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Chapter 743 The plan to destroy the Ninja Clan was formulated by Mu Yue

After successfully recruiting Kirigakure, Ōnoki began to contact the Ninja Clan.

Finally, they agreed to meet in the afternoon before the semi-finals.

When the agreed time arrived, the four Kages set out together, disguised themselves and entered the Ninja Clan's office area, and finally went to the conference room of the Ninja Clan's building.

"Since the end of the Third Ninja World War, Konoha's ambitions have expanded greatly, and now it is no longer satisfied with being the largest ninja village.

They want to become the only ninja village in the ninja world and want all ninjas to submit to Konoha."

Ohnoki denounced Konoha's evil ambitions in a deep voice.

"The reason why the Five Kage gathered in Rokudo Castle this time is because Konoha secretly convened the Five Kage Conference in order to eliminate the Ninja Clan, which has the potential to become a top ninja force."

"We really don't want to start another war, so we came here to discuss countermeasures with the Ninja Clan."

Kakuzu touched his chin. He knew that the sudden arrival of so many people from the five major ninja villages must be something bad.

However, he did not directly believe what Ohnoki said. This old guy did not look like a good person.

"If it weren't for this, how could Kirigakure, as an ally of Konoha, stand against Konoha?"

Ōnoki looked at the Third Mizukage and said.

As an ally of Konoha, Kirigakure's words are more convincing.

The Third Mizukage nodded and said:
"The current Hokage of Konoha, Hanyu Muyue, is indeed ambitious. As soon as he came to power, he spent a lot of money to reform the ninja school.

The war is clearly over, but they are still attaching so much importance to increasing the strength of the ninja village. They must be planning to expand their military power."

The Third Mizukage then gave several examples to prove Konoha's ambition and danger.

"Kirigakure has always been a peace-loving village. Even if we are allies, we cannot sit idly by while Konoha attempts to start a war."

The Third Mizukage said with a serious face and a righteous look.

Kakuzu:......

Isn't Kirigakure called the Village of Blood Mist? Why is it becoming peace-loving?

As expected, the position of Shadow is not something that ordinary people can do. If he were to do it, he would not be able to do it.

"I think I understand what you mean. Konoha wants to take advantage of the martial arts conference to unite with you to attack the Ninja Clan, but you don't want to cooperate with Konoha to deal with the Ninja Clan. You want to cooperate with the Ninja Clan to deal with Konoha?"

Kakuzu thought for a moment and concluded.

Luo Sha nodded and replied:
"That's right. If we don't stand on the side of the Ninja Clan today, we may be the target of Konoha's destruction in the future."

Kakuzu wanted to ask something else, but he noticed that Nagato, who was standing behind Sosuke, had a strange expression on his face, as if he was trying hard to look serious.

"Nagato still hasn't adapted to the current status of the Ninja Clan. What about the Kage? Why should he be so reserved?"

Kakuzu shook his head in his heart, thinking that Nagato lacked confidence.

"Tell me how you want to work together."

Mu Yue spoke.

He had expected the Great Ninja Village to backstab him, after all, Kakashi and the others had been so brutal.

The big ninja villages like Iwagakure can tolerate Konoha being stronger than them, but they cannot tolerate Konoha being so strong that it can fight one against three or even four.

But these don’t matter to Mu Yue. As long as the strong men from the five major ninja villages come to Liudao City, it will be enough.

No matter what tricks these big ninja villages want to play, in the end, it will all depend on strength.

Mu Yue, who has grown to this point, already has the ability to make everyone listen to him obediently.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Mu Yue can easily beat the self who had not yet evolved his white eyes when the war just ended.

"Konoha's original plan was to let the Raikage win first place in the martial arts tournament, and then challenge you, Sosuke, to let the Raikage consume your chakra. Then, after the battle, Hanyu Mugetsu immediately seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack and kill you and Nagato on the spot."

Oonoki first recounted their original plan, which aroused some hatred among Konoha.

“I really did a lot of preparation.”

Kakuzu thought about it carefully and found that there was nothing wrong with it. The Third Raikage with powerful combat capabilities consumed the chakra, and then the strongest Mu Yue attacked and killed.

“The current top four are the Raikage, myself, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Nagato.

We can do this. I will still follow the original plan and deliberately lose to the Raikage, and then let Nagato recommend Sarutobi Hiruzen to advance, so that the Raikage will meet Sarutobi Hiruzen in the final.

Since the original plan was to ensure that the Raikage would become number one, Sarutobi Hiruzen would definitely show mercy in the battle.

