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

Chapter 343 Wind Shadow Candidate
A few minutes later.

The door of the operating room slowly opened.

Luo Sha, who was still a little weak both physically and mentally, walked out slowly.

When Jialuo heard the noise, he looked up and hurried forward to support.

Following closely out were Shimizu and Chiyo holding the sealed box.

"Master Shimizu, Master Chiyo, thank you so much!"

Jialuo looked at the two of them with his slightly red and swollen eyes and said in a crisp voice.

Hearing Jialuo addressing Qingshui, Luosha paused, then turned around and spoke as well:
"Master Chiyo, and Shimizu... Master, I would like to thank Luo Sha for saving my life this time."

Luo Sha's tone was hesitant and a little hesitant, but he finally said it out completely.

Once these words were uttered, it meant that he had surrendered to Qingshui.

Even though he was unwilling, he finally gave in.

Even his life was saved by someone else. Not only was his body unharmed, but his strength was also fully restored.

Moreover, he was rescued in front of the most core people in the Sand Village, which means that the entire upper echelons of the Sand Village would know about this.

"It's okay. In the next few days, pay more attention to supplementing your nutrition. Don't rush to recover your strength or overtrain for the time being. Come back for a checkup in two days. If there is no rejection reaction during this period, your body will have almost recovered to the level before the injury."

Qingshui looked at Luosha's expression, smiled slightly, and spoke.

Luo Sha has basically lost the possibility of competing with him.

From today on, Shimizu can be regarded as the true "crown prince" of the Sand Village, rather than the previous candidate.

Even the No. 1 candidate.

Just like the crown prince and the adult eldest prince before the crown prince is appointed.

After coming out of the Sand Village Hospital, the Third Kazekage called Shimizu and Chiyo and went to the Kazekage's office together.

Just now, Ebizo sent someone to send a message, saying that he had collected all the information about the people recruited by the daimyo, and after sorting it out, he was waiting in the Kazekage's office.

"There are a lot of people in this group. Under the temptation of wealth, many wandering ninjas and rebel ninjas go to the capital every day to try their luck. Although the daimyo will not refuse everyone, as long as they are not swindlers and have some strength, no matter what their background is, the daimyo will want them. In a short period of time, an army of hundreds of people has been gathered and stationed outside the capital. At the current growth rate, it is estimated that within this month, the number of people will exceed a thousand.

The daimyo has now given this team a name, the daimyo guardian group."

Ebizo took out documents one by one and filled up the desk of the Third Kazekage, and introduced them.

"Hundreds or even thousands of people, this scale, huh, is the daimyo worried that he has recruited too few people and it will be too easy for us to destroy him?"

Chiyo picked up a document at random, took a look at it, and snorted.

With the victory in the Second Shinobi World War and the rapid growth of the village's economy and military power in the years after the war, Chiyo has been very confident in the village's strength recently and doesn't care about these losers at all.

In her opinion, only Konoha is worthy of attention, the other four major ninja villages and a few people like Hanzo are worthy of being taken seriously, and the rest are characters that the Sand Village can directly defeat.

"After all, it's the village's original military budget for the entire year. No one in the ninja world would be unmoved by such a large sum of money. From my perspective, these people are a mixed bag. Maybe there are people secretly sent by other large ninja villages mixed in, not to mention Tsurugaya Kyuichi, a troublesome character who could make even Rasa fall into trouble."

Ebizo picked out a few of these documents.

"Tsurutani Kyuichi, we have limited information about him. Apart from his name, there are only the records of his fight with Rasa. As for the village database and the information about the Tsurutani clan collected from various ninja clans, they are all from before the village was built. There is no introduction to this cell-level insect control technique. It is estimated that Tsurutani Kyuichi developed it during the decades of seclusion, so it is of little reference value."

"Apart from the most troublesome Tsurugaya Kyuichi, there are a few more people worth noting. Qiehe is a wandering ninja from the Iron Country. He once killed Zotei, a jonin from the Hidden Cloud Village. He was hunted down by the Hidden Cloud Village with a gold bounty. In recent years, he has been hiding in several small countries such as the Gold Country, the Bird Country, and the Tea Country. He is a first-class bounty ninja in the underground world, second only to Kakuzu."

"Konoha's A-rank bounty traitor, Shuichi Torii, 24 years old, was once a special jonin of Konoha. Seven years ago, he seemed to have defected after offending the elder Utatane Koharu. He has escaped from the pursuit of Konoha's Anbu many times. He has at least the combat power of a jonin. It is impossible to confirm whether his defection is true or not."

