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Chapter 210 Onoki's Guesses and Response

Late autumn, early winter of Konoha Year 16.

The temperature hadn't completely dropped yet, but Onoki had already put on a cotton-padded coat.

Because Iwagakure is located at a high latitude and high altitude, the average temperature in the village is always several degrees lower than that in Konoha.

He sat upright in a specially made high chair, flipping through the intelligence in front of him, but after a while he slammed it on the table in frustration and started rubbing his temples!

Being a shadow is not easy!

Especially the shadow of weak countries!

Two years ago, when Konoha and Sunagakure went to war, some people in the village were urging us to get involved too.

But getting involved isn't that simple.

Given Iwagakure's strength, it would be difficult for them to fight any village alone. Therefore, it was definitely not a good time to intervene when Konoha and Sunagakure had just started their war. They should wait until the two villages were both severely weakened before they could intervene.

But before stepping into the fray, they must first resolve their worries, namely, the Cloud Village.

Therefore, there are two necessary conditions for Iwagakure to participate in the war.

First: Both Sunagakure and Konoha suffered heavy losses.

Second: The problem of Hidden Cloud Village has been resolved.

Neither of these two necessary conditions has been met yet.

For some unknown reason, Sunagakure and Konoha were locked in a stalemate at the front lines, neither advancing nor retreating, and no major battle was taking place.

This doesn't look like a war; it's more like both sides have agreed to use war to earn money from the daimyo.

As for the threat from Kumogakure, that's even more troublesome, because Iwagakure can only wait for Kumogakure to attack, and cannot take the initiative to attack.

Because Iwagakure ninjas are good at defense but not offense, and Earth Release is countered by Lightning Release.

He has to wait for Kumogakure to launch a surprise attack on Iwagakure first, and for Iwagakure to launch a defensive counterattack before he can launch an attack on Sunagakure and Konoha.

This condition may seem harsh, but it's actually not that harsh at all.

Since every Raikage has invaded Iwagakure, the Third Raikage will be no exception. As long as Kumogakure's strength grows to a certain level, he will come over on his own.

However, before he could even get to the Hidden Cloud Village, the war between the Hidden Leaf Village and the Hidden Sand Village seemed to have already ended.

"The Sand Village army retreated, followed by the Konoha ninja. Then both sides returned to the battlefield, dismantled the traps, and trade between the two countries has now resumed?"

So, Konoha and Sunagakure made peace?

Judging from the battle lines, it seems that Konoha has won, because Konoha ninjas have been pushed to the walls of Sunagakure.

But judging from the results, it seems that Sunagakure won again, because the Land of Fire was seen transporting supplies to the Land of Wind.

"I can't see it, I can't see it!" Onoki scratched his head, wishing he could get more detailed information.

However, he couldn't blame his own spies for being incompetent. In the past two years, intelligence work in Iwagakure had become increasingly difficult. The intelligence lines between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain had been completely severed two years ago, and any new spies sent there would be quickly killed. Meanwhile, after the two villages went to war, Iwagakure gradually became deaf and blind.

Iwagakure didn't have many bloodline limits or ninjutsu skilled in intelligence gathering to begin with, and now that a large number of intelligence personnel have died and new personnel are still being trained, it's only natural that they can't gather intelligence.

However, Ohnoki remained calm in the face of this situation.

Since the only country that desires the land of the Land of Earth is the Land of Lightning, as long as the spies from the Hidden Cloud Village are still alive, there is no need to panic.

"Lord Tsuchikage!" A ninja strode into the Hokage's office, not even bothering to knock before pushing the door open and entering.

Onoki wasn't angry; something important must have happened in this situation.

"What is it? Sit down and tell me!" Seeing that the person was panting, Onoki quickly spoke up.

"Lord Tsuchikage, please take a look for yourself!" The ninja handed the information scroll to Onoki.

Onoki took it and was completely bewildered at first glance.

Minato Namikaze led the Konoha and Sunagakure allied forces to attack the defense lines of the Land of Birds and the Land of Bears. Now the battle lines have been breached, and the Konoha and Sunagakure allied forces have broken through the Land of Birds and the Land of Bears and reached the border of the Land of Earth.

"When did this happen?" Ohnoki looked up in surprise.

"Just this morning!" the ninja said quickly.

Onoki glanced at the time instinctively, then froze: "It's only 11 o'clock! You mean they launched their attack this morning and conquered two countries in just five or six hours?"

The ninja was so embarrassed he looked like he was about to cry: "It's not five or six hours, it's three hours!"

"Hiss!" Onoki gasped. So the Allied forces launched their attack at eight o'clock, but broke through the defenses in just three hours?

