Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 224 Negotiations Fail, Great War Begins!

Since we've already raised questions, is it okay to smear them a bit while we're at it?

Since we've already smeared them, it's okay to sow discord a little while we're at it, right?

As for why they sowed discord.

Because the third generation of Ai suddenly developed a love for talent.

These three young people are not only quite capable, but also good-looking and have a great presence.

In the words of the recruiter, they need to have a good image and a great temperament.

If we can recruit them, they can not only serve as the face of Kumogakure, but also lead troops and charge into battle.

The Hidden Cloud Village has always been the type to take whatever good things come their way; it's perfectly normal for them to have this mindset.

Anyway, we'll be able to capture these three people soon. Before we do, we should try to ruin their goodwill towards the leader of the Ning organization so that we can win them over later!

"You're so loyal to the leader of that Ning organization, he must be very powerful!" Ai asked.

"The leader is indeed very powerful!" Yahiko nodded. "But we are not loyal to the leader, but to the organization's principles and ideals!"

"Huh?" Third Generation Ai was taken aback. What did it mean to be disloyal to the leader but loyal to the ideals?

I had only just begun my attempt to sow discord when I was forced to stop?

"We came together because of a shared ideal!" Yahiko said. "Therefore, the leader of our organization isn't someone who is the strongest, but rather someone who can lead us to better realize our ideal!"

The Third A was right. Ning Yuan rarely made a move, while Nagato made many, powerful, and impressive moves.

So much so that Yahiko felt that if only strength was considered, Nagato should be stronger than the leader, or even stronger than anyone else in the organization.

Even though Ningyuan created a chakra storage method, Nagato was a vortex, with a naturally large amount of chakra. The chakra he produced in one day was equivalent to that of others in a year.

Therefore, even considering the chakra storage method, Nagato should still be stronger.

As for whether the leader has any other hidden strengths, that's probably true.

But no matter how well it's hidden, can it compare to the Rinnegan?

However, although Nagato is very strong, the Ning organization is not a monkey mountain where whoever is strong can become the leader.

Not only was Nagato not the leader of the Ning organization, but he was also not the leader of the Guining Army's central army. The commander of the Guining Army's central army was Yahiko.

Ai, the third generation, used Ningyuan's lack of strength as an excuse to sow discord, but his words were destined to be in vain.

Listening to Ning Yuan's words, the Third Hokage Ai felt inexplicably irritated, because he suddenly realized that from the perspective of selecting a leader, the Hidden Cloud Village was actually inferior to Ning's organization.

Because in the Hidden Cloud Village, it's a typical case of whoever is the strongest gets promoted, rather than whoever can lead the village further.

If sowing discord doesn't work, try recruiting people by directly discussing ideals and compensation.

That's even more ridiculous! Their ideal is world peace! What they're doing is unifying the world!

What other ideals could you have that are bigger than this?

Talking about compensation is even more insulting.

Hitoshi Yahiko is now the commander of the three armies, with 60,000 soldiers under his command. He can't possibly go to Kumogakure and get even worse treatment!

So, when they arrive at Kumogakure, are they to let him lead 70,000 people?

There aren't 70,000 people in Kumogakure, so they might as well just give up the position of Raikage.

The third-generation Ai suddenly realized that the recruitment work had already run into trouble before it even started.

In terms of dreams, goals, and compensation, this is a comprehensive lag.

The organizational structure of Cloud Village is also very primitive.

Their power is greater than the shadow of an entire village.

Even the resources of a single village cannot match the combined resources of several nations.

After talking for so long, the original method is still more effective.

That is: kill them directly, and then recruit their soldiers.

Looking at the orange-haired boy who was still talking, Third Generation Ai shook his head. Since he had already made up his mind, why waste any more words?

He turned to look at his son and Saxe, then his eyes flickered.

The two received instructions but made no move; after all, they were both veteran ninjas and possessed the necessary acting skills.

Although his complexion remained normal, the chakra within his body had already begun to flow.

"Our organization's principles, direction, goals, and organizational structure were almost entirely created by our leader. And judging from the organization's development over the years, these functions have been performed very well. I heard that our leader's idol back then was Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage of Konoha. He almost single-handedly perfected the organizational structure of an entire ninja village. But in my opinion, our leader has long surpassed his idol!" Yahiko waved his arms, clearly a fervent admirer of Ningyuan. When he got to the point, he simply stood up.

Right now!

Two Ais, their hands crackling with lightning, swiftly attacked Yahiko!

Although there are three of us, it's definitely easier to take down one of them first, and then fight three against two than three against three!

Lightning Release is inherently fast, and with Minato and Tobirama Senju, the Raikage is also known for his speed. The combination of these two makes the attack speed unimaginable.

