Compared to the skepticism and disdain of the other three villages.

In the Mizukage's office in Kirigakure, the Land of Water, the atmosphere was somewhat unusual.

The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, sat in a large office chair, holding the intelligence report in his hand. His youthful, doll-like face was no longer as calm as it usually was.

"Uchiha Madara..."

Yagura murmured the name softly, his purple eyes flashing with an extremely complex light.

"Lord Mizukage, you don't actually believe Konoha's explanation, do you?" a member of the Kirigakure ANBU asked in a low voice.

Why don't you believe me?

Yagura put down the intelligence report, stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the thick fog that never dissipated outside.

"Think carefully about it. Over the past few years, where have those inexplicable undercurrents within Kirigakure come from? Where have the funds and intelligence support behind those conservative forces that oppose my reforms and even attempt to instigate a civil war come from?"

Yagura's voice turned cold.

"I always thought it was some major power pulling the strings behind the scenes, but if it were a country, there would always be some clues. However, that force is too well hidden, and its methods are too covert. I can't even trace their origins."

Yagura turned around, his eyes blazing.

"To infiltrate the Land of Water to this extent, to have such a vast scheme and such patience, to even manipulate those old fogies at the top of Kirigakure... Looking across the entire ninja world, besides the legendary Uchiha Madara, I can't think of anyone else with this ability!"

"Although Konoha is cunning, they don't need to fabricate a lie that is so easily exposed in this matter. It's more like they are announcing a fact to the entire ninja world: the real threat has been eliminated by them."

It's earlier.

Konoha Village, inside the Kirigakure embassy in Konoha.

Elder Yuanshi sat on a stone bench in the courtyard, holding a copy of the newly delivered "Konoha Weekly" in his hand, his face showing the same deep thought as Yagura.

"Elder Yuan, how credible do you think this information is?"

Mei Terumi, dressed in a smart ninja outfit, came out of the house and sat down opposite Genji.

"Eight points."

Master Yuan placed the newspaper on the stone table, a shrewd glint in his cloudy eyes.

"That little fox, Nishikawa Tetsu, deliberately came to the embassy and read out the list of Konoha's high-ranking officials in front of that exposed informant. He did it on purpose."

"Intentional?" Mei Terumi was slightly taken aback.

"That's right."

Master Yuan sneered.

"The people who could mobilize Konoha to such an extent, even at the risk of leaving the village vulnerable, could not possibly be ordinary ninjas or organizations."

"Based on the Mizukage's previous investigation in the village, the mastermind behind it all is probably no one but Uchiha Madara."

After hearing this, Mei Terumi's eyes flashed with admiration.

"No wonder Konoha sent so many high-ranking officials to form this research team. But they actually succeeded? That's Uchiha Madara."

"Never underestimate the strength of Konoha." Master Yuan sighed. "Now, the Mizukage can clean up those spies in the shadows in the village without any worries."

At that moment, Mei Terumi seemed to remember something and lowered her voice to report to the leader:

"By the way, Elder Yuan. About that informant with the mustache named Toudou. I've been secretly monitoring him these past few days. Ever since Nishikawa Tetsu came, he's been very agitated. Every night he sneaks out of the embassy to a dense forest on the outskirts of Konoha, trying to transmit intelligence through some special means. He went there on the day the expedition team set off too."

"But..." Mei Terumi frowned, "It seems that his information has not been passed on."

"Can't contact the contact person?" Master Yuan's eyes narrowed.

"Yes." Mei Terumi nodded. "He seems to be getting more and more desperate. Yesterday, he even cursed loudly in the forest, saying, 'That damn vegetable, didn't he say that this method would allow us to contact him? Liar! Damn liar!'"

Master Yuan stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.

"I see. It seems that Konoha not only killed Uchiha Madara, but also took the opportunity to eliminate the key contact Madara had planted in the intelligence network."

Master Yuan's guess was very accurate. Of course, he didn't know that the contact person responsible for transmitting intelligence was actually a clone of White Zetsu.