"Nozawa, a monk who defected from the Fire Temple, stole the temple's secrets and defected..."

"Iwagakure A-rank traitor Ishihara, underground black market bounty of 17 million taels..."

Including Tsurutani Hisaichi, there are five other people in the intelligence collected by Ebizo who have at least the ability of a jonin or above, and there are clear records of more than 30 people who have the combat power of a special jonin or above.

Considering the combat capability of Tsurutani Hisaichi, this force is already stronger than small ninja villages like Kusagakure.

"We can no longer allow the daimyo to act recklessly, and this group of people can no longer continue to exist."

The Third Kazekage said indifferently.

This group of people were created by the daimyo to disgust them, and their existence is a huge blow to the prestige of the Sand Village.

The stronger they are, the more difficult it will be for the Sand Village to eliminate them, and they are likely to seize the Sand Village's share of tasks.

"What pretext can we use to eliminate these guys called Daimyo Guardians? After all, this is almost a declaration of war against the Daimyo. If we don't handle it properly, will it attract the attention of other Daimyo and cause other Ninja Villages to intervene?"

Chiyo pulled a chair and sat down, saying in a deep voice.

This is the most difficult part to deal with.

The Sandaime Kazekage turned his gaze towards Shimizu.

"Qingshui, what do you think?"

"Don't worry too much, just fight!"

Qingshui said with certainty.

"Now every daimyo and all the ninja villages are watching. This is no longer a conflict between the daimyo and the Sand Village, but a conflict between the ninja village system and the daimyo system. In the past, the two checked and balanced each other. The daimyo was worried that the ninja forces would be too strong and difficult to control, so he used his money bag to restrict the ninja village, and the ninja village definitely did not want to become the daimyo's dog.

Now these ninja villages probably hope that we can win, because they are more afraid that their daimyo will follow suit, so at least they will not go out before we win. Even if the daimyo forces them to send troops, they will definitely find various reasons to delay. "

"What about after we win? Do you think they will take advantage of our situation? Yes, this is a good reason to unite the major ninja villages and target Sunagakure."

Ebizo shook his eyebrows and said with a smile.

The Sand Village is a little too strong now. The Iwagakure Village in the Land of Earth and the Konoha Village in the Land of Fire, which are located on both sides of the Land of Wind, will definitely not give up any opportunity to weaken the Sand Village.

There is also a possibility that Kumogakure and Kirigakure will take advantage of the situation. "If they want to come, then come. After we have dealt with the daimyo, with the current strength of the village, I think I will not be afraid of any challenge!"

Qingshui said simply.

He knew that if there was more time for development, the Sand Village would be stronger.

But the prerequisite is a sufficiently stable development environment.

Hit a punch to avoid a hundred punches.

First, deal with the daimyo who is causing trouble, stabilize the internal environment, and then defeat other ninja villages to obtain a peaceful external environment. By then, as the resources from the daimyo are obtained, the development speed of the Sand Village may be even faster.

"Then I'll leave this incident to you. I'll arrange as many manpower as you need. I only have one request, which is to deal with the Daimyo Guardians as soon as possible."

The Third Kazekage spoke sternly to Shimizu.

"not enough."

Qingshui shook his head.

The Third Kazekage's brows furrowed slightly.

"In addition to dealing with the Daimyo guardians, I also need another group of people to manage the capital and control the Daimyo and related nobles."

Qingshui spoke.

"Don't be anxious about the latter matter. Wait two days until Luo Sha recovers and then do it. This will also give him a chance to redeem himself. After you have dealt with the Daimyo's guardians and explained, I will convene a Jonin Conference and appoint you as the Kazekage candidate."

The Third Kazekage said to Shimizu.

Just let Luo Sha do the dirty work.

Qingshui was slightly stunned, then nodded heavily.

Of course, the only ninja village in the ninja world that has the custom of establishing candidates for the Shadow is the Hidden Cloud Village.

The Raikage lineage has been passed down for four generations.

This family has excellent genes. Every generation of Ai has the talent to be the Kage of a great country. In addition to the father-son relationship, each generation of Ai can often become a candidate for Raikage when they are in their early twenties.

When the Second Raikage died in the rebellion of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the Third Raikage took the position directly without going through the voting process of the Jounin. The current candidate for Raikage is the Fourth Raikage Ai. If the Third Raikage dies in battle or announces his retirement, he can directly succeed to the position of Raikage.

