Naruto, aspiring to become a well-known figure in the ninja world

It is true that he is willing to burn everything for Konoha.

Of course, it would not be possible to let Danzo take the person back like this to train as a Root ninja.

Kimimaro and Haku, who are only about one or two years old at present, can become the high-end combat force of Konoha in the future if they are well trained. Gojo Kegetsu has already prepared to snatch them from Danzo.

As for the last prosperity log, why did it increase?

Before the specific information was transmitted back to Konoha, Gojo Jieyue could only give his simple guess -

The power relationship between the elders, advisors, and the shadow of the village seems to be in natural opposition.

When both sides agree, the government is in harmony and no matter what kind of policy is implemented, it can be well implemented. But when the opinions are different, they will hinder each other and greatly hinder the development of a village.

The former Konoha was in the latter situation, but it was still dwarfed by the Hidden Mist.

In Kirigakure, the Mizukage is always changing, but the elders are always the same. The Mizukage has been replaced three times, but the Grand Elder Yuanshi is still standing firm. The Mizukage is the representative of the highest fighting force in Kirigakure, while the Grand Elder Yuanshi is the actual supreme leader of Kirigakure.

Under such a deformed system, Ying's serious injury and coma will not affect the normal operation of the village too much like in other villages.

It even concentrated the power in the hands of the Yuanshi more to establish the external policy of Kirigakure.

In this case, although there will not be a policy of direct revenge against Konoha and Kumogakure, it should not increase Konoha's prosperity either.

Gojo Kegetsu could only assume that the Fourth Mizukage was probably exposed for being controlled by illusion, and something happened that caused him to die or be seriously injured, and he could no longer lead Kirigakure.

The fact that the village lost a Kage-level warrior forced the Master to make friends with other villages in order to end the blood mist rule and stop the internal friction in the village.

The object of friendship is naturally Konoha, as for Konoha absorbing the blood of the Land of Water and Danzo kidnapping the bloodline ninja...

Smart old politicians will choose to temporarily put aside real hatred and embrace false peace!

But it doesn’t matter, even if it’s fake, Gojo Jieyue will make it real!

"Nara-senpai, you know Kirigakure's military strength very well. But I know Kirigakure's politicians' minds better than anyone else. Let's wait and see!"

"It seems... Advisor Gojo is quite confident about the bet." Nara Shikaku couldn't help but hold his forehead and laughed: "He firmly believes that he will win."

"Of course, I will win."

"It's almost time. Order the ninjas to pack up and take away all the resources they can tonight. Go back and settle the mission rewards for [Mist Hidden Free Action]."

"There's a lot of trouble ahead."

……

……

Kirigakure Village.

The Senate Chamber was dead silent at this moment. The chair that symbolized the Mizukage was empty, and the seats of the elders were also missing many familiar figures, making it seem a little deserted.

Although the rebellion was quelled, Kirigakure suffered heavy losses.

Yuanshi, who was sitting at the head of the group, leaning on a snake-shaped wooden staff, was the first to break the silence: "Qing, please report on the current situation of our Kirigakure."

The 30-year-old Qing's right eye had been replaced with the "trophy" obtained from the battle with the Hyuga clan in the Third Ninja World War. At this moment, blood was flowing out of his right eye under the eye patch, and it was obvious that the injury was serious.

"Yes, Master Yuanshi."

"This rebellion was mainly divided into two forces. The former was the 'bloodline rebellion' led by the Kaguya clan in the village and united with other bloodline families. They were all wiped out, but in the process, an unidentified organization kidnapped a child from the Kaguya family and a child from the Ice Release family."

"The other group... only has the former elite jonin, Hoshigaki Kisame, who attacked and severely injured the Yondaime and has now defected from the village and become a traitor."

"At the same time, during the treatment process, I discovered that the Fourth Generation Master was under a genjutsu and had been under control for a long time, but it has now been lifted by my Byakugan."

After hearing Qing's last report, the master unconsciously exerted force on his crutch and snorted coldly: "The Kage of a village has been controlled for a long time. This news must not be leaked out and must be kept as a top-level secret. This is related to our reputation and voice in the ninja world."

“Who controls it?”

"I don't know yet."

"Use all your strength to find the lost Kaguya and Ice Release Child. We must not allow the bloodline of our Kirigakure to leak out. This will become the bane of Kirigakure in the future."

The council hall fell silent again for a long time. "With our Kirigakure medical means, is it impossible to restore Yagura's consciousness?"

