Escape From Konoha

Sunagakure Village suddenly carried out military exercises in the Bear Country, and this fact did not escape the attention of other countries.

As one of the five major countries, the Country of Wind attracts the attention of all countries in the ninja world for every move it makes. It is natural.

As the embodiment of the military power of the Kingdom of Wind, Sand Hidden Village is also a target of focus for all countries.

Although during the Third Ninja War, Sunagakure Village lost the best opportunity to attack Konoha because of Amegakure Village's intervention in the battle, no country dared to underestimate the strength of Sunagakure Village.

Sunagakure Village was the first ninja village to leave the battlefield during the Third Ninja World War. After so many years of steady development, the military strength of the ninja village has long since recovered, and the ninja villages of Konoha and Kumogakure, which are recovering, have long since One step ahead.

Under the premise of this peace-oriented era, Sunagakure Village suddenly carried out military exercises in the Bear Country, which seemed quite intriguing.

Among the five major ninja villages, the first to receive the news was the Earth Country Iwagakure Village.

Iwagakure Village, surrounded by rocks and mountains, has the strongest defensive capabilities among all ninja villages.

In the office of the Tsuchikage Building, Onoki, the third-generation Tsuchikage who is already seventy years old, received the news that Sunagakure Village was conducting military exercises in the Bear Country. His first reaction was a subconscious reaction, thinking whether Sunagakure Village was targeting Iwa. The Hidden Village takes action.

Although Iwagakure and Sunagakure had cooperated during the Third Ninja War, it does not mean that that level of cooperation will continue.

Because Sand Hidden Village is located in the Country of Wind, the desert environment is very severe, and its demand for food and water is far greater than that of other countries.

The numerous foreign wars that Sunagakure Village has fought are all due to its extreme thirst for resources.

There is no difference between attacking the Country of Fire and attacking the Country of Earth for Sunagakure Village.

But after taking a closer look at the intelligence collected by Iwagakure Anbu, I discovered that the place where Sunagakure Village conducts military exercises within the territory of the Bear Country is not the northeastern border of the Bear Country adjacent to the Earth Country, but the northwest border of the Bear Country, which is very close to the Oni Country. .

"Are you making a fuss in the east and attacking in the west?"

On the surface, it is close to the Kingdom of Ghosts, but in fact it is eyeing the Kingdom of Earth.

After all, Sunagakure Village has no reason to attack the Kingdom of Demons. On the contrary, the Kingdom of Earth is different.

It has long been an indisputable fact that Ninja Village, which is part of the five major countries, is hostile to each other.

"Father, I don't think so."

Iwagakure Jounin Huangtu, who was on the side, also saw the information presented by the ANBU and made his own guess.

"Oh? Do you have any other opinions, Huang Tu?"

"Now that the environment of the major countries has stabilized, Sunagakure Village will not attack Iwagakure Village even for the purpose of plundering development resources. The impact of a war between the five major countries will be too huge and difficult to control unless Sunagakure Village does a good job Once again, the heavy preparations were sacrificed, and the vitality that had been restored over the years was once again lost in one fell swoop.”

Although Iwagakure wasn't much better in the end, Sunagakure couldn't be alone.

"It makes sense, but Sunagakure Village has been ambitious since the Second Kazekage period...to develop magnetic release ninjutsu and tailed beast technology. We must not speculate on them with ordinary thinking."

Although Onoki is old, his eyesight is still there.

Today's Fourth Kazekage Rasa, like the Kazekage of the previous two years, is a young ninja with his own lofty political ambitions.

For three consecutive generations, the Kazekage was trying to build Sunagakure Village, and they would use any means to gain power, and even trigger a war, which they considered.

As a Kazekage, Rasa may be lacking in strength among the contemporary Five Kages, but his inner ambition is no less than that of Kumogakure's Fourth Raikage.

Young people like this are what Onoki finds most troublesome.

It would really help a lot if they were all as steady and conservative as the Third Hokage of Konoha.

If you think about it carefully, out of the original five Kages, only yourself and Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage of Konoha, have not abdicated.

Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure all had their leaders replaced.

In his eyes, the new shadows of these three villages are still young people of the child generation, and they can still work in the shadow position for at least twenty years.

In comparison, Iwagakure Village is a little worse.

