There was dark smoke rising from the plains.

What used to be a peaceful village is now full of potholes and ruins.

Looking at the village that had been wiped out one step ahead of schedule, the Xuan apes led by the insect man stood in the ruins, only to see countless villagers lying on the ground, none of them alive.

It is clear that the village has been completely exterminated.

And the speed of destruction is very fast.

The furious chakra-like chakra still remained in the air, revealing the power of those who attacked.

This is the village of cedars, the village where the employers of the apes are located, and now they have been destroyed, which is somewhat caught the insect man and the others off guard.

And the person who started it, even if he didn't guess deliberately, knew who did it.

Thunder Shadow was afraid of the Xuan Ape Clan's Burst Worms, and if he wasn't completely sure, he would definitely not come over to trouble them.

But Sugi Mura is different, in the face of the attack of the four generations of Thunder Shadow, they have no strength to resist at all, and it is reasonable that the four generations of Thunder Shadow will vent the humiliation they received from the Xuan Ape Crowd on the Sugi Village.

This is probably the sorrow of the weak in the middle of the times.

"What's next? Is the mission going on? ”

The fire man asked in a low voice.

It was the first time he had encountered such a troublesome task, and before they had completed the task, their employer had been killed first.

The corpse of the elder of the Cedar Village was also in the crowd, his eyes wide open, and he didn't blink to death.

"The mission is interrupted. No one pays, and it's a bit worth the loss to provoke the four generations of Thunder Shadow. Otherwise, we won't even be able to get it back...... No, it's a loss-making business now. ”

After all, the only way for the Xuan apes to deal with the Thunder Shadow is the Burst Worm, but the problem is that although the Burst Worm is powerful, it is also very expensive.

Now, even if they get back the secret scroll of Sugi Village, no one will pay them, and as for the millions of taels of deposits that Sugi Village put on the underground black market, it will be regarded as a little interest. After all, they also made Lei Ying and others suffer before, and they can be regarded as worthy of the price of the deposit.

The average bounty hunter would not dare to brush the tiger's beard.

As for dealing with the four generations of Thunder Shadow again, the Xuan Ape Crowd would not go to the trouble of looking for the four generations of Thunder Shadow for a deposit of a few million taels, it was purely uncomfortable to find it in the past.

After all, their mission is not to protect the Sugi Village, but to retrieve the secret scroll of the Sugi Village, and whether the Sugi Village is destroyed or not is not directly related to the Xuan Ape Clan.

It's just that the village of Sugi was destroyed, and no one paid for the completion of the mission, which is the problem.

At the end of the day, it's Suginomura who is too weak.

And for the weak, life and death can only be at the mercy of the strong.

For the village of Sugi, Thunder Shadow is a strong man who can determine their life and death.

Therefore, this mission cannot be regarded as a failure, but because the employer was killed, the mission process was abnormal. The Underground Black Market does not record a mission failure on the mission records of the Xuan Ape Crowd.

"So be it."

The other four had no choice but to shrug their shoulders and did not object.

In the face of four generations of Thunder Shadow, it is indeed very stressful.

The main reason is that the speed is too fast, even if they have cultivated natural energy, they can only barely see the movement trajectory of the thunder shadow, if they fight a protracted battle, they will definitely lose the battle.

"Anyway, they have paid the deposit, so let's let them be buried in the ground, it's not good to expose the corpses in the wilderness. Tunan, only among us can do the ninjutsu, and this matter is left to you. ”

The worm man commanded.

Tunan didn't object, burying the corpses of hundreds of people was not a difficult task for him, at most wasting some chakra.

"I didn't expect the Thunder Shadow to retaliate so decisively, and the village of a few hundred people was destroyed when it was destroyed. It seems that the country of cedar will be chaotic for a while in the future. It's a pity that the military doesn't plan to lay out on the side of Cedar Country for the time being. ”

This kind of thing caught the Xuan apes off guard, but because of this, they had a deeper understanding of the hegemony of the big powers.

The rules are set by the five major powers, but it does not mean that the five major countries really follow the rules.

I believe that this matter will be dealt with in the future, and the daimyo of Suginokuni will not dare to target Thunder Shadow, at most he will have some incompetent resentment in his heart.

"This is a contest of national strength. What everyone can fight together at the negotiation table is because they recognize each other's strength, will not act rashly, and will think twice about everything. On the contrary, if there is no room for negotiation, it can only turn into a sad topic. ”

There are too many examples like Suginomura in the ninja world.

The same is true of the Land of Rain in the past.

