Chapter 71: Conspiracy
Chapter 71 Kazekage's Conspiracy
The war between Sagakushi and Konoha has lasted for two years, but compared to Sagakushi, Konoha's war weariness is very strong.
Before starting the battle with Sand Hidden, Konoha had already fought with Uygakure ninjas in the Land of Rain. Many ninjas were already physically and mentally exhausted.
So, when Sandai Kazekage handed in the settlement document, according to Shiraishi's estimate, there is a high possibility that Konoha will agree.
After all, this is also the main strategy Konoha has always adopted.
Continuing to spend with Sand Yin will only benefit other ninja fishermen.
"Really, it's already reached this level. It's enough to defeat Sha Yin in one go. If you submit the settlement letter like this without pain, you will still make a comeback in the future."
Liu Li sat on a rock with dissatisfaction on her face.
It has only been more than a month since she came out of the village, and she hasn't enjoyed fighting the sand ninjas yet. If the war ends at this time, the mission of Sakumo's team will also be over.
"You can't say that, because the ninjas in many villages in the camp have become war-weary, and Sand Yin is almost the same. At this time, it will end peacefully, which is good for both parties. As for the future... let's talk about it later."
Based on considerations that a Konoha ninja should have, Shiraishi believes that this is indeed the best solution.
"Great, I thought I wouldn't be able to go back to the village to celebrate the New Year this year. After all, I'm still looking forward to this year's festival."
Ayane said with a smile on the side.
Baishi turned his head to the other side, as if he didn't hear this sentence.
"It's true, the war will end soon, and you can go back to participate in the New Year's festival... And, I also want to go back and visit Kakashi."
Shuo Mao also said with a smile when he heard the three of them communicating there.
"Kakashi?"
The three of Shiraishi were attracted by this name.
"Ah, didn't I tell you guys?"
Sakumo blinked in doubt.
"No, I haven't heard of this person at all. By the way... who is he?"
Shiraishi shook his head.
"He is my son, Hatake Kakashi. Although he is only two years old this year, I believe he will be an excellent ninja in the future."
Sakumo said so.
"son!?"
The three of Baishi were stunned, and they cried out loudly.
There is no way to describe this matter in terms of surprise. Shuo Mao had a son, and they had never heard of it.
"What, is there something wrong?"
Shuo Mao looked at the three of them strangely.
"No... I thought, Mr. Shuo Mao, you are still single. I didn't expect that you were not only married, but also had a son..."
Ayane quickly explained.
Baishi and Liuli also nodded one after another. In their eyes, Shuo Mao is indeed such an image.
"Sorry, I thought I mentioned this already."
"It's okay, I was just a little surprised when I heard it suddenly. After all, this is a personal matter. Before graduating from ninja school, we had no contact with Sakumo-sensei. So, Sakumo-sensei's son is already two years old... Hatake Kakashi, a very good name."
Ayane smiled.
But I was thinking in my heart: What kind of name should I and Bai Shijun's child have in the future?
"Speaking of which, my father is a bit dereliction of duty. When my child's birthday was in September, I couldn't go back to the village to celebrate his birthday. In a blink of an eye, it is now November."
"There is still a chance next year, and it will be good for Teacher Shuo Mao to treat me then."
Baishi laughed.
The corner of Shuo Mo's mouth twitched. Speaking of treats, he seemed to suddenly recall some bad memories.
He didn't want to be on the verge of bankruptcy on his son's birthday.
"Really? That's great, I'll go there on an empty stomach that day. Get ready, Teacher Shuo Mao."
Ayane smiled and confirmed the matter.
Sakumo sighed, his wallet seemed to be lost, and then he looked at Ruri.
"Don't look at me like that. It's your son's birthday party. Wouldn't it be rude if I were to pay for it? After all, you are Lord White Fang."
No, I don't care about saving face. Hearing Liuli's ruthless rejection, Shuo Mao complained in his heart.
