Although the Eastern Border Defense Force has canceled the wartime law of "Nothing enters the sea," the ports in the eastern part of the Country of Fire are still depressed and deserted.
Even though the two countries have resumed customs clearance, the nobles and wealthy merchants still have to spend time rebuilding ships. In addition, various gossips are spreading, and pirates are everywhere in the eastern seas. Behind them are the support of the Tokumitsu Shogunate and the Kirigakure Ninja Clan Alliance. This scared off some weak businessmen.
Jiraiya stood on the hill north of the Qingsu Gorge port, the largest port in the northeastern part of the Land of Fire, observing every movement in the port.
He was entrusted by Tsunade to go to the eastern region to investigate the actions of the Tokko Shogunate.
But the port's depression was far beyond his expectation.
Although there are several shipyards building ships, there are only a few small fishing boats docked at the berths. The bustling and lively scene before the war with sails and boats and boats connected with each other no longer exists.
Although the border troops did not destroy the port when they lifted the blockade, they took away all the surviving large ships in the name of conscription.
After observing for a long time on the hill, Jiraiya finally turned around and left, not choosing to go into the port area to spy on intelligence.
Because he noticed that there were several unidentified ninjas on guard at various commanding heights in the port.
Jiraiya felt that after all, he still shouldered the investigation mission entrusted by Tsunade, and it would not be a good thing to alert the minions of the Tokko Shogunate at this time.
After leaving the port area, Jiraiya bit his finger and activated his necromancy to summon a red toad.
"Kousuke, help me take this secret message back to the village and give it to Tsunade~"
Jiraiya took out a scroll coated with fire paint from his arms and handed it to Kosuke, who was all red.
"...Jiraiya, something happened in Konoha, don't you know?"
Kosuke Toad did not take the scroll immediately, but raised his head and asked Jiraiya.
"What's wrong?"
Jiraiya asked in confusion.
He accepted Tsunade's commission and left the village for some time. Starting from the Kawa Country where the Western Border Defense Force was stationed, he traveled all over the border areas of the Fire Country, and the Tokumitsu Shogunate was his last stop.
Therefore, he didn't know much about the recent situation in the village.
"The day before yesterday, Uchiha launched another crackdown, and all the intelligence frogs were captured or killed!"
"What!"
Jiraiya was shocked.
"Oh, and a lot of intelligence snakes from Longdi Cave were also caught."
Kosuke Toad added another sentence.
It was one of Mount Myouki's intelligence liaison frogs in Konoha, and it only escaped disaster by taking a bath in the hot springs of the Senju tribe at that time.
The so-called intelligence frogs are just ordinary frogs that can be seen everywhere in Myoboku Mountain. They don't have much intelligence. They usually only serve as consumables for the advanced intelligent ninja frogs, so even if they are damaged a lot, Toad Kosuke doesn't care much.
"...Why so sudden?"
Naturally, Jiraiya didn't feel sorry for the loss of the so-called intelligence frog, he just felt that it was a pity that the intelligence network was destroyed in one fell swoop.
"I don't know, but it will take a while before the intelligence frogs can be redeployed..."
Only then did Toad Kosuke take the scroll from Jiraiya's hand, "But Konoha is getting more and more dangerous. I can no longer sneak around the village like before..."
"Doesn't the teacher have any objections to the police department's nonsense?"
Jiraiya asked, frowning.
"Mr. Hiruzen must be troubled right now."
Kosuke Toad replied: "The police department wanted to enter the Death Forest to search, but was stopped by the ANBU. The confrontation should still be ongoing."
"this……"
Jiraiya was not a fool, so he naturally understood that there must be other ulterior secrets hidden in the Forest of Death, but they were just discovered by the police department.
Even this time, the Uchihas of the Police Department once again launched a crackdown on the intelligence ninja beasts. Maybe it was related to some of his teacher's actions.
"Then can you still go back to the village?"
Jiraiya asked.
"I can still return to the Thousand Hands Clan, but as for other parts of the village... I dare not go there for the time being."
