Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 373: The Gathering of Ninja Villages from Various Countries

The moment I heard Xianglin's words.

Huang Tu's expression also changed slightly, but he quickly adjusted himself. After taking a deep look at Xianglin in front of him, he said with his usual honest smile: "Haha, so you are Xianglin-kun. It's our first meeting. It's true that hearing about you is worse than meeting you in person. Xianglin-kun is right. Considering the relationship between our two families, there's really no need to be so polite." (Note: In Japan, women can also be addressed with the suffix "jun". Especially when the relationship is average and the man is much older than the woman, men basically use the suffix "jun" to address women to show a respectful distance and not appear presumptuous.)
The other members of the Iwagakure delegation in the back are fine.

Only Heitu, the daughter of Huangtu, could not help but curl her lips at this moment. How could Heitu not understand her father's character?

That was why Kurotsuchi looked at Karin a few more times.

"Is this the person that the old man said Menma Uzumaki trusted the most? Hmm, he does look pretty good..."

Kurotsuchi stared at Karin with a scrutinizing look.

As a perceptual type, Karin would of course easily notice such gazes, but she didn't care. Her attention was almost entirely on Huangtu, because he was one of the most powerful people in the Iwagakure Village as told by her own Menma!
"Yes, yes, the future of the ninja world still needs our two families to work together. Huang Tu-san, please come in this way."

Shibuki on the side seemed to not understand the "contest" between Xianglin and Huangtu at all.

With a smile on his face, he leaned sideways in an inviting gesture, still speaking softly in a calm tone.

"Ok!"

Huang Tu also nodded with a smile.

Following from that.

Led by Shibuki and Karin, the group from Iwagakure Village went straight through the main gate of the ninja village and headed towards the place that had been arranged to receive foreign guests.

What happened here at the main gate of Guangyin Village.

It also spread quickly in a very short time.

Menma, who was standing on the top of the building in the former government hall of the ninja village, which is now the central control room of the barrier team and the sealing team, was watching Huang Tu and other members of the Iwagakure Village delegation walking in from afar, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Even when I got the list, I thought about it for a long time.

Menma still couldn't understand why Ōnoki sent such a delegation. If it was just to test him, let alone Huangtu, just one Kamisui Ryuganzetsu would be enough. They were not here to mess things up. It was just a pure political and diplomatic act. It all depended on one's overall view and political means.

As one of Ōnoki's most trusted men, one of the most experienced in the Iwagakure Village, and the head of the Kamisui Ryu clan, this Kamisui Ryu Iwazetsu jonin has enough qualifications and means to serve as the head of a delegation to negotiate with any ninja village.

Judging from the information we got from Orochimaru.

The envoy from the Iwagakure Village who had secretly gone to the Hidden Leaf Village before should be this Kamisui Ryuganzetsu. Logically speaking, there should be no problem with his methods and abilities.

But now, the old guy from the Iwagakure Village not only sent out Yellow Earth, but also another proud disciple - Akagi. They came together. As for Black Earth, we can ignore it for now. At this stage, Black Earth is at best an elite jonin, or even a little worse. In the original work, until he ascended to the position of the Fourth Tsuchikage, Naruto fans did not quite recognize the "kage-level strength" of this Tsuchikage, and always felt that his level was a little too far behind.

Let alone now.

"I can't figure out what this old guy's intentions are..."

Menma still shook his head slightly and thought secretly in his heart.

"purple!"

If you can't see through it or figure it out, then use the dumbest way to defend yourself.

The words of call that fall gently.

"whoosh"

next second.

A muscular figure dressed in dark purple and black clothes and wearing a special mask appeared directly beside Menma, with his head slightly lowered and kneeling on one knee. He looked extremely respectful, and a cold aura emanating from his body.

All of this shows that this ninja possesses extremely strong strength.

The person who came was one of the strongest shadow guards directly under Menma.

Although there is still a big gap compared with the top jonin of the five major ninja villages, he can definitely be regarded as a true jonin level existence.

