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Chapter 221 Yunyin also wants to unify the world

Onoki spent over an hour flipping through the book, and after it was taken away for printing and returned, he spent another night flipping through it. Midai Ai only flipped through it for less than half an hour before throwing it on the ground.

After thinking for a moment, he used another lightning technique to burn the book to ashes.

"Hmph, a bunch of brats, lecturing me now!"

"Um, Raikage-sama, what does this book say?" his subordinates asked curiously.

The Third Raikage said irritably, "The Guining Army believes there are too many wars in the world because there are too many ninja villages and too many countries. Therefore, they want to unify the ninja world and eliminate all ninja villages!"

"I had no idea when I became the source of war?"

The Third Raikage, who was already plotting a surprise attack on Iwagakure, said such things without feeling the slightest bit ashamed.

After all, I've only come up with a concept; I haven't even played it yet, have I?

"They really said that? That's damned!" Sakyi immediately chimed in.

"I think that's a valid point!" a child suddenly spoke up, but after noticing the Raikage's murderous gaze, he quickly added, "However, unifying the ninja world is definitely something that our Kumogakure should do. We've never even heard of that Guining Army; they're not capable of such a heavy responsibility!"

Ai nodded with satisfaction: "That's right. Even if we're going to unify the ninja world, it will be our Hidden Cloud Village that unifies it. What are the Gui Ning Army anyway? How dare they say such things? Just because they have 60,000 men? I can crush them all by myself!"

Faced with the same threat, Kumogakure made a completely different choice from Iwagakure.

This is due to the starkly different circumstances of Ai and Onoki.

Onoki had been thoroughly defeated by Madara in his early years, which gave him a psychological trauma towards Konoha. Moreover, he had already fought two battles against the Guining Army before reading the book.

The result of the two battles was that both border defense forces were breached, most of the elite troops led by his son were captured, and the core force of Iwagakure, the Explosion Release unit, also surrendered.

The current forces under Onoki's command are only half of their peak strength, and this is based solely on the number of troops.

In terms of quality, it's only one-third of its peak. Even if all retired ninjas were recalled, it could only be restored to two-thirds at most.

Can this quality of troops deal with the Guining Army?

Moreover, Onoki saw that the Guining Army was full of talented people, with many young geniuses, while Iwagakure had no decent young people. He also thought that if something happened to him, Iwagakure would have no one to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

His mentality was somewhat similar to that of Liu Bei when he entrusted his son to Ning at Baidi City. Since his successors were not up to par, he thought it would be better to entrust the village to Ning's organization.

Whether you surrender them early or late, you'll still be surrendering them eventually. Surrendering them early will at least make the prisoners suffer less.

Let's take another look at Cloud Village.

The battle was fought against Konoha Village. As for the outcome, although it was Kinkaku and Ginkaku who were responsible, Tobirama Senju was indeed killed by the Hidden Cloud Village ninja.

Killing a Kage from Konoha, especially one of extremely important status, naturally gives the Hidden Cloud Village a psychological advantage.

Moreover, the Hidden Cloud Village had never fought against the Guining Army before, and had not suffered any losses in terms of troops; it was still at its peak.

As for the issue of reserve talent, there is none at all in the Hidden Cloud Village.

Of the five great nations, only the Hidden Cloud Village truly respects talent, knowledge, and education, and promotes the best among the talented.

While other hidden villages were turning back the clock of history, turning the village's Kage position into a family inheritance, only Kumogakure did the opposite, giving the family inheritance of the Raikage position to an outsider.

In the present-day Hidden Cloud Village, the veteran powerhouse is the Third Hokage A, and his son, the Fourth Hokage A, has also grown up.

The problem of Jinchūriki that plagues other villages is not an issue in Kumogakure. With the existence of the True Waterfall, both the Two-Tails Jinchūriki and the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki get along well with the Tailed Beasts within them.

Further down the line, there are also young geniuses like Darui and Samui in Kumogakure.

With no shortage of talent across generations, Yunyin Village is truly thriving. How could such a village with such strong development momentum possibly surrender so easily?

Moreover, at the beginning, the third generation of Ai's dream was only to seize some land from the Land of Fire and some land from the Land of Earth.

After reading the "Ning Organization Popular Education Handbook", his thinking was opened up.

