The name Konoha's Ultimate Shadow has extraordinary significance to Kumogakure Village.
Because Zeekage is a ninja who can defeat the symbol of the invincibility of Kumogakure Village in a head-on battle, one-on-one, and defeated the Third Raikage who can fight the Eight-Tails in hand-to-hand combat.
What's more, the opponent directly took away the right arm of the Third Raikage's most powerful spear during the fight, beating the latter until he could only run away in confusion.
This move left a thick shadow on almost all the ninjas in their Hidden Cloud Village, which seemed to never be healed.
After the Third Raikage finished speaking, Xiao Ai also became quiet. He lowered his head subconsciously, and his eyebrows knitted together unconsciously.
After a while, as if he had figured something out, Xiao Ai raised his head again, looked directly at his father, gritted his teeth and said: "Dad, Mizukage died at the hands of Jueking, and there is no way that Kirigakure Village will just let it go.
, should we..."
Seeing that his son seemed to have some ideas, out of the consideration of cultivating him, the Third Raikage did not interrupt him, but raised his head slightly to signal him to continue.
Encouraged by his father, Xiao Ai no longer hesitated and expressed his thoughts decisively: "I think we can unite with Kirigakure Village and besiege Konoha with Sunagakure, Tsuchigakure, and Amegakure!"
"Let Jueying and his village pay the price for what he has done!"
When Xiao Ai said these words, his words were filled with anger, his face was full of dissatisfaction, and his whole body was filled with a faint evil spirit that did not belong to his age group, and his whole person looked menacing.
Unexpectedly, the Third Raikage's face suddenly darkened, he slammed the table and yelled: "Stupid!"
"Fight against Konoha with those bastards from Iwagakure? Is your head full of mush?"
As he said that, the Third Raikage saw that although Xiao Ai had been scolded by him and remained silent, a hint of fear flashed across his face as usual, but there was still a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
Taking in all the changes in his son's expression, the Third Raikage sighed slightly in his heart, but on the surface he still maintained the majesty of the Raikage and said in a deep voice:
"Let's not talk about the grudge between Kumogakure and Iwagakure that must be resolved, let's talk about the siege of Konoha..."
"Now that there are so many ninja villages participating, how much benefit can we get from participating?"
Hearing the words of the Third Raikage, not only Xiao Ai was stunned, but Dodai and Bulubi on the side also looked at the Third Raikage in surprise.
It felt like one could not imagine that the Raikage-sama, who had always been reckless and impulsive, would be so rational today.
Noticing the expressions of the three people around him, the Third Raikage knew what they were thinking. He couldn't help but sigh and continued: "
"Iwagakure is our planned target early on. Changing the strategy rashly to attack Konoha will do more harm than good to us, Kumogakure."
"Besides, with the sudden emergence of Jueying, I'm really not sure how many other trump cards Konoha has hidden."
After saying this, the Third Raikage looked at Xiao Ai. Seeing that the other person seemed to be thinking hard, his eyes couldn't help but soften a little. After a while, he continued:
"Ai, I know you want to avenge me and launch revenge against Jueying and Konoha. Although this filial piety is good, I hope you can remember one thing..."
As he said that, the third generation Raikage's face turned serious, and his tone became extremely serious: "You are my successor, and you will be the ninja who will inherit the name of Raikage in the future, so don't let hatred control your body and mind.
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"You must always remember that you are a shadow first, and then my son."
The sincere words came from his father's mouth. Xiao Ai opened his mouth, but at the moment he didn't know what to say. In desperation, he had no choice but to sigh heavily and suppress the impulse in his heart.
The scene of the Third Raikage educating Xiao Ai was caught in the eyes of Todai and Bulubi on the side, which also made them smile involuntarily, as if they were sincerely amused.
If we look at it purely from the perspective of unity, among the five major ninja villages, only Yunyin Village is truly united, with no internal fighting or disputes, and everyone uses their strength in one place.
From the daimyo to every ordinary cloud ninja, the atmosphere in the entire Kingdom of Thunder can be said to be very harmonious.
Although this country is martial and has a strong desire to attack the outside world, this does not prevent the various power groups within it, including the direct descendants of the Raikage, the group of elders, the ninja clan, and the civilian ninjas, from handling each other's relationships very harmoniously.
Serious internal conflicts rarely occur.
In the original time and space, what the fourth generation Raikage Ai said at the Five Kage Conference, "Only Kumogakure Village has not rebelled against ninja and joined the Akatsuki" truly proved how united Kumogakure Village was.
Therefore, in the Raikage's office at this moment, whether it is the Third Raikage, Xiao Ai, Bulubi and Dodai.
There may still be conflicts of opinion between them, but their long-term mutual understanding and mutual communication style of dealing with things have allowed all conflicts to be put on the surface, and there will be no such bad things as intrigues.
The reason why Xiao Ai proposed to launch a war against Konoha was simply because he couldn't bear to see his father's arm taken away by Jueking. However, Kumogakure Village had been swallowing his anger, so he thought of using this opportunity to take revenge and go back.
But the Third Raikage obviously had other plans in mind, so he taught Xiao Ai a lesson, and at the same time explained to the latter his responsibilities as a Kage:
That is, you should not make hasty decisions due to personal vendettas, thus putting Yunyin Village in a disadvantageous situation.
Xiao Ai may have understood the meaning of the Third Raikage's words, or he may have been shocked by his father's serious expression, but in short, he did not speak any further.
On the other hand, Tudai on the side saw that the atmosphere was about to get better, so he asked the Third Raikage: "Lord Raikage, do we still want to launch a surprise attack on the Kingdom of Earth according to the original plan?"
The raid on Earth Country was personally decided by the Third Raikage a few years ago. It is the main strategic direction of Kumogakure Village in this great ninja war.
Originally, the date was approaching, everything was fine, and the war between Kumogakure Village and Iwagakure Village was about to begin.
But at this juncture, first the third generation Raikage had his arm broken, and then the third generation Mizukage was assassinated. The two major events happened one after another, which drove Dodai to instinctively ask the third generation Raikage, because he intuitively felt that his family
The leader's decisions may change.
And sure enough, the Third Raikage's mind did change.
He slowly took a breath, stretched out his left palm and rubbed his forehead, frowned and replied: "Wait a moment, I can't understand the current situation in the ninja world. We will wait until the situation becomes clearer and we, Kumogakure, will
It’s not too late to enter.”
Noticing that the tone of the Third Raikage's voice was slightly tired when he spoke, Dodai thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Lord Raikage, is it because of Konoha?"