The Overbearing Iwagakure

The peace treaty between Saturn and Fire was something that various factions and many onlookers were somewhat prepared for.

Although the various countries were shocked by Yichen's military occupation of the northern territory of the Land of Fire, they still reluctantly accepted it.

In their view, if the Iwa ninja bully Konoha to death at this time, Konoha will only deal with the Iwa ninja first when they recover.

However, the second agreement caused quite a stir among onlookers like the Fourth Raikage.

The Fire and Wind Kingdoms made an agreement: the Land of Fire would cede a piece of land in its southwest corner to the Land of Wind.

Of course, the treaty stated that the Land of Wind would be temporarily handed over to the Land of Wind to supply them with medicinal herbs.

Rasa also signed an agreement indicating that he would not station troops in this area.

But this kind of disingenuous note is ignored by everyone.

Everyone is wondering, has Konoha really weakened to this extent?

Bowing down to the Iwa ninja is one thing, but the Iwa ninja are now the new leaders of the Ninja World, and they're being so subservient to the Sunagakure?

Seeing Rasa successfully expand the Land of Wind, the Fourth Raikage's already bad mood deepened after his setback in Kirigakure.

The Fourth Raikage remarked. "If my desk hadn't just been smashed and wasn't still under repair, would I be so calm?"

If I had known this would happen, why bother attacking Kirigakure? It would have been much better to attack Konoha directly.

The third peace treaty received little attention. It was a war reparations treaty between the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, with the Sunagakure paying a large sum of money for their invasion of the Land of Earth.

Since the Sunagakure were ultimately defeated by the Iwa ninja, the payment of reparations did not surprise the audience.

Everyone was silently calculating Iwagakure might gain this time.

Then everyone felt envious of Iwagakure.

Just as everyone was marveling at how much the Iwagakure had profited from this First Shinobi War...

The Fox Yichen of Fox of Stone, Yichen, is up to something big again.

The cause was still Konoha.

This time, Konoha cooperated with Cloud ninja to block Iwa ninja's reinforcements from reaching Mist ninja.

In order to block the Iwa Ninja Army led by Kitsuchi, Konoha disregarded the opposition of the Land of the Falls Daimyo and directly sent a large army into Land of the Falls.

What disappointed the Daimyo of Land of the Falls Daimyo the most was that Takigakure, which he supported with a large sum of money every year, dared not do anything.

Therefore, after the war, the Land of the Falls Daimyo directly invited Iwagakure to establish a branch in the country and asked Iwa ninja to help disband the ninjas of Takigakure.

Of course, these are all official statements from Iwagakure).

In fact, it was Yichen who led Kawakita with a thousand troops to suddenly storm into the Land of the Falls and surround the Takigakure.

The statement from the Land of the Falls Daimyo was merely a plausible excuse that Iwagakure came up with afterward.

The Land of the Falls and the Land of Earth have a long-standing alliance, which is consistent with the alliance between the Land of Water and the Land of Earth.

The covenant stipulated that both sides would advance and retreat together.

When the envoy from Iwagakure met the Land of the Falls Daimyo, he stated directly. "The Land of Water is in trouble this time, Iwa ninja has sent Advisor Ikura to provide assistance."

Later, after learning that the Cloud ninja had dispatched a large army, the Iwagakure, disregarding its own village's weak defenses, sent the Tsuchikage Assistant, Lord Kitsuchi, with a large army to reinforce them from afar.

The Iwa ninja faithfully fulfilled their alliance, but what about the Land of the Falls? What about the Takigakure?

They allowed Konoha to enter the Land of the Falls without notifying the Iwa ninja. They watched as Konoha and Iwa ninja a great battle without sending a single soldier to help.

Where does the Land of the Falls place the alliance between the two countries?

Faced with the questioning from the envoy from Iwagakure, the Land of the Falls Daimyo was speechless.

In the end, the daimyo had no choice but to order the ninjas of Takigakure to disarm and submit to the orders of Iwa ninja.