Yes, why should I limit myself to expanding Cloud Village and becoming the number one among the five great hidden villages? My dream should be bigger!

An organization that has only been established for four years is already dreaming of unifying the world, so why can't our Hidden Cloud Village?

I will also unify the world!

"That's right!" The Third Hokage slammed his fist on the table, revealing his grand ambition: "A mere Guining Army dares to shout about unifying the world, while we, the mighty Cloud Village, dare not say the same? That's ridiculous! From today onwards, our Cloud Village's goal is also to defeat all hidden villages and unify the world!"

"Hiss!" Zakui was taken aback, then immediately shouted excitedly, "I, Zakui, swear to follow Lord Raikage to the death!"

The third-generation Ai nodded in satisfaction, but also felt a little regretful, because the matter being discussed might involve confidentiality, and there were only him and Sakyi in the room.

There's only one person shouting "follow me," and there's no real momentum to it.

But it doesn't matter. If they'd rather organize openly and honestly, so can I. I'll write a few articles and give a speech in public, and I'll make thousands of people shout in unison: We swear to follow Lord Raikage to the death!

"Oh right, the speech draft!" The third generation Ai didn't know anything about speeches, but there were quite a few ready-made drafts in the "Ning Organization Popular Education Manual," which could be modified and used.

He looked down and realized that the lightning release he had just used was a bit too powerful; the book was almost completely burned!

But it's alright!

"Sakyi, send someone to the other side and tell them that I was so excited while reading that I accidentally damaged the book, and ask them for another copy!" said the third-generation Ai.

"Uh, didn't we say we wouldn't surrender to them?" Sakyi asked, bewildered.

"Of course we won't surrender, but there are still a lot of good things in that book that we can learn from!" Third Generation Ai said matter-of-factly, without the slightest hint of shame.

They would steal anything good that others had; this was the consistent way of doing things in Kumogakure, and the Third Hokage, A, didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Sakai felt the same way, so he turned around and went to make arrangements.

"Wait!" Third Generation Ai waved his hand again, pondering, "Their purpose in sending the books is self-evident: they want me to understand that the Ning Organization is not to be trifled with, and incidentally spread their ideology, hoping I will lay down my weapons and surrender!"

"But they don't know how great our Hidden Cloud Village is," Sakkiy said dismissively. "We will never surrender!"

Third Generation Ai nodded and said, "Although we cannot surrender, we can use the enemy's attitude!"

"Oh?" Sakai's eyes lit up. "How does it work?"

"Since they want us to surrender, then we'll surrender to them. But before we surrender, we need to negotiate the terms first!" said the Third Generation Ai. "If we're going to negotiate terms, shouldn't both sides' high-ranking officials be present?"

Sackie's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood Raikage's intention.

However, he still looked confused: "Um, Raikage-sama, I don't quite understand!"

The third-generation Ai said irritably, "You, you're supposed to be the border commander-in-chief, with the lives of thousands in your hands. You should use your brain more when things happen!"

Sakai nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, isn't this what I'm learning from you!"

"Hmm!" Third Generation Ai nodded in satisfaction. "It's quite simple. We'll arrange a place, meet with them openly, and then suddenly take action during the negotiations to detain them. Isn't that enough?"

"Once we capture their commander, the Guining Army will be leaderless. Then our Cloud Village ninjas can swarm in, defeat them, capture them, and reorganize them. We'll then have 70,000 men at our disposal, while the Ning organization will have lost 70,000, leaving them with only 110,000."

Sakai nodded, it seemed to make sense, and it was highly feasible.

Who would have thought that the words of the mighty Shadow of a village were just nonsense!

But that's how things are done in the Hidden Cloud Village; everything is based on practical interests, and all other things like face and reputation are secondary.

"By the way, what's the name of the commander on the other side?" Third Generation Ai asked.

"Uh, we haven't found out yet!" Sakyi was taken aback, but this time he wasn't pretending; he genuinely didn't know. "The Guining Army's counterintelligence work is exceptionally good; our ninjas can't get through!"

"If we can't get close, then we don't. Didn't they say they were aboveboard? When you send someone over to ask for the book, just ask them directly!" Third Generation Ai laughed. "If they don't even dare to say their own names, what makes them think they're doing this for world peace?"

"That makes perfect sense!" Sakai nodded immediately. "I'll send someone over right away!"

