Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 219 This is nothing yet

For other villages in the ninja world, the Akatsuki organization, a terrorist group, was a major threat.

However, having a major threat is one thing, but to what extent one should act to address it is another.

Simply put, the Akatsuki organization is something to be wary of.

But to what extent should we be on guard...?

That's a matter of opinion.

Without a doubt, for Sunagakure and Konoha, one was that the Kazekage was attacked. If Granny Chiyo hadn't sacrificed her life to save Gaara, Sunagakure would be selecting the Sixth Kazekage right now.

One is that the entire village is gone.

These two companies are truly in the same boat.

Moreover, since Igara came to power, Sunagakure, which likes to play dirty tricks behind the scenes, has adopted a policy of not listening, not seeing, not feeling, and only focusing on development.

After Gaara became the Fifth Kazekage, Sunagakure basically focused all its attention on domestic affairs. In just two or three years, the villagers of Sunagakure were convinced of Gaara's governance.

No one would believe you if you said Gaara didn't have anything special.

What Gaara did is actually easy to understand.

From the First Kazekage onwards, every Kazekage has been thinking of taking advantage of Konoha or other villages whenever they have free time. It would be best if they could get something out of it, but it wouldn't matter if they couldn't.

However, these ninjas from Sunagakure were not actually the type to enjoy conflict.

After all, if a conflict breaks out and a war breaks out, who would want the Wind Shadow to sit in the village while the others go to the front lines to die?

So even though Gaara has only been in power for two years, he has focused on domestic affairs, which has given the ninjas of Sunagakure a sigh of relief and made them willing to obey his orders.

after all……

Before Gaara took over, Sunagakure attacked Konoha directly during the Chunin Exams.

Regardless of whether you were tricked by Orochimaru or not, the fact remains that the ninjas from your Sunagakure village took action.

If Konoha seizes this opportunity and starts a war with Sunagakure, then Sunagakure has nothing to say.

As we all know, the two sides ultimately did not fight.

This has already relieved many people.

Later, Gaara was defeated by Deidara while protecting the village. Granny Chiyo sacrificed her life to save Gaara, which solidified Gaara's prestige.

Therefore, Gaara now possesses the ability and prestige to make decisions on behalf of Sunagakure.

As for Konoha Village, the Akatsuki leader raided their base, destroying the entire village. It's fair to say that the two sides became mortal enemies.

Against this backdrop, Danzo, representing Konoha, contacted various ninja villages, proposing that they should unite and hold a meeting.

Then...

Sunagakure: I agree, the Akatsuki organization really went too far.

Iwagakure: Hahahaha~ We're not going!

Hidden Cloud Village: What the hell? When have I ever listened to you?

Kirigakure: Oh, okay, I understand. We'll talk about it later.

Danzo was immediately dumbfounded.

Don't you know that the Akatsuki organization is targeting Jinchuriki throughout the entire ninja world?!

In fact, some of the Jinchuriki from Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure have already been captured.

But what does it have to do with you that our Jinchūriki was captured?

What makes you think we have to unite?!

Danzo Shimura gritted his teeth. These guys from other villages had absolutely no sense of the bigger picture!

However, Danzo forgot that he wouldn't have been so proactive if it weren't for the fact that doing this well would enhance his prestige in Konoha.

After that, Danzo could only speak politely to the envoys from Kumogakure, reason with the envoys from Iwagakure, and tell the envoys from Kirigakure that as long as the Mizukage came, they would form an alliance and they could talk about anything.

Having said that, the Kage of the other ninja villages pondered for a moment and agreed.

It's not that I think Danzo's words make sense, but it's just the most basic point: there's profit to be made.

Danzo went to great lengths and spent over a month persuading the Kage of the other four major ninja villages.

However, Danzo struggled with the question of where to hold the negotiations.

He definitely wants to settle in the Land of Fire, even if Konoha is destroyed now, he can settle in the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Fire.

However, people from other villages were naturally unwilling. Why should they go to your village?

