Chapter 327 Road (1)

Thick black smoke billowed from the plains.

It was a peaceful village before, but now it has become potholed everywhere and turned into horrible ruins.

Looking at the village that had been wiped out one step ahead of time, the Xuanyuan people headed by Chong Nan stood in the ruins, only to see countless villagers lying on the ground, with no survivors.

Obviously, the village was completely wiped out.

And the speed of perishing is very fast.

The extremely violent Chakra of similar properties still remains in the air, showing the strength of those who strike.

Here is the village of Shanzhi, the village where Xuanyuan's employers are located, and now it has been destroyed, which somewhat caught Chongnan and others by surprise.

And the person who did it, even if he didn't deliberately guess, would know who did it.

Lei Ying is afraid of the blasters of Xuan Yuanzhong, and if he is not fully sure, he will definitely not come to trouble them.

But Sugino Village is different. Facing the attack of the Fourth Raikage, they have no strength to resist at all. It is also reasonable for the Fourth Raikage to vent the humiliation received from Xuan Yuanzhong on Sugino Village.

This is probably the sorrow of the weak in the age.

"What should I do next? Do you want to continue the task?"

Fire Man asked in a low voice.

This was the first time he had encountered such a troublesome task. Before they could complete the task, the employer was killed first.

The corpse of the elder of Sugzhi Village was also among the crowd, with his eyes wide open, he did not rest in peace.

"The mission was interrupted. No one paid, and it would be a bit of a loss to provoke the fourth generation of Raikage. Otherwise, we won't even get back the money... No, it is already a loss-making business."

After all, the only way Xuanyuanzhong can deal with Raikage is the blaster, but the problem is that although the blaster is powerful, it is also very expensive.

Now even if they get back the secret scrolls of Shan Zhicun, no one will pay them. As for the deposit of several million taels placed by Shan Zhicun on the underground black market, it should be regarded as a little interest. After all, they also made Lei Ying and others suffer so much before, so they were worthy of the deposit price.

Ordinary bounty hunters would not dare to stroke a tiger's beard.

As for dealing with the fourth generation of Raikage again, Xuan Yuanzhong would not go to find the trouble of the fourth generation of Raikage just for the deposit of a few million taels, it was purely uncomfortable in the past.

After all, their task is not to protect Sugzhi Village, but to retrieve the secret art scrolls of Sugzhi Village. The demise of Sugzhi Village has nothing to do with Xuan Yuanzhong.

It's just that Shanzhi Village was destroyed, and no one paid for the task. That's the problem.

In the final analysis, Sugino Village is too weak.

For the weak, life and death can only be controlled by the strong.

For Sugino Village, Raikage is a strong man who can determine their life and death.

Therefore, Xuan Yuanzhong's mission cannot be regarded as a failure, but because the employer was killed, the mission process went abnormal. The underground black market will not record a mission failure in Xuan Yuanzhong's mission records.

"so be it."

The other four had no choice but to shrug their shoulders without objecting.

Facing the fourth generation of Raikage, it is indeed a lot of pressure.

The main reason is that the speed is too fast. Even if they have cultivated natural energy, they can barely see the movement trajectory of Raikage. If there is a protracted battle, they must lose the battle.

"Anyway, they've already paid the deposit. Let them go to the ground. It's not good to expose corpses in the wilderness. Tu Nan, you are the only one among us who knows how to use Earth Dunjutsu, so I leave it to you to do it."

The worm man ordered.

Tunan didn't object. Burying the corpses of hundreds of people was not a difficult task for him. At most, he would waste some chakra.

"I didn't expect Raikage to take revenge so decisively. A village with hundreds of people will be destroyed as soon as it is destroyed. It seems that the country of Sugi will be in chaos for a while. Unfortunately, the military has no plans to deploy in the country of Sugi for the time being."

This kind of thing caught Xuan Yuanzhong by surprise, but because of this, they had a deeper understanding of the domineering power of the big country.

The rules are set by the five major countries, but it does not mean that the five major countries really abide by the rules.

Believe that this matter will be dealt with later, the Sugino country daimyo will not dare to target Raikage, at most there will be some incompetent resentment in his heart.

"This is a contest of national power. Everyone can argue at the negotiating table because they recognize each other's strength, they will not act rashly, and they will think twice before doing anything. On the contrary, if they don't even give room for negotiation, it will only become a sad topic."

There are too many examples of Sugino Village in the ninja world.

The same goes for Rain Country in the past.

