Escape From Konoha

The country of thunder, Yunyin.

The Fourth Raikage Ai was sitting in his office, picking up a heavy barbell with one hand that could crush an adult.

After exercising for a while, the Fourth Raikage put down the barbell in his hand unsatisfied.

"It's too light. It looks like I need to ask Mabuyi to get a heavier barbell."

As the most powerful representative among Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage not only has to deal with official documents every day, but also devotes a lot of time to training himself and improving his strength every day.

Only in this way can we better lead Yunyin Village forward.

"Now my Thunder Armor has become harder, and my strength and speed are much faster than before, but if I meet that white-eyed woman again..."

The Fourth Raikage pondered.

It’s not that I feel scared or anything, but that I state the facts objectively.

Techniques like Soft Fist can easily penetrate the power into the human body. To a certain extent, it can ignore the external Thunder Escape Armor.

In terms of speed, he is on par with the Byakugan woman, or even slightly better, but Byakugan's all-round insight is enough to smooth out the speed gap and allow the other party to react in advance.

Over the years, he has sent Kumogakure's ANBU to continuously collect various information about the Byakugan and Rouken, from the origin of the Hyuga clan to even the Hyuga of Konoha. Although he has not found any special core secrets, it is not nothing.

"Now it is basically difficult to improve the speed and strength of my Thunder Escape Armor. The only way to deal with Rou Fist is to train your internal organs to become as hard as the outside."

Therefore, the fourth generation Raikage's next training goal is very clear, that is to improve the body's internal resistance to strikes, rather than blindly improving the power of the Thunder Escape Armor.

Because facing Rou Fist, Thunder Dun Armor is of little significance.

At this moment, the office door was pushed open.

A clean and concise kunoichi with short gray hair walked in from outside.

It was none other than Raikage's secretary, Kumogakure jounin Mabui.

He is one of the few jounin among Kumogakure who can use time and space ninjutsu and the art of heavenly sending.

"Master Raikage..."

"Let's not talk about other things. I have to replace all the exercise equipment here. It can no longer improve my physical fitness. In addition, look for any training method in the ninja world that can exercise internal organs. If there is, send ANBU to find it as soon as possible. Come, I am in a hurry."

This is not the first time Yunyin has done this.

The Fourth Raikage also issued the order confidently, without feeling anything inappropriate.

Since the end of the Third Ninja World War, Kumogakure has been collecting secret techniques and forbidden techniques in the ninja world, continuously increasing the strength of Kumogakure Village and cultivating outstanding ninjas.

There are at least a dozen small shinobi villages destroyed by Kumogakure in the past few years.

You can suppress it by just finding a name.

In addition, there is no effective international organization to restrict Kumogakure's methods. The Ninja Village, which is also a big country, knows that it can only condemn it verbally, but secretly still strengthens its armaments and is wary of Kumogakure.

But to the Fourth Raikage, this kind of verbal condemnation was completely insignificant.

As long as there are no issues of principle involved, other countries will just turn a blind eye.

When Mabuyi heard the Fourth Raikage's order, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded and replied: "Yes, Raikage-sama, I will make arrangements later."

"sorry to bother you."

"This is my job. In addition, the results of the war between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Ghosts have come out."

Mabui said.

The Fourth Raikage's face was startled.

"So fast?"

The war between the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Wind has only been going on for about a month. After all, he is also the companion of the woman with white eyes. How could he lose so quickly?

"Yes, the Kingdom of Ghosts won."

"It's expected... Well, wait, what did you say, the Kingdom of Ghosts won? How is this possible?"

The Fourth Raikage's eyes bulged slightly, with a shocked expression.

No matter how bad Sunagakure is, he still has the support of the Wind Country, one of the five major countries.

Moreover, it was the first ninja village to leave the battlefield of the Third Ninja War. It had already recovered from the trauma suffered in the Third Ninja War, and it was no problem to pull up more than 10,000 ninjas.

Although these more than 10,000 ninjas need to be stationed in various places in the Kingdom of Wind, it is impossible to mobilize them all to deal with the Kingdom of Ghosts, otherwise other countries will pose a military threat to the Kingdom of Wind.

