"Is this the rumored island out of the world? It's more magnificent than the old man imagined. ”

Although the splendid buildings are only concentrated on a very small island, many of the magnificent buildings are cast from the finest jade.

Onoki scanned everything here and couldn't help but let out such an emotional voice.

If all the money spent on the construction of this isolated island is invested in military production, then I dare not imagine how far the development of the ninja village can be improved. It's not a dream to be the number one in the ninja world either.

But then he thought of the wealth here, and then the four families would be divided equally, and Onoki's face couldn't help but show a smile.

In the village, the five tails disappeared first, and the proud disciple Deidara wreaked havoc in the village, and he was nowhere to be found, and recently such bad news came out, which made Onoki very depressed.

Now that he has carved up the wealth of the isolated island, Onoki's inner mood is a little more balanced.

The money can be used to train a large number of elite ninjas, including the plan to expand the demolition force, which can also be put on the agenda in advance.

"But because of this, it will attract the covetousness of countless people. In the final analysis, it is just a group of businessmen who are left and right between the big countries, like rootless duckweed. ”

Next to Onoki is the fourth generation of Mizukage Yakura.

The sound of fighting continued to be heard around, and a large number of fog and rock ninja began to exchange fire with the ninja troops of the isolated island.

The sound of the detonation charm and the bombardment of ninjutsu caused many buildings to collapse, causing the island to shake and roll up thick dust.

Onoki and Yakura stood calmly in the middle of the road, scanning the battle situation, and the ninja forces on the isolated island were quickly routed.

Although this is the brainchild of the Lonely Island Merchant Alliance, it lacks a foundation after all, and compared to the regular ninja troops of the five major countries, the combat effectiveness of the two is not at the same level at all.

What's more, the people who were taken to the isolated island this time were all the elite upper ninjas and middle ninjas in the village, and the battle was almost one-sided.

In this case, there is no need for them to do it themselves, as Tsuchikage and Mizukage.

The reason why they came here in person was just to suppress the huge profits after the island.

Otherwise, as the Five Shadows, there is no need for them to come to the scene in person and send coalition troops to destroy the resistance here.

"But in this way, the international situation will also change in the future. I don't know, what does Lord Mizukage think? ”

Onoki's body was suspended in mid-air, but the height of the float was only the same as Yakura's height, and he looked at Yakura and asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you think the Oni Country has been in the limelight too much lately? The land of waves, the land of rain, is now the turn of the three areas that cannot be governed by this law...... The next target, where is the country of demons? ”

For some reason, Onoki had a very strong sense of crisis in his heart.

And the source of this sense of crisis is the country of ghosts.

Unlike today's Fire Country, the top ninjas in the Land of Oni are too young.

Whether it is Shiraishi, or the other Uchiha Ruri and Hinata Ayane, they all have the powerful ability to defeat a thousand, and they are not more than forty years old. For ninjas, this age is when a ninja is at its peak in the spring and autumn, and can exert the power of his heyday.

In contrast, Konoha and Iwakure, the top ninjas, are both about to enter old age, or have reached the age when it is time to retire.

That's exactly what Onoki fears.

In addition to this, there is also the Land of Thunder that is also worth fearing.

Different from the country of ghosts, the cloud hidden operation of the country of thunder is hidden in the shadows, collecting powerful secret arts and forbidden techniques around the ninja world, and the development of military spending is getting higher and higher year by year, even in peacetime, the cloud hidden village is constantly expanding its forces, which makes neighboring countries very worried.

The Land of Thunder is no worse than the Land of Demons in terms of aggressiveness.

In the past, there was only one country of thunder, and the countries endured it and passed, but now that the country of ghosts seems to have joined the ranks, Onoki feels a little unable to sit still.

"We live far away from home, and we don't want to get involved in the situation in the countries of the mainland. However, according to my judgment, the reason why the Oni no Kuni did this is probably because it wants to gain the status of the sixth great power as soon as possible. After all, in the current ninja world, the recognized powers are still the five major powers, not the six major powers. ”

Yakura thought for a moment and gave this answer.

Yakura and Onoki have basically the same inner thoughts.

The Land of Thunder longs to be the number one power in the ninja world, so he joined the alliance this time, in order to stand on the platform of the country of ghosts, let the country of ghosts and the country of fire fight, weaken the power of the country of fire, and destroy a series of plans of the country of fire in the country of waves and isolated islands.

And the reason why the Oni Country did this was also to increase its prestige by weakening the power of the Fire Country, which was the number one power.

Defeat the country of the wind and force the country of retreat, and at that time, even if the countries do not want to recognize the status of the sixth great power of the country of ghosts, I am afraid that it will not work.

In this battle, both the Oni Country and the Thunder Country are countries that desperately want the Fire Country to be weakened.

It's just that assisting the country of ghosts and balancing the country of fire, Onoki is a little uncertain, and this tendency is good or bad.

It's just that now that Iwakuin and Earth Country have joined, there is no way to go back in a short time.

Otherwise, it will not only face the country of ghosts, but also the country of thunder.

"Really, the current ninja world makes me, an old man, more and more incomprehensible."

