Chapter 394 Ending (1)

April is the season of warm spring and flowers blooming.

However, for the hidden sand village deep in the desert, the change of seasons here is not particularly obvious.

Sandstone and yellow sand are everywhere, forming a rather spectacular scenery.

In the center of Shayin Village, there is a huge spherical building standing there, with a thick word 'wind' painted on the outer wall. It is the very iconic Fengying Building of Shayin Village, and it is the highest administrative area of Shayin Village.

In a conference room, a round table was placed there, and around it sat the high-level officials of Shayin Village, and the fourth generation of Fengkage Luosha.

They held a meeting here to talk about the Bear Country.

At the beginning of the meeting, an Elder Shayin reported on the intelligence materials in hand: "At present, the daimyo of the Xiongzhi Country is seriously ill and has abdicated. Princess Zhuhime has taken the throne, and has submitted her credentials to the Ghost Country. The two countries have begun to draw closer. Although the information says that the Xiong Country is only a subsidiary country of the Ghost Country, the specific situation may not be that simple."

is definitely not that simple. This is the unanimous thought of all the high-level people here.

It may be a dependent country now, but in the near future, it is not impossible to directly change its appearance and plant the flag of the ghost country.

With the tough style of the Kingdom of Ghosts like the Kingdom of Thunder, this kind of thing will happen in the near future in all likelihood.

"What about Star Ninja Village? What's going on there?"

Luo Sha narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice.

Responding to Luo Sha's inquiry, another high-level person in charge said: Star Ninja Village has been obedient and has not protested at all. It is estimated that, like the Daimyo Mansion in the Bear Country, it has already been infiltrated by the people of the Ghost Country. The current leader of the Star Ninja Village, Chi Ying, is the husband of Princess Zhuhime. His resume before joining the Bear Country daimyo's camp is very vague, and may be related to the army of the Ghost Country.

After saying this, everyone looked solemn, and they couldn't help showing fear and rare joy.

Fortunately, in the War of the Kingdom of Winds last year, the Kingdom of Winds stopped their losses in time and did not try to fight the Kingdom of Ghosts further.

If the war continues, being dragged into the Bear Country area by the Ghost Country, and being suddenly stabbed in the back by the Star Ninja Village, Sand Hidden Village is likely to be devastated in this war.

They knew that the Kingdom of Ghosts might have a backup player in the War of the Kingdom of Wind, but they didn't expect it to be Star Ninja Village, a small Ninja Village that was neglected by people.

From this point of view, there must be a secret army hidden in the kingdom of ghosts inside Xingnin Village.

"I remember that at the end of last year, the village sent people to Xingren Village to investigate some things... It seems that we were all fooled."

Luo Sha sighed.

It's no wonder that Uchiha Ruri could cross the Bear Country area unimpeded and enter the Wind Country without a sound. If it was the cover of Hoshi Ninja Village, then it would not be easy to be discovered, and he could be caught off guard.

This is also more certain that the war in the Kingdom of Wind was a deliberate war by the Kingdom of Ghosts, not accidental.

Control the Star Ninja Village in advance. If there is a sudden change in the war in the Kingdom of the Wind, the enemy can be lured into deep, surrounded and wiped out, and the Sand Hidden will be completely damaged.

It's just that Sand Yin didn't persist until Hoshi Ninja Village started, and was defeated by the kingdom of ghosts, which is really embarrassing.

"The leader of the ninja village in a small country can be changed at will, and they do it without anyone noticing. The organization of the ghost country infiltrating other countries is very powerful. Those wandering witches all over the world must have made a lot of credit for it."

Luo Sha sneered.

It is not so easy to infiltrate a country's authority.

Because once it is exposed before it succeeds, it will be beyond redemption.

Therefore, the intelligence system must be strong in order to grasp the power center of the country and achieve the effect of control.

Moreover, this is not an immediate effect in a short period of time.

The layout of the kingdom of ghosts in the kingdom of bears, it is certain that operations have been launched at least five years ago.

"Konoha's Hokage told me that the kingdom of ghosts is very good at cultivating spies, especially the civilian population, which is the easiest place for the kingdom of ghosts to infiltrate. This point needs to be paid special attention to."

