Iron City Castle.
In the center of the conference room hall, there is a large hexagonal conference table. Behind each side is a rectangular curtain with the words earth, fire, water, wind, thunder and vortex respectively. Under each curtain The seat represents the seat of a ninja village.
The contemporary shadows of the five major ninja villages of Konoha, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure are sitting on each side, and a handful of people with the highest status in the ninja world are gathered here.
Sitting on the last side of the hexagonal conference table were Kushina, the leader of the Uzumaki clan in the Kingdom of Uzumaki, and Shiro Yu.
In principle, only one leader from each village can sit at the table, and other followers and guards can only stand in the circular seats behind the conference table to listen.
However, Bai Yu's strength is much stronger than any one of the Five Shadows in the world, so he and Kushina can both represent the Uzumaki clan of the Kingdom of Uzumaki.
In this regard, any ninja who participated in the meeting did not have an opinion, nor did they dare to have an opinion.
Because the reason for convening the Five Kage Conference this time is to redivide the big cake of the ninja world, each village has to cede some of its interests to the country of whirlpool.
After all, it is much better to give proactively than to be robbed and unable to beat.
The next time we meet, it may be the Six Shadows Conference.
Kushina and Shiroha's position is between the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and the third Raikage.
When they met again, Sarutobi Hiruzen could barely maintain basic etiquette, but if he was asked to smile politely, he might not be able to do it.
After all, not long ago, most of the ninjas and clan members of the Uchiha clan left Konoha and joined the Kingdom of Whirlpool. The reason why the Five Kage Conference can be held this time and the pattern of the ninja world is reshuffled is precisely because of the rapid changes in the Kingdom of Whirlpool. Expanding strength.
In the minds of all the forces in the ninja world, the former Uzumaki Country and Uzumaki Clan were Shiroha and Kushina's personal strength, while the rebuilt Uzumaki Country and Uzumaki Clan were fragile.
However, with the new force of the Uchiha clan joining, in a few years, the Uzumaki Country and the Uzumaki clan will be on par with the five major ninja villages in all aspects, and the status of the hegemon of Konoha's ninja world will be completely shaken and transferred to On the head of the Uzumaki clan.
In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't really want to come to the Five Kage Conference, but he had to come, at least on the surface, to maintain 'friendly' relations with the major ninja villages.
If the Uzumaki clan reaches a special agreement with other ninja villages, Konoha will be really in danger.
If time could go back, maybe he would have resolutely protected Sakumo back then and would not have sat back and watched Danzo force Sakumo out of selfish motives, causing Shiroha and Kushina to turn away from Konoha.
Hiruzen Sarutobi has soaked in the medicated bath formula that Bai Yu contributed to him thousands of times over the years. It has obvious effects in enhancing physical fitness and delaying aging. It also has great effects on Konoha's medical treatment. The medical ninjutsu scrolls that brought about huge changes in the ninjutsu system came from Bai Yu.
If Bai Yu and Kushina were still in Konoha, maybe Bai Yu would become the Fourth Hokage, and the current situation might change drastically.
Unfortunately, no one can predict the future.
Or if he could really predict the future, Hiruzen Sarutobi might have intervened when Shiroha led Kushina astray.
Compared to Sarutobi Hiruzen's complex mood, the Third Raikage Ai's heart was also very uneasy, but his uneasiness came from the wonder in his heart. The feeling Shiroha and Kushina gave him was really unfathomable. .
The two of them seemed to be younger than when they fought with him eight years ago. Not only did the years not leave traces on their bodies, but it was as if time had stopped and flowed backwards.
When the third generation Raikage Ai met Kushina for the first time, although she felt that she was very strong, she was not invincible. However, Bai Yu beside Kushina could not attract his attention.
When they met for the second time, Kushina's strength increased significantly and she was able to suppress him. Bai Yu's sudden explosion made the third generation Raikage Ai encounter a ninja who was half as strong in attack and defense as him for the first time. , he lost to Bai Yu in Ninjutsu, the field he was best at.
The next time they met was at the Five Kage Conference. The two ninjas that he thought were formidable in the future had truly become important figures on an equal footing with him, and he even had to rely on them to maintain the stability of the ninja world.
Thinking of this, the Third Raikage Ai couldn't help but glanced at the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen diagonally opposite.
Fortunately, the Third Hokage frequently made mistakes. Although Konoha won the Third Ninja War, it did not retain strong men like Bai Yu and Kushina. This time, it even forced the Uchiha clan away. .
