In the Ninja Continent, the farther northwest you go, the higher the terrain becomes.
In a mountain range with steep mountains and abrupt peaks, Iwagakure Village, one of the five great ninja villages, is located here. It is surrounded by top-secret natural fortresses formed by many rocky mountains. It is matched with the earth escape ninja that Iwagakure Village is best at. Technique, the entire Yanyin Village is surrounded by a copper wall and an iron wall, indestructible.
In all the great ninja wars, no village's troops have ever been able to attack the mountains near Iwagakure.
It is precisely because of the natural geographical advantages that the entire Yanyin Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they can take the initiative in the war.
Even if the Iwagakure troops on the front line are at a disadvantage, as long as they retreat to the village, if the enemy wants to attack the base camp of Iwagakure Village, they will have to have at least ten times more troops than in frontal combat. This is a price that no village can afford to lose. Including Konoha, the strongest in the ninja world.
Faced with the Kirigakure Village launching an attack on the Uzumaki clan without any warning, Iwagakure Village also immediately held a high-level meeting to discuss the benefits they could gain from this matter.
The Tsuchikage Building is made entirely of bright gray stone. The stone from the Earth Kingdom has always been of the highest quality in the entire shinobi world.
In the conference room, Onoki, the third Tsuchikage, sat at the head of the table.
His eldest son, Huang Tu, the elite Jonin of Iwagakure Village, sat under him, and on the other side was the advisory elder of Iwagakure Village.
Compared to the eve of the Third War, there were far fewer elite Jonin present. Many of the elites of Iwagakure Village, such as Leech, Huo Guang, Oishi, Suma Shi, and the East Dead Man, who were trained by him, all died in the battle with Konoha. During the war.
Among them, the Battle of Kannabi Bridge was the most painful battle for Iwagakure Village.
"The warships of the Kirigakure Village have sailed to the coast of the Country of Uzumaki. The war between them and the Uzumaki Clan is inevitable. I would like to hear everyone's opinions on how Iwagakure should respond to this."
Onoki said solemnly, looking at the ninjas present.
"Konoha has sent troops to help the Uzumaki clan. Without the intervention of other villages, Kirigakure Village will definitely be defeated. Why don't we also take this opportunity to attack Kirigakure Village." The consultant elder of Iwagakure Village suggested.
"That makes sense."
"This is the safest."
"We also take this opportunity to gain some benefits and at the same time deepen our alliance with Konoha."
"I agree."
The advice of the consultant elders quickly became a response, because helping the side with a greater chance of winning will naturally make a profit without losing any money. After three battles, Yanyin Village has suffered a lot of losses, so doing so has the least risk.
"I think it's quite risky." After pondering for a moment, Huang Tu put forward his own point of view.
Onoki nodded, and the crowd became quiet. Huangtu continued: "The Fourth Kazekage has sent an envoy to Kirigakure Village, and Sunagakure will formally cease war with Kirigakure and form an alliance.
The relationship between the village and Sunagakure is still relatively tense. If we attack Kirigakure, we will most likely be attacked by Sunagakure again.
When the time comes when we are attacked from both sides, even if we can win the war, we have to think about whether the benefits gained can make up for the losses.
You must know that we are far away from Kirigakure. If we take the land route, we will have to cross multiple countries, which will inevitably arouse the suspicion of Kumogakure and Konoha.
Although it is closer to take the sea route, what we Iwagakure ninjas are least good at is water fighting. "
"What Huang Tu said makes sense, but should we just give up this rare opportunity?" The consultant elder was a little unwilling.
"If you don't deal with Kirigakure, how about dealing with Konoha? After all, it has been confirmed that Golden Flash was seriously injured and unconscious. Our ninja..."
Immediately there was a suggestion from Iwagakure Jōnin.
But before he finished speaking, the surrounding ninjas turned their attention to him.
"..."
Although Konoha suffered heavy losses in the three wars, it was a victorious country after all. As its reputation increased, it could receive more mission commissions, and the Fire Country daimyo would also allocate more funds, so its strength was restored the fastest.
Iwagakure Village has no chance of winning in a one-on-one situation like this, and they have no ability to start a new round of ninja war.
Even without the golden flash, Konoha is still the strongest ninja village among the five major countries.
"What you said makes sense, but your eyes are limited to the big countries, and you have not noticed us."
Ohnoki suddenly spoke.
"Lord Tsuchikage, what do you mean..." The Jonin were a little confused.