Because those wandering witches first appeared among the people of the Bear Country, and earned a great reputation in the Bear Country. As a result, the Bear Country is now moving closer to the Ghost Country, and there is not much opposition from the people, but they think it is a good thing.

This is the terrifying role of the Wandering Miko.

Not only the penetration of spies, but the penetration of public opinion is even more terrifying.

From the nobles to the common people, most of them agreed to become the vassal state of the Ghost Kingdom. It is impossible for other countries to intervene in this kind of thing.

Unless the Wandering Witch Maiden from the Kingdom of Ghosts loses the hearts of the people in the Country of Bears, this matter may turn around.

But the kingdom of ghosts uses a conspiracy in this matter, which is difficult to crack.

Even if it is cracked, there may be revenge from the ghost kingdom afterwards.

Besides, if even the new daimyo has agreed to it, isn't it a legitimate excuse for other countries to intervene for the army of the ghost country?

So, even though Luo Sha was unwilling, he did not dare to take any action against the Kingdom of Bears.

He is well aware of the strength of the ghost kingdom, and with the current Sha Yin, he is simply unable to compete with the ghost kingdom. Only by cooperating with the Nation of Fire and using the influence of the Nation of Fire can it resist the infiltration of the Nation of Wind by the Nation of Ghosts.

"Indeed, some behaviors of the Kingdom of Ghosts must be restricted."

Although the wandering witches of the ghost country have not begun to infiltrate the big countries, many small countries, especially the poor and backward small countries, have appeared one after another the wandering witches.

Their role is to send information to the ghost kingdom and gain fame.

The fact that there is no threat to major powers now does not mean that there will be no threat in the future.

As long as the kingdom of ghosts has a thorough understanding of the intelligence system of the small country, it is self-evident what to do next.

This approach is even worse than that of the Land of Thunder.

"Restricting the kingdom of ghosts is not easy. Although the kingdom of thunder no longer assists the kingdom of ghosts, the only kingdom of fire that is completely opposed to the kingdom of ghosts is too far away from the kingdom of ghosts."

Luo Sha's words were very heavy.

Although Dark Shadow and Konoha have united, it doesn't mean that the kingdom of ghosts can really be defeated.

The Kingdom of Fire is stronger than the Kingdom of Wind, but its territory is not in the west of the mainland. Even by sea, there is a large sea area between it and the Kingdom of Ghosts.

At that time, it will only turn into a head-on conflict between the kingdom of ghosts and the kingdom of wind.

The kingdom of ghosts without absorbing the kingdom of bears is already quite terrifying. Now that the kingdom of bears is absorbed, the power of the kingdom of ghosts will become even stronger.

The Kingdom of Earth still sits on the sidelines, with an extremely irritating attitude of watching the show, and has no real intention to unite with the Kingdom of Wind to suppress the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Third Tsuchikage Onogi is too stable, and he will hardly take the initiative to take action until the situation becomes uncertain.

The last shot was because the island alliance was profitable, and then Yanyin Village fell into silence again. On the surface, it joined forces with Sand Yin, but many times it was just a symbolic action, and the approach was quite cunning and shameless.

If the Nation of Wind and the Nation of Fire take any unfavorable actions against the Nation of Ghosts at this time, the first unlucky one will be the Nation of Wind, not the Nation of Fire.

So, even if you want to attack the kingdom of ghosts, you have to wait for the kingdom of fire to act.

If the Kingdom of Fire doesn't act, and the Kingdom of Wind takes the lead, it will be too reckless, and it will be easy for the Kingdom of Ghosts to catch it.

While taking any step in the Kingdom of the Wind, proceed with caution, and can no longer afford a huge failure.

"Kazekage-sama's words are a bit pessimistic, but there is good news. According to the news from Konoha Shimura Danzo, the situation in Nami Country seems to have changed. The agricultural and industrial groups organized by Nami Country to resist the nobles seem to be dissatisfied with the control of the Oni Country.

A senior elder said with a smile.

"Thunder Light Regiment? If it was this group of mercenaries who licked their blood, they would definitely confront the Kingdom of Ghosts for money."

