Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 268 External Threats

A day and a half later, in the afternoon, in the Land of Lightning, in the Hidden Cloud Village, at the Raikage Building, in the Raikage's office.

Boom! Before the Fourth Raikage could even finish reading the scroll that Raizo had sent back, he flew into a rage and smashed his desk to pieces with a single punch.

"Ah, this is outrageous!"

"Konoha is too much of a bully, Hyuga is too much of a bully, but the Uchiha brats are the worst of all!"

The Fourth Raikage, A, roared to the sky, his hair standing on end, his entire body enveloped in azure lightning chakra, and his clothes moved automatically.

He had dark skin, light yellow hair, and a very strong, muscular build, like a sculpture. He wore a short white cloak with a green "shuriken" pattern tattooed on his shoulders, and a wide belt and heavy armor.

The door opened the next moment, and a woman hurriedly walked in.

Like most of the ninja from Kumogakure, the woman had dark skin, long white hair, and a delicate and elegant face. She wore a pine green open-necked top, a black mesh tube top, and a pine green skirt suit. She had a slender figure and an intellectual and elegant temperament.

The woman glanced at the shattered desk with an air of nonchalance, then knelt down to tidy up the files as she spoke.

"Lord Raikage, what happened? Why are you so angry?"

"The matter is complicated. I couldn't stand it before I even finished reading it. I'm preparing to launch a war to teach Konoha a lesson."

"Lord Raikage, unless you insist on going your own way, the other elders will never agree, considering the current situation in the ninja world and the village's current state."

The Fourth Raikage's lightning chakra vanished, and his expression twisted into a grimace as he said, "We'll try our best, or at the very least, teach the Uchiha clan a lesson!"

"How dare they insult Yunyin! I won't feel right until I get my revenge."

"I admit that his Mangekyou Sharingan is very strong, but as long as we fight head-on, I will definitely kill him and not give him a chance to escape."

"Alright, stop cleaning up, let someone else do it."

"Go and make a copy of the scroll, and then notify the higher-ups to hold a meeting."

"Yes, Lord Raikage."

Fifteen minutes later, the Raikage, elders, and department heads of Kumogakure gathered. Mabui, the Raikage's secretary, attended the meeting and took notes.

"Take a look at the scroll that Raizo sent back. Remember, try your best to restrain yourself."

The Fourth Raikage sat imposingly on his throne. After speaking, he waved his hand, and Mabui rose and distributed the scrolls he was carrying to each person in turn.

The high-ranking members of the Cloud Village opened the scroll and began to read it carefully. Soon, their expressions changed.

The older elders usually only twitched their mouths slightly, while the younger ones had veins throbbing on their foreheads and wide eyes.

As time went on, the sound of slamming tables began to rise, and eventually, quite a few people were clamoring to attack Konoha and destroy the Uchiha clan.

Raizo wasn't very magnanimous; he recorded everything Uchiha Gen said in detail, and anyone with even a slight sense of belonging to Kumogakure would have been furious at those words.

"Quiet!"

Lei Ying shouted, and the conference room quickly fell silent.

"You all saw it, didn't you? How arrogant Konoha, Hyuga, and Uchiha are, how they don't take our Kumogakure seriously at all..."

"When has the Hidden Cloud Village ever suffered such humiliation?"

"I think we should launch a large-scale war to teach the Uchiha, Hyuga, and Konoha a profound lesson."

"This time, I personally led Killer Bee to the front lines to command and participate in the battle."

The Hidden Cloud Village is a martial arts village with many combative ninjas, and many of its higher-ups were tempted by the offer.

The elders, who were more mature and prudent and prioritized their own interests, were startled by these words and quickly spoke up one after another.

"Lord Raikage, please calm down."

"Lord Raikage, I understand your feelings, and I am also very angry, but war must never be fought on impulse."

"One should not make important decisions when angry or joyful, otherwise one will often regret it."