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Two days later, Konoha and Sand Yin formally concluded a settlement agreement and signed an armistice agreement.
The weather is clear and sunny.
Sakumo's team set off to return to the Konoha Camp on the border of the Land of Fire.
The armistice agreement was signed at nine o'clock in the morning.
It's four o'clock in the afternoon.
That is to say, the truce agreement with Sha Yin has been signed, and this news should have been sent back to the camp, and will be sent back to the village as quickly as possible.
However, when they returned to the camp at five o'clock in the afternoon, the four members of Shuo Mao's team felt something was wrong.
Too dull.
It's more like grief.
The four of them looked at each other, not knowing what happened.
Although knowing that the war is over, some people will definitely be sad, but it is not so dull.
In this dullness, there is also a anger and murderous intent that wants to devour everything.
"What's going on here?"
"I don't know, what happened?"
Shiraishi stroked his chin and began to think.
Is there something wrong with the agreement?
Could it be that Sa Yin did not intend to fulfill the agreement?
Otherwise it is impossible to explain all this.
"You are also a medical ninja, hurry up to the medical department, there is an urgent shortage of manpower!"
At this moment, a Konoha ninja quickly ran over and said to Shiraishi anxiously.
Shiraishi looked at Sakumo, who nodded, and Shiraishi followed the ninja to the camp where the medical troops were.
"You guys take a break here, I'll go find Orochimaru to find out about the situation."
Liuli and Ayane nodded, and followed Sakumo's instructions.
—The camp where the medical troops are located.
Tragic!
It can only be described as tragic.
Dozens of Konoha ninjas fell in the tent, **** and bloody. The roar of pain like a ghost made Shiraishi lose his mind for a while.
How is this going?
These injuries should be caused recently... no, today, right?
what happens?
Baishi didn't ask, and immediately followed a medical ninja with superb medical ninjutsu. All these dozens of ninjas needed emergency surgery.
And during the first aid process, there must be some seriously injured people who could not be taken care of, and died directly because they could not bear the pain.
The sound of weeping and wailing merged in one place.
Every medical ninja is sweating profusely and has no time for extra communication.
First aid ended after two hours.
It’s not that the first aid was successful. It ended so early because many people died before the operation was too late.
Some were rescued by surgery, but still died.
Only a dozen people pulled back from the gate of hell.
“We did our best.”
The attending medical ninja patted Shiraishi on the shoulder, as if he was worried about the psychological burden of a young medical ninja like him, and comforted him.
"Well, senior, what is going on? Why did it become like this?"
Baishi finally asked the question he most wanted to ask.
The medical ninja in charge knew that Shiraishi was the medical ninja following Sakumo, so it was only natural that he didn't know the situation here.
"We don't know the specifics. We just know that the mission that signed the armistice agreement with Sha Yin was attacked by unknown people on the way. When it was sent back, it was already like this."
The attending medical ninja said with a sad face.
"What happened to the armistice agreement? Was it Sand Ninja's hand?"
"I don't know about it. But this time we lost a lot. I heard that even Kato Jonin was sacrificed."
"Join Kato?"
Shiraishi was taken aback, this surname, and it’s Jonin, could it be...
"Ms. Tsunade's mood is very unstable now. Kato Jonin's sacrifice has hit her too hard."
The attending medical ninja sighed.
"Jonin Kato is so powerful, how could..."
Shiraishi couldn't understand it.
Kato Jonin is Tsunade's current boyfriend Kato Dan. Although his reputation cannot be compared with that of Sakumo who has the name of White Fang, he is also one of the few elite Jonin in Konoha. In one-on-one situations, he may not be worse than Sannin.
After all, the power of spiritualization is terrifying.
Moreover, it also has a wide range of perception capabilities. It is very easy to break out and find weak points to escape.
