Eight hundred and fortieth chapters headless flies
"What? Ember is missing?"
In the dark basement, the oil lamp gave off a faint light, and Ohnoki's old face was blurred by the reflection. However, several Iwagakure elders at the table could still hear an unbelievable emotion in Tsuchikage's tone.
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"Yes, Lord Tsuchikage, this is what happened..."
At the door, a masked ANBU was half-kneeling on the ground. He spoke in a very soft and low voice, and his tone was full of caution. He was obviously afraid that Onoki would anger him out of anger.
The reporting process was very short. After all, the whole thing was so simple back and forth, and there was nothing to elaborate on: Tuchuan was exposed, Yu Jin led people to arrest, and was intercepted by a masked man. In the end, none of them disappeared.
"A ninja from the Nara clan? What on earth is going on?"
The muttering sounded, and Onoki's expression changed from shock, to confusion, to uncertainty. In just ten seconds, the elders of Iwagakure around looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing what to say.
Something good.
"Tsuchikawa, the ANBU with Sharingan genjutsu, Uchiha ninja, Nara ninja..."
Muttering these keywords in his mouth, Onoki racked his brains to think about the connection, and the folds on his face trembled slightly, almost squeezing together.
"Sandaime, I think the Fire Nation is probably planning some conspiracy."
An Iwagakure elder looked around and saw that no one was planning to speak, so he couldn't help but put forward his own opinion. He felt that Onoki's blank gaze glanced over, and then he said with certainty:
"Now it seems that Tsuchikawa is probably a bait, used to fish out key figures on our side. In a sense, the disappearance of Ember may mean that their purpose has been achieved."
The words of the Iwagakure elder seemed to have begun. Soon, someone else spoke:
"We all know the strength of Ember. Being able to take him away silently shows that the strength of that ninja of the Nara clan... is probably not inferior to Uchiha Fugaku, Jiraiya and others of the Fire Country.
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"But, I haven't heard of any strong people in the Nara clan..."
The scene of the masked man performing the secret shadow technique was witnessed by many Iwagakure elders at the time. The elders present were a little confused and wondered who this powerful man who suddenly appeared and was not recorded in the intelligence was.
"The ember is not necessarily taken away, right? Maybe..."
"Is it some kind of accident? Something we don't know about?"
Someone put forward different opinions. Elder Iwagakure who spoke first thought for a while and replied tactfully:
"This possibility cannot be ruled out... Ember may still be fighting the enemy, but we cannot detect the location of the battlefield."
"But...with all due respect, the probability of this is estimated to be very low."
One of the Iwagakure elders did not dwell on Yu Ember's situation. After rubbing his forehead, he analyzed it slightly tiredly:
"Is the enemy's target the embers? To be honest, I always feel that something is wrong. If the Sharingan illusion incident is regarded as the enemy's infiltration into our internal affairs, then..."
"Is there a possibility... that the enemy deliberately threw out the Tsuchuan chess piece, just as a trigger for the next plot? They will deliberately reveal more flaws next time, waiting for us to step on them?"
"Like this time?"
Someone immediately replied: "We still don't know how many chess pieces like Tsuchikawa the enemy has planted in our ranks. If they make provocations again and again, should we fight back?"
"The ember is missing now. If a similar situation happens again, which ninja with enough strength should we send to deal with it? Sending one by one will be like sending one by one in the eyes of the enemy who has been prepared."
"Sending too many troops at once is likely to increase the intensity of the war and start a large-scale battle, attracting guys like Lei Luo to intervene. Overall, the risk is very high."
The Tsuchikawa incident, the disappearance of Ember, and the occurrence of this series of sudden changes have obviously made the Iwagakure elders a little confused. After all, since the enemy can arrange for Tsuchikawa to stand up and test, there is no guarantee that more will not be arranged in the future.
If these spies who emerge are not dealt with, it is difficult to say how much damage these malicious guys will cause, but if they are dealt with... what should we do if a situation like Tsuchikawa happens again?
Who knows if there is a back-up arranged by the Fire Nation behind every spy?
Iwagakure was undoubtedly in a dilemma.
Ohnoki narrowed his eyes and listened quietly for a while to the discussion of the elders like flies on their brows. Seeing that the topic was getting further and further away, he couldn't help but frown and slapped the table hard. When the scene calmed down, he said coldly:
"There definitely won't be too many spies from the Fire Country. Otherwise, with Lei Luo's past behavior, he would have started a large-scale sweep long ago. Tuchuan should also be an extremely precious chess piece for the enemy."
"With the help of the Sharingan illusion incident, the enemy took the initiative to expose Tsuchikawa's chess piece. This was nothing more than calculating our reaction. Our only mistake was to underestimate the enemy's subsequent combat power."
"Now it seems that the Land of Fire still hides a large number of unknown trump card ninjas. The Nara ninja who appeared this time is a living example."
After speaking, seeing the thoughtful expressions on the faces of the elders, and several of them nodding slowly and solemnly, Ohnoki took a deep breath, slowed down his speech, and while thinking rapidly about the whole story of the Tsuchikawa incident in his mind,
While saying seriously:
"Assuming the worst case scenario happens and Ember falls into the hands of the enemy, then everyone, this location is no longer safe. We need to move as soon as possible to prevent Ember from being tortured and leaking the information."
Driving Yi Yan to take measures against Tsuchikawa was an order given by Onoki himself. At that time, he obviously did not think that Yi Yan's strength would lead to such an ending where no one would be seen alive or dead.
Therefore, Ohnoki's inner confusion, sorrow, loneliness, regret and self-blame are really not enough for outsiders to understand.
After all, Ember was acting according to his orders, but he, the Tsuchikage, misjudged the situation and lost a Kage Guard-level touch to Iwagakure.
In particular, Yi Yan is one of the successors whom Ohnoki devoted all his efforts to cultivate.
"Tsuchikage, there is no problem with the transfer, but the follow-up to the Tsuchikawa incident... do we need to make some detailed arrangements? For example, a remedial plan? Adjust the general strategy, etc.?"
Noticing that all the elders were looking at him, Onoki organized his speech for a while and responded in as calm a tone as possible: "In my opinion, the Tsuchikawa incident is not an isolated incident. This may mean..."
"In the Kingdom of Fire, in addition to launching attacks in the open, there are also many troublesome guys taking action in the dark. In the future, chess pieces like Tsuchikawa may appear again."
"Used to...test our response methods."
"The fundamental purpose is to capture our key figures."
After finishing his analysis, Onoki coughed and took a breath. Seeing all the elders nodding silently, the old Tsuchikage thought for a while and looked up at the ANBU who had not yet left.
"What are Lei Luo's recent trends?"
The ANBU ninja came to his senses and subconsciously replied:
"According to our spy report, Lei Luo is still stationed at the rear base camp. In addition to daily office work, he just makes some speeches to boost the morale of the Fire Nation ninjas. So far, there has been no change."