Escape From Konoha

September 10th.

The weather seems to be less sultry than in July and August, and the refreshing breeze blows across the surface of the pond, causing little ripples.

In a media quiet room, the daimyo and kage of the four countries who held another remote meeting looked much more solemn than a few days ago.

Two days ago, the latest information about the mysterious organization sent from Konoha has been sent to the daimyo and shadows of these countries. I believe that after reading the above information, their thoughts will be settled.

Whether they continue to penetrate into the Kingdom of Rain or stop in time, it means that time is precious and cannot be wasted. An inexplicable sense of urgency is suppressed in the hearts of these people.

The daimyo of the four countries remained silent during the meeting, leaving the venue to the four shadows for negotiation. No matter how successful they were politically, if they wanted to achieve the ultimate goal, they still had to use excessive force to solve the final problem.

Although it is a good thing to surrender without fighting, there are too few such examples. No matter how weak some small countries are, their bones may not be soft. Especially for a war-torn country like the Country of Rain, many wars have caused this country to start to stick together for warmth, and its character is tougher and more courageous than people in many countries.

"It's been a few days. Let's each give our own answers now. First of all, we at Kumogakure will not give up. According to the investigation information, there are indeed many anomalies in the country of Rain Country. That leader Payne’s identity is even more of a mystery, and a guy like this who doesn’t even dare to show his face already speaks volumes.”

The fourth Raikage was the first to exit. He was lying on a large sofa with his hands folded in front of his chest. Behind the sofa stood a tall, dark-skinned woman about 28 or 29 years old. It was Mabui, the secretary of the Fourth Raikage.

She stood back and said nothing, just listening to the meeting.

"But this way, we can't conclude that he has any dealings with that organization, or even suspect that he is a member of that organization. Raikage's words are too alarmist. You know, let's focus our attention on the Kingdom of Rain. This is what a certain person behind the scenes wants to see happen. He hopes that both us and the organization will suffer losses. Otherwise, we would not have sent two different intelligence lists with different personnel lists before. "

Luo Sha said in a calm voice.

Hearing Luo Sha's words, the Fourth Generation Thunder Image thought of something extremely bad, and the muscles on his face twitched violently.

They, Yunyin, had also searched for the two previous spies lists from the Kingdom of Ghosts. After that, he sent the Kumogakure Anbu to start a secret investigation. In the end, it was discovered that these spies were not on the same level as the spies from the Kingdom of Oni. They were all spies from the villages of Konoha Root and Sunagakure. .

However, of course the Fourth Raikage would not speak out about such a shameful thing.

The remaining shadows also mentioned this a little bit, without going into details. After all, their experiences were exactly the same as those of the Fourth Raikage, and they were extremely resentful towards the man behind the scenes.

It cannot be said that this spy information is meaningless. Whether it is a spy from the Kingdom of Ghosts or a spy from the current Allied Forces, as long as the spy can be caught, it has value. However, this value is far from reaching their expected effect. It was even set up.

It was later deduced that the two pieces of information might have been produced by the same person.

The purpose was just to focus their attention on the Country of Rain, and with careful investigation, there were indeed some confusing places within this country.

The biggest anomaly is Payne, the leader who only shows his voice but does not show his face.

The Kingdom of Rain is not closed, but Yugakure is extremely closed and refuses to communicate with the outside world. In this village, all that can be seen are locals from Yuyin, and there is not a single outsider.

A place like this that is closed off and does not communicate with the outside world can easily breed problems and hidden dangers.

"The pusher was probably done by the Kingdom of Demons. Didn't the Hokage say that the Kingdom of Demons had many fights with that organization? In the first incident, the Kingdom of Demons also provided some help. It's just that it's not certain. If there are any problems with Yu Yin, I don’t think that directly interfering with Yu Yin will be a good result. Now that the international situation has finally calmed down, I don’t want to mess around with my old bones. For the time being, I will infiltrate with a small number of elites. , surveillance is the main thing.”

Onoki said this.

This represents the attitude of the Earth Kingdom, which focuses on infiltration and surveillance. When the truth is not certain, there is no need to provoke Yugakure, who seems a bit troublesome.

Normally, he might be a little happy. After all, weakening the Kingdom of Rain will have a great effect on the stability of the Kingdom of Earth.

But now that the Earth Country is being stared at by the Oni Country ninjas to the west, there is not much room for freeing hands.

"My opinion is the same as Mr. Ohnoki's. In the current environment of the ninja world, we cannot act haphazardly. Send a small number of ninjas who are proficient in lurking to infiltrate in many aspects. Although it will take a little longer, it is better to be safe."

Tsunade also expressed her opinion.

