Chapter 734 Meeting

Although a series of incidents caused by Nanao's whereabouts caused some of the attention of the villages in Konoha to begin to shift to the country of ghosts, but more attention was still concentrated on the small country of the rain country.

When Konoha Ninja in the Land of Rain began to search seriously, Tsunade Naruto, who was behind, also devoted himself to investigating the Land of Rain.

Among the small countries, the Country of Rain has a very special status.

Not only because it was borrowed by big countries many times during the Ninja World War as the frontline battlefield, but the population and economy here have always been very poor.

Every time a war breaks out, the population of this country will decrease and begin to migrate to other countries. Coupled with the economic damage, the country's business has not been very prosperous. Although there are some businessmen in the country, they are basically not very popular businessmen. Naturally, there are not many businesses that can be done.

As a result, merchants also began to lose, and moved to the surrounding big countries, making the country of the Rain Country even worse.

Almost twenty years ago, after the death of the leader of Yuyin, Sanshoyu Hanzo, such a dilapidated situation has been lingering over the Land of Rain. The **** rule at the root has also brought a lot of horror to this country.

According to the investigation results of Sarutobi Hiruzen of the Third Hokage, about 40 Ugakure ninjas and more than 200 civilians of the Land of Rain were secretly extradited to the Genbu base during the period when Genbu was in control of Ugakure. And this is only the result of the investigation on the surface, and there may be many more parts that have not been investigated in the dark than on the surface.

The winds and rains are precarious, the mountains and rivers are broken, the people are running into exile, the businessmen are scattered, the high-level officials are extravagant and corrupt, colluding with the high-ranking officials of the Fire Nation, and it will not be long before they will be annexed by the Fire Nation in the name of protection. It is the most appropriate description for the Rain Nation at that time.

Unfortunately, before the Fire Nation could take action, the Ghost Nation suddenly emerged and fought Sha Yin.

Then in the Kingdom of Rain, they funded Yuyin weapons and sent fleets through the river to deter the Fire Nation. The leader of Yuyin, Payne, attacked the Daming Mansion of the Rain Country and imprisoned the dignitaries in the Rain Country.

The things after that were very simple. Yuyin became the highest administrative region of the Land of Rain, and the leader of Yuyin replaced the daimyo of the Land of Rain, making the daimyo's position exist in name only. It began to vigorously develop people's livelihood and commerce. After nearly ten years of hard work, the Land of Rain, which was originally on the verge of being broken, has directly regained its vitality and started to flourish.

Even Tsunade has to admit that the current leader of Yuyin, Payne, is a very accomplished leader.

If it was her, sitting in Payne's position, she might not necessarily be better than Payne.

If it was a difficult start for her to inherit the position of the Fifth Hokage, then the Land of Rain that Payne took over had a hellish start, and miraculously survived the most dangerous period in the end. Although the Land of Rain has made little achievements in military affairs, its politics, people's livelihood and business are thriving.

But... such a ninja, whose identity is unknown.

No one has seen his real appearance, whether he is male or female, old or young, no one knows.

Like a non-existent leader, but his existence is truly seen by the people of the Kingdom of Rain. He has not only become the leader of the Country of Rain in action, but also the spiritual sustenance in the hearts of the people of the Country of Rain.

Yuyin Village will have sunny days every weekend every six days.

It is rumored that this 'God' used his divine power to continuously reverse the celestial phenomena of that day, so that this rainy village also had the right to bathe in the sun.

"Twisting the sky...for a day..."

Tsunade rubbed the space between his brows.

She has indeed heard that some ninjutsu can reverse the sky.

Among Konoha, some jounin mastered similar techniques.

But it lasts for one day, that is, twenty-four hours. How powerful a chakra is needed to be able to do this?

Not only is the identity of the other party a mystery, but even his strength seems to be unpredictable and unpredictable.

Now most of the land of rain has been searched. If you want to dig further in the land of rain, you need to enter the rain hidden.

But such a request would obviously not be accepted by Yuyin.

Letting them conduct a drastic search in the Land of Rain is already the biggest concession. If they continue to force them, they may fall out with Yuyin.

At this juncture, Tsunade didn't want to cause trouble.

The premise is that there is no problem in the village of Yuyin.

Entering Yuyin to search, or returning to the original path, has become a question that Tsunade needs to think about at present.

As Konoha's Hokage, she must not act rashly.

At this moment, someone opened the door and entered, and it was Lu Jiu who came.

He saw Tsunade sitting on the chair beside the desk, frowning in thought, as if he was in some kind of distress, and he knew it in his heart, and said, "Master Hokage, are you troubled by the matter of Ugakure?"