As for the bounty mercenaries in the underground black market, they, as the top executives of Shayin, are also very clear about their personalities.

Among them, many high-level officials have also secretly used the power of the underground black market.

Not to mention, because the black market western industry was severely suppressed by the Kingdom of Ghosts, there was no declaration of war on the surface, but they had already exchanged fire with the Kingdom of Ghosts in secret.

The fact that Lei Guangtuan took over the Kingdom of Waves this time may be the underground black market's revenge against the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"Not only that, Konoha and Fire Country Daming House also seem to plan to secretly fund the agricultural and industrial groups in an attempt to support the new dignitaries and make the Kingdom of Waves independent and free from the remote control of the Kingdom of Ghosts."

"If that's the case, what are we going to do here?"

Since the Nation of Fire has already taken action, as allies, they also understand the truth of being cold-hearted.

The arrogance of the Kingdom of Ghosts cannot be allowed to be too arrogant, otherwise the living space of the Kingdom of Wind and Shayin in the west will become smaller and smaller.

"At present, these contests are all carried out in secret, and there is no declaration of war on the surface, so we only need to help the country of fire to pay attention to the movements of the country of ghosts. It is not appropriate to fight against the country of ghosts with great fanfare."

Compared to the far away country of fire, the country of wind is closer to the country of ghosts.

If the Kingdom of Ghosts really plans to take any large-scale actions, it can also communicate with the Kingdom of Fire in advance to discuss countermeasures.

"Let's do it like this. I will let Anbu take charge of this matter and monitor the movements of the Kingdom of Ghosts. I hope that the operation in the Kingdom of Fire will be successful. This is all we can do now."

Luo Sha nodded and made a final decision.

The country of ghosts.

"Anbu of the Kingdom of the Wind seems to have launched an operation."

Ayane came to Shiraishi's office with the collected information and reported the matter to him immediately.

"As expected, the last time the Land of Rain talks, the cooperative relationship between Konoha and Sand Yin has obviously improved. The Land of Fire has begun to win over the agricultural and industrial groups. Of course, the Land of Wind will also take action to take care of each other."

Shiraishi rubbed the teacup in his hand and spoke.

"Then you want to pull out Anbu from the Kingdom of Wind?"

Ayane asked.

"No, just let them monitor."

If a cleansing operation is launched, let alone whether all the sand hidden Anbu can be pulled out, doing so will undoubtedly scare the snake, telling sand hidden that the army of the kingdom of ghosts will take action next.

Unfortunately, he doesn't plan to do anything next.

It is impossible to get any useful information from the surveillance of the Anbu of the sand.

However, it is not a bad thing to do this to reassure Sahiro.

"Will it not affect the country of Wave?"

"No, I don't expect the manpower of the Agricultural and Industrial Corps to shake the giant of the Land of Fire. They only need to digest the interior of the Land of Waves."

After all, the knowledge level of the members of the agricultural and industrial groups is too low, which can easily lead to problems in the country's management system.

A country cannot live without technical personnel, but it also cannot lack management talents.

Without technology, the power of the country cannot develop, but without management, the country will be in turmoil and lose stability.

Compared to the Kingdom of Fire, the power of the Kingdom of Waves is too weak.

Even if the Kingdom of Bo is given another ten years to develop, it is impossible to really pose any threat to the Nation of Fire.

The main force to attack the Nation of Fire at that time must be the army of the Nation of Ghosts, not the agricultural and industrial groups of the Nation of Waves.

If the Agricultural and Industrial Corps were involved, it would be more unnecessary sacrifices.

Because of the confrontation between the strong and the weak who are involved in the innocent and tragic death, Shiraishi has seen this kind of scene countless times in the Ninja World War.

In his view, the Kingdom of Waves is an innocent weakling caught between the powerhouses of the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Fire. They have no right to choose between life and death.

He only needs the Agricultural Workers' League to provide him with a transfer platform. In addition, the Agricultural Workers' League's duty to develop its own country is the only task.

Once things are done too much, it will inevitably lead to revenge from the Fire Nation.

Although the kingdom of ghosts is not afraid, the demise of the kingdom of waves is an inevitable result.

