First he finished these words in a slightly teasing tone, and then Lei Luo turned to look at Nara Shikaji, his expression having returned to calmness.
"The Third Kazekage is most likely up to some conspiracy. Has the General Staff discovered anything?"
The General Staff Department, this novel term was also coined by Lei Luo in the past two years: similar in nature to the Secretariat, the General Staff Department is also a civilian-oriented department and is also under the control of only Lei Luo.
But unlike the Secretariat, the Staff Department has a strong degree of autonomy, because this department is responsible for coordinating the entire battle situation and providing timely action plans for all aspects of the Ninja Army for Lei Luo's reference.
To put it simply, it is a think tank.
Nara Shikaji is currently the top leader of the staff, and he has a total of ten permanent members, most of whom are veteran jounin who have been on the battlefield, have rich experience, and have high IQs.
In addition to these ten fixed members, there are also some non-fixed members like Orochimaru and Aburame Shiguro who occasionally participate in the discussions of the staff.
Lei Luo asked Nara Shikaji at this time, hoping that the staff could get a glimpse of clues from Sunagakure's recent changes in actions and predict the possible next plan of the Third Kazekage.
"Meet..." Nara Luji lowered his head and pondered for a while. After a long time, he looked up at Lei Luo again, with a trace of hesitation on his face: "There is not much discovery so far. Sunagakure's recent actions seem to be no different from the past.
,but……"
This "but" instantly aroused Lei Luo's interest.
"But what?"
"Recently... the frequency of material transportation seems to have increased a lot. However, based on the reports from our ninjas, the "firepower" of the Sunagakure has not been significantly improved."
"Whether it's ninja tools, detonating talismans, or puppets used by puppet masters, the Sand Ninja troops don't seem to have received sufficient supplies of equipment in batches. This is very strange..."
"Where were the supplies that were transported to the Sunagakure camp used? Or, in other words, those supplies...are they really weapons and equipment?"
Lei Luo pondered for a while, tapping his fingers on the table unconsciously. He did not look at Nara Shikaji, but directly asked in a low voice:
"What's your guess?"
"There are too many possibilities, I can't..."
Before he finished speaking, when he saw Lei Luo frowning slightly and squinting his eyes to look at him, Nara Shikaji's heart skipped a beat and a drop of cold sweat fell on his forehead. He decisively changed his words and expressed his immature judgment:
"Perhaps it is a material for making some kind of high-end puppet, or it may be some kind of "trump card" prepared by the Third Kazekage. In short, it may require the consumption of a lot of materials."
"High-end puppet..."
Thinking of the battle with Monzaemon four years ago, and then thinking of this war, the figure of the other party never appeared, Lei Luo couldn't help but wonder: Did Monzaemon die of old age?
However, if according to Nara Shikaji's guess, Sunagakure is really making some kind of "killer puppet", or some kind of "powerful weapon"...
So at Chiyo's level, is he capable of creating something that is enough to threaten him?
Shaking his head, Lei Luo decisively chose not to dwell on these nonsense things: As Nara Shikaji said, there are too many possibilities, and guessing based on thin air is just a waste of time.
But after all, there was one piece of information that Lei Luo was sure of: the Third Kazekage was probably planning some big move, and for this, he had consumed a lot of unknown materials.
If combined with Sunagakure's change of previous combat style and active sneak attack on its own transport troops, Lei Luo believes that there is a high probability that the Third Kazekage is almost ready and wants to take the lead in provoking a decisive battle.
Thinking of this, Lei Luo turned to look at Hinata Huan and asked:
"What about the Intelligence Department? Did you find anything?"
Hyuga Tamaki, who was the Minister of Intelligence at the time, replied without even thinking: "Sunagakure sent several teams into the Land of Rain, and the target was the direction of Rain Hidden Village..."
"According to my judgment, the Third Kazekage may have hooked up with Sanshouyu Hanzo, intending to join forces to deal with us at some point in the future."
Because of the Shenyingqiu Incident, Sunagakure and Amegakure signed an alliance treaty three or four years ago.
But now that the war has begun, Sanshouyu Hanzo has actually not shown much sincerity as an ally of Sunagakure Village.
Of course, the same is true for Iwagakure and Hanzo.
In this ninja war that lasted for more than four years, Yugakure's attitude was extremely negative:
The Rain Ninjas mostly stayed within their own sphere of influence and rarely took the initiative to attack Konoha, resulting in very few results.
Even though Sansho Hanzo was forced to participate in several large-scale battles between Iwagakure and Konoha, his behavior was like that of most rain ninjas:
On the surface, the fight with the Konoha ninja seemed fierce, but every time after the battle, the losses suffered by the Konoha ninja who faced off against Hanzo were not very big.
Over time, Iwagakure and Konoha became aware of Hanzo's attitude:
The general summary is that you hit yourselves, and I will just watch from the side.
As for Iwagakure, Ohnoki was angry, but considering that it was wartime, a conflict with an ally was obviously not conducive to the overall situation. Although this ally was only in name, he still decided to endure it.
As for Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief, secretly glad that the cooperation between Hanzo and Iwagakure was not sincere, otherwise, Hanzo with full firepower could have caused countless losses to Konoha.
Under the tacit understanding, Konoha no longer focused its troops on guarding Amegakure, but only attacked Iwagakure with all its strength.
And because Konoha's foundation is stronger than Iwagakure after all, and the battlefield of Rain Country concentrates almost half of Konoha's high-end combat power, so in the past two years, Iwagakure has gradually suppressed Iwagakure, and Iwagakure needs to turn its advantage into victory.
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The battlefield of the Kingdom of Rain is the core of the entire Second Ninja War. As long as the War of the Kingdom of Rain is over, Lei Luo will decisively defeat Sunagakure without further delay.
In other words, the war seems to be almost over.
Facing all of this, Hanzo looked on with a cold eye, watching the dog-eat-dog fight among these great ninja villages, feeling no joy in his heart.
After all, these Mingming guys reduced the Kingdom of Rain to a scorched earth, but he, the patron saint of the Kingdom of Rain, could only watch helplessly, and the humiliation was simply unspeakable.
But in the end, the target of the war is no longer the Rain Hidden Village. Hanzo's strategy has preserved a large amount of Rain Hidden's vitality, which has to be said to be a blessing.
Perhaps, he should thank Lei Luo?
Thanks to Lei Luo for detonating the conflict between Sunagakure and Konoha in advance, and taking advantage of the situation to transfer Iwagakure's hatred?
No one knows what Hanzo is thinking, but no matter what...