When confronting the enemy, the ninja army set up a defensive formation and could not move.

If you don't move, you can live; if you move, you will die.

What Ōnoki needs is for the Sunagakure ninja to attack proactively, no matter who they attack.

When the Sand Village Ninjas attack the Land of Earth, they will inevitably be defeated by the Iwagakure Ninjas who are well prepared and good at defense, and then they will be able to calmly adjust their formation and launch a counterattack.

It would be even better if the Sand Village ninja attacked the Fire Country. The Iwagakure ninja would be able to adjust more calmly and decide which family to attack based on the situation, or even kill both families at the same time.

But before the action of the Sand Village is clear, the Yachigan ninja cannot be mobilized at all. If they move, they may attract attacks from the Sand Village ninjas and be defeated during the state transition.

The anxiously waiting Ohnoki could only wait and remain alert to the Kumogakure ninjas behind him, fearing that the Kumogakure would start the war with a surprise attack.

Just when Ōnoki was in a dilemma, the change he wanted finally came.

On October 2, the Sand Village launched a surprise attack on the Fire Country, using the excuse that Konoha Village had killed the Third Kazekage, officially starting the Third Ninja World War.

The Sand Village ninja's surprise attack on the Land of Fire was completely beyond the expectations of the Third Hokage.

The fact that everyone is an ally is certainly not trustworthy, not to mention that the so-called alliance is the product of the last war, forged by Konoha White Fang with half the lives of the Sand Village.

If the Sand Village still had a little bit of pride, they would naturally launch a war of revenge against Konoha if they had the chance. No Konoha ninja had any illusions about peace between Fenghuo and Fenghuo.

But the two sides are jointly investigating the mysterious person. The provocation of the natural immortal has embarrassed both sides and temporarily made the two villages united against the common enemy. Peace will not last long. At least before killing this mysterious person, under such an urgent and realistic threat, everyone must exercise restraint, right?

You can't just start fighting without caring about the enemies coveting your power. Aren't you really afraid of two tigers fighting each other?

You have to know that the ninja world has five major countries and five major ninja villages, not just the Sand Village and Konoha Village.

But this is the Hokage's idea, not the Sand Village's idea.

There is no one in the Sand Village who can coordinate the overall situation. Although Rasa has ascended the throne of the Fourth Kazekage, he has no direct roots of his own. Naturally, he has become a puppet of the powerful elders and is the one who issues the final seal of the decision.

In fact, after the Sand Village entered the republican system, the public opinion of the ninjas was amplified and their tolerance for the negative effects of policies decreased.

The other four major ninja villages are still under the dictatorship of the Kage. Their top leaders did not realize that the losses of the republican Sand Village in August and September had a huge impact. They even had to ignore the mysterious man who could not be found at all, and set the final time of starting the war if he could not be found within a month.

Even if the mysterious natural immortal poses a great threat, as long as he does not attack the Sand Village blatantly, the Sand Village ninjas will ignore him and eagerly declare war on the Fire Country.

The raid on the Sand Village was absolutely sudden psychologically, and it defeated the Konoha's ninja army deployed on the "neutral country" front line in one fell swoop, and invaded the Land of Fire from the north and south directions.

The Leaf Village was stunned.

But for Konoha Village, it is the strongest ninja village with a strong financial foundation, and the loss of thousands of ninjas on the front line was quickly made up by the reserve troops on the second line.

On the contrary, the Sand Village ninjas soon fell into chaos. They formed small groups based on various relationships and began to act on their own while maintaining two major strategic groups.

The lack of unified coordination in the Sand Village was exposed to the entire ninja world.

How strong was the Konoha Village in the 43rd year of Konoha? The loss of nearly four thousand people did not affect the life of the Konoha Village at all. People did what they were supposed to do and the mission center was even still busy.

Uchiha You still led the Ninjutsu and Tactics Study Session steadily, but the content he taught the Genin involved more knowledge of Chunin, such as how to form a team of three or four, and how to master the various rhythm changes during search, defense, and retreat.

The knowledge he taught came partly from his practice in the ninja world, partly from the instruction of his jonin captain, but most of it came from the summary of the warlike genes in the bones of the fighting nation.

But the most important teaching of Uchiha You was when to retreat and when to escape at all costs.

How could the Uchiha people, whose morale was boosted by him, accept such guiding ideology? They spoke out one after another to express their dissatisfaction and confusion.

