"Hokage-sama, we just received a letter for help from the Land of Frost."

In the Hokage's office, a slender female suddenly appeared in the shadows, presented a sealed letter to Bo Feng Shuimon, who was browsing the predetermined terms of the new round of agreement signed between Konoha and Kirigaku, and said in a deep voice:

"According to the intelligence officer who received the letter, there have been some abnormal changes in the situation in the Land of Frost recently, because there is no time for this village to take care of other things, and no one has been sent to investigate for the time being, and the client of this letter is a businessman of the Fire Country who has cooperated with Konoha Hidden Village many times, he judged that there may be some connection between the two, so he worked overtime to send someone to this village, I hope you will see it for yourself."

"Frost Country?"

Bo Feng Shuimen put down the proposed terms that he had read most of the time in his hand, took the letter from the hand of the female dark department, opened it and carefully browsed it, Bo Feng Shuimen's originally stretched brows suddenly twisted into a serious and old-fashioned "Chuan" shape.

He turned his head and handed the letter of request for help to Nara Shikahisa beside him, motioned for the other party to take a look as well, and then turned his head to look at Jiraiya, who had come to see the result because he heard that the negotiations were about to end, and said in a solemn tone:

"Jiraiya-sensei, did you tell me before that in the next period of time, although the Land of Thunder and the Land Country will not launch another large-scale war against us, they will use some other means to sanction the Land of Fire and Konoha and restrain our recovery speed?"

"It was Nagato who talked to me about this when he left Konoha."

Zilai also heard the over-the-top voice of Bo Feng Shuimen, and his expression couldn't help but be stunned, and then he immediately asked:

"What's the matter, could it be that the people of Yunyin have already started to work on the side of the Frost Country?"

"The letter doesn't mention Yun Yin, but it says that a group of powerful wandering ninjas of unknown origin attacked their caravan and killed all the Konoha ninjas who were supposed to escort the convoy back to the Fire Country. Then the Land of Frost didn't know what was wrong recently, and some discordant voices began to appear inside, and they were worried that without the ninja guard, they might not be able to transport the caravan's cargo back to the Land of Fire intact, so they hoped that we could send a group of ninjas to meet them. ”

Bo Fengshuimen shook his head, and simply repeated the content of the letter asking for help to Jiraiya, and after listening to the content of the letter, Jiraiya couldn't help frowning, biting his fingers and saying:

"Wandering ninjas who suddenly appeared? That's a good excuse...... It can be a real wandering ninja or a traitorous ninja, or a member of the disappearing 'root' organization, or even a ninja from Yunyin Village who has removed their forehead, but as long as we can't find the corresponding evidence, they must be wandering ninjas. ”

"Not only that, but the letter also mentions that there are several other Fire Country caravans that are trapped in the Land of Frost in a dilemma like them, but their scale is relatively small, unlike this large caravan that sent out a request for help, and has the ability to directly contact Konoha."

Nara Shikahisa put down the letter of help in his hand, with a serious and thoughtful expression:

"The Land of Frost is a country that the merchants of the Land of Fire will inevitably pass through when they travel to the north, and the goods of all large and small countries in the north can basically be traded within the territory of the Land of Frost...... If this country is in chaos, it will still have a great impact on the merchants of the Fire Country. ”

"Then Lu Jiu, do you think there is anything to do with the changes in the Frost Country and Yun Yin?" Bo Feng Shuimen pointed against each other, and he seriously asked his advisor for advice.

"If it's at another point in time, I might judge it as an internal problem in the Frost Country, after all, their ninja village has been suppressed by Konoha and Yunyin's business all the year round, and its strength has not been able to develop, if it encounters something like the change of the Daimyo of the Frost Country, maybe they will come out to do something and fight for a greater voice for themselves......

Nara Lujiu stretched out his hands, with a helpless expression of "I'm not a fool either":

"But if this kind of thing happens in the current situation, I will never believe that there is no shadow of Yun Yin in it."

"In other words, Yun Yin has already started to fight for the ninja village of the Frost Country, trying to draw them over to his side, right?" Bo Feng Shuimen groaned and simply wrote a few words on the white paper in front of him with a pen, "If you pay the price, you will use the commission that Konoha can't take for the time being?" ”

"Quite possibly."

Nara Shikaku sighed, and looked at the agreement on the table with a complicated mood in which he had participated in the whole negotiation, "It seems that it is not just a behemoth like Kishiin that is eyeing the mission resources that our Konoha has mastered......."

"In that case, it's possible that a small ninja village like the Grass Ninja Village will be co-opted by the trend?"

"Although it is said that among the resources snatched from Konoha's side, Iwakuin and Yunyin will definitely take the lion's share, but the rest should also be able to make the ninja villages of these small countries have a good meal."

Jilai also touched his white hair, and said half-helplessly and half-happily:

"The number of ninjas who can still go out on missions in Konoha has dropped to less than a third of what they were before the attack, and that big piece of cake is definitely enough to make those small ninja villages that are caught between us and other big countries struggling to survive go crazy...... Luckily, the Land of Rain is now the base of Akatsuki, not the village of Rain Hidden in Hanzo, otherwise they wouldn't mind another war against us. ”

"'Xiao'......" At the mention of this name, Bo Feng Shuimon's expression was also slightly soothed, he looked at the map hanging in the Hokage's office, and said with a wry smile: "If they are there, at least the Grass Ninja Village will not dare to start a war against us, and if Sand and Iwakure want to fight across borders, they must also have some scruples about Nagato's strength......"

"Shagakure is more than just a scruple," Jiraiya smiled and said with a little pride, "In the eyes of the four generations of Kazekage, Nagato's deterrent power is probably not much worse than Kaguya's...... If he's there, it's easy for the sand to talk a lot. ”

"In other words, Sha Yin's position is the worst and worst, and it is only neutral, and it will not fall to the side of Iwain and Yunyin?" Nara Shikahisa asked with some surprise.

"Probably right? After all, they don't have that much strength to compete for hegemony in the ninja world, and there are also quite a few contradictions between them and the 'root' organization, as long as neither side takes the initiative to wage war against them, maintaining neutrality should be their long-term strategic choice. ”

Jiraiya's answer made Nara Shika Ku'an feel at ease, but when he saw the ninja map in the Hokage's office, he couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"If Iwakure and Yunyin really intend to suppress Konoha in this way, then we really got a pact from Mist Cakure...... That Mizukage-sama had already expected all of this? ”

"I guess so."

Bo Feng Shuimen took a deep breath and said in a firm tone, "However, Konoha is not a village that can be defeated so easily...... The life-and-death war that swept the ninja world was not able to defeat us, how could Konoha pass down the will of fire from generation to generation be so easily suppressed by foreign enemies and the temptation of 'allies'? ”

"Well, Mizumon is right, Konoha's will of fire is not something that can be changed so easily."

Zilai also looked at the resolute Bo Feng Shuimen, and smiled with satisfaction and agreed.