In Konoha, Naruto lies down

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The next day.

Naruto stepped into the Hokage Building and pushed open the door of the Hokage's office on the top floor. He never had the habit of knocking on Tsunade's door, so he just pushed the door open and walked in.

"What's the matter again?" Tsunade supported herself on her elbows and looked at him boredly.

Before he could say anything, Tsunade on the opposite side suddenly waved her hand and said, "Let's talk about the things you are doing later. Now I will formally inform you of something."

"What's the matter?" Naruto was a little surprised. It was the first time that Tsunade spoke in such a formal tone.

"Regarding your status as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki," she said, standing up. "Since the Nine-Tails is no longer in your body, it means that you are no longer the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Konoha no longer possesses a tailed beast."

"This news has spread, and all parties will react soon."

"It was announced to the public?" Naruto asked, "When did it happen?"

"Yes, an hour ago." Tsunade said calmly, "This was Jiraiya's request. The higher-ups didn't agree, but I agreed."

"The truth will come to light sooner or later. The landscape of the ninja world has changed. Konoha has been losing and has never realized where the problem lies. Konoha should trust and rely on the power of the younger generation, not suppress them."

"Lady Tsunade is really courageous." Naruto said with a smile.

Hearing this, Tsunade rolled her eyes at him, sat back down, and said with a sigh.

"Let's not talk about this. What do you want?"

So, Naruto repeated the mission of the Snow Country again. When mentioning Fenghua Xiaoxue, he omitted as much unnecessary information as possible.

"But you're going to the Land of Rain with Jiraiya on a survey mission. The Land of Snow is too far from Konoha, and you're planning on sailing out to sea?"

"Of course not," Naruto shook his head. "I hope to borrow the village's space ninja tools. This will greatly reduce the mission time."

"Space Ninja Tool?" Tsunade frowned subconsciously. "It's been a long time since we used it. The half-finished product made by the Second Hokage is probably no longer effective now."

"I can fix it," Naruto said.

"What?" Tsunade looked at Naruto and said, "Are you kidding me? ...You are not serious, are you?"

"It's true." He nodded. "I can fix it."

The so-called restoration was engraving, and he had also done the engraving on Flying Thunder God. The principles were similar, and he wasn't completely sure, but for now, he had to see it first to know.

As for the space ninja tool, it's pure guesswork.

Naruto just felt that with the Second Hokage's personality in developing the Impure World Reincarnation technique, it made no sense for him to lose interest in space ninjutsu after developing Flying Thunder God halfway through.

After all, the second generation is a well-known old sixth. He is the Hokage who combined the Impure World Reincarnation and multiple detonating tags to create the ancestor bomb. He is a real ruthless person in the ninja world.

The first generation of Senju Hashirama: For the sake of peace in the ninja world, I will kowtow to everyone.

Second-generation Senju Tobirama: For the sake of peace in the ninja world, everyone please kowtow to me.

But now...if that kind of ninja tool really exists, I can try to use it after repairing it.

The Snow Country was indeed a long way off, and the Rain Country investigation mission was about to begin. If it weren't for the added security of the Rain Country mission, he would have chosen to postpone the Snow Country mission.

Tsunade thought about it and nodded.

"can."

After getting Tsunade's approval, Naruto was led by Shizune into the secret room and saw the huge space-jumping ninja tool. It was old and could only carry one or two people.

He looked carefully and found that it was indeed activated by marks and chakra. Even after repair, the maximum range it could convey was still a long way from the Snow Country.

After confirming that it could be repaired, he obtained the secret key from Jingyin and exited the secret room first.

On the roof opposite the hot spring.

"You said you had to go on a mission first?" Jiraiya turned and asked, "How long?"

"It won't take long, about ten days," he said. "I also need to prepare some things, so I came here specifically to inform you, the Lecherous Immortal."

"Is this a notification?" Jiraiya found it a little funny. "Is this a warning? Are you afraid that I will sneak into the Rain Country to investigate in advance?"

"I can't stop you if you insist on going." Naruto didn't deny it, "I'll go alone anyway, so I have no objection if you insist on going first."

Jiraiya was speechless and thought to himself how come this brat's personality was even worse than Tsunade's.

Naruto returned to the secret room and spent two days repairing the ninja tool before starting his first experiment. He wanted to see what was on the other side of the mark, which was probably located at the border of the Land of Lightning.

Meanwhile, the news of Konoha losing the Kyuubi had been out for two days.

