Nagato carrying rice in Konoha

Chapter 368

"Oh?" Nara Shikaku pretended to be very interested, "Can you tell me in detail?"

Lei Ying glanced at him coldly, and said in a muffled voice: "There's nothing we can't say, there is a problem with Shayin Village and Yanyin Village, don't you all know this clearly?"

Darui continued: "In the beginning, our four major countries should join forces to deal with the Akatsuki organization and Kirigakure Village. We have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength. But if Sunagakure Village and Iwagakure Village are insiders, whoever has the advantage will not matter. That's easy to say. And..." Darui glanced at the Raikage and Namikaze Minato, and continued, "Objectively speaking, our high-level combat power is no match for the Akatsuki organization. The leader of the Akatsuki organization, Nagato... "..." Having said this, he looked at Mesina again, "Even if we don't take action directly, we still have the ability to control the battle situation. We are different from you. There has not been a member of the Akatsuki organization in Leiyin Village. The traitor is There is no way to pin it on us."

"Us???" Mesina's face instantly turned cold, "Who do you mean by 'you'?"

"Do I need to make it so clear? Of course it's you four Hidden Villages!"

"Isn't it obvious?" Omoi, who had just been scolded to shut up, couldn't help but speak again, "Needless to say, Kirigakure Village has completely turned to the Akatsuki organization. The key members of the Akatsuki organization, Didara is the direct disciple of Dokage of Yanyin Village, and Xie is the descendant of the high-level officials of Hidden Sand Village, the famous Red Sand Scorpion."

"Forget it, anyway, these three hidden villages are almost certainly traitors, but what about you Konoha? Isn't Orochimaru the Sannin of Konoha? Uchiha Sasuke is the disciple of Hokage Kakashi, right? Uchiha Madara He is one of the founders of your Konoha, and Uzumaki Nagato is a descendant of your Fire Nation's blood alliance, the Uzumaki Kingdom!! In the end, who in your Konoha station can figure it out. It's my first time Going to the battlefield, I was extremely nervous, and now I have to guard against sneak attacks from friendly forces around me. Do you know how I have spent these days? I can't even sleep well every night. When I close my eyes, all I think about is myself. I haven't had a girlfriend yet, so maybe I died young because of this fact, who can understand me..."

"You better shut up."

Darui couldn't bear it anymore, and directly helped him close his mouth physically.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Omoi struggled, acting as if he hadn't finished speaking yet, which made Nara Shikama let out a long sigh, and he seemed to have aged a few years.

Kushina's mouth twitched, the dissatisfaction in her eyes turned into helplessness, she rolled her eyes and didn't want to speak anymore.

"Stop messing around!!" Raikage roared, finally quieting down his two men, "Although Omoi is a new recruit, I believe in his abilities and respect his ideas! Namikaze Minato, you dare to say that you Will there be absolutely nothing wrong with Konoha??"

The Raikage's eyes were extremely ferocious as he stared at Namikaze Minato, and his expression was horribly twisted.

Namikaze Minato looked directly into his eyes and nodded: "I can guarantee it."

"And..." Nara Shikahisa smiled, "Master Raikage, if that's all you want to say, I have to say that you are a little too optimistic."

"What do you mean??" Lei Ying narrowed his eyes.

"Be honest." Nara Shikaku spread his hands, "The current situation no longer makes it necessary to hide information."

"Is there any worse news?"

Nara Shikaku nodded: "The economic deterioration within the Country of Fire is much more serious than we imagined. The inherent contradictions under the rule of the daimyo are one of the reasons why the daimyo are eager to launch this war. And most importantly, the daimyo Not only do they not understand war as you think, they don't even understand the economy. They prematurely let out rumors that they would buy war supplies on a large scale, putting the Fire Nation's domestic wartime economy on the verge of collapse."

"Why???" Lei Ying looked confused.

"The reason is very simple." Nara Shikahisa explained, "A large amount of money entered the market and pushed up prices. Unscrupulous merchants found it profitable and began to hoard it. Ordinary farmers did not have savings and could not even fill their stomachs. This situation is extremely important to us. It’s unfavorable, but it makes the Akatsuki organization like a duck in water, and we find that more and more people who have no food to eat are siding with the Akatsuki organization.”

"..."

Raikage, who had only attended a ninja school and whose education level was not as good as that of an elementary school student, stared blankly at Nara Shikaku with an expression on his face like a dog looking at the stars.

It wasn't until Nara Shikaku finished speaking that he exaggeratedly said "Oh" and said in a relaxed tone: "When you say that, I understand everything!!..."

