People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

Onoki scolded him with exasperation, "What do you know?! The organization that protects Kagerou Village is composed of individuals with Kage-level strength. Cooperating with Kagerou Village is tantamount to cooperating with the organization. Moreover, the founders of Kagerou Village were the Uchiha clan members who left Konoha back then!"

Huang Tu was utterly shocked: "What?! The Village of Blazing Sunshine was founded by the Uchiha clan who left Konoha?"

“That’s right! The benefits of cooperating with the Village of Blazing Sunshine are countless. You can select some talented, good-looking, and good-natured young people from the Village of Hidden Stones to go with us.”

Huang Tu looked at his father, Onoki, with a subtle expression: "Old man, do you mean you're going to take him to a blind date?"

Onoki nodded with satisfaction, looking at him as someone who seemed promising.

"Of course! What if the two people hit it off? Free love is being promoted these days."

Chapter 273 Formal Alliance

When Yosuke returned to Kagerou Village, not long after, the son of the Tsuchikage Onoki, Kouto, led a team to Kagerou Village.

The signal that Iwagakure and Kagerou had begun to cooperate had spread throughout the Land of Mountains.

Meanwhile, in the office of Kagero Village, personnel from Kagero Village and Iwagakure Village were discussing trade in chakra metal ore.

"We are very satisfied with the price, but regarding the matter of Iwagakure ninjas joining the mining operation..." Itachi seemed very troubled.

"This is just our suggestion. Our Iwagakure village is very experienced in mining, so we simply want to help Kagerou Village with its mining operations. If Village Chief Itachi objects, we will not interfere."

Itachi kept thinking. Currently, the population of Yangyan Village is too small, and there are indeed very few people who can participate in mining. With the help of Iwagakure Village, it would be very efficient.

However, Itachi felt that Iwagakure's purpose was not pure.

To allay Itachi's concerns, Huang Tu continued, "Village Chief Itachi, the Tsuchikage said that he wants to establish the strongest alliance with Kagero Village. We will not interfere with any of Kagero Village's decisions. Those who stay here to mine are all young ninjas from Iwagakure who volunteered to support Kagero Village. As long as Village Chief Itachi can provide them with normal daily life, their compensation will be paid by Iwagakure."

Huang Tu called out to the outside, "Come in, let Village Chief Itachi meet you!"

The office door opened, and a dozen or so handsome men and beautiful women entered, like an idol group, including Hei Tu.

"Black Soil? What are you doing here?" Yellow Soil remembered that he hadn't brought Black Soil with him.

"I've been following behind the group. I came to find Deidara to play with, but I couldn't find him." Kurotsuchi answered while looking around. When she realized she still couldn't find Deidara, she looked a little disappointed.

And the way Itachi looked at Yotsuchi became increasingly strange.

Huang Tu coughed lightly, a blush appearing on his rough face: "Ahem, the situation is just as Village Chief Itachi saw. They are all the pride of our Iwagakure, all geniuses. I wonder what Village Chief Itachi thinks?"

Itachi couldn't help but think to himself, "Could it be any more obvious? This is clearly a blind date!"

"Then thank you for the help from Iwagakure." Itachi agreed.

Although the purpose of the loess was not pure, it did indeed help with the construction of Yangyan Village.

Furthermore, the Uchiha clan is no longer the closed-off clan it once was, and with only a dozen or so members, intra-clan marriage is not advisable; free love is encouraged.

Two members of the Uchiha clan have already married ordinary people from Kagerou Village, and the wedding ceremonies were even held by Itachi, who is also the clan head and village chief.

The three managers of Kagerou Village are now looking at Itachi with admiration and worship.

They initially argued because the village of Kagerou was worried about being annexed by a small ninja village in the Land of Mountains.

Most of the villagers in Kagerou Village are refugees who lost their homes due to the war.

Having finally regained their home, they didn't want it to be in danger.

But now that it has partnered with Iwagakure, one of the five great ninja villages, and with Kagerou Village taking the lead, Kagerou Village is sure to develop better and better.

After everyone left, only Itachi, Yosuke, and Yoto remained in the office.

Itachi thanked Huang Tu, saying, "We, the Village of Blazing Sun, are honored to form a trade alliance with the Village of Hidden Stone."

“Our Iwagakure is also honored. Since we are allies, Village Chief Itachi, there is something you need to prepare in advance.”

"Prepare?"

Huang Tu nodded and explained, "Yes, if you form an alliance with the Five Great Ninja Villages, your Yangyan Village can no longer be considered an ordinary village, but rather a ninja village. This is an unavoidable situation."

Itachi nodded. Just as Huang Tu said, after forming an alliance with Iwagakure, Kagerou had been tacitly recognized as a ninja village by other villages.

"I understand, there's nothing we can do about it."

Huang Tu continued, "Now, on behalf of Iwagakure, I would like to have another discussion with Village Chief Itachi and Mr. Yosuke. Our Iwagakure hopes to form a strategic alliance with Kagerou Village, to stand together and jointly resist any possible future wars."

A glint flashed in Itachi's eyes. Sure enough, they've come. With Iwagakure offering so many generous conditions to help Kagerou Village develop, how could they possibly refuse anything?

The meaning of Huang Tu is quite clear: on the surface, he has formed an alliance with Yangyan Village, but in reality, he wants to cooperate with the ^ organization.