She had considered negotiating directly with Yuyin and investigating in his village, but this behavior was no less than declaring war on Yuyin. Moreover, there is a blood feud between Amegakure and Konoha. If Konoha proposes such a negotiation method, the mission will most likely be directly blasted out by Amegakure's people, starting a war between the two villages.

At this juncture, you can avoid trouble as much as possible.

"I agree with the views of Tsuchikage and Hokage. The Demon Kingdom is very tight. If Kumogakure can lend some troops, the Tsuchikage and I can contain some of the main forces of the Demon Kingdom, and we can free up manpower. Let’s deal with the Aegakure problem.”

Luo Sha expresses his wishes and hopes that Kumogakure can also send troops to contain the power of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

He knew that Kumogakure also had his own fleet and could start from the sea and join forces with Kirigakure to contain the sea power of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"Hmph, Kumogakure's power will not be wasted like this." The Fourth Raikage sneered at Rasa's words and continued: "The most important thing now is to find the lost tailed beast. As long as the tailed beast can be found, you can deal with the ghosts." The country also has sufficient confidence. It is simply embarrassing for my mother-in-law and mother-in-law to be here now. Since you have all backed down, then let us, Yuyin, handle the head-on investigation of Yuyin!"

After saying that, the Fourth Raikage turned off the screen without waiting for the reaction of the remaining shadows.

…

The country of thunder, hidden in the clouds.

In the office, Mabuyi, who felt helpless about the Fourth Raikage's previous behavior, said: "Raikage-sama, please calm down. The people in those villages obviously intend to put us in front. If there is no problem with Yugakure, Then it will only be us, Kumogakure, who offends Amegakure. If there is a problem with Amegakure, then Kumogakure will suffer a big loss from the beginning. The power of an organization that recruits S-class rebellious ninjas and possesses multiple tailed beasts cannot be underestimated. watch for."

From Mabuyi's point of view, those few figures were all embarrassed on the surface, but in their hearts they definitely hoped that Kumogakure would be the one to take the lead.

The other villages that followed behind did not need to be charged with interfering in their internal affairs, nor did they worry about their own safety.

However, this is not a good thing for Kumogakure.

The Fourth Raikage, who had calmed down, seemed to have thought of this as well.

He can easily do some irrational things when he has a bad temper, but that doesn't mean he likes to be teased.

"So, what's next?"

The Fourth Raikage left the problem to Mabuyi to deal with.

The Raikage Secretary is there to deal with the trouble he caused.

Mabuyi coughed and said: "Fortunately, Raikage-sama, you didn't say everything to death, so just treat what you said before as verbal rhetoric. Just say that a head-on investigation of Yugakure requires a lot of preparation, and spend your time Just delay it. After all, the one who is most anxious now is not Kumogakure, but Sunagakure and Iwagakure who are directly suppressed by the Kingdom of Demons."

"You mean..."

"Since they say they are being targeted by the Kingdom of Demons and cannot free their hands, then let's make their wish come true. Then secretly let out the news that our Kumogakure is about to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Demons, abandon these three villages, and join forces with the Demon Kingdom. Investigate this organization together with the Kingdom of Ghosts, and frequently send missions to secretly visit the Kingdom of Ghosts, making a formal gesture of alliance with the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Mabuyi said without emotion.

The words of the Kazekage and Tsuchikage before were completely ignored by Mabuyi. Even if they were targeted by the Demon Country, how could Ninja Villages at the level of Sunagakure and Iwagakure not be able to take action? According to Mabuyi's estimation, even if they were suppressed by the Kingdom of Demons, it wouldn't be a problem for each of these two villages to gather five to six thousand ninjas. Konoha may be able to muster more ninjas.

"Mabuyi, do you think Yugakure is related to that organization?"

The Fourth Raikage narrowed his eyes.

"Yes." Mabuyi's eyes remained calm: "It was just suspicion at first, but then I investigated some things and found that some places in the Kingdom of Rain are very strange."

"strangeness?"

"That is the Rain Country's import of arms, commodities and food. Lord Raikage, a small country that has been devastated by several wars has solved the domestic food and clothing problem in more than ten years, resulting in political stability and people's harmony. This is not a miracle. It is an easy task. It can even be said that for the Country of Rain, which is resource-poor, economically collapsed, and its people are displaced, it is impossible to achieve the answer without the intervention of strong external forces."

The Fourth Raikage was thoughtful.

This is indeed an unexpected entry point.

"The existing businessmen in the Country of Rain are basically not in the mainstream. In addition, the internal resources of the Country of Rain are poor. If you want to do business well and promote economic development, you will not be able to succeed if there is no one to support each other and provide them with initial funds. Developed. Because the merchants of the Country of Rain with abundant funds had almost escaped during the war. There is also a problem with the large quantities of imported food. How did Amegakure get it? Was he squeezed by Danzo Nebe? Where do they get the money if they live well?"

