Chapter 280: brewing
Chapter 280 Brewing
The hidden sand village suddenly carried out military exercises in the territory of the bear country, and this kind of thing did not hide the attention of other countries.
As one of the five great nations, the Land of Winds, it is only natural that every move of the ninja world attracts the attention of all countries.
The hidden sand village, as the embodiment of the military power of the country of wind, is also the focus of attention of all countries.
Although during the Third Ninja World War, Hidden Sand Village lost the best opportunity to attack Konoha because Hidden Rain Village intervened in the battle, none of the countries dared to underestimate Hidden Sand Village’s strength.
Shayin Village is the first ninja village to leave the battlefield in the third ninja world war. After so many years of steady development, ninja village's military strength has already recovered, and ninja village, which is recovering with Konoha and Yunyin, is already one step ahead.
Under the premise of this era dominated by peace, it seems intriguing that Hidden Sand Village suddenly conducts military exercises in the territory of Bear Country.
Among the Ninja Villages of the Five Great Nations, the one who got the news first was Yanyin Village of the Land of Earth.
Wrapped by rocks and high mountains, Yanyin Village has the strongest defense capability among all ninja villages.
In the office of the Dokage Building, the 70th generation Dokage Onoki, who is already in his 70s, received the news that Hidden Sand Village is carrying out military exercises in the territory of Bear Country. His first reaction was a subconscious reaction, thinking whether Hidden Sand Village was launching an operation against Hidden Rock Village.
Although in the Third Ninja World War, Iwahid and Sahid once cooperated, it does not mean that that level of cooperation will continue forever.
Because the hidden sand village is located in the country of wind, the desert environment is very serious, and the demand for food and water far exceeds that of other countries.
Counting the foreign wars in Yinsha Village except for the extreme thirst for resources.
There is no difference between attacking the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth for Hidden Sand Village.
But after taking a closer look at the information collected by Iwakaku Anbe, I found that the place where Shayin Village conducts military exercises in the Bear Kingdom is not the northeast border of the Bear Kingdom adjacent to the Land of Earth, but the northwest border of the Bear Kingdom, which is very close to the Ghost Kingdom.
"Is there a lot of noise?"
On the surface, it is close to the kingdom of ghosts, but in fact it is eyeing the kingdom of earth.
After all, Hidden Sand Village has no reason to attack the Kingdom of Ghosts. On the contrary, the Kingdom of Earth is different.
It is an indisputable fact that the Ninja villages of the five major countries are hostile to each other.
"Father, I don't think so."
Yanyin Shangren loess on the side, also saw the information submitted by Anbu, and made his own guess.
"Oh? Do you have another opinion, Loess?"
"Now that the environment of the great powers has settled down, Shayin Village will not attack Yanyin Village even if it is for the purpose of plundering development resources. The influence of a war between the five major powers is too great and difficult to control, unless Shayin Village is ready to make another heavy sacrifice and wipe out the vitality recovered over the years once again."
Although Yan Yin was not much better in the end, it was impossible for Sand Yin to be alone.
"It makes sense, but Sand Hidden Village has been ambitious since the time of the Second Kazekage...to develop magnetic escape ninjutsu and tail beast technology, we must not use ordinary thinking to speculate on them."
Although Onogi is old, his eyesight is still there.
Today’s Fourth Kazekage Rasa, like Kazekage in the previous two years, is a young ninja with his own lofty political ambitions.
Three generations of Kazekage in a row are all for the purpose of building the hidden sand village, and they are also considering using all means to seek power and even cause war.
As Kazekage, Luo Sha may lack power among the contemporary Five Kages, but his inner ambition is not inferior to that of Yunyin's Fourth Raikage.
Young people like this are what Onogi feels the most troublesome about.
It would really help a lot if they were all conservative like Konoha’s Third Hokage.
Thinking about it carefully, from the original Gokage, only Konoha and himself were left with the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzawa who did not abdicate.
Mist Hidden, Sand Hidden, and Cloud Hidden have all been replaced by leaders.
The new shadows in these three villages, in his eyes, are all young people belonging to the children's generation, at least they can still work in the shadow's position for 20 years.
In comparison, Yanyin Village is a little worse.
Currently, there is no young man in Yanyin Village who can take his place, and his son Huangtu is also a little bit less interesting, which made Ohnoki distressed more than once.
At the age of 70, it's time for me to retire.
Not only has the chakra decreased, but the reaction ability is also incomparable to when I was young. The most important thing is...in order to lure the third generation of Raikage to be fooled, I sacrificed my waist, which caused my back pain every three days...
Thinking of this, Onoki not only wanted to cry.
"It's possible. But I got an interesting folklore recently."
Huang Tu said so.
"Folk rumors?"
Onogi was slightly taken aback, but he didn't care about it.
