Avengers of the Whirlpool Family

As the training process accelerated, time passed quickly.

During this period of time, several events occurred in the ninja world that were enough to attract the attention of ninja villages in various countries.

For example, the Sand Village, one of the five major ninja villages, went through several months of internal discussions.

Finally, he chose his own Fifth Kazekage.

This is different from the original story where it took a long time for Gaara, whose strength was almost at the level of Kage, to succeed as the Fifth Kazekage.

In this life, without Naruto's "instructions", Gaara's personality did not undergo a drastic change, and he did not become the most suitable candidate for Kazekage in the eyes of Chiyo and Ebizo. In addition, Gaara was indeed too young.

therefore.

After temporarily ruling out Gaara.

In such a large Sand Village, the most suitable candidate for the position of Kazekage stands out.

That is Maki, a close confidant of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, who is known as the best jonin of the Sand Village. Although from the perspective of personal strength, Maki is not worthy of the title of Kage, the Sand Village at this stage really cannot choose a suitable Kage candidate.

Machi was selected from among the short men as generals.

Barely qualified.

There were objections within the Sand Village, but with the support of Chiyo and Ebizo, Maki successfully ascended to the position of the Fifth Kazekage, and then, in the name of the Kazekage, he reaffirmed the alliance between him and the Konohagakure Village.

This also caused quite a stir in the ninja world.

There are only a few great powers.

There are two words that will definitely stand closely together.

It is very easy to affect the balance in the ninja world, not to mention that one of the parties is Konoha, the TOP existence. But because they have just experienced a Konoha collapse plan, the ninja villages in other countries are not really afraid of the alliance between Konoha and the Sand Village. Who can be sure when the next round of backstabbing will happen?

The alliance between ninja villages?

Isn't that the same thing as toilet paper?

Do not!

It should even be said that it is not necessarily more reliable than toilet paper. After all, toilet paper has its own fixed function. This so-called covenant is a joke in many cases. The relationship between ninja villages has never been maintained by any covenant, but by iron and blood, the result of naked declaration of strength, and the final product of interest distribution.

Therefore, almost all the ninja villages just looked on coldly.

Only the Hidden Cloud Village, under the order of the Fourth Raikage, who had a slightly rough temper, once again dispatched additional troops deployed in the Land of Hot Springs. This may be regarded as an imprint engraved in the DNA of successive Raikages. As long as there is a little opportunity, or out of fear, the Hidden Cloud Village will target Konoha from time to time. This has almost become a routine in the past few decades. Over the years, there was only one unexpected example in the Three Wars when the Hidden Cloud Village did not target Konoha, but chose to confront the Hidden Cloud Village.

In the rest of the time, whether there is something to do or not, the Hidden Cloud Village will attack Konoha once.

However, in the past ten years, I have had two or three good opportunities, but I missed them all for one reason or another.

This made the Fourth Raikage Ai feel very sorry.

Fire Nation.

Konoha!

This has always been the most delicious piece of fat in the eyes of the Fourth Raikage Ai. If he doesn't take a bite, he always feels like there are thousands of ants scratching in his heart.

I can't settle down for a moment.

This is different from the repeated pulling behavior of the Fourth Raikage Ai.

In the Iwagakure Village, Ohnoki, as the third Tsuchikage, has always been in a secure position. No matter whether it is the Sand Village's re-election of the Kazekage or the tug-of-war in the Kumogakure Village, Ohnoki has always been calm and composed.

This small change would not cause even the slightest ripple in Ohnoki's heart.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 231 Super Large Perception Barrier

For Ohnoki now.

There are only two most important things. One is to select a qualified or even excellent successor for oneself. This is a major event related to the future of the entire ninja village and there can be no ambiguity. The second is the alliance with Menma. Although Ohnoki seemed to have easily reached an alliance with Menma under Menma's persuasion.

But in reality, both Ōnoki and Menma knew it very well. This was a process of mutual exploitation.

Ohnoki wants to see if Menma can really inflict heavy damage on Konoha. If he can, this will be a sure-win deal. Even though Ohnoki is old, the old man still has the ambition to lead the Iwagakure Village to dominate the entire ninja world. Otherwise, more than ten years ago, he would not have led tens of thousands of Iwagakure ninjas to forcibly kill the Third Raikage. If it was really for self-protection, the Iwagakure Village could have declared victory when the Kumogakure ninjas retreated, and there was no need to keep the Third Raikage.

