Naruto: People are in Konoha, the system arrived 20 years earlier Chapter 114

While Shota and Fugaku were still wrestling, an Uchiha chunin suddenly rushed into Fugaku’s house.

“Uh, Clan Leader, Shota-jonin.” He was a bit flustered, as if he had seen something he shouldn’t have.

Seeing an outsider appear, Shota and Fugaku immediately pulled apart, tidying their clothes that had become disheveled from the scuffle.

Fugaku cleared his throat, then spoke with a serious expression, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

The Uchiha chunin immediately looked up, “Yes, Lord Hokage sent someone to inform us that the jonin of the clan are to gather at the Hokage Building for a meeting.”

Upon hearing this news, Fugaku and Shota exchanged glances, their brows furrowing slightly.

“Did something significant happen again?” Shota murmured to himself.

“I don’t know the specifics; we’ll find out when we get to Lord Hokage’s office,” Fugaku shook his head, then looked at the Uchiha chunin, “You can return to the Police Force first.”

The Uchiha chunin nodded, then瞬身 (Shunshin) vanished from Fugaku’s house.

He was the Police Force’s operator, specifically responsible for answering calls and relaying messages.

Due to the importance of the matter, he didn’t inform Fugaku via phone but personally reported it. As for notifying the clan’s jonin, it was naturally more credible for the Uchiha clan leader to do so.

Fugaku then returned to his study and began calling members of the clan.

Yes, calling. The village now had landline phones, which were, of course, invented by the Kazama brothers.

Currently, the Kazama brothers hadn’t invented mobile phones yet, but they had developed communication devices similar to pagers.

As long as one knew the corresponding channel, they could leave messages for remote communication. This communication device had no regional restrictions.

Of course, not every ninja had this communication device; it hadn’t been fully deployed and popularized yet.

Also, they had already researched and developed radio communication. They usually communicated via radio during missions, but radio currently could only be used within the Land of Fire; there were no corresponding base stations in other countries.

As Fugaku went to contact other jonin in the clan, Hayato glanced at Shota.

Shota nodded, “We’ll wait here, and then we’ll head to the Hokage Building together.”

“Okay.” Hayato hadn’t expected to encounter this today and couldn’t help but inwardly speculate about what kind of event they would face later.

Also, it was unknown whether the Hokage had only notified the Uchiha clan or if other clans had also been informed.

Itachi, who was nearby, also sensed the unusual atmosphere and quickly put away his book. “Brother Hayato, I’ll go back to my room first.”

Hayato nodded, then no longer paid attention to Itachi, and waited in the courtyard with Shota.

After a while, Fugaku finally emerged from his study, seeing Shota and Hayato waiting for him.

“The three of us will go first.”

With that, Fugaku walked towards the door, and Shota and Hayato followed suit.

Before long, the three of them arrived at the Hokage Building and headed to a large conference room on the second floor.

As Hayato stepped into the conference room, he found that many people were already standing there.

And they weren’t all from the Uchiha clan; jonin from other clans were also present.

Hayato felt a hint of something unusual, but fortunately, it wasn’t just the Uchiha clan who had been summoned, which suggested it was a major event related to the village.

Could it be… war?

Fugaku and Shota exchanged glances, seemingly having thought of something at the same time.

Then, the two of them walked over to the high-ranking members of other clans and began to chat.

Thanks to the rise of the communication industry, the Uchiha clan’s popularity within Konoha was quite good now.

“Hayato, you’re here too.” Just then, Minato’s voice came from behind Hayato.

Hayato turned around and looked at him, “Brother Minato, do you have any guesses about this gathering?”

“Hayato, I think war might be coming,” Minato said with a solemn expression, voicing his thoughts.

Minato’s thoughts coincided with Hayato’s, and Hayato nodded with a serious expression, “I have a premonition about that too.”

Otherwise, why would they summon the elite jonin of the village for such a large meeting?

Hayato stroked his chin, still feeling a hint of doubt.

Was this timing a bit too early? According to his memory, the Third Great Ninja War would fully erupt around next year.

About an hour later, the conference room became increasingly crowded. Hiruzen also arrived in the conference room, standing on the platform. After scanning the room, he spoke directly.

“Everyone’s here, right? Everyone quiet down for a moment.”

The previously somewhat noisy conference room immediately fell silent. Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Hiruzen, waiting for his next words.

“I’ve gathered everyone here today to announce and discuss a major matter.”

“Reliable intelligence indicates that recently, Kumogakure has dispatched a large number of elite troops to attack Sunagakure.”

As soon as these words were uttered, the previously quiet conference room immediately became noisy again.

“What’s going on? Why would Kumogakure suddenly launch an attack on Sunagakure? Did something happen?”

“Lord Hokage, what should we do? Should we take this opportunity to attack Suna, or should we confront Kumo?”

Hiruzen pressed his hands down, signaling everyone to quiet down.

After a while, the conference room returned to silence, and Hiruzen slowly began to speak.

“This time, Kumogakure is attacking Sunagakure mainly because the Third Kazekage has gone missing. Sunagakure is leaderless, and Kumogakure, upon learning of this situation, launched the war.”

Upon hearing this, Hayato confirmed that the Third Great Ninja War was indeed about to begin. He was just unsure why the Third Kazekage had gone missing earlier than expected, and whether it was still Sasori’s doing.

“Lord Hokage, in that case, we can also take this opportunity to annex some of the Land of Wind’s territory.” A voice emerged from the crowd.

“Unsuitable, Lord Hokage. Although the Land of Wind is vast, its territories are mostly deserts, which are useless to us. I think it would be better for us to target the Land of Lightning instead.” Of course, there were also those who held a disdainful view of the Land of Wind.

Thinking, what’s the use of seizing some barren land?

Targeting the Land of Lightning? Hayato disagreed, because soon, some “brilliant mind” would lead a force of ten thousand to exhaust and kill the Third Raikage.

Of course, others were unaware of these matters because Iwagakure had not yet taken action against Kumogakure.

For a time, everyone was at a stalemate. Hiruzen allowed everyone to express their views one by one.

After everyone had voiced their thoughts, it was finally Hayato’s turn.

“Once one of the Five Great Nations initiates a war, it won’t be a simple conflict between two countries. Our Konoha will definitely be drawn into it; it’s only a matter of time.

Right now, what we should be thinking about is who we should act against without affecting the balance of the war between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Wind.”

Hiruzen nodded, then looked at Hayato, and spoke with a solemn expression, “So your target is?”

“My suggestion is to deal with the Land of Water,” Hayato slowly stated.