Noticing the Third Raikage Ai's gaze, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face darkened slightly. The Third Raikage seemed to be scolding him for being stupid. However, if what he did was recorded, future generations would judge it based on the results alone. He seemed to be really stupid. , seems to be completely different from the first and middle years of his reign, but now he has no way out.
At this time, when the five shadows of the current generation, Shiroha, and Kushina were seated, behind the hexagonal conference table, the samurai leader Mifune was seated. He was sitting on an independent seat with the subtitle "Attendant" written on it.
"Welcome to the Kingdom of Iron. In response to the call of the Third Raikage-sama, the Five Kage Talks have been held again. Your Excellency Shiroha and Kushina from the current Five Shadows and the Kingdom of Whirlpool are gathered here.
I am the samurai leader Mifune. I will serve as the moderator and maintain the order of the meeting from a neutral perspective. Now the Five Kage Talks have officially begun. "
As Mifune's words fell, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Raikage Ai, Onoki, Yagura, and Rasa all placed the hats symbolizing the shadow's identity on the table. As for Shiroha and Kushina, they wore nothing. .
Because only the leaders of the five major ninja villages are qualified to be called 'kage' and wear hats symbolizing their status. This has no direct relationship with whether the ninja has 'kage level' strength. The so-called 'kage level' strength is only a vague concept. , is not recognized.
Of course, if one is as strong as Bai Yu and Kushina, it doesn't matter whether they have the title of 'Shadow' or not.
The protagonist of this Five Shadows Conference is not any one of the Five Shadows in this world, but Bai Yu and Kushina.
Seeing that no one took the initiative to speak, Mifune looked at Ai, the Third Raikage, who proposed convening the Five Kage Conference this time.
Upon seeing this, the Third Raikage Ai nodded slightly and was about to speak, but Bai Yu on the side took the lead and said with a smile: "Since no one is willing to speak first, let me do it first."
Mifune was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand to signal, and said seriously: "Your Excellency Bai Yu, please speak."
"By inviting us to the Five Kage Talks, you obviously place the Uzumaki Clan and the Uzumaki Country on an equal footing with you. In this case, we won't beat around the bush.
We decided not to pursue the matter of the siege of the Uzushio Ninja Village, which led to the destruction of the Uzumaki Country.
And today, in front of all the Kage, we officially declare to the ninja world that we will rebuild the country of Uzumaki and the Uzushio ninja village. Kushina will serve as the daimyo of the Uzumaki Country and the leader of the Uzushio Ninja Village. "
Bai Yu's tone was calm, but his words were powerful.
The expressions of all the five shadows in the field changed slightly. Although they had been mentally prepared before coming to attend the five shadows meeting, they did not expect that Bai Yu would be so direct and go straight to the topic.
As for the guarding Jonin who came to the meeting with the Five Kages at the rear, they were even more shocked. They couldn't help but look at each other. With the current strength of the Uzumaki clan, and after joining forces with the Uchiha clan, they were no longer as powerful as any of the five major ninja villages. The strength of the village is worse, it just lacks a little bit of foundation.
The reconstruction of the Uzumaki Country and the reconstruction of the Uzushio Ninja Village are understandable, but Kushina serves as both the daimyo of the Uzumaki Country and the leader of the Uzushio Ninja Village, which is equivalent to the establishment of a country that integrates military and political affairs.
The most important thing is that Uzushio Ninja Village will definitely be among the new "Six Great Ninja Villages", and the Country of Uzumaki is also a big country in the true sense.
The system of integrating military and political affairs has impacted the foundation of the Five Great Nations and the Five Great Ninja Villages.
Most countries have separate military and political systems, with the exception of small countries that don't even have ninja villages.
The five major countries all have a one-country-one-village system, with military and political affairs separated.
The daimyo controls the country's economic lifeline. Ninja Village does not engage in production and is self-sufficient to a certain extent. However, it generally relies on funds allocated by the daimyo to maintain operations, so Ninja Village takes task quotas so seriously.
For example, Konoha's victory in the Second and Third Ninja World War seemed to have achieved nothing for the Fire Nation, but in fact the Fire Nation's international status and reputation had been greatly improved.
Konoha was able to obtain more funds, as well as tasks entrusted by other countries except the Fire Nation.
