Leaving Mt. Myoki and returning to the Land of Oni was two days later.

Although the stay at Mt. Myoki was less than a week, it was enough for Shiraishi to understand the place beyond the temple that served the Great Toad Immortals.

The number of large toads, medium-sized toads, and adult-sized toads in Myoki Mountain is also basically understood.

Although the strength of these toads is not necessarily indicative of the strength of these toads by their size, in most cases, the strength of the toads in Myoki Mountain can be roughly judged from the volume - the stronger the toad, the larger the volume.

Shiraishi also compared the strength of these toads according to their size and the energy contained in their bodies, and the strength of the ninja - that is, the strength of these toads was distinguished according to the standard lower ninja, middle ninja, and upper ninja.

However, even in the Holy Land that has been inherited for thousands of years, Shiraishi also senses that the toads that can freely control immortal arts are only a very small part.

Most of them are through refining natural energy, and initially fusing with the chakra in the body, resulting in a relatively inferior immortal chakra.

It's all about your qualifications.

Because the natural energy is too powerful, in order to form an immortal chakra with the neutralization, the practitioner must have a powerful and incomparable chakra.

Otherwise, once the immortal chakra is refined, there is an uncontrollable risk, ranging from crippled to dead.

That's about what Shiraishi expected.

The ninjas who cultivated natural energy in the country of ghosts were almost in the same situation.

Limited by the amount of chakra itself, it is difficult to fuse natural energy and immortal chakra. Even if it is barely fused, the purity of the Immortal Chakra is very low.

The toad in Miaomu Mountain is also in a similar situation, the toad that freely controls the immortal chakra, there are only a very few elites such as the big toad immortal, the two elders, and the Iwasuki big toad who guards the gate of Miaomu Mountain.

The rest of the toads either used the lower purity of the immortal chakra, or they strengthened their flesh with a huge amount of natural energy. That being said, it's enough for the white stone to hurt.

A large toad, placed on the battlefield, is a sharp weapon to strangle the enemy. The reason why the three ninjas were so famous on the battlefield in the past can be said that the large psychic beasts are the powerful capital of their rampant operations.

plus a big toad immortal who doesn't know the depth......

This war is not easy to fight.

……

"Is this what the investigation turned out to be?"

In the conference room, Ruri and Ayane sat on the sofa to read the statistics made by Shiraishi.

After scanning it, both of them frowned in unison, obviously surprised by the data obtained by Shiraishi's investigation.

It's not because Myoki Mountain is too weak, but because it's too strong!

There are more than a dozen large and giant toads of various types.

Medium-sized toads, adult-sized toads, and even more numerous.

This is just the power of Myoki Mountain on the surface.

According to Shiraishi, the toad guards who guard the big toad immortals in the temple are all the most elite toads in Myoki Mountain. As for whether there is any hidden combat power in the temple in addition to these guards, it is not yet known.

Even if the power is revealed, even if it is forcibly attacked by the ninja village of a large country, I am afraid that it will not be able to get any benefit.

"According to the results of the previous ninja world wars, the destructive power caused by a large psychic beast is equivalent to the sum of several to a dozen regular ninjas. Without a corresponding psychic animal, it is difficult to block its movements. ”

Ayane tells what she knows.

Regarding the data on the combat power of large psychic beasts on the battlefield, in fact, each ninja village has conducted detailed statistics.

It can be said that all the big ninja villages have the experience of ninjas and large psychic beasts, so they know very well how gorgeous these psychic beasts are on the battlefield.

However, there is also an absolute gap between large psychic beasts and large psychic beasts.

For example, in the three holy places, there is a difference in quality between the ordinary large psychic beasts that have cultivated chakra and the large psychic beasts in the holy land.

Even if the volume is the same size, the final result must be that the psychic beasts in the Holy Land are stronger!

"If it's just a few, you can also take a strong attack to make them ineffective at the first time. But a dozen, or even more, can make things cumbersome once they react...... Are you sure you read that right? ”

Ruri's gaze swept towards Shiraishi.