"Strengthen the monitoring of the Iwagakure delegation. Even if they are exposed, it won't be a big problem, but the actions of each person must be well controlled. Don't let them escape your sight for even a second. Do you understand?"

Menma did not turn his gaze away, still looking at the line of yellow earth in the distance, and spoke in a calm tone.

"Yes, Lord Tianying, I will obey your orders!"

The shadow guard also responded in a deep voice, and then Menma waved his hand gently to signal.

"Whoosh!"

His figure flashed and disappeared again at the same place.

"Well, the show is about to begin. Let me see what purpose you monsters have come here for."

Menma raised the corners of his mouth slightly, chuckled and whispered.

Arrival of Iwagakure Village.

It was a heavyweight injection, especially the 'confrontation' at the gate of the ninja village, which easily aroused people's imagination. Although there was no clear covenant, and the two villages did not have any straightforward joint actions to the outside world, the experience of the Hidden Cloud Village in the previous Fourth Ninja World War, which could be called a 'simplified version', was the most powerful example of proof.

Now what Xianglin said.

It will further deepen this impression.

At least for those small ninja villages, they are willing to believe that there must be something fishy between the Hikari Village and the Iwagakure Village!
In the Great Ninja Village.

The Sand Village is a somewhat "cautious" type, and the energy lost in the three wars has not yet been recovered.

In the Konoha collapse plan, their own ninja village suffered the heaviest casualties.

Maki is now almost sighing in despair as he looks at his own ninja village which is in a state of disrepair. If the relationship between the Iwagakure Village and the Hikari Village is 100% confirmed, then the Sand Village, as a surrounded ninja village, will definitely have a hard time in the future.

Therefore, the senior ninja in charge of the Sand Village delegation who obtained this information also hurriedly passed the message back.

Their ninja village needs to make judgments in sync.

Of course, the confrontations between major powers are often true and false, real and fake. The specific situation and whether there will be any changes in the future depends on their respective layout capabilities and response measures.

This is just an appetizer.

After the Sand Village and the Iwagakure Village arrived, the delegation from the Cloud Village also arrived. The leader of the delegation was an old acquaintance who came to negotiate the peace agreement last time - Dodai. As a basic courtesy, Menma still sent Ajun and Karin to greet them. Then, the delegations from various governments sent responsible jonin from corresponding departments to meet them according to their different identities.

The entire eastern district of Hikari Village became more lively with the arrival of delegations from these countries and ninja villages.

It was just after the governments and ninja village delegations had arrived one after another, and on the last day before the official opening of the celebration.

The envoys from the Hidden Leaf Village seemed to be the natural finale and arrived at the Hidden Light Village.

The person in the lead was none other than the top think tank representative of the Hidden Leaf Village - Nara Shikaku. Originally, Tsunade didn't want Shikaku to come. After all, Shikaku had just recovered from a serious injury not long ago and was still the person she relied on the most.

However, Shikaku insisted on going personally as a member of the delegation to attend the founding ceremony of the Hikari Village.

After comprehensive consideration, Tsunade finally agreed.

After all, when it comes to negotiation, intelligence gathering, and situation assessment, Shikaku is simply unique.

There is no one who can compare to it.

Even Yamanaka Inoichi, who can be said to be a heroic and outstanding Konoha jonin, is much inferior to him.

The ceremony of the establishment of the Hikage Village and the succession of Menma, the first Tenkage, can be said to have brought together people from all the major ninja villages, and Konoha will not be absent.

Even though they were hostile before.

It should be said that even a relationship that is life-threatening will not affect this point. War is war, and diplomacy is diplomacy. These are two different things. It can be said that this is a tradition in the ninja world.

Be it Tsunade or Jiraiya.

They all still hope to take this opportunity to explore Menma and the Hikari Village. Don't look at this moment, they still think there may be another way to choose. After all, in the history of their Konoha, isn't there a vivid example of the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan! ?

