In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 190 Threatening Konoha

Shimizu's performance was amazing, and Yekura wasn't bad either, being able to kill the ninja maintaining the barrier in such a short time.

But Ye Cang's performance was in line with expectations. But how could you, Qingshui, a puppeteer, have such strong swordsmanship?
You call this a puppeteer?

"This time, it was because I failed to do a good job of investigation."

Hanzo looked at Ye Cang, then at Shimizu.

"I am not good at wind jutsu and fire jutsu, but I am good at swordsmanship and water jutsu. Shimizu Jounin, you have achieved great success in swordsmanship. This scroll records my half-life experience in swordsmanship. I can copy a copy for you, which may give you some inspiration."

"In addition, I will pay you two an additional 10 million taels in compensation, but the Hidden Rain Village is financially strapped right now, so I can only pay half first."

The Hidden Rain Village was poor to begin with, and most of its assets were lost in the Second Ninja World War. Even if it was just three million taels, it was not something that could be taken out easily.

Shimizu took the scroll from Hanzo's hand and exchanged glances with Yekura.

The two exchanged glances quickly, and finally Shimizu took a step forward and said to Hanzo:
"Thank you, Mr. Hanzo. However, since the Hidden Rain Village is in financial difficulty, Ye Cang and I will only take half of the 10 million ryo."

"If Konoha is really behind this incident, then Konoha is our enemy. I believe that Mr. Hanzo will definitely stand on our side, right?"

Hanzo said without hesitation: "Of course!"

The people of Konoha have already ambushed so deep in the Hidden Rain Village. What do they want to do?

Hanzo is a hero that appears once every century in the Land of the Rain. How could he tolerate such a thing?

The Third Kazekage looked at Qing Shui and his expression finally looked a little better.

Qingshui’s approach is correct.

At this time, we cannot press on any further, but should try to win over Hanzo as much as possible. Both sides should join forces to put pressure on Konoha, which is the option that maximizes benefits.

Once a rift arises between the two sides, the alliance between them may not be so close.

He is capable and sensible. Not only did he become a jonin at a young age, but he is also an outstanding puppeteer and has swordsmanship that even he is amazed by.

The Third Kazekage was very satisfied with Shimizu's actions, and then the Third Kazekage looked at Rasa again.

What Luo Sha did just now cannot be said to be wrong, because the real cause was that the Hidden Rain Village was infiltrated by Konoha, and Luo Sha could not control the people of the Hidden Rain Village.

But no matter what, as the deputy director of the Anbu and the person in charge of security for this incident, Rasa must be held responsible for the assassination of an important figure in the Sand Village and the fact that he almost lost his life.

Rasa's real mistake was that he was not capable enough and failed to investigate Konoha's conspiracy early, and only arrived late after the assassination was over.

The Third Kazekage sighed in his heart.

I still haven’t really grown up... Luo Sha.

Luo Sha is now eighteen or nineteen years old, and his strength is pretty good. It is not impossible for him to continue to improve. However, he is three points behind the Third Kazekage himself at the same age.

After the death of Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, Rasa has been trained by the Third Kazekage as his successor.

As his disciple, Luo Sha inherited the magnetic escape technique, and with the assistance of the close and powerful Jialulu, he was able to secure the position of Kage.

But that was before.

From now on, Luo Sha is only qualified in terms of strength and skills. He is good enough to be a master who maintains the status quo, but if he wants to make the Sand Village continue to develop and become stronger, he is afraid that he is not good enough. In terms of potential and intelligence, Shimizu undoubtedly has more potential than Luo Sha.

Rasa has Kazekage's assistance, Shimizu also has a close relationship with Ye Cang. Rasa has the Third Kazekage as his teacher, and Shimizu also has two powerful high-ranking people, Chiyo and Ebizo, as his teachers.

Magnetic Release was the signature technique of the Sand Village created by the Third Kazekage, and puppetry was also invented by the Second Kazekage.

From this perspective, both of them have good legitimacy, and the forces behind them are enough to allow them to secure their position as shadows.

What the Third Kazekage is worried about is what will happen when Shimizu grows up and fights with Rasa for the position of Kazekage?
What if the struggle between the two factions goes too far and causes a split within Sunagakure?
With so many thoughts running through his mind, the Third Kazekage could only be thankful that he was not too old and could still work for a few more years.

As for the future, it depends on whether Rasa can make further progress, or whether Shimizu can surpass Rasa after growing up. With me here, I should be able to ensure the future successor issue of the Sand Village.

If this worry were known to Hanzo of the Salamander, or Ohnoki of the Two Scales who is also facing the problem of no successor, they would probably be envious to death.

The Second Ninja World War has just ended, and the war mobilization capabilities of both Sunagakure and Amegakure still remain at an extremely high level.

The next day after the incident, the two villages sent envoys with harsh condemnations.

When Chiyo and Ebizo heard that their beloved disciple was almost assassinated by Konoha's people, they immediately risked their lives to make Konoha pay the price.

After the Third Kazekage returned to the village to take charge, the old man and the old woman gathered their troops and set out with thousands of Sand Village ninjas to the River Country, which served as a buffer zone between the forces of the Wind and Fire countries.

Hanzo also pieced together his remaining subordinates and formed a team of 2,000 people, approaching the border of the Fire Nation.

Inside Konoha Village, the Hokage's office was shrouded in mist.

The third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was known as the Ninja Hero, had a gloomy face and was puffing on his pipe.

This time, the situation was a bit tricky for him.

"Danzo, did you send someone to assassinate the Sunagakure ninja?"

Mito Kado En looked at Danzo in front of him and asked him to punish Sarutobi Hiruzen on behalf of him.

"I do this all for Konoha!"

Danzo pulled a scroll out from his wide sleeve and threw it out.

"Look at the information about Shimizu and Ye Cang. One became a jonin at the age of thirteen, and the other became a jonin at the age of fourteen. If these two grow up, they will definitely be the biggest enemy of Konoha!"

"Especially this Qingshui. The overall planning of the construction of the canal in Sand Village was all done by this person. The existence of this river is bound to enhance the national strength of the Kingdom of Wind!"

"The current strength of the Sand Village is enough to threaten Konoha's position. If two more serious threats appear, what will the village use to resist the Sand Village? By then, the position of overlord of the ninja world will no longer belong to Konoha!"

"Monkey, you will also become the most failed Hokage in the history of this village!"

Danzo slammed the table and said to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The sound of a scroll flipping could be heard. Sarutobi Hiruzen finished reading the information on the scroll while Danzo was speaking, and handed it to Tenin Koharu beside him.

A few minutes later, two other high-ranking officials of Konoha Village also finished reading the contents of the scroll.

(End of this chapter)