The great powers use the country of rain as a battlefield, and they have no intention of negotiating with the country of rain at all, and no matter how much they want to end the war, they still can't shake the determination of the big powers, and the big powers come and go when they call them.

The only face, Sanshoyu Hanzo, was finally framed by Konoha's Orochimaru and Danzo, and died at the hands of the Sand Hidden Ninja.

As a result, the status of the Land of Rain has been reduced again and again.

Even if it is as strong as Xiao, now it can only shrink in the rain hidden village, and under the snort of the big country, endure until the time is ripe.

Why was the country of ghosts able to get the approval of the five shadows at the Five Shadows Conference, even if the five shadows were unwilling, they couldn't ignore the power of the country of ghosts.

Even if Sha Yin took the lead in convening the Five Shadows Conference, he still had to make compromises with the country of ghosts.

Even if the Oni Country now occupies a huge share of the Western Continent, as long as they don't touch the bottom line of the wind and the earth, they can only turn a blind eye.

It's because the country of ghosts is strong enough.

They couldn't ignore the power of the Uchiha clan's kaleidoscope chakra.

It can't be ignored, and the forbidden power that can annihilate thousands of sand ninja in that instant.

Let people know that even if there is no tailed beast, the country of ghosts has the power to match or even surpass the tailed beast, and can compete with the great powers.

With such a deterrent, even if it is not a big country, it is not the Five Shadows, the Great Power and the Five Shadows must also take into account the position of the Oni Country.

After a while, Too buried the corpses of hundreds of Sugi Village villagers and returned to the queue.

"Now that it's over, let's go."

This is the end of the deal with Sugi Village, in the end, help Sugi Village collect the corpses, so that their corpses will not be buried in the belly of the beast, the insect man thinks that the Xuan ape people are already benevolent and righteous, and they don't owe anything to Sugi Village.

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In a private room at a barbecue restaurant.

The table was already in shambles, both meat and vegetables had been wiped out.

Shiraishi patted his belly, also exhaled happily, and smiled at Tsunade: "I feel like I haven't eaten so happily for a long time, but I didn't expect that after many years, Tsunade-sensei, you are still so young." I also heard from the live slug that Tsunade-sensei had combined the secret techniques of the Wet Bone Forest to create his own medical ninjutsu. ”

"That guy who is a live slug really talks about everything."

Tsunade took a sip of tea, rinsed his mouth, and then said in an unhappy tone.

She and Bai Shi are both contractors of the three holy lands of the Wet Bone Forest, and they are actually considered to be 'the same door', but unfortunately, because of the original defection, the two of them parted ways. Even if there is a contract with a live slug as a link, there is basically no contact.

"After all, Tsunade-sensei also heard a lot about me from the live slug, didn't he?"

Shiraishi laughed.

For some things, Shiraishi did not make restrictions on live slugs, so there are some things about Shiraishi, Tsunade still understands.

For example, he learned the immortal art that did not belong to the Three Holy Land system, and for example, he learned the Wet Bone Forest Immortal Technique, which few people have mastered for thousands of years.

This kind of immortal technique, even the Tsunade who signed a contract with the Wet Bone Forest in advance, is only half-understood.

Finding that he couldn't get through the immortal system of the wet bone forest, he had to combine the immortal information given by the living slug to create his own mystical medical ninjutsu.

As for the specific power of that arcane medical ninjutsu, Shiraishi didn't know anything.

Because it involves Tsunade's core secret, the living slug that obeys the contract, without Tsunade's instructions, even Shiraishi can't get any useful information from the live slug.

And contract and friendship are not in conflict.

"I've learned a few things from the live slugs, but before the War in the Land of Winds, I didn't know you lived in the Land of Demons."

Tsunade's meaningful gaze swept towards Shiraishi.

Although she knew that the country of Oni had a strong medical system in the early days, she had never linked the country of demons to Shiraishi.

Because of Shiraishi's situation, she didn't dare to say that she knew everything, but she still knew most of the situation.

That's what makes her feel weird.

When did Shiraishi become associated with the country of ghosts.

Shiraishi, who has been living in Konoha all the time, except for the White Fang team, will go out on missions, and most of the time he just stays in Konoha Village, and he has no time to contact the country of ghosts at all.

What's more, the country of demons is the land of shrine maidens.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for the shrine maidens of the Oni Country to accept the traitorous ninja easily.

As a result, Shiraishi mixed up with the high-level of the Oni Country, carried out military changes to the Oni Country, and incorporated the ninjas of the Oni Country into the national system, which can be regarded as opening up a new path.