Then the Raikage can consume Sarutobi Hiruzen's chakra as much as he wants, and then attack again when Sarutobi Hiruzen is weak after the battle."

Ohnoki spoke out his reformulated plan in one breath.

Since the main purpose of the new plan was to weaken Konoha, Ōnoki felt that there was no need to proceed to the challenge of Sosuke, and he could just take action after the finals.

"This plan is fine, no problem."

Mu Yue nodded and agreed.

I have to say that Ohnoki is really insidious. If it weren't for Mu Yue's special identity, Konoha would have been treated like this, and the Ninja World War would have been won in vain. The team would even have suffered a great setback.

A smile appeared on Ohnoki's face, he knew that the Ninja Clan would not refuse.

It’s not because Konoha was blamed, but because of the geographical location, there is a huge hidden conflict between the Ninja Clan and Konoha.

As long as the Ninja Clan takes action against Konoha now, not only can the crisis be resolved, but Konoha's problems can also be solved in advance.

This was a good thing that killed two birds with one stone, and Oonoki couldn't think of any reason why Sosuke would refuse.

After finalizing the specific content of the cooperation, the four Kages quickly left the Ninja Clan building in disguise again.

Nagato watched the four shadows leave, his tense face relaxed and he couldn't help but smile.

For him, who knew Mu Yue’s dual identity, the biggest challenge of this meeting was managing his facial expressions.

After leaving the Ninja Clan building, Oonoki and others did not return directly to their respective hotels, but went to a secluded small hotel to hold another meeting.

"Raikage, when you attack Sarutobi Hiruzen, you must deliberately miss, and don't let Sarutobi Hiruzen get hurt too badly."

Oonoki warned.

"It's true that Konoha is powerful, but the Shinobi Clan also has extraordinary potential. The best outcome is to weaken both at the same time."

"I will."

The Third Raikage folded his arms and nodded.

On the surface, they are joining forces with the Ninja Clan to deal with Konoha, but in fact, this time the four villages are not on any side, they are only on their own side.

If Sosuke showed any flaws, they would take the opportunity to kill him without hesitation.

However, due to the dangerousness of Sosuke, they will not take action against the Ninja Clan unless they can ensure that Sosuke will die.

Except for Sosuke and Nagato, the rest of the Ninja Clan are just potential, while Konoha is really strong and needs more weakening.

……

The next day, the Ninja Clan Semi-Finals Tournament officially began.

However, since the top four ninjas were all extremely powerful, in order not to accidentally hurt the audience and to make it easier for the strong to display their strength, the Ninja Clan did not continue to hold the competition at the venue, but moved it outside the city.

The specific location is at the foot of a mountain near Liudao City.

Ordinary spectators can watch the live broadcast at the original venue or on TV in the Six Paths Castle. Only ninjas who have reached the rank of Jonin can go to the scene to watch the game.

Generally speaking, even a jonin from a small ninja village would not be easily killed by the aftermath of a strong man if he was prepared.

Some are happy about this rule while others are worried. Ninjas who have not reached the level of jonin want to curse. It's bad enough that the missions require ninja level, but even watching a competition has such a high threshold.

In order to prevent bloodthirsty spectators from coming to watch the game without knowing their own limitations and being killed by the aftermath, Mu Yue also specially arranged for sensory ninjas to patrol around the stadium to ensure that no accidents would occur.

"It's such a shame that I can't watch the game with Hong."

Asuma felt a little regretful.

Yuhi Kurenai and Bingzu Leitong are both still Chunin and are not qualified to watch the game in person.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen did not participate in the competition, he might choose to watch the online game with Kurenai Yuhi in the city.

But it doesn’t make sense for my father to not go to the game if I can watch it live.

If I were watching the game live, how would I accurately spot the mistakes my old father made during the battle?

In the past, Sarutobi Hiruzen kept talking about how many mistakes Asuma made, and wondered what would happen if he took over. But things have changed, and this time it is Asuma's turn.

"The Third Raikage-sama versus Ōnoki-sama!"

When the game officially started, the referee called out the names of the players.

The Third Raikage stood up along with Ōnoki and walked towards the area designated as the battlefield.

"The Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage, who do you think will win?"

Obito asked, looking at his friends around him curiously.

"In terms of overall strength, the two are almost the same, but if it is a one-on-one match, the Third Raikage should have a greater chance of winning."

Shisui thought for a moment and analyzed.

He has fought against Ōnoki before and has a deep understanding of Ōnoki's strength.

Ōnoki's Dust Release is very powerful, but the speed of its release is a problem. The Third Raikage happens to be fast, which makes it very uncomfortable.