The three people were only 1.5 meters apart, which would be too short for a normal person to react.

Even Sasuke, who had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, was still ambushed by Killer Bee with a Lightning Blade.

And these two are faster than Killer Bee!

But

"Shinra Tensei!" A surge of power crashed directly into the three of them. The two A's and Zakui instantly sensed something was wrong. The two Lightning Release Armor instantly wrapped around their bodies, while Zakui took the opportunity to retreat, preparing to use the Raikage as a shield.

This kind of operation is very normal in Kumogakure; otherwise, how would it have earned the title of the strongest shield?

However, the two Raikage underestimated the power of the Rinnegan. The immense force was completely beyond human resistance. Even with their best efforts to stabilize themselves, they were still sent flying in less than 0.1 seconds of confrontation.

"Bang bang!" The two Ai landed smoothly. Sakyi was pale, but there were no obvious injuries.

"You actually managed to react!" Third Generation Ai looked at Yahiko with some surprise. They had thought that Yahiko had used that move just now.

The current Nagato does not have the habit of announcing his spells when casting them.

Yahiko didn't answer, but his face flushed, showing signs of warming: "We came here sincerely to negotiate with you, and this is your attitude towards peace talks?"

"Peace talks?" The Third Hokage A said dismissively, "My Hidden Cloud Village only has Raikages who die in battle, not Raikages who cowardly surrender to their enemies!"

"Do you know the consequences of your refusal today?" Yahiko said coldly, "I would rather the organization be kind, but not without limits. While the organization values ​​the diversity of ninjutsu and genetics, it wouldn't hesitate to slaughter Kumogakure to avoid harming its soldiers!"

"You're kind?" Fourth Generation Elle exclaimed. "I've never seen kindness that involves massacring entire cities and destroying entire nations, killing indiscriminately!"

"A massacre?" Yahiko frowned. "Don't accuse us. Which city did we massacre?"

"Land of Hot Springs, White Hot Spring Castle, didn't you commit a massacre?" The Fourth Hokage, A, said coldly, "Unfortunately, you don't know that there were Cloud Village ninjas taking a bath in White Hot Spring Castle at the time, and they recorded everything you did!"

"Your words are self-contradictory!" Yahiko didn't know what was going on in Shiratang City, but he seized on the loophole in the fourth generation's words.

"Since you say we'll massacre the city, if we really do, will your clan's ninjas be able to return?"

"This..." Fourth Generation Ai was taken aback, then immediately retorted, "But it's not untrue that you arrested people all over the city and then dragged them to the city center to be beheaded!"

Third-generation Ai sighed, "Damn it, I didn't show him that book, so he doesn't know what the Ning organization is doing!"

But it was too late to explain now, so the Third Generation Ai could only wave his hand and say, "Why waste time talking to them? Let's attack!"

"Fighting is fine, but we need to make things clear!" Yahiko said coldly.

Seeing the three rushing up again, Nagato unleashed another Shinra Tensei.

The three then noticed that the one who had just unleashed chakra was not Yahiko, but the red-haired boy next to him.

Nagato was originally portrayed as a weak and submissive character. Although he went to school for several years, he didn't have the chance to turn evil because Yahiko didn't die. Although his strength increased a lot, his cowardice in his personality was not corrected.

He had been following Yahiko without attracting any attention, but it was only when he made his move that the three of them noticed him.

Then they saw those Rinnegan eyes hidden beneath the long red bangs!

"The Rinnegan!" the Third Hokage exclaimed in surprise. "The same eyes as the Sage of Six Paths!"

The fourth generation Ai and Zakai also looked over, and then gasped.

No one knows what the Rinnegan's power is, but just based on the fact that it has the same eyes as the Sage of Six Paths, it can't be weak!

How could eyes like those appear on a teenager?

What's even more surprising is that the person who possesses the Rinnegan is not the leader of a faction, but a subordinate's subordinate!

"Someone as strong as you, how can you be content to be subservient to others?" The Third Hokage involuntarily exclaimed. According to the ninja world's philosophy, if I am strong, I should be superior.

Nagato ignored him completely. He didn't care about power or status; he just wanted to live happily with Yahiko and Konan.

Even leading troops into battle was not his wish; he only wanted to protect his two family members.

Upon hearing this, Yahiko immediately objected: "If, according to your logic, the powerful should be high and mighty, then you should have killed the daimyo and seized his position. Why don't you do that?"

"Huh?" Third Generation Ai was taken aback. Right, why don't I do that?

It seems there's a stubborn ideological imprint that has imprisoned the minds of ninjas in the ninja world, as if ninjas can only live by completing missions.

But those were ninjas from the Warring States period, ninjas who operated around a clan.

