Chapter 293: Cloud Hidden Attack

“Just today, a large number of Kumogakure Ninja launched an assault on our border from the Land of Hot Springs,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a serious expression.

The expressions on the faces of some younger Jonin became solemn; although Kumogakure had been in a state of war with Konoha for a long time, there had been no major battles between the two sides.

However, most Jonin looked calm because they knew that if it were truly an emergency, there would be no meeting; Ninja troops would be directly dispatched for support. Since there was still time for a meeting and discussion, the situation must still be manageable.

“Fortunately, the Ninja of our frontline forces were very resilient and successfully repelled the enemy’s offensive, stopping the Kumogakure Ninja Force outside the Land of Fire,” Hiruzen Sarutobi paused and said.

On one hand, reconnaissance Ninja discovered anomalies, and on the other hand, Minato encountered the new AB Combo. Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi reinforced the border with more Ninja, preventing any major issues.

“However, the situation remains grim, and more Ninja need to be dispatched to the border to thwart Kumogakure’s conspiracy,” Hiruzen Sarutobi continued.

Selecting a commander to lead the Ninja troops to support the front line was one of the topics of this meeting.

In fact, before this, Hiruzen Sarutobi had already held a small meeting with Danzo and the other two. Originally, Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted Jiraiya to continue as commander, but Danzo thought Orochimaru would be better. Ultimately, they decided to make the final decision at the Jonin meeting.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Jiraiya, wanting him to volunteer to lead the team to the border.

The best way to become Hokage is to achieve merits that surpass everyone else. Jiraiya had just defeated an Iwagakure Ninja Force once. If he successfully defeated Kumogakure again, Jiraiya’s prestige in Konoha would reach a new level.

“Minato, what does it feel like to teach disciples? It’s great to see them grow day by day under your guidance, isn’t it?” Jiraiya turned to Minato and said, avoiding eye contact with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

“Mm,” Minato nodded with a gentle smile.

“Sigh, this guy,” Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed inwardly as he watched Jiraiya turn away at just the right moment.

The meeting room was silent for twenty seconds, then Orochimaru spoke: “Sandaime, I am willing to go to the border to provide support.”

Because it was a meeting, Orochimaru did not call Hiruzen Sarutobi “Teacher.”

Seeing Orochimaru step forward, Danzo immediately voiced his support, praising Orochimaru’s The Will of Fire.

Looking at Jiraiya, who showed no desire to compete, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally decided to appoint Orochimaru as the commander to lead a thousand Ninja to support the border.

After all, he had just rejected one of Danzo’s requests, and Jiraiya himself did not seem too keen to go.

After confirming the personnel for frontline support, the meeting did not end. It was impossible for a Jonin meeting to discuss only this matter.

“The Ninja World situation is chaotic, and countries are currently engaged in war. Under such circumstances, what actions do you think Konoha should take?” Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the Jonin.

Compared to who would lead the troops to support the front line, this was the main content of the meeting, because there were only a few candidates for the former, and they already had a rough idea before it even started.

“Of course, we should actively participate in the war to let the daimyo and clients recognize our strength. This way, Konoha’s prestige can reach a new peak,” Danzo immediately stated his opinion.

Ninja Village commissions do not come without reason, especially foreign commissions; they are basically based on the Ninja Village’s strength. The better a Ninja Village performs in the Shinobi World War, the more commissions it will receive after the war ends, and vice versa.

“Counterattack into the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth, and let those guys know how formidable our Konoha Ninja are!” As the leader of Konoha’s hawks, Danzo’s words were followed by other hawk-faction Jonin.

“Spies can be sent to the Land of Wind to investigate. Having lost the Third Kazekage and currently fighting fiercely with Kumogakure, Sunagakure is now more vulnerable than ever.”

“Instead of this, since the war is getting more intense, shouldn’t we train more Medical Ninja? If every team could have a Medical Ninja, casualties would be greatly reduced,” Tsunade, who had been silent, spoke up.

She originally didn’t want to speak, only wanting to finish the meeting and go home to lie down and wait for Muzuki to cook, but she really couldn’t stand the hawks’ remarks.

Tsunade thought it was perfectly fine to fight back when invaded, but wanting to attack the Land of Wind, a country with no current conflict, was just pure madness.

“Indeed, we need to train more Medical Ninja, but it’s still very difficult to achieve one Medical Ninja per squad,” Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head slightly and said.

His statement was a way of giving Tsunade face. He could never agree to this proposal because it would waste manpower and resources and still not be popular.

A standard Konoha squad consists of four people: one captain and three members. If one of the four must be a Medical Ninja, then among four thousand Ninja, there would need to be one thousand Medical Ninja.

The number of Ninja Konoha can support is limited; it cannot expand indefinitely. Increasing Medical Ninja would mean reducing the number of regular Ninja, which would lead to a decrease in Konoha’s overall Ninja strength.

Moreover, training Medical Ninja is more costly and difficult than training regular Ninja. How could Hiruzen Sarutobi spend money to weaken Konoha’s strength?

“If we are to train Medical Ninjutsu talents, I do have an idea. Generally, people with good Chakra control tend to have more talent in Medical Ninjutsu. If we start cultivating talents in this area during the Ninja Academy stage, we can both screen out talented individuals and shorten the training time,” Muzuki said after thinking for a moment.

“Establish a class for Medical Ninjutsu specialists, allowing students who aspire to become Medical Ninja to enter this class for Medical Ninja training.”

System rewards are sometimes random and sometimes fixed. The improvements gained from teaching students are fixed: physical skills boost physical skills, Ninjutsu boosts Ninjutsu. He wanted to further narrow the scope and try if teaching only Medical Ninjutsu would result in rewards only for Medical Ninjutsu.

If successful, Muzuki’s Ninja Academy reform plan would be very promising. In the future, if he wanted to specialize in a certain field, he would teach students in that specific field to get targeted rewards.

Moreover, Muzuki felt that saying something like this now might also slightly increase Tsunade’s favorability.

“Medical Ninjutsu specialists…” Hiruzen Sarutobi showed a thoughtful expression, feeling that Muzuki’s idea was very good and much more reliable than Tsunade’s proposal.

Tsunade’s mouth slightly parted, and her expression towards Muzuki was a little surprised. She thought about it carefully and also felt that this proposal was very good and very friendly to Medical Ninja.

Muzuki did not say much more after that. This was not too big of an issue and was not worth discussing too much at an emergency Jonin meeting. It was not like establishing a new Ninja Academy that only recruited Medical Ninja; the Ministry of Education and the Ninja Academy could just hold their own meeting.

The meeting quickly returned to Konoha’s actions in the war.

After the meeting, Muzuki briefly exchanged ideas about physical skills with Teacher Chen, then went to Tsunade’s house to make dinner and study medical knowledge.

Because the Basic Breathing Technique had been tested sufficiently, Muzuki began teaching Rin Nohara the Basic Breathing Technique.

However, because his main body was very busy, aside from weekends, it was mostly his Shadow Clone teaching. There was no way around it; it was the same for Shisui.