What the hell is making games in the Ninja World?.

Chapter 215: The Four Kage: The Hokage Did It Too (4K)

Today, several major ninja villages are 100% sure that Konoha is now corrupt and decadent, but it has not completely rotted away because of its strong foundation and sufficient funds.

But judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before it becomes completely rotten, because it starts to rot from the middle and upper levels.

This means that Konoha's decay and decline is inevitable, and all that is lacking now is time.

Therefore, we must now delay the start of the Ninja World War as much as possible.

It was based on such cognition and analysis that the relevant information soon reached the Kages of the major ninja villages.

Although these reports are only general and rough for the time being, they also point out some core elements, such as the fact that Konoha is now rapidly corrupt and degenerate.

After seeing this information, the Kages from the major ninja villages had different reactions.

In the Sand Village, the Third Kazekage narrowed his eyes and sneered, "As I expected, Konoha is degenerating at a very fast speed. They who have abandoned tradition are destined to be losers in the ninja world. Since Luo Sha has confirmed it, let's delay the Ninja World War as much as possible!"

"I hope the other ninja villages will know how to make choices and assess the situation."

……

In the Iwagakure Village, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but have deep doubts about the contents of the intelligence.

"What's going on? Why can't I understand Konoha? What does Sarutobi Hiruzen want to do? Doesn't he know that Konoha will be destroyed if it continues like this? Is this Konoha's conspiracy?"

"Or is it that Sarutobi Hiruzen has become old and corrupt?"

While muttering these words, Ōnoki actually found it hard to believe that Sarutobi Hiruzen was really old and stupid.

After all, he was the 'strongest' Hokage who led Konoha to victory in two Ninja World Wars. Although Ohnoki did not recognize his strength, he recognized his ability to lead Konoha.

Because the Nine-Tails Rebellion has not yet happened in Konoha, nor has the Third Hokage come to power again after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, nor has the Three Ninjas left Konoha collectively. Today, Konoha is strong under the leadership of the Third Hokage. Except for the lack of cheaters like the First Hokage, it is in its strongest period in history. Its invincible power has suffocated other ninja villages.

During the entire period of the Third Hokage's reign, the only thing that was criticized was probably the suicide of Konoha White Fang, who upheld the spirit of Bushido. Apart from that, there was nothing else.

Anyway, Ohnoki couldn't find any problems. Issues like moral integrity and shyness were not a problem at all in front of a ninja village leader of this level, so he always regarded the Third Hokage as his biggest enemy and even a target of jealousy.

There was no way. The two were of similar age, but the Third Hokage had come to the throne more than ten years earlier than him. After the first half of the First Ninja World War ended, Sarutobi Hiruzen took the throne urgently and led Konoha, which was facing internal and external troubles due to the sudden death of the Second Hokage, to win the Ninja World War.

Ohnoki, who was urgently promoted to the position because of the sudden death of the Second Kage of Honmura, was not so lucky. In the Second Ninja World War, the Iwagakure Village failed to win the war under the leadership of Ohnoki. Although it did not pay much compensation due to its geographical advantage, for the Land of Earth, which has a relatively poor domestic environment, not receiving war compensation would be a failure.

This is because the consumption of various materials in a Ninja World War is too huge, and the loss of personnel is even more difficult to estimate.

Although the Land of Earth has recovered through Ōnoki's diligent efforts and the number of ninjas is greater than before, high-end combat power has never been effectively replenished, and there is a serious gap in elite talent in the village.

This forced Ohnoki to come up with a hiring plan, spending money to hire ninja mercenaries to complete some difficult tasks, which made Iwagakure Village ridiculed by other ninja villages as the village that spent the most on ninja mercenaries.

There is no doubt that this is a shame for a large ninja village, but Ohnoki had to endure the humiliation because the Iwagakure Village really lacked people.

In the future, Ohnoki was able to lead 10,000 people to besiege the Third Raikage because he had almost emptied the wealth of the Iwagakure Village at that time and was preparing to launch a fierce attack on the Kumogakure Village. As a result, the Third Raikage came with an even more ruthless attack. He single-handedly blocked the Iwagakure Village army and died of exhaustion, which directly made Ohnoki's plan to paralyze the Kumogakure Village in one wave fail. It was a classic case of losing both the wife and the army.

In other words, Ohnoki had long been accustomed to enduring humiliation, otherwise such a wave of anger would have made him suffer a cerebral hemorrhage.

