Guan Liyuan originally felt strange. Why is the Grass Country a landlocked country, but the Kusagakure Village Ghost Lantern Castle is overseas? And why do the villages entrust the prisoners to the Kusagakure Village for guarding?

After listening to Taketori Osamu's words, he roughly understood that when dealing with the remaining forces of the Kusagakure Village, the other major ninja villages pinned down Konoha...

which prevented Konoha from completely destroying this ninja village that joined forces with the Rock Ninja to take advantage, but it didn't make it easy for them!

The ninja villages supported the Kusagakure Village to establish the "Ghost Lantern Castle" overseas and assisted in guarding some prisoners from various countries. In fact, to a certain extent, or even the main purpose, it was actually exiling the Kusagakure Village!

Otherwise, the really important prisoners in various countries, such as ninjas with blood limit or other secret techniques, could not be executed by the Anbu, and they were sent to other villages for guarding? How is it possible!

Most of the prisoners sent there are those who need them alive, but are unwilling to let them return to the ninja world, and are between important and unimportant... For example, some war criminals who must be sacrificed, and ninjas who are not in good hands in some shameful tasks!

In this way, the mouths of outsiders can be shut up, and there will not be too many voices blaming the top management for "not being able to protect their ninjas".

The unique fire escape technique of Kusagakure Village can provide convenience for guarding prisoners...

But at the same time, under the sole leadership of Konoha, it is also stipulated that the ninjas of Kusagakure Village, as the losers of the Third World War, are also not allowed to leave the overseas island, otherwise they will be treated as fugitives!

The ninjas of Kusagakure Village are both the guards of the prison and the prisoners in Kizuna Castle.

Due to special historical reasons, the current Kusagakure Village in the Grass Country is not only far inferior to the former Kusagakure Village in strength, but also completely a shame for the ninja village in terms of atmosphere... After all,

after Konoha suffered a loss in the Third World War, what it wanted was a force that was completely licking its boots and acting as a buffer between it and the Rock Ninja.

Although Konoha is considered to be more humane among the five major ninja villages, the belief of the first Hokage of "being righteous for the public" has long been eroded by reality in Konoha. It is good enough to maintain the current harmony within the village. How can it be too demanding of the puppet Kusagakure Village?

Therefore, the tragedy of Karin and her mother is actually inevitable in Kusagakure Village. As for why Karin later felt that Konoha was a "warm" village...

Although it cannot be said that it was completely her illusion, she did ignore that the "Purgatory Village" she experienced was a deformed product spawned by Konoha in order to maintain its own "warmth"!

"What kind of strength does the Kusagakure Village in the Land of Grass have now? And... Can you tell me the approximate strength of the Taketori clan?" Guan Liyuan asked.

In the face of Guan Liyuan's question, Taketori Osamu was not surprised. Obviously, this battle was also the purpose of his coming to Guan Liyuan.

"There are about a thousand Kusagakure in the Land of Grass. The sheer number is considered good among the ninja villages outside the five major ninja villages, but the real strength... let's compare it this way. The ninja world has been relatively peaceful for more than ten years, so the ratio between Genin and Chunin is very large, reaching 20:1, which can be called the highest value after the establishment of the ninja village order, but the ratio of Kusagakure is only about 40:1... that is, there are only 20 to 30 Chunins!"

The large number of Genin does not mean that the ninja world is weak. On the contrary, the more peaceful the time, the greater the proportion of Genin!

Because in wartime, the mortality rate of Genin is high, and on the battlefield, the chance of Genin's promotion is also high, so this ratio will continue to increase according to the severity of the war and the duration of the war.

For example, before the establishment of the ninja village order and when the First World War just ended, the number of Genin was less than Chunin...

Under normal circumstances, the number of Genin will be more than Chunin, after all, not everyone can survive from Genin to Chunin by age.

One is a potential Genin. Without doing many tasks, they will quickly become Chunin because of their training speed. These Chunin have the potential to be promoted to Jonin. The other is not very talented, but not too bad. They are trained in countless C and D-level tasks and finally promoted to Chunin...

