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High above Uzushio Village, Yichen began to examine the scroll he had just acquired.

Meanwhile, Uzushio Village, the wandering ninja named Ōiwa Takefumi was still staring blankly at the sky.

He had always assumed Yichen was Konoha ninja because Yichen always used Fire Release and dressed like a Konoha Anbu. However, Yichen told him that the place he was being directed to was actually Iwagakure).

Looking in the direction where Yichen disappeared, Ōiwa Takefumi was still somewhat puzzled. The Land of Whirlpools was currently a battlefield between Konoha and Mist ninja, so why would Iwa ninja appear here?

Ōiwa Takefumi's area of activity was not large; he had been active in small countries surrounding the Land of Whirlpools. Only after the Uzumaki Clan was wiped out did he dare to come to the Land of Whirlpools to take on some missions.

Although he had never been to the Land of Fire, Ōiwa Takefumi was quite familiar with the Konoha ninja, but completely unfamiliar with the ninjas of Iwa ninja. After all, Iwagakure was too far away, and the Iwa ninja generally wouldn't come to such a distant place to carry out missions.

"Iwagakure?" Ōiwa Takefumi became somewhat hesitant again.

Yichen was unaware of Ōiwa Takefumi's thoughts; he was engrossed in studying the contents of the Ninjutsu Scroll.

The scroll records not only one Sensory Ninjutsu Ninjutsu one Ninjutsu to suppress Chakra fluctuations, but also several elemental Ninjutsu.

However, Yichen either already knew these Ninjutsu or they were already in the collection of Iwagakure. Therefore, Yichen didn't care much about them.

Yichen was currently observing the Ninjutsu that concealed Chakra.

This kind of Ninjutsu, where one pretends to be weak to outwit the enemy, was incredibly appealing to Yichen, who had read countless fantasy novels.

This is Ninjutsu that can enhance the reader's sense of satisfaction.

However, Yichen was somewhat disappointed after reading it. The effect of this Ninjutsu was not to make the user show relatively low strength, but to directly make the user's Chakra fluctuations disappear.

This is a binary choice between 0 and 1, not controlled by the caster, who can display whatever strength they want.

How did Ōiwa Takefumi manage to control his Chakra fluctuations at the Chunin level?

Undeterred, Yichen immersed himself once again in analyzing Ninjutsu, arriving at a conclusion that left him both amused and exasperated.

It wasn't that Ōiwa Takefumi had any special techniques, but rather that Yichen was exceptionally special. Yichen's Sensory Ninjutsu wasn't particularly special, but his Yichen Chakra.

Porcelain Release Chakra is, after all Kekkei Genkai, and its level is higher than that of ordinary Chakra.

When Yichen used Porcelain Release Chakra for perception, the effect was naturally better than that of ordinary Chakra, which enabled him to find Ōiwa Takefumi, who was originally in a hidden state.

This Ninjutsu that suppresses Chakra fluctuations is basically useless.

However, Yichen wasn't too disappointed, because he was quite satisfied with another Ninjutsu.

The other Ninjutsu was precisely the Counter-Sensory Ninjutsu that Yichen had hoped for, which could be used without preparation.

Yes, it's a passive skill similar to "Mind's Eye's Eye".

However, now is not the time to learn this Ninjutsu.

The Uzushio Village had clearly been ransacked by wandering ninjas like Ōiwa Takefumi, so Yichen no longer expected to find anything useful there.

Yichen planned to circle around the Uzushio Village several times to see if there was a place similar to the Natural Energy Seal of the Iwagakure.

Ninjas are physically vulnerable, and many dangerous experiments cannot be conducted within the village. Yichen's initial target was these secret locations.

Yichen hadn't expected to gain anything from Uzushio Village, so meeting Ōiwa Takefumi was a complete surprise.

After flying about thirty miles away from Uzushio Village, Yichen began a careful investigation. Yichen knew that if the Uzumaki Clan had really left behind any relics, they would definitely be very well hidden, and Yichen could not possibly discover them by circling around in the air a few times.

If there were any obvious spots, others would have already taken them long ago.

Yichen's Mind's Eye was fully open, and he would carefully probe every so often using his Sensory Ninjutsu.

This process was slower than Yichen had imagined, so he found the village's intelligence operative midway and reported back to Yichen Iwagakure he was safe.

Only then could I wholeheartedly immerse myself in the search process.

With news of the Hyuga Clan's sneak attack by the Mist ninja spreading, the Ninja World is once again in turmoil.

However, at this point, the balance of power among the various parties was completely different from before the war. The Sunagakure Village had not yet successfully retrieved One-Tails Shukaku. Upon hearing the news, Rasa merely lamented that the timing was inappropriate and then ignored it.

The fundamental weakness of insufficient resources meant that after a single defeat, the Sunagakure could not regroup and rebuild their strength like the Konoha.

Although the Sunagakure did not sign a treaty with the Konoha, their defeat was a fact known to everyone.

Having gained nothing, the Sunagakure found themselves in dire straits when faced with post-war matters such as compensation and reconstruction.

The example of the Iwa ninja further highlights the incompetence of the Sunagakure.

Against this backdrop, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind drastically reduced military funding allocated to the Sunagakure.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind prefers to spend money on trade with the Land of Earth, since at least the returns will be seen quickly.