This is also the reason why in the main story of Naruto, during the Five Kage Conference after Pain attacked Konoha, Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage Ai disliked each other and were ready to fight at the slightest disagreement - they really had a mortal feud.

Although many things have not happened yet, Ōnoki's envy, jealousy and hatred towards Sarutobi Hiruzen are deep-rooted. After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen is simply his classic control group, specifically used to highlight his weakness and incompetence.

Well, if Ōnoki knew what happened to Konoha in the original work and how indecisive and weak Sarutobi Hiruzen was, the anger in his heart would disappear instantly and he would feel extremely comfortable and smooth.

Unfortunately, in today's ninja world, the possibility of a development that would allow Ohnoki to overcome his inner demons is unlikely to occur, so he is still the one who is stepped on in the Shadow Control Group.

It is also because of this that Ōnoki does not believe that Sarutobi Hiruzen is corrupt, and even less does he believe that Sarutobi Hiruzen cannot see the harm of Konoha's corruption and degeneration.

Lao Deng's suspicious character made him believe that the information passed back was most likely a conspiracy of Konoha and a disguised illusion.

It is not that they think there is something wrong with the Iwagakure delegation, but rather that the information obtained by the Iwagakure delegation is wrong.

So, after considering for a while, Ohnoki decided to send more people to investigate, and prepare to conduct detailed inquiries after the delegation returned to Iwagakure Village.

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In the Land of Water, in the Hidden Mist Village, the Fourth Mizukage, Karutagi Mikura, showed a look of surprise. As a person who had just become the Mizukage, he did not have as deep an understanding of the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen as Ōnoki. Instead, he became excited instantly, shouting that the opportunity had come. Konoha also entered the same tragedy as the Hidden Mist Village, that is, when those in power get older, they inevitably enter a state of decay and depravity.

Why do you say this way?
Because the Third Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village is such an old man. That old guy already existed when the Hidden Mist Village was founded. He followed the First Mizukage and believed in the ideas of the Warring States Period. The Bloody Mist Village was created by him.

In fact, the strongest Kage in the Hidden Mist Village is the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, and the best and most prosperous region under his rule is also the Second Mizukage, because the Second Mizukage not only possesses powerful strength, but also knows how to use a conciliatory policy.

Thanks to Hozuki Gengetsu's efforts, all the major ninja clans in Kirigakure were united under the name of Mizukage. Even the Kaguya clan, whose average ninjas were mentally ill, were willing to give everything for Kirigakure. The conservatives were also suppressed by Hozuki Gengetsu and could not make any waves. Unfortunately, the Second Ninja World War caused this most outstanding Mizukage to fall to the ground, and died suddenly. So Kirigakure staged a classic conservative counterattack, and the third Mizukage, as a representative of the conservatives, came to power.

As a result, the once prosperous Mist Village suddenly fell into decline. What was even worse was that the Third Mizukage still had huge opinions about those bloodline families, mainly because Hozuki Gengetsu came from the Bloodline Family.

In order to avoid the emergence of another Hozuki Huanyue and to satisfy the demands of the conservatives, the Blood Mist Village policy came into being.

In Karutagi Yagura's opinion, all this was because the Third Mizukage had grown old and had become stubborn and corrupt, using the interests of the village as a bargaining chip to exchange for his own interests.

The reason why he knew it so clearly was because the Third Mizukage was considered Karatachi Yagura's teacher and taught him the Water Mirror Technique.

Now, Karajima Yagura thinks that Sarutobi Hiruzen, the great ninja hero who holds the title of the 'strongest' Hokage, has also gone down the old path. In order to maintain his status and power, he has changed from being wise and intelligent to being old and foolish now.

Therefore, Karajima Yagura decisively approved the delegation's request for additional activity funds, preparing to make a contribution to Konoha's collective depravity and corruption.

……

In the Hidden Cloud Village, the Third Raikage Ai laughed loudly after seeing the information, and then handed it to several elders to read. Then, with a gleam in his eyes, he said, "Konoha has become rotten! They have abandoned the perseverance and traditions of ninjas, causing them to make a lot of money while the ninjas in the village have also become greedy."

"Humph, Konoha has completely forgotten that they are a ninja village, not a commercial city like the big cities under the daimyo. The daimyo and the nobles can enjoy the benefits and profits brought by a lot of money and can be corrupt because they don't need to be responsible for fighting, they only need to manage the country well."

"But what is Konoha? It's a ninja village! It represents the military power of the Land of Fire!"

