Naturally, Iwa Shinobi's escape route would not only be towards the Land of Thunder, in fact, other small countries were their primary targets.

But those countries didn't want to offend the Sand Hidden City because of their geographical location, so they didn't open their doors to them, and they could only take some gray channels.

The news also spread rapidly with these lost dogs, and Konoha, who is located in the center of the continent, naturally got the news quickly.

In the Hokage's office, Danzo held his pipe in his hand, swallowing clouds and spitting smoke, and the room was already shrouded in smoke.

He has not been a Hokage for a long time, but his face has aged a lot, and he is not as energetic as he was when he succeeded to the throne.

Danzou put the pipe on the table, and after becoming the Hokage, he also understood why Sarutobi liked to hold a pipe so much.

Sad~

The village is full of intrigue and strong enemies from outside.

The most important thing is that the people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.

Tuan Zang pinched his eyebrows, and it was impossible to say in his heart that there were no regrets.

If he hadn't chosen to pursue the Uchiha in the first place, would it have been like this?

After giving in, the families not only did not accept the good things, but became more greedy, began to crave more wealth and land, and even wanted to further meddle in the management of the village.

If you really want to do what they want, then you have been planning for many years, and you don't hesitate to risk betraying the village to get the position of Hokage, and you won't work for nothing?

But if he had turned back the clock, he would probably have given that order, but he would have been more prepared.

Just then, there was a knock at the door:

"Hokage-sama, advisors, and family heads are already waiting in the conference room."

Danzou nodded, stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling mirror, looked at the Hokage robe on his body, pursed his lips, and opened the door.

The conference room, at this time, the long tables and chairs were already full of people, but no one spoke, most of them lowered their heads, thinking about the affairs of the family and the village, occasionally looking up at the old man sitting next to the first person, and quickly looked away.

Sarutobi, the longest-reigning Hokage, returned home to recuperate after recuperating in the hospital, seemingly wanting to get away from the whirlpool of power in the village and be at ease an old man who would enjoy the rest of his life.

However, when the pursuit of the Uchiha failed, the old man quickly rejoined the village's decision-making as an advisor, and with the support of Inokadie and the rest of his supporters, it caused a lot of trouble for Danzou.

Konoha also gradually polarized from the original sun in this strange atmosphere.

Click-

The sound of the doorknob turning sounded, and Tuan Zang walked in as usual, nodded lightly to everyone, and sat down on the top seat.

"You've all heard about it, right?"

Danzo's gaze swept over everyone's faces, paused slightly at Sarutobi Hiza, and continued: "Sand Shinobi has annexed Iwakuin Village, and the specific details will be handed over to you later by Terai to sort out the information, and now, we have to think about how to deal with this powerful neighbor." ”

Hoshino Maki's troops headed for the country of birds, and Konoha's spies sent the news to the village as soon as possible, and Konoha quickly sent a large number of dark reconnaissance to the southwest border, so the news they got was much ahead of other ninja villages in terms of time and detail.

It's just that Tuan Zang didn't take out this information for the first time to discuss it with everyone.

If he had known the news before it happened, he would definitely have ruined Hoshino Maki's plans, but it had already happened, so he had to find a way to make things go in his favor.

"Hokage, we already know about the matter, but it's too early to discuss it now, Sand Shinobi may become a threat to us in the future, but now Cloud Shinobi is the big problem. If Yun Ren is not solved for a day, the east will not be peaceful for a day. ”

Mito Menyan said in a deep voice.

As a consultant, he naturally got the information first, but it was because of this that he made this seemingly short-sighted decision.

The reason is simple, the Hokage can't do anything now, even if he knows about the threat of the sand shinobi.

Sending troops to the country of winds?

Forbidding merchants from the Land of the Wind to do business in Konoha?

Or tear up the previously made treaty to test Hoshino Maki's bottom line?

Except for the last point, which is a slight possibility, the first two points only exist in fantasy worlds.

The former Fire Nation could do it, but there was no need for an army in that desolate land.

Now that half of Konoha is still in the whirlpool of war and has not been pulled out, how can it be possible to send troops?

And the merchants are even more unlikely, although Danzo found that the merchants of the Wind Country accounted for an increasing proportion of Konoha commerce, and began to support local merchants and restrict the merchants of the Wind Country, but it is undeniable that the high-quality and cheap goods of the Wind Country are gradually eroding the local market.

