Chapter 340 Behind the scenes

When returning to the VIP room, Kazuhime found that the figure of Oyajo had disappeared.

In the VIP room, there was only a servant dressed as a ninja waiting for Ichiki to arrive.

Judging from the opponent's steady figure, Kazuki can easily tell that the opponent is a high-level ninja.

"Where are the Oyajo people?"

Yi Ji won three matches in a row, and when she came back, she asked questions unceremoniously.

The ninja who stayed behind from Oya Castle said: "Master Oya Castle has important matters to deal with, so he has already left the isolated island one step ahead of time."

"Oh, I escaped quite quickly."

Yiji sneered, and wanted to teach the other party a lesson when she came back, but she didn't expect that this arms dealer was even more cunning than she imagined.

As expected of being called the Merchant of Death.

This vigilance should not be underestimated.

The ninja was still neither humble nor overbearing towards Kazuhime's taunt, took out a scroll from his arms, and handed it over.

"This is what Oyajo-sama asked me to give to Ms. Ichihime. He said that the things inside are what Ms. Ichihime needs."

After the ninja finished speaking, Ichihime's expression suddenly became solemn, and his brows raised, as if his identity had been seen through, and he was a little surprised.

Could it be Cardo?

No, that guy has always been loyal and will not do such unnecessary things, otherwise he would not be promoted to the top of the Aster Flower Chamber of Commerce.

That is to say, she exists in the intelligence system of Oya Castle.

Just this point still makes Kazuki feel puzzled.

My own information is classified as top-secret in the kingdom of ghosts. Even Konoha's understanding of her is limited to some things on paper, and most of the information on paper is misleading.

But Oyajo was able to see through her true identity, which is intriguing.

The ability of this dead merchant is greater than she imagined.

Yiji took the scroll with a feeling of displeasure. This feeling of being seen through made her very unhappy. The most unacceptable thing was that she seemed to know too little about Yuwu Castle.

After the ninja delivered the scroll to Ichihime, he withdrew from the VIP room.

This is the room dedicated to viewing the arena in the Royal House Castle. Unless the Royal House Castle allows it, it is impossible for anyone to break into this place without permission, not even the staff of the Arena.

So, after getting the information she needed, Kazuhime did not leave immediately, but took the VIP room as her own territory, and began to read the information clues left by Oya Castle.

After spreading out the scroll, Yi Ji was a little careless at first, but as time passed, the more she looked down, the more serious her face became.

The amount of information left in the scroll by Yuwucheng is too alarming, and she never imagined that the merchant alliance on the isolated island would be so courageous, and directly involve black hands in the country's sovereignty level.

The information provided in the scroll seemed incredible to Kazuki.

Because the merchant alliance on the isolated island was not satisfied with this small area, they were ready to look for the next target. They planned to build a "paradise" city that was even bigger than the isolated island.

For this reason, many years ago, they began to conspire.

And their next goal is very clear - the country of waves.

The Kingdom of Waves is a small island country. Even so, its territory is much larger than that of an isolated island, enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.

Moreover, the border of the Kingdom of Waves is shrouded in fog all year round, and the regional weather is special, compared with that in the country where it rains all the year round.

For this reason, the Merchants Alliance of the isolated island raised a large sum of money that shocked even Yiji. It must be said that the combined financial resources of these merchants have surpassed that of the Aster Flower Chamber of Commerce.

According to their plan, there is indeed a high success rate in the end.

With a certain amount of money, many troublesome problems can be solved.

But it only seems so.

After reading it, Yiji took a deep breath, and the corners of her mouth curled up, revealing a cold smile.

"This group of idiots, do they really think that the great power will allow such an uneasy factor that is beyond their control to appear around them?"

In the end, they are just businessmen who think that everything can be united with interests.

But when it comes to matters at the national level, especially at the level of the five major countries, no amount of money will become meaningless.

The national rulers who can become famous in the five major countries, they are not stupid, and they don't want to be emptied of power by the people below.

Once it comes to their power disputes, they will show an extremely cruel side.

Rainland is the best example.

Because it is powerful, its decline is inevitable, otherwise it will be a big country that suffers.

The success of Ghost Country is accidental and cannot be used as a general example.

It's like the coup d'tat in Wuyin Village.

At the end of the scroll, Oya Castle gave a list of merchant names.

are all big businessmen who participated in the plan to control the Kingdom of Waves behind the scenes.

Every businessman's name is familiar to Yiji, a leader in the business world.

Let Yiji know that the bold plans of these businessmen are not just for fun, but are really put into action.

They intend to control the land of waves.

Although the Bo Kingdom project was mentioned on the scroll, there was no mention of the situation in the Fire Kingdom.

