Chapter 197: The Three-Tomoe Mikoto

Chapter 197: Chapter 189 The Three-Tomoe Mikoto

If both sides had truly fought this battle to the bitter end, Kumogakure would have undoubtedly lost; having the Ninja army inside the fortress slaughtered and routed would have been a decent outcome, and total annihilation was not entirely impossible.

As for the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage A, this father-son duo whose defense and speed were practically maxed out, it was nearly impossible to detain them, and fighting to the bitter end would have definitely resulted in heavy losses.

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When all is said and done, the gain or loss of a single city or territory is certainly important, especially for a contested strategic point like Asuka Fortress, but it was not yet enough for both sides to stake everything on it right now.

In the end, this massive night raid concluded with Konoha capturing Asuka Fortress and securing victory.

After half a year of stalemate in the Land of Hot Springs, Konoha had finally achieved another phased victory.

Judging solely from the casualties, they did not suffer too many deaths and injuries, and it could undoubtedly be publicized as a major victory.

Although purely from the perspective of the battle lines, they had merely restored the situation to what it was a year ago, in reality, Konoha’s current condition was somewhat better than it had been in the past two years.

Only by occupying this strategic location as a springboard would there be room to continue pushing forward.

Back then, Konoha was fighting wars on all fronts, and the forces it could commit to the war were relatively limited. Even with the Third Hokage leading Danzo and the Ino–Shika–Chō combination, they could only capture this place and strategically maintain pressure on Kumogakure, while permanently lacking sufficient strength to take it a step further.

But nowadays, the pressure Konoha faced in the direction of the Land of Rain had greatly decreased. As long as they could ensure the occupation of this strategic location, they would have the opportunity at any time to concentrate their troops and transform strategic pressure into concrete advantages.

Moreover, the combination of Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru could play a role on the battlefield that was no less significant than that of Sarutobi Hiruzen—a frontline super expert of the current era who stood on the same tier as the Third Raikage. Because they were two people, the role they could play was even greater, and Orochimaru’s talent in strategic layout and tactical command was also stronger than Sarutobi Hiruzen’s.

The latter was a Hokage successor personally trained by Tobirama Senju; his abilities in this regard were not bad and could be called excellent, performing quite commendably in this war. However, Orochimaru’s ability to command armies in combat stunned quite a few people, possessing somewhat the style of an ancient renowned general who turned warfare command into an art form.

The former could be called a fine general, while the latter possessed the qualifications of a legendary general. His control over the rhythm of the war was much steadier, allowing him to use absolute rationality to precisely unleash every single ounce of the team’s strength.

The war situation between Konoha, the Land of Hot Springs, and Kumogakure remained deadlocked, but they had already shifted from defense to offense and regained the initiative.

However, although the fortress recapture battle ended quickly and Konoha’s losses were not large, there were still some people who were injured or killed after all.

Fortunately, thanks to the special Military Rations Pills, not a single person that Uchiha Gen cared about died.

There were even some new changes.

“If not for the Military Rations Pill you gave me, I’m afraid this time I would have also perished on the battlefield.”

Uchiha Mikoto’s collar was stained with blood as she leaned against a semi-reclined seat of the medical squad, raising her hand into a pose to cooperate with Uchiha Gen’s treatment.

What caught one’s attention was that on her pretty face, three tomoe were slowly spinning in her eyes.

This was because her Three-Tomoe Sharingan had just awakened, and she still couldn’t control the leakage of Ocular Power very well.

At the critical juncture of life and death, violent emotional fluctuations causing the Sharingan to evolve was a relatively common occurrence within the Uchiha clan, but the further along one went, the harder it was for this kind of situation to happen.

No other reason; Ninja was a profession where the stronger one became, the more life-and-death experiences one went through. Under the life-and-death threat of imminent demise, the more mature and older one was, and the richer one’s experience, the calmer one tended to become, and the smaller the emotional fluctuations produced usually were.

It was precisely because of this that Uchihas going through puberty were often in the fastest stage of opening and upgrading their Sharingan, because at this time they had seen little of the world, and physiologically they were right at the time when their emotional fluctuations were most easily provoked.

A middle-aged Uchiha who had undergone more than twenty years of tempering in the fires of life-and-death warfare and the ups and downs of the world, compared to a teenage Uchiha who had only just emerged into the world for a few years—when facing the exact same matter, it was naturally much easier for the latter’s emotions to undergo violent fluctuations and upgrade their Sharingan.

Uchiha Mikoto was just sixteen years old, still a few months shy of her seventeenth birthday, and she was right in this stage.

“It’s also a good thing you used this Military Rations Pill to maintain your condition; otherwise, even if you survived, this injury would have been very troublesome.”

Uchiha Gen withdrew the hand casting the Mystical Palm Technique and looked into Mikoto’s eyes as he spoke.

In the original timeline, Mikoto had also unlocked the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and lived all the way until the night of the clan’s extermination.

It was just that the world line had long since undergone countless changes because of his arrival. Although Uchiha Mikoto’s strength was decent, it could not truly be said that she would definitely be able to preserve herself on the battlefield of the Shinobi World War.

Jonin belonged to an important high-end combat power tier in the Shinobi World War, but on the battlefield of the Shinobi World War, let alone Jonin, even Kages could die in battle.

Among the Second Kages of the major hidden villages, aside from Kazekage Samon, all the others died on the battlefield without exception.

However, with this special Military Rations Pill, as long as Uchiha Mikoto avoided those top-tier powerhouses, her survival capability could still be guaranteed.

Her talent was actually quite high. After such a long time had passed, she had also learned her second Nature Transformation for Chakra. Counting the bonus of the Two-Tomoe Sharingan to her basic stats, her combat power was already no worse than other Jonin.

Compared to top geniuses like Kakashi and the The Legendary Sannin of Konoha who became Jonin before the age of fifteen, she indeed fell short by a notch, but such geniuses weren’t born every single year to begin with; she could already be considered a top-tier genius.

Now that the Three-Tomoe Sharingan was opened, coupled with the Nature Transformations of two types of Chakra, purely in terms of basic configuration, Mikoto was actually no worse than some Elite Jōnin.

As long as she could further familiarize herself with the mastery and related usage of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan’s Ocular Power, Uchiha Mikoto’s strength could rise by another half a tier. Combined with the special Military Rations Pill, as long as she didn’t run into Kage-level experts or get besieged by a scaled team, her basic safety could still be ensured.

“That Kumogakure Jonin was indeed very powerful, but at least the one who won in the end was me—”

Uchiha Mikoto suddenly paused, stopping mid-sentence as if she had something on her mind.

“What’s wrong, Mikoto? Is there something you want to say?”

“Gen—now that I’ve also opened the Three-Tomoe, I should be able to help you soon and have the strength to stand behind you and give you support, right?”

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