"In order to cover the evacuation of his companions, he chose to fight the enemy alone. When the support passed, he was already... dying! Master Tsunade tried his best, but he failed to save Kato Jonin's life."
"Is that so?"
Shiraishi sighed.
Although he doesn't know that Kato Duanjou Shinobi, but this selfless act of saving his companions will make people admire his spirit from the bottom of his heart no matter from what standpoint.
In this age, life is not something to be happy about, and death is not something to be sad about.
This is the current theorem of Ninja World.
He can know Tsunade's pain, but he can't experience that pain himself.
The joys and sorrows of human beings are not shared.
Because he is not familiar with Kato Kamizu, his sigh is only for Tsunade.
The death of the younger brother Nawaki, the sacrifice of the boyfriend Kato Dan... Since then, he has never recovered...
No, no matter how you say it is Sannin, it shouldn’t be like this, right?
Shiraishi thought so, but he didn't have much confidence in it.
People are emotionally fragile creatures after all.
Baishi saw that there was nothing to do in the medical team, so he left here to join Shuo Mao and the others at their residence.
The three of Shuo Mao were already waiting there, talking about something.
"Mr. Sakumo, I'm back. What's the matter? I heard that unknown people attacked the ninja mission that was going to sign an armistice agreement with Sand Ninja."
"That's true. Not only that, Orochimaru was also seriously injured. If Kato Jonin hadn't resolutely chosen to cut off the rear, it is very likely that everyone who went to sign the armistice agreement would be surrounded by the enemy, and the entire army would be wiped out."
Sakumo briefly explained what he learned from Orochimaru.
"It's really outrageous, no matter what, you must maintain the highest vigilance."
Liuli had an angry look on her face.
After all, there are lessons learned from this kind of thing. During the first ninja world war, when the second generation of Hokage and the second generation of Raikage of Kumoin signed an armistice agreement, they encountered the radical leader of the radical group, the Jinjiao Yinjiao brothers of Yunyin, and led a large number of Kumoyin jonin raids.
The second generation of Raikage was killed on the spot by the Jinjiao Yinjiao brothers at the scene of signing the armistice agreement.
This is all because of too much trust in the enemy.
With the lessons learned from the second generation of Hokage, we should be more cautious when signing the armistice agreement.
Who knew that Orochimaru, the commander, was seriously injured, and only half of the hundreds of Konoha ninjas came back.
The one who sacrificed the most was Kato Duan. In order for Orochimaru to lead the Konoha troops to evacuate, after Duan was alone, he fought to the death.
"Now is not the time to blame anyone, has the enemy's identity been found out?"
Baishi looked at Shuo Mao.
Sakumo sighed, shook his head and said: "No. Their ninjutsu genre is very complicated. It is said that one of them is very powerful, and he seems to be immortal. He can be resurrected after being killed once. Because of this ability, many of his companions were careless, and he killed several Jōnin at once."
"Who is he?"
"have no idea."
The three of Baishi frowned slightly.
It is impossible for such a powerful character to be unknown in the ninja world with the ability to be immortal.
How could you not know?
"Maybe a bounty hunter from the black market."
Sakumo wasn't quite sure who the ninja who led the attack on the Konoha Mission was, but guessed that the other party might be a ninja rampaging in the black market.
It was a truly dark world where the jungle preyed on the jungle, and there were many powerful but not very famous ninjas in it.
The ninja who attacked the Konoha Mission this time fits the image of this kind of black market high-strength ninja.
"Underground black market? It will be very difficult to investigate that way, will it be hired by Sand Ninja?"
Shiraishi has also heard of such a dark world.
The bounty hunters that exist in the dark side of the ninja world, rampant in the black market, are either defected ninjas or samurai. Although there are a lot of garbage, there are also really powerful ones.
The underground black market is complex, and every country has a stronghold of this organization, deeply rooted in the ninja world.
"It's just possible, but we don't have any evidence to prove it. But before we came back, Sandai Kazekage sent an envoy to condemn us for not keeping the appointment on time, and whether we intend to continue this war."
