News of Hanzo of the Salamander's death and Land of Rain's change of ownership spread rapidly among Shinobi World.
Land of Earth, Iwagakure, Shadow Council Hall.
Ōnoki leaned back in the chair and tapped the armrest with his fingers in a slow rhythm.
On the long table in front of him were six intelligence scrolls. Each one said the same thing, but each one had a different conclusion.
"Land of Rain has started to change its flag." The intelligence officer stood at the table, his voice calm, "The new ruler is the organization called "Akatsuki", and the leader of the organization is called Yahiko."
"What's the internal situation of Land of Rain now?" Ōnoki asked.
"They put forward the concept of equality for all." The intelligence officer continued, "The distribution of materials is not based on strength, but on the number of people. For the time being Land of Rain there is no big sign of chaos."
"This person Yahiko, I remember he was on the death list submitted before."
"Yes."
"There was a mistake in our previous investigation. Not only was he not dead, he also appeared at Hanzō's mansion and gave a speech."
Ōnoki stood up and walked to the huge Shinobi World map on the wall. He stared at the position of Land of Rain.
The shape of Land of Rain is like a wedge on the map, right at the junction of Land of Earth, Land of Wind and Land of Fire.
"Hanzō was here before, and with Konoha's obstruction, we didn't succeed." He said, "But now Hanzō is dead..."
"First drive the caravan route in." Ōnoki turned around, "From the east, take the old mining road. Bring food, iron materials, medicinal materials, everything. Land of Rain is currently facing internal and external troubles. The more things we bring, the more dependent they will be on us. When they are dependent enough, the number of people stationed there will be enough -"
He didn't say the second half of the sentence.
But everyone present understood it.
"One more thing." The intelligence officer hesitated, "Akatsuki has recently come into contact with several groups of mercenaries who were originally attached to Hanzō. The commanders of two of them are our people."
Ōnoki Look back.
"Let them accept the banner of Akatsuki, share the food with them, and do everything Akatsuki asks them to do." Ōnoki said, "Go in first, then you can wait. Wait, then you can wait for the opportunity."
The intelligence officer lowered his head and said, "Yes."
Ōnoki took one last look at the wedge-shaped country on the map.
"A Land of Rain without Demigod is just a piece of meat without an owner. Without Hanzo of the Salamander in charge, it is just an unknown organization that cannot hold its own!!!"
Land of Wind, Kazekage mansion.
Granny Chiyo put down the teacup and didn't drink.
"Rasa, do you really plan to send someone in?"
"If we don't send people, how can we wait for others to block the road?" Rasa frowned, "Iwagakure must have moved, and Konoha is unlikely to be sitting over there. If we are a step slower..."
"I'm not saying don't move." Chiyo pushed the stack of information in front of him, "I'm saying, look at this."
Rasa picked it up and glanced at it.
This is the latest information sent back from Land of Rain. It is not channel information, but street information collected by Chiyo privately.
A child stood at the foot of the steps and asked Yahiko: Are you going to die again?
Yahiko said: This time, no.
Rasa put the piece of paper down and said nothing.
"This kind of thing can only be said by people who can speak it." Chiyo said, "Hanzo of the Salamander is the type who speaks like a god to Land of Rain, and can't say a single word for a long time." "And Yahiko, the type, first said that I didn't intend to call this a miracle, and then told everyone that everything would not get better overnight."
"This makes it even more difficult to deal with."
Rasa was silent for a while, "What do you mean..."
"It can't be suppressed." Chiyo stood up, "If you label an organization that distributes food, erects monuments, and writes dead people's names in lists, the villagers won't believe it if you label it as an invader. It's okay to send ninjas to infiltrate, but other ninja villages will definitely do the same thing." Chiyo paused, "I think we can try to contact Akatsuki himself directly to see their attitude."
"Contact directly?"
"If they really want peace, then they need money, supplies, and we need not to interfere with the trade routes at the Land of Wind border." Chiyo said, "We can provide these. We can even send troops to help them defend themselves against foreign enemies."
"Because Land of Rain, no matter how chaotic he is internally, will never fall into the hands of Iwagakure, let alone Konoha." Chiyo turned around
Land of Lightning, Kumogakure, Raikage buildings.
Ai had already pinched a mark into the leather on the armrest.
"Hanzō died, died in his own territory." He repeated the fact, as if repeating it would make it more reasonable, "Then how did he die?"
Classmate Little A opened a new report, "There are discrepancies in the eyewitness testimonies, but there are several points that are consistent. First, a silver-haired man wearing a ninja costume appeared on the battlefield. He single-handedly wounded Hanzo of the Salamander from the front, and then defeated the main force of Amegakure."
Ai's fingers stopped.
"The silver-haired man."
"Yes. The eyewitness description matches Hatake Sakumo, the deceased member of Konoha Hatake Clan."
The hall was quiet for three seconds.
"Hatake Sakumo has been dead for more than ten years, could it be that Konoha started planning so many years ago!!!"
"Are you sure it's Konoha?"
"High probability, yes."
Ai Zaiyuan Earth Flow took two steps and stopped, "That life was caused by the knife produced by Konoha. Akatsuki just happened to be standing there." "In other words, the person who is controlling Land of Rain is actually Konoha..."
Classmate Little A answered, "Konoha probably ended early many years ago, even before the last Shinobi World war."
Ai walked to the window, and outside the window were thick clouds and distant thunder.
"Keep an eye on that Akatsuki," he finally said, "I want to know what Konoha plans to do next with Land of Rain."
"Once it is decided that Konoha is behind Akatsuki, spread the news immediately and let our people cause some chaos in Land of Rain."
"Father, Land of Rain will cause chaos if you do this!" Classmate Little A was a little surprised by his father's decision.
"It just needs to be chaotic. Chaos can contain Konoha, Sunagakure, Iwagakure's energy and free up time for us. Konoha It's developing too fast. We still haven't figured out the methods used on the border before, so let's let Sunagakure and Iwagakure delay Konoha's attention."
Land of Fire, Konoha conference room.
These senior executives have been arguing about Land of Rain for nearly an hour.
"Land of Rain must not fall into the hands of other countries. Everyone has no objection to this."