Regarding this, Kazuki did not feel too disappointed.

It is already a good harvest to get this plan.

No matter how powerful the Royal House City is, it is impossible to know what the high-level officials of the Fire Nation are thinking. This is not a matter of the same level as the isolated island.

In addition, the daimyo of the land of winds was once threatened by the debt collectors of the land of ghosts. Now the strength of the guards around the daimyos of the five major countries can be said to have doubled several times.

Even if the Chamber of Commerce's gold medal debt collector is sent over this time, it is estimated that they will die there.

As for the arrangements for the Fire Nation, Kazuhime can roughly guess.

After these merchants actually control the Kingdom of Bo, the Kingdom of Fire will launch a crusade against the Kingdom of Bo in the name of 'justice'. At that time, not only can they get all the territory and population of the Kingdom of Bo, but they can also embezzle the huge assets of these merchants.

If it were her, she would choose to do the same.

The ones dancing the most on the table are just pawns used to deceive others, and the real mastermind behind the scenes is likely to be the daimyo of the Land of Fire.

The Land of Fire, Daming Mansion.

In a poetic and picturesque manor, Danzo and the fire country daimyo sat face to face, with a chessboard between them.

"General, Elder Danzo."

Following the final move, Daimyo of the Fire Country covered his face with a folding fan, narrowed his eyes slightly, and seemed very happy.

"well"

Danzo looked at the chess game that had already been lost, sighed, and then said with a smile: "Your Excellency Daimyo's chess skills are getting more and more sophisticated. It turns out that the first few moves before were all traps."

The fire country daimyo took off the folding fan and said with a smile: "Oh, that's just luck. Elder Danzo is really too humble."

"Maybe."

Danzo didn't care about this, but just replied lightly.

The fire country daimyo didn't say anything about it. Compared with their next plan, the victory and defeat on the chessboard are just used to pass the leisure time.

"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I played chess with you, Danzo. When I first came to power, you and I, as well as Hirizhan... time is really unforgiving."

The fire country daimyo changed to a friend's name instead of a formal one, and I miss the old days.

"Ri Zhan is old."

Danzo didn't even lift his eyelids.

"But it is because of him that the situation of Konoha's major families can be stabilized. In the past, it was okay to have Lord Hashirama and Lord Tomona... But Uchiha Madara's rebellion, the first Ninja World War broke out suddenly, and after that, the development of the situation has changed somewhat."

The Fire Nation daimyo smiled wryly.

Honestly speaking, he has a lot of prejudice against the Kingdom of Thunder.

Konoha, who was originally a good one, had a problem with the balance system of the major families in Konoha Village because of the unfortunate sacrifice of the second generation of Hokage, Senju Tomona.

Among them, the Uchiha clan is the most.

Although he is not the actual controller of Konoha, Hirizhan has asked him many times in the past to provide some financial support. He didn't ask much about this, and directly approved a large amount of development funds for Konoha.

In fact, it was to stabilize the balance of Konoha's major families.

Fortunately, the three ninja clans of Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi are staunch supporters of the Hokage faction, and the ninja management skills of the Nara clan are generally excellent. They assisted the young and immature Hirzen at that time, and with his financial assistance, the situation in Konoha was barely stabilized.

Danzo also became the root at that time to restrain the Uchiha clan.

Just all of this, it shouldn't have happened.

It all comes down to the first Ninja World War.

Umoin, who planned to sign an armistice agreement with Konoha, Kumoin Jinkaku and Yinkaku were dissatisfied with the end of the war, attacked the venue, killed Yunyin's second generation Raikage on the spot, and then led his troops to hunt down and kill the second generation of Hokage Senju Tomona, resulting in the death of the second generation of Hokage.

It also led to many decisions made by the previous generation of Hokage. Hirizhan was unable to complete them, so he had to give up some of them, focusing on balancing policies.

Therefore, until now he has prejudice against the Kingdom of Thunder.

If it weren't for Yun Yin's refusal, the Second Hokage would not have died in such a humiliating way.

Although the Kingdom of Thunder made compensation afterwards and gave the Nation of Fire enough face, it also made him, the famous name of the Nation of Fire, feel a big pimple in his heart, which cannot be eliminated so far.

In his opinion, no amount of compensation is enough to exchange for a second-generation Hokage Senshou Feijian.

As the saying goes, a thousand armies are easy to get but a general is hard to find. In his opinion, the Thousand Armies can widen a huge gap between the Kingdom of Fire and the other four kingdoms, and from then on dominate the ninja world.