However, Sunagakure Village can still be easily organized by gathering five thousand ninja troops.

"It's absolutely true, Raikage-sama."

Mabuyi sighed, she did not expect this result.

Perhaps, sitting on the sidelines and hoping that both countries would suffer was not a good decision.

Because the combat effectiveness of the Kingdom of Ghosts was seriously misjudged.

"The military side of Sand Hidden Village and the Kingdom of Demons have already done battle damage, and what I got here is only a brief statistics."

In fact, the source of this statistical table comes more from the Kingdom of Ghosts.

How should I put it, Sunagakure Village... mentioned this matter and refused to negotiate with the outside world.

"Say it!"

"Yes. According to this simple statistical table, Sunagakure lost a total of more than 3,700 ninjas in this war, and 1,200 were injured. Among the injured, 700 were seriously injured, and some were seriously injured. Part of his body was disabled and he was even unfit to be a ninja. There were zero civilian casualties and no building damage."

"The war has only been going on for a long time, why did so many Suna ninjas die?"

The Fourth Raikage's expression changed drastically.

Three thousand ninjas died in the battle, which is not a small number.

"Yes. The Suna Ninja suffered heavy losses this time, second only to the Third Ninja War."

But the problem is that Sunagakure Village only suffered so many casualties during the Third Shinobi World War when it fought Konoha for two or three years.

And this time it was only a month... No, according to statistics, most of the Sand Ninja were wiped out in one day.

In other words, this war, in a real sense, may only last one day.

If such a war lasts for four days, all the ninjas in Sunagakure Village may be wiped out.

Of course, it cannot be calculated like this. Knowing that the offensive capabilities of the Demon Country are so fierce, Sunagakure will definitely avoid large-scale battles, divide his troops to harass, launch guerrilla warfare, and even send troops to sneak attack the towns of the Demon Country to contain the main force of the Demon Country. .

In this case, the vitality of the Kingdom of Ghosts will be greatly damaged, but the military system of the Kingdom of Wind will be completely destroyed.

It is likely to be the trigger for the Fourth Ninja War.

"What about the Kingdom of Ghosts? How many people did they lose?"

The Fourth Raikage asked quickly.

The Suna Ninja suffered such heavy losses, so the Demon Country must not be much better off either.

"There were less than two hundred casualties."

Mabuyi hesitated for a moment, a little embarrassed to speak.

More than 3,000 ninjas died and 1,200 were injured, while the Kingdom of Demons only suffered less than 200 casualties. Among these 200 people, most of them seemed to be injured, and a few unfortunately died.

"Are you sure there are no mistakes in this statistical table?"

The Fourth Raikage was stunned.

There were less than 200 casualties. Are you kidding me?

Mabuyi knew that the Fourth Raikage had misunderstood something, and said: "It's not that the ninja troops of the Demon Country are very strong, because in this war, the ninja troops of the Demon Country have been on defense all the time, and they only conducted a few ambushes. , there was no head-on battle with Sunagakure, they basically cut in from midfield, and looked more like training. The reason why Sunagakure was hit hard was only because of Chiba Shiraishi and Uchiha Ruri. Throwing away the top ninjas, the backbone ninjas The Kingdom of Wind is definitely stronger, please rest assured Raikage-sama."

"..."

Is Mabuyi telling a bad joke?

Two people killed more than 3,000 sand ninjas, how could he feel relieved?

Rather, this is more cause for concern.

"In addition, in the last battle, Chiba Shiraishi used a certain technique, which caused the death of 1,400 sand ninjas in an instant. Those who did not die also suffered a heavy psychological blow. It will take a long time to recover. Recover. Although I haven’t witnessed the power and scale of the technique with my own eyes, judging from the large number of casualties, it is much more terrifying than Kirabi-sama’s tailed beast jade.”

If a large number of ninjas gather together, the Tailed Beast Tama can indeed do this.

But the formation of ninjas, because each ninja has a different fighting style, to avoid accidentally injuring one's own people with ninjutsu and attacks, in most cases, the positions of the personnel will be dispersed.

