikaku's clone could figure out what the whistling sound was, it had already landed on the ground.

"Boom!~"

In an instant, a horrific explosion occurred next to Shikaku's clone, instantly engulfing Shikaku, Haiyi and Choza's clones.

Heavy shells continued to land, and the flames from each explosion covered a distance of twenty to thirty meters. The instantaneous fire waves caused by the explosion were higher than the surrounding trees.

In such a horrific explosion, shrapnel and debris shot out in all directions like bullets, and the shrapnel coverage area was as large as half a football field.

In front of the undead trenches, with the bombardment of heavy artillery, the raised earth walls and water array walls collapsed in an instant, and the trenches built by the shadow clone using ninjutsu were also blown down.

Many shadow clones were destroyed by the scattered shrapnel before they could even react. Even if they were hiding in defense and not hit by the shrapnel, they would be destroyed by the shock wave and concussion wave generated by the explosion.

Under the bombardment of heavy artillery, the earth was shaking, and the remaining shadow clones collapsed into white smoke at an extremely fast speed.

Even the shadow clones that used earth escape to sneak underground were destroyed by the continuous shock caused by the explosion. (The depth of earth escape sneaking is limited, depending on strength.)——
"It's troublesome!"

At the edge of the forest, Lu Jiu, who was sitting cross-legged to adjust his state, was stunned for a moment, opened his eyes and sighed.

"The enemy's strength still exceeds our expectations."

Next to Shikaku, Haiyi also opened his eyes and spoke in a serious tone.

“And the quantity too!”

Ding Zuo also opened his eyes, with worry almost overflowing in his eyes.

The enemy's weapons are powerful, and ordinary ninjas have difficulty dealing with them in large-scale battles. Their number is at least over 30,000.

Ding Zuo said worriedly: "Lu Jiu~"

"Boss Ding, let's retreat!"

Seeing the deep worry in Ding Zuo's eyes, Lu Jiu immediately interrupted Ding Zuo and gave the order to retreat.

Such a powerful enemy is almost fatal to Konoha. Even if Konoha finally defeats these skeleton enemies, it will probably be difficult to resist other ninja villages.

To sum it up in one sentence, Konoha is in danger.

But these discouraging words obviously cannot be said by Ding Zuo. Whoever says them will disrupt the morale of the army. The rest will be left to the third generation and the three advisors to consider.

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After returning to the defense outside the Forest of Death, Shikaku immediately went to the command center to meet the Third Hokage.

Looking at Mitomon En who was with the Third Hokage, Shikaku said immediately: "Hokage-sama, the test results are out, I have important information to report to you alone!"

Mitomon En looked at Shikaku deeply, but did not express his dissatisfaction. Instead, he said to the Sandai, "I'll go see if the follow-up supplies have been delivered!"

After saying that, Mizuto Menyan left the command center, but his face looked solemn when he left.

Shikaku's mission was to test the enemy, and the result should have come out. Now he deliberately sent me away, so he must have some information that I couldn't know before the Third Hokage. What could it be?

Shikaku was not afraid that Mitomon En would bear a grudge against him, as he was already a die-hard Hokage, or even a third-generation Hokage. Sometimes he naturally had to keep a distance from a few advisors, or even deliberately offend them. Mitomon En also knew this, and this was a tacit understanding between the two sides.

What's more, the things that need to be reported now must not be known to Mizuto Kado Yan, at least not before three generations or at the same time.

After Mitomon En left, Shikaku's face suddenly became serious and he reported: "Sir, the enemy's strength far exceeded our expectations. It can even be said that it is no less than a war with a large ninja village."

The third generation frowned upon hearing this: "Tell me more about it!"

"Hey!" Shikaku responded, and said solemnly: "The enemy's weapons are very special, allowing them to exert strength far beyond that of ordinary Chunin, and are extremely suitable for large-scale combat. The number of enemies is not more than 5,000, but very likely more than 50,000! We launched attacks from four directions and encountered more than 3,000 enemy defense forces. This is only part of the enemy's defense line in the east!"

"Fifty thousand?" After hearing this, the Sandai's heart trembled. An enemy numbering over fifty thousand, with an average strength exceeding that of an average Chunin, was extremely suitable for large-scale combat.

This is almost fatal to Konoha. The total number of Konoha's ninjas is about 30,000. Unless the decapitation operation is successful, even in an optimistic scenario, Konoha will lose more than one-third of its ninjas and consume more than half of its supplies after this battle.

Other ninja villages will definitely take the opportunity to attack Konoha, or at least bite off a piece of flesh from Konoha.

The less optimistic scenario is that Konoha has lost most of its ninjas and all its supplies have been used up. Even if it wins, it will only be a pyrrhic victory. I'm afraid that by then it will be difficult to cope with attacks from other ninja villages.

Even~you may be destroyed by the other party.

The enemy was defending in the Forest of Death, forcing them to attack, probably with the intention of depleting Konoha's manpower.

It's no wonder that Shikaku wanted to send Mito Menen away. This kind of big news concerns the survival of Konoha, and also concerns the rights of those at the top of power.

If Men Yan knew about this, he might do something that would be detrimental to his rights or even endanger Konoha. Even if Men Yan didn't do that, what about Danzo? In such a critical situation, it's inevitable that these people would have other ideas. And the three advisors have the ability to take action.

After some thought, the Sandaime immediately ordered: "Keep the news strictly confidential. All ninjas participating in the operation are under your command."

"All the ninjas participating in the operation have been gathered separately and are now being monitored by the ninjas from the Ino, Shika and Chou families." Shikaku said immediately.

"Very good! You can go down and rest first!" said the third generation.

"It seems that we have to consider peace talks!" After Shikaku left, Sandai frowned and thought to himself.

The enemy was too powerful, and continuing the war would be too disadvantageous for Konoha, and might even lead to the demise of Konoha. At the same time, it would be very detrimental to his power.

Therefore, peace talks are the most beneficial way for Konoha.
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In the central tower of the Death Forest, twelve nightmare skeletons sat on both sides, watching the images sent back by the corpse shadow worms together.

"It seems that the enemy is not united among themselves!"

Watching Shikaku leave after reporting, Nightmare Knight Kula said sarcastically.

When it comes to unity, these Scourge races are the most united, and each of them has the spirit of dedication for victory.

"It seems that the enemy is likely planning to negotiate peace!"

Another Nightmare Knight shook his head and said, "The task the King has assigned to us has not yet been completed. Should we take the initiative to attack?"

When Fusu left, one of the tasks he left for them was to test the fighting power of the Naruto world. Now, after just one battle, Konoha seems to be planning to negotiate peace. How can they complete the task then?

The nightmare warrior sitting in the front row said in a deep voice: "Then let the heavy artillery stimulate them! Further intensify the conflict."

(End of this chapter)