Railways not only facilitate people's daily travel, but also speed up military deployment, troop mobilization, and logistical support.

Especially logistics support.

The reason why the Iwa ninja were defeated by Konoha on the battlefield during the Third War was precisely because the Kannabi Bridge, the most important logistical supply line connecting the front lines, was cut off by Minato.

Therefore, when it became clear that the Land of Fire was starting to build a railway to the Land of Grass, the Iwa ninjas who were already close to the Land of Grass were very sensitive.

Iwagakure Village, inside the Tsuchikage office.

There have always been rumors of poor health, but Ohnoki, who is still sitting on the throne of the third Tsuchikage until now, looked at his son Huang Tu and said: "Has the mission been released?"

Huang Tu said: "People from the Xiao organization have already taken the call."

"That's good." Ohnoki said assuredly.

Seeing this scene, Huang Tu hesitated for a while, then thought about it and finally said: "Father, in fact, there are many tasks that can be done by Iwa Ninja. Why spend large sums of money to hire those bounty hunters?"<

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Upon hearing this, Onoki said calmly without changing his expression: "What? Is someone complaining to you?"

Huang Tu gritted his teeth and nodded: "Indeed! Many ninjas in the village have many complaints about the large number of tasks being leaked out."

For the Iwa ninja who still make a living under the traditional model, the village's annual task share is only so many.

However, their Tsuchikage-sama always likes to hand over some of the dangerous but rewarding tasks to those bounty hunters.

Once or twice is fine, but if it happens more often, it will naturally cause complaints.

The expenses of ninjas are already high, but now part of the reward pie has been cut off by outsiders. Naturally, the Iwa ninjas whose income has been reduced are very dissatisfied.

As for the mission being dangerous.

Who can continue to work as a ninja and is really afraid of danger?

Because of this, many Iwa Ninjas have come to Loess to complain about this matter, hoping that he can persuade Lord Tsuchikage to change his mind.

"Hmph! Short-sighted!"

In response, Onoki snorted coldly, looked at his son with some disappointment and said,

"The people below don't know it, don't you? After five years of accumulation, the situation in the ninja world is now like a powder keg that may explode at any time. This is the time when the Iwa ninjas are accumulating all their strength to cope with the new situation that may happen at any time.

A round of war. There is no room for consuming elite power in other areas that are not important."

"Let the bounty hunters in the underground black market take action. It's okay to complete the task. If you fail to complete the task, you can also weaken the power of this group of free Iwa ninjas to prevent the other party from causing chaos in the future. The cost is just a little money. It kills two birds with one stone.

How not to do it?"

The loess is silent.

His father has always been nicknamed "Two Scales" in the ninja world.

This is to praise his shrewd mind, which is as accurate as a scale.

This is indeed the case. Under the leadership of his father, although the Iwa Ninja did not win many ninja wars, his own losses were relatively small compared to other countries. Occasionally, he could make a fortune with superb means.

Big pen.

The development of Yanyin Village today is definitely due to my father.

But!

Sometimes being too smart is not necessarily a good thing.

My father only saw the benefits of outsourcing dangerous tasks, but he never thought that real strong people are always tempered from various dangerous tasks.

Just like those Konoha geniuses that my father envied, all of them were honed in A-level and S-level missions.

Although many geniuses died on their missions, those who grew up played a greater role.

It can be said that one of the reasons why Iwagakure Village is in decline is also because my father protected the Iwa ninjas too well.

It's just that although Huang Tu was very clear about these perceptions, when he was facing his father, the Third Tsuchikage who had been in charge for many years, he opened his mouth slightly, but in the end he did not dare to refute the latter as usual, and chose silence out of habit.
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Such a reaction is why Ohnoki has never considered passing on the position of the fourth Tsuchikage to his opponent.

Just because the former knew very well that his son did not dare to take on the responsibility and was only suitable for being a forward general.

In comparison, it would be better to pass it on to Kurotsuchi.

At least the other party dared to pull his beard and boldly said that he was wrong.

However, although Kurotsuchi has outstanding ninja talents and good leadership skills, he is still too young after all, and he has only graduated from the ninja school not long ago.

At this moment, Onoki, who didn't know what Huang Tu was thinking, just thought that he had convinced the other party, and then continued: "The Four Shadows meeting has not been held yet, and now is not the time to disturb Konoha. Let Akatsuki's people attack the Fire on our behalf.