Qing was speechless for a moment, thinking to himself, "Don't you know what the medical level of our Kirigakure is? If you get an incurable injury, you're usually thrown directly into the sea to be treated by a great shark."

"Lord Yagura has been controlled by Gensaku for a long time, and the chakra of the tailed beast in his body has been disordered. In addition, he was severely injured by the sneak attack..."

"At present, we can only maintain the most basic vital signs of the Fourth Hokage through the induction of water. If we want to cure the Fourth Hokage... I am afraid that only one person in the entire ninja world can do it."

"You mean... Tsunade?"

"Yes, Master Yuanshi."

"Where are Tsunade's words now?"

"The latest information about Tsunade shows that she left Konoha Village and wandered around the Land of Fire. If you want to contact Tsunade to treat the Fourth Hokage... I'm afraid you'll have to contact someone from Konoha."

"With our current strength, it is difficult to expand our intelligence network to other countries."

Master Yuan narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

At this moment he probably really regretted it. If he had not condoned the blood mist policy of the two Mizukages, which resulted in the deaths or escapes of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and the extermination of the bloodline families one after another, the Kirigakure would not have become so weak.

Seeing that the master remained silent, Qing continued to report: "In addition, when the rebellion broke out in our Kirigakure, the two villages of Konoha and Kumogakure established bases in the Land of Hot Springs, taking advantage of the chaos to absorb the power and wealth that originally belonged to our Land of Water, Kirigakure."

“How should we respond to this?”

For a village to be sucked dry by external forces when it was in civil strife was undoubtedly a great shame. If it did not respond, it would undoubtedly be looked down upon by the big and small villages in the ninja world.

To put it more extremely, in public opinion they will even be excluded from the category of "Five Great Ninja Villages" and become "Four Great Ninja Villages".

Generally speaking, after encountering such an incident, the ninja village will adopt different policies based on its own strength.

For example, they issued a statement saying that the civil strife was caused by external forces behind the scenes. Kirigakure could easily put the blame on Kumogakure and Konoha for taking advantage of the situation. They could take advantage of the situation and squeeze the benefits they want from Konoha and Kumogakure.

But now Kirigakure has lost the Kage who sealed the tailed beast in his body, as well as an elite jonin who wielded a ninja sword and whose strength was almost the same as that of the Kage.

Can they do this? Do they dare to do this?

The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and the Fourth Raikage, who form the famous Abby team, also have the Two-Tails Jinchuriki hiding in the dark.

As for Konoha, it is not something Kirigakure can afford to retaliate against at this stage. Unless... they are ready to abandon the scepter in their hands and the chair under their buttocks, and take the risk of destroying the village and launching revenge at all costs.

But if Kirigakure lost face, that was Kirigakure's business, but the seat of power under their buttocks was real.

"Konoha...and Kumogakure, have they made any public statement?" Yuanshi closed his eyes in pain and could only accept this humiliating situation helplessly.

"Not yet, but it will probably take a day or two. With such a big commotion, other villages must have noticed it too." Qing said with a wry smile.

Now, it seems that we are in a dilemma.

Issue a strong statement, but cannot win.

If the statement is not issued, the chain reaction will be unbearable. To give a few simple examples, the number of commissions from employers will decrease, the investment from merchants will decrease, and the money in the hands of the Kirigakure will become less and less. In the end, the worst result is that even the war preparation materials cannot be gathered.

The Sand Village is also very poor, but they can still rely on the "gold sand" they once made to make ends meet. Without the supply of external resources, Kirigakure would really have nothing.

The Master's fingers tapped the scepter in his hand in a rhythmic pattern and he sighed, "At this point, all we can do is unite one village and condemn another."

"Qing, in your opinion, which village should we unite with, Konoha or Kumogakure?"

Qing immediately understood.

This is undoubtedly a compromise. It will neither expose the fact that Kirigakure, which is covered in the cloak of "blood mist", is strong on the outside but weak on the inside, nor will it offend both sides.

"In this situation, we should unite with the strongest village."

Once the topic was raised, the few remaining elders began a heated discussion.

"Hmm? Konoha, right?"

"It depends on the situation, but I think it's Konoha."

"It should be Konoha, right? It might be different if we don't count the Jinchuriki and the Sannin."

"Any village other than our Kirigakure and Kumogakure."

"Then...we must absolutely unite Konoha and make a stern statement to Kumogakure!"