"When I went to the ghost country to buy medicine a while ago, I overheard a few businessmen from the ghost country talking in a wine room."
"What did they talk about?"
"During the third Ninja World War, Hidden Sand Village was short of start-up funds, so it asked the Ziyuan Flower Merchant Association of the Ghost Country for a loan, and an important minister of the Wind Country served as a guarantor. Father should have heard of this kind of thing, right?"
"Yes, I did hear about it."
Onoki didn't know what Huangtu was doing when he mentioned this.
"That's right. According to the conversation of the group of businessmen, Sand Hidden Village, which should have paid off the loan two years ago, has been delayed until now, and has not paid back a penny to the Ghost Kingdom, and keeps finding excuses to refuse. Many ghost country businessmen have a pessimistic attitude towards this incident. They think that they can spend money to eliminate the disaster, and there is no need for a military power like the Wind Kingdom."
"...Because of this kind of thing, did you choose the northwestern part of the bear country as a military exercise site?"
Onoki was a little speechless.
This kind of thing, no matter how you look at it, is the fault of Hidden Sand Village and the Kingdom of the Wind. It is really unreasonable to carry out military coercion now.
"There seems to be a small episode in the middle. The debt collectors from the Kingdom of Ghosts went to the Daimyo Mansion of the Kingdom of Winds to intimidate them, causing the daimyo of the Kingdom of Winds to transfer their anger to the Kingdom of Ghosts... But this is just a folk rumor, and it is unknown how true it is."
Huang Tu exhaled.
"So, it really doesn't have much to do with our land of earth. However, we can't be completely unprepared, and then dispatch two thousand ninjas to the southwest border. If the hidden sand village intends to be in the land of earth, stop 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 witch or cause too much fighting 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 country of the two is damaged, it is a good thing for the Kingdom of Earth.
"Yes, then I will..."
Before Huangtu finished speaking, a thunderous explosion sounded over Yanyin Village.
The huge explosion flash, through the transparent glass, is still clearly visible.
Huang Tu looked at the light from the explosion above Yanyin Village in a daze, and opened his mouth for a long time.
"Really, did that kid Didala do something good again? Father, your disciple is too naughty, this is no longer a disturbance..."
"...Huangtu, what are you talking about here, hurry up and catch that **** Didara! If this continues, he will blow up the village sooner or later!"
Onoki's face turned black, and his whole body was trembling with anger.
Even if he didn't have to look, he knew that it was his closed disciple Didara who caused the huge explosion over Yanyin Village.
A talented child from Yanyin Village.
At only ten years old, he possesses the explosive ability that makes Jonin feel extremely headache.
Even in the Yanyin blasting force, they are the main members of the front line.
The only flaw is that he likes to play around with his extremely dangerous bomb works, which is called "instant art".
Bullshit instant art!
That is clearly a dangerous explosive.
If there is any carelessness, the villagers may go to heaven.
More than half of the complaint letters sent to him by the villagers and ninjas were written by Didala, a disciple.
When Onogi thought of this, his red nose was a little crooked.
"Yes. Alas, this kid is still so naughty..."
Huangtu smiled helplessly, opened the window and jumped, and ran quickly in the direction of the explosion.
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Shayin Village is on the northwest border of the Bear Kingdom, conducting military exercises, and has not deceived the border military investigators of the Ghost Kingdom.
In fact, when Hidden Sand Village did not launch operations against the Kingdom of Ghosts, the upper echelon of the military had already conveyed an order to keep an eye on the southeast border of the Kingdom of Ghosts, start reconnaissance from the air, and report any situation immediately.
Responding to the actions of Hidden Sand Village, the Kingdom of Ghosts did not gather ninja troops immediately, as if they didn’t care about Hidden Sand Village’s actions at all, or thought that Hidden Sand Village was just conducting a normal military exercise, not to intimidate the Kingdom of Ghosts.
The ninja troop of Hidden Sand Village, a total of 1,000 ninjas, is stationed in front of Hell Valley in the northwest of Bear Country. Opposite Hell Valley is the land of Ghost Country.
The kingdom of ghosts has not acted, and the ninjas in the hidden sand village are naturally impossible to act.
The person in charge of leading this sand ninja force is none other than the sand ninja who has recovered from his injuries.
Originally, the high-level decision of Shayin Village was to send 500 ninjas to come over and have a little fun. To deal with the ghost country, 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 ninjas may bring a lot of trouble to the Sand Hidden Army, so they added 500 more ninjas, a total of 1,000 ninjas, led by Maki.
Maki holds a military binoculars and peers across Hell Valley. From a distance, he can 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 economy is really strong.”
Even such a small border village has set up complete traffic arteries. Ma Ji's first thought about the ghost country is that it is rich and powerful.
Although the small territory of the Ghost Country is one reason, to be able to connect all the transportation lines in towns and villages together requires a huge amount of investment...Maki is a bit unimaginable.