The Fourth Raikage became more and more surprised the more he thought about it.

Although he didn't understand this aspect, he also knew that without a large amount of funds or resources that could be converted into money, it would be impossible for the Rain Country to develop to the level of subsistence and clothing in more than ten years.

Yuyin, on the other hand, is not that wealthy.

"In addition, Darui used the secret techniques of Konoha's mountain clan to explore the memories in the brains of some lonely Amegakure ninjas, including an Amegakure jounin. The final result found that the brains of these Amegakure ninjas were , the memory about the leader Payne and the divine envoy is zero. Either this part of the memory has been cleared, or... they have never seen those two people. But the god, and the divine envoy, He also effectively controls Yugakure and becomes the protector of the Kingdom of Rain."

The abnormal trade of goods, the gods and their envoys who are so mysterious that even the Amegakure ninjas cannot know their true identities... Various signs indicate that there are big problems within this village.

"In the past few years, we have basically searched the countries that can be searched. Now there are fewer and fewer places where there is search space. Since there are so many problems in the Country of Rain, we might as well give it a try, even if it is really As guessed, we Kumogakure and Amegakure are so far apart that the war will not be able to burn here for a while. Instead, the villages of Konoha must go to put out the fire as soon as possible."

"Then do as you say, send a mission to the Kingdom of Demons, make a gesture of alliance with it, and let the dreams of Kazekage and Tsuchikage come true first. How Amegakure investigated before, how he still investigates now, no My orders cannot be acted upon lightly."

Mabuyi's assumptions and deductions were good, but the Fourth Raikage, who had calmed down, also knew not to make mistakes in the heat of the moment.

If the investigation order goes wrong, it is likely that the Kumogakure troops in the Land of Rain will be wiped out.

Those few kage valued the ninjas of their own village and were reluctant to stand out, so as the Raikage, he had no problem protecting the ninjas of his own village.

As Mabuyi said, considering the situation, Kumogakure is the one who least needs to be impatient.

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"An alliance?"

On the morning of September 11, Shiraishi immediately obtained the document sent from the diplomatic department. The document mentioned that Kumogakure and the Kingdom of Thunder hoped to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Oni and advance and retreat together in the ninja world in the future. And at the back, a bunch of conditions for the lion to open its mouth were put forward.

Show your superior attitude to the fullest.

Shiraishi thought that in the past few days, shadows from the villages of Konoha, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure had held secret remote meetings, and Kumogakure gave the answer to directly intervene in Yugakure, while the other villages' strategies tended to Monitor conservatively.

Now on the second day of the meeting, Kumogakure's alliance documents were delivered, which surprised Shiraishi. He then picked up a signature pen and tapped it on the table. He relaxed his frown and vaguely guessed something.

"It seems that Kumogakure also has a good think tank. Is it the Raikage's secretary Mabui who has mastered the art of heavenly sending? It's really interesting."

With that said, Shiraishi sent the information obtained here to the main body in the laboratory, which was still busy with the Eternal Kaleidoscope experiment, so that the main body could make corresponding arrangements as soon as possible.

About ten minutes later, two orders came from the main body.

Sitting in the office, Shiraishi nodded and began to draft documents, which were then sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepare the personnel for the mission to the Kingdom of Thunder and Cloud Hidden, and set off immediately in the afternoon. In addition, there is no need to keep it secret. Make this matter as big as possible, especially the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth, and focus on publicity. one time.

Subsequently, Shiraishi issued an order in the military to reinforce the Sunagakure and Iwagakure fronts with a thousand fully armed ninjas, tens of thousands of soldiers, and a small mechanical force to provide fire support. There are also hundreds of air combat personnel, completely occupying the air superiority.

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Two days later.

The information placed on the desk made Onoki look confused.

Why did the Raikage not focus on Amegakure, but instead sent people to the Demon Country to form an alliance?

What's even weirder is that the Kingdom of Oni also showed its willingness to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Thunder and Kumogakure, and even sent a mission to the Kingdom of Thunder that afternoon.

Then Onoki looked at the second piece of information.

The western defense line discovered a large number of reinforcements from the Kingdom of Ghosts. The number of air combat troops doubled at once, circling the border area, as if they were going to attack the border of the Kingdom of Earth from a high altitude.

And a mechanized force began to fire artillery non-stop and conduct live-fire exercises, making the border area between the two countries uneasy.

Not only that, similar problems also occurred on the northwest defense line where Sunagakure was located.

"..."