You know, if there hadn’t been that handshake of the century.

There is no way the current Konohagakure Village could exist!
If the thousand-year-old enemies between the Senju and Uchiha and the life-and-death hatred between Hashirama and Madara can be resolved, what else can't be done?

What's more, it's just an alternative. It doesn't require any extra effort and won't waste any time, at least that's what Jiraiya and Tsunade think.

Of course, the reason why they made such a judgment.

It still lies with Naruto.

Judging from the traces at the scene and the series of subsequent developments, Shikaku judged that Menma did not kill Naruto directly, and most likely just imprisoned him. If this is the case, it means that Menma still has "feelings" for him.

Regardless of other reasons, at least when Shikaku raised the possibility that "Naruto is not dead", Jiraiya was the one most willing to believe it.

Because only with this possibility can we truly have a happy ending.

This Konoha hero sincerely hopes so.

That is to take into account some other reasons.

Otherwise, Jiraiya was planning to come in person, but later thought about giving up. Therefore, considering all these factors, Shikaku is the only suitable candidate. It is worth mentioning that there are some boys and girls who are similar in age to Kurotsuchi in the delegation of Konohagakure.

They are the ones who were in the same period as Menma and Naruto.

Including Shikamaru, Chouza, Kiba, and Sakura.

And there was also Hyuga Hinata, who was not supposed to be in the delegation, but this time she came to the Hikari Village with them because she was really worried about Naruto's safety. You know, when she learned that Naruto might have died at the hands of Menma, Hinata fainted. After waking up, Hinata was full of regret for why she helped Naruto leave the village.

He kept blaming himself, thinking that if it weren't for him, Naruto would not have been able to leave the ninja village so smoothly.

It is impossible to die.

In fact, on this point, Kiba, Choza and others had similar feelings, because they were the ones who assisted Naruto in temporarily escaping from the Anbu's surveillance and leaving the village smoothly that day. Naruto died as a result, and they all felt more or less uncomfortable.

Even if they all have good intentions, the results are there after all.

Hinata was the one who was hit the hardest.

During that period of time.

Hinata seemed to have lost her soul. She cried all day long and became confused.

He even attempted suicide at one point.

Therefore, after learning from Ino the news that Naruto might not be dead, which was conveyed by Shikamaru.

Hinata made up her mind instantly and decided to go to the Hidden Light Village in person. She wanted to confirm Naruto's life or death with her own eyes.

Just like Menma to Karin.

Naruto is all the hope and future of Hinata's life.

In order to get out, Hinata was willing to threaten her own death, and told her father without hesitation that in order to ensure the safety of the Byakugan, she was willing to be imprinted with the Hyuga clan's strongest sealing technique - 'Seal in the Cage', and directly become a member of a branch family.

It was also because he was touched by Hinata's strong determination.

And there is also the support of Jiraiya and Tsunade on the village side.

Hinata Hiashi, who appears indifferent but actually cares very much about his daughter, had no choice but to agree.

As for the seal in the cage?

It is impossible to mention Japanese football at all.

They just arranged two more jonin from the branch of the Hyuga clan as guards to accompany Hinata.

In addition, Hyuga Neji, who has been one of Hinata's most important guards since childhood, also appeared in this delegation.

Then there are Kakashi, Yamanaka Inoichi, and several old acquaintances such as Might Guy, who is still the most terrifying one at this stage. They are also in this delegation. It can be said that the delegation sent by Konohagakure this time is the protagonist group in the original work in the complete sense!
When Menma himself received the list of envoys from the Hidden Leaf Village, his pupils shrank subconsciously.

"They are all old acquaintances..."

He was increasingly unable to understand the actions of the Hidden Leaf Village, just like the Hidden Leaf Village before.

After all, how could Menma have imagined that he had already used such cruel means and cold attitude to deal with people like them.

Konoha actually came with so-called "good intentions".

Any normal person would never think of this, right?

I can only say that there is a big difference in the way people think.

(End of this chapter)