The great powers use the Land of Rain as their battlefield, and have no intention of negotiating with the Land of Rain at all. Akatsuki ran around on the battlefield in the past. No matter how much he wanted to end the war, he still couldn't shake the determination of the great powers. The great powers come and go when they are called.

The only face, Sanshoyu Hanzo, was eventually framed by Konoha's Orochimaru and Danzo, and died in battle at the hands of the Sagan ninja.

As a result, the status of the Kingdom of Rain fell again and again.

Even if it is as strong as Xiao, now it can only hide in Yuyin Village, under the breath of the big country, endure until the time is right.

Why was the Kingdom of Ghosts able to be recognized by the Five Kages at the Five Kages Conference? Even if the Five Kages were unwilling, they could not ignore the power of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Even though Sand Yin took the lead in convening the Five Kages Conference, he still had to make compromises with the Oni Land.

Even though the Kingdom of Ghosts occupies a huge share in the western continent, as long as the bottom line of Feng and Tu is not touched, they can only turn a blind eye.

It is because the country of ghosts is strong enough.

They couldn't ignore the power of the Uchiha clan's Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

It cannot be ignored, the power of the forbidden technique that can annihilate thousands of sand ninjas in an instant.

Let people know that even if there is no tailed beast, the kingdom of ghosts has the power to match or even surpass the tailed beast, and can compete with the great powers.

With such deterrent power, even if it is not a big country or the Five Kages, the big country and the Five Kages must also consider the position of the ghost country.

After a while, Tu Nan buried hundreds of corpses of Shanzhi Village villagers and returned to the queue.

"Since the matter is over, let's go."

The deal with Sugzhicun ends here. In the end, he helps Sugzhicun collect the corpses, so that their corpses will not be buried in the belly of the beast. Zongnan thinks that the Xuanyuan people have done their best, and they don't owe Sugzhicun anything.

In the single room of the barbecue restaurant.

The table is already a mess, no matter whether it is meat or vegetables, it has been wiped out.

Shiraishi patted his stomach, let out a sigh of relief, and smiled at Tsunade: "It feels like I haven't eaten so happily in a long time, but I didn't expect that Tsunade-sensei is still so young after so many years. I also heard from the living that Tsunade-sensei once combined the secret techniques of the wet bone forest to create his own medical ninjutsu."

"That **** is really talking about everything."

Tsunade took a sip of tea, rinsed his mouth, and then said in an unhappy tone.

She and Baishi are both contractors of the Three Great Sacred Lands of Wetbone Forest, and they are actually considered to be of the same family. Unfortunately, because of the defection incident, the two of them parted ways. Even if there is a live contract as a connection, there is basically no contact.

"After all, Tsunade-sensei also heard a lot of things about me from Kisugi, didn't he?"

Baishi laughed.

For some things, Shiraishi did not impose restrictions on live slugs, so Tsunade still understands some things about Shiraishi.

For example, learning the fairy art that does not belong to the Three Holy Land system, or learning the wet bone forest fairy art that few people have mastered for thousands of years.

Even Tsunade, who signed the contract with Shibone Forest in advance, only has a half-knowledge of this kind of fairy art.

Finding that he couldn't get through the celestial art system of Shigulin, he had no choice but to create his own mysterious medical ninjutsu based on the celestial art information given by the living slug.

As for the specific power of the esoteric medical ninjutsu, Shiraishi also failed to understand anything.

Because it involves Tsunade's core secrets, the live slug that complies with the contract, without Tsunade's signal, even Shiraishi, it is impossible to get any useful information from the live slug.

And contract and friendship do not conflict.

"Although I learned something from live slugs, I didn't know that you lived in the kingdom of ghosts before the war in the kingdom of wind."

Tsunade glanced at Shiraishi with deep meaning.

Although she knew that the country of ghosts had a strong medical system very early on, she never connected the country of ghosts with Shiraishi.

Because of Baishi's situation, she dare not claim to know everything, but she still knows most of the situation.

This is also where she feels strange.

When did Shiraishi get connected with the kingdom of ghosts?

Shiraishi, who has been living in Konoha, will go out to perform tasks except when he is in the White Fang Squad. Most of the time he just stays in Konoha Village and has no time to contact the kingdom of ghosts.

What's more, the kingdom of ghosts is the kingdom of witches.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for the witches in the kingdom of ghosts to easily accept rebellion.

As a result, Shiraishi got mixed up with the high-level officials of the ghost country, carried out military reforms to the ghost country, and incorporated the ninjas of the ghost country into the national system, which can be regarded as opening up a new path.

