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Chapter 142 Infiltrating the Grass Village, Red-Haired Shanks! (Please subscribe and vote!)

Amegakure Village.

Without anyone noticing, Hoshinobi used a wood clone to replace Kuroyu and became the leader of the Rain Village.

Meanwhile, the Root of Amegakure was officially established, and the first person to be there was Kuro Amegakure, who wore a mask.

Actually, for Xingxiaxiu, eliminating Heiyu would be the most appropriate option.

If the body is destroyed and the evidence is covered up, then apart from Danzo, no one will know that Black Rain was an imposter.

But after careful consideration, Xingxiaxiu left behind the Black Rain.

Because he can be the open Black Rain, or he can be the masked leader of the Root of Amegakure.

It could even be the openly known Black Rain, or the masked leader of the Rain Ninja Root, Black Rain.

Having multiple aliases makes it easier to get things done.

……

After becoming the temporary leader of Amegakure, Hoshino immediately began his actions.

First, through the Black Rain, Rain Ninja who are biased towards Konoha were selected and divided into two groups.

One part entered the Rain Ninja Root and became a member of the Root.

This will be the strongest violent organization in Amegakure from now on.

A secret unit was set up in one part, directly under the leader.

This is a complete copy of Konoha's layout.

After the Rain Ninja Anbu and Root were established, Hoshino Hide immediately began special training for the Anbu and Root ninjas during this period of near truce.

The instructors were Hoshino Hideaki's own wood clone and a group of Konoha Root ninjas.

These Konoha Root ninjas were transferred by Danzo and integrated into the Rain Village Root.

Some of the Konoha Root ninjas also joined the Rain Ninja Anbu.

This is another form of infiltration by Konoha into the Rain Village.

However, while his clone was busy, Hoshino Hidehisa's real body was leisurely teaching students and taking care of children at the ninja academy in Amegakure.

On this day, Jiraiya hurriedly arrived at the office.

"Shu, something's happened at Kusagakure."

Jiraiya said with a solemn expression.

Hoshita Hide looked up, about to speak, when Aburame Ryoma appeared in the doorway: "Captain!"

Hoshita Hideyoshi asked, "Is it intelligence from the Land of Grass?"

Ryoma Aburame nodded: "Iwagakure has conquered Kusagakure!"

Hoshinobi's gaze sharpened as he looked at Jiraiya and said, "Iwagakure is planning to exchange Kusagakure for Amegakure?"

Jiraiya nodded: "There are no further negotiations at the moment, but that's probably the case."

The strength of the Grass Ninja Village is not too bad, and it oscillates between the major ninja villages.

Previously, when the Iwa ninja invaded the Land of Grass, they only resisted briefly before withdrawing their forces, allowing the Iwa ninja to pass through the Land of Grass and attack the Land of Fire.

They avoided a direct confrontation with the Iwa ninja while simultaneously buying Konoha some time to react, thus avoiding offending either side.

However, this time the Iwa ninja are in a very unfavorable situation in the Land of Rain.

Moreover, although Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to negotiate, his attitude was also very tough.

While negotiating, Onoki dispatched elite troops to launch a surprise attack on Kusagakure, overwhelming the village with overwhelming force and forcing it to surrender.

It was similar to the surrender of Amegakure to Konoha.

In this way, the strategic disadvantage of Iwagakure against Konoha was immediately leveled.

Without the Land of Grass and the Hidden Grass Village as a buffer, the Hidden Stone Village could invade the Land of Fire at any time.

Jiraiya said, "The Daimyo Prefecture has put pressure on the village to ensure that the Land of Grass serves as the eastern barrier for the Land of Fire."

Xingxia Xiu was speechless as she thought about the current situation.

Konoha and Iwagakure fought, and Kusagakure was destroyed.

However, this is the tragedy of small ninja villages. The same is true for the Grass Ninja Village and the Land of Grass, as well as the Rain Ninja Village and the Land of Rain.

The Land of Rain is in an even worse state, a land of constant warfare.

No, the geographical location of the Land of Grass is indeed very important.

Surrounded by mountains on all sides, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The occupation of the Land of Grass by the Iwa ninja is extremely detrimental to Konoha.

After gesturing for Aburame Ryoma to leave, Hoshishita Hide asked Jiraiya, "Have there been any orders from the village?"