The news came so suddenly that the village was in an uproar, but soon quieted down. The news released by the Hokage Building was that Naruto was never the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

"It turns out I've been blaming him wrongly all along. But it happened so long ago, and it's all because of those people in the Hokage Building who took so long to clarify. If you knew the truth, why didn't you tell us earlier?"

Some people feel guilty but are unwilling to admit that they have done something wrong.

"That's right, maybe the Nine-Tailed Fox has long been gone from Konoha. For the benefit of the village, they actually sacrificed a child... It's really terrible." Someone raised this voice.

The conflict immediately shifted to the higher-ups, causing pressure to soar inside the Hokage Building, and a small number of people in the village expressed their dissatisfaction.

But some people didn't care. "That kind of thing is not a big deal. No one bullied him when I was a child... Isn't the most important thing now that the village has lost the Nine-Tailed Fox? How can we compete with the other four kingdoms?"

"The point is, the village has lost the Kyuubi. Will war break out again?"

There is no memory in Konoha, and no one cares about things that have nothing to do with them.

The top brass was equally concerned about this, constantly monitoring the reactions of the four major nations and the surrounding smaller nations. Perhaps the most affected was the Sand Village, which had just signed an alliance agreement with Konoha.

"This is sheer nonsense!" said advisor Mitomon Yan. "How can you spread the news at this time? The village is not prepared to deal with it yet."

"The Sand Village has already sent people to negotiate. Let's think about how to deal with it." Danzo sat in a high position and said indifferently, "Allies can also become enemies who stab you in the back. Konoha has seen a lot of such things."

"Godaime, how do you explain this?" Utane Koharu looked at Tsunade unhappily. "News has come from the Anbu in Kumogakure that the Raikage Ai and a group of high-ranking officials are already discussing measures to be taken against Konoha."

Tsunade sat at the head of the table, her brow furrowed.

Chapter 235: Do you still want to waste time here?

"The Sunagakure people are here. How do we explain this to them?" Danzo asked gloomily. "Does this mean that Konoha no longer has the qualifications to be an ally?"

"Konoha's status and value do not depend on the Nine-Tails." Tsunade tapped her forehead on the table to emphasize, "When did the Nine-Tails become Konoha's strategic weapon?"

"My opinion has never changed, whether before or now." She spoke forcefully, her beautiful eyes sweeping around the table. "The Nine-Tails is always just a sealed tailed beast."

Under pressure from Tsunade, the two advisors and Danzo fell silent. As the granddaughter of the First Hokage, she was known for her assertiveness, having been the one to distribute the Tailed Beasts one by one.

I couldn't afford to argue, so I just changed the subject.

"What about Sunagakure?"

"What should we do?" Tsunade stood up impatiently, leaving everyone with her back. "What should we do? If we break the alliance because of a mere tailed beast, there will be no hope for Konoha."

With that, Tsunade left on her high heels.

.........

"This mark is a little special." Naruto was in the secret room repairing the second generation's space ninja tool and pondered for a long time, "Could it be a random teleportation?"

"Damn it! If we teleport randomly, won't we have to do this over and over again? The problem is, once we teleport, we can't get back!"

He scratched his head and felt depressed.

He had barely left the house these past two days, staying in this secret room. He and Jiraiya had agreed on a ten-day trip, and now two days had already passed and they were still leaving.

If we delay any further, the only way to reach the Snow Country is to sail to the sea.

"What kind of rubbish is the second-generation tinkering with? Why not make it better?" He complained and kicked the ninja tool, but the ninja tool started to turn like a tractor with a clang.

"No way?" Naruto's pupils dilated slightly and he took two steps back.

Inside the secret room, the clanging noises continued for a while, then finally died down. The rustling of scrap metal twitched for a moment, leaving behind the glowing mark of the repaired Flying Thunder God.

With a rustle, the door was opened and the secretary in black stockings walked in quietly and asked.

"How is it? Is it fixed?"

"No." Naruto sighed and said softly, "It will take some time, maybe another day or two..."

"Then continue to repair it. I will come here every day. If you need anything, just tell me." Jingyin smiled. "Don't be too anxious. It's okay to spend more time on it."

"The Rain Country mission can be postponed. Tsunade-sama will speak for Jiraiya-sama."

"Hmm?" Naruto noticed something was wrong and asked with a frown, "Why did you suddenly let go? Did something happen?"

"Nothing." Shizune said, "Lady Tsunade announced that Konoha no longer has the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and there's been a lot of commotion in all directions."