Compared to the one-country-one-village system, strictly speaking, Ninja Village and the country are united based on the integration of interests.

It seems to be the same system as the Ghost Kingdom, but the essence is very different.

"It's not impossible to answer this question. Because when I was in Konoha, I first selected two countries. The Oni Country was only one of them. The other is also a neutral country, which is the Iron Country where the Five Kages Conference was held before."

Because among the neutral countries, only these two countries are the most special.

Needless to say, the particularity of witches is that the daimyo system was abolished. In essence, maidens became daimyos, not for the purpose of concentrating power and collecting wealth, because power and money are daily necessities for witches, but not necessities.

They exist only to suppress monsters for the ninja world.

Even if the kingdom of ghosts is destroyed one day in the future, the mission of the witch will continue, and the countries will not interfere.

The country of iron is the country of warriors.

Possesses the leading military power under the great powers.

These are the two countries that Baishi has been considering for a long time.

Tsunade looked at Shiraishi strangely, so the kid left Konoha not on a whim, but premeditated?

This made Tsunade a bit uneasy. Although Bai Fang's incident was indeed a fault of the high-level, but these alone were not enough reasons for defecting.

What's more, they still brought the Uchiha and Hyuga clan members.

This also led to the third Ninja World War. Konoha not only had to deal with the problems inside the village, but also fought hard with the enemies outside.

It wasn't until the rise of Minato that Orochimaru successfully resolved the threat of Sagakushi to Konoha on the Rain Country battlefield, which made Konoha's situation better.

Otherwise, Konoha could have let Uchiha and Hinata go to the front line to fight, and ended the battle early, so that there would be no heavy casualties later.

The most irritating thing is that Hyuga Ayane, as a traitor, also reached a high-profile cooperation with the third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure. On the battlefield of the country of grass, Jiraiya was also miserable. He was once forced to return to the territory of the country of fire, causing heavy losses to the towns on the border of the country of fire.

These are all the bitter fruits brought by Shiraishi after his defection, and Konoha alone bears it.

It is also conceivable that the high-level executives at that time were furious with the three of Baishi and wanted to kill them quickly.

"Then why did you finally choose the Kingdom of Ghosts?"

"A long time ago, Liuli's parents, under the arrangement of the Uchiha clan, ran a business in the Oni Land. Tsunade-sensei must also know the name of the Purple Flower Chamber of Commerce, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce is Liuli's parents. And the two of them reached a business cooperation with the witches of the Oni Land very early, which brought economic prosperity to the Oni Land. Because of this relationship, I went to the Oni Land to develop."

Very realistic problem.

If it weren't for the relationship of the Uchiha clan, it would not be such a simple matter to gain the trust of the witches of the ghost country.

The same is true in the country of iron.

After defecting, the start will be very difficult.

But with the relationship of the Uchiha clan, things are completely different.

The most basic survival and safety issues are solved at once. No matter how difficult the next thing is, it will be easier than starting.

Tsunade's eyes twitched, a little surprised.

Not only Shiraishi, the Uchiha clan also has the idea of breaking away from Konoha.

After all, someone from the Uchiha clan actually set up such a huge chamber of commerce in the land of ghosts, but Konoha knew nothing about it.

Rather than saying that Konoha's intelligence system is poor, it is better to say that the Uchiha clan has long thought of setting up another mountain.

It's just this kind of thing, she can't judge.

Even if the Uchiha clan made such a choice, it is reasonable to think about it carefully.

It was alright when she was managing Konoha at her second grandfather Senjuban, but in the hands of her teacher Hiruzaru Sarutobi, because Danzo and Nebu seriously rejected the Uchiha clan, the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha clan gradually deteriorated.

Danzo even sent Nebu ninjas to assassinate Uchiha Ruri in the past, which caused Shiraishi and Hyuga Ayane to be involved together at the time, and almost died under the conspiracy of Nebu.

It can be seen that Danzo rejects the Uchiha clan.

In view of this, it is not surprising that the Uchiha clan had the idea of rebelling against Konoha in the past.

"So, this time the Uchiha clan wiped out the clan..."

What does Tsunade think of? After all, this Uchiha clan extermination event is really weird.

Itachi Uchiha She has only heard of it, but has never seen it in person.

But she understood that the power of the Uchiha clan cannot be shaken by a Uchiha Itachi.

Even if he awakened the Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

So, there must be a big problem here.

If behind this is a game between the Kingdom of Oni and Konoha's senior management...

Wait, that's not right either.