Jiraiya said, "I'm about to lead a group of people north to infiltrate the Land of Grass. The best outcome would be to unite with a portion of the Grass Village and rebel against the Iwa Village."

"As long as the Kusanagi ninja resist, the situation will still be in our favor."

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "In that case, let Heiyu take a group of people with you."

"We have an alliance with Amegakure, and the situation in Kusagakure is also very important to Amegakure."

Jiraiya thought about it and nodded in agreement.

More strength means a greater chance of victory.

Anyway, with the powerful Xingxia Xiu in charge of the Rain Country, nothing unexpected will happen.

Jiraiya left in haste and quickly assembled an elite force of fifty men to head north.

On the Amegakure side, the leader was Kuro Amegakure, and the rest were some Amegakure ninja who didn't care about Konoha.

There are millions of people, some are smart, some are foolish, some want to rely on Konoha and use its power, while others naturally hate Konoha, after all, they fought with Konoha before, so it's inevitable that they have hatred.

Therefore, Xingxia Xiu naturally wants to have as many of his own people as possible and as few enemies as possible.

They set off at noon and arrived at the border by evening.

However, they were discovered by the Iwa ninja as soon as they crossed the mountains and entered the Land of Grass.

Jiraiya was not surprised by this; the Iwa ninja would definitely be on guard against them.

The border of the Land of Grass is not long, so it is not difficult to monitor it.

"Disperse!"

Seeing the signal flare launched by the Iwa ninja, Jiraiya gave the order.

shhhhhh!

One by one, the figures disappeared, scattering into the vast dense forest in groups of four or three.

The clones of Hoshino Hideki impersonated Kuro Amatsu and Jiraiya, along with a small team led by Mimura Hasumaki.

He was also the mastermind behind this operation.

The three of them moved quickly under the tall vegetation.

Suddenly, Mimura Yoru made a gesture, and Jiraiya and Kuromu immediately stopped.

Immediately afterwards, figures appeared in front of them and on their left and right sides.

Iwa Ninja!

"Eight people! Lord Jiraiya, we must break through immediately!"

Mimura Yoru reminded him.

Jiraiya nodded, then said to Kuroyu, "Let's finish this quickly!"

Hei Yu nodded, then clasped his hands together.

The next moment, the water vapor around him quickly condensed, forming a stream that swirled and surged upwards around him.

"Wow...that's a powerful water-style technique!"

Mimura Yoru was secretly alarmed.

Jiraiya was equally surprised. He knew that Black Rain Water Release was very strong, but... had it improved so much recently?

Unfortunately, Tobirama Senju wasn't here, otherwise he would have definitely shouted, "This is my ninjutsu!"

Water escape - water rushes into waves!

Rumble!

As the black rain opened its hands, the spiraling water flowed apart with a roar, splitting into great rivers that surged toward the Iwa ninja in three directions.

"superior!"

Black Rain shouted and vanished.

Jiraiya immediately called out to Mimura Yomaki.

The former used Water Instantaneous Movement, gliding at high speed on the surging water, and then followed the surging water to attack the Iwa ninja on the right.

Mimura Yoru was behind Jiraiya on his right. He hadn't mastered the Water Instantaneous Body technique; he was simply running wildly with his feet on the ground and his hands rapidly forming hand seals.

A stone wall rises abruptly from the ground in front, blocking the surging water and allowing it to flow past on both sides.

However, as Kuroyu crossed his hands, the torrent of water that had been rushing past the walls on both sides suddenly turned back and surged toward the Iwa ninja hiding behind them.

The Iwa ninja immediately leaped onto the wall, and just as he was about to form hand seals to unleash his ninjutsu, Jiraiya's ninjutsu arrived.

Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!

Rumble!

The fireball exploded, the wall collapsed, and the three Iwa ninja leaped into the air, only to be enveloped by the wind-style attack that followed.

Wind Release - Great Breakthrough!

It is Mimura Yoru's technique.

A gust of wind swept through, interrupting the Iwa ninja's hand seals and blowing him away. Although he was not injured, he lost the initiative.

Jiraiya arrived, his white hair hardening and transforming into countless dense clusters of senbon needles that shot out.

A piercing scream rang out as an Iwa ninja was riddled with thorns.

One Iwa ninja only had a few strands of hair on his arm hit by the senbon needles, while the other completely avoided it and hid behind a tree.