"The current situation in the ninja world does not allow for a large-scale war. Not to mention that Konoha is not to be trifled with, even if we defeat Konoha, it would be easy for Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure to take advantage of the situation."

"If the war becomes a stalemate or both sides suffer heavy losses, then the advantages that we, the Hidden Cloud Village, have painstakingly accumulated over the years will be lost."

"At that time, their overall strength will not only be able to maintain second place or compete for first, but they will very likely replace Sunagakure and become the bottom of the five great ninja villages."

"That's right. The Third Shinobi World War has just ended. We should take advantage of our strength to build up our power and widen the gap with other ninja villages so that we can reap the greatest rewards in the Fourth Shinobi World War."

The elders' words gradually calmed down the younger, more belligerent individuals, prompting them to carefully weigh the pros and cons...

"Large-scale wars won't work, but small-scale wars should be fine, right?"

"Let's open another battlefield outside of the Land of Fields, such as the Land of Hot Springs, and besiege the Land of Fire from the north and northeast," the Fourth Raikage said with dissatisfaction.

"Small-scale wars are no longer very meaningful. Not to mention that Konoha is difficult to defeat, even if we did win, what then?"

"Without other ninja villages providing support, the gains from the victory would be extremely limited. We can't very well press our advantage and launch a large-scale war, can we?"

"That would be going back to the old path that the elders had mentioned before."

"Lord Raikage, I believe that Kumogakure should prioritize stability, given the current situation of both Kumogakure and Konoha..."

"Barring unforeseen circumstances and with steady development, Kumogakure will surpass Konoha in military strength, becoming the strongest of the Five Great Ninja Villages and the strongest in the ninja world!"

"That will be the time for Cloud Village to expand its territory and create glory..."

In fact, in the original work, the military strength of Kumogakure had indeed surpassed that of Konoha. Otherwise, the Fourth Raikage would not have been the supreme commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Tsunade would have been the chief strategist.

Kumogakure simply hadn't expected Konoha to have so many overpowered characters.

Allies and enemies alike are all overpowered, each one more outrageous than the last. Therefore, after the battle, I dared not make any rash moves and could only obediently follow Konoha's lead.

"I understand what you elders mean, so you mean to swallow your anger?"

The Fourth Raikage's face was ashen, his displeasure and anger undisguised, as if he were about to explode at any moment...

"How could I possibly swallow my anger and keep quiet?"

"That's right. We're just prioritizing stability, not weakness. There are no spineless cowards in Kumogakure."

"What we mean is that any method other than war is acceptable."

The Fourth Raikage snorted coldly, "Hmph, that's more like it."

"Forget about Konoha, at least we managed to secure a decent amount of benefits."

"Let's leave the Hyuga clan aside. Although they did it for the sake of Kumogakure's strength, their actions were ultimately not very honorable."

"The Uchiha clan absolutely cannot be excluded."

"We, the Hidden Cloud Village, did not provoke them. The Uchiha clan not only meddled in our affairs, causing our plan to fail, but their clan leader also deliberately insulted us, the Hidden Cloud Village."

"If we don't teach the Uchiha clan a lesson they'll never forget, they'll continue to look down on us and humiliate us..."

"Does anyone have any ideas on how to get revenge?"

Upon hearing this, the high-ranking members of Yunyin fell into deep thought, considering various ideas before rejecting them one by one.

The reason is that the Uchiha clan is not easy to deal with. The Uchiha clan are all members of the Konoha Police Department and basically stay in Konoha Village.

It's naturally difficult to take action when you're on someone else's home turf.

"How about attacking the Uchiha clan's businesses?" someone suggested.

"That's one way, but it's too slow and too troublesome. Let's put it on the shortlist," the Fourth Raikage said in a deep voice.

Suddenly, an elder clapped his hands, his face beaming with excitement, and exclaimed, "Haha, I've got a great idea!"

Please forgive me, I was busy with other matters, so there will only be two updates.

(End of this chapter)