Strictly speaking, the ninja village and the country are combined based on the integration of interests.

It seems to be the same system as the country of ghosts, but the essence is very different.

It's not that this question can't be answered. Because when I was in Konoha, there were two countries I chose at the beginning, and the country of ghosts was just one of them, and the other was also a neutral country, which was the country of iron where the Five Shadows Conference was held before. ”

Because among the neutral countries, only these two countries are the most special.

Needless to say, the particularity of the shrine maiden was outlawed, and the daimyo system was abolished, and the essence of the shrine maiden becoming a daimyo was not to concentrate power and gather wealth, because power and money were daily necessities for shrine maidens, although they were daily necessities.

They only exist to suppress monsters for the ninja world.

Even if the country of demons is destroyed one day in the future, the mission of the shrine maiden will still be carried out, and the countries will not interfere.

And the land of iron is the land of samurai.

It has the military power that is second to none under the great powers.

These are two countries that Shiraishi has been considering for a long time.

Tsunade looked at Shiraishi strangely, so this kid didn't leave Konoha on a whim, but premeditated?

This made Tsunade a little surprised, although the matter of White Fang was indeed a fault of the high-level, but just these were used as reasons for defection, and it was still not enough.

What's more, he still brought the members of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans.

This also led to the Third Great Ninja War, in which Konoha not only had to deal with problems inside the village, but also had to fight hard with enemies outside.

It wasn't until the rise of the Water Gate that Orochimaru successfully solved the threat of Sand Hide to Konoha on the battlefield of the Land of Rain, and the situation in Konoha became better.

Otherwise, Konoha would have let go of his hand and let the Uchiha and Hyuga go to the front line to fight, ending the battle early, so as not to suffer heavy casualties later.

The most annoying thing is that Hinata Ayane, as a rebel ninja, also reached a high-profile cooperation with Iwakure's three generations of Tsuchikage, and in the battlefield of the country of grass, Jiraiya was miserable, and was once forced back to the territory of the country of fire, so that the towns on the border of the country of fire also suffered heavy losses.

These are all the bitter fruits brought by Shiraishi after his defection, and Konoha is left to bear it alone.

It is also conceivable that the high-level officials at that time were angry with the three of Baishi, and they were eager to kill them as soon as possible.

"Then why did you end up in the Land of Demons?"

"A long time ago, Ruri's parents, under the arrangement of the Uchiha clan, ran a business in the country of ghosts. The name of the Aster Flower Chamber of Commerce,Presumably Tsunade Teacher also knows,The president of the Chamber of Commerce,It's Liuli's parents.。 And the two of them reached a commercial cooperation with the shrine maidens of the Oni Country very early, bringing economic prosperity to the Oni Country. Because of this relationship, I went to the country of ghosts to develop. ”

Very real problem.

If it weren't for the relationship between the Uchiha clan, it would not be so simple to gain the trust of the witch of the Oni Country.

The same is true in the Land of Iron.

After defecting, it will be difficult to get started.

But with the relationship of the Uchiha clan, things are completely different.

The most basic survival and security problems are solved at once, and the next thing is easier than the start, no matter how difficult it is.

The corners of Tsunade's eyes twitched, a little surprised.

Not only Shiraishi, but also the Uchiha clan also had the idea of breaking away from Konoha.

After all, the Uchiha clan actually had such a huge chamber of commerce in the country of ghosts, but Konoha didn't know anything about it.

It's not so much that Konoha has a poor intelligence system, but that the Uchiha clan has long had the idea of setting up another mountain.

It's just this kind of thing, she can't judge.

Even if the Uchiha clan made such a choice, it would make sense to think about it.

It was fine when her second grandfather managed Konoha in the Thousand Hands, but in the hands of her teacher Sarutobi, the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha clan gradually deteriorated due to the serious rejection of the Uchiha clan by Danzo and the roots.

In the past, Danzo even sent a root ninja to assassinate Ruri Uchiha, causing Shiraishi and Hinata Ayane to also suffer at that time, and almost died under the conspiracy of the root.

It can be seen that Danzang rejects the Uchiha clan.

In light of this, it is not surprising that the Uchiha clan had the idea of rebelling against Konoha in the past.

"So, this time the Uchiha clan will be wiped out......"

What did Tsunade think of, after all, this incident of the extermination of the Uchiha clan was really weird.

Uchiha Itachi She's only heard of it, but she hasn't seen it herself.

But she understands that the power of the Uchiha clan is not something that an Uchiha Itachi can shake.

Even if she awakens the kaleidoscope writing wheel.

