This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

"We must stockpile some strategic materials, especially ninja tools that consume a lot of energy, in case of emergency."

"The amount this time is so huge that I'm afraid someone will have to go to the Iron Kingdom in person."

Sarutobi Hiruzen whispered to Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En that such matters were usually handled personally by the two Hokage advisors.

"This"

Mitomon En looked embarrassed, and a hint of imperceptible embarrassment flashed in his eyes.

"Ok?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked puzzled, not understanding why Mito Kado En had such an expression.

"actually"

"I recently went to the hospital and found out that I have periarthritis."

“I should have gone, but…”

"Men Yan has also been assigned management tasks recently, so..."

At this time, it was Utane Koharu who spoke first, with a hint of embarrassment in her eyes.

The Iron Country is covered in ice and snow, and the environment is harsh. It is indeed not suitable for Utane Koharu to go there at this time.

"Hahaha!!!"

"I thought something was wrong, congratulations!"

"It's alright, I'll let Tsunade go then."

Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed and said that in this chaotic world, it was not easy for a ninja to have offspring. As they were old friends for many years, Sarutobi Hiruzen would not be so strict on such matters.

"Thank you, Hiruzen."

Mitomon En thanked Sarutobi Hiruzen and eventually passed the task to Tsunade.

Chapter 208: The joy of working is beyond your imagination

The land of earth, Rock Hidden.

In the Tsuchikage's office, a short, middle-aged man with rosacea kept pacing back and forth in the office, seemingly thinking about something.

He is the undisputed ruler of the Iwagakure Village today - Ohnoki!

Speaking of Iwagakure, the situation was actually very similar to Kirigakure before.

In the later period of the First Shinobi World War, due to the uneven distribution of spoils with Kirigakure, a large number of elite soldiers from Iwagakure and Kirigakure were killed, and the Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage died together.

The two villages became enemies because of this and entered the period of the "Third Generation" rule together.

However, unlike the Third Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village, Taki Mizunoe, Ōnoki's succession to the Tsuchikage was very smooth.

Because Ohnoki himself is the grandson of the first Tsuchikage, Tsuchikawa, and the direct disciple of the second Tsuchikage, Mu, he has been trained to be a Tsuchikage almost since he was a child, and is the legitimate "third generation of Tsuchikage".

In addition, Ohnoki himself was extremely talented and had a high prestige in Iwagakure, so it was natural for him to succeed the Third Tsuchikage.

Looking at Kirigakure, Taki Mizunoe's path to succeeding the Third Mizukage was already full of bumps. After taking office, his control over the village was still insufficient, leading to endless infighting within the village.

From then on, differences gradually began to emerge between the two villages.

Ohnoki worked hard to govern and was committed to the post-war recovery of Iwagakure.

Under his governance, since the end of the First Shinobi World War, Iwagakure has recovered to its former peak state and entered the ranks of the "powerful" among the five major countries, especially the Jonin who represents the core combat power of the village.

At this moment, Iwagakure is the ninja village with the largest number of jonin besides Konoha.

The only drawback is that combat power above the Jonin level is relatively scarce in the Iwagakure Village.

This is also related to the concept within the Iwagakure, because most of the Iwagakure are good at earth escape, and because earth escape has the characteristic of being able to be used in combination.

Most of the Rock Ninjas emphasize "coordinated combat" and "team spirit".

This also makes the Rock Ninja extremely good at large-scale combat, and there are very few outstanding individuals.

But there are gains and losses. The Iwagakure, who are good at large-scale combat, are somewhat weak in individual combat such as assassination, reconnaissance and harassment.

Ohnoki looked at the information in his hand, his eyes flickering.

More than ten years have passed. After Ohnoki succeeded to the throne, he worked diligently in the position of Tsuchikage for more than ten years in order to lead Iwagakure to expand its territory and bring the village to new heights.

Ohnoki was not only a powerful ninja, but also a qualified politician.

He is like a rock, very patient.

Finally, at this moment, he finally got the opportunity he had always wanted.

In the calm pond of the Ninja World, a Salamander suddenly appeared, stirring up the entire pond water!

This gave him the opportunity to fish in troubled waters!

At this moment, Ohnoki did not want to take advantage of this opportunity to challenge the undisputed overlord of the ninja world - Konoha!

Because he knew that it was far from the right time, and the horror of Konoha was still fresh in Ohnoki's memory.

He did not think that the current Iwagakure could bring down Konoha. Iwagakure still needed nutrients and growth.

His target is - Yunyin!

Or rather, the small country controlled by Kumogakure - the Kingdom of the Moon!

Of course, if given the chance, he wouldn't mind seizing control of a few small countries from Konoha.

To become strong, you need not only the accumulation of time, but also the supply of nutrients.

For big countries, the best nutrients come from the small countries around them.

So late at night, an order came from the Tsuchikage's office.

For the parties involved, Sand Village and Amegakure, this war, in which each side received fifty lashes in the end, did not bring any decisive impact.

