Chapter 586 Symptoms

The end of November.

When it seemed that the flames of battle were about to ignite in many small countries in the ninja world, the attitude of the big countries finally seemed to be unbearable, and they began to attack the country of ghosts.

For a while, the international situation became treacherous and changeable, making it difficult to predict.

It was just the first attack. It was not the Land of Thunder that acted as barbarously as the Land of Ghosts, as everyone thought, but the Land of Fire that was beyond everyone's expectations.

The daimyo of the Land of Fire, with an official announcement, publicly criticized the excessive interference of the Oni Nation in the internal affairs of other countries, and was suspected of using violence to control the rebellion organization of the small country behind the scenes, making the peace that the ninja world had finally recovered.

Whether these things are true is unknown. Although the acting style of the Oni Nation is indeed domineering, the rest of the big powers are not necessarily kind. The reason why they speak like this is just to let themselves stand on the commanding heights of justice and criticize their opponents from the moral point of view of peace in the ninja world.

In this way, no matter what, the Kingdom of Fire can remain invincible in a righteous way.

It's just that compared to the severe reprimand of the country of fire, the country of ghosts, which is the center of the whirlpool of the incident, did not have any over-reaction to this, but only responded with very official and beautiful words diplomatically. In addition, the Kingdom of Ghosts has not been entangled in this kind of matter for too long, and still goes its own way to stir up troubles in various parts of the ninja world.

Anyone can see that the kingdom of ghosts did not pay attention to the harsh words in the official announcement of the kingdom of fire, which can be described as ignorance.

Although the release of such a statement will undoubtedly cause the relationship between the two countries to drop to a freezing point, the relationship between the two countries will further decline, but the positive response of the Fire Nation has also given many small countries the hope of sanctioning the Ghost Nation.

After all, the gap between big and small countries is clear at a glance, especially those small countries that do not pay attention to the development of ninja villages. Facing the iron heels of big countries, once a battle breaks out, they will only be ravaged by big countries.

The country of ghosts is the same as the country of thunder. The reason why it dares to so unscrupulously cause turmoil in various parts of the ninja world is based on its own terrifying military power as a strong backing.

As long as the army of the ghost country does not collapse, then the politics and economy of this country can take the ghost country as the core, radiate to the surrounding areas, and form an alliance headed by the ghost country.

Like the Kingdom of Bear and the Country of You, although the name of the country is still retained in name, in fact, the real masters of these two countries have unknowingly become a country of ghosts, directly under the jurisdiction of the central government of the country of ghosts.

As the lord of a small country, there is probably no one who is not worried about the country's methods.

Their small country used to regard the country of thunder as the biggest cancer in the ninja world, burning, killing and looting everywhere, using illegal means to concentrate and strengthen Yun Yin's military power, and felt resentful.

However, compared to today's ghost country, the methods of Lei Zhiguo and Yunyin are as docile and cute as well-behaved sheep.

At least the threat from the Kingdom of Thunder and Yin Yin is temporary, but the Kingdom of Ghosts wants to shake their ruling foundation fundamentally. The harm of the two is not at the same level at all.

Therefore, now a big country has finally criticized the inappropriateness of the kingdom of ghosts for meddling in the regime of a small country from the front. The nobles of the small country who were invaded by the kingdom of ghosts naturally leaned towards the kingdom of fire.

In just half a month, many small countries continued to send envoys to the Daming Mansion of the Land of Fire for secret talks. For a while, the allied forces headed by the Nation of Fire took shape.

The small country touched by the ghost country is no longer a rootless duckweed, but has been relied on, and finally has the courage to fight back against the ghost country.

The Kingdom of Fire denounced the inappropriate behavior of the Oni Nation, wooed the power of small countries, and expressed that it would reach a military mutual assistance agreement with these small countries, hoping that the Oni Nation would stop its excesses and avoid the outbreak of the Fourth Ninja World War.