As for the defeated country, the daimyo will definitely cut funding, so the Ninja Village will be reduced in size in order to reduce expenses.
The shadows of the daimyo and the ninja village are equal, and the ninja village relies on the daimyo to a considerable extent to maintain the economy from collapse.
Before the destruction of the Uzumaki Country, the Uzumaki clan founded the country based on the Ninja clan. Its economy and military were integrated, and its strength was one of the best among small countries, second only to the five major Ninja villages.
The country of Whirlpool, which is about to be rebuilt, is already among the great powers in the ninja world, and it is a model for the major ninja villages.
For the daimyo, if one day the leader of the Ninja Village wants to imitate the Country of Whirlpool and implement a system integrating military and political affairs, the daimyo will be the first to suffer.
Every Jonin present has received the education that they can sacrifice everything for the village, sacrifice their lives for the mission, and fight for the village and the country, for the Kage and the Daimyo. Now, suddenly, the alien country of Whirlpool has appeared, and it is against them. The impact was really too great.
However, the shadows in their respective villages remained silent, and they were not qualified to speak.
"As for the mission quota issue that you are worried about, please rest assured that the reconstructed Whirlpool Kingdom will not regard mission commissions as its main economy, so it will only selectively accept a small number of mission commissions and will not compete with you for various countries. task.
With the establishment of the Whirlpool Country, we will establish military alliances with the Ghost Country, Bird Country, Bear Country, Snow Country and other countries.
Our main source of income is the benefits of commerce and industrial manufacturing. We very much welcome all countries and villages to conduct business and trade with us on the premise of fair competition.
As long as any country does not actively invade or violate the interests of the Whirlpool Country and its military allies, we promise not to take the lead in using force at any time. "
Seeing that Wuying remained silent, Bai Yu continued.
But his promise did not make the Five Kages happy, because the Snake Spirit Group's medical ninjutsu scrolls and medical potions have been sold throughout the ninja world, and the benefits have even exceeded the combined rewards for performing tasks in the ninja village.
If the Snake Spirit Group is allowed to expand like this, perhaps before the next ninja war breaks out, countries may have to engage in an arms competition to store medical ninjutsu scrolls and medical potions. The biggest beneficiaries must be the Snake Spirit Group and The country of whirlpool.
In the end, it is very likely to impact the foundation of the ninja system.
"In the name of the Third Raikage, on behalf of Kumogakure Village, I recognize the status of the Country of Uzumaki and the Uzushio Ninja Village, and hope to establish diplomatic relations with the Country of Uzumaki and conduct friendly trade." The Third Raikage Ai said in a deep voice, taking the lead in making the decision. Decided.
There is no way to beat them, so it is better to choose to join. Anyway, Bai Yu and Kushina have no bad deeds at present, and their characters are still trustworthy.
Of course, the main reason is that we can't beat him, so we can only be reasonable.
"The same goes for Iwagakure Village." Ohnoki followed closely. After all, there is no good way to deal with it at the moment.
Unless the five major ninja villages join forces to deal with the country of whirlpool.
But this is impossible.
No one wants their village to pay too high a price in the war, so the Third Ninja War will give Konoha the final victory.
Immediately afterwards, the pressure came to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Seeing that the Third Raikage Ai and Onoki were looking at him, Hiruzen Sarutobi said solemnly: "As an ally of the Uzumaki clan, Konoha firmly supports the reconstruction of the Uzumaki Country and the Uzushio Ninja Village."
At this time, the three strongest ninja villages among the five major ninja villages all agreed. Rasa, the fourth generation Kazekage of Sunagakure Village, could only admit it with a frown, but he did not agree to trade with the Country of Whirlpool.
The Fourth Mizukage Yagura spoke calmly, glanced at everyone indifferently, and then said: "The Kirigakure Village disagrees."
"..."
"???"
"!!!"
As soon as Yagura said this, the entire conference room fell silent instantly, and the originally harmonious atmosphere instantly became tense.
Bai Yu stared at Yagura in surprise, then strengthened his perception, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
But the smile on Kushina's face disappeared in an instant, an invisible momentum rose from her body, and everyone present felt the rapidly rising pressure.
"not good!"
The jounin guards who were listening in the back saw that the situation was not good, and their bodies all tensed up.
brush!
The moment Kushina raised her hand slightly, the jonins surrounding the back all used the teleportation technique to appear next to their respective shadows, and the situation was about to break out.