"When a military force focuses all its attention on money, even if it can earn a lot of profits, it is doomed to decay and become vulnerable!"

"What a pity! Konoha's decay and degeneration has only just begun. If it had lasted for two and a half years, we could have launched the Ninja World War right away, because by that time, Konoha would not be able to stop the army of the Hidden Cloud Village!"

As the Third Raikage Ai spoke, the elders also finished reading the intelligence. Each of them had their eyes brightened and were extremely surprised.

Only one elder had doubts about this, thinking that Konoha's decline was too fast, after all, only a few months had passed.

However, because there was no specific information and no one knew what was going on in Konoha, the elder, although he had some doubts, did not make any rash judgments. Instead, he planned to wait for the delegation to return and then ask them in detail.

So, now that everyone is so excited, let’s get excited first!

Next to him, the young Ye Yue Ai was not that mature yet, so seeing his father the Raikage and the elders so happy, he couldn't help scratching his head and asking, "Dad, why do you say it will take Konoha two and a half years? Since the intelligence says that Konoha is seriously corrupt, why don't you just attack Konoha?"

Upon hearing this, the joy at the scene suddenly paused.

Then, the originally happy Third Raikage became angry and punched his stupid son in the face, sending him flying and smashing the reinforced wall.

"Idiot! Why are you still so naive? Ai!"

"Although Konoha is now rapidly decaying and degenerating, it is only limited to the middle level. The situation of their upper level is not clear yet, but the lower level is still normal! In other words, their powerful strength is still maintained!"

"Although our Cloud Village has been working hard to improve itself, the gap between us and Konoha is still very large. Moreover, this gap has surpassed the time when Konoha White Fang was still there, as Konoha became the victor of the Second Ninja World War, their three ninjas have fully matured, and the new generation headed by Namikaze Minato has grown up."

"Going to war with Konoha will only arouse their lost sense of crisis. All their decadence and decay will be interrupted by the coming of war, and they will erupt with terrifying energy again. By that time, we who started the Ninja World War will only be able to repeat the result of the Second Ninja World War!"

Ye Yueai, who had climbed up from the rubble with her face covered, lowered her head in shame after hearing this: "I'm sorry, Dad, I'm still too immature and naive."

The Third Raikage immediately shouted angrily: "Raise your head, Ai! Don't bow your head! As the next generation of Raikage, you can't bow your head to anyone! As a Raikage, you should hold your head high, face all the difficulties ahead, and charge forward without fear of sacrifice!"

"This is the will of thunder!!!"

Yeyue Ai immediately raised his head excitedly and responded loudly: "Yes, Dad!!!"

At this moment, the temperament called passion is burning.

The elders of the Hidden Cloud Village watched the whole process and smiled with satisfaction. They felt that the Hidden Cloud Village had successors. They felt that they would live to see the day when the Hidden Cloud Village became great and surpassed Konoha.

In fact, they did see it in the "original work". At least, after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, Konoha was directly broken. The middle generation headed by the Fourth Hokage was broken, and the older generation also suffered heavy losses. The new generation such as Kakashi did not grow up, and the three ninjas also defected or left the village. In an instant, the village went from being a gap ahead of other villages to being only slightly stronger than the Sand Village.

You know, the Sand Village suffered the most in the Third Ninja World War. If the entire Wind Kingdom was not covered with sand and was not worth other villages spending money and resources to occupy it, the Sand Village would not even be able to maintain its status as a large country village.

Comparing Konoha with the Sand Village is simply the ultimate insult. It is the level of insult that the village has never suffered since its establishment.

Even if the Ninja World War had not just ended and the Fourth Mizukage had not been controlled by Obito, a new Ninja World War would definitely have begun, and the goal would have been to encircle and destroy Konoha.

Of course, in the end, facts proved that after losing that opportunity, other ninja villages would never have another chance. Konoha used their cheating experience, which had been passed down since the establishment of Konoha, to tell other villages that if they missed Konoha's only weak period, they would never have another chance.

However, the Fourth Raikage and the Hidden Cloud Village, who had achieved great feats beyond Konoha in the 'original work', would most likely find it difficult to do so in the current world line.

After all, the current Konoha has a time traveler named Uchiha Kei, and the butterfly effect he caused has turned into a storm - Konoha was weak before he traveled through time, and it is still weak after he traveled through time, so didn't Uchiha Kei's travel through time be in vain?
(End of this chapter)