"Ah, yes, the search for the Land of Rain has basically come to an end, and there is only Yuyin that has not yet been investigated. The rest of the shadows and I are now considering whether to open a breakthrough from Yuyin."

If you really find something, there is no need to say anything, just send an army to suppress it all the way.

If Yuyin has no problems, their tough approach will seriously arouse Yuyin's resistance, and maybe even rekindle the flames of war.

This Yuyin is currently Payne. Judging from the information collected so far, he doesn't look like a leader who can't fight back. On the contrary, he has a strong desire to attack, and his strength is likely to be at the same level as their Five Shadows.

This made Tsunade sigh the good luck of the Land of Rain, a small country that has successively produced two powerful ninjas comparable to the Five Kages. No wonder it was considered to have the potential to become the sixth largest country during the Second Ninja World War.

In the final analysis, the military power of the era of one country and one village is tied to the ninja.

The stronger the ninja, the stronger the country's military power will be.

If the ninja is weak, the military power of the country will also weaken.

As for Takigakure, who was assigned to Nanao after the first Five Kages Tournament, although he was once very prosperous, he has now declined, immersed in the prosperity of the past, and has long lost his aggressiveness. It cannot be compared with Yuyin at all.

"Lu Jiu, what do you think is the possibility of Yuyin having problems?"

Tsunade suddenly asked this question.

Lu Jiu didn't think too much, and said with a helpless smile: For multiple-choice questions like this, where there are only two answers, yes or no, the probability is of course 50/50. However, I personally prefer to search Yuyin's interior carefully. I think that the behind-the-scenes promoters will not let us focus on Yuyin's village for no reason. Moreover, I am actually quite interested in this leader of Payne.

Tsunade nodded.

Indeed, a country of rain that is developing day by day is actually not a good thing for a big country.

The prerequisite for the peace of a big country is that the surrounding small countries become weaker. Only when the surrounding small countries become weaker can the big countries achieve more prosperity. This is basically the tacit subconscious behavior of all big countries.

The fundamental reason for the decline of Takigakure, which was prosperous for a while, may not have been Konoha and Iwagakure who contributed to the flames. It's just that he was still young at that time, and he was still studying in a ninja school, and the ruler was his second grandfather, Senju Feima.

Based on the style of the second grandfather, he would probably observe the situation of Takiyin secretly, and intervene at the right time.

A village with tailed beasts, even if it is just a ninja village in a small country, is a hidden and unstable factor for neighboring big countries.

Only by turning this instability into stability, can the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Earth develop with more peace of mind.

The so-called common peace and prosperity, in the final analysis, is just an unrealistic fantasy under the fierce situation of fighting for every inch of land between countries.

Even she is, ideally speaking, the kingdom of ghosts is more in line with her appetite, but she is also limited to the place of Konoha, and cannot make a move of betrayal. Knowing that this is not an easy path, but I always have the idea that a miracle will happen in my heart.

Although such a miracle does not exist.

"In this case, let's ask the daimyo for instructions. Anyway, making such a decision requires the approval of the daimyo."

Tsunade will finalize this matter and see what kind of statement the daimyo intends to give, whether they agree to investigate Yuyin, or avoid conflict with Yuyin. After investigating the country of rain, they will evacuate directly.

Lu Jiu nodded.

Yuyin is now the highest administrative body of the Land of Rain, and the Daming Mansion has existed in name only.

Wanting to thoroughly investigate the interior of Yuyin, this is essentially a serious violation of the country's political privacy. If it is not done well, there will be a military conflict with the Rain Country.

And going to war with a country is not something that Hokage can unilaterally decide, and it needs the support of the daimyo.

"Leaving aside the matter of Yuyin, it will take some time to ferment to get the result. How is Shikamaru's condition at the root?"

Tsunade turned to ask this question.

The contact work with Shikamaru is personally in charge of Shikahisa.

"It's not bad, the root does not restrict his freedom. As for Elder Danzo's body, it seems that his body is getting worse day by day. According to the boy, he may die within half a year. Besides, Elder Danzo seems to really intend to let go of the power in his hands, revealing that he intends to return the martial arts faction to the management of the Hokage faction."

"Seems like?"

Noticing Shikahisa's words, Tsunade frowned.

"Yes, this is only a conclusion obtained through superficial observation. In addition, he has not met the elder Danzang many times, so he cannot fully judge the physical and psychological state of the other party at this time."

"Forget it, then you don't have to worry about that guy Danzo. No matter what, it will not be difficult to absorb the strength of the martial arts faction and unify the village."