Qianshouzhujian is stronger than strength, Qianshoufeijian is stronger than political skills, and is stronger than various innovations and reforms. It dares to do things that ordinary people dare not think about. Facts have proved that any decision made by the other party will benefit the country of fire and Konoha.

This has always been the most regrettable part of his name in the country of fire.

"Hizun hopes that I will establish a root, imitating the light and darkness of Teacher Tomona, and at the same time control Konoha. Unfortunately, it is his own lack of ability and courage to control the darkness like me. That's why the root has grown so far."

Danzo tells the truth.

In front of this old man of the same age, I don't have to be hypocritical.

In fact, even if the old friend of the Third Hokage Hiraku came here in person, he was outspoken.

"Indeed, no one in Konoha can control your darkness. No, maybe, there is also His Excellency Hashirama's granddaughter."

The name of the Land of Fire has something to say.

This sentence, in Danzo's view, is not to sow discord, but to advise.

Now the Land of Fire and Konoha are in a very difficult situation, so don't do things that make your relatives hurt your enemies and make your enemies happy.

Although the assassination of Tsunade did help Danzo a lot.

But in that case, it will also leave a huge hidden danger inside Konoha.

At the same time, Konoha is now green and yellow. Once a war breaks out, the fighting power of Sannin is indispensable.

Jiraiya suffered a disastrous defeat on the battlefield of the Land of Winds, not because Jiraiya was too weak, but because the enemy was too strong.

What kind of hole cards does the Kingdom of Demons hide and how many ninjas it has? The Fire Country daimyo knows nothing about this, and this is the most difficult thing.

"Tsunade"

Danzo murmured, with a little fluctuation on his face, but it was limited to this.

Assassinate Tsunade, even if the fire country daimyo didn't say it, he didn't have such an idea.

If he did that, not only would Konoha be unstable internally, but also Hirazan might break with him completely.

Like that, the turmoil that Konoha experienced may be unprecedented.

"Let's change the subject, you've heard about what happened in the Kingdom of Waves, right?"

The fire country daimyo asked with narrowed eyes.

"Your Majesty, do you mean the merchant alliance on the isolated island, or the kingdom of ghosts?"

Danzo asked.

"There are both sides. Although I have always been very patient about fishing, if a third party intervenes, the situation may not be as I wish."

The voice of the Fire Nation daimyo slightly lowered.

"Scared?"

Danzo frowned.

The fire country daimyo nodded quietly under Danzo's slightly astonished gaze.

"Yes, as a daimyo of the Fire Nation, I am really scared. The battlefield is not a chess game. The chess game is open and transparent, and as long as you are good at calculating, you can win. On the battlefield, you don't know what means the enemy has. On the chess game, I can beat you, but in real wars, I will lose completely."

The fire country daimyo is not stingy about revealing his shortcomings.

He was stronger in politics, not fighting.

Danzo is different. Although he understands some political means, he is better at shuttling through the **** battlefield and rushing to the forefront of the battlefield, which is also the most dangerous place.

Many people may say that Danzo's methods are shady, but when Konoha encountered difficulties in the past, he was the first to charge at the forefront of the battlefield, risking his life to collect intelligence, just to ensure the victory of Konoha and the Kingdom of Fire. He escaped from death many times and fought **** battles with the enemy to the end.

During the third Ninja World War, when other families still had some fighting power, the elites of the Shimura clan where Danzo belonged were ten to nine.

Even for the development of the root, the man who can even abandon the family, this is Danzo.

Because of seeing Danzo's determination, many ninjas are willing to follow Danzo and sacrifice for the ideals Danzo built.

Even among the Uchiha clan, there are people who are attracted by the darkness of Danzo.

Uchiha Itachi is just one of them.

This is also the place where the fire country daimyo admires Danzo.

Not only treat others as tools, but even your own family, including yourself, are also tools that can be used.

"The daimyo of the country of wind, it is said that they have submitted the alliance letter."

Danzo language and others.

"That kind of waste paper is useless. On the contrary, most of the time, the person who stabs you in the back is likely to be an ally."

The fire country daimyo snorted coldly.

Speaking of this, the fire country daimyo paused again, and continued: "It is said that the spirit of the fourth Kazekage of Sagakushi Village has not stabilized. Now Sagakushi can be said to have no leader, and can only rely on Chiyo and Ebino, two old people who have long since retired, to maintain order."

Compared to Sand Hidden, even if Konoha declines, it will not be like this.

While ridiculing, he became more vigilant about the kingdom of ghosts.

Not to kill Kazekage, but to deal a spiritual blow to him. It is not true that Sagakushi is recommending Goto Kazekage, and it is not true if he does not recommend Goto Kazekage. It is really hard to ride a tiger.