What if you have axe-wielders lying in ambush on all sides and launch a sneak attack on us? Don't you know how your Second Hokage died?

Danzo was furious and started cursing, but no one else agreed with the final location except him.

Finally, an agreement was reached: a powerful place that would guarantee neutrality was chosen—the Land of Iron.

At the first meeting, Danzo was overjoyed because it meant that he, Danzo, was finally representing Konoha and negotiating with the other Kage.

This is a right that only the Hokage has!

Danzo strode confidently into the meeting room, then sat there, watching Iwagakure and Kumogakure exchange insults for an hour.

To be honest, Yua was puzzled when she saw Danzo's idea of ​​a five-village alliance.

The Akatsuki organization can indeed be considered a major threat to all the major ninja villages.

But the key issue is...

How many people are in the Akatsuki organization?

Putting aside the possibility of forming an allied army, who will be responsible for the logistics of the hundreds of thousands of ninjas after it is formed?

Do you really think everyone is like me?

Besides, even if it were me, if you dared to give me such advice, I would slap you to death.

The Allied Forces could not have been formed unless a major event threatened the entire ninja world.

To put it bluntly, this matter is theoretically impossible to accomplish.

However, to Yuya's surprise, Danzo actually managed to do it.

Although we talked about it five times.

You Ya was eager to know why, but the answer he received left him somewhat bewildered.

Since Sunagakure was defeated by Akatsuki and Konoha was destroyed, Konoha and Sunagakure should have stood together during the Five Kage Summit, given that one's Kazekage was killed by Akatsuki and the other's village was destroyed.

However, that only yielded two votes; we still need to bring in at least one more village.

Danzo had already thought that his plan was doomed and the negotiations would fall through. The days when he could return to Konoha in triumph, wielding his achievements in forming the Allied Shinobi Forces and crushing Tsunade and Jiraiya were gone forever.

Unfortunately, at this very moment, news arrived from Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village).

The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki has gone missing.

The Fourth Raikage was completely dumbfounded, and his first reaction was that it was impossible.

I told them before I came not to leave the village, how could they have gone missing?

Then I thought about what I was talking about with other filmmakers...

Damn Akatsuki! How dare you touch my beloved brother... no, how dare you touch the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of my Hidden Cloud Village! You must have a death wish!

The Fourth Raikage thought so, and thus he agreed to form an alliance.

This broke the balance.

……

You Ya was speechless. Was this Tibetan Mastiff really that lucky?

Danzo was overjoyed. The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure? What is that? Oh well, whatever it is, as long as it lets me deal with the Five Nations Alliance.

As Danzo thought this, he felt a sense of self-satisfaction, as if he had been ordained by fate.

After all, I was in despair, but then the Hidden Cloud Village gave me a boost. What else could this be but destiny?

Onoki from Iwagakure didn't want to join, but the Fourth Raikage slammed his fist on the table and pointed his finger at him, yelling at him. This was because Deidara from Akatsuki was Onoki's grandson, which was public knowledge.

Onoki was furious, blowing his beard and glaring, but when he heard the Fourth Raikage say that if Iwagakure didn't come, then Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Konoha would form an alliance to attack Akatsuki and kill any Akatsuki members they saw, Onoki agreed.

In any case, joining the coalition might allow them to capture Deidara alive. If they can capture him alive, Onoki will have a lot of room to maneuver and protect his good-for-nothing grandson.

Finally, Mei Terumi from Kirigakure naturally expressed her intention to join.

What if those four bastards agree to attack Kirigakure together?

This isn't impossible.

Therefore, even if it was just to gather intelligence, the Allied Forces still had to send people to Kirigakure.

Since that's the case, we might as well join openly and honestly.

Danzo was extremely excited.

He certainly has reason to be so excited.

During this month, he could be said to have only slept two or three hours a day. Meanwhile, the Kage of the other four ninja villages kept to themselves in the Land of Iron, too lazy to communicate with others. Much of the work during this month was the result of Danzo running around and working tirelessly.