Tsunade didn't expect that what he couldn't get through hard work would be delivered to Danzo in this way.

If it wasn't for pretending to be sick, then the other party's body was really on the verge of dying, so he was in a hurry to arrange the funeral.

"Besides that, that kid revealed one more thing."

Speaking of this, Lu Jiu hesitated and hesitated.

"What's up?"

"It's still about that organization. In the event of the Uchiha clan's genocide, that organization also intervened."

"What did you say!?"

Tsunade stood up from the seat all of a sudden, and slapped the table with both hands, causing a loud noise. His eyes were oppressive, and he stared fixedly at Lu Jiu's face.

"Well, that's the situation. At that time, Nemo joined forces with someone in that organization, and together with Itachi, the Uchiha insider, he succeeded in slaughtering the entire Uchiha clan overnight."

Lu Jiu sighed.

It's another Uchiha clan extermination incident.

From this point of view, when the Uchiha exterminated the clan, there were too many forces intervening behind.

"As for the name of that member, I think Hokage-sama has also heard about it. That person called himself Uchiha Madara in front of Danzo."

"Madara!?"

Compared to panic, Tsunade's face was more stunned.

Uchiha Madara, isn't that a ninja that has long been recognized as dead?

How can it remain in the world?

"This is the portrait of the man who called himself 'Madara' at that time."

Lu Jiu took out a piece of white paper from his bosom, on which was drawn a picture of all the people.

A person with a mysterious atmosphere all over his body, wearing a strange crow-like mask on his face, and the only exposed left eye is a scarlet kaleidoscope Sharingan.

"Wait, the pattern of this eye..."

Tsunade's pupils shrank, and he immediately thought of something.

Uchiha Sasuke attacked Konoha that day and came to intercept his sharingan ninja. The right eye under his mask has this pattern shape, except that the eyes are not on the same side, the two eyes are exactly the same.

Saying that, Tsunade also took out another portrait in the drawer for comparison.

The patterns of the kaleidoscope match perfectly.

"this"

Tsunade was suddenly confused.

"According to the root investigation, it was found that this person who called himself 'Madara' was a counterfeit."

Lu Jiu continued.

"Fake?"

"Yes, in order to find out the identity of this 'Madara', the elder Danzo dispatched Genbu to search various information materials, and finally found a kaleidoscope sharingan model map of Uchiha Madara's kaleidoscope sharingan, and found that the patterns of the two Madara's kaleidoscope sharingan were completely inconsistent. Therefore, it was concluded that this 'Madara' was a counterfeit. As for its identity, Genbu is still investigating. ninja..."

"How about it?"

"Nebu guessed that the other party might be Obito Uchiha who mysteriously disappeared during the Third Ninja World War. At first, Rin Nohara stole Takigakure Nanao, and the process of the incident was a bit suspicious, which caught Nebu's heart. Later, the elder Danzo sent people to infiltrate Takikage, found several parties involved, explored the memories in their brains, and finally restored part of the truth, pieced together the fragmented information fragments one by one, and formed a fairly complete clue."

Tsunade's expression was uncertain.

"Then this pair of kaleidoscope sharingan..."

"Since this is not Madara's kaleidoscope, then it means that this counterfeit is using someone else's kaleidoscope. And the Sharingan ninja in Oni Land who is suspected to be Uchiha Obito has the same eyes. Maybe the kaleidoscope on the left is lost from him."

Of course, this is a guess.

Lu Jiu didn't know the specific situation.

It is also possible that the ghost country has snatched other people's Sharingan and installed it for their own people.

But no matter what, the Sharingan of these two people has an inseparable and close connection.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to investigate further.

"Danzo, this old thing, has done a lot of things with Konoha on his back."

Tsunade cursed.

"You continue to negotiate with Shikamaru, things are a bit tricky, I need to go to the Daming Mansion myself."

With three or two clicks, Tsunade gave the order.

"Yes. Then, the affairs of the village..."

"It's up to you and Nizuzu to decide. During my absence, if some things can't be resolved by themselves, a Jnin meeting will be held to discuss them. I will come back as soon as possible before things get serious."

As he spoke, Tsunade got up, put on a green coat with the word 'gambling' on it, and quickly left the office.

"The investigation progress of villages like Konoha has slowed down recently."

In the central tower of Yuyin, Heijue reported to Xiaonan the current situation of the Rain Country.

"In other words, they will soon point the finger at Yuyin, right?"

Xiao Nan was not delighted by the news, on the contrary, he felt a chill in his heart.

