Konoha, Hokage Tower.

"Lord Hokage, this is the alliance agreement submitted by Sunagakure."

Yamanaka Haiichi placed the agreement in his hand on the desk in front of Hiruzen. The agreement stated the cooperation matters between Konoha and Sunagakure. Generally speaking, they wanted to unite to attack the Kingdom of Demons.

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At the bottom of the agreement, there is also Feng Ying's signature, and the format is quite formal.

"Thank you for your hard work, Haiyi."

Not long after returning from the Daming Palace, Hiruzen felt a little tired, but he still managed to hold on. The matter of joining forces with Sunagakure was a very important diplomatic matter for Konoha at the moment.

The daimyo of the land of wind are contacted by the daimyo of the land of fire.

The contact work with Sunagakure was naturally left to Konoha, who was also a ninja villager.

"How is your mental state, Mr. Kazekage?"

Hiruzen glanced at the agreement, put it down, and asked about the Kazekage's physical condition.

"When I saw it, my spirit seemed to have improved a lot. But in addition, Lord Kazekage also wrote a letter and asked me to deliver it to you personally, Lord Hokage."

With that said, Haiyi took out an unopened letter from his arms and handed it to Hiruzen.

Hiruzen took the letter curiously. After opening it, he read it briefly and fell into deep thought.

"Hokage-sama, what happened?"

Haiyi saw that Hiruzen immediately fell into deep thought after reading the letter and couldn't help but wonder.

"Nothing, Feng Ying hopes to exchange sealing techniques with Konoha, and he will also provide secret techniques of equal value for us Konoha to study."

Hiruzen glanced at Haiichi and said.

"Sealing Technique?"

"Yes."

"I see, it's for Shukaku."

Haiyi remembered something.

"Shukaku?"

"Yes, during this trip to Sunagakure, Ichibi Shukaku in Sunagakure Village went violent for a short time, and some buildings in Sunagakure Village were destroyed by Shukaku. The Kazekage wants to negotiate the sealing technique with Konoha, is it?

I hope the sealing effect on Shukaku will be strengthened."

Haiyi explained.

"Didn't you expect that something like this would happen during the trip to Sunagakure?"

Hiruzen was quite surprised.

A tailed beast going berserk is not a good thing.

If you don't take good precautions, destroying the building is nothing, but if it causes a large number of casualties, it can seriously damage the Ninja Village.

However, compared to Konoha's Nine-Tails, the One-Tailed Shukaku's power is relatively weak, and with the current power of Sunagakure Village, it should not be a concern.

This also means that Sunagakure Village lacks sealing technology for tailed beasts.

After all, the amount of chakra the tailed beast has is quite large. If it is a normal sealing technique, it will be difficult to seal the tailed beast.

Currently in the ninja world, the sealing technique that poses the most threat to tailed beasts is the sealing technique passed down from the Uzumaki clan, which can effectively seal tailed beasts, and the nine-tailed beast, the strongest tailed beast, is no exception.

"So, what are you going to do, Hokage-sama, do you want to make this kind of deal with Kazekage?"

Haiyi asked.

"According to my point of view, you can give some of it. The sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan is very powerful. If all of it is given to Sunagakure, a new threat may form in the future."

Hiruzen considered it for a moment and expressed his thoughts.

Currently, Sunagakure has signed an alliance agreement with Konoha, and it is not convenient for Hiruzen to refuse Kazekage's personal request.

However, Hiruzen did not intend to trade the too sophisticated sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan with the Kazekage, and only selected a part of them in exchange for the secret technique research information of Sunagakure Village.

Originally, Sunagakure and the Oni Country could also make this kind of deal. The Oni Country not only has the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, but also the remnants of the Uzumaki clan. The Oni Country that gets these remnants must also have a large amount of information about the Uzumaki clan.

, advanced sealing skills are essential.

But with the current bad relationship between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Ghosts, Kazekage must not have the shame to make such a deal with the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Hai nodded, this is best.

He did not reject the Kazekage's deal and make him look ugly, but he also considered future events to prevent Sunagakure from using the sealing technique he obtained from Konoha to target the Konoha Village.