Yagura's guards are a man and a woman, both Jonin in their early twenties. One of them is Zabuza Momochi, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of this generation, and the other is Mei Mei from the Terumi clan. The owner of the successor boundary.
Zabuza held the decapitating sword tightly in his right hand, staring at Kushina and Bai Yu with ferocious eyes, and at the same time, he was wary of the other ninjas around him, as if he was about to take action at any time.
Kushina's face darkened.
boom!
Terrifying orange chakra spurted out from her body.
Click, click, click!
The hexagonal conference table in contact with her body suddenly appeared cracks. Everyone in the room felt as if the air had become thicker and solidified, and they subconsciously held their breath.
"Kushina-sama!"
As the host of the meeting, Mifune screamed and quickly stopped the samurai around him who were about to get involved.
"Don't get excited Kushina." Bai Yu's gentle voice sounded, and his right hand gently placed on Kushina's shoulder, gently pressing her back to her seat.
Bo~
Like a bubble bursting, the chakra around Kushina instantly returned to her body, and her entire aura also dissipated, as if nothing happened just now.
Seeing Bai Yu's words, the third Raikage Ai, Onoki, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Rasa relaxed their tense bodies slightly. At the same time, they secretly cursed Yagura in their hearts. Even if they disagree, don't be so straightforward. It's just asking for death. , almost hurting them.
If a fight breaks out here today, I don't know if they can return to the village alive. After all, even if they join forces, they can't really work together to deal with Kushina and Bai Yu.
"Huh..." At this time, Zabuza, who had just drawn the decapitating sword out of excitement, breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he was about to take the decapitating sword back, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and the hairs all over his body stood up, and he subconsciously decapitated the sword. The broadsword is held horizontally in front of the body, and the back of the sword is pressed against the back of the sword with his left hand.
boom!
Zabuza's whole body shot out like a cannonball. After his body smashed into the wall, he flew out of the castle.
Duh!
Buzz~
Half of the decapitating sword spun down from the air, and then inserted into the ground. The blade trembled and made a buzzing sound.
What caused all this was that Bai Yu fired a coin-sized chakra ball from his fingertips with a flick of his finger.
"Lord Bai Yu!?" Mifune was stunned. He thought Bai Yu was trying to persuade him to make peace, but he didn't expect him to take action directly.
"He glared at me first, and I don't like others pointing knives at Kushina." Bai Yu said: "We will pay for the cost of repairing the wall. Don't worry, I didn't do anything serious just now, he can't die."
Feeling Bai Yu's calm tone, the jonin guards in the field remained silent, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
The beheading sword was broken. This is called someone who hasn't really done anything yet, right? !
Noticing everyone's expressions, Bai Yu smiled slightly. He really didn't mean anything. The second-level attack spell he cast instantly was [Magic Shock Wave]. If he used magic to release it, Zabuza might not even have any scum left. He It only used a little chakra to activate the [Magic Shock Wave], and it was still shaped into a ball, so its power was minimized.
"I hope you can sit down and have a good discussion, and don't use force easily." Mifune reminded: "This is the original intention of this meeting."
However, at this moment, Bai Yu's dark eyes suddenly became blurred, which made all the ninjas present become nervous again.
"ah!"
Yagura, who had a dull face from beginning to end, suddenly covered his head and screamed in pain.
Bai Yu took action again and launched a direct attack on Yagura, which no one expected.
"Your fourth Mizukage was controlled by genjutsu, didn't any of you Kirigakure ninjas notice?" Bai Yu said lightly, looking at Terumi Mei next to Yagura.
"What?! Lord Yagura, he..."
"The Fourth Mizukage was controlled by genjutsu?"
"How could a ninja like him do that?"
All the Jonin in the field had expressions of disbelief on their faces, even the other four of the Five Shadows were stunned.
The shadow of a village, the top leader can be controlled, it is a disaster!
After Yagura stopped struggling, he looked at everyone in the field with a confused expression: "Where is this...?"
He found that others were looking at him with the same expression.
****
parallel world.
Outside Konoha Village, Orochimaru's underground stronghold, in the laboratory.
After four months of cooperation, Issei, Orochimaru, and Kabuto finally succeeded in growing a brand new arm for Sasuke.
At this time, Sasuke was lying with his upper body naked in the nutrient bin in the middle of the laboratory. The light green nutrient solution had just reached the base of his ears.