Itachi and Yotsuchi both looked at Yosuke, who had been silently listening.

Yosuke straightened his posture and said, "My stance is very clear. Itachi, you can decide on this matter."

After taking a deep breath, Itachi slowly said, "On behalf of Kagero Village, I agree to form a strategic alliance with Iwagakure Village."

Huang Tu and Itachi clasped each other's right hands, signifying that Yangyan Village had entered a new phase.

Three days later, after finalizing all the details, Huang Tu led the negotiation team back to Iwagakure.

Meanwhile, the handsome men and beautiful women from Iwagakure Village stayed in Kagerou Village to assist in mining.

However, on the fourth day, in the mine...

Kurotsuchi, who had already found Deidara, clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Wow, Deidara-nii, your clay bombs are so powerful now!"

Seeing Kurotsuchi praise his art, Deidara's head was practically held high in pride.

"Of course! My art is perfect!"

After showing off, Deidara asked in confusion, "By the way, Kurotsuchi, aren't you going back to Iwagakure?"

Kurotsuchi was still enjoying playing with Deidara: "No rush, we're going to stay here for three days, and we'll leave this afternoon."

"Three days? Isn't today the fourth day?"

Kurotsuchi's smile vanished instantly, her expression turning stiff: "Brother Deidara, you must be mistaken. I feel like today is only the third day?"

Deidara looked at Kurotsuchi as if she were an idiot: "You didn't start counting from the second day you arrived in Kagerou Village, did you?"

Black Soil: ...

Kurotsuchi rushed back to Kagerou Village and learned from Itachi that the Iwagakure village group had left the day before.

Having already entered the Land of Earth, Huang Tu scratched his head in confusion: "How come it seems like I forgot something in Yangyan Village?"

"How could this be!" Heitu cried out in despair.

Itachi comforted Kurotsuchi, saying, "Don't worry, I can arrange for someone to send you back to Iwagakure immediately."

Deidara looked at Kurotsuchi with a strange expression: "Wait! Kurotsuchi, don't you think it's nice not having that old man nagging around?"

Kurotsuchi thought about it again. She had been having a lot of fun with Deidara these past few days. If she were in Iwagakure, she would definitely be under Onoki's control, constantly cycling between training and missions.

"It really is! Mr. Itachi, I'm not going back!"

The despair on Kurotsuchi's face vanished, and a smile was almost impossible to suppress on his lips.

Itachi looked at Kurotsuchi and Deidara in front of him, his temples throbbing, and a bad feeling welled up in his heart.

Chapter 274 Wraiths

The village of Yangyan has begun its intensive development and construction.

To prevent Deidara and Kurotsuchi from going too far, following the principle of "capture the leader first," Deidara was tricked by Itachi into going to blow up the mine with a few words.

Under the constant praise from Kurotsuchi, such as "Deidara's art is amazing," Deidara gradually lost himself.

"If it weren't for the fact that we couldn't blast this mountain into dust, I would have given you, Black Soil, my ultimate work of art!"

With Deidara at the mine, the mining progress is incredibly fast.

Sasuke, Kaori, Jugo, and Suigetsu, who recently returned after obtaining the Raito Kiba with Gyutaro, became good friends.

Yekura and Itachi's childhood friend, Uchiha Izumi, are together, teaching ninjutsu to children with ninja talent from Kagero Village.

Yosuke was alone in his room at that moment.

During this time, Yosuke was researching the raging natural energy within his body all by himself.

Yosuke felt that the reason his Demon Sage Mode was incomplete was because he had not yet tamed the natural energy.

At present, Yosuke has no other way to improve his strength. He can only hope to tame the violent natural energy in order to complete his unfinished Demon Sage Mode.

However, every time Yosuke tries to tame the natural energy, the illusion of Kibuy Muzan appears to interfere with Yosuke.

Whether Yosuke shatters the illusion or ignores it, it has no effect.

Half a year has passed just like that.

The cooperation between Kagerou Village and Iwagakure Village is now on track.

The neighboring countries of the Mountain Country now know that the rebuilt Village of Blazing Sun has allied with the Hidden Stone Village. They can only look on with envy at the chakra metal mines, but cannot join in to get a share.

The population of Yangyan Village is also constantly growing.

Under Itachi's leadership and development, Kagerou Village is thriving.

However, in the past six months, Yosuke's complete demon-transformation sage mode has made no progress. Now, Yosuke's mind is filled with illusions of Kibuy Muzan, and he is almost obsessed.

During these six months, news from within the Akatsuki organization kept coming in: after capturing the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Seven-Tails, the Akatsuki had temporarily stopped capturing the Tailed Beasts.

Orochimaru once again completely disappeared from the ninja world.

Naruto Uzumaki appeared once in the Land of Snow, but then disappeared again.

Konoha, which suffered the most losses in the war, has gradually stabilized after half a year of recuperation, although it is still severely weakened.

As a new day begins, Yosuke continues to tame the energy of nature, just as he always does.

But suddenly, Yosuke sensed a strange energy in the air.

Gyutaro hurriedly arrived at Yosuke's room.

"Lord Yosuke, can you feel it?"

Yosuke nodded solemnly: "This power is somewhat similar to our demonic power, but its essence is different."

At the same time, Itachi hurriedly came to find Yosuke.

"Master! The Land of Demons has requested assistance from all the ninja villages, and our Kagerou Village has also received a request for help!"

What did the letter say?