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Chapter 161 The 4th Kazekage!

Chapter 161 The Fourth Kazekage! (Subscribe for monthly tickets)

Konoha Village.

In the Hokage's office, an Anbu ninja emerged from underground: "Hokage-sama, information sent from the River Country."

"Master Xiu defeated and killed the Third Kazekage, and the Sand Village was completely defeated."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was working at his desk, looked up suddenly when he heard this: "The Third Kazekage is dead?"

The ANBU ninja nodded, his voice filled with shock and excitement. "Yes, that's correct. The Third Kazekage was defeated in the battle with Master Hide, and was killed by Master Hide during the retreat."

Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly stood up.

The Third Kazekage is dead!

This is a bigger shock than Hanzo's death.

Although Hanzo has the title of demigod, but... Amegakure is just a second-rate village and doesn't even have a tailed beast.

Although he has the title of demigod, Hanzo, the leader of the Rain Village, is naturally inferior to the Kage of the five major ninja villages.

No matter what.

None of the Kages from the five major ninja villages considered Hanzo an opponent of the same level.

The Third Kazekage is known as the strongest Kazekage of all time, and his Kekkei Genkai is Magnetic Sand and Iron, which is indeed very powerful.

Now that the Third Kazekage is dead, it means that Hoshita Hide has truly reached the same level of strength as the Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages, or even stronger.

This is definitely a good thing for Konoha.

And the most important thing is that now that the Third Kazekage is dead, the Sand Village has only two choices.

Either end the war and preserve strength.

Or they could mobilize all forces to continue the war under the pretext of revenge for the Third Kazekage.

What are the possibilities of revenge?
Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind raced, and he quickly made a decision.

Very small!

Since there is no one stronger than the Third Kazekage in the Sand Village now, the best option is to lie low and preserve strength.

So, does Konoha need to invade the Wind Kingdom in one go?
Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered.

I quickly came to the conclusion that the cost outweighed the benefits.

Invading the Wind Country would not be of much use to Konoha.

Moreover, once they invade the Land of Wind with the intention of destroying the Sand Village, the Sand Village will turn to a full-scale war, the war will expand, and Konoha will have to continue to deploy more troops to the Desert Country of Wind, and at that time the Cloud Shinobi will definitely take the opportunity to strike again.

"Now is the best time to take advantage of the opportunity to end the war with the Sand Village and seize the interests of the River Country."

"Then we'll just have to face Kumogakure!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen made a decision quickly and asked the Anbu to pass the order immediately.

……

"What, the Kazekage died at the hands of a Wood Release user?"

In the Tsuchikage's office, Ohnoki was shocked.

He received the news only one day later than Sarutobi Hiruzen.

But the shock was far greater than that of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Ohnoki fought against Hoshita Hide many times and was a very tough opponent, even more difficult to deal with than Sarutobi Hiruzen.

However, the fact that the Third Kazekage was killed was still too shocking.

After all, the Third Kazekage is very powerful, he is the strongest Kazekage in history!

"Is Konoha really going to produce another Senju Hashirama? No, it's Uchiha Madara..."

Ohnoki couldn't help but think about it, and his face looked a little ugly.

He absolutely did not want to see Konoha becoming stronger.

"Show under the stars..."

Onoki gritted his teeth.

The memories that Uchiha Madara brought him were too profound.

……

The army was defeated like a mountain!
Xing Xiaxiu saw it for the first time.

The Sand Ninjas were defeated all the way, retreating continuously from the River Country, and their troops continued to flee until they entered the Wind Country.

Konoha continued to chase until the border of the Wind Country.

At this time, differences also emerged within Konoha.

The radicals thought that they should pursue the victory and kill all the way to the Sand Village.

Anyway, the Third Kazekage is dead now, and with Hoshita Hide around, they can easily take down the Sand Village.

However, Mitomonen and Utane Koharu disagreed with continuing the pursuit.

Because the Wind Country belongs to the desert country, and Konoha has been chasing for several days and is already a tired army.

Even though the Third Kazekage is dead, the strength of the Sand Village is still there. A few days is enough time to mobilize forces.

If we attack the Land of Wind now, we will likely be counterattacked by the Sand Village using the terrain.

Xingxia Xiu is very powerful, but the power of Wood Release will probably be greatly reduced in the desert.

but.

Before anyone could come to a conclusion, Sarutobi Hiruzen's order arrived.

……

At the border of the River Country, in a wooden house, Xingxia Xiu and Tsunade were discussing medical ninjutsu when Orochimaru came in from outside: "Xiu-kun, Tsunade!"

Hoshita Hide and Tsunade stopped.

"It seems an order has arrived from the village."

Xingxiaxiu smiled.