Currently, there is no young man who can take over his position in the Iwagakure Village, and his son Huangtu is also a bit uninterested, which has troubled Onoki more than once.

At the age of seventy, it is already time for me to retire.

Not only has the chakra declined, but the reflexes cannot be compared to when he was young. The most important thing is... In order to seduce the Third Raikage, he sacrificed his waist, which has caused pain in his head and back every three days...

Thinking of this, Onoki not only wanted to shed tears.

"It's possible. But I recently got an interesting piece of folklore."

Huang Tu said this.

"Folklore?"

Onoki was slightly startled, but he didn't care about this.

"When I went to the Kingdom of Ghosts to buy medicine a while ago, I accidentally overheard the conversation of several businessmen from the Kingdom of Ghosts in a wine shop."

"What did they talk about?"

"During the Third Ninja War, Sunagakure Village lacked start-up capital, so it approached the Aster Flower Merchant Association of the Kingdom of Demons for a loan, and an important minister of the Kingdom of Wind served as a guarantor. My father should have heard of this kind of thing. Alright?"

"Yes, I did hear about this."

Onoki didn't know what Huangtu was doing when he mentioned this.

"That's it. According to the conversation of the group of businessmen, Sunagakure Village, which was supposed to pay off the loan two years ago, has been delaying until now. It has not repaid a penny to the Demon Country and keeps looking for excuses to refuse. Many Businessmen from the Kingdom of Ghosts all have a pessimistic attitude towards this incident, believing that they can spend money to eliminate the disaster and there is no need for a military power like the Kingdom of Wind."

"...Is it because of this kind of thing that you chose the northwest of the Bear Country as a military exercise venue?"

Ohnoki was speechless.

No matter how you look at this kind of thing, Sunagakure Village and the Kingdom of Wind are at fault, and now they are still resorting to military coercion. It is really unreasonable.

"There seems to be a small episode in the middle. The debt collectors from the Kingdom of Ghosts went to the Daming Mansion of the Kingdom of Wind and intimidated them, causing the Daiming of the Kingdom of Wind to move to the Kingdom of Ghosts... But this is just a folk rumor. How many specifics are there? The authenticity is unknown.”

Huang Tu breathed out.

"In this way, it really has nothing to do with our Earth Kingdom. However, we cannot be completely unprepared. Then we will dispatch two thousand ninjas to the southwest border. If Sunagakure Village intends to attack the Earth Kingdom, we will intercept them there. "

"What if not?"

"Then just sit on the sidelines and watch the situation change. The matter of the ghost country has nothing to do with us. As long as it doesn't hurt the witches or cause too much conflict, don't bother with them."

Although Sand Hidden Village's actions are completely unreasonable, Ohnoki has no plans to stand up for the kingdom of ghosts. No matter which of the two countries is damaged, it is a good thing for the kingdom of earth.

"Yes, then I will..."

Before Loess could finish speaking, a thunderous explosion sounded in the sky above Yanyin Village.

The huge explosion flash was still clearly visible through the transparent glass.

Huang Tu looked dumbfounded at the light produced by the explosion above Yanyin Village, and opened his mouth for a long time.

"Really, did that kid Didala do something good again? Father, your disciple is a bit too naughty, this is no longer a nuisance..."

"...Huangtu, what are you still talking about here, hurry up and catch that bastard Didara! If this continues, the village will be blown up by him sooner or later!"

Onoki's face turned black and his whole body was shaking with anger.

Even without looking, he knew that the person who caused the huge explosion above Iwagakure was his close disciple Deidara.

A child from Iwagakure Village who is extremely talented.

At only ten years old, he possesses explosive abilities that give even jounin a headache.

Even among the Iwagakure Demolition Force, they are the main members of the front line.

The only flaw is that he likes to display his extremely dangerous bomb works everywhere, which is also known as - instant art.

Shit instant art!

That was clearly a dangerous explosive.

If you are not careful, the villagers may go to heaven.

More than half of the complaint letters sent to him by villagers and ninjas were written by Deidara's disciple.

Onoki thought of this, his face was red and his nose was a little crooked with anger.

"Yes. Alas, this boy is still so naughty..."

Huang Tu smiled helplessly, opened the window, jumped out, and ran quickly in the direction of the explosion.