When Chiyo and Ebizo returned to the Sand Village with a group of Sand Ninjas who had returned from a bloody battle, they thought they would be warmly welcomed by the Third Kazekage, but they did not expect that there were only a few sparse Sand Ninjas waiting at the gate of the Sand Village.

Whenever a ninja returns victorious from a battle, it is a basic practice for the village to organize people to welcome him at the door.

Although Chiyo and Ebizo only "took a draw", it was still considered a great achievement considering that the Sand Ninja only dispatched less than one-third of their combat power and their opponent was a "demigod of the ninja world".

The Third Kazekage's behavior clearly showed that he had something against the two of them.

Not only that, looking around, the entire Sand Village looked empty, with not even a single person in sight.

Could it be that the Third Kazekage himself didn't want to come, but forcibly ordered others not to come?

Seeing this, Chiyo's face suddenly became gloomy.

At this moment, the cuts on Chiyo's body from Hanzo the Salamander have not healed yet, and her whole body is covered with scars like earthworms.

At first glance, it looks as scary as a ghost.

"Where are Lord Kazekage and the others?"

Chiyo coldly questioned a Sand Ninja who was lining up to welcome them.

Seeing Chiyo's unfriendly expression, the Sand Ninjas complained bitterly. There was a saying among the entire Sand Ninjas.

"It is better to offend Fengying than to offend the elders."

The "elders" among them are Chiyo and Ebizo in front of us.

After all, the Third Kazekage, Sandetsu, is still young and has very little say within the Sand Village. On the other hand, Chiyo and Ebizo, brother and sister, are not only disciples of the Second Kazekage, but also have unfathomable strength and control the Sand Village's puppeteer troops.

If you want strength, you have strength; if you want reputation, you have reputation.

As we all know, there are few mentally sound puppeteers, and they are also extremely good at making poisons. Even within the Sand Ninja, there are few who dare to mess with the puppeteer.

At the moment, the Sand Ninja didn't dare to offend the two elders in front of him, so he told them everything.

"Lord Kazekage"

"He, he went to dig iron sand."

"The others were also taken by Master Fengying to dig for iron sand."

The Sand Ninja spoke tremblingly, and his answer made Chiyo stunned on the spot.

"what?!"

In the Kingdom of Wind, in a desert.

The Third Kazekage, dressed in a white gauze dress, paced back and forth with his eyes closed, and slowly stopped at a position.

"Yes, this is it!"

At that moment, a gleam of light flashed in his (Zhao De's) eyes.

"rise!"

He slowly formed seals with his hands, and with the surge of a large amount of chakra, a huge amount of iron sand surged out from the bottom of the desert and finally came to the surface.

"very good!"

The Third Kazekage waved his hand, and the Sand Ninjas behind him came forward, waving shovels and loading iron sand into the cart behind them.

Seeing this, the Third Kazekage nodded in satisfaction.

You can’t imagine the joy of digging iron sand.

"Aqiu!!"

Suddenly, he sneezed and frowned slightly.

"It seems like someone is talking about me behind my back?"

The Third Kazekage frowned slightly and muttered secretly in his heart.

He vaguely felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but he quickly put it all behind him.

"Never mind, nothing is more important than digging for iron sand!"

Thinking of this, the Third Kazekage immediately became motivated again!

Just one word, dig cold!

The joy of working is beyond your imagination.

Chapter 209, Secret Peace

When Hanzo of the Salamander controlled his exhausted body to return to the Rain Village, the morale of the entire Rain Village was low.

This situation made it difficult for Hanzo of the Salamander to directly launch a war against the Iwagakure, so he had no choice but to order a rest.

After a great battle, Hanzo of the Salamander became deeply aware of the shortcomings of the Rain Ninja.

Whether it is fighting determination, morale, will or the most critical combat effectiveness, there is a qualitative gap between the half-baked Rain Ninjas and the ninjas of the five major countries.

At this moment, Hanzo of the Salamander recalled what Mizunoe Ryosuke had once said to him.

"Is the frog's sky destined to be limited by the walls of the well?"

Salamander Hanzo sat in the small courtyard where it was rainy all year round, looking a little dazed.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the bet with Mizunoe Ryosuke, and soon his mood calmed down again.

"Never give up!"

Salamander Hanzo clenched his hands into a fist.

Even if he only has one person and one pair of hands, he will realize his dream and carry the Rain Ninja to the top of the ninja world!

He, Hanzo, will never surrender!!!

Thinking of this, a hint of determination appeared in Hanzo's eyes.

Fortunately, although he did not achieve his goal of winning, Hanzo of the Salamander also achieved the most basic requirement for realizing his plan - a draw.

At present, it seems that there is still hope for Hanzo's plan to be achieved.

At this moment, his trusted minister, the Salamander Kami Tatsu, suddenly came.

"Master Hanzo, a ninja has come before you, claiming to be the messenger of the Iwagakure."

"Look"

The Salamander Shenda asked the Salamander Hanzo with some hesitation.

After all, according to Hanzo's plan, after defeating the Sand Ninja, it's time to attack the Rock Ninja.

At this critical moment, the Iwa Ninja suddenly came, but no one knew what his intention was.