Monzaemon's core plan is to try to use Hanzo as a lure to arouse Iwagakure's desire for aggression, causing some trouble for Konoha in a short period of time, and then remove Sunagakure from the unfavorable consequences of defeat.
War is an extension of politics, and this has not changed since ancient times. Although Sunagakure Village suffered a tragic defeat this time, it does not mean that Monzaemon intends to bow his head in front of Konoha.
Yes, they suffered a defeat, and even a Kazekage died directly, and then what?
According to the process of the last Ninja War, the losing side will pay a large amount of war compensation, and at the same time, its status in the Ninja world will be damaged, and its mission share and other aspects will be reduced.
The above factors can be said to be crucial to the development of the Ninja Village, so Monzaemon is going to stir up trouble everywhere, wait until there is complete chaos within Konoha, and then drive away the tigers and devour the wolves.
In this case, if invaded by the three parties of Amegakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure, Konoha will inevitably fall into the quagmire of war for many years, and they, Sunagakure, can make some fuss in the process.
Although Izagakure's current situation obviously means that he is unable to participate in the gluttonous feast during Konoha's civil strife, but if he chooses to sign a peace agreement with Konoha at that time...
Under the situation of internal and external pressure, Konoha must not be willing to entangle with Sunagakure for a long time, and the possibility of relaxing the conditions and dealing with their group of defeated people leniently is very high.
In other words, the fundamental purpose of Monzaemon is to gain as much initiative as possible for Sunagakure at the future negotiation table. To put it simply, it is to stop losses.
After finishing all their plans, Monzaemon and Chiyo also ran to the junction of the Kawa Country and the Wind Country, and completed the rendezvous with several Sunagakure jounin waiting here.
Entering the familiar desert, everyone walked in silence on the way back to Sunagakure Village. Chiyo thought about it for a long time and finally understood Monzaemon's plan.
And this also made her feel lost unconsciously:
'After this defeat, the village will probably fall into a period of dormancy for a long time.'
Turning his gaze slightly to Monzaemon's old face with a melancholy look on it, Chiyo's emotions were complicated and difficult to understand, and she felt a little unbearable.
Her teacher is over seventy years old this year. He should have withdrawn from the ninja world disputes and lived in his old age long ago, but because of the incident in the village, he had to come back to use his remaining talents. Even now, he is still thinking about Sunagakure's future.
Chiyo felt a dull pain in his head just thinking about the plans that Monzaemon himself had just spoken about. How much effort would it take for Monzaemon to think them out and put them into practical action?
'If this continues, the teacher will probably not have a few more years to live.'
'It seems that the candidate for the Fourth Kazekage needs to be determined as soon as possible, for the sake of Sunagakure's big plan, and also to share the teacher's worries."
Thinking of this, and thinking of the two successors trained by the Third Kazekage during his lifetime, Chiyo was quite hesitant for a moment, obviously not knowing how to choose.
Although she prefers Luo Sha in her heart, and Luo Sha is not only stronger than Ye Cang now, but his ability to produce placer gold with magnetic escape is also one of the most important financial incomes of Sunayah Village.
But after all, Yecang is the daughter of Drought, a real orphan of a martyr, and her personal ability and prestige in the village are not weaker than Luo Sha's.
The third Kazekage left too early and too hastily, and did not leave any last words on who to choose as his successor before he died. This also resulted in the fact that the power to appoint the next Kazekage at this moment was effectively in the hands of Chiyo.
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After all, she is the chief elder of the Sunagakure Elders Group.
Regardless of whether it is Monzaemon or Kazeashi, they are essentially similar to Sunagakure's guest advisors. Except for Sunagakure being in a life-or-death situation, they basically do not participate in any work in Sunagakure Village.
In other words, do not hold power.
In fact, at their age, not to mention how much energy they still have to manage Sunagakure Village, their mentality has already become extremely dull. It is not an exaggeration to say that they hate being involved in the power system.
Because of this, Chiyo knew that even if she raised her problem to Monzaemon, her teacher would probably not be willing to give any advice.
Because this not only involves personnel changes, but also is related to Monzaemon’s character:
The palms and backs of her hands were full of flesh, and whoever she chose would definitely hurt the other party. Her teacher definitely didn't want to get involved in something that would both offend others and make herself uncomfortable.
Therefore, she had to come up with this idea herself.
'Let's go back and discuss it with Ebizo and Spider. I hope they can give a reliable opinion.'
After finishing her thoughts, Chiyo adjusted her mentality and hurriedly followed Monzaemon, causing the latter to glance at her inadvertently, and sighed slightly in his heart:
'Grow up as soon as possible, Chiyo...'
'My time is running out. Where Sunagakure's future will go depends on the choices of young people like you.'
In the Battle of Ishikawaoka, Sunagakure's vitality suffered a devastating blow. Monzaemon, Chiyo, including Rasa, Hayakura and others, all thought about Sunagakure's future future day and night.
After a disaster, people's hearts always become extremely united, especially since there are not many ninjas in Sunagakure Village. All the power of the ninjas seems to be concentrated in one place, and there is rarely any internal fighting.
This also leads to the fact that although the position of the Fourth Kazekage is the focus of competition between Rasa and Ye Cang and the source of their conflicts, it is obvious that no one is willing to focus on fighting for power and profit.
After all, all internal conflicts seem so insignificant compared to how to overcome the difficulties and deal with the subsequent armistice negotiations with Konoha. The Sunagakure Village has to unite under the powerful enemy. The reason is that simple.
In this regard, even if one of Luo Sha and Ye Cang becomes the Kazekage tomorrow, the situation will not change at all.
However, compared to the passively united Sunagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village that was in sync from beginning to end, Konoha, as the victor of the Sunagakure War, was not so united internally.
"In other words, Feng Ying is dead?"
The low tone sounded, which seemed to indicate the heaviness of the speaker's heart, and the answerer's voice also seemed a little haggard:
"Yes, just yesterday afternoon, the Third Kazekage was killed by Lei Luo in full view of the public. This news was witnessed by one of our very well-hidden spies, and it can be guaranteed to be 100% accurate."
In the smoke-filled tent, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly took off the Hokage hat he was wearing, and then placed it on the desk in front of him. He was speechless for a long time.
On a chair opposite, Mito Kabuto also took off his glasses, raised his hand to rub his tired eyelids, then closed his eyes and said:
"Hiruzhan, we can no longer hesitate. We must find a way to take measures against Lei Luo and Danzo as soon as possible, otherwise if this continues..."
Before Mito Kadoyan could finish speaking, Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand to interrupt him. He picked up his pipe and took a deep puff, then puffed out the smoke and said:
"Take measures? People can even defeat the entire Sand Hidden Village now. How can we take measures? Do we rely on old bones like you and me?"