Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 101 Payne, You Will Regret It
"Now is not the time to be sentimental."

"The current plan is to take over the Grass Kingdom as quickly as possible."

"The Fire and Earth Alliance will never allow any mistakes to happen!"

Sakura skillfully pulled out a map of the Ninja World from under the coffee table, then pushed the cups on the table aside.

Sakura's movements were too quick, causing one of the quaint teacups to fall to the ground and break.

However, Sakura and Nara Shikaku didn't care about such a trivial matter. Instead, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyebrows twitched slightly.

One of my antique teacups is missing...

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked up to the girl and placed the map of the ninja world on the coffee table.

"As I said, the Grass Nation is now a weed stuck in the middle of our Fire and Earth Alliance."

"Although this weed is inconspicuous, it is the lifeline between the Fire Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom."

The girl pointed her slender finger at the symbol of the Grass Country and continued:
"Such an obvious geographical location can be spotted by anyone with a discerning eye!"

"And this place is very close to the Land of Rain and the Land of Waterfalls."

"Among small countries, these two forces should not be underestimated."

"Join hands with the Iwagakure Village and take this place as quickly as possible. Both sides should send 500 ninjas to garrison here, and then keep the troops in place. Do not rashly make enemies."

One thousand ninjas is not too many, but not too few either.

It was a sedative for the Rain Kingdom and the Taki Kingdom. If they wanted to take over the Grass Kingdom guarded by the Fire and Earth Alliance, it wouldn't take much effort.

But it is not an easy task for them to take over this place easily.

Needless to say, the Rain Country is the headquarters of the Akatsuki organization. Now Sakura has neither the interest nor the ability to take action against this organization.

The Land of Taki is also the most powerful country among the small countries except the Land of Rain, and Shigeaki Nanao is in this country.

It was the existence of the Seven-Tails that was bought from Konoha at a huge price. It must be said that the leader of Takigakure had a long-term vision. Because of the existence of the Seven-Tails, during the three Ninja World Wars, the war never spread to this country.

"The Sand Village will never sit idly by and watch us and the Land of Earth take over the Land of Grass."

Nara Shikaku suddenly spoke at this moment.

"Yes, that's right."

"There are only two ways for Luo Sha to stop our actions."

Sakura moved her finger slightly and pointed in the direction of the Rain Country.

"Join forces with the Rain Kingdom and send troops to reinforce the Grass Kingdom."

Sakura raised a smile and continued:
"But if they join forces and want to reinforce the Grass Kingdom, they will have to send troops across the Rain Kingdom."

"Who do you think can agree to this kind of decision, old man?"

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Rain Country

Yuyin Village

This is a steel fortress built under dark clouds.

This country seems to be crying all the time, but such a sad country also has the most powerful ninja in the world.

"Impossible, don't mention this kind of thing again."

On top of the tallest steel tower, bright lights shine through the windows into the rainy night outside.

The atmosphere in the room was solemn. Four figures wearing black robes with red clouds gathered here. A map of the ninja world was spread out on the table between them.

The leader had orange hair, purple wavy eyes, and the black 'decorations' on his face combined with his cold expression gave him an aura that was not that of an ordinary person.

"Pain, if the Fire and Earth nations form an alliance, do you know how huge a force that would be?"

Opposite the man called Pain was a man wearing a black robe with red clouds and an orange swirling mask on his face.

"No matter how powerful a force is, it is ultimately like an ant in front of God."

Payne calmly rejected the mysterious masked man's proposal.

"The Sand Village must not pass through the Rain Country. This is the bottom line." A beautiful woman with short blue hair, a paper flower on her head, and a lip piercing on her lower lip looked at the masked man with a cold face.

The mysterious masked man looked at the two people in front of him and couldn't help but remain silent.

"The Fire and Earth Kingdoms are allied. If they divide their forces and jointly attack the Wind Kingdom, the Sand Village will be unable to resist."

"If the Wind Kingdom falls, the Rain Kingdom will be surrounded by an unprecedented behemoth."

"Enemy on all sides."

As soon as the mysterious masked man finished speaking, the last person present raised his hand.

but……

It would be too strange to call him a human being.

It was because of him that the other person was wrapped in a huge pitcher plant from the neck on, and even his face was half black and half white.

"The latest news, the Hidden Cloud Village has taken action against the Fire Country~~"

"I believe it won't be long before a fight breaks out in the Frost Country~~~"

The white part of the pitcher plant's yin-yang face spoke, its tone cheerful and flirtatious.

These words made the mysterious masked man look at the pitcher plant. A flash of scarlet flashed under the orange vortex mask, and it was obvious that he was slightly dissatisfied with the pitcher plant's words.

"In that case, if Konoha doesn't want to make too many enemies, it will not choose to attack the Rain Country."

"On the contrary, they might even try to win us over in order to fight on two fronts."

The blue-haired woman spoke softly.

But there was a hint of sarcasm in the masked man's tone.

After a long while, the mysterious masked man looked at the man with wavy eyes in front of him and said:

"Paine, you're going to regret this."

"Madara, I am the leader of Amegakure."

The man called Payne looked at the man in front of him calmly.

Ban took a deep look at the man in front of him, then walked out of the house alone.

Bang!
The door was slammed hard by Ban.

The blue-haired woman couldn't help but frown as she watched the man leaving with such rude behavior.

"Ah hey hey, Payne, I'm going to continue collecting information."

The pitcher plant seemed to realize the tension of the situation belatedly. It smiled awkwardly, sank into the ground, and left the place directly.

"Konan, I will not let the Rain Country fall into war."

Payne looked at the raindrops falling outside the window and spoke softly.

"Nagato, I believe in you."

The woman called Xiaonan also looked out the window at this moment and responded softly.

No matter what, this is the country that Yahiko dreamed of changing.

Even if it means sacrificing one's life for this.

They have also been working hard for this.

"Konan, inform Kisame and Kakuzu to prepare to participate in the battle between the Fire and Earth Alliance and the Sand Village as mercenaries."

"Although we will not lend the passage to the Kingdom of Wind, the Sand Village cannot be defeated so easily."

"Just as 'Madara' said, the Kingdom of Wind cannot fall now."

"At least we can't fall into the hands of the Fire and Earth Alliance."

The pair of eyes with purple ripples looked dead and dark as they looked out the window at the rainy night.

(End of this chapter)