My Role Was to Pretend Not to See

Although the Raikage is short-tempered and easily angered, it does not mean that he lacks intelligence.

While reckless fighting is exhilarating, it comes with unimaginable consequences, potentially dragging the village into utter ruin.

After calming down, the Raikage immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to persuade the Tsuchikage.

The Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, is cunning and shrewd, adept at concealing his true intentions. Compared to the new generation of Kage, Ōnoki has witnessed more darkness and is better at weighing pros and cons.

On one hand, Ōnoki was flirting with Kumogakure, expressing his willingness to form an alliance against Konoha. On the other hand, he remained inactive, hoping to take advantage of the Raikage's volatile personality to drag Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha into the Uzumaki Clan of war first, while he would watch the outcome of both sides from the sidelines.

However, those who know Ōnoki know that as the most senior of the Five Kage, Ōnoki has a wealth of experience, and Ōnoki can seize even the most fleeting opportunities.

Now that Hinata has been tied up with Kumogakure, Ōnoki no longer needs to worry.

At least Konoha doesn't have a ninja who can counter Dust Release.

"Okay! We'll do it your way!"

The Raikage roared, "Immediately notify the Tsuchikage and have him send troops to attack Konoha from both sides."

Mabui rubbed her temples, her head aching. Faced with Raikage's unpredictable actions, Mabui could only patiently analyze the pros and cons of the situation for him.

"Lord Raikage, among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, the one with the most ambiguous attitude is not Iwagakure, nor Sand Village, which has always maintained a mysterious Kirigakure."

"In fact, the attitudes of Iwagakure and Sand Village are already clear. They are both waiting for an opportunity. Once the time comes, they will attack Konoha without hesitation."

"However, Kirigakure..."

Mabui frowned slightly, saying with some incomprehension, "It seems that Kirigakure's attitude is leaning towards Konoha..."

The Raikage gritted his teeth and said, "Does Kirigakure still not understand the situation in the Shinobi World?"

"If we give Konoha a few more years, the balance of power among the Five Great Shinobi Villages will be lost. At that time, Konoha will be the only dominant power. Will we all have to obey Konoha's orders?"

Mabui also expressed his confusion. "I don't understand Kirigakure's thinking either, but if it's three against two, Sunagakure might also side with Konoha."

The Raikage n't unaware of the current situation in the Shinobi World, but just thinking about these things gave him a headache.

The Raikage is simply too lazy to think, but as a Kage, he is actually very good at listening to other people's opinions.

The threat posed by Konoha is obvious, yet so far, only Kumogakure has consistently been the first to take the lead in the entire Shinobi World.

Even Iwagakure, which had consistently supported Kumogakure, remained a bystander.

Mabui continued her analysis, "Konoha seems to want to resolve this peacefully. Perhaps the other villages are waiting for Konoha's attitude!"

Raikage: "..."

As a village where the regime is dominated by the Martial Combat arts faction, the Raikage Kumogakure most disgusted by these conspiracies and schemes.

While other villages were scheming, the Raikage also had to think about these things.

"Damn it! We've been treated like monkeys!"

'Boom!'

The newly installed desk was smashed to pieces by the Raikage's punch.

A few days ago, the Raikage stubbornly sent two thousand Cloud Ninja troops to the border, intending to put pressure on Konoha and the entire Shinobi World.

As soon as the major Shinobi Village sense the impending war, they immediately make corresponding strategic deployments.

For example, after receiving intelligence, Konoha immediately assembled a 2,000-strong ninja force to defend the border against Kumogakure.

When the Five Great Shinobi Villages in the Shinobi World simultaneously make strategic deployments and recall ninjas who have gone out on missions, the shadow of war will loom over the world.

Even if the original intention of each village was only to defend against enemy countries, this defense would soon evolve into war.

It wasn't until Mabui shared her analysis that Raikage suddenly realized he might have been the butt of a monkey show.

The only impact of the arrival of two thousand Cloud Ninja troops at the border was that Konoha dispatched Hinata and two thousand ninja troops to the border at the same time.

Iwagakure remained neutral, while Sunagakure and Kirigakure maintained their ambiguous stances.

Everyone is waiting for an outcome.

That is to have the Kumogakure send out strong individuals to probe Hinata's intelligence and strength.

"Mabui, I remember you said before that the Tsuchikage no longer needs to have any concerns... What does that mean?"

Mabui explained, "Although major Shinobi Village has its own objectives and is waiting for the right opportunity, the Tsuchikage is different from the other Kage. His objectives are the same as ours, but the Tsuchikage is cunning and unwilling to take risks easily."

The only Shinobi World that most want to attack Konoha are Hidden Cloud Village and Iwagakure. Sunagakure doesn't even have a Kage now, and its strength is at the very bottom of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Sunagakure wants to survive, it has no choice but to be a fence-sitter.

After a pause, Mabui continued, "Konoha wants us to test Hinata Hyuga's strength, attempting to use Hinata Hyuga's power to intimidate other countries. Iwagakure is also waiting for us to test Hinata Hyuga's strength before deciding how to deal with Konoha."

"Since that's the case, why don't we put on a show..."

"As long as we can prove that Hinata Hyuga's strength is not invincible, and that the claim of her being 'the ninja closest to the First Hokage's is just Konoha's self-praise, then His Tsuchikage will naturally make a decision."

Raikage pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then shouted, "Alright! We'll do as you say!"

The Raikage has always been extremely arrogant about his own strength and the strength of the Kumogakure.

Kumogakure) possesses two Jinchuriki, both of whom are Jinchuriki. After the Third Shinobi World War and the Nine-Tails' Rampage on Konoha, Kumogakure became the strongest shinobi village in the Shinobi World.

At that time, the only village that could rival Kumogakure was Iwagakure.

The Tsuchikage Ōnoki's Dust Release, along with the two Jinchuriki who mastered the power of the Tailed Beasts through their own training, made Iwagakure's strength no less than Kumogakure's.

However, in comparison, the Jinchuriki of Konoha and Sand Village are not yet mature, the villages are dwindling in talent, Chiyo of Sunagakure is old and frail, with only the Fourth Kazekage to support the overall situation.

If Konoha didn't still have two Legendary Sannin, its strength wouldn't be much different from Sunagakure.

Hinata's sudden rise to power was not only unexpected, but also caught everyone off guard.

If it were Hinata and the Rinnegan's battle report, the Raikage might not have cared too much.

After all, ignorance is bliss.

However, if we add the Second Tsuchikage, the Third Raikage, the Third Kazekage, and Orochimaru for comparison, then Hinata and the power of the Rinnegan would reach an extremely terrifying level.

Moreover, the power of the Impure World Reincarnation was clearly demonstrated in that battle.

According to intelligence, the Second Tsuchikage even used Dust Release at that time.

Under these circumstances, the Raikage was actually extremely wary of Konoha.

Despite the Raikage's boastful words, if Raikage were truly confident, he wouldn't have allied with Iwagakure; he would have single-handedly taken on Konoha.