Lure the Tiger Away from its Mountain

Tsunade readily agreed, but Rasa didn't see it that way. Konoha was currently focused on its internal affairs and wouldn't covet external benefits until its internal conflicts were resolved.

However, Rasa did not give up his ambition to dominate. Although Chiyo died, Rasa's ambition did not die.

As his three children grew up day by Tenten, and he watched their talents slowly emerge, Rasa's ambition swelled day by Tenten.

However, Tsunade had already promised Yotsuki A and done him a favor; if he disagreed, she would directly offend Yotsuki A.

Rasa wasn't afraid of Yotsuki A, but what was originally a collaboration to bring the two sides closer had turned into an enemy, making Rasa the one with the biggest grudge.

Rasa was undecided for a moment.

Just then, Yotsuki A and Tsunade looked over together.

Just as Rasa was in a dilemma, Ryosuke spoke up, "Lord Kazekage, the casualty statistics are in. In this First Shinobi War, we lost thirty ninjas and seven were wounded."

Rasa mentally gave Ryosuke a thumbs up and nodded solemnly.

Seeing this, Yotsuki A sneered inwardly, but still replied, "Kazekage, this time the three parties jointly obtained the Ten-Tails' body, but I want to use it to exchange for Yugito."

"This is something that we, the Cloud ninja, owe you, the Sunagakure and the Konoha Village. I can pay a sum of money as compensation for the losses suffered by both Sunagakure and the Konoha Village."

Rasa nodded and said, "Okay."

Seeing that Rasa agreed, Tsunade turned to Shikaku Nara and said, "Shikaku, you arrange the sealing."

Shikaku Nara nodded and went down to organize the Sealing Ninja of Konoha to do their work.

Rasa and Yotsuki A looked over in confusion.

Tsunade said, "This Ten-Tails' body was previously in an underground base in our Land of Fire, and then it was suddenly transferred to the Land of Hot Water."

"As expected, that mysterious person summoned the Ten-Tails' body directly using Summoning Jutsu."

"To prevent him from using Summoning Jutsu to take away the Ten-Tails' body again, we must sever the contract between him and the Ten-Tails' body."

"Among the Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan, there is a seal that can break the contract between a ninja and Summoning Beast."

"If that mysterious person were here, they could directly cast this seal on him, thus permanently severing the connection between him and the Ten-Tails' body."

"But now that mysterious person is gone, only the Ten-Tails body remains."

"However, if the seal is placed on the Ten-Tails' body, the connection between the two can be temporarily severed."

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Rasa and Yotsuki A showed envy in their eyes.

This is the true strength of Konoha; this kind of obscure Sealing Jutsu is usually useless, but it can play a crucial role in critical moments.

This is just a small part of what Konoha has shown. Rasa and Yotsuki A believe that there are many more similar things in Konoha.

Thinking of this, the two of them couldn't help but think of the Iwa ninja again.

Originally, Iwagakure was just like them, a ninja village with a serious imbalance in its specialization.

Besides their respective strengths in Wind Release, Lightning Release, and Earth Release, the three families also possess other specialties.

Sunagakure specialize in Puppet Technique, Cloud ninja focus on Jinchuriki, and Iwa ninja research bloodline limit development.

Although the individual combat strength of the three families is not much worse than that of Konoha, they are too easy to be targeted.

However, over the years, the Iwa ninja have become more and more like Konoha to them.

Recently, there was a brief but large-scale ninja battle between the Iwa ninja and Sunagakure. Rasa received some terrible information from the ninjas who had escaped.

The number of ninjas in Iwa ninja who use both the Five-Attribute Ninjutsu and sword techniques has increased significantly.

Moreover, these ninjas were all quite strong, and their Ninjutsu and swordsmanship were not limited to a single style.

Furthermore, Rasa learned from his subordinates that each squad of Iwa ninja was equipped with Medical Ninja.

Thinking of this, Rasa sighed. The road to domination was long and arduous, and his progress was far behind Yichen's.

Even when Yichen was still a student at the Ninja Academy, he was already influencing the internal affairs of Iwagakure.

Even after becoming the Kazekage, he was still hampered by the stubborn forces.