It took less than a week for the Land of Fire to make these responses. The Land of Winds located in the southwestern region of the mainland also responded, expressing the same position as the Land of Fire, hoping that the Kingdom of Ghosts will carefully consider it, so that the ninja world can return to a peaceful and benign state as soon as possible...

Recently, more and more documents have been sent to the office. Baishi is basically living in the office, and has no time to go home or go to the laboratory to study new things.

Not surprisingly, the documents sent over are basically related to the fact that the two great powers of Fire and Wind have meddled the regimes of several small countries against the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Among them, there are proposals from the military, proposals from the government, and opinions collected from the people of the ghost country.

After reading these documents, Shiraishi nodded slightly.

In general, in terms of public opinion, it has not caused any effective blows in the country of ghosts.

Although the Kingdom of Fire has imposed 'sanctions' on the Kingdom of Ghosts in a sense of justice, what they are talking about is flashy and there is no real evidence. All the remarks are based on speculation.

"Do the diplomats from the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind still stay in Ziyuan City?"

Shiraishi put down his pen and asked the staff in front of him.

"Yes, the missions of the two countries have not left yet, and they are trying their best to ask the military departments to respond, and they are very determined to give up. If they don't give them a positive answer, they will not leave easily."

The staff tensed slightly, and responded to Shiraishi.

This time, Huo and Feng sent missions to communicate with the Kingdom of Ghosts. The point of discussion was nothing more than the hope that the Kingdom of Ghosts could calm down internationally and not destroy the international stability that was so hard to maintain.

The staff of the foreign affairs department of the ghost country are also arguing fiercely with the diplomatic missions of the two countries, resisting the artillery fire of the two countries.

"Go and tell the foreign affairs department. The Ghost Country will continue to maintain its original style and will not make any compromises on this. I hope they don't get angry."

Shiraishi thought for a while, and ordered the staff member.

"yes."

After receiving Shiraishi's answer, the staff left in a hurry.

The office was quiet again, Shiraishi held the cup of hot tea while looking out the window.

The cold north wind is howling, and the temperature has dropped sharply in recent days.

Soon, it will snow.

It will be the coldest day of the year.

"It's a pity, it seems that there is no way to live a stable and good year..."

The country of tea.

A small country far away from the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Ghosts, bordering on the southern border of the Kingdom of Fire.

Although it is a small country, its land area far exceeds the average land area of a small country. In terms of land area alone, it is not an exaggeration to call it a medium-sized country.

The Country of Tea is a country with an extremely developed tea industry, controlling nearly half of the tea industry in the ninja world. More than that, there are many mines in this country with rich mineral resources. At the same time, the land is surrounded by the sea on many sides, and the fishing and shipping industries are relatively developed. Generally speaking, apart from the relatively weak military power, it is a country with quite good economic power in all aspects.

In a teahouse in this country, in a secluded space, four people are sitting around a square low table.

The high-quality tea was served on the low table, but none of the four people around the low table took the initiative to drink tea, but looked at each other, as if confirming something.

Until one of them coughed, tapped the table with his fingers, attracted the attention of the other three, and said, "Everyone, this time we are respectively representing the shadows behind the plenipotentiaries, in order to determine the final attack time at this meeting. Since time is limited, let's get straight to the point now."

It was Lu Jiu who spoke.

The other three are the elite Jonnin Maki of Sagakure, the left and right hand of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa; the elite Jonnin Oto, the son of the third Tsuchikage Onoki, and the leading ninja of Iwagakure;

The four of them all looked serious, sitting with serious faces.

"Mr. Lu Jiu is right, we won't stay here for too long, we must finish the discussion as soon as possible, and then we can go back and report."

The one who echoed Shikahisa was Sandoshi Jnin Maki, who hoped that the meeting would start as soon as possible.

After Ma Ji finished speaking, Huang Tu was about to answer, but Qing took a step faster than him, and said directly: "Then skip the link of reminiscing about the past, and let's give each other's answer directly. According to the arrangement made by our Master Mizukage, he fixed the time as December 22."

