Stumbling into the imperial family

"Let them guess for themselves. Leaving some room for imagination will only make them more uncertain about the situation of the Heavenly Dao Palace."

Coming to her Izayoi, Yayoi's absence this time had indirectly led to certain new changes.

Kicho understood this principle as well. As long as they didn't speak up, these people could only remain in various assumptions and guesses, unable to determine the truth of the matter.

This ambiguity can sometimes be a deterrent.

Moreover, Yayoi's inability to come down this time was indeed due to special circumstances, rather than a real health problem.

"Speaking of which, Sister Kicho, what are your thoughts on the current situation in Hidden Sand Village and Hidden Rain Village?"

Izayoi changed the subject, bringing up the matter of Hidden Sand Village and Hidden Rain Village.

At the beginning of the year, Hanzo Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village and Hidden Rain Village, suddenly started fighting during a peace meeting, triggering a conflict.

According to rumors, the Third Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village ultimately suffered a major loss in this conflict.

Upon returning to the village, the Third Kazekage began to organize his troops and prepare for war, adopting a tough stance as if he were to attack the Land of Rain.

According to Hidden Sand Village, during the peace talks, Hanzo suddenly disregarded international morality and launched a sneak attack on the Third Kazekage Third Kazekage and forced to flee.

However, Hidden Rain Village was not to be trifled with. They quickly retaliated, claiming that the Third Kazekage was hypocritical and had ambushed their leader, Hanzo, and that Hidden Sand Village had no sincerity in negotiating.

In short, this conflict brought the contradictions between the two sides into the open.

Not only is Hidden Sand Village actively preparing for war, but Hidden Rain Village has also stopped putting on a show, mobilizing 1,500 fully armed ninjas and an air combat unit of 50 people operating flying ninja tools. They spend their days reconnaissance and patrol along the border between Amegakure and Kaze, monitoring Hidden Sand Village's every move.

This tough stance brought the war between the two ninja villages to the brink of imminent conflict. Neither side intended to engage in verbal negotiations but instead prepared to settle things with force.

The situation on both sides is changing so rapidly that it's hard to keep up.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes that the Third Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village was mostly the one who stirred up trouble in the peace talks, but ended up suffering a great loss in the end.

After all, cooperation between the two sides would be entirely beneficial to Hidden Rain Village, and Hanzo would not be likely to cause trouble by launching a sneak attack on the Third Kazekage.

The truth is that the Third Kazekage attempted a sneak attack, but was countered by Hanzo.

The most likely outcome of that battle was that Hanzo won.

Otherwise, the Third Kazekage, upon returning to Hidden Sand Village, wouldn't have adopted such a strange posture, appearing to want to attack Hidden Rain Village with all his might while simultaneously trying his best to restrain himself.

This clearly indicates an intention to suppress Hidden Rain Village and the Land of Rain, but they are wary of Hanzo's strength and dare not act rashly.

This left all the factions, having finally understood the whole story, astonished. Was Hidden Rain Village, the leader of Hanzo, really that powerful?

Even the Kazekage, one of the Five Kage, suffered a great loss at his hands.

They didn't think the Third Kazekage was deliberately praising Hanzo. After all, as one of the Five Kage, being defeated by the leader of a small country's ninja village seriously jeopardized the Third Kazekage's own prestige and reputation.

"Hidden Sand Village? What, Izayoi- neechan, are you going to get involved in this?"

Kicho wondered why Izayoi would ask such a question, but she really didn't know much about the affairs of Hidden Sand Village and Hidden Rain Village.

However, it's also known that if these two sides continue to confront each other with this hardline stance, it wouldn't be surprising if a direct conflict broke out at any time.

The fact that these two villages have a terrible relationship is no secret in the Ninja World.

"No, I just feel it's a pity that Konoha wasn't dragged into this again."

Izayoi wasn't a warmonger, but what bothered her was that, in the entire Ninja World, only Konoha remained uninvolved, with nothing happening.

How could the inherently evil Senju Clan possibly back down at a time like this?

They should stir up trouble and make enemies on all sides.

This would give the Land of Night the opportunity to intervene and devour the Land of Fire's rich lands.

Over the years, she has been using the Land of Night's intelligence system to thoroughly investigate which of the existing registered ninjas in Konoha are Senju Clan ninjas who have abandoned their clan name.

As long as she gets Konoha involved and finds a legitimate opportunity to intervene, she can openly and honestly kill members of the Senju Clan on the battlefield.

Furthermore, Hidden Sand Village and Hidden Rain Village are both idiots. Most of their land is sand, and they are a resource-poor, perpetually rainy, Fourth Shinobi World War region. What is there to fight over with their meager possessions?

Why don't we join forces and cause trouble in the Land of Fire?

"..."

Kicho's lips twitched; she was speechless.

This younger sister continues to pay close attention to Konoha, no, it should be said that she has a deep 'love' for the Senju Clan.

This was evident in the previous Joint Chunin Ninja Exams. Even though the Izayoi Senju used his connections to interfere with the exam rules, just to put immense pressure on the Senju Clan in front of everyone.

Even the granddaughter of the God of Shinobi was not spared and became one of the victims.

Izayoi felt no shame for bullying the younger man; she only felt that her son Rikuo's methods were not fast enough or ruthless enough.

While the two were chatting, the important moment of the wedding ceremony arrived.

Izayoi then stopped communicating with Kicho and focused on the wedding preparations.

As the legal wife, Kicho's visit undoubtedly represents Yayoi, who was unable to attend in person.

Looking at his daughter Maki, who was dressed in her finest attire, and Hatake Sakumo, who seemed somewhat reserved beside him, Izayoi adopted a more composed demeanor.

In terms of ability, she was very satisfied with this son-in-law.

She knew the power and intimidation that the name "White Fang" represented, as she frequently visited the Heavenly Dao Palace.

Furthermore, Yayoi had already discussed it beforehand, so there was naturally no situation where they were forced to separate.

Moreover, the Oda Clan had a very relaxed family tradition, and only certain individuals were required to complete political marriages regarding their children's affairs.

The others did what they were supposed to do, and there was little interference.

Therefore, she did not interfere with Rikuo's choice of several girls with no family background as partners.

Standing on her other side, Sakumo's father Hatake Shinjiro, who was already fifty years old, was sweating profusely, and his palms were also covered in sweat.

Standing next to his former boss clearly put him under a lot of pressure.

Thinking back on his own life, where he was just a down-on-his-luck Samurai dismissed by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, he never expected his son to be so successful. Not only had he earned the title of "White Fang" at a young age, but many Daimyo from the Land of Night's allies had personally requested his intervention to resolve their issues. And now, he was even entangled with his former leader's daughter...

By the time he realized it, the two had already reached the stage of discussing marriage.

This time, I really did accidentally wander into the imperial palace.