"Hmm!" Third Generation Ai nodded, then began to write and draw on the table. By the time Zai went out and came back, he had almost finished drawing.

"Look, this is the place I chose, Lightning Strike Valley!"

The map shows a place surrounded by mountains. Like other parts of the Land of Lightning, it is constantly struck by lightning, and no one knows why.

However, there is a place in the center of Thunderstrike Valley that is free from lightning all year round.

In such a place, ordinary people and ninjas naturally cannot enter, but Jonin or stronger ninjas can pass through unimpeded as long as they concentrate and pay attention to dodging. Since it is an open field with no suitable place to ambush, it is a good place for negotiation.

Of course, this is also a good place for a sudden attack, because even Jonin need to be fully focused to enter and exit Raiju Valley. If a fight breaks out, they will naturally not be able to pay attention to the lightning in the sky.

This means that once a battle breaks out in Raiju Valley, the surrounding lightning becomes a natural barrier, not only hindering the enemy's escape but also amplifying the power of lightning techniques.

What? You're saying we were the ones who got chased away?

Stop joking! Do you even understand the significance of the strongest spear and the strongest shield?

"This is indeed a good place for negotiations!" Sakyi was stationed at the front line and was naturally aware of the situation in Thunderstrike Valley.

"Hmm!" Third Generation Ai nodded and asked, "Who is the overall commander on the other side, and how many leaders are there?"

"The commander-in-chief of the opposing Guining Army is named Yahiko, and there are three commanders of the three armies: Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan. If we want to negotiate, these three should be the ones coming over!"

"How strong are they?" the Third Generation Ai asked again.

"I'm not entirely sure. They never attack in front of the soldiers, but they're all quite young, the oldest being no more than 22!"

The third-generation Ai nodded, his wary heart immediately relaxing.

There are some strong people in the 22-year-old age group, like Minato, who is only 19 this year!

But geniuses are a rare species; how could they be everywhere?

The Third Hokage, A, was more inclined to believe that while these three individuals were indeed very strong, they were at most at the level of elite Jonin.

"Then we'll send three people: me, A (the fourth generation), and you. Killer Bee and Yugito will keep watch outside!"

Although Zakui was always flattering others, his ability to serve as the frontline commander in defense of Konoha was not weak.

He inherited the secret technique Black Lightning from the Hidden Cloud Village. This technique, like Flame Release and Purple Lightning, is a secondary development of a single-attribute escape technique.

Common chakra usually only manifests one nature change, such as wind release being cutting and water release being heavy.

However, this does not mean that a single attribute will result in a single property change.

In fact, a single attribute can manifest many different properties. For example, Earth Release has properties such as viscosity, hardness, lightness, and heaviness, while Wind Release, in addition to cutting, also has properties such as barrier and levitation.

If one can make a chakra attribute manifest multiple nature transformations, and then fuse these nature transformations together, a secret technique similar to Fire Release, Purple Lightning, and Black Lightning can be created.

These kinds of secret techniques are comparable in power to bloodline limits and are not subject to traditional attribute restrictions.

Therefore, the sycophantic Sakai is actually a Kage-level bloodline limit powerhouse.

Although the fourth generation Ai has not yet taken over, his strength is already not much different from his father's.

These three people together are three Shadow-level powerhouses. Taking down the three army commanders of the Guining Army would be a piece of cake.

"Send someone to contact the reserve troops and tell them to speed up their march!"

Taking the second book from Sakyi, the Third Generation Ai gave instructions as he opened the book.

He needs to study the contents of this book more carefully before he can write to the other party.

Moreover, the Ning organization's ideas are all very good, and I will inherit the essence of these ideas after the Ning organization falls.

No, there's no Ning organization anymore, so these ideas are definitely my original creations!

"I still have to memorize!" Third-generation Ai scratched his head. He was already in his fifties, and his memory wasn't as good as it used to be. Besides, he wasn't a studious person.

However, the thought of eventually unifying the world made him feel...

How can the person who will unify the world be an illiterate brute? He must learn, he must learn!

After reading two more pages, Ai's thoughts began to wander again.

Speaking of which, the founder of the Ning organization was also from Konoha. Why didn't he continue to use the name Konoha and instead created the Ning organization?

Although I don't know why, he must have had his reasons for doing so.

Should I create an organization too, like the Ai Organization?

(End of this chapter)