I am the most popular character in Naruto!

"cough."

Nara Shikaku cleared his throat and glanced at Hatake Sakumo, who was sipping his soldier's rations without saying a word. "What Lord White Fang said isn't without reason. I was just too hasty in my choice of words."

"The battle of Kikyo Mountain was indeed crucial, but what follows will be even more critical."

Sakumo Hatake shrugged as he chewed on his soldier's rations. He stepped back, indicating that he was invisible and would not participate in the discussion.

"For now, we've managed to suppress over a thousand ninjas from the Land of Wind using special methods, but their main force is nearby, and there's no way the seven of us can defeat them."

Nara Shikaku crossed his hands and said, "Even if we control the garrison here and don't pass on the intelligence, their main force will quickly discover that the defenses of Kikyo Mountain have been breached."

"After all, we've made quite a commotion. If the sensory ninjas of the Land of Wind can't sense what's going on here, then they're pretty useless."

"Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that among the thousand troops stationed on Kikyo Mountain, there are ninjas who outwardly submit but secretly pass on messages."

"Please let us investigate!"

Upon hearing this, Kabuto immediately stood up, his face contorted with murderous intent. He had absolutely no goodwill towards this group of garrison soldiers.

Now that Lord Chiaki has suppressed the situation, there are still people trying to secretly send messages?

"Dou, calm down."

Yakushi Nonou patted Yakushi Kabuto on the shoulder, saying that as an intelligence operative, it was also important to learn to control one's emotions.

Kabuto obediently sat down, but his gaze remained fixed on Nara Shikaku, hoping to receive orders from this strategist.

He already knew that the entire operation was designed by Nara Shikaku, and he was completely convinced of the strategist's abilities.

"It's alright. I had already considered the existence of such people."

Nara Shikaku smiled slightly and said calmly, "Since they are bound to make a move, let's just strike first."

"The oppression of the ages has a time limit. After a period of time, they will realize what is happening, and deserters and rebels will emerge."

"Wouldn't it be better if we communicated directly with the main force of the Land of Wind and had them take over these ninjas we captured?"

"If I'm not mistaken, then we're probably about to have a direct confrontation with the main force of the Wind Kingdom."

"Moreover, we might even get to meet that legendary strategist."

Nara Shikaku's eyes were filled with excitement. Everyone looked at each other in surprise. Suddenly, a member of the Dark Guard from the Land of Wind appeared in front of them.

"Gentlemen, Lord Ebizo requests your presence!"

"???"

"!!!"

"Look, isn't this coming?"

Nara Shikaku curled his lips into a smile, ignoring the bewilderment and shock of Chiaki and the others, and straightened up to say to the Anbu, "Let's go, let's have these two chess players meet."

Chapter 273 Chiyo's Frustration

"I have long admired the genius strategist of Konoha."

"I am the one here. I have long admired your name, Lord Ebizo."

Nara Shikaku and Ebizo shook hands and walked together in a harmonious manner, boasting about each other's achievements.

One person says the other is young and promising, while the other says the other is old and shrewd.

The old fox boasted about the young fox, and the young fox praised the old fox.

There were countless rounds of verbal exchanges.

The two of them were having a great time exchanging barbs, while the people following behind them were feeling rather helpless.

"Humph."

Chiyo glared at Chiaki with annoyance and said sarcastically, "I should have risked everything to kill you back then, instead of letting the tiger return to the mountain."

"Thank you for your kindness, which has made me who I am today."

Chiaki responded with a good-natured smile. What he said was indeed true. If Chiyo had been more ruthless back then and had risked injury to kill Chiaki, none of this would have happened.

Now things are different. Chiaki has grown up and is not so easy to kill. He even caused her side to lose Kikyo Mountain. Chiyo felt a deep regret in her heart.

Future stayed close to Qianqiu, nervously watching their surroundings.

At this time, apart from Yakushi Nonou and Yakushi Kabuto who stayed on Mount Kikyo to take care of the villagers, the rest of the people followed the previous ANBU member to the place where the main force of the Land of Wind was located.

Just as Nara Shikaku had predicted, the main force of the Land of Wind was not far from Mount Kikyo. Unfortunately, Chiaki and the others ended the war too quickly. By the time the sensory ninjas arrived and sensed the situation, the battle at Mount Kikyo was already over.

