In the end, Markey did not succeed in taking away Iara, and only took away an insignificant promise from Kazuya Echizen, who verbally promised Maki to support the village in the event of an invasion from another country.

Even Maki himself knew that Echizen Kazuya's promise was useless, not to mention that there was a Han country and Yuyin Village between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, and it was not easy to do it even if he wanted to support the Sand Ninja Village.

The former River Country did not have the strength and courage to resist Konoha and the Sand Ninja Village, so the armies of the two great powers of the River Country land could pass through at will. But the current Han Kingdom is not the former River Country, at least the Sand Ninja Village is now unable to make the Han Kingdom easily subdued, and it will not be easy for the ninja troops to pass through the Han Kingdom again.

But even so, for the Sand Ninja Village at this time, even if he knew that Echizen Kazuya's promise was a life-saving straw, he could only hold on tightly.

"The current situation in the Sand Ninja Village is not good, judging from the recent movements of the Iwa Ninja Village, they are already preparing for war, and now they are testing the reactions of all parties and the reality of the Sand Ninja Village." After sending Marki away, Nara Shikahisa, who accompanied Echizen and also met Marki, said calmly.

Hearing this, Echizen Kazuya said calmly: "It has been more than ten years since the end of the last war, and the combat power of Iwa Ninja Village has returned to its peak, so they are naturally unwilling to be lonely again. ”

"And because the Daimyo of the Land of Wind entrusted us with a large number of tasks to Konoha, the strength of the Sand Ninja Village, which lacked funds, has already weakened a lot, and just now it fought with our Konoha again, and the loss is not small, and the Iwa Ninja Village naturally doesn't want to let go of this opportunity." After breathing a sigh of relief, Kazuya Echizen analyzed.

"Yes," Nara Shikahisa agreed: "The three generations of Tsuchikage Onoki of Iwa Ninja Village are scheming, but their ambitions have not diminished at all when they are old, and they have always wanted to expand the power of the Earth Country beyond the mountains, and this time they should not be easy to stop, and the current Sand Ninja Village is probably not an opponent!" ”

Echizen Kazuya tapped his finger on the table, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Let the dark department strengthen the intelligence mission against the Sand Ninja Village and the Iwa Ninja Village, for the time being, we don't need to show our attitude, just rest and recuperate, but we have been damaged a lot under the attack of the Sound Ninja Village and the Sand Ninja Village!" ”

"Hokage-sama, do you want Iwa Shinobi Village to wage war against the Land of the Wind without any worries?" Nara Shikahisa was surprised by Echizen Kazuya's decision, and it was obvious that he wanted to see the Iwa Ninja Village and the Sand Ninja Village fighting.

"Although the Sand Ninja Village has put all the responsibility for attacking Konoha on Orochimaru, but their attitude towards Konoha can also be seen, as long as there is an opportunity, they will still not hesitate to attack us, and now the Iwa Ninja Village is going to attack them, we just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight! The strength of the Sand Ninja Village has decreased, and it will be more dependent on us in the future," Echizen Kazuya was expressionless, and his tone was cold.

Although Nara Shikaku felt that Echizen Kazuya seemed to be a little belligerent, but after countless wars and countless deceitful baptisms, he naturally would not be naïve enough to believe that in the future, Sand Ninja Village would really not start a war against Konoha Village again.

Nara Shikaku knew very well that once the strength of the Sand Ninja Village was restored and the timing was good, they would not hesitate to attack Konoha again, so they did not object to Echizen Kazuya taking precautions.

If the Iwa Ninja Village and the Sand Ninja Village really fought, the strength of both of them would inevitably weaken, which was of course a good thing for Konoha.

"Then if the Iwa Ninja Village really defeats the Sand Ninja Village and annexes the territory of the Wind Country, its strength will inevitably increase, and that result will not be good for us." Nara Shikahisa reminded tentatively, he also wanted to see if Kazuya Echizen had thought it through.

"The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, the Sand Ninja Village is one of the five great powers, and it will not be easy for the Iwa Ninja Village to defeat it completely, and when the time comes, it will not be too late for us to make a move." Kazuya Echizen said calmly.