Thus, the Land of Wind, which had only signed a treaty with Ikura during wartime to open a trade route with the Land of Wind, fully opened the trade route.

Thus, the Land of Wind officially became the first major power to join the trade network centered on the Land of Earth.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind was unaware that his decision was tantamount to undermining his own country's interests.

Although Rasa tried his best to persuade him, as the newly appointed Kazekage, his prestige was far from sufficient, and the Daimyo simply wouldn't listen.

Left with no other choice, Rasa had to begin his arduous life of mining gold to subsidize the village.

Shortly after Iwa ninja received the news, Yichen's information also reached Iwagakure.

Although Ōnoki and the others found it both funny and exasperating that Yichen wanted to stay away for a few more days, they were helpless since Yichen wasn't there.

Anyway, they've already got the Byakugan, and from the various rumors circulating in the Ninja World, no one knows that the Iwa ninja were also involved.

So the Iwa ninja simply echoed the mainstream opinion, made a few noises, and then added a hundred ninjas to the border of the Land of Grass as a formality.

These hundred ninjas were operating under the pretext of restoring the border patrol force of the Land of Grass and incidentally eliminating any potential mountain bandits.

Finally, after Konoha responded in kind, most of the hundred ninjas were withdrawn by Ōnoki.

Although the Mist ninja fought a brilliant battle, now is clearly not a good time to start a war with Konoha.

Ōnoki had no desire to escalate the conflict with Konoha.

The two major powers most likely to use this incident to escalate their battle with Konoha are the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water.

However, this timing is extremely advantageous for Konoha. Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze, who previously supported the Sunagakure Village, have already returned to Konoha with a large number of ninjas and supplies, and are ready to support the front lines at any time.

At this moment, the Raikage finally made a decisive move.

Perhaps it was because the three kingdoms of Wind, Earth, and Water had all achieved commendable victories in their wars against Konoha, while the Cloud ninja had consistently underperformed and lacked any outstanding achievements.

So the Third Raikage actually made up his mind to do something drastic.

The Third Raikage, along with his son, the future Fourth Raikage, and the newly appointed Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B, and other elites, arrived at the front lines of the Land of Hot Water at top speed.

Then, in coordination with the Cloud ninja forces on the battlefield in the Land of Hot Water, they launched a surprise attack.

The losses suffered by the Konoha ninja in this raid were actually not significant, because the Third Raikage's target was not ordinary Konoha ninja, but Danzo, the Konoha commander stationed on the eastern front.

The Third Raikage didn't think much of Danzo, a Kage Level. When fighting against Danzo, a Kage -Kage Level of Danzo's strength, Danzo was basically completely outmatched.

With the help of his son and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, the Third Raikage felt that the chances of success in this First Shinobi War were very high.

Indeed, if it were just Danzo, they almost succeeded.

Danzo was barely holding on thanks to the desperate protection of his many trusted subordinates. Just when Danzo was about to collapse, Minato Namikaze arrived.

The Flying Thunder God Technique is also excellent for traveling Minato Namikaze arrived at the battlefield alone and launched a fierce attack on Killer B, who had not yet reached the level of Perfect Jinchuriki.

Minato Namikaze's strategy of attacking Wei to relieve Zhao was very successful, forcing the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage to return to their aid.

After a brief exchange of blows, the Cloud ninja's superior combat power prevailed, but the Konoha's army gradually began to encircle them.

After weighing the situation, the Third Raikage chose to retreat, leading the entire Cloud ninja Army on the front lines in a complete withdrawal.

The elite troops brought by the Third Raikage suffered minimal losses in this raid; Daigen only lost a dozen or so men.

The losses of Konoha's ordinary ninja were not significant, less than a hundred, most of whom were dealt with casually on the way when the Third Raikage and his men launched their surprise attack.

The greatest losses were suffered by Danzo's trusted subordinates. These Root members of the Danzo had trained, as well as the confidants he had recruited during his time on the battlefield in the Land of Hot Water, were almost entirely wiped out.

So after the Danzo Cloud ninja left, Danzo's expression was so grim that even Minato Namikaze didn't dare to provoke him, let alone the other ninjas.

A few days later, after the Danzo Cloud ninja ignored Minato Namikaze's advice and went straight back to Konoha.

He has lost the battle for the Fourth Hokage. If he wants to make a comeback, he must return to the village as soon as possible and cultivate the next generation of Root member.

On the way back to the village, Danzo pondered for a long time before finally giving an order to one of his subordinates.

"A, go back to the village first and sound out Hiruzen Sarutobi's attitude towards Root," Danzo said to C, who was originally assigned to the Uchiha Land of Whirlpools.

C has now been promoted to A, because the two people ranked ahead of him died in this battle while protecting Danzo.

"Yes." A didn't have much hope for this task, but he agreed quickly and Awakening Eyes the group of less than ten people as soon as he finished speaking, rushing towards the village.

The team of less than ten people that Danzo with him was only assembled after he gathered together the ninjas who had previously been scattered to places like the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Whirlpools to gather intelligence.

In this team, only A is named according to the order Ranking System, and D. The others don't even have the right to be named in this order because their strength is too much, far inferior to A, Root elite known for his combat prowess.