Slowly taking a long breath, Onoki obviously relaxed a lot. He noticed that the elders were still looking at him. He thought for a moment and gave instructions for the follow-up arrangements for the Tsuchikawa incident:
"If there is an enemy spy whose identity is exposed again, the commander of each base will allocate manpower to monitor it, and then carry out arrest operations. Finally, the situation will be reported to the headquarters. No one will be sent to the headquarters in the future to avoid falling into the enemy's conspiracy."
He thought that the arrest operation was foolproof, but there was a premeditated oriole hidden behind the scenes. Ohnoki felt that he should bear the main responsibility for the disappearance of the ember, so any future decisions must be more cautious.
There are very few masters in Iwagakure to begin with. Things like the Tsuchikawa Incident, trap-like things and spies as big as explosive barrels, are obviously a strategic deployment made by the Fire Country to target Iwagakure's few high-end combat capabilities.
This is just like playing chess. You use a small pawn to attract the opponent's horse or cannon, and then use your own rook to capture it. This secret game between the Fire Country and Iwagakure is basically the above situation.
Ember, it is most likely finished now.
But Iwagakure cannot make the same mistakes again.
In the following time, Ohnoki and the elders discussed the war situation during this period and made plans for the relocation of Base 42, which had been exposed. After half an hour, they decided to break up the meeting and prepare to leave.
Today's meeting process was much shorter than before. It was probably because the whereabouts of Ember was unknown, and Ember knew the location of the basement, so he had to move quickly to prevent the enemy's high-end combat forces from taking advantage of the situation to take surprise actions.
But just as the elders filed out and Ohnoki was packing up the documents and preparing to leave, a hoarse and dry voice sounded, attracting the attention of the only three senior executives in the room, including Ohnoki:
"Tsuchikage, the situation here is not very optimistic."
Nepenthes, black and white skin, Kirigakure ANBU cloak, the person who came was none other than Kirigakure's intelligence agent - Zetsu, who did not know when he appeared in the corner of the basement, standing quietly, perhaps listening to the content of the meeting for a long time.
The dim kerosene lamp did not illuminate Zetsu's figure. Ohnoki and a group of elders were so troubled by the disappearance of the ember and the various conspiracies secretly arranged by the Fire Nation that they did not realize that there was anyone else present.
Ohnoki frowned and gave Zetsu a cold look. Due to his bad mood, his tone was not very polite: "Zetsu, what happened to Tsuchikawa? What happened to Ember? What happened to that Nara ninja?
"
"Didn't you Kirigakure say that you wanted to help us improve our intelligence capabilities? The Fire Nation was planning such rampant conspiracies, but you didn't notice at all? I feel like a fool now."
In response to Ohnoki's words that were called questions but were actually meant to express anger, Black Zetsu did not make any response, while White Zetsu sighed and spread his hands helplessly:
"We didn't pay too much attention to Tsuchikawa's situation in advance. After all, no one could have imagined that such a big fish could be pulled out from behind that little pawn. We thought you, Iwagakure, could handle it on your own."
Black Jue waited for Bai Jue to finish speaking, then continued:
"Do you still remember that one night a week ago, a dozen ANBU from Iwagakure went to investigate Tsuchikawa? After they came back, they showed signs of sharingan genjutsu in their bodies, which was also the basis for your subsequent measures against Tsuchikawa.
"
"But what I want to tell you is...in fact, your Iwagakure ANBU members are not the only ones who have been affected by the Sharingan genjutsu."
Having said this, Black Zetsu's eyes flickered, and Ohnoki couldn't help but squint his eyes when he heard the words. The two sides looked at each other, and the atmosphere was silent for a few seconds, until Black Zetsu spoke slowly and hoarsely again, and Ohnoki's expression changed slightly.
"In addition to the dozen Anbu, one of our White Zetsu splinterers was also affected by the Sharingan genjutsu. After our private research, we can draw a more accurate judgment..."
"Someone, one night a week ago, came into contact with Tuchuan who left Base 42. We don't know the process of the contact, and we don't know what they talked about."
"Through post-mortem analysis, we can draw a conclusion that there is an unknown person who used Sharingan genjutsu to control your ANBU ninja, our White Zetsu, and the place where the incident occurred..."
"In a place called Black Cassia Mountain."
"Who is it?" Onoki asked subconsciously, with a strong expression on his face, but Hei Zetsu did not answer in a hurry. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued with the previous topic:
"After the conflict at Black Katsura Mountain, Tsuchikawa returned to Base 42 and continued to lurk as if nothing had happened. The abnormal conditions of ANBU ninjas were gradually discovered by you, and you cast suspicion on Tsuchikawa. This is a reasonable thing.
.”
"So, you fell into the trap, but the question I want to ask is... have you ever thought that the person behind the scenes planned such a complicated conspiracy, which can be called a nested step-by-step killing move, in order to... really
There is only one ember?”
Ohnoki closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then opened his eyes:
"What do you want to say?"
"What I want to say is very simple..."
Hei Jue's face still didn't change at all. The dark face made of unknown substances showed no emotion at all. Only the eyes staring at Ohnoki emitted a little bit of serious light:
"Tsuchikage, you better be careful."
"Although I can't explain why, I always feel that... you should be targeted by some people in the Country of Fire, some... very troublesome, very troublesome guy."
Regarding Hei Zetsu's reminder, After pondering for a moment, Onoki decisively decided to accept it wholeheartedly, and nodded seriously. Thinking of the previous question, Hei Zetsu had not given a clear answer, so he couldn't help but ask it again.
"Who specifically came into contact with Tuchuan, and who planned this series of conspiracies. Because that night, the White Zetsu split body was discovered and controlled, so we don't have this information."
"Through the subsequent development of the situation, it can be roughly concluded that an Uchiha ninja and a Nara ninja were involved..." As he spoke, Black Zetsu paused slightly, narrowed his eyes, and changed the topic:
"But this kind of speculation is not rigorous to be honest. After all, Sharingan can be transplanted, and the shadow secret technique is not unique to the Nara clan in today's Fire Country. Don't forget... Konoha today, and
It was different before.”
Peaceful evolution...
Thinking of this epoch-making national integration plan promoted by Lei Luo, Ohnoki seemed to be suddenly awakened. He slapped his forehead and blurted out: "Jue, could it be Lei Luo who is doing something secretly?"
"Not sure, really not sure. After all, Lei Luo is in the headquarters of the Ninja Army of the Country of Fire. Many people can witness it. We can't see any flaws in the chakra fluctuation alone."
This time it was Bai Jue who spoke. He had a troubled expression on his face. Apparently he couldn't judge the current situation clearly. He just felt that everything was in chaos and he was completely confused.
Hei Jue also shook his head slowly, indicating that he was not sure either.
But then, Hei Jue seemed to suddenly think of something important. While taking out a palm-sized object from his arms, he reminded Ohnoki, who had a hesitant face:
"By the way, I have two more things to tell you..."
"First, the Uchiha ninja who cast illusions on the Anbu and White Zetsu split bodies has stronger eye power than the average Uchiha. We cannot rule out the possibility of being a kaleidoscope."
"Second, Mizukage asked me to bring you a message. Kirigakure will launch a major operation against the Fire Country in the near future. In order to allow you Iwagakure to continue to hold on, Mizukage specially ordered me to hand over this thing to you.