After reading the two documents, Ohnoki felt that his brain was about to burst and he couldn't think.

Although he knew that the alliance between the two countries seemed to be still under discussion and had not been directly determined.

But if this continues and is not stopped, big problems will really arise.

Seeing how the Kingdom of Ghosts continues to send more troops to the border, they are determined to obtain the alliance documents between the Kingdom of Thunder and Kumogakure.

Ohnoki felt that this development could not continue and that talks on alliance between the two countries must be prevented.

But how to stop it, Ohnoki couldn't think of any good way for a while.

The Raikage's nerves were probably stimulated during that meeting, and he became abnormal, right?

Of course, it could also be the Raikage pulling the strings.

The Raikage has a bad temper and is prone to acting emotionally when in a state of anxiety, but his brains may not lose his cool.

At this moment, a figure knocked open the office door, and Huang Tu walked over quickly and delivered the third piece of information he had just received, his tone seemed very urgent and panicked.

"No, father, Kumogakure's fleet is near the waters under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Water!"

"..."

Ohnoki felt like his head was going to split open again.

Is Kumogakure planning to keep an eye on Kirigakure's main force on behalf of the Demon Country?

In the end, he just uttered one sentence feebly:

"Go and contact the Daimyo and hold another remote meeting."

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The next morning, 10 o'clock.

The famous names and shadows from the four countries once again gathered together in the form of a remote meeting, but the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

However, everyone present basically has the ability to tolerate humiliation, so they don't mind the embarrassment at all.

"Well, since the meeting that day, I felt that it was somewhat inconvenient for Kumogakure to intervene alone in Yugakure's affairs. So I renegotiated with the daimyo in the past two days and decided to support Kumogakure's approach and send troops Get involved."

Onoki broke the silence, finally making the atmosphere no longer a stagnant water.

But this also means that Iwagakure must not only support in name, but also fully support Kumogakure's arrangements in action, and join the team to advance and retreat together.

Although there may be certain risks in doing so, such risks are nothing compared to forcing the Kingdom of Thunder and Kumogakure to side with the Kingdom of Ghosts.

After all, no one expected that Raikage planned to overturn the table after the meeting that day.

Then, we can only take a step back and support Raikage.

"Seconded."

Luo Sha's face was a little stiff, and it was obvious that he had not had a very good past two days.

What the Raikage did really scared him, but he hoped that the Raikage wouldn't play like this next time.

"The Fire Nation also agrees."

Tsunade agreed on behalf of the Fire Country Daimyo, and unexpectedly glanced at the calm and composed Raikage on the screen, and then her eyes fell on Mabuyi behind him.

Such a sophisticated arrangement is not something that the Raikage can operate. It is probably inseparable from the Raikage's secretary.

The other party's talent is probably not inferior to Lu Jiu's.

"However, such direct interference in a country can easily cause public opinion internationally. Sir Raikage, what excuse do you intend to use to intervene?"

"Yuyin is harboring international criminals. In the legitimate name of eradicating international criminals, our four villages will enter the area to search and execute possible international criminals. If it is determined that there are no problems, Yuyin will be compensated in terms of money and food afterwards, and Establish commercial and trade relations with them.”

The Fourth Raikage said directly.

As expected of Raikage, it was simple and direct.

Although it is vulgar, as long as the goal can be achieved as quickly as possible, there is no need to take some insignificant things seriously.

What's more, there are indeed some strange places in Amegakure and even within the Kingdom of Rain that make people scratch their heads.

This completely closed approach is like if there is some unknown secret hidden in the rain.

They were very curious about this 'secret'.

Rasa and Onoki quickly agreed to the arrangement of the Fourth Raikage. Tsunade hesitated and thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

"Since all three of them have agreed, I have only one request, and that is not to leave things behind after making the decision. If anyone secretly traps allies like Kirigakure did and backed down at a critical moment, then don't blame us, Kirigakure, for being unkind. ”

The Fourth Raikage's words were completely used as negative teaching material by Kirigakure.

After all, people's hearts are different, and they are still Kage from different villages. The Fourth Raikage doesn't know whether these people really agree or continue to fool them, so some words need to be said openly.

As the Raikage, he didn't really believe in these villages where dangerous rebellious ninjas always appeared, especially Konoha, which was simply an S-class rebellious ninja manufacturing factory, each of which brought huge trouble to various countries.

"Don't worry, Raikage-dono, about this."

"I hope so. Then we can discuss the detailed arrangements and finally determine the time. If it is determined that there is no problem with Yuyin, then we can evacuate the manpower as soon as possible to avoid wasting time and energy."

After that, all parties started discussing again, and this discussion lasted for half an hour before the meeting ended.