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Sunagakure Village conducts military exercises on the northwest border of the Bear Country, and does not hide this from the border military investigators of the Ghost Country.

In fact, when Hidden Sand Village did not launch an operation against the Ghost Country, the upper echelon of the military had already conveyed an order to keep an eye on the southeastern border of the Ghost Country, start investigation from the air, and report any situation immediately.

In response to the actions of Hidden Sand Village, the Kingdom of Ghosts did not gather ninja troops immediately, as if they did not care about Hidden Sand Village's actions at all, or thought that Hidden Sand Village was just conducting a normal military exercise, not for the purpose of Intimidate the country of ghosts to come.

And the ninja troop of Hidden Sand Village, a total of 1,000 ninjas, was stationed in front of Hell Valley in the northwest of Bear Country. Opposite Hell Valley was the land of Ghost Country.

If the Kingdom of Oni does not take action, it is naturally impossible for the ninjas of Sunagakure Village to take action.

The person responsible for leading this Suna ninja force was none other than the Suna ninja Maki, who had recovered from his injuries.

Originally, it was decided by the high level of Sand Hidden Village that they were going to send 500 ninjas to come over and have a little fun. To deal with the kingdom of ghosts, there is no need to use too much force.

However, Kazekage Rasa believes that the ninjas in the Oni Land may be lacking in combat capabilities, but those weird ninja tools may bring a lot of trouble to the Sand Hidden Army, so they added 500 more ninjas, There were a thousand ninjas in total, led by Maki.

With a military binoculars, Maji peered across Hell Valley. From a distance, he could see villages with smoke rising from the border of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Even from a distance, the buildings and environment of the village are very beautiful, and the transportation facilities are much more advanced than those in the Land of Winds. It is conceivable that the living standards of the people there are definitely better than most people in the Land of Winds.

“The economic power is really strong.”

Even small villages on the border like this have established complete transportation arteries. Ma Ji's first thought about the Kingdom of Ghosts was that it was rich and powerful.

Although the small size of the Ghost Country is one reason, it would take a huge amount of money to connect all the lines of communication in towns and villages... Markey couldn't imagine it.

"Next, just wait and see what happens and concentrate on waiting for orders from above. Let's go back to camp."

Maki put away the military binoculars and said to the several Sunagakure jounin beside him.

"yes."

Markey's patrol is complete.

Although he did not originally want to regard the Kingdom of Ghosts as an opponent, but when he thought about the losses he had suffered at the hands of debt collectors in the Kingdom of Ghosts not long ago, Ma Ji felt that it was better to be cautious.

In order to prevent the Demon Country's flying ninjas, a thousand ninjas were dispatched this time. The detonating talismans were sufficient. A total of 100 precision continuous-fire ballistas were brought for anti-aircraft use. Together with the detonating talismans, they were enough to The sky lights up.

Under such a high-density firepower concentration, the flying ninja tool could only fail and sink into the sand.

In the past, Sky Country had used similar flying ninja tools to provoke the five major nations and attack from the air. Sunagakure Village adopted this covering firepower strategy to target the Sky Country ninjas, causing them heavy losses.

Therefore, you must have the necessary confidence, but you must not lose your caution.

Falling down twice in a row on the same opponent is something that Markey cannot allow.

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The Kingdom of Ghosts, Ziyuan City, First Military Region.

In an empty room, there were only simple daily necessities and a precise map of the ninja world posted on the wall.

Shiraishi put his hands behind his back and raised his head slightly to look at the map of the ninja world.

It has been outlined many times with a pen.

The Kingdom of Snow, the Kingdom of Netherworld, the Kingdom of Bears... and finally the Kingdom of Wind, are all marked in extremely detail.

In fact, now, the Kingdom of Snow has been taken into the hands, and the Kingdom of Netherworld is only a name away. The Kingdom of Bears is secretly eroding, and will fall one after another in a few months.

As for the Kingdom of Wind...it also fell into the chess game.

Shiraishi's eyes stared at the northwest region of the Kingdom of Wind, which was an area that must be captured.

There is a desert wasteland in the Kingdom of Wind, but after testing by professionals, there are a large amount of important resources such as natural gas and oil hidden under that desert.