"A strong and strong soul aura will not deceive me. Putting aside the two immortals, the big toad in Yansu gives me the feeling that it is not a simple thing. Maybe it's even trickier than the two immortals. ”

Shiraishi nodded.

He is different from ordinary perceptual ninjas, he judges the number of enemies from the soul level.

Unless it's a corpse without a soul, there's no way to get around his perception.

"In this way, if there is a war, you will have to deal with a dozen or more large psychic beasts at the same time. But the most important thing is to deal with the leader of Miaomu Mountain, can its strength be figured out? ”

Ruri asked again.

"In terms of soul alone, it's stronger than Madara Uchiha that the three of us dealt with at the beginning......"

Shiraishi had to tell Ruri this regrettable and headache news.

"But it's getting old, isn't it?"

Ayane asked rhetorically.

"At the beginning, what we dealt with was only the aging period, and the strength was not in its heyday. Even then, it's quite tricky. ”

Ruri replied instead of Shiraishi.

"That is, stronger than Madara?"

“……”

For this question, Shiraishi chose to remain silent, closed his eyes and sighed.

I don't want to attack myself, but facing up to the enemy's power is also a way to protect myself.

If he exerts all his strength, Shiraishi is confident that he can eat Myoki Mountain at once.

But the reality is ...... It is impossible for the country of ghosts to concentrate all its forces on Mt. Myoki.

The movements of Konoha and Sand Hidden are also under consideration.

In the same way, the same is true of the neutral Iwakuin and Yunyin. If these two villages see the weakness of the Oni Country, they may turn from neutrality to hostility at any time.

"You have a way, right?"

Ruri asked.

Bai Shi opened his eyes and said, "It's not a solution, as long as you can get a strong reinforcement." If one person can't eat, find another person to help. ”

Although the results of the battle after the victory will be distributed, and it is impossible for one person to swallow it alone, it is necessary to eliminate the threat of Myokisan as soon as possible and prevent him from causing trouble at a critical moment.

"Fog Hidden Village?"

Ayane tilted her head.

"No, the relationship between Yakura and us can't be made public yet, after all, I don't dare to guarantee the total annihilation of all the toads, once the news is revealed, then, the final stage of the plan...... So, I wanted to find Nagato to work with. ”

Shiraishi spoke his inner thoughts.

Ruri and Ayane glanced at each other, then turned their heads and lowered their heads, seriously considering the pros and cons.

"What are you going to use to induce him to make a move?"

Ruri asked.

In the past, in the past with Nagato, the country of ghosts was dominant, and it was possible to benefit from Nagato.

But this time the situation has changed, because they have a request for Nagato, so if they don't pay a certain price, Nagato won't be kind enough to solve this trouble for the country of ghosts.

"You have to talk to him about it before you know it, and I don't even count if I say it. Therefore, a high-level meeting will be held tomorrow to inform all ministries to get ready. ”

The war with Myoki Mountain is not a trivial matter.

Although it will not be the survival of the Oni Country, if this war is lost, the Oni Country will definitely fall into a passive situation, and it will promote the formation of a united front between Myoki Mountain and Konoha sooner.

Once the two are completely fused, and the war is quickly going on, things get incredibly tricky.

You only have one chance, and you have to take it.

Until then, what Shiraishi has to do is to strengthen the defense of the Oni Country. Once the battle is lost, it will not make the country of ghosts fall into complete passivity.

Seek defeat before fighting, and prepare for the worst in everything.

"Before the Chinese New Year, this matter must be determined and the entire war process must be planned!"

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The ruined city is falling with snowflakes.

The streets are empty, but there are footprints.

The footprints are not left by humans, but by cats.

There are cat footprints everywhere in this snow-covered street, and you can see all kinds of cats chasing and playing in the streets, as if it were a country of cats.

At the bottom of the city is a huge space that has been artificially carved out.

The roads are crisscrossed by cables, and you can see the TV set showing the show at all times, and in front of the TV set, a group of cats of all sizes are squatting.

In the room in front of the door where the beckoning cat is placed, Ruri is standing in front of an old woman with a cat face and black cat ears.

"It's been a long time, Granny Cat, your body still looks as healthy as ever."