Kosuke Toad replied.
"...then I'm sorry to trouble you."
Jiraiya sighed.
Kosuke Toad then turned into a cloud of smoke and left.
…
And far away in the Daming Mansion of the Country of Fire.
What the ministers and nobles have been discussing most recently, both openly and secretly, is not the trade issues after the countries are switched, nor is it the gathering of people to condemn Uchiha Tokumitsu like in the past, but how to deal with the seemingly harmless Yemaki Shogunate.
Mimura Hamaki and the shogunate he established while stationed in the Kawa Country became a thorn in the side of the daimyo nobles in a very short period of time.
And the reason for all this comes from a collection of stories that Jiraiya sent to Tsunade.
"...The shogunate established by the Jonin of Misura Hazaki recruited some refugees from Kawakuni to reclaim the wasteland. The ninjas initially opened up the fields and eliminated the surrounding wild beasts and bandits. The refugees who came to seek refuge could get hundreds of acres of land. Although the newly cultivated land in Xintian is relatively barren, the shogunate distributed food rations to the refugees, so the refugees in the Kawa Country were moved by the news and flocked to the shogunate's city..."
"...The Yeju shogunate collected a tithe tax from the refugees. If they were willing to work for the shogunate, they could get part of their land tax reduced. In addition, the shogunate also allowed the refugees to trade various handmade products on their own, and stationed ninja squads in the market for protection. Compared with other areas that were desolate due to war, the areas controlled by the shogunate appear to be more vibrant."
But in the eyes of the daimyo nobles, these seemingly complimentary words felt more uncomfortable than killing them.
It was not because of the gap in governance capabilities that they felt uncomfortable, but because the Yemaki shogunate's move truly shook the foundation of the one-country-one-village system.
The ninjas of the Ninja Village are not engaged in production but focus on fighting. The daimyo nobles rule the people and provide for the Ninja Village.
This is the core foundation of the one-country-one-village system.
The actions of the Yeju shogunate fundamentally destroyed this system.
"If ninjas find that they can also govern the people, then there will be no need or value for us to exist!"
"Mimura Hazaki is a national traitor!"
"The other shogunates are all rebels! They are rebels who violated the alliance between Hashirama-sama and the Daimyo family!"
The public officials and nobles of the Daming Mansion made more radical remarks in private, but no one dared to speak to the Daiming and invite themselves to reprimand and order the Yejuan shogunate to "rectify the chaos."
Because after experiencing the incident of Uchiha Tokimitsu intimidating the daimyo, the nobles discovered that those vulgar and uncivilized ninjas would really kill people if they were provoked!
…
The confrontation between the police department and the Anbu on the outer edge of the Death Forest has become more and more intense, and the size of the confrontational forces has become larger and larger.
In addition to the main force of the North District Police Station, the Uchiha Quartet also mobilized all combat operations teams from the East District and the West District, plus the assault force directly under the police headquarters, a total of more than 200 Uchiha participated in this confrontation.
The ANBU did not care about the defense of other areas, and also assembled more than 40 elite ANBU, plus some family ninjas led by Mito Monohan and the police department ninjas to start a confrontation.
Mito Kadenen also issued a death order. Even if they die, they cannot let the Uchihas of the Police Department step into the forest of death before the transfer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs base is completed!
After learning about the confrontation, Uchiha Tokumitsu was also preparing to lead his troops back to the village.
As the police department carried out a large-scale sweep in Konoha Village, the plan originally hidden in the darkness gradually came to light.
In addition, after the Ninja Clan learned from the black market the flow of huge amounts of money between the Daming Palace and the Sarutobi Clan, Uchiha Tokko could already conclude that the Daimyo had colluded with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"By the way...what if Konoha also established an Independent Commission Against Corruption?"
Uchiha Demitsu said casually to the guard ninja beside him.
"Um?"
The guard ninja didn't understand what he meant.
Although the confrontation between the police department and ANBU was quite loud, the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen never came forward. However, the action teams of the three major police offices continued to communicate with the ANBU ninjas on the front line. Advisor Elder Mito Kadeni He strongly claimed that the forest was a secret base of ANBU, and refused to investigate the police department on this ground.
