The journey from the Kingdom of Whirlpool to the Kingdom of Rain is about five to six hundred kilometers. This distance is already extremely long, and Lei Luo and others are not in a hurry...
Therefore, the time they spent on the road was undoubtedly much longer than normal. It would probably not take them less than ten days and a half to get there.
However, no one in the team complained about this, or said anything like "it's best to return to the village as soon as possible".
After all, when Danzo gave Lei Luo the task of assassinating the Mizukage, he did not put a time limit on the latter. This may be because he took into account the difficulty of the task.
Therefore, Lei Luo thought to himself, even if he and others stayed outside for ten days and a half, or even longer, as long as it was not as excessive as a year and a half, Danzo would have no reason to trouble him.
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There was plenty of time to relax and rest. Lei Luo and his party went in to eat and drink when they encountered towns, and stopped to rest for the night when they encountered beautiful mountains and rivers.
As for the various expenses incurred during this process, Lei Luo, the captain, took the initiative to pay for the team members. After all, this "tour" was proposed by him, so it was appropriate to pay a small amount of money for it.
During the stop-and-go, because everyone eats, sleeps, and lives together, there are conditions for mutual communication, and because there is no task at hand, it seems a bit boring on weekdays.
Therefore, when people have nothing to do, they often like to get together and chat about anything and everything.
From the beginning, we talked about ninjutsu, secret techniques, and fighting, to later we talked about life, ideals, and beliefs...
In this process, everyone is constantly deepening their understanding of each other. While the feelings among the team members are rapidly warming up, it also makes the atmosphere in the team more harmonious.
Even Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato, a pair who couldn't stand each other, could sometimes exchange a few words and the atmosphere was no longer so tense.
Regarding the current development situation in the team, Lei Luo seems to be happy to see the results, and does not have the consciousness of a leader who is worried about his subordinates getting together.
Although his affiliation with these team members had been established tacitly in the previous usurpation operation and with the support of everyone.
On the surface, it seems that Lei Luo no longer has to worry about whether these team members will rebel against him or whether they will leave him one day.
However, in essence, this does not mean that Lei Luo can sit back and relax from now on.
In Lei Luo's view, there is no such thing as loyalty without reason in this world.
Relying on the advantages of status or strength, he may be able to maintain a superior-subordinate relationship with these teammates for a period of time.
But if he really wants these teammates to support him wholeheartedly from beginning to end, mainly Aburame Shiguro and Hinata Tamaki, and even dare to risk their lives to participate in his usurping the Hokage, then...
He must take practical actions, such as proactively offering some benefits to win over these two people, and completely tie them into his chariot.
In Lei Luo's opinion, just having a "certificate of surrender" and asking others to show their loyalty is not enough, far from it.
Thanks to the living textbook of Uzumaki Makoto in front of him, Lei Luo also thought about ways to win people's hearts and planned to put it into practice during this vacation trip.
Whether it was the harmonious atmosphere he deliberately created within the team, or the seemingly unintentional revelation of a lot of ninjutsu information to Aburame Shiguro and Hinata Tamaki during each conversation, these were the methods he was implementing.
The influence is happening subtly. Lei Luo believes that Aburame Shiguro and the two can understand the profound meaning of what they do, and he also hopes that these two people can respond.
Whether it is returning some Ninjutsu of equal value or silently keeping Lei Luo's "good intentions" in mind, it is not a loss for Lei Luo.
In this way, more than a week passed in the blink of an eye as the happy Lei Luo team continued to march towards the Kingdom of Rain.
The results of the war between Kirigakure Village and Uzushio Village gradually spread to the ninja world with the information returned by spies from all walks of life.
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Cloud Hidden Village, Raikage Building.
The Third Raikage Ai was sitting behind his desk, frowning as he stared at the intelligence document that had just been sent to him. Veins appeared on the back of his hand holding the paper, and he was obviously very uneasy inside.
Noticing the change in the Third Raikage's demeanor at this moment, Dodai, a young member of the Shadow Guard who was standing by, subconsciously glanced at the information in the former's hand and asked in a low voice:
"Lord Raikage, what happened?"
Tutai's question immediately attracted the attention of the other two people present...
One of them has the same strong muscles as the Third Raikage, but is several sizes smaller. He is the son of the Third Raikage who has just turned fifteen this year. Ai.
The other person is a middle-aged man with distinct black and white hair, a black stripe tattooed on his right cheek, and a slightly haggard look, the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki. Brubi.
The son of the Third Raikage, Ai, here referred to as Xiao Ai, he and Brubi sat on the sofas on opposite sides of the Third Raikage. They both turned their eyes to the Third Raikage and listened with their ears pricked up.
"The Third Mizukage...that guy Shigetsuki is dead."
"The Kirigakure Village has taken the initiative to withdraw from the war with Uzushio Village because of the heavy losses."
"In other words, Kirigakure Village was defeated."
When saying these words, the Third Raikage spoke very slowly and his face was very calm. At first glance, he seemed calm, as if this matter was no big deal.
However, Dodai, who knew the Third Raikage quite well, could see the shock in the former's eyes after a brief observation.
In fact, it was not only the Third Raikage who was shocked, but also Ai and Bulubi who were sitting aside, as well as Dodai who was half concentrating on observing the expression of the Third Raikage, also felt that this news was too shocking.
After all, the Second Ninja World War has just begun. In less than two years, a shadow of the Great Ninja Village has already died in the war. This...
"Is Uzumaki Village actually so strong? Even Mizukage died on the spot..."
Xiao Ai looked solemn, and while savoring the cruelty of this battle in her heart, she subconsciously murmured.
Unexpectedly, the Third Raikage took a deep breath, put down the information in his hand, unconsciously reached out and touched his empty right shoulder, and said in a deep voice:
"No, Mizukage's death did not originate from Uzushio Village, but from Konoha..."
"It's a good thing done by Konoha's Zeekage."
The appearance of the word "Jueying" caused the atmosphere in the venue to suddenly become solemn, and the expressions of the three people present were unconsciously dull for a few seconds.