Chapter 350: The Response of the Four Great Ninja Villages

A few days later, news of the chaos in the Hidden Mist Village gradually spread throughout the ninja world.

Although the top leaders of Kirigakure, led by Master Yuan, tried hard to block the news of the Kirigakure Rebellion, such a large-scale battle could not escape the eyes of spies in various villages. The information was quickly passed to the intelligence agencies of various villages and placed on the desks of the other four Kage.

Iwagakure front.

The Third Tsuchikage was struggling with the war with Konoha.

When the war was officially launched, Ōnoki thought that Konoha had been severely damaged by the loss of the Uchiha clan, and therefore would cede some of its interests and land to the Iwagakure Village.

Maybe even the surrounding vassal states will be ceded to the Iwagakure Village.

But what was unexpected was that as the war continued, the Konoha Ninja Village miraculously held on. Tsunade, who had been away for many years, appeared on the front line of Konoha and stabilized the morale of Konoha's army.

And Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the head of Konoha's Anbu, destroyed the Iwagakure supply base at the cost of his life.

After a series of events, the Iwagakure Village has lost the opportunity to take the initiative, and it is now very difficult to keep the land it has already obtained, let alone move forward.

Inside the Iwagakure Village, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki Lao Shi and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han repeatedly disobeyed his orders and refused to go deep into the territory of the Land of Fire, making it impossible for the Iwagakure Village's tailed beast advantage to be fully utilized.

This made Ohnoki feel exhausted and thought that it was God who prevented the Iwagakure Village from rising.

Fortunately, Deidara has not caused any trouble during this period and has been obeying his orders. His art of explosion at the border of the Fire Country has alleviated the dilemma of insufficient firepower to a certain extent.

At this time, the front-line captain Huang Tu walked into the office and handed Ohnoki the intelligence scroll.

Ohnoki opened the scroll of intelligence, which contained information related to the Hidden Mist Village. According to the observations of the spies in the Hidden Mist Village, a very serious civil strife broke out in the Hidden Mist Village not long ago.

The Fourth Mizukage, the leader of the Hidden Mist Village, was found to be controlled by someone else, and a battle broke out with the Mist Ninja.

After going through tremendous hardships and seeking external help, the Hidden Mist Village barely defeated the Fourth Mizukage, but the culprit eventually escaped.

In fact, Ōnoki was not willing to take the information about the Hidden Mist Village seriously.

Although the Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Iwagakure Village are across the sea from each other, there are actually not many conflicts of interest between the two ninja villages. The focus of both sides is still on the Fire Country, the center of the ninja world.

Moreover, after the Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage died together, the Hidden Mist Village had lost the strength to threaten the Hidden Iwagakure Village. The Five Great Ninja Villages are said to be the Five Great Ninja Villages, but in fact, the gaps between them are extremely obvious.

If they fight alone, Sand Village and Mist Village will never be a match for Iwagakure, Kumogakure and Konoha.

But after seeing the ninjas supporting the Hidden Mist, Ohnoki became very alert, because the one supporting the Hidden Mist Village was none other than Byakuya, who he believed to be a demigod.

Why did Bai Ye go to the Hidden Mist Village and why did he help the Hidden Mist Village defeat the Fourth Mizukage?

Where is the ninja who controls the Fourth Mizukage from?
For a moment, many doubts appeared in Ohnoki's mind, giving him a strong premonition. He vaguely realized that under the seemingly calm surface of the ninja world, there was a huge conspiracy lurking.

In just a few years, Konoha, Sunagakure and Kirigakure experienced major turmoil.

The next ninja village to experience major turmoil might be his Iwagakure Village. What made him even more anxious was that he knew nothing about it and did not have enough manpower to start an investigation.

In any case, the only way is to resolve the current battlefield as soon as possible, to obtain more resources for the Iwagakure Village, and to allow the Iwagakure Village to enter the stage of recuperation faster.

As for the idea of ​​taking advantage of the chaos in the Hidden Mist Village to attack, Ōnoki didn't even dare to think about it.

……

Compared to the Third Tsuchikage who was in a state of chaos and worry, the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure was much more relaxed.

Five years have passed since the war between Kumogakure and Konoha. Although five years is not enough to train a new generation of ninjas, it is enough for the Kumogakure Village to recover.

What's more, the Land of Lightning is located on a mountainous peninsula in the northeast of the Ninja World, and the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It has always been the Kumogakure Village that initiated the war, and no other ninja village has ever declared war on the Kumogakure Village. As for why the Third Raikage died in the encirclement of the Iwagakure Village.