The National Railway Construction Team is the best choice. Many of the jobs Xiao has done for us in the past have been successfully completed, and I think it will be successful this time."

"In addition..." Ohnoki said with a cold light in his eyes when he said this, "It doesn't matter if Konoha is prepared, it would be good to let Akatsuki's people and Konoha dogs bite the dogs. You know, Lao Zi's disappearance recently

Investigation has shown that there is some relationship with Xiao."

"Xiao? Lao Zi?" Huang Tu's expression suddenly changed.

You must know that although Lao Zi rebelled and left the village because he disagreed with the Tsuchikage's ideals, as a Four-Tails Jinchuuriki, his strength is undoubtedly very powerful.

People from the Akatsuki organization actually have this ability?

Huang Tu couldn't believe it.

His son had some doubts, but Ohnoki, who had had many dealings with the Akatsuki organization and took advantage of the opportunity to obtain a lot of information about it, knew its strength very well.

Although there is no direct evidence that Lao Zi’s disappearance is related to the Akatsuki organization.

But based on the fact that a man in a black trench coat with red clouds had appeared near the scene of the incident, Ohnoki immediately identified the target.

In the past, he had some doubts that the Akatsuki organization, which had included so many powerful people, was really just willing to be a bounty organization.

Now that he realized that his target was the tailed beast, he finally understood.

Although I don’t know where Akatsuki’s purpose is.

But with such a potential threat, it’s better to deal with it first.

'Let you go fight to the death with Konoha first! With Konoha's current domineering style, if you really suffer a loss, you will definitely choose revenge. When the time comes, I will throw out the information about the Akatsuki organization, hehe...

....'

Ohnoki, who didn't know that Konoha had already collected information, was proudly planning in his mind.

On the side, Huang Tu, who saw his father showing a familiar sly smile and knew that someone was going to be unlucky again, immediately felt relieved, and then he stayed where he was and waited.

"Eh? Why are you still here, Loess?" Ohnoki, who had come back from his thoughts for a long time, couldn't help but wonder when he saw that his silly son was still here.

"Forget it, since you are here, there is one more thing you should do now." Stopping Huang Tu who was about to turn around, Onoki continued with a serious face, "Go to the communications class and write a secret letter to urge the Raikage.

On the other hand, only the Kumo ninjas are the only ones left in the Four Shadows meeting who haven't nodded. It's already this time, why are you still dawdling? Ask the Raikage if he's scared of being beaten by Konoha and doesn't dare to make any more moves."<

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"Yes!" Huang Tu immediately went to do it.

......

Yunyin Village.

As the second largest ninja village in the ninja world after Konoha, after experiencing a tragic defeat five years ago, the village's strength, reputation and economy have plummeted since then.

Although it has gone through five years of recuperation, the development of Yunyin Village has stalled under the huge pressure of war compensation.

Now, the village is almost the same as it was five years ago, not to mention even more desolate.

Fortunately, there is always a way out.

The five-year period has expired. With Yunyin Village demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, and with the secret assistance of the other three major countries, the war compensation has finally been paid off.

After all the Kumo ninja prisoners of war and the two Jinchuuriki returned, they were finally able to regroup and develop their strength in a real sense without the shackles around their necks.

However, the good times did not last long, as requests from the four-party alliance from the Rock Ninja, Sand Ninja, and Mist Ninja kept urging.

Although it is clear that Konoha's current eye-popping development speed cannot allow them to delay any longer.

But all parties have their own interests and demands.

For the Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure villages that have almost recovered, the action to contain Konoha is urgent.

But for Yunyin Village, which has just taken a breather and still has a long way to go before recovering, this time is not very friendly.

At this time, in Raikage's office.

Azabui, who had just received an urgent letter from Qianli Iwagakure Village, handed the decrypted letter to Ai.

After the Fourth Raikage Ai opened it and took a look, he sighed slightly:

"Here comes the urging again!"

My family is aware of their situation, and although they understand that the current situation cannot be delayed, Yun Ren's current situation is indeed not very good.

Especially two years ago, even though the Kingdom of Thunder united with the other three major countries to put pressure on the Kingdom of Fire, and wanted to force the Kingdom of Fire to stop the railway connecting the Kingdom of Tang and the Kingdom of Frost, the latter strongly refused.
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To be continued...