If it is really the country of Oni who is leading something behind the scenes, the Uchiha clan will definitely not be wiped out. After that, Konoha will not always be calm, and will definitely fall into complicated civil strife.

If the Uchiha clan is behind the scenes, with Shiraishi and other Oni Ninja ninjas as support, after the Uchiha clan is wiped out, Konoha will definitely fall into an internal war. It will not end hastily.

Tsunade glanced at Shiraishi with inquiring eyes.

She couldn't help thinking about these questions.

Because this is related to the root of Konoha.

Uchiha and Senju joined forces to create Konoha.

When the Uchiha clan is exterminated, it is equivalent to someone cutting off one of Konoha's arms, causing Konoha's strength to plummet.

"I was also shocked to hear that the Uchiha clan was exterminated, because when Liuli left with some Uchiha clan members and me, he kept cutting off contact with the Uchiha clan. So, I don't know what happened inside the Uchiha clan."

Shiraishi sighed.

This incident is indeed regrettable.

Mainly because Uchiha Sifang back then offended Ruri too hard.

Let Liuli be completely disappointed in Konoha's Uchiha, cut off all ties, and seek development in the kingdom of ghosts.

After that, Liuli was also very resolute not to have any contact with Konoha Uchiha.

But that family love that blood is thicker than water can't be changed no matter what.

Otherwise, Liuli would not have tried her best to arrange for those orphans of Konoha Uchiha to survive in the kingdom of ghosts.

Tsunade fell silent, she believed what Shiraishi said.

Because before and after the Uchiha genocide incident, if Shiraishi is really leading behind the scenes, such a tragedy will not happen to the Uchiha clan.

If Shiraishi and Oniguoguo didn't lead behind, then everything would make sense.

As for who is really leading behind the scenes, Tsunade already has doubts in his heart.

Shimura Danzo.

Only he is the most likely.

Sensei Sarutobi Hiruzen is old, he won't be so decisive, he will only delay the matter until it breaks out.

Mitomon Yan and Zhuanju Koharu have always been fools on the wall, fearing and fearing Uchiha's power, and will not express their opinions easily.

Only Shimura Danzo is the one who can really do this and has the ability to do so.

This guy joined forces with Orochimaru in the third Ninja World War, and betrayed Hanzo without hesitation, resulting in Hanzo's death at the hands of Sand Ninja, which shows his cold-blooded nature.

In this way, Uchiha Itachi may just be a **** arranged by Danzo.

I'm afraid that even if he defected to Konoha, Uchiha Itachi may still be in contact with Danzo.

As for whether her teacher Hiruza Sarutobi knows the truth about Itachi Uchiha, Tsunade does not know.

"Then, what about the Hyuga clan? As far as I know, your relationship with Hyuga Ayane should not be enough for her to risk her death and defect to the village with you."

Tsunade became puzzled.

Forget about the Uchiha clan, why did the Hyuga clan, which is deeply trusted by the high-level, defect to Konoha.

This has always puzzled Tsunade.

"Mr. Tsunade, do you know how strong the desire for freedom is for a person who once gained freedom but was deprived of it in the end? Do you know how much the branch family hates the clan?"

Baishi asked this question back.

"That's why she and you left Konoha?"

"Of course not. Although it may seem a bit unbelievable to you, shortly after Ayane was imprinted with the Bird in a Cage Curse, she became one of my people. It was also at that time that she knew my idea of leaving Konoha."

Poof!

Tsunade, who was drinking tea, spat it out in one gulp.

Jing Yin also widened his eyes, looking at Shiraishi in disbelief.

Tsunade coughed violently, pointed at Shiraishi tremblingly, and was speechless for a while.

Not long after planting the Caged Bird Curse Seal, plan to leave Konoha?

At that time, how old were Shiraishi and Hinata Ayane?

Six years old?

Planning to defect to Konoha at the age of six?

Tsunade wanted to yell at Shiraishi, but found Shiraishi's calm face, which didn't look like a lie, and regained his composure.

But I couldn't calm down.

Because she didn't know why Shiraishi, who was only six years old, had the idea of defecting to Konoha.

If Shiraishi is a spy cultivated by other Ninja villages since childhood, then it can be said that it is justifiable.

But the problem is not.

The rise of Shiraishi in the kingdom of ghosts also verified this point. He is not a spy sent to Konoha by any village, he is a native Konoha ninja.

"Why do you have such an idea? Konoha should treat you well. Or, because Danzo assassinated you in the past... Wait, this is not right. Danzo assassinated you. That happened after you graduated from the ninja school and joined Sakumo's team."