Chiyo originally advocated for a direct attack, but the fact that Kikyo Mountain fell without warning clearly indicated that it couldn't have been a large-scale attack from Konoha.

Since it's a case of numbers against numbers, then the Wind Kingdom's main force should just push forward, regardless of any conspiracies or tricks they may have; they'll defeat them with sheer force.

However, after learning about the information on Mount Kikyo, Ebizo immediately suppressed Chiyo and chose to send his ANBU to invite someone to communicate with them.

The only person in the entire Hidden Leaf Village capable of breaking through the easily defensible terrain of Kikyo Mountain with just a few ninjas was clearly Nara Shikaku.

"Humph."

Chiyo snorted coldly, her gaze sweeping over Chiaki and Mirai before landing on Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza. "Ino-Shika-Cho, quite the reputation, but I wonder how strong they are!"

"You flatter us, Lady Chiyo. We are just average in strength."

Yamanaka Inoichi responded with a smile, but Akimichi Choza, who was not in a good mood when facing the ninjas of the Land of Wind, immediately retorted: "Indeed, it's all thanks to the contrast with our peers. Actually, we're not that great. I didn't know that the ninjas of the Land of Wind were even worse."

"That's because you haven't met me yet!"

Chiyo continued her relentless speech, completely disregarding her Kage-level status.

Her gaze shifted again, landing on Aburame Shimi, but she looked at her for a second and then moved on without making any comment.

"?"

Aburame Shiki immediately felt indignant and said, "Lady Chiyo, our Aburame clan has long admired you."

"Oh."

Chiyo responded faintly. As a woman, she naturally disliked insects quite a bit.

Everyone has heard of the Aburame clan, but very few people like this family. There's no way around it; the insects are just too disgusting.

"???"

Oh, my short temper.

Just as Shiki Aburame was about to argue her point, Chiyo's gaze shifted to behind a tree.

"Who are you, you cowardly rat! Still hiding like that!?"

As she spoke, a row of kunai appeared in her hand, which she then shot towards the large tree.

"Come out here! Dagger!"

Ding Ding Ding

After a flash of light, Chiyo's sure-fire attack suddenly lost its effectiveness, and all the kunai fell to the ground.

"?!"

Chiyo was furious. She was already displeased with her younger brother's decision to call the Konoha ninjas to the headquarters for talks, and now these Konoha ninjas were being shameless by hiding someone to spy on them.

"I'll give you three seconds! If you don't show up now, I'm going to make a move!"

bang bang

Three puppets appeared beside Chiyo, and she angrily shouted at the large tree where people were hiding.

"……Hey."

Chiaki shouted at Chiyo, "I think you'd better just ignore them..."

"Shut up! What do you know, you little brat!"

Chiyo's eyes widened: "You Konoha people are definitely up to no good! Hurry up and call them out!"

"Mr. Nara, what's going on?"

Ebizo, who was walking at the front, noticed his older sister causing trouble behind him and couldn't help but ask Nara Shikaku, "If this matter isn't resolved properly, it might have a negative impact on our future communication and cooperation."

"This is indeed our problem."

Nara Shikaku patted his head and said apologetically, "That person was specifically responsible for protecting our Konoha princess, and had absolutely no other intentions."

"Oh?"

Ebizo asked in surprise, "With Princess's outstanding strength, does she need anyone to protect her?"

"Besides, I doubt anyone in Konoha is qualified to protect her, right?"

Nara Shikaku gave a wry smile. "I think we should stop this as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid Lady Chiyo will suffer the consequences."

"This...could it be...White Fang?"

Ebizo realized that among all the people in Konoha, only this one person was qualified and had the time to protect Chiaki.

"Exactly..."

Nara Shikaku confirmed Ebizo's words. Ebizo realized something was wrong, but before he could speak up to stop it, the riot had already begun behind him.

"3!"

"2!"

Chiyo began her stern countdown, but a lazy voice followed.

“Yeah, yeah…”

Sakumo Hatake scratched his head and suddenly appeared in the center of the three puppets controlled by Chiyo.

"!!!"

"It's you! Konoha's White Fang!"

Chiyo got carried away and, completely disregarding the current situation, waved her hands at Sakumo Hatake.

The three puppets immediately sprang into action, launching a simultaneous attack on Hatake Sakumo.

"Stop! Sister!"

Ebizo shouted, and at the same time, Chiaki yelled, "Sakuya! Stop!"