Konoha and Uchiha Form an Alliance, Kumogakure and Iwagakure Refuse to Give Up

In order to get the plot back on track and continue to take advantage of his foresight, Feng's intention to make peace with Konoha was genuine.

Therefore, the day after Tsunade returned to Konoha, she heard the news that the Land of Whirlpools had announced a truce and an alliance with Konoha.

This news brought a sigh of relief to everyone in Konoha, as they no longer needed to worry about being attacked from three sides.

At the same time, the previously anxious Konoha now have more respect and confidence in the newly appointed Fifth Hokage for facilitating this matter.

In contrast, the medical team from Kumogakure, who were staying in Konoha under the guise of providing aid, and the intelligence team from Iwagakure, who had already infiltrated the Land of Fire and the Land of Land of Whirlpools, were in a very bad mood and quickly sent the information back to their village.

Then, the two great ninja villages, who were preparing to strike Konoha, were caught off guard by this unbelievable news.

"What did you say? Konoha... and the Land of Whirlpools have shaken hands and formed an alliance?!"

They were fighting to the death just two weeks ago, and now they're forming an alliance?

"Konoha isn't going to take revenge? They're just going to abandon most of the village that was emptied out?"

At the Raikage Building, if the message hadn't come from one of their own, the Fourth Raikage A, would have definitely thought it was fake information.

With such a deep-seated hatred between Konoha and the Uchiha, he wouldn't have been able to form this alliance with either side.

But... the thing he thought was impossible actually happened.

"Boss, there's nothing strange about this. If I were the Kage of Konoha, I would also seek an ally first in this situation."

I just didn't expect that Tsunade would seek an alliance with the Uchiha of the Land of Whirlpools. I originally thought she would seek an alliance with Kirigakure or Iwagakure.

But boss, if Konoha can form an alliance, why can't we also find an ally to fight Konoha together!

"Heh, I believe Iwagakure would be very happy to form this alliance with us."

The Fifth Raikage was about to have Darui speak to calm the somewhat agitated A, while also offering a solution.

At the same time, Ōnoki, who had been confident of victory over Konoha, lost his smile instantly upon receiving the news, replaced by deep apprehension and resentment.

"That little girl Tsunade is so bold, she actually managed to win over her former enemy, and she actually succeeded."

In that case, if we were to actually attack Konoha, we would face their full-scale counterattack, which wouldn't be worthwhile."

Inside the Tsuchikage Building, Ōnoki paced back and forth alone, muttering to himself.

But suddenly, he laughed inexplicably and spoke to the void:

"Someone, go and call 'Xiao's' liaison officer to see me."

As soon as he finished speaking, several Anbu appeared beside him.

"Yes, Lord Tsuchikage."

After agreeing to Ōnoki, the Anbu prepared to disappear.

"Etc!"

But then Ōnoki called him back.

"Send a message to Kurotsuchi, tell her to go to the Land of Rivers and directly tell that brat Deidara to deliver a message to the leaders of the Akatsuki organization, asking them if they can do a big deal involving Konoha Nine-Tails Jinchuriki from Iwagakure." (Officially, the Akatsuki organization's base is in the Land of Rivers.)

Konoha has indeed found a good ally, but it's just an alliance; it's not like they can't break the agreement and go back to being enemies.

What was once an easy piece of meat has suddenly turned into a tough bone to chew on, and the leaders of Kumogakure and Iwagakure are naturally not going to give up easily.

With the Kumogakure taking the initiative to contact them, it was only natural that the two sides, who both still had their own ideas, would get together.

So, just three days later, in a remote town in the permanently neutral Iron Country, the Fourth Raikage A, representing the Kumogakure and the Shield of the Tsuchikage Iwagakure, Akatsuchi, held a meeting.

"The Kumogakure is moving really fast. It seems the Fourth Raikage has designs on Konoha."

Akatsuchi spoke first, his tone tinged with a hint of probing.

