NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 22: This world is horrible
The war between the four clans has been ongoing for more than half a month.
Below the slope, the Senju, Sarutobi, and Shimura clans took turns attacking the Hagoromo clan's position.
This puts the Hagoromo clan under tremendous pressure and torture, both physical and mental, without any hope of victory.
Compared to the three clans who take turns fighting and have one day of fighting and two days of rest, the Hagoromo clan fights every day and has trouble sleeping. They have to be alert at all times to the possibility of an enemy attack at any time.
In this kind of war, which is full of disadvantages and has no hope, if it were not supported by the belief of protecting the clan, they would have collapsed long ago.
But even so, the Hagoromo clan suffered heavy casualties.
In recent days, a third of the Hagoromo clan's ninja have been killed and many others have been injured.
The wailing in the camp and the corpses that were constantly being transported to the clan territory showed the brutality of this war.
"How are the supply statistics in the clan?"
In the central tent, Hagoromo Ryokawa was rubbing his temples with a tired look on his face. The other elite jounin were also in poor condition, sitting to the left and right.
Among them, there is a young man who stands out exceptionally, he is Hagoromo Shigeru.
Logically speaking, Shigeru was young and his chakra had only reached the level of a Jonin. He was not qualified to participate in such a meeting.
However, in the Warring States Period, force is respected.
After more than half a month of fighting on the battlefield, Shigeru has successfully demonstrated his strength to everyone.
During this period, he even relied on ice jumping space ninjutsu to personally kill two elite jounin.
This kind of record has successfully proven that Shigeru has the qualifications to enter the clan meeting.
Therefore, even though Shigeru was young, none of the elite jonin present objected to Shigeru's entry into the meeting.
Hearing the patriarch ask about the supplies within the clan, an elite jounin said "According to statistics, in terms of supplies, we are still very rich and it will be enough even if we last another two years.
But because we fought with the Senju before, and now we fought against the three-clan alliance, it caused us to consume a lot of weapons, especially explosive seals, shurikens, and kunai. The reserves within the clan are less than 10% of the original. Calculated according to the current combat intensity, within three days our explosive seals and kunai will be exhausted, and the shurikens can only last for another five days at most." After the elite jounin finished speaking, everyone in the big tent They remained silent.
After a while, Hagoromo Ryokawa finally asked "Any news about the clan members who were sent to buy supplies earlier?"
The elite Jonin continued "The Uchiha clan in the south is fighting the Senju, they are not willing to sell us supplies. As for the north, the Yuhi clan was vague, they didn't say they would sell us nor did they say they wouldn't sell us. I guess "They didn't want to offend anyone. The Hatake clan was willing to sell us supplies, but the quantity was limited, only 100,000 explosive seals, 70,000 kunai, and 90,000 shurikens, and they will sell them to us at 20% higher than the market price."
Hagoromo Ryokawa nodded: "It was to be expected."
In this case, the fact that the Hatake clan is willing to sell it 20% higher than the market price is already very conscientious.
"To the northwest, the Aburame clan has a lot of supplies, but they want us to pay double the market price to buy their supplies. As for the remaining Shimura and Sarutobi clans in the west, we are fighting with them right now, I don't think want to sell us supplies at a good price." At this point, the elite jounin made a small joke.
However, in this situation, no one can laugh.
Hagoromo Ryokawa clenched his fists, then loosened them weakly and sighed "the Yuhi clan is just a small clan, don't worry about them, buy the Hatake clan's supplies, and as for the Aburame clan... buy it!" Now the Hagoromo clan is already at a critical moment of life and death, he had to buy it even if it was double the market price.
Now is not the time to worry about money.
"...how are the clan member casualties?" Although he didn't want to face it, Hagoromo Ryokawa still hesitated and asked.
The second elder looked sad "More than 30% have been sacrificed, and the injured... let's not even mention them..."
Except for a few people, most of the clan members are injured.
There had never been such a great loss in the entire recorded history of the Hagoromo clan.
Sarutobi and Shimura, these two despicable clans, deserve to die!
"Oh..."
Hagoromo Ryokawa let out a long sigh.
Then, he reached out to rub his temples and said forcefully, "Okay, let's end the meeting."
After the patriarch finished speaking, everyone left the central tent in twos and threes.
In the camp, a somewhat bored Shigeru wandered around.
After an unknown amount of time, he arrived at where a group of children and teenagers were gathering.
The youngest of these children is about eight years old.
As for the younger children, they are the family's hope for the future.
Even if the Hagoromo clan was in this situation, no one would think of taking those children to the battlefield.
"Young patriarch."
"Young patriarch, do you want some?"
The boys were cooking meat around the pot over the fire. When they saw Shigeru coming, they greeted him.
"Zetō, Mizuki." Shigeru nodded, said hello and sat down.
The two people talking to Shigeru were the younger generation of the Hagoromo clan, the strongest except Shigeru, and their strength had almost reached the level of a special jounin.
If it weren't for Shigeru's system, he would probably be at the same level as these two people now.
"Let's have some" Mizuki brought a bowl with several pieces of meat and thick broth. It looked like it had been cooked for a long time.
Shigeru took the bowl and Zetō handed him another gourd.
Shigeru took a few sips. It was sake, the alcohol content was not very high.
Everyone gathered around the pot, eating slowly and not talking much.
This group of young people who should have been full of energy, due to the war, were all taciturn, with few other expressions on their faces.
Only a few teenagers who were suffering due to injuries had slightly different expressions on their faces.
Seeing this scene, Shigeru felt very uncomfortable.
The youngest of these boys is only seven or eight years old.
In the previous life, children of this age were still in primary school and played carelessly.
But now, these children who should have been playing are already numb from fighting on the battlefield.
At this moment, Shigeru deeply felt the horror of this world.
This world is extremely horrible!
For the first time, he had the idea of fighting for peace.
After chatting with the group of young people and sitting for a while, Shigeru was not used to this depressing atmosphere, so he said goodbye, got up and returned to his tent.
In a blink of an eye.
Another week has passed.
The Hagoromo clan's casualties were even greater.
Furthermore, as time passes, the Hagoromo clan's casualties are increasing faster and faster.
Tonight…
Hagoromo Ryokawa arrived at Shigeru's shop.
Looking at the man in front of him who was fighting for his family, Shigeru hesitated for a moment and then said "Father."
Hagoromo Ryokawa sat on the wooden bed. He looked at Shigeru with a look on his face full of complexity. "Shigeru, the Hagoromo clan I'm afraid we really won't be able to survive this time..."