Everyone around him looked at him with suspicion.

Raikage's old face, which had been tested by the Thunder Release Chakra, blushed slightly, coughed slightly, and continued to ask: "Then, can't afford to eat??? Well...why would those people stand against the Akatsuki organization? Where’s the other side??”

Everyone around him felt that they had reason to believe that Raikage-sama's brain cells were actually still thinking hard on the line of logic that he couldn't afford to eat.The current Raikage is just using his amazing perseverance to try to pretend that he has followed Nara Shikaku's thoughts. He is indeed a man! ! !

"... Because unscrupulous merchants are hoarding." Nara Shikaku's expression was a bit desperate.The world is about to be destroyed, but he still has to spread common sense about economics to foreigners here?

Oh, tired, the world will be destroyed sooner.

"Well... you seem to have said this."

Raikage lowered his head in contemplation, then suddenly became furious, "Are you fooling me!!!?"

He raised his fist as big as a sandbag and wanted to hit someone.

Namikaze Minato quickly used the teleportation technique to stand in front of Nara Shikaku, preventing the Raikage-sama's despicable trick of using the intimidation of force to cover up his lack of intelligence: "Raikage, don't be angry! In fact, what Shikaku said I I don’t understand either!! We just need to know that the Akatsuki organization can find the supplies hoarded by those merchants through the civilians of the Land of Fire. But on our side, because of our legal status, we have to protect those merchants! Everyone has done this kind of thing before We've all encountered it during missions. It's just that whoever pays is the employer, and whoever doesn't pay deserves to die. It's the same old thing, nothing new!!"

He and Raikage were indeed "old rivals", and they reached mutual understanding in an instant.

The startled Nara Shikaku couldn't help but admire him, and Raikage was also convinced by him.

"Well... it's really Hokage!" Raikage-sama nodded to Namikaze Minato to express his approval, then glanced at Nara Shikahisa with great disgust, and warned, "Go on, don't mess with those I didn't The terms you’ve heard make your brain buzz, and it’s hard not to wonder if you have ulterior motives!”

"······Yes."

Nara Shikaku responded honestly, fully accepting the objective fact that Raikage's fist was larger than his brain, and summed it up in the simplest way possible: "In short, things are getting worse and worse for us. Originally we thought that as the As time goes by, our military strength will increase and our battlefield advantages will become greater and greater, eventually forcing the Akatsuki organization to fight us head-on. But now it seems that we are not the only ones waiting patiently, there is also the Akatsuki organization. "

"Why do you say that??"

"Master Raikage, have you ever wondered why the Xiao organization secretly manipulated Yan Yin and Sand Yin, but did not use the forces of the two villages to attack us???"

Lei Ying was stunned for a while, then his eyes suddenly opened wide, and he said in shock: "Is it possible??!!"

"That's right." Nara Shikaku nodded, "Based on common sense, it is impossible to control the entire Hidden Village in a short time by manipulating the senior management of the Hidden Village, and to switch sides in such a war. Because ordinary ninjas also have their own thoughts, and ordinary ninjas also have their own bonds. Even if they receive an order from a manipulated high-level person, as long as the order is obviously detrimental to the village, they will not execute it."

"Therefore, just like the Akatsuki organization controlled Iwagakure and Sunagakure, and quietly allowed the two great ninja villages to secretly turn to the Akatsuki organization during the war without exposing any flaws, it is definitely not possible to manipulate one or two high-level officials. Under this premise, since the Akatsuki organization has completely controlled these two hidden villages, why not let these two powerful forces join the battle? Before our troops have been fully replenished, How about joining forces with Kirigakure Village’s troops to strangle us?”

Raikage, Darui, and Omoi didn't answer.The originally dark complexions on their faces instantly became even darker.

In this Hokage's exclusive tent, only Nara Shikaku's voice continued: "Obviously, the only explanation is that the Akatsuki organization is still accumulating advantages. They are still controlling more ninjas so that they can When the power is accumulated to the maximum, it will launch a final blow to us!!!"

"In this case, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Konoha, and even the ninjas who have not yet been sent to the front line may be secretly manipulated by the Akatsuki organization. It is difficult for us to understand what means the Akatsuki organization uses to manipulate them. There are so many ninjas, so we have no idea what the upper limit is the number of ninjas they can control. To be honest, during the time we were talking, maybe some of our trusted subordinates have been secretly used by the Akatsuki organization Ninjutsu control. We have no choice but to watch the worst happen!"

(End of this chapter)