Sasuke's left arm was broken from the middle of the upper arm during the battle with Naruto in the Valley of the End. For more than ten years, he has been using his right arm to fight.
However, his most dominant arm is still his left arm.
"Relax a little, accumulate chakra to the location of the broken arm, and then devour the cells in the arm." Issei reminded.
"Um."
Sasuke nodded, and the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye subconsciously appeared.
Issei took out a left arm with pale skin from the petri dish and placed it on the broken left arm of Sasuke.
As Sasuke gathered chakra to the broken arm, the white left arm was quickly connected to Sasuke's skin, and a large number of white granulations climbed towards the broken arm of the left arm like small tentacles.
"Hi~!"
Sasuke gritted his teeth and took a breath, as if he was enduring some kind of pain.
Orochimaru looked at Sasuke nervously.
However, Issei looked indifferent. The arm that had been cultivated for so long was extremely compatible with Sasuke. In theory, there was no possibility of fusion failure.
Soon, in less than five minutes, Sasuke consumed a large amount of chakra and completely adapted to the arm created by the fusion of Urashiki cells and Hashirama cells.
"Sasuke? How do you feel?" Kabuto the pharmacist asked. He wanted to finish the experiment as soon as possible and then return to the orphanage to take care of the children.
"Successful, I feel that my chakra and eye power are increasing."
Sasuke sat up from the nutrition bin and moved his left arm flexibly.
"Let's record the physical condition." Issei nodded to Sasuke and turned on all the instruments on the side. Orochimaru's experimental equipment is all available, even more complete than the original laboratory, but the timeline is so many years behind. , technology has only developed to this extent, and to be honest, it is not very fast.
"Okay." Sasuke left the nutrition warehouse and came to the instrument, asking Issei to record various data.
Now that the cell experiments and transplantation were all successful, it was time for him to prepare to return.
...
Two months later.
Issei formally bid farewell to Naruto and Sasuke, and returned home this time.
Not long after he walked out of the gate of Konoha, there was a pink triangular drone at a height close to the clouds, recording his entire whereabouts.
And in the dense forest not far away, the sounds of three people talking could be heard.
"The target has finally left Konoha!"
"I've been waiting for half a year, don't take action this time, let me deal with him!"
"Diluda, be careful, restrain your chakra, don't sense it randomly, this is too close to Konoha!"
Diluda discussed with Amado and Victor.
"Stop talking! There is nothing to be afraid of! No matter who comes, we will deal with it together!" Diluda snorted lightly.
She has scientific ninja tools installed all over her body and has three bodies.
The pink triangular drone in the sky directly above Konoha is her true body. As long as the drone is not damaged, she can be resurrected multiple times.
Through the shared vision ability of the drone, her sight range is far beyond the so-called Byakugan and powerful perception ninjutsu.
Because her body has been modified, conventional perception abilities cannot detect her at all.
Coupled with the ability to absorb and rebound ninjutsu, the so-called ninja cannot exert much combat power in front of her.
"Wait until the target leaves the Country of Fire before taking action!" Amado said solemnly. This time he was the commander of the mission, so he had to ensure that no accidents occurred, and more than Cixuan's order, he wanted to know what was on the target. What was so important to Cixuan that he ordered his capture alive in such a serious manner?
"Listen to Amado!" Victor on the side also echoed.
"I know, you are so cowardly!"
Diluda said dissatisfied, and the three of them waited until Issei was far enough away before following him.
Anyway, with Diluda's drone, you won't be afraid of losing it even if you go a little further.
As a technological product, drones contain extremely weak chakra and are difficult to detect.
Before Amado left, he gently pressed the button on the orange glasses he was wearing, notifying Jiraiya's clone Goshin.
As long as he captures the target alive, he will have a way to learn Cixuan's secret.
However, what the three of them didn't know was that shortly after they left, a dark void suddenly appeared in the hidden position they were in, and a space portal appeared.
Sasuke walked out of it.
At this time, Sasuke was completely familiar with his left arm, and the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye had also evolved into the Rinnegan in the past two months.
Since An Lushan disappeared mysteriously, for the sake of safety, Issei expected someone to escort him back when he left, so Sasuke agreed to follow him all the way until Issei arrived at the Dragon Veins of the Loulan Ruins.
"I didn't expect that Issei's worry was true, and members of the Shell organization actually showed up."
Sasuke looked surprised. After finding the direction in which the three of them were heading, he waited for a while, then opened the space portal again and walked in.
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