Usually a ratio of 10:1 is considered normal. The current 20:1 is to a certain extent due to the development of the ninja school system and the long-term peace...

This data makes Guan Liyuan a little worried, because the "overweight" of the ninja group also means that it is more and more urgent to lose weight, and the intensity of weight loss will be very "tragic"!

[Even if there are no Black Zetsu, Madara, Obito and other guys messing around, I'm afraid the ninja world can't bear too much peace, right? 】 Guan Liyuan sighed secretly.

And this ratio of the Grass Ninja is even lower than the average level of the Ninja World.

The reason is simple. According to Taketori Osamu, the Grass Country is not only corrupt, but a large part of the ninjas are also semi-hooligans with very poor quality!

There are only three jonins above the chuunin level, which is about the same as the average ratio of 10:1 in the ninja world.

"As for the Taketori clan... Among our clansmen, there are more than 300 warriors who can serve as ninjas, 19 chuunins, and 3 jonins... You have also seen 'Sora' among them, and his strength is stronger than that of ordinary jonins!" Taketori Osamu said proudly.

Guan Liyuan was surprised when he heard this. The number of Kusagakure ninjas is actually quite considerable. You have to know that during the Fourth War, the five major ninja villages and the Iron Country warriors formed an alliance, which only brought together 80,000 people...

And under the circumstances at that time, each village should not have too many reservations. Although some ninjas would definitely be left behind, so as not to come out in full force, the total number of ninjas in the five major ninja villages is estimated to be only 100,000!

Among them, Konoha, a big dog family, may account for one-third of it. For example, the Sand Village and the Mist Village are estimated to have only more than 10,000 ninjas... There are 1,000 Kusagakure ninjas, which is considered a lot.

So the number of Genin in the Taketori clan is far less than that of Kusagakure, and the number of Chunin is also nearly half less, while the number of Jonin is the same and of higher quality...

Even if there is a full-scale conflict, the chances of the Taketori clan winning are not great, right?

Taketori Shuu just said that only his tribe had participated in the war before...

"How many people did you participate in the war before?" Guan Liyuan asked suspiciously.

"I have a good appeal in the clan. Except for the direct descendants of the clan elders Shoji and Long, most of the clan members who can fight have responded to the call, including my direct descendants... a total of 172 people went to the Kingdom of Grass!" Shuu showed a proud look on his face.

Well, Guan Liyuan now has an intuitive understanding of the garbage level of Kusagakure ninjas.

Although it was just an encounter between teams and there was no battle with too many participants, but with the absolute advantage in numbers of backup, on the northern battlefield, the Grass Ninjas were pinned to the ground by less than 200 ninjas of the Taketori clan, and finally had to choose to unite in the northern fortress...

Of course, on the other hand, Guan Liyuan also understood Xiu's worries, that is, after uniting, the Grass Ninjas, even though they had been weakened a lot due to a series of failures in sporadic battlefields before, once they "fight in a group", they still have a number advantage that cannot be ignored.

But at this time, Taketori Masahiro and Taketori Takashi became interested and had to fight to the death with each other...

It was for this reason that Xiu came back from the front line and wanted to persuade them to guide the direction of the war to the "negotiation" in his plan.

Taketori Xiu and Guan Liyuan did not speak for a long time. In the end, it was Guan Liyuan who broke the silence first...

"I will help you break through the northern fortress, and you help me get all the secret scrolls sent by the Kaguya clan!" Guan Liyuan stated his conditions.

Xiu frowned: "No, although we will suffer huge losses if we attack the northern fortress, I actually think that our Taketori clan has a high chance of winning, and I am not worried about failing in the northern fortress..."

[How much do you despise the Kusanagi? 】

Guan Liyuan smiled and shook his head: "No, you didn't understand what I said. I can help you break the northern fortress... I even only need you to provide some necessary assistance, and you won't suffer too many casualties!"

"What? Do you know what you are talking about? I know your strength, but..."

"Believe me... and this battle is inevitable. It's not a loss for you to bet with me once, right? Even if I break my promise, it won't make the result worse."

"..."

"Three days later, all you have to do is make sure the war happens in three days!"

Three days later, Kurama will have the strength of the Five Tails...