Granny Cat took a puff of cigarette with her pipe, and spat out the smoke ring from her mouth, and her wrinkled face was inlaid with a pair of extremely bright eyes.

"What a faux pas, are you wishing I was dead, Ruri?"

Granny Cat coughed lightly.

"Doesn't you look healthy without that? There are at least a dozen years to live. ”

“…… No, I think I have at least a few decades to live, old woman...... But you're a busy person right now, how do you remember to be here at such a time? Are you here to find a feather fire? ”

Granny Cat asked.

"There is such a thing, but the next thing that the Oni Country has to deal with is a trouble, and I need the strength of the ninja cat clan."

"So you're stopping by to visit me?"

"Hmm."

"......" Granny Cat didn't know what to say, so she continued to smoke a cigarette depressedly and said, "With your strength, do you also need the help of the ninja cat clan?" ”

Although the power of the ninja cat clan has indeed grown a lot over the years, she feels that with the strength of the glass, she can solve most of the troubles by herself.

"It's a bit tricky this time."

"Who's the opponent?"

"Myoki Mountain."

The sound of a pipe falling to the ground.

The air in the room immediately froze.

The cat mother kept a smoking gesture, her expression and movements were frozen, and she looked at Liuli blankly.

It took a long time for her to react and pick up the fallen pipe from the ground.

"It turned out to be Mt. Myoki...... Wait, you said Myoki Mountain? Are you going to deal with Myoki Mountain? ”

"Yes."

Unlike the cat mother-in-law who was so shocked that her words were confused, Ruri nodded directly.

The cat mother fell silent, seemed to have thought of something, looked at Ruri's eyes seriously, and asked, "Is it because of the three ninjas?" ”

You must know that her family has been friendly with the Uchiha clan since ancient times, and it also has an inseparable connection with the ninja cat clan.

It can be said that her family and the ninja cat clan are the logistics staff of the Uchiha clan.

Weapons, food, medicines, including intelligence...... All these years, they are the ones who are providing. There's only one thing the Uchiha clan needs to do - and that's fighting!

Although the Uchiha clan has also begun to grow over the years, they still act as the eyes of the Uchiha clan, keeping an eye on the situation in the ninja world.

Whether it's a casino, a hotel, a Fugetsu place, or a darker place in the ninja world, there are 'eyes'.

In this case, the kind of remarks that are not conducive to the country of ghosts promoted by the three ninja Jiraiya are naturally impossible to hide from the ninja cat clan.

And the root cause lies in the prophecy of Myoki Mountain.

"There is part of the reason, but prophecy is prophecy, as long as you don't take actual action, then you won't start a war with Myoki Mountain. But now Myokiyama has abandoned his neutral stance and is secretly moving closer to Konoha ...... It's the same as the ninja cat clan who took refuge in the Uchiha clan. ”

"I didn't expect that the holy land, which has always been neutral, would ......"

Granny Cat was shocked by this kind of thing.

Although the psychic beast family collectively defected to a certain human force, this kind of thing is not uncommon, such as the ninja cat clan, which will always fight for the Uchiha clan until the blood of the Uchiha clan is exhausted.

But this is not the case with the Holy Land.

Their status in the world of psychic beasts is equivalent to that of the great powers of the human world. The background and strength are on par with those of a big country.

Once these holy sites begin to favor a particular power, it will cause the balance of human power to be upset.

"Nothing is impossible, Myoki Mountain has made its choice, and we need to act accordingly. Isn't that what war is all about? ”

"But ...... to go to war with a holy place"

Granny Cat's expression was grim.

"That's why we need the strength of the ninja cat clan to contain part of the forces of Miaomu Mountain."

"Looks like you've made up your mind. I see, I'll help with these things. ”

Although Granny Cat is nervous about starting a war with Mt. Myoki, since this is the will of the current patriarch of the Uchiha clan, they only need to do everything they can to assist as an ally. I dare not say that it played a key role in this war, but at least we must not pull it back.

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you, Granny Cat. I'm going to find Yuhuo. ”

Liuli bowed slightly, turned to leave.