Unless it is a forward force that attracts firepower, the ninjas in the back row will not stand too densely.

Under such circumstances, 1,400 sand ninjas could be killed on the spot. Azabu Yi could not imagine how powerful and scale the technique was.

The tailed beast tama has surpassed the eight tails.

As for the nine-tailed beast jade, the strongest tailed beast, she had never seen it before, so she couldn't judge its strength.

The Fourth Raikage took a deep breath and lowered his voice:

"You're careless. You shouldn't have accepted bribes from the Kingdom of Ghosts before. Now all countries have to recognize the military power of the Kingdom of Ghosts, thus changing their attitude towards this neutral country."

Yunyin, who respects both strength and action, naturally understands what a country's military power means in this one-country-one-village era.

Compared with neutral countries, a strong military power is the fundamental guarantee for a country to live and work in peace and contentment, not a neutral country contract.

As a neutral country, the Kingdom of Iron has been involved in ninja wars more than once. If necessary, it is not impossible for the Kingdom of Demon to be involved in future ninja wars. It just depends on whether it is necessary.

"Mabuyi, if we take action now, what are the chances of winning?"

The Fourth Raikage asked in a solemn voice.

"Concentrating all our efforts to capture the Kingdom of Ghosts is not a problem. As for the rest, it is impossible to calculate."

Kumogakure has only a lot more ninjas than Sunagakure, with more than 10,000 ninja armed forces, and their combat effectiveness is more fierce. Moreover, Kumogakure also has perfect jinchuriki, plus various secret techniques and techniques collected over the years. The destructive power caused by the forbidden technique is enough to bulldoze the entire ghost country in one day.

But it's not necessary.

This is something that only happens in extreme circumstances.

Yunyin and the Kingdom of Ghosts do not have such a big conflict, otherwise they would not have allowed the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Wind to fight.

Not to mention whether other countries would take advantage of it, the casualties alone were more than the Kumogakure family could bear.

"What did Sunagakure say? Aren't they going to take revenge and go back?"

The Fourth Raikage asked.

He has already seen that the ninja troops of the Kingdom of Ghosts are not worth mentioning. The only ones who pose a threat are the three rebellious ninjas who came out of Konoha.

Everyone can easily make one ride equal to a thousand.

Even so, he still hopes that the Kingdom of Wind can defeat the Kingdom of Ghosts and launch a war that will overwhelm the country. This is the best outcome for Yunyin.

"I heard that Kazekage's mood is not very stable. It may be that he saw a large number of sand ninjas die in front of his eyes in an instant, which caused a lot of psychological shadow."

Mabuyi said with a worried look.

To be honest, this is human nature.

Each of the Five Shadows cherishes their own village very much. Seeing so many of their 'family members' wiped out in front of their eyes, there is no buffer for the instant psychological impact. After reacting, ordinary people might have gone crazy.

Maybe here in Kumogakure, the thousands of Suna ninja are just a number, just like the people who unfortunately died in the previous ninja wars, they are also just a number.

But for Sunagakure, it's more than just a number.

After the Third Ninja War, the strength he had regained was lost in one fell swoop.

"In other words, there is no one who can make the decision now in Sunagakure?"

The Fourth Raikage raised his eyebrows.

Mabuyi replied: "The one who calls the shots now is Sunagakure's former advisor, Elder Chiyo."

"That old woman playing with puppets."

The Fourth Raikage looked a little more serious.

Azabui took out a letter from his arms and said: "In addition, this is a letter sent from Elder Chiyo of Sunagakure Village. It is about the holding of the Five Shadows Conference. The same letter must have been sent to the Hokage and Tsuchikage respectively. With the Mizukage in hand."

"Five Shadows Conference?"

The fourth Raikage stepped forward quickly and took away the letter from Mabuyi's hand. The words "Your Majesty the Raikage personally express" were written on the outside.

After taking it apart, I took a look at the contents.

The Fourth Raikage sneered, showing a sarcastic expression.

"What a five-kage meeting? It's clearly a meeting for help. It seems that Sunagakure has been broken by the Demon Country."