So, there's definitely a big problem here.

If behind this is a game between the Oni no Kuni and the Konoha higher-ups......

Wait, that's not right either.

If it is really the country of ghosts that dominates something behind the scenes, it will definitely not let the Uchiha clan be wiped out, and after that, Konoha will not always be calm, and will definitely fall into complex civil strife.

If the Uchiha clan is behind the scenes, with Shiraishi and other ghost country ninjas as support, after the Uchiha is wiped out, Konoha will definitely fall into an internal war. It doesn't end hastily.

Tsunade swept towards Shiraishi with an inquiring gaze.

She couldn't help but think about these questions.

Because it's about the root of Konoha.

The Uchiha and Senju joined forces to create Konoha.

The annihilation of the Uchiha clan is equivalent to someone cutting off one of Konoha's arms, causing Konoha's strength to plummet.

"I was also shocked to hear that the Uchiha had been wiped out, because after Ruri left with some of the Uchiha and me, she had severed ties with the Uchiha clan. So, what happened inside the Uchiha later, I don't know on my side. ”

Shiraishi sighed.

This is a real regrettable.

The main thing is that the original Uchiha Quartet, offending Ruri was too ruthless.

Ruri was completely disappointed in Konoha's Uchiha, cut off all ties, and went to the country of ghosts to seek development.

After that, Ruri was also very determined not to have any dealings with Konoha Uchiha.

But the family affection that blood is thicker than water can't be changed.

Otherwise, Ruri would not have done her best to arrange for those orphans of Konoha Uchiha to survive in the country of ghosts.

Tsunade fell silent, and she believed Shiraishi's words.

Because combined with the Uchiha extermination incident before and after, if Shiraishi was really behind the scenes, this kind of tragedy would not have happened to the Uchiha clan.

If Shiraishi and the Oni Country hadn't led the way, then everything would have made sense.

As for who is really leading behind the scenes, Tsunade already has a suspicion in his heart.

Shimura Danzo.

Only he is most likely.

The teacher Ape Fei Ri is already old, and he will not be so decisive, and will only delay until the matter breaks out and then solve it.

Mito Menyan and Koharu have always been wall grasses, afraid and afraid of Uchiha's power, and will not express their stance easily.

The only one who can really do this, and who has the ability to do so, is Shimura Danzo.

In the Third Ninja World War, this guy united with Orochimaru and betrayed Hanzo without hesitation, resulting in Hanzo's death at the hands of the Sand Ninja, which shows his cold-blooded nature.

In this way, Uchiha Itachi may also be just a pawn arranged by Tuan Zang.

I'm afraid that even if he defected to Konoha E, Uchiha Itachi is likely to still have a connection with Danzo.

As for whether her teacher, Sarutobi Hichi, knows the truth about Uchiha Itachi, Tsunade doesn't know.

"So, what's going on with the Hyuga clan? As far as I know, your relationship with Hinata Ayane shouldn't be enough for her to risk her death and defect from the village with you. ”

Tsunade wondered.

Forget about the Uchiha clan, why did the Hyuga clan, which is deeply trusted by the high-level, defect to Konoha.

This has always puzzled Tsunade.

"Tsunade-sensei, do you know how strong the desire for freedom is for a person who has been freed, but in the end has been deprived of it, and how much the hatred of the family for the clan has reached?"

Shiraishi asked rhetorically.

"That's why she and you left Konoha?"

"Of course not. As strange as it may seem to you, Ayane was my man shortly after she was placed under the Caged Bird Curse. It was also at that time that she learned about my idea of leaving Konoha. ”

Burst!

Tsunade, who was drinking tea, squirted out in one gulp.

Shizun's eyes widened as she looked at Shiraishi incredulously.

Tsunade coughed violently, trembling and pointing at Shiraishi, unable to speak for a while.

Not long after planting the caged bird curse mark, planning to leave Konoha?

At that time, how old were Shiraishi and Hinata Ayane?

Six?

At the age of six, he was planning to defect to Konoha?

Tsunade wanted to scold Shiraishi for a while, but found that Shiraishi's calm and calm face, which did not look like a lie, regained his composure.

But I couldn't calm down.

Because she didn't know why Shiraishi, who was only six years old, would have the idea of defecting to Konoha.

If Shiraishi is a spy cultivated by other ninja villages since childhood, it can be said that it is understandable.

But that's not the problem.

The rise of Shiraishi in the Land of Oni also verifies this. He wasn't a spy sent to Konoha by any village, he was a native of Konoha ninja.

