Book One: The Rise of the Blue-Haired Devil.

      Returning to camp at night, I immediately went to bed. I froze the wounds. There was no point in treating them now... everything endured until the morning. The morning began with shouts and screams from my deputy, who was clearly indignant at my condition. He even forgot about chain of command at that moment.       - How did you interrupt like that? - Kagami said once again, leading me to a temporary hospital. I, being in shock from this behavior, couldn’t even say anything until we got to the hospital. The sleepy state of the body affected. Still, he woke me up very unexpectedly.       - Soldier! – I barked at the Uchiha, who jumped on the spot from such a voice, standing at attention. Oh, how nice it was to see this. His body reacts much earlier than the body to such commands. The face was distorted in horror from the realization of his actions.       - Commander, I... - he wanted to start making excuses, but I interrupted him.       - No time, Kagami. Now is no time for apologies. I found the enemy camp and committed sabotage. – I clarified, waiting for the head of the red-eyed clan to come to his senses.       - By oneself? – the owner of the dojutsu squeezed out, the pupils of his eyes involuntarily widening from the understanding of how crazy I was.       - Yes, I don’t know how many people I managed to kill, but the sabotage was clearly a success. But there is one problem. There were a maximum of five to seven thousand shinobi in their army. This is very strange, don't you think? – I decided to check my subordinate. The guy had to figure everything out. Yes, I did not give him a direct order to do this, but one of our last dialogues should have made him understand that I did not intend to chew on his every step. It's time for Kagami to grow up. It's not my whim. Nooo, I don’t really care about his behavior, but the lives of the shinobi in my squad will depend on his composure. It’s better to give him a few slaps on the head now than to lose a lot of ninjas later because of his stupidity and naivety.       - Yes, Commander-in-Chief. As I remember, the reports of our intelligence officers stated that the enemy army was more than ten thousand. Is it possible that they kept the rest of the ninja in reserve? – the Uchiha answered me after a minute of silence. His eyes were filled with confidence. This made me a little happy.       - You are right. However, the problem is that we do not have accurate information. We can only assume this with some degree of probability, but there is another option... they could try to lead part of the troops through the village of Waterfall to take us in a pincer movement. That would explain a lot. – I nevertheless clarified with feigned thoughtfulness. Why feigned? Yes, because I had already thought about all this on the way, but I shouldn’t tell the Uchiha about this.       - But, sir, ninjas from great villages are not allowed to enter the territory of Waterfall Village. This was also discussed at the first meeting of the five kage. Is not it? – Kagami clarified with confusion, raising an eyebrow.       - Yes, it was in the truce agreement. – I said, emphasizing the last word with a special intonation. -As you can see, we are at war. And it’s not an easy war. Now the great ninja villages are just getting stronger. The economy and politics have only just been formed, which means that we are the first on the path of such global novelty. Mistakes are simply inevitable. The military power of the villages is quite unstable. Not all clans want to go to war. This war will show which village has a very strong core, and which has glass instead of a core. That is why you should understand that now the war is not for resources, but for survival. If Konoha can't stand it, the Country of Fire could fall apart. It doesn't matter how much money the daimyo of our country has. While it is being ruined from within by ninjas from other villages, its resources will not matter a bit. Rebuilding a country from scratch is an impossible task. For too long, everything has been moving towards the current state of the world... towards a new social and economic stage in countries... - I finished my fiery speech. All this time, in the eyes of my interlocutor there was a fire of surprise and despair... despair to defend his homeland to the very end. Amazing guy. I am simply amazed by his dedication. Even without seeing him on the battlefield, I can already say for sure that he is not a coward... he will not leave his people in trouble, trying to save his life. I would even say that my hope for victory on this front rests on people like him, because if I turned out to be right, then everything could end very sadly.       - Should I send a reconnaissance detachment on the road? – Kagami decided to clarify, in whose head the whole picture of what was happening had finally matured.       - Did you even listen to me?! – I barked at him again, giving him such a strong slap on the head that the head of the red-eyed clan staggered. Well, maybe I went too far with the force of the blow. No, I won’t tell him twice... Let him remember everything the first time. Moreover, this is very important information... Even stars appeared in my eyes. Eh... but it was not in vain that they came to the hospital...       