Chapter 40: The Precursor of War and the Turbulent Undercurrent
Under the gloomy sky, a vast curtain of rain covers the land, bringing a cold atmosphere.
Several ninjas from the Rain Ninja Village crouched quietly among the bushes, staring closely at the movement on the opposite side, their bodies motionless.
After a moment, the eyes of several people met in midair, and one of them nodded, and began to crouch on the ground and slowly retreat.
With a "poof", a shuriken flew out of nowhere and pierced into the back of the retreating rain ninja's heart. Immediately, there was the sound of grass being stirred. Clearly, someone is approaching here.
The remaining Rain Ninja remained stationary, their hands beginning to seal at the same time, and while they were clearly surrounded, the long and brutal ninja training still allowed them to keep their heads cool and standard spellcasting moves.
I don't know when it started, the surroundings were quiet again, and only the rustling of rain still existed endlessly in the world.
The eyes of several people met again, their eyes were full of determination, and suddenly, several people were crawling in several directions at the same time, and they all shouted in unison: "Forbearance, like rain and dew!"
As the sound fell, countless thousands of copies suddenly filled the entire heaven and earth, shooting in all directions at the same time, with an astonishing momentum.
But the enemy was obviously not easy to deal with, and almost as soon as Chibon appeared, several gusts of wind appeared around him at the same time, and then Chibon was blown away from the original direction of progress.
At the same time, a large number of sword-wielding ninjas also appeared from all around, advancing in the direction of several rain ninjas.
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Wuyin Village.
Akiyama Shukazu sat in a spacious and bright office, and asked his subordinate Yuan Shi irritably, "Why are there so many documents missing today?!"
Yuan Shi said helplessly: "Lord Mizukage, you also know that now that the staff headquarters is powerful, those big and small families are more willing to let their affairs go from them, and we can't do anything for a while." ”
Akiyama Hidekazu didn't know the real reason in his heart, and he just took the opportunity to vent the resentment in his heart, and after listening to the words of the Yuan Master, he immediately looked at Mita Shin, who was sitting opposite, and said, "Xinjun, in the face of the current situation, do you have any good plans?"
Mita Shin was not in a hurry, and said calmly to Akiyama Hidekazu: "I know that the adults blame me for not planning well last time, but the Ghost Lantern clan is willing to abandon their family and go directly to the mainland, which is really not something that can be predicted. The so-called plan is in people, and success is in heaven, probably that's it. ”
A trace of anger flashed in Akiyama Hidekazu's eyes, but he still forced himself to suppress it, and said with a gloomy face: "The escape of the ghost lantern is indeed beyond our expectations, and there is no need to talk about this matter in the future." But what do you think you should do about the current situation?"
Mita Shin remained calm on his face, and said with relief: "Although we have lost for a while now, please don't be discouraged." The second-generation Water Shadow Ghost Lantern Phantom Moon has been in business for many years, and the family ninjas in the fog are really deep-rooted, difficult to shake, and forcibly shake it, in the next opinion, it is not a wise strategy. In that case, we might as well find another way. ”
"Looking for another way?"
Akiyama Shuwa chewed on this word in his mouth, looked at Mita Shin with a smile, and suddenly said, "Shin-kun, the way out you are talking about will not be those samurai and onmyoji, right?"
A smile appeared on Mitashinobu's face and he said, "Mizukage-sama, isn't the ninja's creed 'to complete the mission by any means'?
"Besides,"
Mita Shin looked at the look on Akiyama Hidekazu's face carefully, and said slowly: "The Kaguya clan and the Shui Wuyue clan can easily push Shui Wuyue Qianxia to that position, and it doesn't rely entirely on their own strength, right?
Akiyama Hidekazu raised his head, stared at Mita Nobu with a subtle expression, and said slowly: "Nobuya-kun's ambition is really unfathomable!"
Mita Shin laughed, then lowered his voice and said, "My lord, I think back then, after the Thousand Hands Pillar of Konoha Hidden Village, after he married the princess of the Fire Country, if he didn't die, do you think he could ......?"
Speaking of this, Mita Shin stopped talking. He believes that no one can resist such temptation. Even if you know that this candy is wrapped in sweet venom.
Waiting for Mita Shin to leave, Akiyama Hidewa pondered for a long time, and slowly asked Yuan Shi, "Yuan Shi, what do you think of his words?"