Because although the fourth Kazekage is depressed, he is not stupid or crazy, but has lost his aggressiveness, and when he faces the kingdom of ghosts again, his old wounds are likely to flare up.

Many sand ninja believe that the Fourth Kazekage will recover, but there are also some who hope to recommend a new Kazekage.

The two factions are at a stalemate, and even Chiyo is almost unable to maintain the situation.

Such an ally makes the fire country daimyo at a loss as to what to say.

The kingdom of ghosts that caused all this is calm, and it continues to plan some unknown secrets in secret.

The Kingdom of Thunder is watching from the sidelines, and the Kingdom of Earth is still hesitating whether to join the alliance.

Let the fire country daimyo very speechless.

The flame didn't burn himself, probably because he couldn't feel the burning sensation.

"The daimyo came to me this time because he wanted the root to go to the country of Na to assist in the operation?"

Danzo asked.

The fire country daimyo shook his head and said: "This is not necessary. Although the ghost country is a bit troublesome, the ghost country is too far away from the wave country, and they are powerless in many things. Therefore, the situation in the wave country is a bit tricky, but there is no need for Danzo."

"What does the daimyo mean?"

"The Land of Rain."

The daimyo of Fire Nation showed a stern look in his eyes.

"The Land of Rain?"

"Yes, Hidden Rain Village has now gained most of the prestige of the Land of Rain, and the power of daimyo and nobles has weakened. If this continues, they will sooner or later become puppets controlled by Hidden Rain Village."

Such a hidden rain village has aroused the vigilance of the fire country daimyo.

Danzo understands the meaning of the name of the country of fire.

"Just two days ago, civil strife broke out in the Land of Rain. The forces supported by the daimyo and nobles had a confrontation with the remote-controlled militia organization behind the scenes of Yuyin Village."

The fire country daimyo continued.

"I see, I will wait for the opportunity to use the root ninjas to escalate the battle there again, and assist the daimyos and nobles of the Land of Rain to help them 'fight' against Hidden Rain Village!"

Talking to smart people saves effort.

The fire country daimyo is very satisfied with Danzo's answer.

Although he tends to support the daimyo forces in the Land of Rain, he also hopes that the Land of Rain, a country with ninja villages, can be completely weakened.

Just like the Grass Hidden Village in the Country of Grass, it doesn't matter if you have no dignity.

On the contrary, if there is another country like the Kingdom of Ghosts that dares to jump in front of a big country, it will definitely not be a bad thing for the Kingdom of Fire.

How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch.

The stronger the Kingdom of Rain is, the more he can't sleep well.

The weaker the Kingdom of Rain is, the more peaceful he can sleep.

As for how many people died and what kind of people died, as the great name of the Fire Nation, he didn't care.

The most valuable thing in this world is human life, and the least valuable thing is also human life.

With just one command, countless people can be exposed to the wilderness.

This is the power of being a daimyo of the five great powers.

"In addition, I will also write a letter to the country of ghosts to stop the supply of weapons to Yuyin Village. The other daimyo will also send a letter at the same time to impose certain restrictions on the sale of arms in the country of ghosts."

Speaking of this, the daimyo of the country of fire did not look very good.

Because according to intelligence, most of the weapons used by the militia controlled by Yuyin Village were provided by the Kingdom of Ghosts, causing huge trauma to the army controlled by the daimyo of the Rain Country.

Fortunately, the Kingdom of Ghosts is now only selling weapons, and has not directly intervened in the sovereignty struggle of the Kingdom of Rain, which relieves a lot of pressure on his side.

However, the Kingdom of Ghosts does not intend to intervene in the sovereignty struggle of the Kingdom of Rain, because it does not want to provoke the three major countries of Fire, Earth, and Wind at the same time.

After all, the Kingdom of Rain is located between the three major kingdoms. No matter how rampant the Ghost Kingdom is, it will not be so ignorant.

Being able to provide weapons and increase the chaos in the Kingdom of Rain is already the limit of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Torrential downpour.

Standing in the rain, and once again came to the center of the battlefield, what Nagato felt was still only sadness and loneliness.

However, this battle is not a battle between ninjas, but a battle between ordinary people and ordinary people.

Even so, the fierceness of the battle is actually the same.

It is also life. If it is scratched, it will scream, and if it is stabbed, it will die.

It's just that this country has longed for peace for too long, and it has longed for dignity for too long.

It has been so long that the people in the Land of Rain seem to have forgotten that they once owned such a thing.

Even if it is just like fireworks, it is a short moment.

But as long as I have experienced it, I will miss those days very much.

But the war came and everything was destroyed.

However, this war is different.

