Chapter 731 Operations

The temptation from the four villages of Konoha was much faster than Xiaonan imagined.

Although relevant preparations have been made in advance to dispel the suspicion of these villages, Xiaonan also understands that it will only be a matter of time before Yuyin is exposed. Under the joint infiltration of the four ninja villages, there is no way to completely cover up some secrets in this village.

All she can do is to delay the progress of the investigation of these villages as much as possible, and by the way, also involve the Kingdom of Ghosts to attract part of the firepower for Akatsuki.

As for the consequences that would eventually arise, Xiao Nan hadn't thought about it, but no matter what, it wouldn't be worse than Yuyin being exposed.

"Phew... It's finally cleared up."

In the high tower in the Yuyin Center, Xiaonan used the paper transformation technique to deceive the envoy from the four villages who came from afar again, and then changed back to his original appearance, walked out from behind the wallpaper, and let out a sigh of relief.

Different from the last time, this time there is no need to show off to the envoys of Ninja Village. Too much resistance will only arouse the four villages' desire to explore. Timely retreat, although there is no way to dispel their doubts, but at least there will be no direct conflict, and it can be used to buy time.

Right now, for Akatsuki and Yuyin, the most important thing is to buy time.

It wasn't Akatsuki and Yuyin, the Kingdom of Oni and even other big countries are racing against time, trying to dig out the secret behind the scenes of the ninja world, so that the so-called truth can be revealed to the world.

"But the next step is the key. Just now there is news from Bai Jue underground that they have captured two ninjas from Yunyin, and they are now being held in a cell for guarding."

The mixture of Heijue and Baijue emerged half of its body from the floor next to it, and then slowly pulled its body off the floor, standing beside Xiaonan, Heijue informed in a hoarse and low tone.

"Yunyin? Sure enough, it's this side that couldn't bear it first."

Xiaonan said with a headache.

Different from other ninja villages that have suffered losses, Yunyin has been recharging his energy for the past few years. He has collected various forbidden and secret techniques in various parts of the ninja world, and studied the kingdom of ghosts, focusing on industrial research. According to Bai Jue's report, some key cities in Yunyin and the land of thunder have begun to transform into industrialization.

And has a large sea fleet, and began to imitate and imitate the Tailed Beast Jade of the Tailed Beast, produce something called Chakra shells, and thoroughly strengthen the country's military power.

If there is a conflict with this village, she and Nagato may be fine, but Yuyin may be smashed to pieces by Yunyin's long-range firepower.

So, if there is a war with these villages, the best way is to wipe out the enemy and not start the battle near Yuyin.

"This village doesn't like to swallow their anger. After all, losing a tailed beast is not a trivial matter, but if you catch a clue, it will cause huge trouble. Among these villages, Yunyin is the most troublesome."

Hei must analyze from an objective perspective.

The two Yunyin ninjas who were caught before and planned to lurk in were just appetizers.

The real highlight is later, and I'm afraid not only Yunyin, but most of the other villages will also assist in the action.

"Let's not talk about this side, how is the ghost country? Did the news that was sent out before achieve the expected effect?"

Xiaonan asked like this.

As the driving force behind the ninja world, Xiaonan hopes that they can share the pressure.

"No, the kingdom of ghosts did not admit that it owns Nanao. Similarly, the murder of Konoha Fourth Hokage and the incident of attacking Konoha with Kyuubi 16 years ago is completely false. He said that he would hold accountable those who created public opinion."

The reaction of the ghost country is not unexpected, but anyone with a normal mind will deny these things.

The secret actions of the various major powers may be dirty and dark, but on the surface they still check and balance each other and take peace as their first responsibility, so wars will not easily break out.

Not long after the Fourth Ninja World War, the structure of the ninja world has changed. Even in the face of embarrassment from other countries, the Kingdom of Ghosts only needs to push and push diplomatically, and no one will really dare to search within its territory.

In contrast, if Yuyin refuses the ninjas from these villages to enter the Land of Rain to search for something, it is estimated that the people in these villages will soon be overwhelmed by an army, and they don't mind using their fists to talk to Yuyin about 'reason'.

The two countries faced the same problem, but in the end, the attitudes of several villages towards them were very different.

Those who cannot find a breakthrough from the Kingdom of Ghosts will definitely list the Kingdom of Rain as the first suspect target. Unless it is a last resort, these ninja villages dare not offend the Kingdom of Ghosts.

After hearing this, Xiao Nan just nodded silently. She knew these things well, but there was no way out of doing so.

In short, as long as it can divert part of the attention of the ghost kingdom, it is a good thing. With this method, it is impossible to put the ghost country into a predicament.

"Call back all the wandering white zealots. In addition, put all the special white zealots that can be dispatched into the deep underground near Yuyin, and drag them for as long as they can."