Mabuyi asked: "So, Raikage-sama, do you want to participate? As the victorious country, the Kingdom of Ghosts hopes that the Kingdom of Wind will give up the northwest region as a price to end the war. Sunagakure is now in a dilemma and can only rely on the Five Shadows Conference The alliance to put pressure on the Kingdom of Demons, and the other issue is the issue of the three rebellious ninjas..."

"Go! Why don't you go! In this Five Shadows Conference, military representatives from the Kingdom of Ghosts will also be invited. If that white-eyed woman goes there, then we can avenge her shame and let her have a taste of me. His fists are powerful!"

He encountered two powerful enemies in his life.

One is Hinata Ayane, who possesses the Byakugan blood successor limit and can use soft fists to suppress his thunder escape armor.

The other person is Namikaze Minato, the fourth Hokage of Konoha, a ninja who is known as the yellow flash in the ninja world and wins in terms of speed.

Nowadays, only the legend remains of the yellow flash, which means that Hinata Ayane is his lifelong enemy and an opponent who must be defeated!

The Fourth Raikage is full of confidence in this trip.

Mabuyi sighed, still speaking without thinking too much.

Although I knew that the Fourth Raikage definitely did not go there to resolve personal grudges, he just wanted to give himself a step forward in participating in the Five Kage Conference, and hoped that there would be no trouble by then.

But it’s also a good time to learn about the situation in other countries.

Especially Kirigakure Village.

Ever since Gotachibana Yagura launched a coup eight years ago and became the fourth Mizukage, the situation there has been a mystery.

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Fog hidden.

"Three,700 people died and 1,200 were injured? Is that just a few people dead?"

After receiving the information sent from the Kingdom of Demons through secret channels, the Fourth Mizukage Yagura glanced at the results of the battle between the Kingdom of Demons and the Kingdom of Wind, and said with regret after thinking deeply.

In front of him was Kirigakure's next Mizukage candidate, Kirigakure Jounin, Terumi Mei, the owner of two blood inheritance limits.

After hearing Yagura's words, she was slightly speechless.

Thirty-seven hundred ninjas are not a small number.

In terms of the casualty rate within one or two months, it would be better to say that this is already a very exaggerated result.

The direct loss of Sunagakure's military strength this time was in the range of one-quarter to one-third.

Counting the wounded, Sunagakure could barely muster 10,000 ninjas now.

"You can't calculate it that way, because there are also a group of Konoha's elite jounin mixed in the Suna Ninja army. Even Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, was captured and imprisoned in a prison. Sunagakure and Konoha invested There’s more power than what’s on paper.”

Considering that many Jonin died in the war, this was the source of the heavy losses for Sunagakure and Konoha.

The training of every Jonin is hard-won and requires a lot of resources and time.

Let's put it this way, regardless of Konoha, Sunagakure may be in a relatively short supply of jounin in the next seven or eight years. The high-end combat power of jounin will be obviously at a disadvantage compared to other major ninja villages.

The loss of a large number of Jōnin was far heavier than the superficial numbers.

This is the root cause of Sunagakure's severe damage.

It is also a cruel fact.

The genin who died in the war were all cannon fodder, and the chunin were considered the backbone. It was not too troublesome to train these two levels of ninja.

Only the cost of training a Jonin is very high. Because even the Five Kages are the ones who stand out among the Jonin.

This is not a number that can be brushed off.

"So, he still showed mercy. It would be great if the direct battle losses of Sunagakure Village could be increased to 5,000 people."

Yagura leaned on the automatic swivel chair and took a leisurely sip of hot tea.

Terumi Mei glanced at Yagura, that might be the case for this Mizukage.

After all, when he launched the coup, the casualties within Kirigakure Village were not much weaker than those of Sunagakure this time.

Coupled with the seemingly distant relationship with the Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Water, and the breakdown of the 'contract' relationship, serious distrust arose between the Ninja Village and the Daimyo aristocratic system, and they basically parted ways.

This is also the reason why Kirigakure has closed itself off from the country in recent years and secretly sought allies.