Once it is over, the Congress of Rain is stabilized.

So, some people are worth dying for.

Those who died for the war also thought the same in their hearts, they were willing to be crushed by the cruel machine of war for the sake of the lives of the younger generations.

I am not a war fanatic, but if I want to achieve peace, I have to rely on war, which seems to be satirizing his ideals.

But Nagato, who stood in the cold rain, remained unwavering in his will.

Life is born and dies.

I only hope that when those people reincarnate in the next life, this world is already a peaceful world, living in a healthy and happy home.

"Nagato."

Xiaonan's voice came from behind.

But it wasn't just one person's voice, there was another person following Xiao Nan.

Orochimaru.

The other party looked at Nagato eagerly while licking his tongue.

But when Nagato turned around, he lowered Sannin's proud head without hesitation, and the eagerness in his eyes cooled down a bit.

Facing the rising star of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Itachi, he still has the guts to covet the opponent's Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

But Nagato is different.

Uchiha Itachi's strength can be measured by him, and combined, he will not exceed himself by much.

Using some means, it is not impossible to get the other party's body.

But facing Nagato, he can't think of anything now.

Although he knew that Nagato didn't care about these, but based on the principle of doing things carefully, Orochimaru still felt that it was better to be careful.

"Why is Mr. Orochimaru here?"

For Orochimaru, Nagato has always used honorific titles.

Even if he surpasses Orochimaru in terms of strength, the knowledge that the other party has in his mind, and Orochimaru who skillfully uses this knowledge, deserves his respect.

In contrast, Nagato thinks this is where he is far inferior to Orochimaru.

"I heard that a war broke out here, so I came here to take a look. The battlefield in the country of rain is really a nostalgic scene."

Orochimaru looked at the countless lives lost due to the war in the valley below, and he didn't know whether he was feeling sad or sentimental.

Xiaonan snorted coldly, still concerned about Orochimaru.

It was because the opponent and Danzo betrayed Ugakure during the Third Ninja World War that Hanzo was killed and Yahiko died tragically at the hands of Konoha Nebu.

In her opinion, what Nagato did was just breeding tigers.

"Let's not talk about this. How is the recruitment of new members, that man named Oyajo Yan."

Nagato asked.

Oshemaru spread his hands helplessly and said: "Oyajo Yan rejected my solicitation. He does things as he pleases, and he has more strongholds than mine. As long as he wants to hide, I can't find him. When necessary, he can even give up his own wealth without hesitation. I don't know what he wants at all. Maybe it's just for playing in the world."

The reason for recruiting Beiliuhu is because the other party desires stronger power and needs the body of a powerful blood successor limit ninja.

In short, they are all prescribing the right medicine.

And Miyashiro Yan, it's too good to hide.

Orochimaru doesn't know what the other party wants, or what Akatsuki can give him. Such a person is undoubtedly difficult to recruit.

Regarding this, Nagato didn't say anything.

In the ninja world, there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers. If Orochimaru hadn't told him about it, he wouldn't have known that the dead merchant, Oyajo Yan, was a ninja whose strength was comparable to that of the three ninjas.

And such a powerful ninja is obsessed with business, but judging by the attitude of the other party, he doesn't care about wealth.

The mind of this kind of person is not comprehensible to normal people at all.

So there is no source to explore when recruiting the other party.

Ignoring Orochimaru, Nagato looked at Xiaonan and asked, "Is there anything you can do to come to me at this time?"

Xiao Nan took a step forward and took out a letter from his arms.

"This is?"

"It's a letter written by Jiraiysensei to the leader of Yuyin. It's for you, Nagato."

The current leader of Ugakure is Nagato, so this letter from Jiraiya is addressed to Nagato.

Even if he comes, he doesn't know Nagato's identity at the moment.

After hearing it, Orochimaru looked at the letter with great interest, wondering how Nagato would deal with it.

As for what Jiraiya also wrote in the letter, Orochimaru can roughly guess.

"It's nothing more than the set of peace ideas that persuade people to value peace... Yahiko has already paid the price for this, and Akatsuki has also paid the price for this, and the same is true for Yuyin and the Kingdom of Rain."

Nagato took the letter, but didn't open it to read it.

The envelope turned into dust and was thrown in the rain by him.

"Mistakes need to be corrected. If you fail, you can learn from the experience that can lead to victory. Now we have nowhere to go but war!"

Besides, the source of this war was not initiated by the Kingdom of Rain.

Maybe the past years made him feel nostalgic, but now he bears the destiny of a country.

Weighed together with the fate of the whole country on the balance, the weight of the mentor seems insignificant.

"Peace in the Land of Rain begins with this war!"

(end of this chapter)