"Isn't it the same in your Iwagakure?"

"If Konoha and the Uchiha n't suddenly formed an alliance, I think our armies would probably have already marched into Konoha Gate by now."

Ai Xian retorted with a cold laugh, then got straight to the point:

"But there's no use talking about this now. The key question is whether both sides should continue this relationship."

"Continue, of course we must continue. Before we came, our Lord Tsuchikage specifically instructed us that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deal with Konoha, and we will not give it up easily."

After all, the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha is not friendly. If we sow discord even slightly, given their past grievances, the alliance will immediately break down.

Akatsuchi gave Iwagakure's stance in a serious tone.

"What about Kirigakure?" Ai pondered for a moment, then pressed for an answer.

"They publicly announced their alliance with the Uchiha, and they are quite powerful."

If the alliance between Konoha and the Uchiha breaks down, and we attack Konoha, the Uchiha will most likely join forces with Kirigakure to attack Konoha as well.

"By then, we might not be able to outmaneuver them."

At this point, Ai glanced sideways at his shoulders, where he had lost both arms, and thought of the Hidden Kirigakure Ninja, Huo Feng, who had severed one of his arms in a one-on-one fight.

"Kirigakure? That's even simpler."

A cruel smile crept onto the lips of Bungata, a Jonin from Iwagakure standing next to Akatsuchi.

Although the "Bloody Mist Village" has ended, it has been repeatedly restarted over the decades, and the people of the Kirigakure have long been a group of frightened birds.

We don't need to do much. Just digging up old grievances and spreading rumors that the ' Bloody Mist Village ' will be reopened will be enough to keep Kirigakure busy.

How can a village that can't even take care of itself possibly have any allies to look after?

"!!! As expected, Ōnoki is still the cunning and treacherous old fox."

Upon hearing this, Ai couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

But he immediately changed to a fierce and ruthless expression, and slowly said:

"Hmph, but now we are allies. The more cunning your Tsuchikage, the more advantageous it is for us."

The Kumogakure will cooperate by sending Anbu ninja disguised as Konoha ninjas to attack the Land of Whirlpools, and at the same time, they will send people to the Hidden Mist Village to spread rumors about the reopening of the ' Bloody Mist Village '.

I refuse to believe that their alliance can hold out like this!

Iwagakure's plan was quite insidious, but A was very satisfied with it and immediately agreed to it on behalf of Kumogakure.

Therefore, the strength of the alliance between Konoha, Uchiha, and Kirigakure will now be tested.

While Kumogakure and Iwagakure were making their preparations, Tsunade was already laughing inside the Hokage Tower in Konoha, holding detailed intelligence about the two great ninja villages' plans to deal with Konoha.

The Iwagakure plans to hire the Akatsuki organization to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in Konoha and then dump him in the Land of Whirlpools to Jinchūriki him to go berserk.

Meanwhile, Iwagakure has already colluded with Kumogakure and plans to...

After reading it herself, Tsunade casually handed it to Jiraiya.

"Where did this come from?" Jiraiya, puzzled, as he looked at it.

"Itachi secretly delivered it. He said he was the old man's spy, and those two old guys Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, also confirmed this."

Hehe! Now I'm starting to believe what Uchiha Feng said, that his real name is Sarutobi Itachi."

Tsunade couldn't help but laugh at what Itachi had done.

Even with two high-ranking members of her own organization as witnesses, she still couldn't believe that the other party was actually an undercover agent who firmly proclaimed "For Konoha."

"Well... whether it's the old man or Itachi, they both have their own ideas, but at least they are indeed acting for Konoha, so let's not delve too deeply into it."

Jiraiya, on the other hand, glossed over these unpleasant matters.

Despite not understanding it, he respected everyone who had firm goals and ideals.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and said, "Evaluation? Hmph, something the old man did..."

"Knock knock"

Unfortunately, a knock on the door interrupted her friendly 'greeting' of Hiruzen Sarutobi.