The Kingdom of Wind has not entered complete industrialization, and it is completely unable to utilize these resources.

Not only that, the meteorological resources in the desert are also very rich.

Wind energy, strong light, solar energy... are all pure energy that can be fully regenerated without too much environmental pollution.

Exploiting marine resources is still in its early stages, and there is currently no mature technology for exploiting marine resources. In contrast, it is correct to use the resources on the mainland to pave the way, and then gradually expand to the ocean...layer by layer, and interconnected. choice.

Although it was tempting to swallow the cake, Shiraishi didn't think he had such a good appetite and could swallow such a big cake in one bite. He would choke to death.

"You are here. People are panicking outside. Don't you plan to send someone to explain? It seems that there are still people who plan to spend money to eliminate the disaster. There is no need to conflict with the Kingdom of Wind."

At this time, the door suddenly opened, Liuli walked in from the door, and said to Baishi.

Rumors from the outside world do hold a pessimistic attitude towards the Kingdom of Ghosts, even the businessmen of this country do the same.

Although Sunagakure only symbolically sent a thousand ninjas to 'sightsee' on the southeastern border of the Demon Country, the pressure on the people of the Demon Country was considerable.

The absolute rule of the five major countries, if it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, makes people dare not resist.

Although there are some who are unconvinced, mainly young people, who think that Sunagakure just refuses to pay back the money, but also imposes military coercion on the country of ghosts, which is really shameless.

But even these young people with fighting spirit have doubts about the military power of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Shiraishi turned around, glanced at Liuli and replied: "The preparations have been made. Let them warm up outside. A prosperous commercial country is not qualified to stand at the top of the ninja world. It has developed to this It’s getting to the point where it’s the country that’s pushing us, not just us pushing the country.”

After these years of policy assistance, the Demon Country has indeed become the most outstanding commercial country in the ninja world.

It even once surpassed the commercial power of the Fire Nation and took the lead.

But the more you are expected and the more influential you are, the more secret enemies you have.

Neutral states are not an absolute protection mechanism.

It just depends on whether it threatens certain existing interests.

Looking at it now, the overreaction of Sunagakure and the Kingdom of Wind, and the rapid development of the Kingdom of Demons, have indeed attracted greedy beasts in the jungle.

"Then when are you going to take action? Sand Hidden Village has already taken action, but we have not taken action. If this continues, it is inevitable that our military will be said to be timid."

Liuli looked eager to try, and her hands seemed to be itchy.

"We can't rush this kind of thing. We have to wait for Sunagakure Village to take action first."

Shiraishi shook his head and could not deny the comments from the outside world.

But in fact, it’s not that the Kingdom of Ghosts didn’t take action, it’s that outsiders simply didn’t know.

No matter how confident Shiraishi was, he could not remain indifferent to the thousands of sand ninjas on the border of the Demon Country and not take any precautionary measures.

One careless move could cause a large number of civilian casualties on the border of the Demon Country. As for the character of the Sunagakure ninja... Shiraishi really couldn't believe it.

In the past, on the battlefield of the Third Ninja World War, lower-level ninjas were allowed to rob Rain Country civilians of food in the Country of Rain, causing a large number of casualties, including starvation and freezing to death on the roadside.

When it came to real combat, they were very well disciplined, but in some ways, they were also extremely poorly disciplined.

It is said that during war, civilians must not be killed, injured or robbed. This is a rule that has never been practiced by the truth. How ridiculous.

Therefore, before Sunagakure Village took any action, he had asked Ayane to lead an elite team of a hundred ninjas to secretly go to the border of the Kingdom of Demons near the Country of Bears, and hide there to prevent the Sunagakure ninjas from disrupting the Kingdom of Demons on the border. people.

As for the Hoshi Ninja Village, they were also prepared to raid Sunagakure's troops from behind and could be dispatched at any time.

The only thing that needs to be waited for now is the moment when the conflict between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Ghosts breaks out.

"But looking at how they are now, they are waiting for us to take action first."

It's not that Liuli can't see the current situation, but he just thinks that if this situation continues and the ninjas from Sunagakure Village are allowed to wander around the border of the Demon Country, the prestige of the Demon Country will be reduced.

The series of chain reactions triggered by that time will be very troublesome.