With the secret support of the Kingdom of Oni, Kirigakure Village has cultivated a group of businessmen. Under the protection of the Shionka Chamber of Commerce, they have also been able to enjoy themselves in the business world, allowing Kirigakure Village to gradually become independent. The reason why it still needs to be done The gesture of relying on the Daming Mansion of the Kingdom of Water is just an act.

"So, Sunagakure Village is convening a five-kage conference this time. Will Mizukage-sama want to attend?"

Terumi asked.

Yagura glanced at Terumi Mei and said: "No matter what happens to this matter, if the Demon Country chooses Kumogakure this time, it may continue to trigger a large-scale war. But if it is Sunagakure... the next step is probably We can’t fight anymore. Otherwise, Sunagakure wouldn’t have held a five-kage conference to ask for help from the remaining kage.”

If Sunagakure really wanted to continue the conflict with the Kingdom of Demons, he would not have held a meeting of the Five Kage, but would have immediately sent out troops to launch a war that would overwhelm the country.

But this kind of thing that hurts the enemy eight hundred and damages oneself a thousand, as long as the head of the senior management of Sunagakure Village is not kicked out, they will not choose this approach.

That's why we need to seek help from the international community and strive to suppress the arrogance of the Kingdom of Ghosts diplomatically.

But... will other countries really sincerely help the Kingdom of Wind?

Because of this war, the other countries and Ninja Villages suffered no direct losses.

On the contrary, in order to keep Kumokaku neutral, the Kingdom of Oni sent many gifts, allowing Kumokakure to directly receive many benefits in vain. Even if the Kingdom of Oni rises, the first one to be affected will definitely not be the Kingdom of Thunder, but the Kingdom of Earth. and the land of wind.

And Konoha...the Uchiha clan, the most feared on the frontal battlefield, only had a single child left. The three ninja Jiraiya was captured, the ANBU minister and deputy minister were sacrificed, leaving only one medical ninja, Tsunade, among the three ninjas.

If we were to wage a war with the Kingdom of Demons, not to mention traveling long distances, but facing the fierce firepower of the Kingdom of Demons, how many ninjas would be needed to win?

What's more, if something like this happens, the first thing Konoha needs to do is not to compete with the Kingdom of Demons on the battlefield, but to hunt down and find the moles within the village.

Iwagakure... Mingzhe is the best at protecting himself, Sunagakure doesn't pay huge benefits, and Tsuchikage Ohnoki will only sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, waiting for opportunities to gain benefits for the country of the earth.

"The meeting place of the Five Shadows Conference is in the neutral country of Iron Country. I will go there in person at that time. Let Gui Deng Man Yue and Qing take over the guard work, and then dispatch a detachment of sixteen from the ANBU. A jounin master comes out."

There are a total of eighteen jounin guards, enough to serve as Mizukage's guard.

The reason why so many guards were mobilized was just in case.

Unlike the other five shadows, he is a three-tailed jinchuriki and will be targeted by the Akatsuki organization hiding in secret.

Although Akatsuki's operation has not officially started yet, it does not mean that they will not start operations in advance.

"Don't you need me to go there?"

Terumi asked.

There were three jounin personal guards beside Yagura.

One is her, one is Ao with Byakugan, and the other is Inikisaki Kisame.

However, after Kisame Kisame defected, the third person was the prodigy of the Kito clan, Kito Mangetsu.

A geek who can easily control multiple ninja swords.

"You stay and handle things for me. Since Yuanshi has passed your assessment, you should familiarize yourself with Mizukage's business in advance. After you become Mizukage, I will focus on Akatsuki. .”

"With Kisame watching, there won't be much of a problem there."

As Yagura's right-hand man, she not only knew about the cooperation with the Kingdom of Demons, but also knew Kisame's identity as a spy when he joined Akatsuki.

"I would have thought so before, but for a guy who can easily subdue many S-class rebel ninjas, even I can't imagine how strong Akatsuki's leader is. Moreover, that guy Isozu told me There’s a lot about the Samsara Eye.”

The corners of Yagura's lips curled up.

The Ten-Tails, Infinite Tsukuyomi...the eternal dream of death.

Just thinking about it makes people shudder.

There are still many interesting things waiting to be developed in this ninja world.