Xiaonan issued this order.

"Do you want to do this?"

Hei Jue didn't seem very happy.

After all, the scattered Bai Jue are important 'eyes'. If these eyes are lost, they will not be able to get information from the outside world immediately.

"The top priority right now is to protect the secrets of Yuyin Village. If the things here are leaked, our plan may fall short and benefit the kingdom of ghosts. As Madara Will, you don't want Nagato to be disturbed at this time, do you?"

Xiao Nan stared intently at Hei Jue.

"..." Hei Jue was silent for a while, and said: "It is fine to call those Bai Jue back, but the whites who are placed near Wuyin, Yunyin, and Konoha must not be evacuated. If during this period, we lose the approximate location of Renzhuriki, we will be more passive. And in each place, we must ensure that there are one or two special Baijue individuals to ensure nothing goes wrong."

There are still tailed beasts in these three villages. Before the tailed beasts in these villages are caught, no matter how great the sacrifice is, the surveillance of these three villages must be guaranteed.

It was hard to delineate the approximate location and residence of these renzhuli. If these villages change their renzhuli again during this period, and this side cannot keep up with it immediately, all the efforts of the past few months will be wasted.

Although the infiltration difficulty of these villages is not as good as that of the ghost country, it is not possible for any third-rate character to sneak in.

"...Okay, let's do it like this."

Xiaonan and Heijue took a step back and reached this agreement.

Mid-late August.

After learning the news that Nanao fell into the hands of the Oni Nation, Takigakushi had four consecutive diplomatic incidents with the Oni Nation within seven days, and the Konoha side also sent personnel to help Takigakure. In addition to the matter about Nanao, Konoha also mentioned the incident of Kyuubi's attack on Konoha and the sacrifice of the fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.

Konoha doesn't have much real evidence for Nanao's incident, but there are many doubts about Kyuubi's attack on Konoha and the sacrifice of Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, and the most critical point is that the previous Kyuubi Jinchuriki Uzumaki Kushina gave birth, which became an important cause of Konoha's serious decline in strength sixteen years ago.

The hospital staff who prescribed the medicine for the former Nine-tailed Jinchuriki Uzumaki Kushina at that time was Masumi Asami, the former director of the pharmacy department of Konoha Hospital, and this person has been judged to be in collusion with Oni no Kuni.

All of these vaguely point to the kingdom of ghosts. In order to weaken Konoha's prestige and military strength at that time, Kyuubi went berserk and deliberately assassinated the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.

Konoha, who has obtained some important physical evidence, will naturally hold on to this, but because the most important witness, Asami Masumi, has been silenced, so the current results in these matters are not ideal.

At most, it has a certain upper hand in public opinion.

But this is obviously not what Konoha and Takigakure want.

So the rhetorical negotiations between the three parties were very intense, but Oni Nation's main focus was on dealing with Konoha, and Takigakure kept claiming that Oni Nation did not abduct Nanao.

The foreign affairs department is constantly on fire, but the military of the ghost country is peaceful, completely ignoring the voices of the outside world.

After all, this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and everyone has already become accustomed to it.

At most, I would be emotional, the foreign ministry is really lively, fighting with different people every day, and the quarrel is so loud.

This is already a normal day for the foreign affairs department of the ghost country, so don't worry about it.

Shiraishi, who was sitting in the office, also ignored the matter of Konoha and Takigakure. As the Minister of Military Affairs, he didn't need to personally deal with these trivial matters. As long as there is not enough evidence and witnesses, at most it will gain some advantage in the face of the matter, and resisting the work of these people is exactly what the diplomatic staff need to do.

If he can't even handle such a trivial matter, he has to consider whether he should respond to the government, replace the people in the diplomatic department, and arrange for more capable people to stand up.

Compared with Konoha and Takigakure, Shiraishi now has more important things to deal with.

In front of him stood Kakashi who rushed over from the intelligence department.

The mental state of the other party's face is good. During this period of time, the work and rest time seem to be arranged in a very orderly manner, and there is no trouble.

"Your next job will be a ninja school."

Shiraishi's words decided where Kakashi would go next.

The important information of the intelligence department has already been thoroughly understood by Kakashi. There is no need to throw all his energy into the intelligence department. It would be too much of a waste of Kakashi's talent.

"Ninja School?"

"There is an important foundation of the military, and the relationship inside is intricate, and many ninjas came from there. Your position there is basically the same as that of the intelligence department, as a teaching consultant. I hope you can use your knowledge to polish the foundation of those students and make them stronger."

Shiraishi said so.

Kakashi has experienced many things, and there are also many things he is good at.