Danzo was almost exhausted just from interacting with a few shadows.

The reason is simple: the others are Kage of the ninja village, with noble status, and Danzo would never do something like sending a subordinate to deliver a message.

Who do you think you are to dare do this? If you did this, even if the Fourth Raikage confronted Danzo on the spot, no one would blame him. They would just say that Danzo was reckless and didn't know any manners.

Therefore, Danzo had no choice but to do this himself.

Fortunately, it wasn't a complete failure.

Danzo was excited.

However, when he rushed to the meeting on the very day the five-nation coalition was established, he was in a great mood.

After seeing the figure who was already there, smiling, shaking hands with the Fourth Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, the Fifth Mizukage, and the Fifth Kazekage, exchanging pleasantries, and then sitting on the chair representing Konoha at the round table.

Danzo's first reaction was that a string in his mind snapped...

Then a surge of intense anger welled up inside him.

Until Tsunade sensed his presence, she turned her head and said lightly, "You've worked hard these past month, Danzo, but the village's situation has been initially resolved, so there's no need to worry."

Tsunade's words left the other four Kage looking at each other in bewilderment, but then they collectively chose to ignore Danzo, whose face was ashen.

Although the other four Kage understood what had happened almost immediately upon seeing Danzo burst into the venue.

Danzo has been busy for the past month, and you'd say he was doing it all for Tsunade and Konoha, so why is he making this face now?

Considering Danzo's behavior over the past month, and the impact of establishing the Five Kage Alliance...

and so……

Was this actually Tsunade stealing Danzo's credit?

Fine, if they took it, they took it. The other four Kage didn't care; this was clearly an internal matter of Konoha.

He was quite interested in Tsunade's suggestion, though.

Because Tsunade directly gave a target.

The land of rain.

As mentioned before, Jiraiya had already discovered that the leader of the Akatsuki was in the Land of Rain, and he was even preparing to infiltrate the country to investigate. However, this dimensional travel incident happened.

However, this does not mean that the information is worthless.

And now, taking advantage of the five-nation cooperation, Tsunade released this information.

The other four figures simultaneously narrowed their eyes.

It must be said that Danzo did manage to pull everyone up.

However, this so-called coalition is just a name.

But Tsunade did give everyone a real goal...

The Land of Rain... Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki, is there...

And it has probably been operating for many years...

The problem is coming.

The so-called coalition was just talk before, but now are they really going to send troops?!

The Fourth Raikage was the first to slam his fist on the table, his face contorted with rage as he declared, "My Hidden Cloud Village joins! We will conquer the Land of Rain!"

The Fourth Raikage's reason was that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki couldn't be lost, but whether or not saving his brother was a factor was also involved...

I don't know.

Having made his first decision, Gaara pondered for a long time and agreed to send troops to deal with the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

Putting everything else aside, he was almost killed... well, he was already killed. He himself is actually quite open-minded about it, but the key question is, what about the future?

What if the Akatsuki members suddenly have a brain fart and attack Sunagakure again?

Don't say it's impossible. The Akatsuki has already attacked once. Who can guarantee there won't be a second time?

In order to eliminate any future trouble, Gaara had no choice but to join.

Tsunade goes without saying, and Ōnoki, after some thought, also decided to send troops.

This is a war in which the Five Kage feel they have the upper hand.

After the mobilization order for war was issued, the ninja world became lively once again.

……

When Tsunade came down from the meeting, Jiraiya, who had come to the Land of Iron with her, hurriedly asked about the results.

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief after receiving an affirmative answer.

Tsunade immediately asked Jiraiya about Yua's whereabouts.

Regardless, she didn't believe that the Hokage from another world had come here specifically to help her rebuild Konoha.

Jiraiya was somewhat embarrassed, explaining that Yua had gone quiet after obtaining the experimental qualifications for Kakuzu and Hidan, and no one knew what had happened in the past month. Jiraiya had only received information from Kakashi in the village.