Now that ninjas have all merged into ninja villages, is there still a need for this old-fashioned model to exist?

Before he could break free of his mental blockade and continue pondering, Yahiko continued, "Furthermore, the beheadings your people witnessed in Shirayuki Castle weren't massacres; they were simply enforcing the law and punishing criminals!"

"Nonsense, how could there be so many criminals in one city?" The third generation Ai remained silent, and since the question was raised by the fourth generation Ai, it was the fourth generation Ai who voiced the doubt.

"If murder, arson, forced prostitution, running casinos, land grabbing, kidnapping women, funding bandits, cooking children alive, and blasphemy weren't written into the law, then there certainly wouldn't be so many criminals!" Yahiko said coldly. "But I'm sorry, things that nobody cared about before are now being cared about! These crimes were never written into the law before, but now the Ning Organization has! Even if there were laws before, nobody obeyed them or enforced them, but now our Ning Organization enforces them!"

"Our Ning organization aims to create a revolutionary new era, eliminating all that is bad and harmful, including all bad people!"

The fourth generation Ai gasped, not out of shock, but because he inexplicably felt that the ideals of the Ning organization were rather intriguing!

He turned to look at his father. What should he do? He couldn't argue with him!

The Fourth Raikage was quite immune to talk-no-jutsu; at least Naruto's talk-no-jutsu was ineffective against him.

But Naruto's talk-no-jutsu was useless against Madara, who was still persuaded by Ning Yuan.

The difference between the two is that Naruto's talk-no-jutsu is just about youthful passion and enthusiasm, which can only convince those chuunibyou teenagers who haven't had much schooling and lack knowledge and social experience.

When faced with the Fourth Raikage and Madara, who were both experienced in society and life, they immediately fell silent.

Ning Yuan's rhetoric, however, is a truth derived from rigorous social research, universal human morality, the yearning for a better life, and a rigorous spirit of the rule of law.

Kant famously said: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and the more steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me."

How could one possibly refute the rhetoric born from the lofty moral principles in the hearts of all beings?

Let alone someone like the fourth-generation Ai who didn't have much schooling, even in modern society, people with rich knowledge and experience, who have attended university or even studied abroad and have extremely high academic qualifications are rare. Professors know to close the comment section when they're talking nonsense.

Because they know they can't win an argument.

There are ways to counter this kind of verbal sparring, such as ignoring the facts.

It's obvious that the fourth generation of Ai isn't that shameless.

Faced with the predicament of the fourth generation Ai, the third generation Ai couldn't think of a solution for the time being.

It was Sakai, who was nearly fifty years old, who came up with an explanation.

"Even if you are right, isn't it a fact that you invaded the Land of Waterfalls, the Land of Frost, and the Land of Iron?" Zaku asked. "I know Admiral Mifune of the Land of Iron. He is humble, lives a simple life, and treats his disciples and people like family. He would never commit the crimes you mentioned. Yet you still invaded the Land of Iron, didn't you?"

"Therefore, our battle with the Land of Iron was very peaceful!" Konan said. "Among the samurai, except for the most heinous ones who were killed on the spot, the other samurai were captured alive and sent to war criminal detention centers for re-education, including Mifune!"

"Didn't you say Mifune was innocent? How come he's in a war criminal detention center?" Sakyi immediately noticed the loophole: "Sending innocent people to war criminal detention centers, is this the peace and tranquility you speak of?"

The third generation of Ai looked at Sakyi in surprise. "Isn't the Ning organization's philosophy of peace and tranquility written in the book? How do you know about it?"

Of course, Sakai knew. He spent most of his time on the border and occasionally saw caravans bringing such books into the Land of Thunder. He had read them himself.

Of course, he wasn't looking at the "Ning Organization Popular Education Manual," which was intended for grassroots officials of the Ning Organization and had a certain degree of confidentiality.

There is another set of books for ordinary people called "Ning Yu Xian Wen". That set of books is similar to "The Analects" and "Zeng Guang Xian Wen", except that it incorporates the Ning organization's philosophy into some common sayings and life principles.

Reading this kind of book made Sakai think that the Ning Organization, like Buddhism, was just something created by ordinary people to comfort their hearts. After all, the book only contained principles such as being kind to others, helping others, not refraining from doing good because it is small, not doing evil because it is small, and not doing to others what you would not want done to yourself.

Therefore, he stood by and watched as these books spread throughout the Land of Lightning.

Is there a problem with this? There shouldn't be any problem!

Buddhist scriptures say that bad people go to hell, but I've never seen anyone who does bad things shut down a temple.

The reason given by the state for suppressing Buddhism was not usually because Buddhist scriptures said they wanted to punish them, but because Buddhist sects occupied land and had money.