"Separated between the land of fire and the country of wind is the country of rain and the country of rivers, which is now the kingdom of Han. The Land of Rain has been extremely closed for years, and the outside world has rarely been able to get information about them; And the current situation of the Han Kingdom is unlikely to easily give way to us, let us go to support the Land of Wind, it will be difficult to do it at that time. ”

Nara Shikaku continued to remind: "And it is impossible for us to directly attack the land country, the terrain on their side is too complicated, and the loss of forcibly attacking it will be very large, and it is almost impossible to achieve good results, and it is impossible to contain too many troops in Iwa Ninja Village." ”

"This situation is indeed worth noting, the strength of the Han State is not low, and it will not let our army pass easily, and now the Daimyo hates the existence of the Han State, and it is not good for us to contact the Han State on our own, but when the situation in the Sand Ninja Village of the Land of the Wind is really unfavorable, the Daimyo should not forcibly prevent us from borrowing from the Han State." Echizen Kazuya said with a frown.

"The point is that the Han State will not agree to let us pass, I have recently collected a lot of intelligence on the Han State over the years, and found that their military independence and vigilance are very strong, unless they can completely defeat them, they will not be at ease to let our army pass through their territory." Nara Shikahisa said solemnly.

Of course, Echizen Kazuya knew that Nara Shikahisa was investigating the intelligence of Han Guo and Ryu and others through the shadows, but this was a normal thing, so it was impossible for him to stop Nara Shikahisa, which would make people suspicious.

"There is no need to conflict with the Han Ninja Village when it is not necessary, as long as it is not a threat to our safety, the existence of the Han Ninja Village is beneficial to us." Kazuya Echizen said calmly.

"So it's very troublesome, once the war between Iwa Ninja Village and Sand Ninja Village starts, it will be difficult to end, and it will become difficult for us to stop it." Nara Shikahisa said distressedly.

"The husband is the victor without a fight, and the temple is counted as a lot; The temple is not victorious without a fight, and it is considered to be less. More wins, less wins, and nothing counts. Echizen Kazuya recited a passage of Sun Tzu's Art of War softly, and then said with a smile: "Uncle Shikaku, it seems that you have made a lot of plans for the situation between our countries!" ”

"This is what I'm supposed to do as a Hokage's assistant." Nara Shikahisa said calmly when he heard this.

"With an excellent military advisor like you, the pressure on me as a Hokage is much less," Echizen Kazuya complimented, and then said confidently: "I have a way to solve the matter of communicating with Hanguo, Uncle Lujiu, you don't have to worry too much about this, we should just sit back and watch the changes happen." ”

"Really?" Nara Shikahisa frowned, although he didn't understand why Echizen Kazuya was so confident in this, but he also knew that Echizen Kazuya was not sure that he wouldn't talk nonsense, so he put his mind at ease and said with a pleasant face: "Okay, let's see if the Iwa Ninja Village will do something to the Sand Ninja Village." ”

"Although our plan is to stand still and wait and see, we must have a tough attitude towards Iwa Ninja Village, and we must show a strong attitude of supporting Sand Ninja Village!" Kazuya Echizen smiled meaningfully.

"Fiction is real, reality is fiction," Nara Shikahisa immediately said knowingly, "Kazuya, you want to create a false impression that Onoki thinks that our Konoha Village is now a strong outsider, so that you can take action against Sand Ninja Village with confidence, right?" ”

After Nara Shikamaru finished speaking, he and Echizen Kazuya looked at each other and smiled.

While Echizen Kazuya was discussing with Nara Shikahisa, discussions were also taking place in the Tokage office in Iwaninja Village, but there were many more people involved, and the atmosphere was much more intense.

"Daimyo-sama, Tsuchikage-sama, this is a very rare opportunity for our Earth Country and Iwa Ninja Village, the strength of Sand Ninja Village is unprecedentedly weak, and Konoha Village has also suffered a lot of losses, no one can stop us at this time, as long as we defeat Sand Ninja Village in one fell swoop, the huge land of the Wind Country will belong to us!" Iwa Shinobi Murakami Shinobi, the blazing face of the main battle faction said excitedly.