Participated in the Ninja War when he was young. After the war, he rose step by step in Konoha, entered Anbu, became the team leader, sub-captain, deputy director, and then minister, and then served as a manager in the Konoha Security Department for a period of time. In the dark, he is able to freely move between the Fourth Hokage, the Third Hokage, Genbu, and Orochimaru, and he also has a strong assassination ability.

In espionage courses, his experience is invaluable knowledge for future espionage students.

As far as ninjas are concerned, although Kakashi is good at Thunder Dungeon and Earth Dungeon, the rest of the chakra attributes are also slightly involved, and he is a very rare full-attribute chakra. Created the level ninjutsu Chidori when he was ten years old, and then derived a large number of Thunder escape techniques of this system with Chidori. The experience along the way is also of great reference and learning value for students.

Unless it is a freak like Ichihime, with Kakashi's ability, he can quickly adapt to teaching all kinds of students.

"Is that so? I understand, so, does the Ministry of Intelligence need to leave?"

Kakashi nodded, understanding what Shiraishi was thinking.

Regardless of his own experience and expertise, he is indeed very good at teaching the students in the ninja school, and, in the school, he can quickly accumulate contacts.

Whether it is other teachers, ninjas who have graduated from school, or students during the study period, this is a valuable network resource.

The kingdom of ghosts adopts a strategy of being lean and few in ninja training, which leads to the fact that the average level of the ninjas in the kingdom of ghosts is higher than that of ninjas in other big countries. If paired with excellent ninja equipment, such as chakra armor, which can greatly improve the ninja's combat effectiveness, it can basically deal with multiple people at the same level at the same time.

In the Fourth Ninja World War, the Jnin of the Demon Kingdom, with their outstanding strength and Chakra armor, could deal with two or three Jnin of the enemy at the same time without defeat.

It seems that there are only about 300 Jonin in the Oni Nation, but the real strength shown is more than double.

In villages like Sand Hidden and Iwa Hidden, apart from top ninjas like Gokage, it is not a problem to deal with two or three at a time.

"The security consultant of the intelligence department is temporarily reserved. Next, your work will focus on the ninja school. The intelligence department will check it two to three times every ten days."

After arranging Kakashi's work, Shiraishi asked him to leave.

The deployment of the military is proceeding quietly.

A few days ago, Uchiha Sasuke also took Shigego and four of his subordinates to leave the country of ghosts, and went to the border between the country of ghosts and the country of soil, where they patrolled. In addition, Liuli also dispatched Hoshino, the witch who had followed Sasuke before, to join Sasuke's team again and take on medical work.

Miko Hoshino, Uchiha Hoshino, is different from most Uchiha ninjas who take a purely fighting route. She is not only good at fighting, but also good at medical ninjutsu. This is obviously some insignificant funding from the Uchiha clan to Sasuke.

Of course, maybe I still hold the idea that these two Uchiha people can rub some sparks of passion in the process of working together, which is the best idea.

Whether it is appearance, character, or qualifications, Uchiha Hoshino is the best among Uchiha's younger generation. Except that he is three or four years older than Sasuke, in other respects, he can't pick anything wrong.

Shiraishi didn't pay much attention to these matters, but only gave an approved reply.

Arranging Sasuke to the Iwagakure battle line, on the one hand, is to exercise the opponent's grass-roots ability, and on the other hand, it is also because, if the Fifth Ninja World War breaks out in the future, then Sasuke will be a sharp knife that directly pierces the heart of the land of land, and can attack the hinterland of the land of land at any time.

The resources divided by the big countries are getting less and less, but the proportion of the ghost country is getting heavier. Land and population are the key. Even without Akatsuki's involvement, the Fifth Ninja World War will be accompanied by the uneven distribution of resources and land, which will be detonated.

The Fourth Ninja World War was just a wrong attempt by the major powers, and the contradictions themselves were only the first leakage, and they had not yet accumulated to the point of irreconcilability.

But now it doesn't work.

The pace of the ghost country is getting faster and faster, like a train that has reached its highest speed, the brake function has been stopped, and it can't stop even if it wants to.

The current ghost country is no longer transferred or determined by Shiraishi's personal will.

There is no other way but to go forward and reach the end.

But there is only one thing that Shiraishi can decide.

That's where the war started, and how the first shot was fired.

In the ninja world map that opened up in front of him, Shiraishi calmly locked his eyes on the encircled area of the great countrythe Land of Rain.

"Tail beast...Although the preparation is insufficient, it is impossible for everything to go as expected."

As he spoke, Shiraishi dialed out the signal and issued an order to the contact person on the other side:

"Notify all high-level cadres that at nine o'clock in the morning on the 31st of this month, the highest-level military meeting will be held in Conference Room 301 of the First Administration Building."

Hung up the communication, Baishi got up and left a shadow clone, left the office, and walked towards the research institute.

