Konoha Year 37 In February, Land of Fire It snowed.
The snow fell for three days and three nights, and the coldness enveloped the entire land, covering everything in the white snow.
Hokage Building, a large conference room.
At this time, there were more than ten people gathered in the conference room, and at the front of the long table in the conference room was Third Hokage wearing Hokage Robe.
The dozen people in front of him are all the heads of the major families in Konoha, as well as some powerful ninjas.
——They are all the mainstays of Konoha.
This meeting was held in an extremely hasty manner. Many ninjas had not yet had time to return to the village, and everyone present had no idea what was going on.
But seeing Third Hokage's eyes solemn and silent, everyone also suppressed their smiles and remained silent.
After waiting for a while, almost all the ninjas who could attend the meeting had arrived. Third Hokage didn't talk too much. He directly pulled out a file on the desk in front of him and passed it to Utatane Koharu beside him.
Utatane Koharu glanced over, then his expression gradually hardened, and he exclaimed, "This information... isn't possible?"
Her reaction attracted the attention of everyone present. This information was passed on to everyone. After reading it, the expression on everyone's face was the same as Utatane Koharu.
Finally, it passed on for a week and fell into the hands of Danzo. But he didn't look at it because he had already learned the information from Root earlier.
Third Hokage glanced at everyone, and then slowly spoke, "Don't you find it unbelievable? Not to mention you, even I have some doubts about the authenticity of this information."
"However, it took more than a month to confirm this information repeatedly, so it should not be wrong..."
"But how could that kind of person be in his own shinobi village..." Sakumo still couldn't accept it.
After all, what the intelligence said was too horrifying.
The Third Mizukage of Land of Water Hidden Mist Village... suddenly disappeared in his own village.
This is the reason why everyone has this look. After all, he is the shadow of a village, a person with the highest strength Shinobi World. Who can steal him quietly from a village... or even kill him?
Utatane Koharu, who had recovered from the shock, after thinking for a while, analyzed:
"As Hiruzen said, this information has been collected for more than a month. Then the time when Third Mizukage disappeared may be much longer than this time period."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. Mizukage was missing, and Kirigakure naturally locked up the news. However, there is no airtight wall in this world, but even Konoha has been investigating this matter for more than a month.
So, how long has it been since Hidden Mist Village learned about this?
Also, during this period, what happened to Hidden Mist Village?
What everyone is most concerned about is the problem of Fourth Mizukage.
One shadow will determine a village's foreign policy for a long time to come.
"Information says that Yagura Karatachi has the allegiance of Anbu Captain Yin Jiu, so he is likely to win the position of Fourth Mizukage." Third Hokage replied.
"Yagura Karatachi?" Orochimaru frowned, "If it's him, it's indeed possible. I've fought against this guy. Although he's short and looks like a child, he's proficient in Water Release and can create clones that are exactly the same as the enemy. His strength is quite terrifying."
Orochimaru was short of materials for a while, so he went shopping at Land of Water, intending to catch some Mist Ninja who were alone, but unexpectedly he ran into Yagura. The two had a fight, and he suffered a lot.
Third Hokage said in a deep voice, "No matter who is Fourth Mizukage, Hidden Mist Village is probably going to blow up this time... So, starting from today, when our ninjas go out to perform tasks in the village, they must be more careful and cautious, and try... not to conflict with Kirigakure's people."
This is also his intention to find these mainstays among Konoha.
They support all aspects of Konoha today. Only when these people realize the seriousness of the situation can the order be effectively implemented.
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Come in."
Jonin, who was in charge of communications, ran in with a letter and handed it to Third Hokage.
Third Hokage opened the letter, and after a moment, his brows furrowed again.
"Hiruzen, what happened?" Danzo, who had been silent tonight, asked.
Third Hokage closed the letter and sighed, "Third Mizukage's disappearance has been confirmed."
"Source?"
"Yagura... and it was sent as Fourth Mizukage!"
The conference hall fell silent again.
Just now I was still guessing who Fourth Mizukage would be, but now it has been confirmed. This news is really timely.
It's just that Utatane Koharu is a little confused.
"It doesn't make sense. Something like this happened to Hidden Mist Village. How could Yagura write to Konoha? Did he say anything else?"
"Five Kage Summit, Yagura proposed to convene Five Kage Summit to resolve the disappearance of Third Mizukage."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's words were like dropping a depth charge in the conference room.
Yagura This wave of operations is a bit showy...
The top leader of the village has disappeared. For such a shameful thing, normal people would find ways to cover it up and solve it themselves, but Yagura convened Five Kage Summit because he thought his village was not shameful enough?
Or rather...
The murderer who kidnapped Third Mizukage has been confirmed by Yagura to be a hidden village in the other four major countries. Otherwise, he would have no reason to convene Five Kage Summit.
So, we are faced with another question, should we go?
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked around and said solemnly, "Five Kage Summit must go. Konoha did not do this. It would appear that we are guilty if we don't go."
But Danzo doesn't think so.
"It's better to be careful. We don't know this person Yagura. What if he plans to take advantage of Five Kage Summit's free period to start a war?"
It's not impossible.
If Sarutobi Hiruzen goes to Land of Iron, at this time, Hidden Mist Village secretly gathers troops to raid Land of Fire, Konoha will definitely be caught off guard.
Anyway, if Danzo is Fourth Mizukage, he will definitely do this.
"It really can't be a problem."
Sarutobi Hiruzen is also a person who has experienced Ninja World War twice. Although he does not believe that Hidden Mist Village will launch a war, it is also necessary to deploy a defense line in the coastal areas of Land of Fire.
"Okay, that's it for today's meeting. Let's go back."
"Yes!"
Everyone slowly left, leaving only four people Third Hokage, Danzo, Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado in the entire conference room.
At this time, a similar meeting was held in the distant Hidden Sand Village.
"You can disappear in your own village. This Mizukage is really a loser." Third Kazekage's face showed sarcasm, "It's totally embarrassing the shadow!"
Listening to his teacher's ridicule, Rasa on the side showed recognition on his face. He was very confident in his own strength and said silently in his heart:
"If I become Kazekage in the future, this kind of thing will definitely not happen."
For some reason, both Third Kazekage and the future Fourth Kazekage had an inexplicable sense of superiority, so in the next ten minutes, the two of them mocked Mizukage crazily.
"Rasa, do you think Five Kage Summit should go?" After a while, Third Kazekage asked.
Rasa shook his head. "Teacher, I think there is no need to go. We are so far away from Land of Water. If anything happens to Hidden Mist Village, it cannot be blamed on us."
Third Kazekage put Scroll on the table and sneered, "Hidden Mist Village's matter has nothing to do with us, but Konoha has something to do with us.
It has been four years since Second Great Ninja War, and Konoha also exploited us for four years because of that agreement.
Konoha has been able to develop so fast only by sucking the blood of Sunagakure, but what about ourselves?
It's already overwhelmed!
It's time for us to settle this account with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
I think Ōnoki thinks so too. "