Looking at the present situation, since Konoha has a way to deal with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Rasa and Yotsuki A will not interfere.

Thinking of Iwagakure), and then glancing at the Hokage and Raikage, Rasa took the initiative to start a conversation.

"Hokage, Raikage, it's rare for the three of us to get together. Why don't we discuss how to stop the growth of Iwagakure?"

Yotsuki A's eyes lit up; he was very interested in Rasa's suggestion.

Recently, Iwagakure has indeed been restless, with some Iwa ninja crossing the sea between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth to cause trouble within the territory of the Land of Lightning.

This is blatant disregard for their Kumogakure.

Before the rise of Iwagakure, the situation was always reversed; it was always the Cloud ninja who caused trouble in the Land of Earth. When did it become the Iwa ninja's turn to be so arrogant?

This is normal; most of the ninjas from the Four Great Nations other than Konoha have only one attribute.

The Earth Release of the Iwa ninja are countered by the Lightning Release of the Cloud ninja, and in conflicts between the two, the Cloud ninja often gain the upper hand.

However, the ninjas sent by Iwagakure to the Land of Lightning to stir up trouble are mostly of other elemental attributes.

The Cloud ninja have lost their advantage, making it much more difficult for them to cope with the situation than before.

Yotsuki A didn't know what Yichen meant or whether he intended to start a war, but he still sensed Yichen's deep malice.

The Cloud ninja suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Kirigakure and could not send many ninja to defend the long Coastline.

This move by the Iwa ninja is really giving me a headache.

Then, Yotsuki A immediately chimed in, "The Kazekage is right. The Land of Earth is our common neighbor. The rise of Iwagakure is detrimental to all three of us."

So, taking advantage of their relatively pleasant cooperation, the three decided to discuss how to deal with the Iwa ninja together.

However, unlike Rasa and Yotsuki A, who were always thinking about offense, Tsunade was thinking about defense.

Tsunade needs stability; the Uchiha Clan is currently most vulnerable to external stimuli.

If war is started rashly and things don't go well at the front, it's hard to guarantee that the Uchiha Clan won't take advantage of the chaos to rebel.

Therefore, while the three parties reached a tacit understanding on many aspects during this discussion, they did not reach an agreement on jointly attacking the Iwa ninja.

However, Rasa and Yotsuki A didn't pressure Tsunade. They took it slow and first developed a tacit understanding in some less important areas.

The goal is to gradually get the ninjas from all three sides to accept the alliance.

However, the three parties did reach an agreement on one thing: if the Iwa ninja came to the Land of Hot Water to steal the Ten-Tails' body, they would give the Iwa ninja a ruthless attack right here.

It's normal for Yotsuki A to have this idea; in his judgment, the Iwa ninja have been plotting to create the Ten-Tails' body.

Given Yichen's personality, he probably won't give up easily.

However, what Yotsuki A didn't know was that all the information he obtained related to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was provided by Iwagakure.

Yichen hadn't expected him to join forces with Konoha, and Tsunade had also brought in the Sunagakure.

However, it was easy to guess that Yotsuki A would leave Kumogakure.

When an intelligence ninja from Iwa ninja, stationed far from Cloud Spring Mountain, witnessed the collapse of Cloud Spring Mountain and the enormous body of the Two-Tails...

A message delivered by a shark quickly reached Yichen's hands.

So, Yichen went back to his old profession.

Yichen's target this time is the Kumogakure.

I've been traveling for so long, and I still haven't visited the Kumogakure.

Knowing that the Cloud ninja had already taken action against Obito Uchiha's base in the Land of Hot Water, Yichen left Iwagakure without saying a word and flew to the Land of Lightning.

The Land of Wind is all desert, the Land of Earth is mostly rocky, but the Land of Lightning has strange weather, with frequent thunderstorms.

Sometimes there's lightning but no rain.

Yichen deliberately flew above the clouds, trying to avoid the Lightning Release within them.

However, Yichen clearly underestimated the density of lightning in the Land of Lightning.

Yichen was flying slightly above the clouds, and Lightning Release struck him from time to time.

These Lightning Release bolts are all quite powerful, generally possessing the strength of C-rank to B-rank Lightning Release Ninjutsu.