Having carried my poor deputy to the doctor's office, I, brushing aside the attempt to help me, went to the land of the Waterfall. Now time is more valuable than anything in the world. It’s unlikely that anyone understands this as much as I do. It was necessary to understand what the enemy was up to. Waterfall Village was located in a country with an unknown name. She was the only village not among the five great villages that was entrusted with a bijuu. What is the reason for this choice? With her power... yes, that's exactly it. According to military reports, this village had half as many ninjas as any hidden village, however, it was much more than all the other villages individually. Strengthen the strongest country among the weak? No, that was not the logic at all. The reason for this decision was that this village would be able to cope with the power of the tailed beast, as well as use its power to protect its borders. I don’t know anything about sealing the six-tails, but I have great doubts that such a village has the resources for something like this, and when I talk about resources, I mean not only the sealing techniques of such a high rank themselves, but also ninjas , capable of withstanding the power of the bijuu. Not everyone is capable of this. I haven't studied this deeply enough yet, but it seems to me that an adult ninja would not be able to transfer the sealing of a tailed beast into his body. More precisely, not even like that... maybe it can, but it will be meaningless, because adult ninjas, over thirty years old, already have a very rigid chakra circulation system. It lacks the flexibility of the channels that young bodies have. The fact is that most ninjas stop developing after reaching a certain level of strength. For example, a jounin is usually good at two elements. The chance of awakening the third element is very low, and if you train an element without a chakra predisposition to it, it will take a lot of time and the lion's share of diligence. Many simply refuse this, considering such a leap in power to be insignificant, but it is at this moment that the whole essence of a person is revealed... his ambitions... Somehow I moved away from the matter. I'm not afraid to make my way to such a village. Even if all their ninjas come against me, it will not be critical, because in this village the level of advancement to jounin and chunin is seriously underestimated. Why? It’s just that the education system does not allow the village of Waterfall to count on a higher level. Yes, even to such rules there are exceptions... Kakuzu... However, it is worth recognizing that this ninja used some kind of forbidden technique to expand the capabilities of his body. Once again I went off topic... In general, a jōnin in Waterfall is approximately equal in strength to a chunin from any other great village, and a chunin from Waterfall is equal to a genin... Such is the difficult fate of ninjas who were not born in the five great countries. Sad? No, people always have a choice. It happens that it seems that it is not there, but in reality you are simply looking at the situation from one angle. This is the problem with people. Thinking in diagrams and templates is quite easy and convenient, but in reality it all limits human abilities. We impose restrictions on ourselves to make it easier for us to understand our complex world. In this regard, people in my world are similar in this... I think that the purpose of my visit to the Waterfall Village is quite clear... I just want to scout out the situation. If the enemy is already there, then we will have to fold and retreat deeper into the land of fire, thereby shifting the border. This will allow me to carry out several sabotages that will seriously spoil the mood of the enemy ninjas in the sense that they will have doubts about why they should go so deep into a foreign country... But this is just an outline of the plan. The rest will have to be thought out when I have more accurate information about the enemy. So I'm halfway through... my sensors don't allow me to detect the enemy's chakra signatures. This is completely strange. I should already feel the clots of ninja chakra that are in the Waterfall Village... Okay, I just need to be more careful. What can I say about Muu? This is a very dangerous enemy. I think that from my squad, no one except me can compete with him. Even if we take Kagami, I would give him only a twenty chance out of a hundred of winning. The Sharingan is cool, but he's unlikely to be able to see this enemy. Muu's camouflage technique simply came out with all sorts of praise. Even the hermit mode does not immediately allow me to track his location. Its improved, for now I will call it that, because I just don’t know how to do it differently, the genome is very dangerous. Getting hit by his ninjutsu is a death sentence. Of course, it's possible that Tobirama will be able to escape, but I'm not sure. The albino technique is very good. He has not yet revealed her secret to me, but I hope that he will tell me her secret. Having the teleportation technique in your arsenal is very useful and convenient. Let's return to the Tsuchikage's right hand. Muu has his own unique cloning technique. This is not shadow cloning, in which the clone is dispelled by one hit from the enemy... it is something else, but I do not believe that such a technique does not have weaknesses... However, so far I do not understand what weaknesses this jutsu has... It’s difficult, I just don’t enough information.       It’s hard to admit, but in this case it will be almost impossible to distinguish the original from the clone, although wait... why did I get the idea that this is a clone? At the end of the fight, he simply connected with his copy... why? Or maybe he divides himself into two parts? Is this even theoretically possible? It was very interesting. To summarize, Muu has a division technique (I’ll call it that, because it doesn’t look like cloning), an improved genome, an excellent camouflage technique, and also, I almost forgot, he’s definitely a sensor... a very good sensor. Otherwise, how did he manage to discover my location so quickly then? The distance was quite large. Of course, I sprayed chakra with every shot, but not every sensor ninja is capable of tracking even large amounts of chakra at such a distance. A scary combination for any ninja. He would have caused trouble even for Tobirama... But I even wonder which of us is stronger... Okay, we need to stop thinking. I have already begun to feel the chakra of my opponents, but they are too close. Why did I discover them so late?!