The reason is that the Third Tsuchikage also wants to take advantage of the situation to suppress the Hidden Cloud Village and even achieve more results, right?

But the old man still underestimated the strength of the Third Raikage.

Relying on his own strength, he managed to withstand the fierce attack of 10,000 of his own Iwagakure ninjas. It cannot be said that he killed a single one, but the number of Iwagakure killed or seriously injured was countless. As a result, the Iwagakure ninjas, who were obviously the victors, were unable to further expand their victory and instead had to retreat to the sphere of influence of their own ninja village.

Otherwise, with Ohnoki's character, he would definitely further pressure the Hidden Cloud Village and force it to spit out more things!

Ohnoki knew very well who the biggest enemy standing in the way of his ninja village's progress was. Or to be more precise, the structure of the five major ninja villages was determined as early as after the outbreak of the First Ninja World War.

There are only two ninja villages that can compete with Konoha for hegemony, and they are the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Iwagakure Village. Since the defeat in the First Ninja World War, the Hidden Sand Village has been in a downward trend just like the Hidden Takigakure Village. The Hidden Mist Village has many internal problems and its inherent disadvantages are also obvious. It is a typical existence that is good at self-preservation but unable to make progress.

If the Iwagakure Village could really destroy the Kumogakure Village in the Third Ninja World War, the target could be directly aimed at Konoha.

This was a rare miscalculation by the Third Tsuchikage, as he underestimated the power of the Third Raikage who was of the same generation as himself. After all, Ohnoki thought that it would be impossible for him to fight against ten thousand hostile ninjas without being able to fly and still inflict so many kills before dying in battle.

It was also because of that battle.

The rumor that the Third Raikage could fight the Eight-Tails on equal terms, which had been scoffed at by a large number of people, was finally fully recognized by the world.

One must have such strength to be able to hold off 10,000 Rock Ninjas for three full days, not to mention much else.

At least the Iwagakure side has to acknowledge the strength of the Third Raikage.

Otherwise, wouldn't that mean that the Rock Ninja's fighting power is worrying? ?

In any battle, the winning side should not belittle the opponent, because that would also lower the level of one's own side.

After that battle, Ohnoki became more cautious. Over the years, whether it was the Nine-Tails Rebellion 12 years ago, or the "Baiyan problem" between Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village several years ago, or the Konoha collapse plan nearly half a year ago, the Hidden Cloud Village led by Ohnoki faced it with an attitude of remaining unchanged in the face of all changes.

In Ohnoki's own words, he would not act rashly unless he had a clear chance of success.

In Ohnoki's view, the benefits must outweigh the risks before taking action. Of course, unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is an old turtle or even weak in mentality, he has simply become more cautious.

If there is a suitable opportunity, Ohnoki will still attack with lightning speed.

The alliance with Menma was the most decisive decision of the Third Tsuchikage. He wanted to use Menma to attack Konoha, and he was also ready to lead a team to capture Menma personally if the situation went wrong.

Nine tails!

The most powerful tailed beast in the world.

Such gains were enough for Ōnoki to take the risk.

Menma himself is very clear about this. During the past period of time, while strengthening his contact with Ōnoki, he also tried his best to hide his tracks and plans, although the secret of his stay in Takigakure Village would be exposed sooner or later.

As an ally, Ohnoki is more likely to learn about it in advance through some clues, but the longer he can hide, the better. Now he is not strong enough to truly face these powerful enemies in the ninja world, and Takigakure Village is not really ready to join the battlefield of the five major ninja villages.

The weak Takigakure Village is just a piece of cake in the eyes of the five major ninja villages if we don't consider Menma's combat effectiveness. Even the weakest Sand Village can still control Takigakure Village.

time!

It's still time!

What Menma needs most now is time.

And that was after two or three months of teaching and preparation.

Under the leadership of Menma.

The time has finally come for Takigakure Village to set up a super-large perception barrier for its own ninja village.

This is an important matter concerning the entire ninja village.

Therefore, when Menma informed Shibuki, it was already time to set up the barrier.

The leader of Takigakure Village was very excited.

