Konoha's Destiny Twins

On March 13, Konoha 45, the weather gradually warmed up and the snow began to melt.

The battle of Kannabi Bridge is over, but this time Konoha is not the winner.

Although Konoha finally destroyed the Kannabi Bridge, Iwagakure did not retreat because of this. They only temporarily reduced their offensive power because of Kumogakure's massive invasion.

The terrain of the Land of Earth is complex, with many mountains and rocks. Kumogakure's attack on Iwagakure Village did not go very smoothly. After Iwagakure called back a large number of troops from various places, he successfully blocked Kumogakure.

For a time, the war between Kumogakure and Iwagakure fell into a stalemate.

Originally, this was also the best time for Konoha to counterattack Iwagakure. Kumogakure also sent envoys many times in the hope that Konoha would send troops to put pressure on Iwagakure...

It's just that Konoha's top brass finally chose "temporary peace" with Iwagakure.

Because during this period, two major events happened: One was that the negotiation between the Sandaime Hokage and Sunagakure completely broke down. Sunagakure immediately issued an announcement on the expansion of the army that day, preparing for a new round of replenishment of the number of ninjas. Prepare for a new war.

The second is the appearance of Kirigakure ninjas in the Bear Country in the southeast of the Fire Country.

Therefore, Konoha's senior officials were worried about facing the dilemma of a three-front war, so they adopted the most sensible "truce" strategy.

In the opinion of most people, this approach is the one that best serves the interests of Konoha today.

Because the joint attack with Kumogakure does not guarantee that the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Iwagakure Village will be captured and then surrendered.

Once the war reaches a stalemate, Konoha will be dragged into a new quagmire. Once the three fronts start fighting at the same time, it will be extremely difficult even for the powerful Konoha.

"The top management of Konoha believes that there is no need for us to take such a risk." Minato stated the information he had learned from Teacher Jiraiya.

Since the end of the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, the entire Konoha has been quiet and peaceful as if the war was over. However, those of them who have access to high-level officials know that the two forces are now confronting each other in the dark.

"You mean high-level people?" Qing Shui pointed out.

"Hokage-sama is the only one who insists on starting a war with Iwagakure. However, Hokage-sama is also burdened with the pressure of Sunagakure to start a war against Konoha again..." Minato paused and continued, "The top management of Konoha unanimously believes that it is Hokage-sama's fault. The blood of the previous victims was shed in vain... so I support Danzo one-sidedly."

"Is that so...what does Danzo mean?"

"While being on guard against Sunagakure and Kirigakure, pay close attention to the war between Iwagakure and Kumogakure to see if you can make some gains."

Qing Shui sneered: "What a beautiful thought."

"But many people think that this is in the best interest of Konoha." Minato said solemnly, "They all think that we suffered too heavy losses in the war with Iwagakure."

Rough statistics after the war showed that in the new round of war with Iwagakure, Konoha suffered more than 3,000 casualties, of which Mitsuakimizu's 17th Legion contributed nearly 10%, with a total of more than 300 casualties, a heavy price.

The entire 17th Army Corps can be said to have been destroyed.

The battle of Kannabi Bridge, which Shimizu strongly led, did not bring substantial visible benefits to Konoha at present.

So after the Sandaime Hokage, the second person to bear tremendous pressure was Shimizu.

"Shimizu, they..." Minato was a little embarrassed to say, he hesitated for a while before continuing, "I proposed to temporarily remove you from your position, thinking that your radical strategy did not bring any benefits to Konoha, but paid huge casualties. "

Qing Shui responded calmly: "I guessed it."

This kind of punishment is just like how Orochimaru was deprived of the right to be the commander-in-chief by the Sandaime Hokage even though he had meritorious service, and then he stayed in the village behind closed doors to reflect on his past to this day.

Of course, for Orochimaru, all this is what he wants, and he can just focus on those weird scientific experiments.

However, as long as the war breaks out again, reactivation is inevitable. After all, it is only a temporary revocation of the position.

Not only that, Konoha's senior management also brought out old accounts from the past: Although Qingshui's triple hard vortex water blade was effective against Konoha,

But it is also true that it caused certain casualties to Konoha's ninjas.

Not all the ninjas who died because of the Hard Whirlpool Water Blade and their families understood Shimizu's actions at that time.

Although, Qingshui also understood the grief of the family members of the deceased... It was just that he had been holding back before, but at this juncture, old and new hatreds came out together, which was a bit subtle.

and……

"Besides, they put Uchiha's debt on me as well."

"So you know..." Minato was slightly surprised.

"Well, Zuo Wei's parents told me before."

During the battle of Kannabi Bridge, the bodies of 20 Uchiha clan members disappeared.

You must know that the one who has always been with Uchiha is Shimizu's 17th Legion. It is a natural task to clean up the corpses of his companions.

However, it was as if someone was targeting him...

Just when Iwagakure was about to retreat, this appalling incident happened.

So after learning the news, Konoha was extremely angry.

If the mastermind cannot be found for a while, then the only choice is to let the person who failed in his duty take the blame.

"Someone is collecting Sharingan." Minato said bluntly.

Qing Shui shook his head: "I can't guess who it is..."

Orochimaru? Danzo? Or the other ninja villages? Even Fei and Madara?

Anyone could be a suspect.

Too many things broke Shimizu's original understanding of the "original plot" of the Naruto world: due to an accident, the battle of Kannabi Bridge started early when Kakashi was 11 years old, although he still lost his left arm. Eye, but broke up with Obito...

The battle of Kannabi Bridge did not make Iwagakure retreat, and Konoha did not give birth to two Sharingan heroes... The whole situation became increasingly weird.

The script shouldn't be like this!

"It's a pity that the ANBU has not found any useful information so far..."

However, Qingshui didn't expect the ANBU to be able to help: "There are many things that the ANBU can't handle, and I'm not the least of them."

Minato immediately responded with a wry smile. Although Qing Shui had left the ANBU, he was still an active member of the ANBU.

"By the way, how is Kakashi's recovery going?" Qingshui suddenly remembered that boy Kakashi and asked.

It's embarrassing to say that since returning to Konoha, Qingshui has devoted himself to training.

If Minato hadn't come to see him specifically today, he wouldn't have known that so many things had happened recently, and even his position as commander of the army would be temporarily revoked.

"Kakashi is recovering well." Then he thought of something again, and his blue eyes revealed a little sadness, "But his eyes..."

"Have the seniors in the medical class confirmed it?"

"Well, it can't be cured."