Orochimaru nodded: "The old man decided to cease fire and negotiate peace with the Sand Village."

The star show is not surprising at all.

Tsunade said: "It is indeed time to stop this war. Unless you are determined to destroy the Sand Village, there is no need to invade the heart of the Wind Country."

Orochimaru nodded, but then changed the subject and said, "But this is probably just a temporary truce. Once the Sand Village recovers its strength, I'm afraid they'll want revenge!"

"Perhaps it will be the next Ninja World War."

Tsunade couldn't help but frown when she heard that.

Xingxia Xiu smiled faintly and said, "As long as there are conflicts of interest, the war will never end."

"Hatred is only a very small factor."

"The Third Kazekage is dead. He can be used as an excuse for war, but no one will start a war just to avenge him."

"At least there is no such person in the Sand Village, and no one can do it."

After hearing this, Orochimaru couldn't help but say: "It seems that Xiujun also has unique insights into war."

Xingxia Xiu said: "War is the most violent means in the struggle for interests. It is also the final, most direct and simplest means."

"Once there are no other means of fighting, we have to resort to war." Tsunade and Orochimaru nodded after hearing this.

Orochimaru said meaningfully: "With Hide-kun's current strength, he might be able to achieve the feat of the First Hokage."

Xingxia Xiu shook his head: "I am not the first Hokage."

"Also, although the First Hokage's idea is good, it is too naive."

"That kind of balance can only be maintained while the First Hokage is alive."

"If I do that, then I can only maintain peace while I am alive."

Orochimaru nodded after hearing this: "Yes, human life is so fragile and short."

As the Kazekage of the Sand Village, he also died in the war.

One day Xingxiaxiu will die, and he will die too.

At the thought of death, Orochimaru's heart couldn't help but tremble.

He wasn't simply afraid of death.

But I don't want to die like this.

After collecting his thoughts, Orochimaru changed the subject and asked, "Have you found any plan to cure Rope Tree?"

Xingxia Xiu and Tsunade looked at each other and nodded: "There are some, but further research is needed, which will take some time."

"This time we negotiated peace with the Sand Village, so we can first order a puppet prosthesis from the Sand Village so that Nawaki can resume his normal ninja life."

Orochimaru nodded after hearing this, but in the end he did not reveal his plan.

He felt that Tsunade might not agree with him doing that.

If Hashirama's cells are combined with the Uchiha's Sharingan, Nawaki will be criticized if discovered.

……

Orochimaru didn't stay long. After chatting for a while, he said goodbye and left.

But before he had walked far, Orochimaru stopped and looked back at the wooden house.

Life is too fragile. Even someone as strong as Hashirama Senju has to bow down to him.

The only things that are truly eternal are truth and ninjutsu!
At this moment, Orochimaru strengthened his heart.

He wants to pursue immortal life through ninjutsu and seek eternal truth.

And the truth is hidden in ninjutsu!

……

Inside the cabin, Tsunade frowned slightly: "That Orochimaru guy seems to be a little different."

Hoshita Hide knew about Orochimaru's change, even though Nawaki was not dead.

But the death of the Third Kazekage was also extremely shocking.

Perhaps from now on, the ninja world will have another crazy ninjutsu scientist, Orochimaru.

“People are constantly changing.”

Show the way under the stars.

Tsunade nodded and immediately put Orochimaru behind her.

Orochimaru is far less important than his younger brother Nawaki.

In a small town on the border of the Wind Country.

Chiyo, Ebizo and other high-ranking Sand Ninjas gathered together, and the atmosphere was very heavy.

"Konoha's peace agreement has been delivered. What do you think should be done next?"

Chiyo spoke up.

"We must avenge the Third Kazekage!"

A Jonin shouted, he was a loyal subordinate of the Third Kazekage.

But then someone retorted: "How to take revenge?"

"Who can defeat the Wood Release User?"

Someone then said, "The most important thing now is the selection of the Fourth Kazekage. Only with a Fourth Kazekage can we rally the people. Whether we continue the war with Konoha or negotiate peace, we can better unify our opinions."

As soon as these words were spoken, many Sand Shinobi jonin nodded.

"But who is suitable to be the Yondaime now?"

"I propose that Chiyo-sama become the Fourth Kazekage!"

"Chiyo-sama, this..."

"Chiyo-sama's strength and prestige are indeed sufficient. I agree!"

……

Chiyo couldn't help but frown as she listened to everyone's discussions.

She is too old to be the Kazekage.

But who is suitable now?
Chiyo carefully searched for candidates, only to find that she couldn't find anyone suitable among the young people.

Among the young jonin now, no one has enough strength and prestige to become the Fourth Kazekage.

This couldn't help but make Chiyo sad.

revenge?