I don't want the Land of Waves to have a large number of victims. At this time, it is necessary to artificially create a crisis of distrust between the Land of Ghosts and the Land of Waves, so that the Land of Fire can take advantage of it, avoid direct conflicts, shift the scale of conflicts to dark places, and reduce the sacrifice rate.

This is also the reason why Lei Guangtuan was hired by the senior management of the Agricultural and Industrial League.

With the support of the armed forces of the Lei Guang Group, the Agricultural and Industrial Group must also be able to slowly gain a foothold in the Kingdom of Waves, without worrying about the counterattack of the noble forces of the Kingdom of Waves.

Because the Fire Nation daimyo has given up these old aristocratic forces, they can only wait to die slowly under the joint oppression of the Agricultural Workers Group and the Fire Nation, or surrender and hand over all the land and resources in their hands, which can ensure the continuation of the family.

"Compared to this, I'm going to meet the envoys of the great powers, as well as the envoys of the Iron Kingdom. The attitude of the neutral country is really a headache."

Baishi smiled wryly.

Because the Iron Country is not a neutral country in the general sense, it is also a neutral platform for major powers to mediate disputes.

To a certain extent, the importance of the platform of the Iron Country is more important than that of a big country.

Since the Warring States period, great powers have attacked each other, and the trust relationship between them has also been capricious.

At this time, a mediator is needed to appear.

The mediator between the big countries is the country of neutral national railways.

The current general of the Iron Kingdom, Mifune, is a rare sword master in the ninja world. His swordsmanship is so fast that the ninja has no time to seal, which can completely seal the ninja's ninjutsu.

Although his strength is not as good as the Five Kages, he is also a rare sword master in the ninja world.

Moreover, the samurai unit under his command has a large number of people.

Lead to the comprehensive military power of neutral countries, second only to the great powers.

The powerful military force and the status of a neutral country are the origin of the mediator status of the Iron Kingdom.

Great countries sometimes resolve disputes, not only relying on wars, but the Iron Kingdom also plays a very important role in it.

In addition to the credibility of the Iron Kingdom, it has also been recognized by various countries in the ninja world.

Once the country of iron's opinion of the country of ghosts changes, the next time it goes to the country of iron to mediate disputes with other major powers, it may bury hidden dangers.

Even a neutral country needs to live, and selling cold weapons and arms to other countries is the most important fiscal revenue of the Iron Country.

If the arms business of the Iron Country is curbed, then the attitude of the neutral country cannot be truly neutral.

"Isn't it okay to negotiate with the Iron Country?"

Ayane was slightly surprised.

The envoys from the Kingdom of Iron came to the Kingdom of Ghosts for not a day or two. After the talks in the Kingdom of Rain, they stayed in Ziyuan City to discuss the issue of restrictions on arms.

"How can it be so simple, if we really do what the Iron Country does and don't sell arms to small countries, then we will have a wave of advertisements for the Rain Country War. Not only that, but the envoys of the big countries will also receive interviews, so we can't delay it any longer."

Great countries will definitely need the arms of the ghost country, but compared to big countries, the needs of small countries are even greater.

They urgently need a strong armed force to protect themselves from military threats from major powers.

It is precisely because of this that after the Land of Rain War, it was the biggest business opportunity ever obtained by the Kingdom of Ghosts.

As long as this opportunity is well utilized, the Kingdom of Ghosts can further amass more wealth and use it to invest in civil and military production.

However, what he can think of, other big countries can definitely think of.

But the first to bear the brunt is the country of iron that attaches the most importance to the arms trade.

It is said that the arms sales volume of the Iron Kingdom this month is less than one-third of that of the previous month.

Because the rest of the small countries can't wait to communicate with the ghost country to get more advanced weapons to protect themselves, they began to dislike the weapons produced by the iron country.

This is still the case when the Kingdom of Ghosts doesn't let go. If the Kingdom of Ghosts lets go of the request of those small countries, the arms market of the Kingdom of Iron will directly collapse.

"Then what should we do? How about uniting those small countries that need the arms of the ghost country and putting pressure on them?"