"Tsunade-sama means that this is due to poor management within Konoha and has nothing to do with you. If the ninja tool is successfully repaired, you can go to the Snow Country to carry out the mission first."

This means that he should stay out of the limelight, which is a clear indication.

Naruto thought for a while, and although he wanted to do something for Tsunade, he decided to finish his mission in the Snow Country and the more important mission in the Rain Country first, so he nodded and said.

"okay, I get it."

"Well, I'll be leaving first." Shizune waved her hand.

The outside public opinion and the pressure faced by Konoha have nothing to do with him for the time being. He knows very well that Tsunade and Jiraiya are more capable than him. As long as the two are still in Konoha, Konoha will not be able to turn the tide.

Another day passed, and there was still no progress in the repair process.

On the fourth day, Naruto corrected the coordinates and finally teleported a ball of paper. The approximate location was locked in the Land of Rain, or possibly the Land of Grass.

At the same time, a ball of paper fell lightly from the tower where Payne was, and was quickly wetted by the rain.

Pain Tiandao raised his head, flew into the rain, took the paper, unfolded it in his hand, and wrote a few simple notes.

"I'm Danzo, I'm coming to your house tonight."

With a snap, the wet paper ball was thrown out. It flew into the rain, fell from the tower, and soon hit the ground and disappeared and dissolved.

Day .

A rabbit fell from the sky over the Land of Grass, a live fish fell from the sky over the Land of Hot Springs, and a chicken fell from the sky over the Hidden Cloud Village. The sight of animals falling from the sky was repeated across the country, but it didn't attract much attention.

Yunyin Village.

The Fourth Raikage Ai was sitting in the Raikage's office, listening to Darui telling a story about a chicken, and he suddenly became angry.

With a bang, Ai slammed the desk hard, unable to bear it any longer.

"I'm asking about the news of Konoha's Nine-Tails, and you're telling me a story about a chicken? The world is so big, what's wrong with a chicken falling from the sky? What a fuss!"

"Sorry, we don't have any more information at the moment." Darui said nervously, "We've already sent people to the Konoha border to investigate. We'll report back once we have the results."

With a snap, the Fourth Raikage Ai slapped his forehead with an expression of extreme pain.

"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense next time."

"Where are Samui and the others? You should also go to the border and add some pressure to Konoha."

"Yes." Darui walked out of the office.

The burly Raikage sat back in his office chair and rubbed his temples in pain. Ever since the death of the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, he had become the fastest man in the ninja world.

The Land of Lightning is located overseas, and the Hidden Cloud Village is even more isolated from the world.

As one of the five great ninja villages, the Hidden Cloud Village is actually quite powerful, only slightly weaker than Konoha. It has two tailed beasts, the two-tailed and the eight-tailed, both of which can transform into tailed beasts.

This means that with two mobile Tailed Beast Ball cannons, they have a certain deterrent effect on major countries. However, compared to Konoha's Nine-Tails, they are still inferior.

Now that the Nine-Tails has disappeared, it is a blow to Konoha, but it is an opportunity for the Hidden Cloud Village to become bigger and stronger.

As the Kage of one of the five major ninja villages, the Raikage Ai is an ambitious man.

As time went by, Konoha gradually declined, and those ninjas who once dominated the ninja world disappeared one by one. On the other hand, under his leadership, the Hidden Cloud Village had emerged from the dilemma of self-righteousness and nepotism during the reign of the Third Raikage Ai.

Konoha is on the decline and Kumogakure is slowly rising. He believes that the ninja world needs a stronger voice, and that voice is destined to come from Kumogakure Village.

Raikage Ai stood up, walked to the window, and looked out at the top of the sea of ​​clouds.

"After finding out the truth, we can put some pressure on Konoha. Even the legendary Sannin are a thing of the past. They don't know how to develop the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts. What a waste of talent."

Day .

"You're not going to ask for live chickens again, are you?" Jingyin was about to cry, clutching his shoulders and saying, "Do you know how many live chickens I've caught for you in the past two days?"

"Thirty-five! Thirty-five in total! And there are live fish, more than forty of them, so slippery. I get sick just looking at fish now."

Naruto could only scratch his head and chuckle. It was indeed a bit inappropriate to let the beautiful medical director catch his cock personally, but...

"Sister Shizune, didn't you say you needed me?" Naruto said, "Besides, I have a small favor to ask Sister Shizune for."

"That being said, I don't want to catch chickens or fish anymore." Jingyin's face turned pale.