"President, this is not right. We are the strongest Uchiha ninjas. We are ninjas from the strongest ninja village, Konoha Village. How can we just think of running away at the slightest provocation?"

Uchiha You sneered, "The strongest ninja village in the ninja world... the strongest Uchiha?"

"The strongest ninja village has a war happening on its own land? The strongest ninja clan is being tormented by its own village?"

"What about the Uchiha ninjas? What about the Konoha ninjas? You all have to stay alive to protect Konoha Village and prove that the Uchiha are the strongest ninja clan."

"If you die, the enemy will only stand on your corpses and proudly declare that Konoha Village is nothing but this, and the Uchiha Clan is nothing but this!"

"Is this the result you want?"

The series of questions made the children in the study group wilted. They stammered dejectedly, "No..."

Uchiha You's face relaxed, and he said patiently: "Only by staying alive can you protect Konoha, and only by staying alive can you defeat the enemy. If you die, there will be no one to protect Konoha Village and your family."

At this time, Uchiha Shisui, who had also joined the study session, asked, "Brother Yu, if the mission is not completed, won't the ninja be severely punished?"

Uchiha You asked back: "Who made the rule?"

“That’s what everyone says.”

"Does the ninja manual say that if you don't complete a mission you'll be punished?"

The group of little guys were all stunned. Yes, where is this rule from? There are dozens of prohibitions in the ninja manual, but there is really no clause prohibiting failure to complete the task.

As a profession that relies on the sword and blood, it is acceptable to require tasks to be completed, but rewards can only be given for completing tasks, and no rewards for not completing tasks.

The mission cannot be completed because it is extremely difficult, or even the enemy is extremely strong. Even if you try, you will die. Is there any punishment more severe than death?

No leader would be so stupid, otherwise the ninjas under him would not want to die, and they would definitely give up all difficult tasks. And if the leader forced the arrangement, no matter who he assigned, the ninja would defect immediately, there would be nothing to say.

In the last war, because the death rate against Hatake Sakumo was too high, a large number of missions of the Sand Village Ninja were left unattended, forcing the Third Kazekage to order that if they encountered Konoha White Fang, they could immediately abandon the mission.

Not to mention punishment, it doesn’t even count as a record of failure.

This stabilized the morale of the Sand Village ninjas and they continued to resist for a long time.

When the name Hatake Sakumo was mentioned, someone raised a question: "President, didn't Konoha White Fang commit suicide because he gave up a key mission and caused great damage to Konoha Village?"

"No, Hatake Sakumo-senpai didn't commit suicide because of the mission. He committed suicide because of his disappointment with Konoha Village and his despair over the collapse of his ideals."

Uchiha You sneered and asked: "It is said that Senior Hatake Sakumo gave up a critical mission and brought huge losses to Konoha Village, but do you know what the mission was?"

"That's a secret mission, how can we know?"

"A secret mission should be a secret that no one knows except the relevant people and the Hokage from the beginning to the end. Why is it that even ordinary villagers know about Hatake Sakumo-senpai's 'secret mission'?"

The children were dumbfounded. The secret mission that everyone knew about was obviously contradictory.

"And what is this 'huge loss' that has everyone so angry about?"

"Besides Hatake Sakumo-senpai, were there any other casualties in this secret mission?"

"So, my dear brothers and sisters, on the battlefield, your top priority is to save your own life. Do not challenge strong people you cannot defeat. They are not your enemies, but enemies that the strong people in the village have to deal with."

Although the attack on the Sand Village did not only directly affect the life of Konoha Village, high-level officials like Uchiha Fugaku had a lot of things to deal with.

At this time, even the daily reports of the Uchiha Eighth Hokage were completely terminated. He learned ninjutsu and tactics and presided over a small organization that the top leaders had forgotten.

Uchiha You therefore emboldened himself and began to spread outrageous ideas and facts, causing the entire study group to become alienated from the family's top brass and the top brass of Konoha Village.

This is a necessary condition for him to monopolize the study club resources and become the patriarch of the Uchiha family.

…

After the study and gathering, everyone naturally disbanded, but there were a few new kids who needed to be sent back by Uchiha You himself.

These are all Uchiha who are about to enter the Ninja School. They are also the direct geniuses of the Uchiha family. They are the core members of the Uchiha You small group gathered by the elders.