"Let's wait and see what happens next, and just concentrate on waiting for the order from above. Let's go back to camp."
Maki put away the military binoculars, and said to several Sagakushi jonin beside him.
"yes."
Maki patrol is over.
Although he didn’t intend to regard the Kingdom of Ghosts as an opponent, but thinking about the losses he suffered from the debt collectors of the Kingdom of Ghosts not long ago, Ma Ji felt that it was better to be more cautious.
In order to prevent the flying ninjas from the kingdom of ghosts, a thousand ninjas were dispatched this time, and the detonating symbols were sufficient. A total of 100 precision continuous-firing ballistas were brought in for air use. With the detonating symbols, they were enough to light up the sky.
Under such a high-density firepower concentration, the flying ninja tools can only be smashed into the sand.
In the past, the Kingdom of the Sky used similar flying ninjas to provoke the five major powers and attack from the air. Hidden Sand Village adopted this method of covering firepower to target the ninjas of the Kingdom of the Sky, causing them heavy losses.
Therefore, we must have the necessary confidence, but we must not lose our caution.
Falling twice in a row on the same opponent is something that Markey cannot allow.
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Ghost Country, Ziyuan City, First Military Region.
In an empty room, there are only simple daily necessities and a precise map of the ninja world posted on the wall.
With his hands behind his back, Shiraishi looked up slightly at the Ninja World map.
The above has been drawn many times with a pen.
The land of snow, the land of darkness, the land of bears... and finally the land of wind are marked in extremely detailed.
In fact, the Kingdom of Snow has already been brought into the hands, the Kingdom of You is only short of a name, and the Kingdom of Bear is secretly eroding, and it will fall one after another within a few months.
As for the Kingdom of Wind... also fell into the chess game.
The eyes of Shiraishi stare at the northwest region of the Kingdom of Wind, which must be captured.
There is a desert wasteland in the Kingdom of Wind, but after testing by professionals, there are a lot of important resources such as natural gas and oil hidden under that desert.
The Kingdom of the Winds has not yet entered full industrialization, and these resources cannot be utilized at all.
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.
The exploitation of marine resources is still in the initial stage, and there is currently no mature technology for exploiting marine resources. In contrast, it is the right choice to use the resources on the mainland as a foundation, and then gradually expand to the ocean... step by step, interlocking.
Whale swallowing is tempting, but Baishi doesn't think he has such a good appetite. If he can swallow such a big cake in one gulp, he will choke to death.
"You are here, people are panicking outside now, don't you plan to send someone to explain something? 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 are indeed pessimistic about the Kingdom of Ghosts, even businessmen in their own country are the same.
Although Sand Yin only sent a thousand ninjas for "sightseeing" on the southeastern border of the ghost country, the pressure on the people of the ghost country is not small.
The absolute rule of the five major powers will make people dare not resist if they are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Although there are also some who are not convinced, mainly young people, who think that Sayin just didn't pay back the money, and that he wants to impose military coercion on the ghost country, which is really shameless.
But even these young people with fighting spirit have doubts about the military power of the ghost kingdom.
Shiraishi turned around, glanced at Liuli and replied: "The groundwork has been done, 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 point. It is this country that is promoting us, not just us."
After years of policy donations, the Ghost Country has indeed become the most outstanding commercial country in the ninja world.
It even surpassed the commercial power of the Fire Nation for a time, becoming the number one.
But the more expected, the more influential, the more hidden enemies.
Neutral country is not an absolute protection mechanism.
It's just about whether some existential interests are threatened.
Looking at it now, the overreactions of Yinsha and the Kingdom of Wind, and the rapid development of the Kingdom of Ghosts have indeed attracted greedy beasts in the jungle.
"Then when are you going to do it? Shayin Village has already taken action, but our side has not taken action. If this continues, it will inevitably be said that our military is timid and fearful."
Liuli looked eager to try, as if her hands were already itchy.
"This kind of thing can't be rushed, after all, we have to wait for the hidden sand village to do it first."
Shiraishi shook his head, he couldn't deny the outside comments.
But in fact, it's not that the Kingdom of Ghosts didn't take action, but that outsiders simply don't know about it.
No matter how confident Shiraishi is, it is impossible for him to be indifferent to the thousand sand ninjas on the border of the ghost country and not take any precautions.
An inadvertent mistake may cause a large number of civilian casualties on the border of the ghost country. As for the character of the sand hidden ninja... Shiraishi really can't believe it.
In the past, on the battlefield of the Third Ninja World War, the lower-class ninjas were allowed to plunder the food of the civilians in the Land of Rain in the Land of Rain, causing a large number of civilian casualties, starving to death and freezing to death on the roadside.
When encountering a real battle, they are very disciplined, but in a certain way, they are also extremely poorly disciplined.
