Chapter 314 We came at the wrong time

Bai Ye's speculation caused an uproar among the Sand Ninjas.

If it were under normal circumstances, after seeing the Kazekage puppet, the Sand Ninja would only hunt down Scorpion as the murderer who assassinated the Third Kazekage, and would not listen to Bai Ye's guesses and analysis at all.

But just now, Sasori defeated the runaway Jinchuriki and saved the village from Shukaku.

If it wasn't for the purpose of defeating Shukaku, Sasori would not have had to use the Wind Shadow Puppet, and he would not have been surrounded by them here.

With the above conditions, they began to doubt the facts before them, and they believed in Bai Ye's guess without a doubt. They felt as if they knew the truth and had suddenly realized something.

Is this the truth that was hidden back then?

The disappearance of Scorpion and the Third Kazekage was due to an attack. The Third Kazekage voluntarily let Scorpion make him into a puppet in order to protect the village.

After hearing the discussion among the crowd, even Elder Chiyo began to doubt whether all this was true.

After all, compared to the fact that his grandson killed the Third Kazekage and was an unforgivable traitor in the village, Elder Chiyo would rather believe that his grandson was a good boy.

But soon another problem came to the fore.

If Scorpion is really innocent, then why didn't he return to the village for so many years, and watched the Sand Village fall behind in the Third Ninja World War and eventually become a subsidiary ninja village of Konoha?

Bai Ye did not take the initiative to answer this question.

His goal was to guide the thinking direction of the Sand Ninja and Elder Chiyo, rather than giving them a definite conclusion directly. Only by letting them think of the answer themselves would they be convinced of the answer.

However, Bai Ye himself began to doubt whether these fabricated words were true.

After this matter is over, I will go over and ask Scorpion. It was not true that Scorpion and the Third Kazekage were attacked at the same time.

After all, did Scorpion really have the strength to kill the strongest Kazekage back then?
On the Sand Village side, some ninjas suspected that it was Konoha that attacked the Third Kazekage. After all, judging from the results of the war, Konoha gained the greatest benefits from the Sand Village.

Some ninjas suspected that it was the Hidden Cloud Village that took action.

The Hidden Cloud Village was the first ninja village to attack the Hidden Sand Village, and the Hidden Cloud Village had a history of many sneak attacks and sneak attacks, making it the ninja village with the least martial ethics.

Some people even suspected that it was Iwagakure and Kirigakure who did it.

Iwagakure's Ōnoki, the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails Jinchūriki are all powerful ninjas with the ability to kill the Third Kazekage. As for Kirigakure, it has the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, a special team for hunting the Five Kage.

After arguing for a long time, the Sand Ninjas still couldn't reach a definite conclusion.

For now, apart from monitoring Gaara and Sasori, it seems that they can only wait for the Fourth Kazekage to come and let him make the decision.

The Kazekage is the supreme leader of the Sand Village, and although Elder Chiyo is highly respected, he has retired long ago.

After waiting patiently for half an hour, Elder Chiyo and the Sand Ninja still did not see the Fourth Kazekage, which made them feel extremely uneasy and wonder if the Fourth Kazekage had met with an accident.

At that time, the Third Kazekage and Sasori also disappeared mysteriously and were eventually confirmed dead.

After thinking for a moment, Elder Chiyo said to the surrounding Sand Ninjas:

"You guys stay here to monitor Scorpion. If you see any danger, you can run away immediately. I will take people to find Luo Sha and ask him to come and take charge of the situation."

After saying that, Elder Chiyo led the Sand Village Anbu away. After searching in the Sand Village for more than ten minutes, Elder Chiyo still couldn't find the whereabouts of the Fourth Kazekage, and his face became more and more ugly.

She was worried that the Fourth Kazekage might have met with an accident, just like the Third Kazekage did back then.

At the same time, he was worried that all this was a trick by Scorpion to lure the tiger away from the mountain. While he was fighting Shukaku to attract attention, he would let others hunt the Fourth Kazekage.

If this is the case, what will be the future of the Sand Village?

The Fourth Kazekage is the last ninja who is qualified for the position of Kazekage. Even if others become Kazekage, they will not be able to stop the decline of the Sand Village, and they may not even be recognized by the village's jonin.

At this time, the Sand Village Anbu next to Elder Chiyo said: "Elder Chiyo, at this point in time, will Lord Kazekage stay in the mine? The funds for the village are all provided by Lord Kazekage."

"You said the Kazekage stayed in the mines?"

Elder Chiyo was stunned for a moment, her expression turned a little strange, she couldn't understand the Kazekage's train of thought, the tailed beasts in the village were all going berserk, but the Kazekage was still staying in the mine?

The Sand Village Anbu continued, "Elder Chiyo, if Lord Kazekage really stayed in the mine, he might not be able to hear the noise in the village. After all, it is more than 20 kilometers away."

Elder Chiyo's expression eased a lot, and he said to the Anbu, "I understand. Just lead the way. He is also doing this for the village's finances. I have no reason to blame him."

The Sunagakure Anbu nodded and rushed towards the location of the mine. Elder Chiyo glanced in the direction of the mine and followed closely behind.

Not long after, the group arrived at the mine.

Just as Elder Chiyo was about to go down the mine with the others, they saw an unbelievable scene and frowned.

……

This side of the mine.

After touring the mine's ore inventory, Orochimaru nodded with satisfaction and said to the Fourth Kazekage:

"Mr. Fengying, I didn't expect that the quality of the ore in your village is higher than I thought."

"Even in the entire ninja world, the only ore that can surpass this quality is probably the Iron Country. The magnetic style bloodline limit is really enviable."

Seeing that Orochimaru was interested in the ore, the Fourth Kazekage also smiled:

"They are just trying to earn some hard-earned money. They are not as business-minded as Lord Orochimaru. I have heard that the behind-the-scenes supporters of many big businessmen in the ninja world are actually you, Orochimaru."

At this time, Orochimaru received Bai Ye's message, raised a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and stretched out his hand to the Fourth Kazekage, saying:
"We are all here to make money, so how can we talk about whether it is hard work or not? To show my sincerity, I will purchase the ore from your village at a price 10% higher than the market price. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

"An extra 10%? Then we'll have a pleasant cooperation."

The Fourth Kazekage quickly extended his hand. He knew that Orochimaru's real purpose was to get the support of the Sand Village in his action against Konoha.

But what Orochimaru offered was so much that he simply couldn't refuse.

With the support of Orochimaru, the village has been able to train more ninjas in recent years. Sooner or later, they will be able to join forces with Orochimaru to attack Konoha and get rid of the shackles on their bodies.

At this moment, Elder Chiyo appeared in front of the mine with the Sand Ninja. When he saw the Fourth Kazekage and Orochimaru shaking hands, his face instantly darkened.

(End of this chapter)