Although we are allies, we must take necessary precautions.

Ultimately, the reason for joining forces with Sunagakure at this moment is because they have a common enemy.

"Haiyi, please go down. You can take a good rest in the village for a while. There is no need to go out to perform tasks."

"yes."

Haiyi straightened his body, turned around and left the office.

Not long after Haiyi left, an ANBU wearing an animal mask suddenly appeared in the office, standing in front of the desk, standing upright.

"Tenzo?"

"It's me, Hokage-sama."

"Where's the Kakashi? Didn't he come in person?"

"Boss Kakashi is teaching Uchiha Sasuke, and the ANBU is temporarily managed by our four squad leaders."

Tianzang answered meticulously.

"During my absence, nothing special happened in the village, right?"

Hiruzen had something to say.

Tianzang thought about it for a moment and answered: "No, the two consultants worked diligently and did not exceed their authority. As for the root, it is still the same as before. They sealed the base and put talismans around it. Even

Even the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan can’t peek into the secrets inside.”

"To keep it secret to this extent, it seems that there is a big conspiracy behind it."

"Do you want to send someone to test it out?"

"No, the village needs to be stable now, and it is not appropriate to conflict with the roots."

As long as Gengen didn't secretly conduct human experiments on people from his own village like Orochimaru, Hiruzen would have no choice but to turn a blind eye to this.

Now is not the time to have a conflict with the Roots. In any case, Danzo has already gone to the front line. If he attacks the Roots base at this time, it is likely to trigger a fight within Konoha.

Moreover, the roots at this time are no longer the roots of the past.

Compared with before the Third Ninja War, the power of the Roots has grown more than once.

According to ANBU's investigation, the Roots have absorbed many outstanding talents from the ninja clan in Konoha in recent years. Even the Yamanaka clan and the Nara clan, who are friendly with the Sarutobi clan, have people who actively enter the Roots to listen to Danzo's orders.

No matter what time it is, there will always be aggressive radicals in the village who gather under Danzo's command.

With the development of this international situation that is unfavorable to Konoha, this trend has become more and more obvious.

After Tenzo went down, Hiruzen had a rare moment of rest. He picked up the cigarette rod and took a puff, looking out the window.

"Everything that needs to be done has been done. From now on, we can only do our best to accept fate. I hope things will not lead to the worst outcome."

As Hiruzen said this, there was a look of worry in his eyes, and he was not as calm as he appeared on the inside.

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The sun sets in the west, and the orange afterglow shines into the study.

Ichiji sorted out various information and intelligence documents sent from the military headquarters of the Kingdom of Demons, and was also surprised by the changing international environment.

According to her original intention, she only needs to drive out the isolated island merchant alliance that has settled in the Kingdom of Waves. After all, there are too many interests involved behind the merchant alliance. If it goes too deep, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

However, what she didn't expect was that her old man would unite the three great powers of Thunder, Earth, and Water, and destroy the merchant alliance's nest on the isolated island in one go.

Don't mention the Fire Country beforehand, she was not prepared at all.

By the time he reacted, the matter was a foregone conclusion.

No matter how dissatisfied the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Wind are with the behavior of the Kingdom of Ghosts, they must admit this fact.

"Looking for an opportunity to kill with one strike, it really seems like the old man's usual style. In other words, he used me as bait."

Yiji helplessly shook her head.

If she was still confused about the standby instructions issued by the headquarters before the operation, now it seems that she has clearly become a target and the best candidate to attract the attention of the Fire Nation's famous names.

Because her status is high enough.

It would make people think that she is the highest-ranking military commander of the Kingdom of Demons stationed in the Kingdom of Waves, thereby ignoring the danger of the Military Headquarters of the Demon Kingdom.

This is of course different from military institutions like Ninja Village. The military of the Kingdom of Demons has extremely close ties with various branches. Thanks to the maturity of communication technology, intelligence communication with the headquarters will basically take place every two to three days.

Even though she is thousands of miles away, Yiji can quickly get first-hand information from the headquarters.
To be continued...