Ohnoki explained: "Whether it is to stand aside or attack either Kirigakure or Konoha, it is not in the interest of our Iwagakure. According to the intelligence returned by spies in the Land of Fire, the reinforcements sent by Konoha this time, It is mainly composed of ninjas from the Uchiha clan, do you know what this means?"
As soon as Onoki finished speaking, a jounin immediately responded:
"This means that Konoha attaches great importance to the Uzumaki clan, so it sent the elites of the Uchiha clan to support, which shows that Konoha and the Uzumaki clan are a true offensive and defensive alliance. After all, in the previous war, the Uchiha clan severely damaged Kirigakure Village troops.”
Ohnoki: "..."
"This shows that Konoha does not sincerely assist the Uzumaki clan, but is forced to rescue in order not to affect its reputation." After thinking for a moment, Huang Tu replied: "Because the Uchiha clan has always been at odds with the top management of Konoha, that's why they are During the war, he was sent to the Kirigakure battlefield.
You must know that most members of the Uchiha clan are good at fire escape. With the sharingan and genjutsu, there is a saying in the ninja world that 'one on one, you will escape'.
The water type of the Kirigakure troops restrains the fire type, and the large-scale Kirigakure jutsu can perfectly restrain the Sharingan and genjutsu. The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is the weapon against Kirigakure's troops, but there are very few Hyuga ninjas going to Kirigakure battlefield.
The Uchiha clan was able to defeat the Kirigakure troops mainly because the overall strength of their clan was too strong. But Uchiha also paid a huge price for this. "
"Loess is right." Ohnoki nodded, with a look of approval on his face. He was worthy of being the eldest son he had carefully cultivated.
As he spoke, Onoki stood up, slowly lifted into the air, and came to the middle of the huge map hanging on the wall behind him. He pointed at the Land of Rain, which is located at the junction of the Three Kingdoms, and then moved to the left, "What can we really do this time?" The place to profit is the land of ghosts!”
"Ghost country?"
"A kingdom of witches?"
"This is a neutral country. If we send troops to the Kingdom of Ghosts, it will cause international problems."
"The land of the ghost country is barren, and there seems to be no need to plunder."
Everyone was talking a lot, wondering what benefits they could get in the Kingdom of Ghosts.
In fact, the most important thing is that the Kingdom of Ghosts is a neutral country and a military buffer zone between the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Wind.
With the strength of Iwagakure Village, it may not even take an hour to capture the Kingdom of Ghosts, but after the capture, the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Wind will be bordering each other. At that time, any small friction may cause conflicts or even wars. This is something neither Wind nor Earth want to see.
There are small countries in the cracks between all the big countries. It’s not that the big countries don’t want to, or they don’t have the ability to invade the small countries, but once they invade the small countries, there will be no military buffer zone. When the time comes, a war will be fought either in their own country or in another country. Within the territory of the other big country, the war will escalate rapidly.
Unless a big country has the ability to destroy another big country, a military buffer zone is required at all times.
In today's ninja world, no ninja village has the ability to directly destroy other ninja villages, not even Konoha.
"The current Ghost Country is different from before." Onoki said in a deep voice: "According to intelligence, a pharmaceutical company named 'Snake Spirit' has emerged in the Ghost Country in recent years. This pharmaceutical company has grown rapidly in just a few years. In a short period of time, it has become a large pharmaceutical group spanning several countries, and its annual profits are astonishing.
Several potions and medical ninjutsu scrolls they developed were all unique to Konoha before, and some were even not available in Konoha, which was very problematic.
It's nothing in peacetime, but if a ninja war breaks out again, these are strategic resources and may even affect the outcome of the war. "
"Lord Tsuchikage, are you saying that Konoha is supporting this pharmaceutical group behind the scenes and preparing for war in advance?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Although the five major ninja villages all rely on mission commissions and funds allocated by daimyo, they more or less have their own industries, but there are not many, and they can only be regarded as a slight subsidy for the 'household'. If it can be truly Self-sufficient, then the daimyo should not be able to sleep.
The five major ninja villages often have a population of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands, and the standing ninja army is more than 10,000 people. It is unrealistic to be completely self-sufficient.
Konoha's behavior is very dangerous, and it can even be said to be sufficient preparation for the next ninja war, which has to make people vigilant.