Who would have thought that Ning Organization would actually do this!

Just like the Taiping Dao during the Three Kingdoms period, you kept shouting about peace and tranquility, and we thought it was just a slogan. Who knew Zhang Jiao would actually do it!

In a sense, Sakai was also an accomplice in the spread and expansion of the Ning organization.

But you can't really blame him. Ninjas generally only care about ninjas and don't really care about what's circulating among the common people.

Let alone ordinary people, in any small country, even things popular in ninja villages are ignored.

The most typical example is the evil cult in the Land of Hot Water, which the five great nations simply don't bother with.

This is the power of discourse. Before the Ning organization emerged, the five great ninja villages had the power of discourse in the ninja world. Nobody in the other small villages cared what you were saying.

Even the villages of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure had little say, so people were even less likely to care about an idea that was spreading among the common people.

Sackie didn't realize he had exposed something, but it didn't matter at this point. He couldn't just arrest Raikage on the spot, could he?

He could only signal to his son to stay away from him. Although he didn't think Sakai would betray him, he was just afraid of the worst.

"Whether Mifune is guilty or not is not for you to decide!!" Yahiko shook his head: "You're just a border commander, how could you possibly know everything about a foreign general? Or are you colluding with him in private?"

Sakai was taken aback, then immediately shook his head: "How could that be? I was just standing up for him!"

"Our Ning organization acts with a sense of justice; we will not frame an innocent person, nor will we let a guilty person go unpunished! If he is innocent, he will be released soon after an investigation!"

Yahiko thought for a moment and added, "You're the same. Although you're against us, it's just a difference in stance. If we capture you alive, you won't be convicted of mistakes made on the battlefield. As long as you study diligently and cooperate with the reform, you can be released from prison quickly!"

Sakyi's face flushed red: "You young people are too arrogant! You think you can take us down just because you have a Rinnegan? I'd like to see just how powerful the Rinnegan really is!"

"Black Lightning - Black Spotted Strike!"

A black, leopard-shaped bolt of lightning surged from his body.

It is worth noting that there is a major difference between Lightning Release and Water Release, Earth Release, Wind Release and Fire Release.

These four types can only be released through acupoints connected to the outside world, namely the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, and the mouth.

However, because the human body conducts electricity, as long as the body's cells have been activated by lightning, then lightning can be released from any part of the body.

Furthermore, due to the destructive and paralyzing properties of Lightning Release, it doesn't require any special shaping. You can simply form a Lightning Release hand seal and then release the elemental chakra.

The ability to activate concealment, the limited number of seals, and the inherent speed of Lightning Release make it the fastest-firing and fastest-traveling ninjutsu among the five elemental ninjutsu.

This move, Black Lightning - Black Spot, is incredibly fast, a technique that most people can't react to.

Moreover, although this technique appears to be a single-target ninjutsu, it actually splits upon encountering a target, making it an extremely well-concealed area-of-effect ninjutsu!

But no matter how fast he is, it's useless. The Rinnegan's ninjutsu only requires a glance!

"Shinra Tensei!"

The black leopard-shaped lightning bolt was shattered instantly, but the impact force continued to rush towards Sakyi.

Because the third and fourth generation E and Sakai unintentionally created distance between themselves, he had to hold them off alone this time.

Fortunately, he had already taken one hit and was prepared. He was already forming hand seals when he released the black lightning: "Water Release: Water Wall!"

Besides Lightning Release, his family also inherits Storm Release.

Storm Release is a fusion of Water Release and Lightning Release. Although Zakui doesn't know Storm Release, he does know Water Release.

The massive wall of water shattered instantly as soon as it rose, but fortunately, the power of the shockwave was weakened by the water-based technique, and it was reduced by a significant amount.

Sakki gathered chakra in front of him again, and although he was knocked away again, he only felt a tightness in his chest and was ultimately not injured.

Seeing that the war had already begun, the third generation of Ai felt that he had probably been overthinking things.

Although the term "peace and tranquility" is the guiding principle of the Ning Organization, it is also a very common term and not exclusive to the Ning Organization. Maybe he just said it casually.

Calming himself, the Third Hokage said sternly, "This move is indeed very strong, but it must consume a lot of chakra. Let's see how many times you can unleash it! Lightning Release: Lightning Armor!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Armor!" The Fourth Hokage A shouted in unison, and then two azure armors flashing with lightning emanated from the two of them.

"Today, let us, father and son, fight side by side and show you what the strongest spear and the strongest shield truly are!"

"Rush!"

The three members of the Yahiko group exchanged glances, having already completed their communication.

Then Nagato stood at the front, Yahiko to the side and behind, and Konan at the back, completing a formation change.

Negotiations failed, and the great war began!

(End of this chapter)