Lu Jiu pondered for a while, and also reported the result of Konoha's discussion: "December 28."

Markey answered meticulously: "December 31."

Huang Tu finally said: "The time given by my old man is December 23."

The times given by the four parties are different, but they also have something in common, that is, the time is in late December.

At that time, it was freezing cold, the roads were icy, and it was close to the end of the year, so it was possible to win by surprise.

"Four different times? But it seems that there is no objection to setting the time in late December."

Lu Jiu smiled, and also thinks that late December is a good time to attack.

It is mainly necessary to use the factor of weather and time to perfectly implement the raid operation.

"But four different times, how to unify?"

Qing asked.

Before Lu Jiu gave an answer, Huang Tu said: "Since the time cannot be unified, let's make a compromise. How about setting it at midnight on December 26?"

After Huang Tu finished speaking, the other three looked at each other, nodded and agreed to the plan without hesitation.

After all, it doesn't make much sense to continue arguing about time.

Their time will not be wasted on such meaningless arguments.

"Since the time is fixed, let's determine the order of attack. Konoha is responsible for the first battle. After successfully suppressing the morale of the Oni Country, it is the turn of Sand and Iwagakure to attack, and finally Kirigakure. But in order to cut off the supply of the front and rear of the Oni Country, after the first contact between Konoha and the Oni Country, Iwagakure needs to provide immediate support to blow up the railway connecting the Oni Country to the Bear Country, making it impossible for the railway to resume operation in a short time."

Lu Jiu took out a plan and spread it out on the table for the other three to see.

The strategic deployment map and the course of action are drawn in detail above, including brief and clear text descriptions.

Huang Tu looked at the plan, especially the part of drawing maps, and nodded.

"Yes, the matter of blowing up the railway will be handed over to Iwain to deal with it."

"As long as the supplies are cut off and the Oni Country troops stationed on the border of the Bear Country cannot get support, it will not be difficult for Konoha to wipe them out before new support arrives. At that time, it will depend on the performance of the villages. Just act according to the original plan."

Lu Jiu pointed to the course of action with his finger, and glanced at the faces of the three of them.

"Don't worry, our Kirigakure's defenses are foolproof. In order to win this operation, Mizukage-sama has been working tirelessly for the past six months."

Qing responded seriously.

"There is no objection from Sayin's side."

"Iwakakushi has no problem."

Maki and Huang Tu responded accordingly.

Afterwards, the four of them looked at each other and smiled, and the originally stiff atmosphere became much more relaxed and harmonious.

Early December.

The diplomatic missions of the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, which have stayed in the Ghost Land for a long time, could not get satisfactory results. In the negotiation meeting, they faced each other with cold faces many times because of disagreements.

The missions of the two countries kept accusing the ghost country of wanting to control the small country's war market, thereby affecting the big country, and eventually spreading the flames of war to all countries. Such reckless and reckless behavior will definitely cause the fourth Ninja World War, which is more serious than the previous three Ninja World Wars.

Not only that, the Kingdom of Fire has also prompted many small countries to unite, together with the Kingdom of Wind, to exert pressure on the Kingdom of Ghosts.

So that for a while, the foreign affairs department of the ghost country was in a hurry. Faced with so many voices, even the diplomatic department of the ghost country, which has always been strong in diplomacy, was inevitably overwhelmed for a while.

However, although the country of ghosts is in a disadvantaged position in diplomacy and has been defeated by the two great powers of fire and wind, it still maintains its original style in foreign military operations, infiltrating the bottom of small countries to cause conflicts between the upper and lower levels, causing many small countries to begin to show signs of chaos.

If this is the only way, things may still be in such a long and boring stalemate, and it is difficult to make substantial progress.

However, a certain opportunity appeared.

mid-December.

The Pine Country fell into internal turmoil.