After Ruri left, Granny Cat put down the pipe in her hand and exhaled deeply.

"Now is not the time to be leisurely, go and call all the cadres in charge, it seems that the sky will change again soon......"

Hearing the words of the cat mother-in-law, the three-color cat nestled beside me meowed, and quietly melted into the shadows with elegant steps.

At this point, the machine of the ninja cat family also began to run at high speed.

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Draped in a black raincoat.

Two figures, one tall and one short, stood in the wind and rain.

Yuyin Village is surrounded by inland seas on all sides, and the water is surging, and under the torrential rain, it is even more rolling up continuous waves, surging forward layer by layer.

The road to Yuyin Village is only a bridge that crosses the inland sea.

Most of the buildings in Yuyin Village are tall and sharp, like spikes, breaking through the blockade of the sky and standing tall in the wind and rain.

From a distance, the lights used to illuminate the village also looked extremely cold in this weather.

"Is this Yuyin Village?"

Kazuhime stretched her palm out of the cuff of her raincoat, and the cold rain gathered on her fingertips.

Because it's winter now, the rain in the Land of Rain is extremely cold, piercing the bone marrow.

The bridge leading to Yuyin Village is also wet, and there is no place that has not been eroded by rain.

This kind of abnormal weather is comparable to that of countries such as the Land of Snow and the Land of Iron.

"Let's go."

Passing the review of the rain hidden ninja at the intersection is equivalent to going through a process, and after Shiraishi stuffed the passage documents into his pocket, he said a word to Kazuhime.

"Got it."

Kazuhime lowered his arm and quickly followed Shiraishi's footsteps, walking towards the interior of Yuyin Village.

It's been a few days since the high-level meeting of the Oni Country. Not only that, but at the same time as the high-level meeting was going on, Shiraishi also sent a secret letter to Yuyin Village through the diplomatic department of the Oni Country, asking for cooperation.

Taking into account the positions of the rest of the countries, the country of ghosts could not swallow the entire Myoki Mountain with the power of one person.

Therefore, there was a trip to Yuyin Village this time to seek military cooperation.

Entering the interior of Yuyin Village, Yiji looked at the environment of Yuyin Village curiously.

It's a little better than expected, and it's not as dilapidated as it is rumored.

Although many buildings do have aging problems, there are obvious signs of repair, and many buildings are newly built.

In addition, it seems that electronic products from the Oni no Kuni have also been introduced here, and many places have begun to hang up advertising screens to promote products.

Occasionally passing by the store, you can also see the owner sitting in front of the TV, watching TV with relish.

The villagers and ninjas in the streets are draped in raincoats, but not in a hurry. Judging by their plump complexions, life is quite good.

However, there is one thing that Yiji cares about, that is, under the eaves of many houses, there is a kind of sunny day doll made of paper...... Even though it was constantly blown by the wind and rain, there was no trace of wetness at all. The pieces of paper are also mixed with chakra, which is imperceptible to ordinary people.

"Think of pieces of paper as ninjutsu...... It's really rare. ”

Although surprised, Kazuhime was not too surprised.

After Chakra's treatment, even hair can be reduced to a type of ninjutsu, and compared to this, it doesn't seem too surprising to control paper combat.

"It's a monitor, just like this rain."

Shiraishi said lightly.

It's not just these paper-made sunny dolls, but the rain that falls over Yuyin Village is different from the rain in the rest of the rain country.

This is caused by ninjutsu, and it is mixed with Nagato's chakra.

As soon as this rain touches the skin, Nagato will immediately sense it. Then Nagato will determine whether it is from Yuyin Village based on the chakra breath that is fed back.

Moreover, Baishi heard that Yuyin Village is only sunny for a few days a month, and the rest of the days will be covered by rain twenty-four hours a day, or does it cover such a large area...... From the point of view of chakra, it is not something that ordinary ninjas can do.

If this cooperation can be successful, it should not be difficult to take down Miaomu Mountain.

Coming to a core area where there are no villagers and idle rain ninja wandering, it is the tallest tower in Yuyin Village.