"As far as I know, this pharmaceutical group should be closely related to the Uzumaki clan. To be precise, the controllers behind it should be Yagami Shirayu and Uzumaki Kushina. After all, the real inventor of the medical ninjutsu scroll is Yagami Shirayu. ." Onoki speculated: "It just so happens that we can take advantage of the opportunity of the war between Kirigakure Village and the Uzumaki clan to test the Kingdom of Ghosts."
"Is it because the country of ghosts is trying to become independent and is hiding forbidden techniques of mass destruction?"
Someone quickly reacted.
"If that's the case, it's better to find a way to control this pharmaceutical company now. Even if the pharmaceutical company in the Demon Country is controlled by Konoha or the Uzumaki clan, they are currently at war and their defenses are definitely insufficient. At the very least, they should think It is of great significance to the village to find a way to obtain the potion formula and the method of making the medical ninjutsu scroll."
"I agree!"
"I agree too!"
"No." Onoki shook his head.
"Why, Tsuchikage-sama?" Everyone looked confused. Is the Third Tsuchikage, who has always been radical, so conservative this time?
Onoki explained: "If this pharmaceutical company is controlled by Konoha behind the scenes, we can use the excuse of not knowing in advance to obtain the pharmaceutical formula and the method of making medical scrolls. Anyway, Konoha can't do anything to us. But if it is the Uzumaki clan Manipulating things from behind, then we can’t do that.”
"Why? No matter how strong the Uzumaki clan is, they are much weaker than Konoha."
Many Iwagakure jounin couldn't understand.
Onoki continued: "Because if the Uzumaki clan is behind the Demon Country's pharmaceutical group, then they are most likely saving money to re-establish the Uzumaki Country.
If you intervene rashly, you will completely turn against the Uzumaki clan.
Regardless of whether the Uzumaki clan succeeds in establishing a nation in the future, or whether the Uzumaki clan will continue to exist, as long as Yagami Baiha and Uzumaki Kushina are still alive, Iwagakure cannot be the first force to offend them.
The Uzumaki clan is still there, and Yagami Baiyu and Uzumaki Kushina still have hope of rebuilding their country, so they will have some scruples.
There are two different concepts between two leaders who have their tribesmen behind them, and a solitary person who has no scruples.
Facing one of them alone, I thought I still had the strength to fight, but if faced with two people joining forces, I might have no choice but to run away.
I'm afraid not many people in Iwagakure Village could survive if they met two people working together. "
When Onoki explained this, everyone immediately reacted.
This is just like the major ninja villages that relentlessly hunt down rebellious ninjas. Villages will sometimes take action when encountering rebellious ninjas from other villages.
However, once you encounter an S-class rebellious ninja, in most cases, you will rarely pursue them.
It's not that I don't have the ability, but I'm afraid of pushing them into a hurry.
The Uzumaki clan is still there, so the threat of Yagami Shiroha and Uzumaki Kushina will be much smaller, because they have to take care of the clansmen behind them.
If there were no Uzumaki clan and the unscrupulous revenge of two top Kage-level ninjas, even the five major ninja villages would not be able to bear it.
"Let's send people to test it out first to see the reaction of Konoha and the Uzumaki clan. Iwagakure Village is located in the mountains. The road is rugged, easy to defend and difficult to attack. At the same time, it is also difficult to trade with the outside world. It is just the right place for the Snake Spirit Group to follow It is enough to establish more business contacts with the outside world and achieve this basic purpose. Of course, if the other party gives in, it is time for us to gain more benefits. Now let's take a look at the battle situation on the front line before making further decisions. "
Onoki made a decision.
Everyone also admired Ohnoki's wisdom.
After all, the Uzumaki clan is only as powerful as Iori Shiroha and Uzumaki Kushina. After the destruction of the Uzumaki Kingdom, even if it is rebuilt, the foundation is not enough.
The reason why the five major ninja villages dominate the ninja world is because they are an alliance of various ninja clans inherited from the Warring States Period.
There are various ninja clans in Konoha such as Senju, Uchiha, Hinata, Sarutobi, Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, and Aburame.
In Kumogakure, the Yozuki clan is the only one, but after all, it is the legacy of the Ninja clan that makes the village so powerful.
It is almost impossible for a Uzumaki clan that has experienced genocide to rise again and be on an equal footing with the five major ninja villages.
Unless other powerful ninja clans move to the Uzumaki Country and rebuild the Uzushio Ninja Village, there is still a slight possibility.