The leader of Takigakure dared not resist Kawakita, who had just made a name for himself by killing Sunagakure.

Once the daimyo's order was given, the leader of Takigakure, who had already lost his edge in the previous Seven-Tails incident, readily agreed.

Kawakita stated that all ninjas are not allowed to take any weapons, but they can take their families and belongings.

The Iwa ninja were kind; not only did they not covet their property, they also provided them with travel expenses and resettlement allowances.

Of course, this money was originally taken from the treasury of Takigakure.

There are quite a few Takigakure; including those who haven't officially become ninjas yet, there are probably over a thousand.

After being examined by the Iwa ninja, it was confirmed that nearly half of these ninjas would not even be able to graduate if they stayed in Iwagakure.

These people and their families were directly sent to the Land of Earth and scattered and resettled.

They were forbidden from working as ninjas from now on and were to live as ordinary civilians in the Land of Earth.

Of the remaining ones, those who truly Jonin but did not meet the standards of Jonin were placed under surveillance by the Iwa ninja and left the Land of the Falls.

This part has the largest quantity and is also the biggest hidden danger.

The Iwa ninja scattered and drove them into the Chunin Kusa, Ta, Tetsu, Tori, and Kuma.

Whether they become civilians or wandering ninjas is none of Iwagakure.

The Iwagakure simply assured them that no matter what they did in those countries, the Iwagakure would not issue arrest warrants for them.

Finally, there are the Jonin and Elite Jonin, including the leader of Takigakure.

These people are the fewest in number, but the most difficult to control.

Finally, these people, along with their families, were personally accompanied by Kawakita to the Land of Rain.

There are many vacant positions among the peripheral members of Dark Akatsuki, Yichen is also considered a member of Dark Akatsuki, codenamed Big Dipper.

Although I have never shown my face to outsiders, I must do my part in the reconstruction of Dark Akatsuki.

After dealing with the ninja families in Takigakure, Iwa ninja dismissed all the former villagers of Takigakure and relocated them to other towns in the Land of Land of the Falls.

Finally, the Iwa ninja re-established a branch in the Land of the Falls.

Yichen did not choose the original Takigakure.

Although the original Takigakure was hidden deep in the mountains, the sense of security afforded by this geographical location was of little significance to Great Ninja Village.

Furthermore, Yichen had another goal in establishing a branch in Takigakure: to use this branch as Supply Station for the attack on Konoha.

Since their uses are different, their locations naturally need to be changed.

When Iwagakure first ascended to the position of hegemon, it annexed Land of the Falls at a dizzying speed, which made the other ninja villages somewhat uneasy.

In particular, the ninja villages of the small and medium-sized countries surrounding Iwagakure were very dissatisfied with the way Iwa ninja treated Takigakure.

Yichen's ambition and his methods of dealing with the original ninja from the village made almost everyone in the village feel insecure.

Of course, some people welcomed the arrival of the Iwa ninja. These were mainly the daimyo of the smaller countries.

The daimyo's ideas differed from those of the ninja village leaders.

What they saw was that after the Land of Snow and the Land of Demons joined the Iwagakure, their countries were stable, and there were no missing-nin or wandering ninja causing trouble.

Rapid economic development improved the quality of life for ordinary people, and the income of nobles also increased.

Countries like the Land of Bears, which are plagued by numerous missing-nin and have some towns occupied by the Sunagakure, have repeatedly requested that the Iwa ninja establish branches within their borders.

Therefore, although Iwagakure's actions seemed reckless, they did not actually provoke much opposition.

Moreover, Iwagakure's timing was excellent.

Since all parties have tacitly accepted that the Iwa ninja would cede a piece of flesh to the Land of Fire, then annexing the Land of the Falls is naturally not a big deal.

After Kawakita returned with a large number of peripheral members to Dark Akatsuki, neither Konoha, Sunagakure, Kumogakure made any statement on the matter.

The Kirigakure did send a congratulatory telegram.

And so the matter was settled, with Kawakita set up Land of the Falls Branch to oversee the construction.