Now that the Third Kazekage is going to give the position of Kazekage candidate to Shimizu, it is tantamount to directly announcing that Shimizu will become the Fourth Kazekage.

The process of becoming a Kazekage candidate is basically the same as the selection of the Kazekage, and requires a vote of confidence from the Jonin Conference, and one can only be elected with the consent of the majority of the village's Jonins.

This kind of thing can be done in the Hidden Cloud Village, where the power is more centralized within the village, and it can also be done in the Hidden Iwagakure Village, but Ōnoki has not yet found someone who can take over the position of Tsuchikage, and his son Gento's strength is just barely enough, but it is obvious that Ōnoki is not very satisfied with other aspects of him.

As for the remaining three ninja villages, Konoha and Kirigakure, the two ninja villages that are always fighting among themselves, once they start to deal with the issue of Kage candidates, regardless of whether they can be selected, serious internal strife will definitely break out.

The inside is even more chaotic.

The internal political environment of the Sand Village is now basically stable enough to operate in this way.

The Third Kazekage supports it himself, Chiyo and Ebizo are Shimizu's teachers, the combination of Rasa and Karuura is basically certain to be defeated by Shimizu, the four important departments of the puppet force, intelligence force, sealing team and medical team can be regarded as Shimizu's core faction, and the rest of the major ninja clans and senior ninjas have shown goodwill to Shimizu since the moment Shimizu established the advantage, and even some small and medium-sized ninja clans have completely surrendered to him.

Although Rasa is the deputy director of the Anbu, the director is Ebizo, who has held this position for nearly twenty years. Not to mention that the Anbu is directly under the Kazekage, in fact, the Third Kazekage has the most absolute control over the Anbu.

The same is true for other departments directly under Fengying, such as the Government Affairs Department, Finance Department, Logistics Department, and several major combat departments.

This was enough to ensure that most of the jonin in the Sand Village would vote for Shimizu in the jonin confidence vote.

The remaining neutrals who are still waiting and watching will not be so unwise at that time.

Later on, he might not remember clearly who voted for Qingshui, but he definitely remembered who did not vote.

Some of the ninjas and jonin who are still hesitating now may surrender more thoroughly.

No one wants to become a marginal figure or a victim of the politics and wars of major powers in the future.

However, there are actually not many neutral parties now. After all, almost all the special jonin and above who are still serving in the Sand Village have learned Shimizu's breathing method and have to owe him this favor. Only a few old antiques who have been at odds with the Third Kazekage for a long time are left.

Although he holds the title of elder, he has no power and influence, and cannot affect other people.

As for the middle and lower level ninjas and civilians, it is even simpler.

The canal, the new puppetry, etc. have brought them a lot of benefits over the years. As long as they increase the publicity of Qingshui's past achievements, they will know who to choose.

Their influence on the Kazekage election is not as great as that of the jonin class, but it cannot be ignored.

What Shimizu has to do is to lead the ninjas of the Sand Village to win victory in this military operation with an absolute crushing advantage!
If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Because it is a local battle, the logistical pressure is not that great.

What is important is the mobilization of personnel, so as to achieve the goal in one go.

So this time, the Sand Village mobilized thousands of elite ninjas.

Such a movement could not be hidden from the spies, so the next day, the Daimyo of the Wind Country sent someone to deliver an order, and said that everything could be negotiated. As long as both sides made certain concessions and exchanged interests, the relationship between the Daimyo and the Sand Village could return to what it was before.

The top leaders of the Sand Village originally didn't want to pay attention to it.

However, after Shimizu made a suggestion, the Sand Village still sent an elite team led by Ebizo, with more than 20 members, at least special jonin, as an envoy to Kyoto.

They will stabilize the daimyo first, and then after Rasa leads his team to Kyoto, they will work together from inside and outside to directly control the capital.

Luo Sha's condition recovered quickly. The heart rebuilt with the Creation Regeneration Technique was strong and powerful, no different from the past.

Therefore, on the third day, thousands of elite Sand Village ninjas, led by Shimizu, set out at full speed and surrounded the camp where the daimyo's guardians were stationed.

On the other side, in the capital of the Kingdom of Wind, Rasa and Karuura, with cold expressions, led a group of Sand Village ninjas and cooperated with Ebizo inside to capture the city gate.

(End of this chapter)