As soon as the thought of throwing fire came to mind, the world suddenly became wider, and the master felt that his thoughts were broadened: "Another benefit of uniting Konoha is that we can entrust Konoha to find Tsunade to treat the Fourth Hokage."

"Let's speed up this matter."

"Unity is only temporary. When we, Kirigakure, become great again, it will be time to settle accounts with Konoha!"

The master knocked his scepter and determined the nature of this [Mist Hidden Freedom Operation].

Volume 63: The subordinates of the subordinates are not your subordinates

I am so happy that I can't help but gallop.

This is probably how Danzo feels at the moment. Ten Riders of the Jiewu Camp, he did it!

With a half-believing and half-doubting attitude, he crossed the sea and went deep into the Hidden Mist with only a dozen elite members of the Root.

Things were just as the Fourth Hokage had said to himself, "Look at Kirigakure in the distance." Kirigakure happened to have internal strife, and the entire village was leaderless, even close to being "defenseless."

If he led the Konoha headquarters ninjas to declare war on Kirigakure at this time, he might really have a chance to severely damage Kirigakure.

But unfortunately, Danzo only brought more than ten ninjas.

But... this is enough.

Danzo, who was keen on taboos, led the Root Ninja into Kirigakure and did not focus on "cash" or "ninja swords" the first time he entered. He knew very well that there was only one purpose for his trip -

Fermented bean curd mist hidden bloodline ninja!

Whether by robbing or cheating, they must plunder the bloodline of Kirigakure just like Kirigakure plundered the Byakugan of Konoha.

"I laugh at that Yagura's lack of wisdom and Yuanshi's lack of strategy. I don't know what a bloodline ninja means to the village."

Even Danzo knew that the bloodline ninjas were a force that the village must unite with, with the exception of the Uchiha of course.

Even if he has to kill them, at least leave two sparks to prevent the bloodline from being cut off. If he were Danzo, he would definitely do so!

Danzo suppressed his excitement, quickly shuttled through the branches, and ran back to the village like a ninja. From time to time, he looked back at the two bloodline children who were in a coma and were carried on his shoulders like trophies.

Many taboo words have popped up in my mind.

Things like "human experiments", "bloodline extraction", "brainwashing", "personality implantation"... It's too easy to control a one-year-old bloodline child.

Just thinking about it made Danzo feel extremely excited.

Of course, everyone has their own expertise. In the fields of "human experiments" and "bloodline extraction", Orochimaru is more proficient, and the two often cooperate privately.

only……

"Orochimaru has been acting too frequently lately. What on earth does he want to do?"

Soon, Danzo led the Root ninjas to the gate of Konoha.

Although there is an experimental base outside the village, Danzo chose to return to his base camp after all, as he had kidnapped someone's bloodline ninja and there was no guarantee that there would be pursuers behind him. At the same time, Konoha's root base also has the most comprehensive instruments and equipment.

But as soon as he returned to the gate of Konoha Village, Danzo gradually slowed down his pace.

“Why are there so many outsiders?”

Because they live in an overseas country with high humidity all year round, the people of the Water Country can still find differences between them and the people of the Fire Country if they observe carefully.

With Danzo's keen observation skills, he discovered that all those blocking the gate of Konoha and waiting in line to enter were people from the Land of Water.

Some of them exude Genin-level chakra, some are fat and big-eared and look like wealthy merchants, and some look honest and are followed by four or five women... At a glance, just a rough count shows that the number of people has exceeded a thousand.

Danzo frowned repeatedly. Although he knew that Gojo Kegetsu was issuing the [Mist Village Free Operation], the number of people he brought back... weren't they too many?

According to Danzo's idea, it would be enough to pick out a hundred or eighty elites from the group of fleeing refugees and return to Konoha. With thousands of people at once, is this guy really not afraid that the Kirigakure will come to demand an explanation?

"You are such a reckless boy. You have no idea what kind of trouble your actions will bring to the village. You think the village is your own. I will definitely report him to the Yondaime and Sarutobi."

Danzo snorted, "Let's go into the village."

The village opened a special passage for ninjas on missions outside. As long as Danzo showed the scar on his chin, even the most stubborn guards would let him pass without checking the people and goods he brought.

But the scar symbol, which had always been successful, encountered an obstacle this time.

The two people guarding the gate were ordinary people without chakra fluctuations. They were wearing strange uniforms with the words "Village Inspection" printed on their left chest.

"Please show me your ninja forehead protector."