During the so-called war, civilians must not be killed, wounded, or robbed. This is a law that has never been practiced by the truth. It's ridiculous.
Therefore, long before Hidden Sand Village did not act, he had asked Ayane to lead an elite team of 100 ninjas to go secretly to the border of the Kingdom of Bears, where the Hidden Sand Ninjas would not disturb the people of the Kingdom of Ghosts at the border.
As for Xing Ren Village, they are also ready to surprise the Sand Hidden troops from the rear and can be dispatched at any time.
The only thing we need to wait now is the moment when the conflict between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Ghosts breaks out.
"But looking at them now, they are waiting for us to do it first."
Liuli is not unable to see the current situation, but thinks that if this continues, letting the ninjas of Sand Hidden Village haunt the border of the ghost country will reduce the prestige of the ghost country.
The series of chain reactions that will be triggered at that time will be very troublesome.
Liuli is very aware of the character of some big countries, and whenever he encounters a soft persimmon, he always wants to come up and squeeze it.
Such as the Kingdom of Thunder and Yin Yin.
Stealing the medical secrets of the ghost country, Yunyin Ninja is the happiest one in secret operations.
So far, there are still nearly twenty Yunyin ninjas lurking in Ziyuan City, trying every means to infiltrate the military and steal confidential medical information.
Seeing that the ghost kingdom is being bullied by Sha Yin and remains indifferent, and thus feels that the ghost kingdom can take advantage of it, Yunyin definitely doesn't mind coming in to get a share of the action.
If Yun Yin also intervenes at that time, things will inevitably become difficult.
"For a war, strategy, tactics, human resources, industry, economy, logistics supplies, mobilization ability, thinking ability... are all extremely important components. The side that is impatient first, does not have a complete strategy and tactics, or adopts unrealistic strategies and tactics, will definitely lose half first."
Shiraishi said with a smile.
Strategy and tactics, as early as a few years ago, the army of the ghost country had already begun to deploy. Compared with the sand hidden ninjas who were forced to come, the ghost country is waiting for work, and a complete series of traps have been set in advance to target the sand hidden.
As long as it is properly arranged, in terms of strategy and tactics, Hidden Sand Village will not be able to detect the true intentions of the ghost country, and it has actually fallen behind.
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, but the Shayin side is seriously under-prepared. It is easy to tell which is better.
"Have you thought of a way?"
Liuli was very curious about how Baishi would make Shayin Village take the initiative to attack.
In the current situation, the Kingdom of Ghosts is unwilling to attack first, and Sha Yin also has concerns, and will not easily take the initiative to attack.
"Almost. If this arrangement continues, the chamber of commerce will temporarily suspend the transportation of all goods that need to be transported to the land of the wind country, especially medicine, food and water. It is announced to the outside world that because of some unqualified products within the chamber of commerce, it will temporarily suspend unilateral business cooperation with the land of wind."
Shiraishi smiled meaningfully.
Since Sha Yin can't find an excuse to go to war, let's give them an excuse that they can barely take the initiative to go to war.
Pharmaceuticals aside, for the Land of Winds, which relies heavily on imports of food and water resources, as long as these are stuck, the consequences can be imagined.
Even though the Country of Wind imports food and water, not only the Country of Ghosts but also other countries, the amount of food and water transported by the Country of Ghosts to the Country of Wind every year is not a small amount, which will impact Hidden Sand Village more or less.
"I understand, I will go to the chamber of commerce to make arrangements. However, you are as insidious as ever, and you don't give Shayin Village a chance of victory at all."
All means are used against Shayin in an all-round way, whether it is from the initial forced military exercises or the conflicts that are likely to escalate later. It is not so much that Shayin Village is making independent arrangements, but in fact, the rhythm of Shayin has been controlled by Baishi from the beginning.
From the moment they set foot on the battlefield, they were puppets in Shiraishi's hands.
In order for Oni Nation to appear on the stage of the big country, a puppet full of drama was specially invited on the stage.
"War is not a joke and a child's game. People will die. You should know this. Maybe after this incident, people in future generations will evaluate me as the most terrifying careerist in this century, a terrifying battle fanatic, and all kinds of notoriety..."
Shiraishi burst out laughing.
But this kind of notoriety, he has already prepared to bear it.
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 all strange things that can be used to benefit the world. However, the five major nations in the ninja world have been caught in a strange cycle of war, destroying their own potential for progress, which is really puzzling.
This is exactly what Shiraishi wants to change.
In contrast, the boring appeal of peace is nothing but an inevitable trend in the progress of social spiritual and material civilization.
Thoughts are what should be liberated most.
How long can the Ninja World be ruled by the five great powers aloft?
Baishi doesn't know, because the future is unpredictable.
However, under his impetus, the bell of the end of the era of one country, one village began to ring quietly.
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