It's just that the most powerful ninja clans in the current ninja world are basically located in the five major countries. Even if they do not belong to the five major ninja villages, they will not be allowed to move to the country of whirlpool.
...
The Kingdom of Whirlpool is located on a peninsula in the southeast of the Kingdom of Fire, across the sea from the Kingdom of Waves to the north and the nearest island of the Kingdom of Sea to the east.
In the early morning, heavy fog filled the air. On the beach facing the sea in the east of Whirlpool Kingdom, there were four huge shadows looming in the thick fog.
At this time, faint sounds of conversation sounded.
Three huge snake-like psychic beasts were coiled with their six eyes looking at each other, glancing at the huge orange creature on the beach not far away from time to time.
"Hey, Boss Xin Ya, Boss Green Snake, why did Lord Bai Yu summon me here?"
White Snake was the first to speak.
Following Bai Yu all the way, it has changed from an ordinary snake the size of a palm to a super giant psychic beast with a body length of sixty or seventy meters. It has become a number of big shots in Longdi Cave, but the two in front of it are the real ones. The boss.
Xin Ya himself is the leader of the giant psychic beast in Longdi Cave. If it hadn't been grumpy at the beginning, Wan Snake wouldn't have had anything to do with it.
Now after Kushina's training over the years, its strength has caught up with the three great goddesses.
As for the green snake next to him, he is a new generation of strong men in Longdi Cave. He has also received Bai Yu's key training in recent years, and his body length has grown from the original twenty or thirty meters to a hundred meters away.
In front of the two bosses, White Snake still very consciously plays the role of the little sister.
"I don't know either. It stands to reason that Lord Kushina has released Lord Nine-Tails, and Lord Baiyu no longer needs to call us to fight. But as subordinates, we only need to obey orders." Green Snake is gentle and full of energy. A magnetic voice sounded, looking very conscious.
"You don't even understand this, do you know this is called deterrence?" Xinya has become normal after the reverse scales were removed, but his temper is still rather hasty and he speaks very directly, which is different from Kushina. very similar.
"The Third Mizukage of Kirigakure Village is one of the Five Kages in the world. He is very powerful. Can we defeat him?" White Snake couldn't help but ask. It's not that it's afraid, but it's just that it hasn't fought in these years. It's afraid of being beaten. Bai Yu is embarrassed.
"You don't eat people, do you?" Xin Ya asked.
"I never eat it." Green Snake shook his head slightly.
White Snake also shook its huge head and said: "Master Bai Yu ordered it to be forbidden. I will not disobey his order. I rarely even eat raw meat now."
"That's good, I won't eat people either. Otherwise, when the time comes, the Third Mizukage nodding like that won't be enough for three of us." Xin Ya curled his lips and said, not taking the Third Mizukage seriously, after all, it He is only half a step away from cultivating human form, and the green snake is not much weaker than him. Although the white snake is much younger, it is still similar to its original strength. The three snakes join forces to deal with a third-generation Mizukage. There is obviously no problem.
"White Snake, Xin Ya and I will take the lead when the time comes, don't be afraid." Green Snake comforted softly.
"Listen to me, you three guys. Don't rob me when the time comes. No one is going to do anything without my permission!"
The nine-tailed urn sounded.
Jiuwei, who was lying down on the edge of the beach and dozing, raised his head and looked at Xingya, Green Snake, and White Snake. Its current size is only less than 40 meters, which is much smaller than White Snake.
"yes!"
Even the most grumpy Xinya said consciously, because it really couldn't beat the Nine-Tails.
"I understand." Green Snake nodded.
"Yes." White Snake saw that the two bosses had spoken, so naturally it had no objection.
"Someone is coming! Follow me!"
Kyuubi raised his head again, his erect ears twitched slightly, then stood up and quickly ran towards the south.
Rumble~
Although the three snakes and one fox have restrained themselves, the mountains are still shaking when they move.
On the other side of the cliff facing the sea, several Kirigakure warships were parked below, and a large number of Kirigakure ninjas took advantage of the thick fog to climb up the cliff.
They deliberately walked on the steep side in order to sneak in secretly and then create unrest in the Kingdom of Whirlpool in batches.
At this time, the ninjas who were about to climb to the top of the cliff suddenly noticed a violent earthquake coming from the top of the cliff, and four huge shadows appeared in the thick fog.
Immediately afterwards, a huge smiling fox head and three giant pythons of red, black and white colors came out.
"ah--!"
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