This incident made many Konoha ninjas angry.
In the eyes of many Konoha ninjas, it was the sand ninjas behind the scenes who ambushed their mission this time.
If Orochimaru hadn't stopped him, the sand ninja envoy would have been torn to pieces by many Konoha ninjas.
The three of Shiraishi were a little dull after hearing this, and could understand the anger of those Konoha ninjas.
Judging from the current situation, it is very possible that Sakakushi turned back and planned to catch Konoha by surprise.
However, these are all conjectures, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that this was done by sand ninjas.
Really aggrieved.
"What does the village say?"
"The village just got the news, because the matter is so important, the higher-ups will definitely have to argue endlessly, and the exact order may not come down until three or four days later."
This is the most conservative time.
Now it's a fight or a draw, it just depends on the decision of the top management.
Shiraishi has no objection to this, he is not interested in war in the first place, and how Konoha's senior management controls the situation has nothing to do with him.
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"Peace talks?"
Three days later, the order of the high-level meeting came down.
Peace talks with Sha Yin.
This made many ninjas in the Konoha camp frown.
But the high-level officials gave an explanation—the ambush of the Konoha mission, which resulted in the failure of the signing of the truce agreement between Konoha and Sand Yin, was all a conspiracy by Yan Yin.
The unidentified ninja who ambushed the Konoha mission was hired by Iwagakure from the black market.
At this time, Konoha and Sand Yin continue to wage war, and they will only fall into the trap carefully designed by Yan Yin together with Sand Yin.
Therefore, it is necessary to sign an armistice agreement with Sand Yin to guard Yan Yin Village.
"What's going on, Orochimaru?"
Asked in an incomprehensible way.
Oshemaru took out another piece of information and said: "This is important information collected by the Anbu. Two days ago, there was a small-scale conflict between Sand Yin and Yan Yin ninjas in the country of bears."
"Sand Yin and Yan Yin...they?"
Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru inexplicably.
Orochimaru replied: "After Sagakure's supplies were destroyed by Sakumo, Sagakushi cooperated with Iwagakure, hoping that Iwagakure would help them with some supplies. Iwagakure also agreed to Sagakure's request, but when transferring the supplies two days ago, the supplies that Iwagakure promised to Sagakure were only one-twentieth of the agreed supplies. A conflict broke out between the two parties."
Jiraiya still frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
"Whether it's Iwagakushi's Tukage who is making the layout, or Sandkage's Kazekage making the layout, or the two of them working together to plot against Konoha, this matter is no longer important."
"How could it be unimportant, I sacrificed myself to kill that guy to-"
"Don't yell here, too many people died in the war, Kato judged that he was a real ninja, that's all."
Oshemaru didn't want to hear Jilai yelling in front of him, he was very disturbed now.
"Continuing the peace talks with Sayin is a unanimous decision of the high-level officials. After all, if we continue to fight, we will not be facing the Sayin family, but also Yanyin."
The words, "It's not worth fighting with Sand and Iwagakushi at the same time for one Kato Dan" still couldn't come out of his mouth.
But Orochimaru believes that this is the fact.
The mastermind behind the previous ambush mission is probably Sha Yin.
But Orochimaru is not very clear why he came to ambush Konoha once before the end of the war, and even recruited Tsuchikage to perform this scene, so that Konoha dare not move around at will.
"What is that Kazekage thinking about?"
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"It's like doing some kind of warm-up exercise before the battle to slowly heat up the atmosphere."
"warm up?"
There were only two people in the tent, and Ayane looked at Shiraishi with a puzzled expression, not knowing why he would say such words.
"The one who ambushed the Konoha Mission before was undoubtedly that Kazekage. Even if he didn't hire him, this strategy must have come from him."
"Is there any basis?"