Tsunade looked at Shiraishi like a freak.

She originally thought that she already knew a lot about Baishi, but now she realized that she knew very little about this student.

Shiraishi did not answer, but asked instead: "Tsunate-sensei, how does the current country of ghosts compare to the country of fire?"

Tsunade heard Shiraishi's question, at first he thought Shiraishi was showing off.

Because of the rise of the ghost country, it only took more than ten years to reach the five major countries in terms of military strength. Even the Kingdom of Wind had to make compromises with the Kingdom of Ghosts.

I have to say that this was something Tsunade didn't dare to think about in the past.

Even Sanshoyu Hanzo, who bestowed on her the name Sannin, failed to transform the Land of Rain. On the contrary, because of Hanzo's power, the great powers became even more afraid of the Land of Rain, making it difficult for the Land of Rain to survive.

As for Hanzo, he didn't have any strength to resist.

The Five Great Nations cannot defeat Hanzo, but they can target the Land of Rain to hold back Hanzo's footsteps.

This is also a kind of strength.

is a force that Hanzo cannot defy.

However, the kingdom of ghosts has fulfilled the dream that Hanzo failed to fulfill.

Tsunade can predict that it will only be a matter of time before the kingdom of ghosts becomes the sixth largest country.

To be invited to join the Five Kages Conference, the kages of the Five Great Nations have already recognized the ninja power of the Oni Nation, and they can no longer treat the Oni Nation as a small country.

Otherwise, the Kingdom of Winds would not lose face at the Five Kages Conference and keep giving in and compromising, but would immediately launch a counterattack against the Kingdom of Ghosts and destroy the Kingdom of Ghosts in one fell swoop.

So, this is not Shiraishi showing off, but just stating an objective fact.

A fact that makes big countries a headache.

"What do you want to say?"

"In terms of people's livelihood, what do you think is missing in comparison between a big country and a country of ghosts?"

This sentence is very strange.

For a long time, the ninja world has been respected by the five major countries.

The comparison is also about what is missing between a small country and a big country.

Now countries do not recognize the country of ghosts as the sixth largest country, but Shiraishi said that the most powerful country of fire lacks something compared with the country of ghosts, which makes Tsunade feel very strange.

It feels like the Kingdom of Fire is being despised.

Even Konoha, who relies on the village of fire for survival, was also despised.

This kind of contempt is not contempt for power, but a deeper contempt.

"People's Livelihood..."

Tsunade recalled what he had seen and heard in the ghost country in the past.

Even though she doesn't like the tough style of the Ghost Kingdom, she has to admit that the Ghost Kingdom has opened up a lot of other countries in terms of the standard of living of the people.

Roads extend in all directions, and every town has important facilities such as hospitals, schools, and security departments.

The domestic bandits are all cleared up.

The bounty hunters in the underground black market can't do anything wrong in the territory of the ghost country.

The taxes in the Oni Land are the lowest in the entire ninja country.

Even during the reign of Maitreya, the previous generation of witches, taxes were not high.

While civilians in various countries are still struggling to survive, the civilians in the ghost country have begun to send their children to school to learn various life knowledge without worrying about survival.

Many civilians in the Land of Fire just repeatedly cultivated the land every year, and repeatedly handed over most of the food to the nobles and daimyo.

When the harvest is finished, you can keep a little more surplus grain.

The harvest is not good, so I can only live a tight life within a year.

In the event of a war, the people on the border of the Land of Fire will also migrate, and will not return until the war is over.

Comparing such a comparison, Tsunade feels that the civilians of the Fire Nation are really shabby enough.

The most important thing is that every town in the country of ghosts has completed such a sound system, and it is not limited to some large cities.

Tsunade noticed this problem very early on.

But there is no way to do that either.

Because if you want to build the kingdom of ghosts like this, the money you need is an astronomical figure.

First of all, civilians can't afford money, and Ninja Village needs to develop military power, and it is impossible to invest money in the development of people's livelihood.

It can only be taken from the pockets of daimyo and nobles, as well as those big businessmen.

"You tell me this, what exactly are you expressing?"

Tsunade was a little annoyed, she didn't know what Shiraishi was planning when he said this to her.

"Is the system of one country, one village really correct? What exactly did the first Hokage bring to this ninja world when it established this system?"

Shiraishi still did not give a positive answer, but fixed his eyes on Tsunade, piercing her sharp gaze, and asked this very sharp question.

(end of this chapter)