Liuli is very aware of the character of some big countries. Once he encounters a soft persimmon, he always wants to pinch it.

Such as Thunder Country and Cloud Yin.

Stealing the medical secrets of the Demon Country, Kumogakure ninjas are the most cheerful in secret operations.

So far, there are nearly twenty Kumogakure ninjas lurking in Ziyuan City, trying their best to sneak into the military and steal confidential medical information.

Seeing Oni Country being bullied by Sunagakure and being indifferent, he felt that Oni Country had an opportunity to take advantage of it, and Kumogakure would definitely not mind coming in to get a piece of the pie.

If Kumogakure intervenes at that time, things will inevitably become difficult.

"For a war, strategy, tactics, human resources, industry, economy, logistics, mobilization ability, ideological ability... are all extremely important ingredients. Be impatient first, without complete strategy and tactics, or adopt unrealistic measures The side with strategy and tactics will definitely lose half first.”

Shiraishi said with a smile.

Strategy and tactics, the military of the Kingdom of Oni had already begun to deploy them a few years ago. Compared to the Sunagakure ninjas who were forced to come, the Kingdom of Oni was waiting for work, and had set up a complete series of traps in advance to target the Sand Hidden Ninjas. hidden.

As long as it is properly arranged, in terms of strategy and tactics, Sunagakure Village cannot detect the true intentions of the Demon Country, and is actually at a disadvantage.

As for the industrial, economic, and logistical mobilization capabilities, they have also been completed ahead of schedule. They have been preparing for this war for many years. Sunagakure's side is seriously underprepared. Which one is better and which is worse can be seen at a glance.

"Have you thought of a way?"

Liuli was curious about how Shiraishi would let Sunagakure Village take the initiative to attack.

In the current situation, Oni Country is unwilling to attack first, and Sunagakure also has concerns and will not take the initiative easily.

"Almost. If this arrangement continues, the Chamber of Commerce will temporarily stop transporting all goods that are to be transported to the Kingdom of Wind, especially medicine, food and water. It will be announced to the outside world that some of the goods are not up to standard within the Chamber of Commerce. , temporarily suspending unilateral commercial cooperation with the Kingdom of Wind."

Shiraishi smiled meaningfully.

Since Sunagakure can't find an excuse to start a war, let's give them an excuse to start a war.

Leaving aside medicines, for the Wind Country, which relies heavily on imported food and water resources, as long as these are stuck, the consequences can be imagined.

Even though the Kingdom of Wind imports food and water from not only the Kingdom of Ghosts, but also other countries, the amount of food and water transported to the Kingdom of Wind every year by the Kingdom of Ghosts is not small, and more or less, it will affect the sand. Hidden Village makes a splash.

"I understand, I will go to the Chamber of Commerce to make arrangements. However, you are as insidious as ever, and you do not give Sunagakure Village any possibility of victory."

All means are used against Sunagakure in all aspects, whether it is from the initial forced military exercises to the subsequent conflict incidents that are likely to escalate further. It is not so much that Sunagakure Village is making independent arrangements, but in fact, from the beginning, Sunagakure's rhythm It was in Shiraishi's hands.

From the moment they stepped onto the battlefield, they were puppets in Shiraishi's hands.

It’s just a dramatic puppet specially invited to the stage for the next stage of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"War is not a joke or a child's game. People will die. You should know this. Maybe after this incident, future generations will evaluate me as the most terrifying careerist and terrifying fighting fanatic in this century. , carrying all kinds of notoriety..."

Shiraishi laughed.

But he was already prepared to bear this kind of notoriety.

What he wants to change is just this ninja world that disgusts him, where human rights and laws are seriously trampled on.

Obviously with such an excellent foundation, whether it is natural energy or chakra, they are strange things that can be used to benefit the world. However, the five major nations in the ninja world have been trapped in a strange cycle of war, destroying their own potential for progress. It is really puzzling.

This is exactly what Shiraishi wants to change.

In contrast, such boring demands as peace are nothing more than an inevitable trend in the progress of social spiritual and material civilization.

Thought is the most important thing to be liberated.

How long can the era of the five supreme powers ruling the ninja world last?

Shiraishi doesn’t know because the future is unpredictable.

However, under his promotion, the bell of the end of this era of one country and one village began to ring quietly.