But the police department is not a fool. If it is really an ANBU base, it is natural that the ANBU minister comes to communicate, and it is impossible for Mito Katoyan to come forward, so they believe that there must be an ulterior secret in the Death Forest!
"Either the police department enters the forest to search, or Hokage-sama issues a notification document!"
At the entrance to the Death Forest, Uchiha Sifang drew his sword and pointed it at Mito Kadoyan.
He didn't have the patience to continue the confrontation.
In the past few days, he has been sending tribesmen to try to penetrate into the depths of the forest from other directions to investigate, but they were all stopped by ANBU.
Coupled with the constant pressure from Uchiha Tokumitsu who was far away in the Kingdom of Whirlpool, his spirit became more and more nervous until he could no longer endure it.
Mito Menyan also looked gloomy.
It was okay for Uchiha Tokko to be rude to him, after all, the Mangekyou Sharingan was really untouchable; but Uchiha Shifang, the so-called leader of the ninja clan who was just a puppet in his eyes, actually dared to be so arrogant in front of him .
If Danzo was still here...
At this time, Mito Kaden, like Sarutobi Hiruzen, missed the dead ghost Danzo in his heart.
"...Hokage-sama has issued a notice to encircle the Death Forest as a special ANBU defense area, and no other unrelated persons are allowed to enter!"
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Mito Katoyan reluctantly took out a sealed but undated document from his arms.
After the confrontation occurred, the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen instructed him to go to the Death Forest to delay and quickly arranged for the Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel to conduct an emergency evacuation.
At the same time, as a precaution, an undated announcement was also issued to prevent unexpected changes.
However, as soon as this announcement came out, it was completely confirmed that there must be a special secret hidden in the Death Forest!
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths to prevent others from entering the forest of death!
"very good!"
Uchiha's expressions immediately turned from cloudy to clear. They put away their blades and called for everyone in the police department to evacuate.
"It seems that Hokage-sama no longer pays attention to the resolution of the Jonin Class on confirming the power of the Konoha tribes! Then prepare to be impeached!"
Uchiha threw harsh words in all directions and then led his troops to leave. Mito Kado stood there motionless.
After the "Tokumitsu Clearance Plan" failed, Danzo and the main force of the root group were jointly hunted and killed by Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo. Afterwards, the two led the ninja army to station outside the village, forcing the Hokage to bow his head and compromise.
In order to resolve the crisis, one of the reconciliation conditions proposed by Mito Monobu as the envoy at that time was that "the village will no longer have an internal ninja organization."
Now, the announcement of the death forest enclosure issued by the Hokage indicates that another root-like tissue has surfaced in Konoha.
What would Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo think?
What would the Jonin class think?
What would the other Konoha ninjas who were celebrating the destruction of their roots think?
Mito Menyan doesn’t dare to think about it anymore…
Konoha... is getting torn apart!
…
After learning the intelligence coming from all directions of Uchiha, Uchiha Tokumitsu was ready to return to the village to contact Hatake Sakumo to launch a large-scale impeachment. Even if he could not bring down the Hokage, he vowed to take this opportunity to lock the Hokage's power in a cage. !
As for whether there are any secrets hidden in the Death Forest, or whether the Hokage and his family have formed a secret organization, it doesn't matter!
All Uchiha Tokimitsu needs to do is make Hatake Sakumo and the other jounin class members and members of the Reform Council feel that the higher-ups are targeting them.
However, a piece of bad news from Kirigakure disrupted Uchiha Tokumitsu's plan - two days ago, when the three clans of Oni Lan, Minazuki and Kaguya were conspiring, the third generation of Mizukage led the Kirigakure ANBU to launch a sudden Attack, annihilate the leaders of the three major ninja clans in one fell swoop, and hunt and kill the three major ninja clansmen in Kirigakure and even the Kingdom of Water.
Update today (1/2), Chapter 2 will be later
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