"How is this possible? I remember I ordered the construction of fortresses and fortifications at the front lines, and there are three thousand ninja troops defending them. Even if Minato Namikaze can use the Flying Thunder God Technique, he shouldn't be able to break in so quickly!"

"This..." The ninja scratched his head, "I'm not entirely sure how he broke through; the intelligence reports didn't go into detail."

Onoki frowned, glanced at the intelligence report again, and found that it did not mention how the fortress was breached, nor how many casualties were suffered on the Iwagakure side.

It was probably written hastily the moment the fortress was breached, so there wasn't time to write these things down.

"Gather the main force and proceed, wait." Just as Onoki was about to give the order, he suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Why is this intelligence scroll so thick? What's written on the back?

Since the front line has already been breached, it doesn't matter if I look at the intelligence for a while longer. On the contrary, if the lack of intelligence leads to poor command, the problem will be even bigger.

Let's continue reading.

[Konoha's genius ninja, Kakashi Hatake, led 300 Konoha ninja into the Land of Grass, massacring the entire village. Only the village chief escaped!]

"what?"

Look down again.

The ninjas of the Land of Rain have launched a three-pronged attack: Nagato Uzumaki will conquer the Land of Waterfall, Konan will conquer the Land of Iron, and Yahiko will conquer the Land of Frost. All three campaigns are now complete.

"What?"

There's more below!

The daimyo of the Land of Rivers and the Land of Rice Fields have announced that the two lands have belonged to the Ning Organization since ancient times, and now they are relinquishing their daimyo status and offering their lands to the Ning Organization.

"What's wrong with those two daimyo? And what exactly is this Ning organization?"

Keep scrolling down, there's more!

[With Hyuga Shin as commander and Nara Shikaku as strategist, the Konoha ninja have conquered the Land of Bears, the Land of Hot Springs, and the Land of Bears!]

"What utter nonsense is this?!" Onoki threw the scroll down. "Gendou, I appointed you as the intelligence chief because I value you, not to insult my brain by fabricating information!"

"Lord Tsuchikage, this intelligence isn't fabricated!" the intelligence chief, Gentō, hurriedly said. "Our intelligence ninjas risked their lives to bring it back!"

"Alright, so you're saying you're not making this up?" The Tsuchikage pointed to the map behind him. "Then tell me, how did the Land of Rain cross over to the Land of Grass and the Land of Fire to attack the Land of Waterfall, the Land of Frost, and the Land of Iron?"

"And here, it's one thing for Konoha to attack the Land of Bears, but to attack the Land of Hot Springs? Are Kumogakure and Kirigakure just going to sit idly by?"

The Land of Bears is right under the Land of Fire's rear end. If the Land of Fire is a fish, then the Land of Bears is half of its tail.

Although the Land of Bears is plagued by poisonous fog and is easy to defend but difficult to attack, if the Land of Fire really wants to attack, there are still many ways to take it over.

However, the Land of Hot Water has a very special geographical location, which is exactly in the middle of the Land of Water, the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire, and is exactly the same distance from all three countries.

This location is so important that all three kingdoms want it, yet none of them can take it. Any country that shows any desire for the Land of Hot will invite attacks from the other two.

So it's very illogical for you to suddenly say that Konoha has taken over the Land of Hot Springs, unless both Kumogakure and Kirigakure are blind!

"Perhaps it's because the Konoha ninja advanced too quickly?" Xuan Tong thought for a moment and said, "They took over those two countries in less than a day; Kirigakure and Kumogakure probably didn't even have time to react!"

As for the issue of one day, that's not the biggest point of contention.

Because those small countries, while not entirely without strength, are practically nonexistent.

Apart from the Land of Rain, which is relatively strong, the other small ninja villages are basically the kind that can be taken down by sending a few elite ninjas. It's not an exaggeration to say that they can take down a small country in a day.

Even without Ningyuan, a great nation could one day have its shadow stolen or its village destroyed.

"As for the Land of Rain," Gentsu scratched his head and said, "Our intelligence ninjas say that the three leading the team are definitely from the Land of Rain, but the troops might not be. However, they can't get close enough to investigate, so they can only guess!"

"If we combine the announcements from the Land of Fields and the Land of Rivers, is it possible that the Land of Rain has also joined the Land of Fire, or that Ning organization?"

Onoki turned to look at the map, lost in thought: "The Land of Rivers and the Land of Fields are not connected. To connect these two countries, one must either go through the Land of Fire or the Land of Wind. If an organization can control both countries at the same time, then that organization must belong to either the Land of Wind or the Land of Fire."