The leader was naturally Uchiha Shisui, followed by Elder Yuichiro's grandson Tomono, and two other children aged three or four.

By the way, the son that Uchiha Yuichiro was most worried about and anxious about was his fourth and youngest son and his only living son. Uchiha Tomino was the child of his eldest son who died in battle.

But Uchiha Seto, as his uncle, did not listen to his old father. He refused to join the study group. He even looked down on Uchiha Yuu and tried to comprehend the Sharingan between life and death.

The fourteen-year-old boy happened to be in his rebellious period. At his age, he was hated by everyone, but combined with the strength of a senior Genin, he not only had explosive destructive power, but he even had independent financial ability. Uchiha Yuichiro really had no way to deal with him.

Uchiha You smiled and comforted him at the time: "It's okay, by the time Tomoya awakens the Sharingan, Seto will have passed puberty and will know the seriousness of the matter."

Uchiha Yuichiro was worried: "But there will be a war next. He is my last son. I have no confidence that he can survive to mature age."

"For ninjas in war, life and death depends on luck. No matter how strong you are, it still depends on luck. Whether you learn from me or not is not the most important thing."

Uchiha You knew that what he said was bullshit. The stronger the ninjas were in the war, the more situations they could deal with, and their survival rate was higher than that of weaker ninjas.

Uchiha Yuichiro also knew that You was using nonsense to comfort him, but after hearing such nonsense, he did feel much better.

This is not the time to reason. As a father who is almost fifty years old, all he needs is comfort.

After regaining his sanity, Uchiha Yuichiro no longer had any hope for his last son's survival, and he turned all his attention to his grandson. Considering his grandson's age and talent, Uchiha Yuichiro resolutely sent him to a study group, where he could learn different knowledge with his peers, and perhaps save his life on the battlefield.

Seeing these children being sent home one by one, in the end only Uchiha Shisui was left with him. This was a tacit understanding between the two of them, and the last part of the journey was a time for them to communicate.

"Brother You, you've been teaching so much lately, and I feel like many people can't understand."

"Can you understand that?"

"I can't do that either. I have zero ninja experience and I can't understand a lot of the knowledge."

"That means you wrote it all down."

"Yes."

"That's good. Remember, if you study hard in the Ninja School, you will be able to apply what you have learned to other situations. Then you will experience the feeling of sudden enlightenment."

"Brother You, are you going to the battlefield too?"

"Shisui, what made you think of this?"

"Since we received information that the Sand Village is attacking us, your teaching has suddenly become mainly based on practical experience, and you are teaching a lot and very quickly. I guess you are running out of time."

"Very perceptive boy, time is indeed running out, not only for me, but also for the older kids in the study group."

"Compared to you young ones, I am more worried about those guys. They have been ninjas for several years, but now they have no official positions or jobs. They are the easiest ninjas to be recruited. But they used to do odd jobs in the security department, or even served as servants in the homes of clan leaders and elders. They had no chance to practice with real weapons."

"Although I taught them ninjutsu and tactical techniques, the time was too short and I don't know if they can convert the knowledge into abilities."

"Brother You, my brothers and sisters will all be drafted. Are you pessimistic about the prospect of war?"

"Well, the Fire Country is located in the center of the Ninja Realm. It is also the country with the flattest terrain and no natural geographical barriers. As long as there is no powerful Ninja Army attacking from all sides, it will definitely be besieged from all sides."

"The Sand Village is just the first rogue to attack us. The Iwagakure Village, the Kumogakure Village, and the Mist Village will all declare war on us. The Leaf Village is destined to fight on all four sides. No matter how many troops we have, it will not be enough."

Uchiha Shisui remained silent, slowly digesting what Uchiha You said.

When he was almost at Shisui's house, he suddenly asked, "Brother Yu, in your opinion, what kind of war strategy is best for Konoha Village to implement?"

Uchiha You said without hesitation: "Shisui, you must remember that there is never the best strategy, only the most suitable strategy."

Uchiha You raised his index, middle and ring fingers on his right hand. He didn't know what he remembered, but he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"If we ignore the reality, I think Konoha Village has three strategies for dealing with the war."

"The best strategy is of course to have another figure like the first Hokage appear. One person can intimidate the entire ninja world, and no one dares to speak loudly to Konoha Village."

"Like I said, to conquer the enemy without fighting is the best of all possible means."