The domestic aristocratic rule has been seriously shaken, and a large number of farmers took advantage of the decline of the aristocratic ruling power to rise up one after another, and the flames of war quickly burned the entire territory of the Pine Kingdom. The nationwide civil war in the Pine Kingdom is raging like a raging fire.

The country of pine is one of the small countries that joined the country of fire before.

And during the talks, a military mutual assistance agreement was formally signed with the Nation of Fire.

Now the country is caught in a panic-stricken civil war, and the remote controller behind the scenes, although there is no real evidence, undoubtedly points to a certain big country.

"What exactly do you want to do in the kingdom of ghosts? To provoke a civil war in Songno, do you really want to provoke the Fourth Ninja World War?"

In the meeting room, diplomats from the three major powers of ghost, fire, and wind started a new round of debate.

It was the diplomat from the Kingdom of Fire who spoke first. His face was ashen, and he stared in the direction of the seat of the Kingdom of Ghosts with an angry expression.

"Why did you say that? If you have anything to say, please speak slowly. The reason for the civil war in the Pine Kingdom is entirely because of their daimyo and nobles' excessive expropriation of the lower classes. It has nothing to do with our ghost country. Their civil war is completely self-inflicted."

The diplomat of the ghost country shook his head in denial.

"So, where did the organized militia get their weapons?"

"In the arms trade agreement a few years ago, the Ghost Country has the ability to sell arms to small countries that don't have much ninja power, so that they can seek self-protection. As long as the buyer is willing, our Ghost Country will naturally provide services to the buyer. This is also an agreement that was unanimously recognized by you at the time, isn't it?"

The diplomat of the ghost country answered slowly, explaining the source of the weapons in the hands of the militiamen.

In this matter, the only thing he can tell himself is to be calm.

"These words are enough to deceive those who don't know the inside story. We are not fools. The Kingdom of Ghosts must give a satisfactory explanation for this matter."

The Nation of Fire diplomat said coldly.

The diplomats of the Kingdom of Wind also stared at the seats of the Kingdom of Ghosts, and faintly reached the same front with the Kingdom of Fire, using their eyes to put pressure on the diplomats of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"This is simply nonsense." The diplomat of the ghost country frowned slightly, "I reiterate that we are only businessmen from the country of Songsong, and we have conducted arms trade normally. As for what they do with that batch of arms, it is not our ghost country that needs to care about it."

"The matter has evolved to this point, do you still want to continue to argue? Now many small countries are involved in the flames of war. If this continues, the big country will not be able to stand alone!"

Fire Nation officials glared.

"This is not a sophistry, I am just stating a fact with you."

"Then I would also like to advise you, since our country of fire has formally signed a military mutual assistance agreement with the country of pine, if the country of ghosts does not give the country of pine a reasonable explanation for this matter, then our country of fire will not hesitate to take the ultimate violent means to get justice for the country of pine."

Following the words of the diplomat from the Kingdom of Fire, the expression of the diplomat from the Kingdom of Ghosts changed slightly, staring at him unkindly.

"Is the Kingdom of Fire planning to fight our Ghost Kingdom?"

"This is the right to fight for justice in order to safeguard the sovereignty of the allies! The ambitions of your ghost country are too huge. If you continue to go on like this, the Fourth Ninja World War will definitely detonate completely with your activities everywhere, destroying the hard-won peace! At that time, not only the country of fire, but other big countries will also come to stop it. I hope your ghost country will not make mistakes!"

The diplomats of the Nation of Fire made their declarations in a dignified manner, pointing their fingers at the opponent in a very rude manner, trying to suppress the opponent from the momentum.

"It's still the same sentence. We just sell arms to various countries normally. In addition, because of these things, the Fourth Ninja World War was triggered. Your Excellency's words are too alarmist."

The official from the Kingdom of Ghosts finished speaking and closed his eyes, obviously not intending to continue arguing on this matter.