He brought Ajun, Fushimi, Duolan and several other quasi-high-level ninjas of Takigakure Village to the scene.

Regarding the matter of setting up a perception barrier in his own ninja village.

Other people in the village didn't know.

However, these senior ninjas who were considered as the quasi-high-ranking officials of the village had learned about it one after another in the past one or two months.

Originally, these people didn't believe that Menma had such ability.

Everyone, including Ajun, was skeptical.

An extra-large perception barrier that is large enough to cover the entire ninja village.

This thing can really be set up by an ordinary person! ?

You have to know that at present, the knowledge of barrier techniques are all high-level confidential techniques that only the five major ninja villages possess, and to be more precise, only the Konohagakure Village can use them proficiently.

It is difficult for the other major ninja villages to be fully arranged.

Therefore, if these people want to believe that Menma can set up a large perception barrier, they really don't believe it.

Or rather, I am not willing to believe it.

But today, the reality is about to be laid out before us. Even those who don't believe it are telling themselves rationally that all this is about to come true. It's impossible for someone to set up a barrier knowing that it will fail, right?

Isn't that just slapping yourself in the face?

And the consequence of this is that his status and prestige in the village plummeted.

Ajun was skeptical about Menma, an outsider who joined in halfway, let alone Fushimi, Duolan and others. But compared to Ajun, they felt that it was a special arrangement by Elder Wu to suppress them so that the leader Shibuki could hold the power alone. Based on this point, it would be strange if these people had a good impression of Menma!

No matter what world it is in, preventing someone from getting rich is like killing their parents, not to mention the oppression of power.

Menma can see this very clearly, but he is not worried about the problems here at all.

If he fails, he will naturally die, and there will be no need to discuss these issues.

But if his plan goes smoothly, he can make Takigakure Village bigger and stronger. More often than not, the so-called internal struggles are the result of uneven distribution of interests. A qualified leader can only balance the situation and keep the village stable, but an excellent leader can definitely make the entire interest pie of the village bigger. As long as the benefits shared by everyone continue to expand, some problems may not disappear, but they will definitely be suppressed.

At this time, whoever comes out to make trouble will be the public enemy.

This is what Menma has to do now. Setting up the perception barrier is only the first step. To gain benefits for the village, he must first make them feel safe and let these people understand that following him is the right thing to do.

People will only choose to look higher when it is safe!

"Point One is ready!"

"Point No. 2 is also ready!"

"Point No. 3 still needs to debug the instruments."

"The barrier seal at point 4 will be burned soon."

"Point five..."

"Point six..."

At the scene, the Taki ninjas, who had been trained by Menma for two months, were now under Menma's command, making the final preparations before setting up the barrier at 12 equal points on the outskirts of Takigakure Village.

This is an extra-large perception barrier. Menma is the core point and the key point for performing the ritual, while the other twelve points serve as auxiliary points to control the entire barrier. As long as the barrier is successfully deployed, the Taki ninjas responsible for these 12 points will be needed in the future to conduct regular stable control and inspection.

This arrangement was also the conclusion that Menma came to after referring to the super-large barrier of the Hidden Leaf Village.

12 points, no more, no less.

Just enough.

If there are too many, the requirements for the barrier will be higher.

If there is too little, it will not be easy to stabilize when the coverage area is limited. This is the result that Menma finally determined after many tests.

But in the end, can it be arranged successfully?

be honest.

Menma himself wasn't 100% sure.

It's not that there's a lack of control or that the equipment is not ready. After all, this is the first time that Menma has set up a large barrier. All of it was just talk before, and there's no practical experience at all. Naturally, Menma doesn't dare to guarantee it. If it's purely based on theory, there's naturally a 70% to 80% or even higher probability that it can be set up successfully. But there are always accidents, and who can be sure that other situations won't arise during the setting process?

Of course, worry is worry.

Menma will not show even a trace of it on the surface.

He always looks confident.

"Very good, hurry up and make sure to make the final confirmation for the remaining unprepared locations. Do you understand?"

Menma issued his orders one by one in an orderly manner through the walkie-talkie. Although the technology tree of this world is off, some high-tech products still appear. The current usable range of things like walkie-talkies is not too wide, but within a certain range, there is no problem in transmitting information.

"Yes, Master Yifang!"