Nagato carrying rice in Konoha

Chapter 117
The bare stone mountains stand tall and towering, with no green vegetation visible on the cold gray hard mountains.

Surrounded by such mountains, there is a group of steel fortress-like buildings, which are like a lower mountain range and blend into the surrounding rough and cold environment.

They are all made of solid masonry, and their pointed tops are like steep mountain peaks, pointing straight into the sky. The high-rise parts are all connected by suspension bridges because they are too far from the ground.

A network of suspension bridges at staggered heights nearly ten meters above the ground is formed to facilitate people living here to move from the upper floors of one building to another.

At this time, the sky had darkened, and in the cold wind in the mountains, a ninja from Iwagakure Village hurriedly crossed the suspension bridge and came to the Tsuchikage office.

"Lord Tuying, this is an emergency contact scroll sent by Lei Yin Village."

This is called Yanyin Village, the tallest building in this complex, with a triangular top and a big earth character written on it.

"That irritable boy Raikage lost his temper so quickly?"

Sitting behind the desk, discussing something with two young executives, the Tsuchikage took the scroll handed over by the ninja, opened it, and said.

He read the contents of the scroll at a glance, and after the ninja who came to deliver the information left, he handed the scroll to the two senior officials and snorted with his big red nose.

"You actually want to threaten me with the tailed beast again. It seems that the Akatsuki organization put a lot of pressure on that brat."

The two senior executives huddled together with their heads down, read the content on the scroll, and after whispering to each other for a while, they said: "Lord Tsuchikage, although the Raikage's original intention was to get our support, what he said is not unreasonable. "

These two people seemed to be convinced by the content on the scroll.

"Reason? How can it be reasonable?" The short Tsuchikage raised his thick white eyebrows and said disdainfully, "Even if Yunying Village recovers their Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki, what will happen? Do they Can we turn passivity into initiative and get rid of this war?"

"This······"

The two high-level officials looked at each other, not quite understanding what Tuying meant. Isn't the reason why Yunyin Village joined the war for the tailed beast?

"Haha." Tsuchikage smiled confidently and said, "You didn't participate in the Five Shadows meeting, so you don't know what happened at that time."

He was silent for a while, and the expression on his face became serious, as if he had recalled and confirmed in his mind, he continued to speak: "The leader of the Xiao organization had a chance to avoid this battlefield at that time. The rhetoric of being able to control seven tailed beasts at the same time and using time and space ninjutsu to attack participating countries is enough to stop any war attempt by any major country."

Seeing that the two senior officials were unable to understand, Tsuchikage explained: "After all, there are only a few official members of the Akatsuki organization. If they don't want to participate in the war, no one can do anything to them."

"Judging from what they have done in the past, these people are simply lawless. Not only can they use tailed beasts against the Ninja Village without any scruples, but even the clients of the Ninja Village are their targets. As long as they threaten to attack Lei If the daimyos of the country use tailed beast weapons, then even the violent Yunyin Village will not dare to make enemies with them again."

After all, the shinobi villages in this world still rely on the support of the daimyo of each country. If the Akatsuki organization leads the war to the daimyo mansion, then even the Raikage will not be able to insist on going to war against the Akatsuki organization.Because the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder would prevent him from doing this for his own safety.

The two senior executives nodded, agreeing with the Tsuchikage's words.

"But the Akatsuki organization not only failed to expand the threat of tailed beasts, but instead voluntarily gave up the use of tailed beasts and chose to fight a direct war with the three countries of thunder, fire, and water. What does this mean? It means that these three countries have long been the Akatsuki The target of the organization's attack."

Tsuchikage snorted confidently: "It's not because Kumo Hidden Village has lost two tailed beasts that it has to fight the Akatsuki organization. It's because the Akatsuki organization has chosen Kumo Hidden Village as its opponent that it has to fight with the Akatsuki organization. . What the scroll says is that because the Eight-Tails have been recovered, Cloud Hidden Village can choose to organize peace talks with Akatsuki. This statement is nothing more than a deception. That brat Raikage shouldn't be that smart. It's probably him. The female secretary next to me came up with the idea."

The two senior executives kept nodding, and the expressions on their faces became relaxed: "So, we can completely ignore Raikage's request?"

"No, I don't know what's going on? Why did Kirigakure Village lose so easily?" Tsuchikage raised his eyebrows, widened his strange eyes and asked, "Although the leader of the Akatsuki organization dragged the Kingdom of Water into the war, The purpose is very obvious, but what methods did the Akatsuki organization use against Kirigakure Village? Let them completely defeat the Kingdom of Water in just a few days??"

"We are not a warring country, so there is no way to obtain first-hand information. This matter is too terrifying. Did Uchiha Madara take action? Or is it that the Akatsuki organization does not use the tailed beasts, and its own strength alone is enough to defeat the enemy in such a short time? Capture a hidden village?"

The two senior executives opened their mouths wide, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

"Although the battle between our five hidden villages has lasted for a long time and produced irrevocable hatred between each other, it is precisely because of this that we know each other deeply. No one can eliminate the other in a short time. This is The reason why we can coexist to this day.”

"The Akatsuki organization is different. They are a brand-new group of opponents with strengths that we cannot see through at all. In this case, blindly condoning them is likely to get angry. Once the Akatsuki organization regards us as a target, we will What can be done?”

"Then... what should we do?" The two senior executives couldn't help asking.

"Hmph, let the Raikage boy pay! Although the ninjas in their village have outstanding attack power, they lack defensive power. Our ninjas in Iwagakure are good at earth escape ninjutsu, which is enough to stabilize the frontal battlefield. Although it is not us now It’s time to join the war, but we can ask Cloud Hidden Village to pay and hire our ninjas to join the war.”

"In this way, we can achieve the purpose of stabilizing the war situation, consuming the power of the Akatsuki organization and Yunyin Village, and making a small profit. Once we have a clear understanding of the war situation, then we will officially join the war."

"Lord Tsuchikage is really far-sighted." The two young executives immediately expressed their admiration for the Tsuchikage.

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"Kankuro, do you have any information about the Akatsuki organization recently?"

At the same time, in the depths of the world's largest desert, the Desert of the Land of Wind, Gaara stood on the rooftop of the Kazekage's office and asked Kankuro beside him.

　It should be Sunagakure, but the chapter name cannot be changed.

　　
　
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