"Why did you think this way? Konoha should not be thin. Or is it because Tuanzang assassinated you in the past...... Wait, that's not right, Danzou assassinated you, that's what happened after you graduated from ninja school and joined the Shuo Mao team. ”

Tsunade looked at Shiraishi like a freak.

She thought she knew a lot about Shiraishi, but now she realized that she knew very little about this student.

Shiraishi didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "How does Tsunade-sensei think that the current country of ghosts is better than the country of fire?" ”

When Tsunade heard Shiraishi's question, he thought at first that Shiraishi was showing off.

Because of the rise of the country of ghosts, it only took more than ten years to approach the five major powers in terms of military strength. Even the Land of the Wind had to make a compromise with the Land of Demons.

I have to say that in the past, this was something that Tsunade didn't dare to think about.

Even the Sanshoyu Hanzo, who gave her the name of Sannin, failed to transform the Land of Rain, but because of Hanzo's power, the big countries were even more jealous of the Land of Rain, making the Land of Rain unsafe.

Hanzo, on the other hand, did not have any power to resist.

The five great powers can't defeat Hanzo, but they can target the country of rain to contain Hanzo's footsteps.

It's also a strength.

It is a force that Hanzo cannot disobey.

And the country of ghosts has fulfilled the dream that Hanzo failed to fulfill.

Tsunade could expect that it was only a matter of time before the country of Oni became the sixth power.

Being invited to join the Five Shadows Conference, the shadows of the five great powers have recognized the ninja power of the Oni Country, and they can no longer treat the Oni Country as a small country.

Otherwise, the Land of the Wind would not lose face at the Five Shadows Conference and continue to retreat and compromise, but would immediately launch a counterattack against the Kingdom of Ghosts and destroy the Kingdom of Ghosts in one fell swoop.

So, this is not that Shiraishi is showing off, but just stating an objective fact.

A fact that is a headache for all major countries.

"What do you want to say?"

"Let's talk about people's livelihood, what do you think is missing compared to the big country and the country of ghosts?"

It's a strange statement.

The ninja world has always been honored by the Five Great Powers.

The comparison is also about what is missing from small countries compared to large countries.

Now the countries do not recognize the country of ghosts as the sixth power, but Shiraishi says that the most powerful country of fire is missing something compared to the country of ghosts, which makes Tsunade feel very strange.

It felt like the Fire Nation was being despised for it.

Even Konoha, who relied on the village of fire for survival, was despised.

This contempt is not a contempt for strength, but a deeper contempt.

"People's Livelihood ......"

Tsunade thinks back to what he saw and heard in the Oni Country in the past.

Even if she doesn't like the tough style of the Ghost Country, she has to admit that the Ghost Country has opened up a lot of other countries in terms of the living standards of the people.

Roads extend in all directions, and every town has important facilities such as hospitals, schools, security guards, etc.

The domestic bandits were cleared.

Bounty hunters on the underground black market can't do anything in the realm of the Oni Nation.

The Oni no Kuni's taxes are the lowest among the entire ninja kingdom.

Even during the reign of Maitreya, the previous generation of shrine maidens, the taxes were not high.

While the civilians of various countries are still struggling for survival, the civilians of the Oni Country have begun to send their children to school and learn all kinds of life knowledge without worrying about survival.

And many of the commoners of the Fire Nation just cultivated the land repeatedly every year, repeatedly handing over most of their food to the nobles and daimyos.

When the harvest is complete, you can leave a little more surplus.

The harvest is not good, and you can only live a tight life within a year.

In the event of war, the people on the border of the Fire Nation will also migrate, and will not return until the war is over.

In such a comparison, Tsunade felt that the civilians of the Fire Country were really humble enough.

The most important thing is that every town in the country of ghosts has completed such a sound system, and it is not limited to a few large cities.

Tsunade noticed this problem early on.

But there is no way about it either.

Because if you want to make the country of ghosts like this, the amount of money needed is astronomical.

First of all, civilians can't afford to pay for it, and Shinobi Village needs to develop its military strength, and it is impossible to invest money in the development of people's livelihood throughout the country.

That could only be taken from the money bags of the daimyo and nobles, as well as the big merchants.

"What are you saying to me?"

Tsunade was a little irritable, she didn't know what Shiraishi was planning to say to her.

"Is the one country, one village system really correct? What did the establishment of this system by the first Hokage bring to this ninja world? ”

Shiraishi still didn't give an affirmative answer, but his eyes were fixed on Tsunade, and his sharp gaze pierced at her, asking this very sharp question.