The above is quite simple: Kakuzu desperately wants to die, while Hidan, unable to die, is living a life worse than death...

Tsunade hesitated for a moment, but then she remembered that it was Orochimaru who had made the move, and she began to understand.

With a sigh, Tsunade decided to hurry back to Konoha with Jiraiya to prepare for an attack on the Land of Rain.

As for Konoha Village...

If you, Payne, attack again, I'll fucking trade bases with you!

That's what Tsunade was thinking.

As for what seems to have been forgotten...

Neither Tsunade nor Jiraiya paid any attention.

……

So here we can look at this event from a slightly God-like perspective.

It's actually quite simple.

Tsunade wanted to form an alliance because of Pain's attack, but because of Yua's arrival, Tsunade originally wanted Jiraiya to do Danzo's job. However, because of Yua's arrival, Jiraiya had to stay in Konoha to monitor Yua, and Danzo had to handle the task of contacting the other four villages himself.

Danzo lived up to expectations and successfully negotiated the deal.

Tsunade was actually happy.

This also earned Danzo some credit.

But here's the problem...

Danzo...

Do I need this kind of record?

After a month of hard work, when Tsunade finally arrived and casually sat in his seat without the other four Kage finding it strange at all, Danzo finally understood.

The Hokage and he are different.

As long as he hasn't taken that position, no matter what he does or how great his achievements are, he can't compare to the other person.

Because the other party is the Hokage.

Danzo inevitably started thinking in an extreme direction.

In fact, once Danzo calmed down, he would realize that Tsunade had not deliberately targeted him.

Jiraiya was simply tied up with trivial matters, so they had no choice but to send him.

But for Danzo, this was his first step toward becoming Hokage, and also the most important one.

His achievements, his tireless efforts over the past month, were all for the sake of letting Konoha Village know that Konoha has him, and that there is a person named Danzo.

If we miss this opportunity, when will the next one come around?

He is already very old.

already……

I can't wait any longer...

After Danzo, Tsunade, and Jiraiya returned to Konoha, they paid no attention to the infrastructure construction that was springing up everywhere in Konoha, nor to the busy villagers, nor to the structure of Konoha that had become noticeably unfamiliar, nor to the ninjas flying around everywhere.

He simply returned to the forest on the outskirts of Konoha, to the Root base, where he pondered silently. Finally… Danzo raised his sinister eyes: “Take Root…gather the Root forces, assemble…”

A cold glint flashed in Danzo's eyes. "Don't blame me, Tsunade..."

I... don't have time.

……

Danzo's eyes were cold, and his movements were swift. In just one hour, dozens of Root's skilled assassins had gathered at the Root base.

In the Hokage's office building that was rebuilt immediately, Tsunade and Jiraiya stared in disbelief at the images projected onto the screen in front of them.

Yu Ya grinned at the two of them: "Hidden camera~ Military grade~"

Tsunade frowned and looked at Yua, as if she had thought of something.

You Ya shrugged: "Don't misunderstand, I'm going back eventually. After I get back, all these ready-made products will be yours. Consider them samples I'm giving you."

You'll have to pay for these items later, okay? Oh, by the way, we also have many other styles of products. Would you like to make a reservation? We can give you a 20% discount.

Tsunade was silent for a moment, then looked at Yua and asked, "How did you know Danzo would...do something like this?"

Yuya chuckled softly: "Is it possible... that Danzo in my world was also like this... um, cough, like this?"

Tsunade remained silent.

Yuya continued to criticize: "He has no ability but dreams of becoming Hokage every day. He can't even manage a factory properly. He's useless even when given opportunities. All he does is wallow in self-pity and always contradict me..."

Actually, I've wanted to beat him up for a long time.

Looking at the image on the projector, Tsunade said softly, "It seems you've got what you wanted."

You Ya chuckled.

As you wished? This is nothing.

After beating Danzo half to death and starting the interrogation...

That's just the beginning!

(End of this chapter)