Although the Yuan Shi took the benefits of Mita Shin, he was still absolutely on Akiyama Hidekazu's side at this time, and after listening to Akiyama Hidekazu's question, his brows furrowed tightly, and while calculating the gains and losses in his heart, he said slowly: "Those wealthy families of the Hattagawa River have more than one generation of contacts with Kaguya and Mizuki Dai, and from this point of view, we can't compare with them. If the adults want to take this step, then we will have to rely on the power of Mitashin, which will greatly weaken our initiative. ”
Akiyama Hidewa listened carefully to Yuan Shi's analysis, his expression changed uncertainly, and he answered: "But if this continues, I'm afraid we will also sit still." ”
A trace of bitterness appeared on the face of the Yuan Master, and he said with a wry smile: "That's true, now that they have set up a staff headquarters, I am afraid that they want to use this to control all the practices in the village in the future." In this way, it doesn't matter whether their people do Mizukage or ours people do Mizukage in the future. ”
Akiyama Hidekazu stood up, and suddenly smiled and said: "What are you afraid of, we people were despicable people at the beginning, but now we don't work hard to get to this point." ”
As he spoke, Hidekazu Akiyama walked to the window and looked at the bustling wealthy settlement from afar, his voice revealed an indescribable intimidating power, and he could only hear a low voice echoing in the room: "These noble lords, I'm afraid that we are still the eagle dog lackeys of the year in my heart." ”
Saying that, Akiyama Shuwa turned around and looked at Yuan Shi, with a sinister aura in his voice that had been tempered from the bloody battle: "If you want us to continue to be dogs, don't blame us for fighting with them!"
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At this moment, the other side in the Fog Hidden Village.
Although it was only a newly established department, the Fog Hidden Staff Headquarters already had an office location that was almost as gorgeous as the Mizukage Building.
Thanks to the cooperation of various families, although the responsibilities of this department were not clearly defined when it was established, it still gained almost as much authority as the Mizukage Office in a short period of time.
In other words, not delineating a clear jurisdiction for it is the wish of wealthy families such as Kaguya and Shui Wuyue.
Almost at the same moment when Hidekazu Akiyama was discussing with Mita Shin how to deal with it, in the office building of the Kigakuin Staff Headquarters, the deputy chief of staff, Mizuki Tsuki, slowly looked through the letter in his hand, and said to a ninja who was half-kneeling in front of him: "Hanzo-kun did help me not long ago, but now that Lord Ben is the deputy chief of staff of the village, he naturally has to give priority to the village everywhere. Your village wants such a large batch of forbearance equipment for no reason, I'm afraid, it's not easy to do!"
But it turned out that a few days ago, there was a large-scale conflict between Rain Ninja Village and Takishinobi Village, one of the six ninja villages in the ninja world, and the leader of Ninja Village, Hanzo, decided to import a batch of fine ninja tools from the country of craftsmen.
The Craftsman Country is close to the main island of the Water Country, and although the Great Powers have unanimously decided to make it a neutral country due to the excellent production of ninja equipment. But in fact, the most profound influence on the country of craftsmen is the village of Kirikuin Ninja near the water.
It just so happened that Hanzo had a deal with Shui Wuyue Qi some time ago, so he naturally thought of asking him for help at this time.
The ninja heard that there was a sense of prevarication in Shui Wuyueqi's words, but he did not panic, but calmly continued to say to Shui Wuyueqi: "In addition to the letter in the scroll, Hanzo-sama has other words for him to bring to Kai-sama. ”
"Oh?"
Shui Wuyue Qi moved his body in interest, leaned forward for a moment, and then said, "Say, I want to see what kind of conditions the 'demigod' master can give." ”
A mysterious smile appeared on the corner of the ninja's mouth, and he said in a low voice: "My country of rain cannot be compared with the country of water, and in the land of four wars, once a ninja war breaks out, it will definitely be a disaster." And Hanzo-sama is often sad about this. However, a few days ago, Hanzo-sama came up with an idea to bring it to Kai-sama, and asked Kai-sama to help take a closer look at it to see if it was feasible. ”
Somehow, Shui Wuyueqi suddenly remembered the appearance of Jiang Guo Limei's eyes suddenly flowing blood that day, and suddenly had some ominous premonitions in his heart, the smile on his face receded little by little, staring at the half-kneeling Yu Ren in front of him, and only spit out one word in his mouth: "Say." ”10