Naruto Reborn: The Rise of the Tsar

Chapter 268 Undercurrent

"Three days later, there will be the annual 'Blood Testing Conference'. The children of the big families will establish their inheritance status based on the results of this blood test. Some small families and civilian ninjas will also take this opportunity to see if they can stimulate the blood in their bodies. Corresponding bloodline. This is a rule created by the Sandaime Kazekage himself, there is no way he will not show up."

Everything depends on blood. Fuchuan nodded silently, but still looked puzzled.

"Today's Sunagakure Village is in a three-legged situation," Maki said. "The Sandaime Kazekage and the Anbu, tribesmen, and military under his control are the most powerful."

"The other force is the old guys from the Presbyterian Church. Although these people don't have any real power, they are basically the elders of the clans. If their voices are consistent, even Feng Ying can't do anything to them."

"This last force." Ma Ji's face became heavy. "It is the Leaf Village. In the early years, those guys came to the Kingdom of Wind to perform tasks. On the surface, they would send a message to the Kingdom of Wind. Later, they would send a message to the Kingdom of Wind. Just come and go at will. However, Sandstorm's current status depends on this powerful neighbor. There is a news circulating in the Anbu that the two countries have already signed a mutual defense agreement. If there is an unsolvable dilemma, the ninjas from both sides can fight between the wind and fire. Free travel between countries!”

"The time has been delayed for a long time." Ma Ji said with worry, "With your reputation, Brother Fukawa, it will be easy for the three ninjas of Konoha to gather together. Maybe the White Fang of Konoha, who was sealed not long ago, will come back. !”

"Sealing the Blade?" Xie asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

"This matter has not been made public by the Fire Nation. It was obtained from Konoha's ANBU." Maki said casually, as if telling a piece of gossip. "It is said that it was because he had to rescue his teammates in a previous mission. , which resulted in the failure of the mission. It was nothing at first, but it was used by someone with unknown intentions, causing an uproar in the entire Konoha Village. It is said that the old diehards in Konoha even wanted to make him commit suicide as an apology!"

"If this is true, we will have much less worry during this operation."

"Hey, who says it's not the case?" Ma Ji said with jealousy. "Later, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Higan Tsuna decided to make him repent behind closed doors, and the matter gradually calmed down."

"Konoha White Fang." Fushikawa murmured, "What's going on? In the original work, shouldn't he commit suicide to apologize after going through these things, unable to bear the accusations from the people around him?"

"But that's okay." Thinking of this once powerful enemy, Fuchuan felt an eagerness to try quietly in his heart. Next time they meet, he can have a good duel with him.

Two days passed in a flash. This morning, Li Xiang got up on time. Because she was at home on leave, she changed into casual clothes after exercising for a while and prepared to go shopping in the market.

For some reason, the variety of goods at the fairs these days is more diverse than in some festivals, and the number of caravans is also larger than usual, and even the tavern is a bit busier than usual.

However, I don’t know when it started, but a strange story gradually spread around, saying that the current position of the third Kazekage was unfair, and that he only took the position of Kazekage by colluding with ninjas from other countries and conspiring to assassinate the second Kazekage. Soon, Then disaster will befall the Sandstorm clan. And so on.

This rumor started very quickly. In a world without public opinion control, it spread wildly in taverns in various streets and alleys in just two or three days. For several days, the ANBU and patrol teams went around arresting those who gossiped. It was the people who suppressed the momentum of this rumor.

Of course, Rika has no interest in this at all. Her only pleasure is 'barbecuing'.

After wandering around for a whole afternoon, evening was approaching, and she planned to train for a while before going home. Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded. She subconsciously turned around, and Lixiang's eyes suddenly opened wide.

At the same time, in a temporary valley not far from Sunagakure Village, Uchiha Fugaku slowly walked towards a figure that remained motionless in the face of the wind and sand. It was the "Konoha White Fang" flag that shocked the ninja world. Kisaku Shigeru.

"Have a drink of water." Uchiha Fugaku handed over a water bag that was as deep as an arm, "This distance should be reached tomorrow."

"Thank you." The slightly aged figure took the water bag and drank a few gulps. "I should be the one thanking you." Uchiha Fugaku's eyes darkened, "If you hadn't taken action last time, I would have died long ago without a burial place, and I would have brought you a lot of infamy."

"Don't talk about that." Hatake Sakumo waved his hand casually, "We are all Konoha ninjas, as we should. Besides, aren't we friends?"

"It would be great if they thought so too." Uchiha Fugaku looked at the two distinct groups of people sitting on the ground in the valley with complicated eyes.

On one side is the Uchiha clan, whose ninja uniforms have the Uchiha clan emblem printed on them. Many of them are elite ninjas with Sharingan eyes.

On the other side were the Anbu members headed by Orochimaru. The atmosphere between the two sides was very oppressive and strange. It was not obvious when they were on the way, but once they stopped, they were full of mutual wariness.

"Relax. As long as you and I are here, we won't let them cause trouble." Seemingly aware of his friend's helplessness, Hatake Sakumo comforted him, "At least, we are not fighting to the death like Kazama and Sandstorm."

"You're still so bad at comforting people."

The setting sun quickly sank into the distant horizon. The ninja who looked like a guard captain standing on a high cliff frowned and looked at the caravan dragging its long tail in the distance.

The man who looked like the captain showed displeasure: "Yura, this is not the first time you have taken this route. At this time, Sunagakure Village is almost close to the curfew!"

"Sir!" The caravan owner named Yura hurriedly ran forward, apologizing. "I'm really sorry. I encountered some trouble on the road here and was delayed for half a day. The main reason is that the goods I carried were some that were prepared for the 'Blood Appraisal Conference'." 'The goods we need above are really delayed. Please make it easier for us."

As he spoke, he quietly stuffed a heavy bag of things into the opponent's sleeve.

The captain-looking ninja coughed quietly, then turned around and said, "No problem, let me go!"

It took a full hour for this huge caravan to be fully inspected and enter the village.

During this time, the guard captain found that the composition of this team seemed a bit strange. Different from the previous uniform of young men, this time there were several women. Although they were wearing clerk's clothes, they still couldn't hide their good looks, and there were also A tall weirdo who covered his entire head with a hood, and a young man with strange long red hair.

For some reason, when the guard captain accidentally met the eyes of the young man with long red hair, goosebumps suddenly appeared on his body.

It’s really weird. The guard captain smiled and shook his head. Don’t scare yourself. It’s not the first time that Boss Yura comes here to do business.

I have enough money for drinks these days.

(End of this chapter)