From the entrance to the tower, Shiraishi saw a woman with short blue hair standing in the rain.

Wearing a coat with red clouds on a black background, and a blue flower on top of his blue hair, like those sunny day dolls, it is made of pieces of paper.

Even if it gets wet, it won't get wet.

Xiao Nan glanced at Shiraishi and Yihime's faces, and his voice was as cold as frost: "Nagato is waiting for you, come with me." ”

After speaking, without waiting for any reaction from the two, they turned and entered the inside of the tower.

Shiraishi and Ichihime didn't care about each other's cold attitude, and followed in, taking off their raincoats and putting them on the shelves on the side, and coming back to get them when they were ready to leave.

Because there are no lifting tools inside the tower, you can only walk up the stairs step by step.

But whether it was Xiao Nan, who was leading the way in front, or Shiraishi and Yihime, who were following behind, they were not impatient at all, and maintained their usual faces, and only the sound of three people walking was left in the stairwell, which made this space very quiet.

Arriving at the top floor of the tower, Xiao Nan came to a door and stopped, twisted the doorknob, and opened the door.

Waiting until Shiraishi and Ichihime entered the door, Xiao Nan followed in and closed the door tightly.

The room was furnished with a round table and a number of chairs.

On the opposite side of the round table, Nagato with long red hair sits.

The pair of emotionless reincarnation eyes, exuding a cold metallic luster, clearly reflected in the eyes of Shiraishi and Ichihime.

Unlike Shiraishi, who has a calm expression, Kazuhime is a reincarnated eye that stares at Nagato curiously.

"You may be seated, Mr. Shiraishi. The humble house is shabby, please forgive me. ”

"Where. I took the liberty to visit, but it was my side that was abrupt. ”

Shiraishi smiled and sat down across from him.

Kazuhime stood behind Shiraishi, her eyes vaguely scanning her surroundings.

Xiao Nan walked behind Nagato and stood still, with an expressionless face, giving people a cold feeling.

So, let's get straight to the point. In a letter sent to me the other day, Mr. Shiraishi said that there was an important matter for me to work with, and I was curious about what it was. Now there are no outsiders here, so to speak. ”

After sitting down in Shiraishi, Nagato went straight to the point.

Shiraishi glanced at Nagato, nodded and said, "Then I'm welcome, I want to seek the assistance of Yuyin Village and attack...... Myoki Mountain! ”

Nagato's eyes narrowed, and at the suggestion made by Shiraishi, a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment, and then fell into a wordless silence.

"I want to ask, Miaomu Mountain...... Is it the Miaomu Mountain that inherits the immortal arts? ”

After a long time, Nagato asked again, as if to confirm something.

"I don't think there should be a second Miaomu Mountain in this world."

Hearing Shiraishi's words, Nagato frowned tightly.

Shiraishi continued: "Because we are here to seek cooperation, the conditions for this matter are that we will support a large amount of food in Yuyin Village, and the arms purchased by Yuyin will also be sold at a certain discount. As far as I know, food and arms are still an important shortage in Yuyin Village. ”

And this part of the gap comes from the entire rain country.

Needless to say, Yuyin does not have a relevant industrial base, and most of the weapons that can be produced are cold weapons. The food problem has always been the biggest gap in the country of rain, even if Yuyin is now funded by some domestic businessmen, but it is still difficult to make up for the food gap in a country.

Because the land of the Land of Rain is not suitable for growing grains, homegrown food is very scarce, and many foods need to be purchased from outside, and the food produced in the country is simply not enough to meet the needs of the people. This part consumes a lot of money and manpower, but there are still a considerable number of areas that are difficult to benefit.

"In the same way, take down Miaomu Mountain, and dispose of all the spoils there in half on both sides, including the immortal arts...... What do you think, Lord Nagato? ”

Shiraishi throws out these tempting conditions.

Nagato rested his hands on the table and lowered his head slightly to prevent people from seeing his changing expression.

Food, munitions...... The resources of Miaomu Mountain, the immortal ...... Either of these conditions is extremely attractive.

At this moment, Nagato admitted that he was moved.