Shisui believes that Ōnoki is more suitable for fighting in a squad or legion, and that someone would help Ōnoki to restrain his opponents so that the power of Dust Release can be brought into play.

"Yes, competition is different from fighting. Ohnoki can't use Dust Release at full power, but the Third Raikage can use Lightning Release Chakra Mode at will."

Kakashi agreed.

If Ōnoki used Dust Release with all his strength, someone might die. And even if the Third Raikage used Lightning Release Chakra Mode with all his strength, he would only strengthen himself, and he would just have to hold back a little when necessary.

"So you guys thought so too. So did I."

Obito is mixed directly into it.

The facts are similar to what Kakashi and the others analyzed.

At the beginning of the battle, Ōnoki used his flying advantage and Dust Release to beat the Third Raikage, forcing him to flee everywhere and unable to fight back.

An outsider might think that Ōnoki is very powerful and has suppressed the Third Raikage.

But all the masters knew that Ōnoki only looked impressive, but actually achieved no results and also consumed his own chakra.

After discovering that Dust Release was not effective, Ohnoki switched to large-scale Earth Release.

This time the Third Raikage couldn't dodge, but he didn't need to dodge.

The Third Raikage directly activated the Lightning Chakra and entered the full-strength Lightning Chakra mode. No matter what kind of earth escape technique Ohnoki used, he would break it with his force.

After a while of fighting, the Third Raikage took advantage of Ōnoki's weakness due to excessive exhaustion and defeated him.

"The Third Raikage wins!"

The referee announced the result cleanly.

The Kumogakure ninjas who were watching the game all had smiles on their faces.

This is much more honorable than defeating some genius. The Third Tsuchikage is of the same level as their Raikage.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen-sama versus Nagato!"

After a simple repair of the venue, the second game of the semi-finals began soon.

The Konoha ninjas who were watching the game all showed serious expressions.

Nagato is not very old, but his strength is recognized by the entire ninja world, and his abilities are strange and powerful.

"Please keep an eye on it for me. If you find any mistakes made by the old man, remember to tell me."

Asuma was worried about his poor eyesight, so he asked Obito and the others for help.

Of course Obito agreed directly. Kakashi was speechless, but he did not refuse.

The battle between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Nagato was more lively than the previous one. Both of them were very proficient in the five major types of ninjutsu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's understanding of ninjutsu far exceeds that of Nagato, but Nagato has enormous chakra and the Rinnegan that can absorb ninjutsu, making it impossible for either to do anything to the other for a while.

"Psychic art!"

After testing Nagato's methods, Sarutobi Hiruzen used summoning techniques to summon the Monkey King.

Regarding Nagato's ability to absorb ninjutsu, there is a saying that this ability has a limit, and once the limit is exceeded, Nagato will not be able to absorb it.

However, for Sarutobi Hiruzen this was a battle that he could not lose, so he chose a more cautious way of fighting. Testing the absorption limit would consume too much chakra and there was a possibility of failure.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't want to lose to a younger ninja who was old enough to be his son, and Nagato was Sosuke's disciple, so Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't want to lose even more.

He really couldn't afford to lose to his teacher and then to his disciple.

Sarutobi Hiruzen held the Vajra Ruyi Stick, which was transformed from Sarutobi's demon, and his attack was extremely fierce.

Even though Nagato had a defensive skill like Shinra Tensei, he still found it difficult to resist for a while.

Konoha has the information that Shinra Tensei has a five-second cooldown, which reduces the effectiveness of Shinra Tensei a lot.

Relying on the powerful recovery ability brought by the Yang Breathing Chakra mode, Nagato managed to hold on for a while, but during this time Sarutobi Hiruzen played steadily and did not reveal any flaws.

Instead, Nagato was too impatient and was seized by Sarutobi Hiruzen, who defeated him in one fell swoop.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen-sama wins!"

The semi-finals ended with the referee calling out the winner's name.

The martial arts tournament will officially end in five days when the Third Raikage and Sarutobi Hiruzen compete in the final.

"I'm in such a good mood today."

Asuma couldn't help but mutter.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was so stable today that he couldn't see any mistakes made by Sarutobi Hiruzen at all.

"You better be this good in the finals."

Asuma would be very happy if Sarutobi Hiruzen won first place in the martial arts tournament.

The conflict between him and his old father was not so great that he wished bad things for his old father. It was just that Sarutobi Hiruzen usually couldn't say a good word, and Asuma was not happy about it.

And if Sarutobi Hiruzen takes first place, Asuma will be eliminated by the first place, which sounds a lot better.

(End of this chapter)