"The warm-up exercise I mentioned is the basis. Before the end of this war, annihilating some of Konoha's elite ninjas is tantamount to weakening Konoha's power."
"But... If the high-level side decides to continue the war, wouldn't things backfire?"
Ayane asked back.
"So I dragged Iwagakure in. This is the situation in the eyes of Konoha's high-level people - Sagakure's original intention was to continue fighting with Konoha, because they got supplies from Iwagakure, and they could continue to fight. But after annihilating the Konoha Mission, Iwagakure suddenly cut down the original supplies, causing Sagakure to lose the ability to continue to fight. In this way, in the eyes of Konoha senior management, Sagakure was played by Iwagakure. Hidden trap."
"The higher-ups won't be fooled by such a simple strategy."
"It doesn't matter whether you are fooled or not. The important thing is whether you have the ability to fight with the two villages of Sagakure and Iwagakure at the same time. The point is that the Konoha executives have no plans to go to war with the two villages of Ninja Village at the same time. This is a naked conspiracy."
Although Konoha has this ability, the sacrifice would be even greater.
Shiraishi does not think that Konoha’s high-level executives have such determination, they will sacrifice Konoha’s development in the next ten years, and break out of war with Sand Yin and Yan Yin.
It is obvious that the two villages have already colluded together.
Or, Yan Yin was also used by that Kazekage.
Iwahim did not cooperate with Sayin in acting, but Sayin was acting unilaterally for everyone to see, fooling other people's attention and shifting the focus of the problem.
"Warming up exercise? It's really an apt description."
If what Shiraishi said is true, Ayane thinks the word warm-up exercise is very appropriate.
Annihilating the Konoha Mission and letting Iwagakushi cooperate with acting is a warm-up exercise for the next more ferocious attack on the Nation of Fire.
That is to say, a few years after the end of this war, Sand Hidden will definitely make a comeback again. Under the leadership of that third Kazekage, the offensive will be even more ferocious than this time.
Thinking that Shiraishi said a long time ago that after the end of the Second Ninja World War, the third Ninja World War will not be too long, and it will still revolve around the country of fire where Konoha is located, so I can't help admiring it.
At that time, it was indeed the best time to leave Konoha.
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Sand Hidden Camp.
"Is this your future development plan, Kazekage-sama? It's really amazing! No one must be able to think of Kazekage-sama's true intentions."
Surrounded by Sandakang’s confidants, Jonin, after watching the entire planning process, they all showed admiration for Sandai Kazekage.
Yanyin, Konoha, the two villages were played around by their respected Kazekage-sama.
Konoha is even more miserable. After killing so many people, they still have to sign an armistice agreement with them.
Iwagakure is indeed planning to use Sand Hidden to continue the war with Konoha.
The reduction of the supplies that were originally promised to Sha Yin was also a real occurrence, not a fraud.
It's just that this point was also taken advantage of by the third Kazekage.
Iwahin secretly rejoiced, and the conflict between Sandhin and Konoha deepened.
On the side of Konoha, I think that Sand Yin and Yan Yin have colluded together long ago. This is a trap for Konoha, and they cannot move around at will. It is necessary to continue to sign an armistice agreement with Sand Hidden to prevent Sand Hidden and Yan Hidden from jointly attacking the Nation of Fire.
"In the next few years, we will make good use of the rich resources we have obtained from the land of fire this time to train more outstanding ninjas for the village and prepare for the next war in a few years. Also in order to build a prosperous era that belongs to us in the sand, please join me in encouraging each other."
Sandai Kazekage stood up from his seat, his tone was full of confidence and meant to encourage his subordinates.
"Yes! Serve to the death!"
These Shinomoto Shinobi also stood up from their seats one after another, looking at Sandai Kazekage with fanatical eyes.
It seems that a few years later, under the leadership of Kazekage, they once again opened the gap in the Kingdom of Fire to plunder more and better resources.
The era of Sha Yin's real rise will soon come.
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