Jiraiya is wearing a raincoat and walking in the Land of Rain.

The Land of Rain, which has been eroded by several wars, has begun to glow with new vitality.

Although there is not much land that can be planted due to the perennial rainfall in this country, so this country has always had more water and less food. Food is one of the biggest problems in this country.

But now it seems that due to the gradual rise of industry, some emerging industries are recovering in some cities in the Land of Rain. Even though food is scarce due to the barren land, the Land of Rain, which can connect the roads of the three major countries, can rely on the slowly developing industry and commerce in peacetime to obtain funds to purchase a large amount of food.

Although it may not be very prosperous, it can basically solve the problem of food and clothing for most people in the Land of Rain, and even leave some spare energy to give back to Yuyin.

Therefore, it is not so difficult for the people of the Kingdom of Rain to regard Payne, the current leader of Yuyin, as a 'god'.

At least in Jiraiya's view, the current leader of Yuyin must be a great ninja who loves the people like a son.

This kind of compassionate person probably has nothing to do with the dangerous organization that catches tailed beasts and destroys the peace of the ninja world.

Although in Jiraiya's opinion, there are many doubts about Yuyin's current leader Payne, but these doubts are insignificant in the face of this righteousness and compassion.

"Peaceful days are really good, it would be great if it can continue like this."

Jiraiya left the small town he just passed by, happy for the stability and peace of this country.

But when I think of the possibility of hiding a dangerous organization in this country, I can't help but feel a little worried.

And not only that, Konoha where he is located, including the other three ninja villages, has recently sent a large number of ninjas into the land of the rain to search for them.

Although Yuyin signed a series of agreements such as not disturbing the people and not interfering in internal affairs, once a battle occurs, can such an agreement really restrain the destructive power of ninjas?

During the third Ninja World War, the Konoha ninjas led by Orochimaru were like wolves and tigers. In order to resist Sand Yin who invaded the Land of Fire, they wreaked havoc everywhere in the Land of Rain, and did not hesitate to get Rain Yin involved. Although a solid foundation was indeed laid for Konoha's victory at that time, what was left to the Land of Rain was indeed an even worse mess.

Once let Yu Yin, also fell into the **** rule of Konoha.

Some people, some things, he, the Sannin, is powerless.

And now, things like this seem to be showing signs of resurgence in this country.

"We must act as soon as possible, and we can no longer sit and wait for death like this."

Jiraiya murmured.

It is true that as Tsunade suggested, he does not want him to go deep alone, but in the current situation, he may need to take some risks.

If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger cub.

The matter must be resolved before the situation becomes serious, otherwise it will turn into a huge disaster like the kingdom of ghosts.

Whether it is Tsunade or the shadows of other villages, they all underestimated the seriousness of the matter.

boom.

Jiraiya used psychic techniques to summon a toad.

Blue-orange skin, with four limbs on the ground, about the size of a human calf, and croaking at Jilai.

This is one of the summoning frogs used by Mt. Myogi for communication.

Although most of the toads in Mount Miaomu were wiped out in the Fourth Ninja World War, some of the toads escaped, and some of them had special abilities.

For a country like the Land of Rain that has been raining year after year, it is most suitable to use the toad from Mt. Myogi to collect information.

"Jiraiya, long time no see. Is there anything you want me to come out this time?"

Summoned Frog asked.

Jiraiya has extremely complicated feelings.

But I also know that Mt. Myogi was destroyed, and the reason cannot be attributed to Jiraiya and Konoha.

But among the remaining toads, some think that they should completely cut off contact with Konoha and Jiraiya, so as not to be involved in ninja disputes again.

However, some toads decided to continue to cooperate with Konoha to take revenge on the kingdom of ghosts.

As for the third faction, it is headed by the two great sages, Fukasaku and Shima, and belongs to the neutral faction, reconciling contradictions among them. It belongs to the neutral faction. It neither opposes nor supports Konoha and Jiraiya. It just completes the tasks assigned by the contractors according to the psychic contract. Other than that, it doesn't interfere with anything anymore.

"Next, I need you to contact the local toad to investigate some things."

Jiraiya took out a scroll and spread it out in front of the Summoning Frog.

The Summoning Frog quickly glanced at it, and heaved a sigh of relief, as long as it doesn't have anything to do with the Ghost Kingdom.

The Battle of Mount Miaomu more than two years ago is still fresh in his memory.

Even the Great Toad Immortal died in that battle, and it didn't have the guts to provoke the beast of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"I see, then leave it to me. Because the amount of information you gave is relatively small, it will take a lot of time to investigate clearly. I will contact you as soon as I get the news."

The summoning frog agreed, then croaked and jumped away under Jiraiya's gaze.

(end of this chapter)