"Yes, Princess Temari saw this person with her own eyes."
In Sand Hidden Village, Ma Ji was kneeling on one knee in the Wind Shadow Hall. In the gauze curtain booth in front of him was sitting a man wearing a bamboo hat with the word "风" written on his head——
The fourth Kazekage, Luo Sha.
"Sure enough, it is impossible for a man like that to die by Uchiha Itachi's sword for no reason. After all, he is as famous as the Fourth Hokage and makes all hostile ninjas fearful with his [Eye of Disaster]."
The Fourth Kazekage tapped the hat on his head with his fingers:
"The swordsmanship of Uchiha's quick sword is no less than that of [Konoha White Fang] Hatake Sakumo, his fire escape is superb, and he even has the Sharingan illusion that made him famous in the ninja world. It can be said that the three systems of [physical], [nin] and [illusion] are all
The best among ninjas. The most important thing is that this person is quick-thinking and ruthless against the enemy, leaving not even the slightest loophole for the enemy."
A formidable opponent... Although Maki has never fought against Uchiha Speed Zhan, the Fourth Kazekage has such a high opinion of this person, so this plan will become very troublesome.
"With Uchiha Speed Zhan here, should our [Konoha Collapse Plan] be suspended?" an elder next to the Fourth Kazekage asked.
Another elder also echoed: "Yes, we have spent so much time and sacrifice to finally sign an alliance treaty. If we tear up the treaty without permission, many people will die..."
Peng! The fourth Kazekage suddenly punched the floor beside him, shocking the two elders into silence.
"The covenant is nothing more than something that restricts our continued development. The idiot Daimyo from the Kingdom of Wind took this damned covenant as an opportunity to forcefully reduce the armaments of our Sunagakure Village. At the same time, he over-trusted Konoha because of the alliance treaty.
The work that should have been entrusted to us was handed over to the Leaf Village, and various funds related to the domestic ninja villages were reduced. The reason was actually 'it saves money'."
The Fourth Kazekage spoke sternly and looked around at everyone in the room:
"Even if I use placer gold ninjutsu to refine the gold in the sand to supplement the village's finances, it will ultimately be rootless water. If we continue to delay, our Sunagakure Village will eventually completely lose its ability to compete with Konoha or even fight. So I
Only then did he agree to join forces with the Sound Ninja Village and let that idiot daimyo know that he is too optimistic about the country's crisis management."
"However, the only ones who can be sent to the Konoha Village and form real-time combat power are Maki, Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara. Even if the Sound Ninja Village joins forces with us, the opponent is the Konoha Village, and Uchiha Speed Slayer is also
Now, our high-end combat power is seriously lacking." An elder said worriedly.
The fourth generation Kazekage suddenly smiled: "Oh, regarding high-end combat power, elders, please rest assured. Even though Konoha has the third generation Hokage and Uchiha Suzan in charge, we also have masters here who are not inferior to them. Mu.
The Ye Collapse Plan will definitely succeed."
"…Since Lord Kazekage said so, we also choose to trust your judgment, as always."
The elder who spoke first nodded in agreement, and the other elders also agreed.
The previous generations of Kazekages have worked hard to grow the village, and the fourth Kazekage even spent a lot of chakra and time to extract gold from the vast sea of sand to supplement the increasingly empty funds of Sunagakure Village. Therefore, everyone in Sunagakure Village has great trust.
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa. Even such an outrageous decision as [Konoha Collapse Plan] was unanimously approved by the Council of Elders.
Seeing that the Council of Elders had agreed to the plan, the Fourth Kazekage lowered his head and looked at Maki who was kneeling on one knee: "You come back alone. I will love you and they will be fine if you stay in Konoha, right?"
"I have asked Shigato to temporarily replace me as the team leader." Ma Ji's head hung low.
"Well, Ligato's strength is not much worse than yours, and he is also stable. I will rest assured if I leave it to him. You should return to Platycodon Castle and be careful to appease Gaara. After the chuunin selection examination begins, you can find an appropriate time to put him to death.
Tell the three of them the specific content of this plan. Okay, please step back."
"yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Ji's figure disappeared from the place.
Afterwards, the elders and the surrounding ninjas who were responsible for guarding also left one after another, leaving only the fourth Kazekage alone in the spacious Kazekage hall.
He took off his bamboo hat and touched his eye sockets. His slippery and long tongue stretched out from his mouth and swayed slightly in the air, like a poisonous snake spitting a message.
"Hiss... I thought you would stop me."
His voice also became hoarse and slimy, completely unlike the previous fourth-generation Kazekage. At this time, a voice came from the darkness behind the 'Wind Shadow':
"My goal is just Sunagakure Village. The more chaos you make here, the easier it will be for me to take over."
"Hiss, what a bad guy." 'Fengying' turned to look at the darkness behind him: "I have never heard of your name. Why does a strong man like you remain unknown?"
"Don't think everyone is like you, Orochimaru."
Something seems to be moving in the darkness:
"I didn't like pursuing fame and fortune before, that's all."
The Fourth Kazekage, no, Orochimaru hissed: "But now you suddenly stand up and say that you want to take over Sunagakure Village, your statement of 'not pursuing fame and fortune' is hard to believe."
"That's why I said 'before'. As agreed, the Third Hokage will be handed over to you, and the Uchiha Quick Sword will be handed over to me. When the plan is completed, Uchiha Sasuke will also be one of your trophies."
"Oh? That's so generous. Then what did you get?" Orochimaru's smile was unpredictable.
The voice in the darkness paused, and then sounded again:
"I will let Sunagakure Village step on the corpse of Konoha Village and rise again!"
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A few days later, smoke filled the Hokage's office in Konoha Village.
The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, smoked his pipe and puffed away, holding a stack of report sheets in his hand: "Takigakure Village didn't send anyone here this year? Why?"
"I don't know. It was originally scheduled to arrive two days ago with the jounin team from Takigakure Village and the six genin, but they haven't arrived yet." An ANBU reported to the Sandaime Hokage in the office.
"...Where are the other ninja villages?"
"Six people were expected in Kusakunin Village, and they actually turned up. Three people were expected in Sound Ninja Village, and thirty people were expected in Sunagakure Village. Twenty-one people were actually present in Amegakure Village.
Twenty-one. Among them, the team leader of Sunagakure Village, Maki, said a week ago that he had received an emergency call from the country and returned to Sunagakure Village. Currently, the leader of Sunagakure Village, Riki Kato, is in charge of the team."
"Well, Ma Ji is one of the top jounin in Sunagakure Village. Maybe there is a task in Sunagakure Village that requires him to be completed."
The Sandaime Hokage blew his pipe at the corner of the table:
"How were the exams for these little ninjas?"
"The first assessment and selection is underway, and the examiner is Morino Yinhiki."