The progress of the investigation has slowed down. It doesn't mean that the villages like Konoha are going to go home, but they will focus their attention on Yuyin, an uncultivated land.

For a while, Yunyin, Sandyin, Yanyin, and Konoha all had ninjas planning to sneak in. Although they were successfully blocked, it also meant that Yuyin's situation was getting closer and closer to danger.

The current Land of Rain is like a powder keg. You only need to ignite the fuse, and the bomb will explode in the Land of Rain.

Whether the fuse is ignited is not in the villages like Konoha, nor in Yuyin, but in the hands of the ghost country.

So, even if these villages really stop at the last step, the Kingdom of Ghosts will not let them stop, but wants to completely ignite this fuse, triggering a head-on conflict between Yuyin and several big countries.

"Yes, Konoha's Hokage Tsunade seems to have set out for the Fire Nation Daimyo's Mansion. At that time, he will discuss with the Fire Nation Daimyo whether to continue to investigate the matter of Yuyin. Most of the other countries will also participate."

Heijue said expressionlessly.

"There is not much time left for us to prepare, but Nagato can't be disturbed. Let's delay it for a few days now."

Facing the soldiers from the villages like Konoha, Xiaonan is still very afraid.

The Land of Rain is facing exactly the same situation as the Oni Land in the Fourth Ninja World War, but the difference is that the Oni Land has strong soldiers and strong ninja quality, and is not limited to high-end combat power.

But Yuyin couldn't do anything.

means that this weakness will be exploited by neighboring powers.

"There is another thing. Recently, there have been some toads of unknown origin on the streets of Yuyin."

Hei Jue's eyes darkened.

"Toad?"

Xiao Nan's face was startled, with a bit of hesitation and a bit of worry, and then turned calm.

"As long as these toads don't approach the tower, don't worry about them."

"Understood, but you have to make up your mind as soon as Nagato-sama did. That Sannin, no matter how you look at it, is not the same as us. The peace he expects is completely different from the peace that Nagato-sama wants."

"I know about this kind of thing, so you don't need to talk about it."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Nan left with a cold face.

Hei Jue shook his head self-consciously.

Women are always such sensual creatures who think about old love.

I don't know what I thought of, but there was a hint of reminiscence in Heijue's eyes.

"Xiao Hei, you have offended her badly. If she blows the pillow with Master Nagato, you will be in bad luck."

At this time, Bai Jue, who had a flat mouth, chuckled.

"I think Xiaonan will be the first to kill you if she hears what you say."

Hei Jue said coldly, then dived into the floor and disappeared.

On September 5th, it was cloudy and cloudy. At 3:00 in the afternoon, Tsunade arrived at the House of the Fire Nation Daimyo. Before the Fire Nation Daimyo gave him a warm reception, Tsunade held talks with the Fire Nation Daimyo and rejected the Fire Nation Daimyo's kindness.

Then, in a quiet room, the Fire Nation daimyo, Tsunade, and several Fire Nation officials gathered here. In front of them, there were three electronic screens, and there were thick cables and huge electric boxes next to them to connect and supply power.

Soon, the four screens lit up, and each screen was divided into two halves from the middle, showing the sitting figures of the daimyos of the land of earth, land of thunder, and land of wind, and the other half were the three shadows of Ninja Village ruled by the three countries, namely the third Tsuchikage Onogi, the fourth Raikage Ai, and the fourth Kazekage Rasa.

The top administrators and military leaders of the three big countries far away in the sky, all gathered here at Tsunade's request.

"Hokage, what is it that calls everyone to appear together? It's best to have a qualified reason."

The fourth generation of Raikage Ai spoke first. He was very dissatisfied with this abrupt meeting that interrupted his cultivation, so his attitude and tone gave people a rather bad feeling.

"Your Excellency Raikage, it's better to say a few words less. Your Excellency Hokage won't be aimless, so let's hold an urgent meeting."

It was Kazekage Rasa who spoke for Tsunade.

His appearance and spirit are very good. It seems that he should not have a bad time during this time.

In addition, he is middle-aged and still has energy, so he won't be like Tsuchikage Onogi, whose mental outlook is much worse, and he doesn't even have the leisure time to argue with Raikage.

Tsunade was not polite either, but went straight to the point, and asked the staff next to him to transfer the two portraits to the hands of daimyo Youkage from various countries.

"This is"

Luo Sha was thoughtful, looking at the mysterious person holding a kaleidoscope Sharingan in his right eye. Suddenly, he was the Sharingan ninja who disguised himself as a member of the organization in the past and secretly kidnapped Gaara.