Although the villagers love the village, when their wallets get more and more depleted, they still choose the goods engraved with the sand ninja logo.

In this case, the war with Yun Shinobi can be resolved as soon as possible, so that the village can completely recuperate, and then use Konoha's geographical advantages and resources to quickly recover its vitality, and then Sand Shinobi may not be able to become a climate.

The country of wind and the country of earth have the largest territorial area, occupying almost one-third of the territory of this continent, but these two lands are barren, and they may not be as rich as a quarter of Konoha together, so the development speed will not be as fast as Konoha, as long as Konoha gets rid of the war, it will soon become the first ninja village that stands out from the crowd again.

Mito Menyan, as the person who assisted Ape Fei Hi to take the position at the time of crisis in the village, naturally knew the truth that 'the one who had the last laugh was the winner', so he still wanted to solve Yun Shinobi first.

"Mitomon, Yun Shinobi is our henchman, but we can't watch that kid from Hoshino Maki go so well."

Zhuan Xiaochun whispered in a somewhat incredulous tone: "Annexation of Iwa Shinobi~ If it weren't for the news of the dark department, I would definitely think it was a joke." ”

As contemporaries, no one knows better than them how powerful Onoki is, and such a character was forced by Hoshino Maki to end his life in such a humiliating way as suicide.

In Koharu's heart, Hoshino Mu's threat can already be on a par with the three generations of Thunder Shadow, or even slightly higher.

After all, Thunder Shadow is only powerful, but his mind is not as much as Hoshino Mu.

Although Koharu's words were slight, all the ninjas present were powerful, so they naturally heard it clearly, and they all fell silent.

Although they had been shocked once when they first heard the news, it was still a little unreal to listen to it now, and perhaps only when they opened their eyes now and saw that it was the ceiling of the bedroom would they breathe a sigh of relief.

"We need more information about Sand Hidden City, and by the way, make some trouble for Hoshino Maki."

Sitting in the position second only to the advisor, Hinata Hinata crossed his arms around his chest and said in a deep voice.

Uchiha fights, and he can be said to have lost face.

The two bloodline boundary families that have been advocated all the time now seem to be clearly Uchiha and the other families.

Hinata Hinata didn't hear anyone talking about him in private, but he always felt that someone was talking about him behind his back.

And as soon as he thought of it, the memory of that night would automatically come to mind, and the god-like giant would kill himself in one move, and that short second would be his greatest humiliation to date.

If he is given another chance. Then he'll hide faster.

After all, that power was simply unstoppable, and with his current strength, he couldn't think of any effective way to crack it.

And the source of all this, Hoshino Maki will definitely not be able to escape.

Now that the ninja villages of the Uchiha clan have been built, many things can't be hidden at all.

If it weren't for his backing, how could the Uchiha clan have the courage to betray the village?

Hinata Hinataku naturally hates Hoshino Mu to the core, and his words are also recognized by everyone.

Hoshino Maki may have had the most contact with them among the five ninja villages, so he is still very afraid of this hypocritical imp wearing a smile mask.

Now that he's done this kind of big thing of swallowing rock ninja, he has to find something to do for him no matter what.

Having said that, they just need to unify their opinions, and leave the specific implementation to the people below, and there are more important things to discuss.

Yamanaka Haiichi was the first to speak: "Yun Shinobi's side, it's better to take a truce for the time being, the weather is gradually getting colder, and the other party should agree." ”

Danzou glanced at the ape, whose face was as calm as water, and did not speak, waiting for the others to express their opinions.

This time, there were few voices of opposition, and they did not continue to insist on it soon.

First, with the previous unequal treaty with the Sand Ninja as the foundation, there was this matter in the past, and it is not unacceptable to give up some benefits to the peace talks with the Yun Ninja now.

The second is that without the Uchiha clan charging into battle, the major families have a new understanding of the strength and resilience of Yun Shinobi.

No one wants to fight with these hob meat anymore.

It's not that the Konoha ninja is cowardly, but counting the misty ninja who fights soy sauce, Konoha has already fought with the four major ninja villages and suffered heavy losses.

They have already started to build a third cemetery, there is a gap in talent, and the major families are a lot deserted, and if they continue to fight, no one will be able to hold on to any more resources, let alone any revival.

This was adopted by everyone by default in a silence.

"In that case, then I'll be in charge of negotiating with Yun Ren."