Of course, Kawakita was only the nominal person in charge; his role was to deter some ambitious individuals who harbored resentment.

In fact, there was no experience in this area in Kawakita; the actual work was done by someone else.

Perhaps, when a new war breaks out in the future, other ninja villages will use the invasion of the Land of Iwa ninja by the Land of the Falls as an excuse, but at least for now, no one opposes the Iwagakure's occupation of the Land of the Falls.

During this time, Yichen stayed obediently in the village, not going anywhere, accompanying his three disciples on low-level missions, just waiting for the reactions from all sides.

After waiting for a month or so, and seeing that no one stepped forward to make the Iwa ninja establish their authority, Yichen began to practice the Spirit Transformation Jutsu.

Konoha, the ancestral home of the Uchiha Clan, is where Fugaku Uchiha is instructing Izumi Uchiha training.

Fugaku Uchiha looked at this Mangekyo clan member who was still just a little girl.

But what I was really thinking was: Could it be that the future I saw with my Sharingan isn't real?

Unlike Sokai, Sokai was Dead Last with a very poor foundation, Izumi Uchiha was not like that.

She learned Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu much faster than Sokai.

Of course, Izumi Uchiha far inferior to Shisui Uchiha.

However, after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, her overall strength improved faster than that of an average Uchiha.

After training for a while, during a break, Fugaku Uchiha asked Izumi Uchiha, "Quan Luo, what are the abilities of your Mangekyō Sharingan?"

Izumi Uchiha startled. She hadn't expected Fugaku Uchiha to know this; she had never told anyone the secret of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Could there be a family history of people Mangekyō Sharingan?

Fugaku Uchiha knew what she was thinking, so he said, "I have also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan."

After saying that, Fugaku Uchiha activated his Mangekyo to the astonishment of Izumi Uchiha.

"Clan Chief, when did you awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan? Why doesn't anyone know?" Izumi Uchiha asked in surprise.

Upon hearing this Fugaku Uchiha became somewhat dejected and said, "I awakened my Mangekyou Sharingan during the Third Shinobi War. The previous clan leader knew about my Mangekyo, which is why he made me the clan leader."

"Former clan head Uchiha No?" Izumi Uchiha asked.

Fugaku Uchiha nodded and said, "Yes, Senpai, you entrusted me with the heavy responsibility of reviving the Uchiha Clan. But I have failed to find a way out for the Uchiha Clan."

Izumi Uchiha understood what Fugaku Uchiha was trying to say, and she asked, "Clan leader, why didn't you choose to resist when the village oppressed us?"

Fugaku Uchiha sighed and said, "Because of my Mangekyō Sharingan, I can see parts of the future."

"From what I see in the future, I know that no matter what I do, the Uchiha Clan will not escape extermination."

Izumi Uchiha startled and quickly asked, "Clan leader, are you saying that your eyes have the ability to see the future? And that you saw our clan being wiped out?"

Fugaku Uchiha nodded, and seeing the despair in Izumi Uchiha's eyes, he said, "But I didn't see you in the scene I saw, nor did I see Sokai."

Izumi Uchiha puzzled. Having just encountered this kind of prophetic philosophical question, the young girl was not yet able to keep up with Fugaku Uchiha's way of thinking.

Fugaku Uchiha patiently explained, "What I mean is, I didn't see you and Sokai awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan as well."

"In other words, the future I see is not inevitable. At most, it is just one possibility among many futures."

"Perhaps I really should do something. Your appearance and Sokai's might be the key to breaking the fate of the Uchiha Clan that I've seen."

Izumi Uchiha said, "But Sokai has already joined Iwagakure."

Fugaku Uchiha smiled and said, "Don't worry, if we need Sokai's help with anything, he will come back. The Tsuchikage will also agree to let him return."

"Given the Tsuchikage's style, he will not only bring Sokai back, but he will most likely get involved himself as well."

Izumi Uchiha and said, "The ability of my left Mangekyō Sharingan is to block the enemy's vision. The ability of my right eye is to steal the enemy's ocular power."