"It's unlikely that this organization belongs to the Land of Wind, because Konoha wouldn't allow two countries with abundant land and water resources to join the Land of Wind. But if this organization belongs to the Land of Fire, how could Konoha tolerate such a powerful organization by its side?"

"Unless, this organization was created by Konoha itself!"

"Isn't this redundant?" Xuan Tong asked.

"If we look at it from this perspective..."

Onoki sketched and drew on the map, and in just five minutes, he had drawn a complete picture of the current situation.

The Bird Country, the Bear Country, the Wind Country, the River Country, the Rain Country, the Grass Country, the Frost Country, the Field Country, the Iron Country, the Hot Spring Country, the Bear Country, and the Fire Country are all connected together.

Two-thirds of the entire map has turned into one color!

The remaining third consists of the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Water, which is isolated overseas!

This is hardly a map of the current situation; for the Land of Earth, it's practically a picture of hell!

"I understand!" Onoki exclaimed, his eyes wide with shock. "Konoha... they're going to unify the world!"

"Huh?" Xuan Tong's mouth dropped open, his heart filled with shock but no doubt.

After all, the map is right there, and they've already conquered all the countries they could fight. Their ambition is obvious without even asking!

"As for the purpose of establishing the Ning organization, it should be to replace the daimyo!" After a moment's thought, Onoki understood the significance of the Ning organization's existence.

As a ninja village, Konoha is theoretically on the same level as the Daimyo, and daring to attack the Daimyo would be a taboo that is taboo throughout the world.

However, without taking action against the daimyo, it is impossible to unify the world.

After all, legally speaking, the daimyo of other villages are also daimyo, and are of the same rank as Konoha. Attacking the daimyo of other villages is the same as attacking your own daimyo.

To avoid this moral dilemma, Konoha took a different approach and created a superior for itself.

Since our Konoha Village is on the same level as the Daimyo, then Konoha's superior is also the Daimyo's superior.

From then on, the Ning Organization had the legal basis to rule over all the Daimyo. Then the Ning Organization could give orders to Konoha, saying, "I want you to attack here and there." Even if the Daimyo were unhappy, they could only keep quiet!

"Brilliant!" Onoki clapped his hands. "How come I never thought of this method?"

The idea of ​​unifying the ninja world was first realized by the Goddess of the Rabbit, but her successors are not limited to Ning Yuan and Madara Uchiha.

The Kazekage, Tsuchikage, Raikage, and Mizukage all had this idea!

Otherwise, why would everyone be so eager to attack the Land of Fire?

However, Konoha's predicament is also their shared predicament.

That is, what should be done about the daimyo (official title) issue?

A country can't have two daimyo, so even if you conquer Konoha, you can only take some things and people; Konoha still has to continue to exist.

However, if an organization of a higher level than the Daimyo is created, this problem will be easily solved.

I can not only rule two countries at the same time and have two daimyo, but I can also punish daimyo in the name of criminals!

"What should we do now?" Gentō asked, looking at the excited Onoki. "Should we create an organization to fight against the Ning Organization?"

"This organization definitely needs to be created!" Onoki nodded. It's like if your opponent becomes a king, and you're still fighting with the title of marquis, you're naturally at a disadvantage. "But we can't create it ourselves. The Ning Organization isn't something our village alone can fight against!"

"Send someone to contact Kumogakure and Kirigakure immediately, and be quick. Oh, and remember to bring in Huang Tu and Hu Tuo!"

A moment later, Huang Tu and Hu Tuo entered the Tsuchikage's office.

The former is the eldest son of Onoki. Although he looks simple-minded, he is actually quite strong. He is proficient in earth-style techniques and taijutsu, and can send the tailed beast-transformed Kinkaku flying with a single punch. He is definitely an elite jonin.

The latter is also an elite Jonin of Iwagakure and the leader of the Iwagakure Special Forces, the Explosion Release Squad. He is not only proficient in Earth Release and Lightning Release, but also in Explosion Release, which is a fusion of the two elements.

"Breaking news! Minato Namikaze has led the combined forces of Sunagakure and Konoha to break through our defenses on the front lines in the Land of Birds and the Land of Bears. Huang Tu, I need you to immediately assemble the Earth Release troops and head to the border for support!"

"Yes!" Huang Tu nodded immediately.

"Tora!" Onoki looked at Toraku again: "Konoha ninja Kakashi has led three hundred ninjas into Kusagakure. Although it's uncertain whether they will continue their advance, it's better to be safe than sorry. I need you to lead the Explosion Release unit to the southern front to provide support!"

"Yes!" Hu Tuo nodded.

(End of this chapter)