Nara Shikaku, who had been silent since the meeting, suddenly spoke at this time.

Tuan Zang glanced at the head of the oil girl's family, the other party understood, and said with a pleasant face: "Yun Ren knows the roots of the two sides over there, and there won't be too many fluctuations in negotiations, just let others go." But on the side of the sand ninja, Hoshino Mu is scheming, and he still needs a lot of thought from a wise man like Shikaku. ”

Tuan Zang has been operating in the village for so long, and now he has become the Hokage, so he has naturally attracted some supporters, and the Oil Girl's family is naturally one of his most important gains.

As the two major scout families in the village alongside the Inuzuka family, they have an excellent relationship with the dark department, and after the Inuzuka family tends to support Sarutobi, the attitude of the oil girl family is very crucial.

Lu Jiu frowned and said, "But Yun Ren is the center of gravity of the village at present, if Yun Ren realizes our urgency and deliberately lengthens the negotiation time, it will not be a good thing for us." And Hoshino Maki still has a lot of internal problems to deal with, but he is not in a hurry. ”

"Our goal is a ceasefire, and it's okay for the negotiations to drag on for a little longer. As you said, Hoshino Maki has a lot of problems, and this is a good time for us to do things. When we finish dealing with Yun Shinobi's affairs, I'm afraid Hoshino Mu won't give us a chance~"

Lu Jiu pursed his lips and looked at Yamanaka Haiichi, when Yamanaka Hai nodded and was about to speak, he heard Tuan Zang speak: "Let the oil female patriarch be responsible for the affairs of Yun Ren, he is mature and steady, and there will be no trouble, and the sand ninja is cunning and needs a shrewd person to be in charge, and Lu Jiu is just right." ”

As he spoke, Tuan Zang turned his head towards Ape Fei Ri: "Ape Fei, what do you think?" ”

Ape Fei Ri Slash was wearing a white robe, without the heroism of the past, he looked a little older than before, his eyelids closed slightly, and he was silent for a moment and said: "I recognize Lu Jiu's ability, and the head of the oil girl family can also be competent, I have nothing to say." ”

Tuan Zang stared at the other party's eyes for a few seconds, and turned his head casually: "Since this is the case, it has been decided, and we will gather everyone when there is more news, and the reconstruction of the village during this period cannot be relaxed." ”

Sarutobi's face never changed, even when he walked out of the Hokage Building.

He still lives in the Hokage Mansion, and Danzou hasn't let him move out.

One is that I am so anxious during this time that I don't have time to take care of these things; Second, with the acquiescence of the four generations of Hokage, it is indeed not easy for him to find a name.

The matter of the Hokage's Mansion continued tacitly.

Soon after Sarutobi returned to the mansion, the figure of Nara Shikaku appeared in the meeting room.

"Sarufei-sama."

Nara Shikaku saluted respectfully.

"Lu Jiu, sit down."

Ape Fei Ri raised his hand towards the coffee table not far away.

After Lu Jiu sat down, his body straightened up, and he said, "Things are going according to our expectations, but my lord, Sand Shinobi is a hard bone, and it may not be easy for us to be in charge of this side." ”

Sarutobi took out a pipe from his sleeve, lit the tobacco, took a puff, spit out a wisp of smoke, and said: "Lujiu, Hoshino Mu gives me a very bad feeling, he is like a poisonous snake that has been watching Konoha, like a leech lying on the big tree of Konoha to suck blood. I sometimes feel like he knows everything about Konoha, but we don't know anything about him. ”

Ape Feiri paused and continued: "Naturally, this is to help Tuan Zang share the pressure, but you have to remember that we are not the same as Tuan Zang. If Hoshino Mu is allowed to develop like this, even if Danzo is brought down, we will only have more headaches in the face of a powerful neighbor and Yun Shinobi who are full of malice. We need a chance to get rid of Maki Hoshino. ”

Nara Lujiu smiled bitterly: "My lord, I understand, but Sand Hidden City is indeed impermeable, and it is difficult for our people to penetrate it, let alone get close to Hoshino Mu, even if he does, I don't know if he is a puppet."

As he spoke, looking up at Sarutobi's old but resolute face, Nara Shikahisa pursed his lips and said softly, "Maybe you can add some merchants from the Fire Country as a cover, and then look for opportunities from them." ”

Hearing this, Ape Feiri nodded, his eyes a little obscure

(End of chapter)