"If we do that, the big countries will take some action. They are still the dominant players, even if they are going downhill. The voices of small countries will be completely drowned out. As for the country of iron, we have given two solutions. One is that we avoid the market of small countries, so that the arms business of the country of iron can barely operate."

"What about the second option?"

"Handing over the manufacturing technology does not require labor and money from the Ghost Kingdom, but the Ghost Kingdom will have a share of the final profit."

Speaking of this, whether it is Shiraishi or Ayane, a cold light flashed in their eyes.

The weapon manufacturing technology of the ghost country is not a precious thing that can be exchanged for money.

The birth of each weapon requires a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as time.

It was accompanied by countless failures, and finally it took countless times of polishing before it took shape.

After that, the improvement of weapons also followed this process.

The Iron Country only wants to pay money to get these precious technologies, which is simply whimsical.

"How dare they think."

"With the support of several other big countries behind it, the confidence will of course become different."

"How about launching a war against the Iron Country, I think it will be resolved faster."

"It's not that far yet. Now they are just like businessmen in business, asking for prices and paying back the money."

First give an impossible condition, but wait for the kingdom of ghosts to let go, and slowly win over people with momentum, reaching the result of making the kingdom of ghosts compromise.

Shiraishi himself has used this method in the past. At the Five Kages Conference, he and Yakura exchanged double-handedness to meet their own political needs.

The current situation is nothing more than switching from the position of the Five Kages Assembly, and becoming the one being threatened.

However, the kingdom of ghosts is not the kingdom of wind.

Even if it is a compromise, the other party must give up their interests.

Even if the Kingdom of Ghosts is doing high-profile things these days, it has never thought of eating free food.

In the war of the Kingdom of Rain, the Kingdom of Ghosts also spent a lot of manpower and material resources to promote the negotiation of the Kingdom of Rain.

Now the big country wants to limit the development of the ghost country without giving anything. How is this possible?

Therefore, the first option can be considered under the condition of paying benefits. But for the second option, Baishi didn't even have to think about it, he directly rejected it in his heart.

"Then we want to get rid of the Iron Nation, probably not so simple."

Ayane helplessly spread her hands.

The Country of Iron is obviously a chess piece for a big country to ask for directions, and the Country of Iron is willing to be a **** of a big country.

Because it involves the foundation of the country, they have to do this.

Unless they find another way to make a living.

But it is obvious that the country of iron cannot carry out commercial transformation in a short period of time, and it still relies on the arms trade of cold weapons.

It's just the downside of building momentum too quickly.

Compared to being neighbors with strong countries, many countries prefer to be neighbors with weak countries.

Because this is the only way to take the initiative in diplomacy.

The strength of the ghost country has aroused the vigilance of many big countries.

It is quite normal internationally that a country is targeted because of its strength.

From this point of view, it is also a happy thing.

Because weak countries are not eligible to be targeted, nor are they eligible to negotiate fairly in front of powerful countries.

The fact that they target the ghost kingdom in this way proves the strength of the ghost kingdom.

As long as this blockade can be broken through, the future development of the ghost country will become smoother.

"In short, I will go to negotiate with the envoys of the big country and the country of iron. Recently, the security of the city will be entrusted to you. If these envoys have accidents here, it will be very troublesome."

Although he has dealt with many spies who sneaked into the country, Baishi is more afraid that these emissaries will take the initiative to find work for the kingdom of ghosts.

For example, at the end of the Third Ninja World War, the Yunyin messenger went to Konoha to negotiate and signed an armistice agreement. As a result, he used the Hyuga clan to muddy the water, completely making Konoha passive, and almost sacrificed the dignity of the Hyuga clan in exchange for peace.

This incident reminded Shiraishi.

Shiraishi is not afraid of legitimate diplomatic means, but if he uses such a rogue move, it will be quite troublesome to deal with.

That's why he asked Ayane to pay attention to the security issues in Ziyuan City, and don't let some messengers with ulterior motives direct and act out some farces of being attacked and killed by themselves, and put the ghost country in an embarrassing situation.

The farce of Yunyin and Konoha Hyuga clan cannot be reproduced in Ziyuan City.

(end of this chapter)