Then we have to mention the two old foxes, Ōnoki and Danzo. In that war, it was the Iwagakure that took the initiative to tear up the agreement.

After training with the tough guy for several hours at the training ground, the Fourth Raikage wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and walked into the Raikage's office. With the help of his assistant, he handled government affairs at a leisurely pace.

At this time, the Fourth Raikage seemed to remember and asked Sackcloth-clad:
"There is still no news about the Two-Tail and Yukito recently. After so many years, even if Yukito died in the battle, the Two-Tail should have been resurrected."

Ma Buyi shook his head:
"There is still no news of the resurrection of the Two-Tails, but I have received information from the Hidden Mist Village that a major turmoil has occurred in the ninja world recently."

"What kind of turmoil is that? Tell us about it." The Fourth Raikage became interested.

Ma Buyi chose his words for a moment and then started talking about what happened in the Hidden Mist Village, including the news that the Fourth Mizukage was controlled and Bai Ye's battle against the masked man.

After hearing the name Bai Ye, the Fourth Raikage frowned.

He was deeply impressed by Bai Ye, a ninja who could compete with him in physical skills. At that time, he even wanted to recruit Bai Ye and make him a ninja on their side.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, Bai Ye grew into a powerful ninja capable of defeating the Fourth Mizukage.

However, why does the ability of Wood Release appear in the information about Byakuya? Isn't Wood Release the ninjutsu of the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju?
As if he had guessed what the Fourth Mizukage was thinking, Ma Buyi quickly explained:
"Bai Ye is a ninja from the Uzumaki clan, and the Uzumaki clan and the Senju clan have been intermarrying for many years. Bai Ye might have the blood of the Senju clan, so he awakened the Wood Release bloodline."

After hearing this, the Fourth Raikage was stunned for a moment, then he said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the strongest Wood Release Ninja in the Ninja World is not a Konoha Ninja. It's really ridiculous."

After Tenzo joined the Anbu and changed his name to Yamato, Konoha was no longer a ninja village without Wood Release ninjas.

But compared with the strength displayed by Bai Ye, the Wood Release mastered by Yamato is not Wood Release at all, it is at most Grass Release, and it does not have the power of the first Hokage at all.

However, the Fourth Raikage's happiness did not last long and he soon became serious.

The fact that Bai Ye has the ability to defeat the Fourth Mizukage is actually not a good thing for the Hidden Cloud Village.

As the fourth Raikage, Ai is well aware of what the Akatsuki organization has done in Yugakure Village over the years.

In the war five years ago, the Land of Hot Springs, which was fought over by Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village, eventually became the territory of the Hidden Rain Village, and the geographical location of the Land of Hot Springs is extremely special.

The Akatsuki organization controlled the Land of Hot Springs, which directly made the Hidden Cloud Village lose its direction of external expansion. This was very unfavorable for the Hidden Cloud Village, which was keen on provoking wars to gain more land and benefits. However, if they attacked the Hidden Rain Village directly, it would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Hidden Rain Village and Konoha, and turn into a new ninja world war.

The Fourth Raikage was not afraid of the Ninja World War, but in the absence of a Jinchūriki, the Hidden Cloud Village was no longer suitable for continued external expansion.

However, will the Hidden Mist Village be the next soft persimmon that the Hidden Cloud Village can exploit?

At this time, Ma Buyi, who had been standing aside for a long time, frowned and said to the Fourth Raikage: "Fourth-generation master, I just noticed something very important while reading the information."

The Fourth Raikage looked at Sackboy and motioned for him to continue.

Ma Buyi took out the organized information and said:
"My Lord, after the Kirigakure Rebellion, Kirigakure not only temporarily lost the Fourth Mizukage, but there are also rumors that the Six-Tails Jinchuriki is also missing."

"The Vulpix Jinchuriki is missing? Wasn't he out and about?"

Ma Buyi shook his head and said, "This time he is not running away. Some people in the Hidden Mist Village speculate that the Six-Tails Jinchuriki was taken away by the masked man. The masked man's target of lurking in the Hidden Mist Village is likely to be the tailed beast."

Hearing this, the Fourth Raikage gradually reacted, clenched his fists and said: "You mean, Yukito is not actually dead, but was abducted like the Six-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Ma Buyi nodded: "At present, it seems that this is the only possibility. If Yukito really died in the battle, the Two-Tails should have been resurrected after so many years, but the Two-Tails' chakra has not appeared in various places."

The Fourth Raikage had an extremely gloomy expression on his face, and asked Ma Buyi, "Ma Buyi, who do you think kidnapped Yukito?"

