Land of Earth.
Iwagakure.
This is a place surrounded by high mountains and is known as the strongest fortress in the entire ninja world. It is also a valley that is relatively isolated from the outside world.
Whether people inside want to go out or people outside want to come in, it is extremely difficult.
And under the leadership of Third Tsuchikage Onoki, the entire village is in a state of unprecedented prosperity and stability. During the war, tens of thousands of ninjas could even be mobilized to participate in the war.
If the gap between High-end combat power is discarded, Stone Ninja can be said to have the largest number of ninjas among Five Great Nations.
Because of this, Third Tsuchikage Onoki is very ambitious and wants to expand Land of Earth's power.
But unfortunately, several foreign wars ended in draws, or in other words, failures.
He felt that his body was getting older day by day, and so far the village had not been able to find a talent who could inherit Dust Release. He was in a state of anxiety.
I'm afraid that one day I can't hold on anymore and die, and Stone Ninja will have no successor, and will be pinned to the ground and rubbed repeatedly by the gang of feuding Cloud Ninja, just like Sand Ninja next door to Konoha Village.
Just when Onoki was thinking about who to train as the next Tsuchikage's successor all day long, an opportunity suddenly appeared in front of him.
That was the sudden destruction of Grass Ninja Village!
Although from the intelligence point of view, the individual or organization that destroyed Grass Ninja is very likely to have mastered the very clever Earth Release forbidden technique, which is very similar to Stone Ninja's style.
But he knew very well that he did not send anyone to do this at all.
However, in line with the principle of not taking advantage of the bastard, he immediately sent out men to try to complete the actual occupation of Land of Grass before Konoha could react.
But what a coincidence, Konoha also sent some people to try to stabilize Land of Grass.
As a result, both sides each occupied half of the land of Land of Grass, and were engaged in a secret war for control of several strategic locations.
In order to realize his long-cherished wish, Third Tsuchikage not only sent his own son, but also sent several teams composed of Jonin and Special Jonin.
Prepare to compress Konoha's control over Land of Grass by hunting patrols to ensure that we can take more initiative and advantages in the subsequent negotiations.
But what he never expected was that not only did his efforts not bring him a victory, but he also received the news that his own son had died in the battle.
"Who killed Huang Tu?"
Looking at the corpse that was sent back urgently with the help of Sealing Scroll and Reverse Summoning, Onoki suppressed his anger and sadness and asked in a cold tone.
"It's a Konoha genin named Allen."
Anbu, who was responsible for delivering the information, lowered his head and answered carefully.
"A genin?!"
Third Tsuchikage's voice suddenly raised an octave, and the anger flashing in his eyes suddenly became more intense.
As a living fossil who had witnessed Ninja Wars three times and even talked to Ninja Art Demon Madara Uchiha, he simply couldn't believe that Huang Tu would be killed by a genin with his strength.
Although Konoha did produce many geniuses and monsters, they were all trained from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood during the war.
"Lord Tsuchikage, this is the information about the genin that our spy lurking in Konoha collected. Please take a look at it."
Anbu was obviously prepared, and immediately handed over a sealed scroll that was sent back with the body.
Onoki Without saying a word, he immediately took it and opened it to read.
When he saw that Allen was not born in the local area of Konoha, but was an orphan who was seriously injured and was picked up, and had some kind of strange blood inheritance limit, he immediately frowned and said with a sneer, "What a Konoha! This guy Hiruzen Sarutobi is really lucky. He is a genius if he picks up an orphan at random. But the problem is, Konoha has produced so many geniuses, and how many of them ended up well."
"Then what do you mean..."
Anbu seemed to realize what the Tsuchikage-sama wanted to do, with naked and undisguised hatred flashing in his eyes.
"It's very simple! Go and reply to Hiruzen Sarutobi. Just say that negotiation is okay, even if Land of Grass withdraws, it is no problem, but the exchange condition is that this genin named Allen must be handed over to me." Onoki made the decision without thinking.
In his eyes, getting rid of a potentially huge threat is much more important than occupying and annexing Land of Grass.
After all, the ninja world is a place where strength is paramount!
The role that one powerful ninja can play is far greater than that of hundreds of ordinary ninjas.
Konoha's White Fang, Legendary Sannin, and Yellow Flash, without exception, all had strong men who could change the direction of the war with one person's power.
Fortunately, White Fang died early in the internal power struggle, and Legendary Sannin also defected and ran away. Even Yellow Flash, which had caused huge losses to Stone Ninja, also died.
Coupled with the Uchiha Clan Downfall incident that happened not long ago, it can be said that Konoha Village has never been this weak since its establishment, and it can't even produce a few decent masters.
Because of this, Onoki will never allow Konoha to have a second person like Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze appear again.
Kill the geniuses of other ninja villages!
This is the consensus of all Ninja Village executives at Five Great Nations!
Otherwise, once the other party grows up, it will be your own nightmare.
"I understand! I will convey your words to Third Hokage intact. I believe that Shinobu, who has become extremely weak in recent years, should not dare to refuse."
Anbu nodded with a sneer, and then quickly disappeared.
After his men left completely, Onoki took off his disguise as a Tsuchikage, sat down on the ground, tears streaming down his cheeks, stretched out his hand and gently touched his son's cold body and said, "Huang Tu, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you. The guy who killed must pay the price for it no matter what."
Just when he was about to take the body to the cemetery for burial, he suddenly found that the body had mysteriously disappeared.
If I hadn't touched it with my own hands just now, I would even think that I was under an illusion.
There is no doubt that exactly twenty-four hours have passed since Allen copied Huang Tu's body.
[What's going on?!]
Onoki stared at the place where the corpse had been placed, with an expression of disbelief on his old face.
Obviously, this strange situation was beyond his cognition.
In order to find out the truth of the matter, he quickly ordered the surrounding guards who were responsible for protecting his safety to dispatch collectively and investigate the entire matter from beginning to end.
It turned out that there was no trace of doubt at all.
Even the person responsible for examining the corpse confirmed that the corpse was 100% Huang Tu and had not been tampered with in any way.
For a moment, the suspicious Tsuchikage fell into confusion and doubt.
But soon, he put this matter behind him and began to prepare to leave for Land of Grass to negotiate with Naruto of Konoha Village, and by the way see what the genin who killed his son looked like.
At the same time, Third Hokage also received a reply from Stone Ninja. He took a deep breath and said to his young companion, "You really expected me! This guy Onoki really proposed to use that child as an exchange for concession."
"Then are you going to give up on him?" Koharu Utatane asked very seriously.
"No, of course not. The village has been very weak over the years, just because of the lack of experts. How can I be willing to destroy the future of the village. But if I don't give the other party a chance, I'm afraid Onoki won't let it go. So I decided to give him a chance. If he can't handle it, then this matter will be treated as if it never happened."
"One chance?"
Danzō, who had always remained silent, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Yes! I will give Stone Ninja a chance to ambush Allen, but whether it succeeds or not is none of our business." A treacherous smile appeared on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face.
"Do you need my people to cooperate?" Danzō proactively suggested.
Third Hokage nodded slightly. "Of course! It's best if you complete this matter in secret, but remember, that child is the future of the village, so you'd better not make any bad ideas."
"Hmph! Don't worry! He is just a helpless orphan, and he has also shown his willingness to integrate into the village. He is not one of those ambitious guys like Uchiha. It's too late for me to welcome and protect such a new generation. What's more, if it were me, I wouldn't even give this opportunity to the Tsuchikage. As you grow older, your character becomes weaker and weaker."
After saying this, Danzō stood up suddenly and walked out of Naruto's office without looking back.