No wonder the Cloud ninja's Lightning Release is so powerful; training Lightning Release in this environment is obviously twice as effective.

Yichen was very interested in the tracking capabilities of these Lightning Release.

Unfortunately, Yichen had forgotten everything he learned in physics class in his previous life. He only vaguely remembered that it was related to positive and negative charges, but he didn't know anything else.

Moreover, Yichen doesn't have the time to develop Lightning Release like he did when he was a child, when he spent a lot of time developing Water Release Ninjutsu.

Therefore, even if Yichen knew the principles, he didn't have time to use those principles to develop Ninjutsu.

Yichen was simply curious, so he used his full power to unleash the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, quickly dodging the Lightning Release that were attacking him.

Unfortunately, Lightning Release is too fast and has a turning effect, making it difficult for Yichen to dodge.

These natural Lightning Release are not like the Lightning Release that ninjas Chakra Control; their speed is the true speed of light.

Fortunately, Yichen's own Lightning Release skills were not weak either. Even if these Lightning Release hit him, he would be fine given his mastery of the Storm Release bloodline limit.

After all, these Lightning Release are just plain Lightning Release, unlike the compressed and concentrated Lightning Release of ninjas, which has a good effect on breaking through defenses.

Yichen gradually approached the Kumogakure amidst repeated lightning strikes.

Half a day later, Yichen arrived at the Kumogakure.

Of course, it is peacetime now. Although Iwagakure and Kumogakure are not allies, Yichen cannot openly force his way in.

Yichen took out a large cylindrical barrel from his back, broke the seal, and pulled out five unconscious White Zetsu clone from it.

Yichen cast a simple Genjutsu on each of the four White Zetsu clone.

Four more clones were created, each carrying a White Zetsu clone, and scattered around the Kumogakure.

Yichen himself focused all his energy on using Genjutsu on the last White Zetsu clone, causing it to envelop him and allow him to enter the Kumogakure.

Yichen's Genjutsu skills were average; he hadn't deliberately spent a lot of time learning them.

Otherwise, it would be more effective to have White Zetsu lead me underground.

Almost simultaneously, Yichen's four clones threw the White Zetsu they were holding into the Kumogakure.

Soon, alarms blared one after another in the Kumogakure.

These alarm sounds have a distinctly modern, outdated feel to them.

After entering the Kumogakure, Yichen quickly shed the White Zetsu clone on his body, and then with a few rapid flashes, he left the spot.

Then Yichen used Transformation Jutsu to blend into the villagers of Kumogakure.

Soon, the Cloud ninja's Anbu began searching the village.

However, Yichen was indifferent to all of this; he was currently enjoying a leisurely meal and drinks at an Izakaya.

Since the Fourth Raikage left with his men, the Kumogakure has been on high alert.

Darui was in charge of the village's defenses.

At that moment, he was listening to a report from one of the Barrier Team's ninjas, "Lord Darui, there were five people who infiltrated the village. They entered from five different directions and have now separated."

Darui nodded, signaling the ninjas from the Barrier Team to return and continue monitoring the village's warning barrier.

After a while, another Anbu entered the Raikage's Office and said, "Lord Darui, we killed a total of five intruders, all of them were those White Experiment."

Darui frowned and said, "All killed?"

Darui found it strange; he had heard how powerful the Earth Release is a type of magical ability) of these White Experiment was.

If the Anbu) happened to kill one of them, that would be understandable, but if all five were killed, that would be strange.

"Yes. These five test subjects offered almost no resistance, as if they were under Genjutsu," the Anbu Ninja explained.

Darui hesitated for a moment, then said, "I understand. You may leave."

After the Anbu left, Darui pondered for a long time in his office before saying, "Someone, go to Valley of Clouds and Lightning and invite Killer B here. Tell him: The Fourth Tsuchikage has arrived."

Upon hearing this, one of the Anbu responded and immediately left from the shadows.

Then the Raikage's Office fell silent. After a long while, Darui's muttered voice rang out, "Fox of Stone, such a clumsy intrusion method, are you afraid we won't find you?"

"Do they look down on us Cloud ninja, or are they simply overconfident and fearless?"