Ma Buyi fell into deep thought, then said:
"It could be the masked man, or it could be Konoha or the Hidden Rain Village. However, the most important thing right now is to protect Master Killer Bee. It is difficult to get back the lost Jinchūriki. If Master Killer Bee has problems again..."

Before Ma Buyi could finish his words, he saw the Fourth Raikage smashing the table and angrily saying:
"I will protect Curious Rabbi. Pass my order down. Curious Rabbi is not allowed to go out casually in the future. Apart from staying in the village and Fenglei Gorge, he is not allowed to go anywhere else."

Killer Bee is very important to the Fourth Raikage.

Killer Bee is not only the perfect Jinchūriki of the village, but also his most important relative in the ninja world.

……

In the Sand Village, the Fifth Kazekage, Scorpion of the Red Sand, also received information from the Mist Village.

Unlike the others, the ninja who delivered the information was not a secretary or an Anbu, but his grandmother, Elder Chiyo.

Scorpion glanced at Chiyo who pushed the door open, put down the parts in his hand, and said lightly:

"Elder Chiyo, are there any documents that need my signature and seal? Just put them here. If that doesn't work, you can also issue orders directly in the name of the elder."

Chiyo looked at her grandson who stayed in the Kazekage Building and sighed helplessly.

His grandson would either run away from home for more than ten years, or not go out for several months, staying in the Fengying Building all day long, studying chakra puppet technology.

All the things that Fengying should do were thrown onto this old lady.

However, there is one thing that Scorpion did quite well in the position of Fengying. Except for not handling government affairs, he did very well in economics and diplomacy.

In terms of economy, Scorpion mined oil underground in the Kingdom of Wind and started automated production using puppets.

The economy of the Sand Village suddenly improved. It changed from a group of desert bandits that used to shout and kill to a wealthy local tycoon who relied on mineral resources for a living.

In terms of diplomacy, Sasori directly controlled the daily life of the Daimyo of the Wind Country and broke away from the Daimyo's control.

The only drawback is that Scorpio has no intention of marrying and having children, and has also lost the ability to reproduce. His body is gradually evolving towards complete puppetization, and there is not much human element left in it.

After a moment's silence, Chiyo said to the Fifth Kazekage: "I can't always sign for you. You are the real Kazekage of the Sand Village. But this information is very important. You must review it."

Scorpion showed an impatient expression. After receiving the information, he glanced at it and said:
"I thought it was something else. Wasn't it that Byakuya defeated the controlled Fourth Mizukage and saved the Hidden Mist Village? I already knew this information."

You already knew it... Chiyo looked a little embarrassed, then said:

"The point is not this, but Byakuya used Wood Release. That was the Wood Release used by the first Hokage. Do you know what this means?"

Scorpion nodded and said nonchalantly:
"I've known for a long time that he has mastered Wood Release. As for Wood Release and Magnetic Release, there is not much difference. At most, it is more environmentally friendly. If you have time, you can invite Bai Ye to come as a guest and ask him to help plant trees for the village."

"This masked man is a big problem, and deserves our attention."

As a member of Akatsuki, Scorpion received information from Bai Ye a few days ago and knew that this was a drama directed and acted by Akatsuki themselves. Because of this, he didn't need to worry about it at all.

Since Gaara has become his good brother, the Akatsuki organization has no reason to come to the Sand Village again.

Seeing Scorpion's indifferent attitude, Chiyo was speechless, but the chaos in the Hidden Mist Village really had little to do with the Hidden Sand Village.

Now, the Sand Village only needs to make a fortune quietly.

……

In Konoha Village, the Third Hokage, who was sitting in the Hokage's office, also received the report from the spy.

Before this, he was struggling with the battles in and outside the village. After Tsunade and Jiraiya joined the battle one after another, Konoha barely resisted the attack of the Iwagakure Village.

At the subsequent Jonin conference, he also made many concessions to the major ninja clans in exchange for their support. Things are moving step by step in a good direction.

But during this period, something happened that made him heartbroken.

His son and daughter-in-law all died in the Iwagakure War, and most of the Anbu were also lost on the Iwagakure battlefield. The Hokage series is now in an unprecedented state of weakness.

If the Uchiha clan, who had been planning a coup, had not been eliminated, the position of Hokage would probably have changed hands.

In addition, the death of Sarutobi Shinnosuke completely shattered his plan of supporting his son to become the Fifth Hokage. Now, except for his unfilial son Asuma and grandson Konohamaru, he has no relatives around him.

With a sad heart, the Third Hokage opened the scroll that recorded the information of the Hidden Mist Village.

(End of this chapter)