The next moment, wind-escape bullets struck the tree trunks, creating deep craters.

At the same time, the Iwa ninja with the injured arm retreated, but as soon as he landed, the ground beneath his feet turned into a swamp.

Earth Escape-Yellow Spring Marsh.

"hateful!"

The Iwa ninja, gradually sinking into the swamp, tried to struggle, but could only keep going downhill until they were completely submerged by the swamp.

The last Iwa ninja created a clone as bait, while the main body attacked from another direction, unleashing a barrage of iron cannons at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya dodged several bullets with a flash, but was hit by one, and his body turned into water and fell down with a splash.

"Water identity..."

Iwa ninja's expression changed; the clone over there had already been killed by Mimura Yoru.

At that moment, Jiraiya descended from the sky, wielding a Rasengan and slamming it down.

boom!

The ground sank, and Iwa ninja's clothes were torn to shreds, but the exposed skin was brown.

Sclerotherapy!

As Jiraiya dodged backward, his long hair grew rapidly and swept around, wrapping around the Iwa ninja who had leaped into the air.

The next moment, a fireball struck the Iwa ninja precisely on the head.

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It was Mimura Yozaki's Fire Release technique.

Hardening Technique isn't invincible either. Fire Release was applied to the face, and the Iwa ninja let out a shrill scream as his entire body was set ablaze.

It's a long story, but in reality, the two of them teamed up to fight three Iwa ninjas, and the entire battle lasted less than three minutes.

But when they turned around, they saw a huge water dragon swooping down and crashing into two of the Iwa ninja, while the other three Iwa ninja had already fallen.

That battlefield has now turned into a lake.

The two stepped forward and saw the two halves of an Iwa ninja's corpse. They immediately determined that it had been cut open by something extremely sharp, but it didn't look like a knife.

The other two Iwa ninja had their chests caved in, clearly shattered by immense force.

Jiraiya felt something was off.

He fought alongside Kuroyu more than once, but he wasn't that strong, even though he was also a Jonin.

How could they kill so quickly?

Could it be related to the special training before the Star Show?

He knew that Hoshinobi was leading the Root to give special training to some of the Rain Ninja, including the Black Rain Ninja, but it had only been half a month, so the effect couldn't be that terrifying, right?

There was no time to think about it or ask questions, so they exchanged a glance and continued on their way.

The land of grass is not peaceful in the darkness of night.

The scattered Konoha and Amegakure ninjas threw the area into chaos, while the team of three Jonin—Kuro Amegakure, Jiraiya, and Mimura Yoru—acted like a sharp blade, cutting through the defensive lines set up by Iwa and Kusanagi ninjas.

At dawn, the three members of the Black Rain Clan had already made their way to the outskirts of the Grass Ninja Village.

They hid and rested, while discussing their next move.

Infiltrating the Grass Village and contacting any potential Grass Ninja to counter the Iwa Ninja's resistance is difficult.

Infiltrating is not difficult, but contacting the Grass Ninja to resist the Iwa Ninja is a bit difficult.

But this step must be tried.

After discussion, it was decided that Kuroyu would be infiltrating Kusagakure, while Jiraiya and Mimura Yoru would be responsible for providing backup.

The reason is that Kuroyu is proficient in water-style techniques and can enter Kusagakure through rivers.

Because there happens to be a river that flows through Kusagakure.

Two hours later, it was broad daylight.

After resting for two hours, Kuroyu separated from Jiraiya and the others. Once he was out of Jiraiya and Mimura Yoru's sight, he immediately disappeared underground.

The Wood Release technique from White Zetsu, Dan Gen Hidden, allows one to move freely underground.

With ease, Black Rain entered the Grass Village, quickly dispatched a Grass Ninja, absorbed his chakra to replenish himself, and then used the Transformation of Objects to impersonate him.

For a show under the stars, such infiltration couldn't be easier.

In particular, the Grass Village seems to be heavily guarded, but because the ninjas from the two villages are mixed together, there are actually many loopholes.

Having changed his identity twice, Hoshino Shigehisa entered the hospital in Kusagakure.

Ok?

Suddenly, Hoshino saw a red-haired girl being called to the bedside, and then being bitten on the arm by Shinobu Kuma on the bed.

"Karin's mother...?"

With a flash of his eyes, Hoshino Shigehisa ignored it, having already disguised himself as a Grass Ninja medical ninja.

