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Chapter 215 - Chapter 215: Iwa's Jinchuriki

Everyone kept discussing for a while. After some time, Shiyu Uchiha turned to the group and spoke, "So everyone needs to stay sharp and handle this carefully! The latest reports suggest that the Nagare family, known for their secret water jutsu, may have already arrived on the battlefield as well."

At this point, Shiyu Uchiha couldn't help but recall what he had read in the original records about the Nagare family. He clearly remembered that during the Third Great Ninja World War, the powerful Aburame clan had dealt the Nagare family a heavy blow, seriously weakening them.

However, the exact details of that battle remained unknown to Shiyu. Thus, for now, all he could do was issue a warning to the Aburame clan ninja, and by extension, remind the other clans who also possessed secret jutsu.

Meanwhile, based on various reports from numerous jonin, Shiyu Uchiha began making comprehensive and meticulous adjustments to the current Shinobi Forces. After heated and detailed discussions, the mood in the room turned serious.

At last, once everything had been finalized, Shiyu Uchiha slowly stood up and looked around at everyone present, then announced in a calm yet firm voice, "That concludes this meeting. Everyone, thank you for your hard work." As soon as he finished speaking, the attendees rose and left the room in an orderly fashion.

However, just as people started to leave, Shiyu Uchiha gave a slight nod toward Renga Uchiha and Shinku Yuhi, signaling them to stay behind.

After the others had left, the room fell into a silence broken only by the soft breathing of the three remaining individuals. Shiyu narrowed his eyes slightly and made a subtle gesture toward Shinku Yuhi.

Shinku Yuhi nodded in understanding, then quickly formed a series of hand seals and activated a sound-dampening barrier. A transparent glow instantly enveloped the entire room, sealing their voices tightly within the confined space, [Silent Barrier Jutsu].

Once everything was in place, Shiyu Uchiha took a deep breath and lowered his voice as he spoke, "Based on critical intel from the ninken clan and information we went through hell to gather ourselves, we can deduce that the Iwa forces have already gathered a significant number of formidable, ruthless, and hard nuts to crack.

Moreover, even their elite Explosion Corps—known as unstoppable—has most likely already arrived at the front lines. In addition, there is also a Jinchuriki among them, though we cannot confirm exactly which one." As he paused briefly, he studied the reactions of the other two closely.

True to his expectation, when she heard this, Renga Uchiha frowned skeptically and immediately shot back, "A Jinchuriki? Are you certain?"

At the same time, Shinku Yuhi was also watching Shiyu Uchiha with sharp eyes, staring intently as if hoping to find answers in his gaze.

In this era, Jinchuriki had yet to become widespread across the Ninja World. Therefore, these two individuals possessed only limited understanding of Jinchuriki, with most of their knowledge dating back to the period of the Second Great Ninja War.

Actually, it's not that Jinchuriki were entirely absent from warfare, but rather that their effectiveness on the battlefield proved largely unsatisfactory. Overall, Jinchuriki primarily functioned as a deterrent force rather than an active combat asset.

Worth noting is that during the massive Third Great Ninja War, practically all shinobi villages except Konoha and Kiri had already begun applying Tailed Beast powers directly to warfare.

However, Konoha, under the leadership of the then-Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, lacked sufficient confidence in containing potential Tailed Beast rampages, thus failing to deeply explore and develop the full potential of Jinchuriki.

As for Kiri, there existed an extremely special and secret reason—the one pulling the strings of the Third Mizukage at this time was none other than the legendary Madara Uchiha!

But Madara had absolutely no intention of utilizing Jinchuriki power, and deep down he even harbored some concerns—fearing that when manipulating Tailed Beasts through his control of the Third Mizukage, the beasts might detect and uncover his schemes. Though he wasn't afraid per se, dealing with it would be troublesome.

Because of this consideration, he consistently chose to keep the Tailed Beasts firmly sealed, never once considering advancing the Jinchuriki Plan.

Then, Shiyu Uchiha's expression grew serious as he began explaining the details of Jinchuriki to the two men. He not only provided a thorough explanation of the concept itself, but also conducted an extremely detailed analysis focusing particularly on intelligence regarding the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki.

Although Iwa-nin (ninja from the Hidden Stone Village) had consistently kept this information well hidden, certain fragments had still inadvertently leaked out. Especially in recent years, there had been no reports of any Tailed Beast rampages occurring.

Combining his keen intuition, years of experience, and knowledge from the original sources, Shiyu Uchiha speculated that the opposing side had likely already achieved preliminary control over Tailed Beast powers. However, based on various signs, they haven't likely achieved full Tailed Beast transformation yet.

After a brief pause, Shiyu Uchiha took a deep breath before solemnly presenting his meticulously planned battle strategy to the two before him: "Based on my comprehensive and in-depth analysis, I can confirm that Iwa does indeed intend to escalate the intensity of this war.

However, I am certain they have no intention of provoking a full-scale war. While it's true that establishing their main camp directly opposite our Base Camp and engaging us in a head-on attrition battle would certainly benefit Iwa-nin the most,

Onoki, who was usually cautious, probably wouldn't go that far with such an aggressive and risky move right now."

Besides, unless the conflict between the Iwa-nin and Cloud-nin is resolved soon, a full-scale war between them and Konoha Village won't erupt unless we launch a deep offensive into the heart of the Land of Earth.

So their intentions this time are crystal clear—they're clearly trying to take control of the war effort while Konoha Village is stretched thin across multiple fronts, hoping to regain the lost morale from earlier.

From what I can tell, the Iwa-nin will likely ramp up the intensity of their small-unit operations. What's more, they might leak some mixed intelligence—part truth, part deception—to confuse us and lure us in only to ambush us.

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