Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 14 Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Deeds

The Sand Village was once very strong. When it was founded, its strength was second only to the Leaf Village, making it the second strongest of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

It's important to know that, apart from Konoha, the other three villages each have two tailed beasts.

Although purchasing tailed beasts requires money and resources, if the village of Sunagakure is not strong enough, it would probably have to sell everything it owns to buy two of these strategic weapons, and the Seven-Tails, Chōmei, would not have belonged to Takigakure.

However, after World War I, World War II, the internal strife caused by the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, and the prolonged exhaustion of World War III, the strength of Sunagakure declined again and again.

He couldn't even break through the Konoha forces led by Tsunade on his own, let alone face an attack from two Konoha forces, especially one that was an unsportsmanlike sneak attack.

The result was a crushing defeat for Sunagakure. The Sunagakure leadership, led by Chiyo and Ebizo, had no choice but to sue for peace and grit their teeth to sign a humiliating treaty.

One of the most important things is that Sunagakure will transfer 30% of the mission share to Konoha.

This greatly impacted the financial revenue of Sunagakure.

Afterwards, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, seeing that Sunagakure had been defeated in every Shinobi World War, could no longer tolerate it and reduced the funding allocated to Sunagakure.

To make matters worse, Sunagakure had no choice but to adopt an elite policy, causing its strength to plummet to the bottom of the five great ninja villages.

Sunagakure hates Konoha, but it hates Iwagakure even more.

Chiyo, Ebizo, and other high-ranking members of Sunagakure were not fools; how could they not guess Onoki's scheme?

Unfortunately, it was too late. What's done is done. What can Sunagakure do to Iwagakure now?

Don't you still have to keep a low profile?

Furthermore, someone always had to take the blame for Sunagakure's crushing defeat. After the Fourth Kazekage took office, Chiyo and Ebizo resigned from their positions as elders.

Although he did not go into seclusion as depicted in the original work, he was in a semi-retired state.

In just half a month, Iwagakure and Sunagakure withdrew from the Third Shinobi World War one after another, and the situation in the shinobi world changed rapidly, leaving people overwhelmed and caught off guard.

……

The Land of Water, the Hidden Mist Village, the Mizukage Building, the Mizukage's Office.

With green hair, purple eyes, and a scar resembling a stitch under his left eye, Yagura, with his naturally baby-faced appearance, was sitting in an office chair reviewing the latest information on the situation in the ninja world.

"Iwagakure and Sunagakure are a bunch of useless trash!"

With a thud, Yagura casually tossed the file onto the desk, his face dark and his voice huffily.

With Iwagakure and Sunagakure withdrawing, only Kumogakure and Kirigakure remain, besieging Konoha from the north and south respectively. Both battlefields will receive support from new forces, greatly reducing their chances of victory.

If defeated, the territory of the Land of Fire that was painstakingly occupied will definitely have to be returned, and even the territory of the Land of Whirlpools will most likely return to the previous situation where each side occupies one side.

The Land of Whirlpools is geographically too important. If Konoha gets it, it can be used as a base for attacking Kirigakure, and if Kirigakure gets it, it can be used as a base for attacking Konoha.

No one would allow the other to monopolize it, and even other ninja villages would not be happy to see one party monopolize it.

It's unbearable to fail at the last minute and have all our efforts in vain!

"Lord Mizukage, I have another important piece of information here for you to review."

At the desk, a Kirigakure ninja wearing a mask and Kirigakure ANBU uniform took out a scroll from his ninja tool bag and respectfully presented it with both hands.

Yagura reached out and took it, opened it, and looked surprised, saying, "We've found traces of the Three-Tails. That's certainly good news. Well done."

"Lord Mizukage, the situation in the ninja world has changed drastically. I believe that extraordinary measures should be taken in extraordinary times."

"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist suffered heavy losses, and the heads of the various bloodline clans were also blocked by the heads of the Konoha bloodline clans. We, the Hidden Mist Village, did not gain much advantage on the front line."

"If we wait for Konoha's reinforcements to arrive, our chances of winning will be extremely slim."

Yagura, resting his chin on his hands, said, "That's right. What extraordinary thing are you referring to?"

"Lord Mizukage, I believe we can seal the Three-Tails first, and then find an opportunity to seal it into a Konoha ninja."