While treating the Grass Ninja, he listened to these "comrades" complaining about the Iwa Ninja.

Currently, the Grass Ninja are forced to fight against the Leaf Village, resulting in heavy casualties and widespread resentment.

Hoshinoshige understood Iwagakure's thinking: if they made Kusagakure and Konoha enemies, then there would be no way out.

Even if peace is reached in the future and the Iwa ninja withdraw from the Land of Grass, the relationship between Konoha and the Grass Ninja Village can never go back to what it was before.

This is clearly a targeted plan devised by the Iwagakure ninja in response to the situation in the Land of Rain.

If Amegakure and Konoha are on good terms, then let Kusagakure, which was originally meant to act as a buffer, become enemies with Konoha.

With this addition and subtraction, the Iwagakure ninja are evenly matched.

After listening for a while, Xingxia Xiu felt that the task, which was originally a bit difficult, didn't seem too difficult after all.

However, he did not act immediately, but waited silently until nightfall.

As night fell, the hospital gradually quieted down.

Hoshinobu entered the ward and silently hypnotized Kusanagi Shinobu, then gathered information.

One, two, three...

With more and more information gathered, an hour later, Hoshinobi Hide left the Kusagakure Hospital.

……

"Who?"

In the home of a Grass Ninja Jonin, the Grass Ninja sat up on the bed, looking warily at the figure in the darkness.

"Lord Iitake, I meant no harm!"

Xingxia Xiu stepped forward, emerging from the darkness and revealing her face in the moonlight.

"Rain Ninja!"

Jingwu's pupils contracted.

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "My name is Hei Yu!"

Ii Takeru was startled: "You, the acting leader of Amegakure?"

"What are you doing here?"

Xingxia Xiu said, "Of course I'll help you."

"You don't want the Grass Ninja Village and Konoha to become enemies, nor do you want your comrades from the village to fight against Konoha, do you?"

Ii Takeru paused for a moment, then said, "Weren't you also forced by Konoha to fight against the Iwa ninja?"

Xingxia Xiu said, "No!"

"The Iwagakure ninja are our enemies, and our cooperation with Konoha is based on equality."

"Moreover, our Amegakure is in a more difficult situation than your Kusagakure, and we must rely on Konoha to stabilize the domestic situation."

"But you... have now become cannon fodder for the Iwa ninja, and bargaining chips for the Iwa ninja to use against Konoha."

Jingwu frowned: "What do you want?"

Hoshino Hideyoshi said, "I'll help you defeat the Iwa ninja and help you become the leader of Kusagakure."

Jingwu was tempted, but shook his head: "You can't do it!"

Xingxia Xiu shook her head: "You think I'm just one person?"

"Furthermore, I know that many of you are unwilling to fight against Konoha."

"If you contact those people, and we join forces, launching a simultaneous attack from both inside and outside, we're sure to succeed."

"There aren't many Iwa ninja here."

"After defeating them, we will continue our attack on Iwagakure together with you. With the addition of Konoha's main force, our chances of victory are very high."

"Even if we can't completely defeat the Iwa ninja for the time being, we can at least free the Kusagakure village from the control of the Iwa ninja."

Ii Takeshi hesitated.

Hoshinobu said coldly, "Your attitude shouldn't be hard to hide from the Iwa ninja, or even your current leader, right?"

"If you don't fight back, you'll probably die soon in the battle against Konoha!"

Jingwu's heart skipped a beat.

He knew that the Star Show was not an exaggeration.

Instead, they were already dissatisfied with the Iwa ninja and the current leader of the Kusagakure village, and then died in the battle against Konoha.

Ibu gritted his teeth: "I also want to expel the Iwa ninja, but there are probably not many people in the village who are willing right now. Most of those who are clearly opposed are on the front lines."

A smile appeared in Xingxia Xiu's eyes as she said, "We don't need many people."

"You just need to make sure they don't leak the information."

"We want to kill your current leader, as well as the Iwa ninja."

"Kill your current leader first, take care of him and his confidants, and your companions will hesitate and won't help the Iwa ninja against us."

"After all, they were forced into this situation."

"On the contrary, once you gain the upper hand, they will immediately support you!"

Jing Wu's gaze sharpened, and he nodded, saying, "Alright, I'll contact them right now!"

(End of this chapter)