Seeing this situation, the diplomat from the Nation of Fire snorted coldly, left his seat with an angry expression, and walked towards the door.

The country of wind diplomats also stood up and left with him.

This means that the negotiations broke down again.

Another two days passed.

The time came to December 25th.

Days of heavy snow covered Muye Village.

On this day, Konoha was liberated from the snowstorm. Although the weather is not clear, the gray-white sky can be called bright in this season.

The freezing air hits, and pedestrians walking on the streets of the village put on thick warm clothes and scarves around their necks to keep out the cold.

The costumes of the ninjas are much simpler. They just add an extra piece of thermal underwear to the uniform, and then wrap a scarf around their necks. If it is troublesome, even the scarf is omitted, so as not to hinder his actions.

Located on the top floor of the Hokage Building, Tsunade stood on the edge, wearing the same thin short sleeves and jacket as usual, completely ignoring the cold outside.

She looked down at Muye Village from here, and had a panoramic view of the various scenery in the village.

After a long time, she looked up at the gray-white sky above her head and let out a long sigh.

Immediately afterwards, he turned his back and leaned against the railing of the roof, staring at the Hokage Rock engraved on the mountain wall behind the Hokage Building. Starting from the first generation of Hokage, his eyes moved step by step.

Compared to the previous four Hokage Rocks, her Hokage Rocks are still brand new, unlike the previous four Hokage Rocks, which have accumulated over time and have been weather-beaten.

Finally, the line of sight once again settled on the Hokage Rock of the first generation of Hokage, and Tsunade's eyes were lost for a while.

'A ninja is a person who can endure continuously in order to achieve his goal. '

When I was young, the words taught by my grandfather Senju Hashirama still reverberate familiarly in my mind.

The original Konoha was her grandfather, and Uchiha Madara of the Uchiha clan. In order to connect the various clans, establish a new order from the chaotic Sengoku era, and protect the children who were affected by the war...and a springboard for peace.

However, the current high-level officials must have left all these things behind.

Patience...Patience...When thinking of this word, Tsunade couldn't help feeling restless and clenched his fists.

How long do I need to be patient with these guys?

"Grandfather, if you were still alive, what choice would you make? Is it to support the practice of the ghost country, or the current Konoha...I don't understand what I am doing more and more. Really, am I getting old too?"

Speaking in a voice that only he can hear, Tsunade looked at the Hokage Rock of the first generation of Hokage, and touched his forehead helplessly, as if lamenting the ruthlessness of the years, and his will seemed to be decaying.

Shiraishi once said that Konoha, and even all the ninja villages today, are essentially the same as the ninjas of the Warring States Period. They are all mercenary groups with violent means. She couldn't find an excuse to refute it in the past. The ridiculous thing is that she can't find an excuse to refute him now.

"Honestly, for the next action, I hope not to fail, but at the same time I hope to fail..."

As if talking in the air, Tsunade didn't know what he was talking about.

Maybe he is telling the most true thoughts in his heart to the past Hokage.

Only to these dead people can I reveal my heart and confess my complicated state of mind, instead of wearing a mask all the time to cover my heart.

At this moment, Tsunade heard the sound of footsteps, and his eyes turned away from the Hokage Rock of the first generation of Hokage, and turned to the entrance of the rooftop.

"Tsunade, the letter from the daimyo can be arranged in advance now."

It was the two consultants, Zhuanju Xiaoharu and Mito Menyan, who came to inform.

The two of them can't wait for the next Jonin meeting. Of course, they can only be active in this kind of matter and not stumbling her, and they don't have the consciousness and ability to be consultants at all.

"Got it, I'll be here right away."

Nodding calmly, Tsunade straightened his body, moved away from the position of the railing, and finally inadvertently glanced at the Hokage Rock of the first generation of Hokage again.

I don't know if I will bless this village again this time, my grandfather.

Tsunade thought of this, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, feeling a lot lighter.

(end of this chapter)