"Then we manipulated that Konoha ninja back to Konoha Village, and finally broke the seal to let the Three-Tails wreak havoc in Konoha."

"If Konoha suffers heavy losses, it will not only be an opportunity for Kirigakure, but also for Kumogakure, and even Iwagakure and Sunagakure, who have withdrawn from the battlefield, and they are very likely to make a comeback."

"Konoha might be destroyed if things go wrong at that time."

"The four great ninja villages will divide up the Land of Fire, and we, the Hidden Mist Village, will take the lion's share. Even if Konoha is not destroyed, we can at least preserve our current gains."

Yagura was immediately intrigued upon hearing this; it was indeed a way to change the course of the battlefield and stir up the ninja world.

"Guangzhong, it's commendable that you came up with such a good idea. If this succeeds, the head of the Dark Division will be yours."

"How could I not improve while following Lord Mizukage?"

"I am willing to die for the Mizukage!"

The secret service captain named Guangzhong knelt down on one knee.

"Okay, that's settled then."

"Get it done as soon as possible; I'll personally intervene if necessary."

"yes!"

Beneath the mask, out of Yagura's sight, a pair of scarlet Sharingan eyes flashed by.

……

Near the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water, a giant tent resembling a house stood in the center of the Cloud Village army camp. The sound of a table breaking rang out, followed by an angry voice coming from inside the tent.

"Iwagakure and Sunagakure are utterly useless!"

"Oh yeah, you idiot big brother, you've broken another table. Can you... learn from me what... what it means to stay calm? Yeah!"

With a thud, a figure flew out of the tent, gliding across the ground for several meters and leaving a clear trail.

With dark skin, light yellow hair, wearing black sunglasses, a strong build, and carrying two swords on his back, he was none other than Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

The figure stood up, casually dusted himself off, and walked straight into the tent.

Another person, also with dark skin and light yellow hair, but even stronger, wore a white cloak with green "shuriken"-shaped markings tattooed on his shoulders, and a wide belt and heavy armor. This was none other than the future Fourth Raikage, A.

"Brother, what should we do next in Cloud Village?"

Killer Bee abandoned his usual carefree demeanor and spoke in a serious tone.

"I want to launch another surprise attack," Ai said seriously.

"Another surprise attack?"

"We failed even after reaching Konoha's gates last time, it won't be that easy this time, will it?"

"Big brother, Konoha's sensory ninjas are no pushovers, and Konoha must have taken precautions," Killer Bee reminded him.

"I know, but this time is different."

"This time I plan to send out two units. The main force will draw Konoha's attention, while we brothers plus the sensory ninjas will be the real raiders."

"If you can infiltrate the vicinity of Konoha, then transform into the Eight-Tails and unleash a Tailed Beast Ball on the Hokage Building in Konoha."

"If we can't infiltrate near Konoha, then we'll circle around to the rear of Konoha's front-line camp and deliver a Tailed Beast Ball to Konoha."

"Hiss... Big brother, isn't that a bit too harsh?"

"If Konoha gets angry and sends out the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who goes crazy without thinking, even Hachi, Yugito, and I won't be able to withstand it."

Kirabi thought this was a bit too crazy.

"It's alright. If you can't hold on, we still have me, and countless other Cloud Village ninja. Do you think a single Nine-Tails can overthrow the entire Cloud Village?"

"Besides, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is different from you. I don't believe Hiruzen Sarutobi would dare to risk the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki going out of control, or even losing the Nine-Tails..."

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. If we don't take the risk of waiting for Konoha's reinforcements to arrive, it will be virtually impossible to defeat Konoha."

"Orochimaru is really troublesome. It took several years of war to find an opening."

"Big brother, what if we fail?"

"If we fail, we should withdraw, but we cannot withdraw all of our troops."

"Leave a force of a thousand men to constantly harass Konoha, delaying the village's recovery time, and also serving as a training ground for the village."

Among the five great ninja villages, the Hidden Cloud Village suffered relatively minor losses in the Third Shinobi World War, which was achieved by sacrificing the Third Raikage, one of the world's top fighting forces.

"Alright, I'll do as my brother says."

Friends who have read this book, please don't "keep it running" (i.e., don't wait for it to become a bestseller). The editor said that only Naruto fanfiction with great potential, or one or two hundred readers without any prior engagement, will be signed. You don't want to waste your time, vote, or investment, right? (crying)

(End of this chapter)