The other person was the kaleidoscope Sharingan with the same pattern on the left eye, which made Luo Sha confused for a while.

"I won't talk nonsense, Mr. Onogi, I would like to ask you, the person whose left eye is a kaleidoscope Sharingan, what impression do you have of the kaleidoscope pattern?"

As a veteran of the ninja world, Onogi has experienced a lot in his life. He is a ninja in the era of one country and one village.

Compared to her teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen, she is much older, and is now nearly eighty years old.

Onoki on the screen showed a thoughtful look, then shook his head.

"No, I've never seen this type of kaleidoscope before. Hokage, what do you mean by that?"

"According to the reliable information collected by Konoha, this person once called himself 'Uchiha Madara' and was a member of that organization."

"What!?"

When Tsunade said this, everyone was shocked.

Especially Onogi, when he heard this name, his pupils shrank suddenly, as if recalling something terrible.

Perhaps Madara's name has already become a legend.

However, ninjas who have actually met him and fought with him will be overwhelmed by his terrifying strength and fall into infinite panic.

This Dokage, and his teacher, the second generation Dokage Mure, were once one of the victims who were ravaged by Madara.

"Impossible! Madara Uchiha was killed by Lord Hashirama in the Valley of the End long ago. This is a fact recognized by the world. Moreover, this style of kaleidoscope is completely different from Madara's!"

Onogi said firmly.

Blade's kaleidoscope, he will never forget it in his life.

It was his first time, a terrible ninja who was ravaged and couldn't fight back.

"It seems that this guy is probably a counterfeit."

Tsunade couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, after Onogi's personal verification, the authenticity of this person being Madara was ruled out.

If the other party is really spotted, it is really bad news.

There is no second ninja **** in this world to stop the opponent.

"However, whether this person is Madara or not, it means that this organization does have the mysterious power to control tailed beasts. Now our attention is focused on the Land of Rain, so in addition to verifying the identity of this 'Madara' with Mr. Ohnoki, the second thing I want to discuss with you is whether we want to investigate further."

There are fewer and fewer places that can be searched in the Kingdom of Rain, and the remaining Yuyin has become the most eye-catching one.

At this time, the rather bloated daimyo of the land of the wind asked: "May I ask Hokage, is there really a problem with Ugakure?"

Tsunade shook his head: "Because I'm not sure, I need to ask everyone for instructions whether to continue the investigation. If the investigation is not carried out, then after the search is completed, we can evacuate people from the country of rain. There is no need to waste time."

"What's there to discuss? Our four villages sent people in to search directly. Does Yuyin dare to stop us?"

It was the Fourth Raikage who spoke, and his temper was as fiery as the muscles all over his body.

"Having said that, this obviously exceeds the upper limit of the investigation, and it may trigger a war with Yuyin."

Luo Sha said this, and he frowned, as if he hesitated.

If it was the past, he might agree without hesitation.

But now the Kingdom of Ghosts is putting a lot of pressure on the Kingdom of Wind, and it is really unwilling to continue causing trouble at this time.

A small country with ninja villages and a small country without ninja villages have completely different policies.

"Kazekage, have you been frightened by the people from the Ghost Kingdom?"

Fourth Raikage scolded angrily, he knew what Fukage Rasa was thinking.

"Lei Ying, I have to think about the village as a whole. In addition, whether the ghost country is strong or not, I think Yun Yin's understanding of this aspect is no worse than ours."

Luo Sha retorted not to be outdone.

Fourth Raikage snorted and stopped talking.

The Land of Land daimyo became a peacemaker, and began to laugh: "In this case, let's hold a meeting internally to discuss how to deal with it, and then decide on the policy direction. Although it is indeed important to retrieve the tail beast, you can't frame others for nothing."

"Huh, after all, the members of that organization are basically ninjas who defected from your villages. I suspect that their success has a lot to do with your inaction. No matter what, we, Yunyin, will definitely continue to investigate thoroughly!"

Fourth Raikage gave these strong words and left the table directly.

Seeing this, the daimyo of Thunder Country had no choice but to say sorry and leave the table.

"What a short-tempered young man." Onogi shook his head and said, "Then, I'm leaving too, and I'll have a serious discussion with Daimyo about how to proceed next."

Saying that, the daimyo and shadows of Land of Earth and Land of Wind left one after another, and the lights on the screen went out.

(PS: Speaking of which, in the original book, Gokage didn't recognize Obito as Madara's counterfeit, which is probably related to Obito's use of Kamuy with the Sangouyushalunyan before revealing his identity)

(end of this chapter)