Kumogakure United Against Iwagakure
"Nonsense!"
"With such a golden opportunity, how could Ōnoki of Iwagakure be so unwise as to do something so foolish!"
Dodai suddenly threw the letter in his hand to the ground and roared.
"Hehe, who knows?"
Seeing this, Inabi Uchiha sneered and looked at the non-aggression pact document.
The letters and intelligence forms had no headings, no signatures, and no distinctive marks or seals, making it difficult to distinguish their authenticity.
However, the gleaming signature of Ōnoki and the official seal of the Second Tsuchikage on the document are impossible to fake.
In Kumogakure also has an alliance agreement that it recently signed with Iwagakure, and the signature and official seal on it are exactly the same as those on this document.
The council chamber fell silent once again.
This time, the anger of the people of Kumogakure was even greater than before, and their eyes were blazing with fury.
Ai gripped the document tightly, his raging anger almost tangible, causing those around him to feel a strange sense of unease.
"Good... hehe! You're really good at scheming!"
As expected of the cunning and shrewd Ōnoki, he really has a brilliant plan!
Suddenly, Ai laughed, a shrill and manic laugh. Everyone could sense that it was a volcano about to erupt, just one spark away from breaking out.
But suddenly, Ai stopped laughing, her eyes bloodshot as she stared intently at the Inabi Uchiha, and spoke calmly:
"What do you Uchiha want by suddenly telling our Kumogakure about this?"
Extreme anger actually calmed Ai down, and she realized that there's no such thing as a free lunch.
The Uchiha Iwagakure had just signed a non-aggression pact with Iwagakure, yet they turned around and betrayed their ally. If they didn't have some ulterior motive for gaining even greater benefits, not only would A, that brute, not believe it, but even the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails, the two Tailed Beasts in the village, wouldn't believe it.
"Huh? I don't know that!"
"Our clan leader didn't tell me what we wanted from Kumogakure before we came."
Inabi Uchiha was also taken aback when he heard this, because this time he really didn't know.
Feng only told him to deliver the goods, without saying anything else, let alone what he wanted from Kumogakure.
"Inhale... exhale...!"
At this moment, Darui, who hadn't said much until now, took a deep breath and sighed heavily.
Then, he slowly began to speak:
"It's nothing more than Iwagakure superficially allying with us, but secretly using a portion of their own people as a pledge of allegiance to the Uchiha!"
Then they can use Uchiha Kumogakure's spies in Konoha, thus gaining a larger share in their plan to divide Konoha.
If possible, it would be best to provoke a war between us and the Uchiha, so that Iwagakure can sit back and reap the benefits!
Hmph, Ōnoki is capable of doing something like that!
As for the Uchiha, they clearly realized they had been used as pawns, but they had already offended our Kumogakure, and they couldn't reason with the Iwagakure, since the Uchiha themselves had agreed to this and even signed a document in black and white.
So they simply followed the example of Iwagakure and sold Iwagakure out, shifting the blame for the feud between the Uchiha and our Kumogakure onto Iwagakure.
In this way, the Uchiha could switch places with Iwagakure, letting Iwagakure fight us while the Uchiha sit back and watch the fight unfold.
Heh, how interesting. All of you scheme and plot, treating our Kumogakure as your tools, yet you all want to remain unscathed and reap the benefits.
It seems that Kumogakure has been underestimated.
At this point, even Darui, who was naturally averse to trouble and always lacked motivation, couldn't help but laugh in exasperation.
He then turned to Ai and said with a faint smile, "Boss, this time we're going to go out and pull off something big, otherwise it'll seem like everyone's treating our Kumogakure like an easy target."
Even a clay figure has a temper, and an honest person, when angered, can be more ferocious and irritable than the average person.
"Even though I've lost my hands, I definitely won't hold you back," Ai said with a smile.
However, that laughter also carried a chilling murderous intent and a burning rage.
In the past, my father died in an ambush and beating by the Iwagakure;
Now, hundreds of their fellow villagers have been killed because of Iwagakure's conspiracy, and the village has been used as a tool by a group of people who all want to exploit it.
With both old and new grudges combined, the only reason Ai can still speak to everyone is because, after losing his hands, he has learned not to let anger consume his reason.
but...
"You can get out now!"
Ai suddenly flicked his sleeve, and the immense speed generated by the Lightning Release from his body caused his sleeve to lash out at the Inabi Uchiha like a whip.
While it is said that envoys should not be killed in battle, it does not mean that one cannot vent one's anger. Ai was surrounded by his own people except for Inabi Uchiha, so Inabi Uchiha naturally became the target of Ai's raging anger.
Then, Inabi Uchiha was knocked to the ground by Ai with a flick of his sleeve.
"??!!" Ai and the other Cloud Ninja were clearly stunned.
Are the Uchiha really that weak? They can't even dodge a sleeve... What?!
"Bang!"
A wisp of white smoke drifted by.
The Inabi Uchiha on the ground have disappeared.
It's just delivering some documents. Although Feng sent Inabi Uchiha as the messenger, he didn't intend to send Inabi Uchiha to his death, so sending a Shadow Clone would suffice.
"It's the Shadow Clone Technique!" The Cloud Ninja naturally recognized this extremely famous Ninjutsu from Konoha.
Their Lightning Clone in Kumogakure was actually developed by imitating the Shadow Clone.
The atmosphere inside the Kumogakure council hall was instantly ignited after Uchiha Inabi Shadow Clone disappeared.
Initially, everyone thought the target was the Uchiha, but opinions differed, and the debate raged on.
But now, having learned that it was all a trick by Iwagakure, everyone's anger was ignited, and they instantly became united in their hatred of the enemy.
"Boss! Give the order! Let's raze Iwagakure! Avenge our fallen comrades! Avenge the Lord Third!"
"Those scoundrels from Iwagakure! I've had my eye on them for ages! And now they dare to scheme against us like this? Kill them!"
"Kill!..."
At this moment, the entire Kumogakure was united, and all their anger was directed at the Iwagakure.
"Pass on my orders..." Ai took a deep breath, a sinister smile creeping onto his lips.
"Gather all the Anbu and an army of ten thousand ninja, and head from the Iron Country to the Land of Earth."
I'm going to personally settle accounts with that old Ōnoki, and I'll make sure everyone understands that Kumogakure isn't someone to be trifled with!
"Boss, before we settle accounts with Ōnoki, we need to inform Konoha first," Darui said again. "After all, Konoha has 10,000 troops right on the border. If we don't make things clear, it could easily cause misunderstandings and trigger unnecessary battles."
Fortunately, the commander-in-chief of the opposing army Jiraiya a warmonger. As long as we explained things clearly, they would not stop us. After all, Konoha would be happy to see us go to war with Iwagakure.
Moreover! We can't send too many people, otherwise the weakness in the rear that Dodai was worried about will become a reality."
Ai frowned upon hearing this, but then nodded helplessly. "Let's do as you say. We'll inform Konoha first, and then only take the Anbu and five thousand men to Iwagakure."
Darui said is all correct and true. Although Kumogakure is very strong now, it is not strong enough to ignore Konoha.