Now, Orochimaru has completely wiped out the White Zetsu clones on the outskirts of Konoha, and the real body has also been captured. The poor spy Toudou is, of course, unable to contact anyone.

"Don't disturb him," Master Yuan instructed. "Let him continue to despair. When Lord Mizukage makes his move in the village, this pawn without a master might be able to reveal something useful."

……

The Land of Rain, the Hidden Village of Rain.

High up in the tower, in a room that never sees sunlight.

"Bang!"

Hanzo the Salamander slammed the intelligence scroll in his hand to the ground, and sprang up from his throne as if he had been electrocuted.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Half-hidden in the room paced anxiously, his face, hidden behind a gas mask, contorted with extreme shock and fear.

"Uchiha Madara?! How could that monster who could rival the God of Shinobi still be alive?! And hiding underground in the Land of Grass, so close to the Land of Rain?!"

Hanzo felt his back was soaked with cold sweat.

If this is true, then all these years, this so-called "demigod of the ninja world" has been jumping around under the nose of this real Asura, which is simply like a clown dancing next to a sleeping lion!

"Konoha is just trying to attract attention! They're fabricating a colossal lie to boost their reputation!"

However, at that moment...

"Knock knock knock".

A rapid knocking sounded, and a member of the Rain Shadow Anbu hurriedly pushed the door open and entered.

"Han, Lord Hanzo. The Rain Order troops we sent to investigate that unusual chakra fluctuation on the border of the Land of Grass have returned!" The voices of the Anbu members trembled.

"They're back?!" Hanzo turned around abruptly. "What did they find out?! What was that fluctuation all about?!"

"They...they couldn't find the core area," the operative stammered. "The captain said they had only just reached the border, and before they could even see what was happening ahead, they were snatched away by a golden flash."

"A golden flash? Minato Namikaze?!" Hanzo's pupils contracted.

"Yes, the captain said that when they opened their eyes again, they were... they were already inside the Akatsuki's core base! And they were standing right in front of Nagato from the Akatsuki!"

"What?!"

Hanzo was completely stunned.

He sent his elite troops to gather intelligence, only to have them captured like chickens by the people of Konoha and even thrown into Akatsuki's headquarters?!

This is a blatant warning!

"And then what? What did Nagato do to them?" Hanzo asked nervously, fearing that Nagato would use this opportunity to attack Amegakure.

"Lord Nagato didn't do anything." The ANBU wiped his sweat, his expression becoming extremely strange. "The captain said that Lord Nagato looked quite bewildered at the time. He just stared at the captain and the others for a while, then sighed, waved his hand, and said something..."

"What did you say?!"

"Lord Nagato said, 'Since they are lost people sent by Minato, let them go back the way they came and stop getting in the way.' And then, he let the captain and the others go back."

After listening to the report from the Anbu, Hanzo slumped into his chair.

In his mind, all the information he had gathered was quickly connected.

A terrifying chakra surge suddenly erupted in the Land of Grass, prompting the entire Konoha high command to mobilize an inspection team. Minato Namikaze appeared on the battlefield and casually tossed his reconnaissance troops back to the Akatsuki base.

Moreover, after the first wave of chakra burst, several more chakra fluctuations, even more intense than the first, seemed to threaten to destroy the world, emanated from the direction of the Land of Grass.

If they were just ordinary enemies, how could they have forced Konoha to go to such lengths, even to the point of a battle of that magnitude?

"If it's Uchiha Madara..."

Hanzo muttered to himself, his lips trembling slightly beneath the mask.

"That's not surprising at all...that's not surprising at all!"

Hanzo of the Salamander realized that not only was Konoha not lying, but they were facing a ninja world demon whose strength was still at its peak.

And Konoha actually won!

An unprecedented sense of despair and a deep sense of awe welled up in Hanzo's heart.

He looked out the window at the continuous rain and sighed deeply.

"Konoha, which could even bury a legend like Uchiha Madara..."

"My so-called demigod status is nothing but a laughable joke in their eyes."

"Those three guys who used to need me to go easy on them have now grown into a force I can't afford to underestimate!"

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