Onoki took a deep breath, and the solemnity in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

Yakura glanced at Onoki and said, "It's really not a good thing to let the Oni no Kuni family grow bigger. However, now is not the right time to make a move. If after the problem of the Land of Rain and the Land of Waves is resolved, the Land of Oni still has no intention of stopping and continues to fan the flames in other countries, at that time, let's make arrangements again. At this point in time, the Land of Thunder is obviously supporting the Land of Ghosts. ”

Rather than letting the country of ghosts sit on the throne of the sixth great power, the country of thunder hopes that it will get the title of the first place in the ninja world and become the center of the ninja world.

Therefore, fight against the country of fire, which is the foundation of the cooperation between the country of thunder and the country of ghosts.

"With the words of His Excellency Mizukage, the old man will be relieved."

Onoki smiled slightly.

The guys who can be the five shadows are not simple characters.

Yakura's thoughts coincided with his.

It's not time to touch the brows of the Oni Country and the Thunder Country, if the Oni Country doesn't plan to stop after dealing with the Rain Country and the Wave Country, at that time, the Thunder Country is not very willing to make the Oni Country too comfortable.

A balance of the situation between major powers, whether out of commercial competition or direct military competition, is the best outcome.

In any case, powerful ninjas like the ninja god Senju Tsuruma and Madara Uchiha who can break all the balance with pure force no longer exist.

In a way, this is also the luck of the ninja world.

……

From the landing on the island to the end of the operation, it was over in less than half an hour.

This time, in the eyes of Shiraishi and the rest of the Five Shadows, is a very reasonable time limit.

This time, all the elite ninjas from various countries were invested, with a total strength of more than 1,500 people, not to mention an isolated island, even if it was a country, it could be quickly conquered.

However, the focus of this operation is not to capture the island, but to count the materials after the island.

More than 60,000 people were taken prisoner.

A small number of them were wealthy merchants from all over the world, and the rest consisted of ninjas, staff, and slaves. The number of slaves exceeded seventy percent of the total.

Although according to international law, human trafficking is prohibited in any country, in the dark world that cannot be constrained by the law, the network of human trafficking is still all over the ninja world.

However, the concentration of tens of thousands of slaves here still surprised the allied ninjas led by Shiraishi.

It is not an exaggeration to call this isolated island the largest concentration of slaves in the ninja world.

The top floor of the building, which was originally used by top businessmen to hold meetings, is now a makeshift meeting room for Shiraishi and others.

Shiraishi and the rest of the shadows converge here.

The subordinates brought in him swept the entire island again to see if there were any fish that slipped through the net.

The upper shinobi behind the fourth generation of thunder shadows stood up at this time, took out a statistical report, and said: "According to what we have searched now, there are more than 63,100 captives, according to the information provided by the country of ghosts at the beginning of the operation, there should still be some fish that have slipped through the net, but the entire isolated island is strictly forbidden to be blocked, and with the assistance of the white eyes of the Hyuga clan, it is only a matter of time before the remaining fugitives are found." ”

"So, have all kinds of materials been counted?"

Onoki asked.

"Not yet, some warehouses are very well hidden, it takes a little time to pry them open, and the value estimation is also a problem, and it takes a few days to count them. At that time, the arrangement can be made. ”

Nobu Nozomi replied.

Onoki nodded and did not continue to ask.

The island has already been conquered, so it doesn't matter if you stay here for a while.

Nozomi continued: "In addition to that, we also found a lot of drugs, these things, what should I do with them?" ”

"Drugs? How many? ”

"There are many types, about 10,000 boxes, and the total weight is about 50 tons."

Nozomi glanced at the numbers on the report, and his face was solemn.

"Tsk, these drugs can probably be exchanged for a lot of money."

Onoki smiled.

This sentence attracted the hostility of the four generations of Thunder Shadow, and he snorted coldly and said: "Don't say cool things here, Earth Shadow, pornography, gambling and drugs are all taboos for our ninjas, and they will seriously erode the spirit of ninjas." Xi, I ordered to go down, and all these drugs were gathered and destroyed. ”

"I'm just saying casually, don't get so angry, Thunder Shadow Boy. The old man also agreed to destroy these drugs. ”

Onoki laughed.

"I agree."

Yakura nodded.

"Seconded."

Shiraishi also chose to support the destruction of these drugs.

"So, before the materials are counted, what needs to be solved now is the more than 60,000 captives, how to deal with this?"

Nozomi threw out a conundrum.

Although the battle of ninja often affects ordinary people.

However, this is not the time of war, and most of the slaves are forced to get involved.

Even if they were to do it, it would be difficult to be completely ruthless.

"If you have a home, provide travel expenses so that they can go home and continue their lives. Those who are homeless, we divide them equally among the four countries, extradite them to their own countries, and let the officials make arrangements. ”

Shiraishi suggested.

This proposal is also a method approved by Lei Ying and several others.

Not only did he save a lot of money, but he also added a small amount of population to his country, and presumably the daimyo behind him would not refuse.

"Will the same be done with the captured wealthy merchants and ninjas?"

Nozomi asked.

It is not possible to hand over all the captives of so many wealthy businessmen to one country, so the only feasible solution is to divide them equally.

"The rich businessman with the less serious problem will be given a little warning, and the rich businessman with the serious problem will be directly imprisoned and put on trial. As for those captured ninjas, they need to be controlled, and if you don't mind, I hope to take over these people, and my side will pay some enough price to satisfy the three of them. ”

"Oh?"

Onoki and the others looked at Shiraishi.

"We have several huge projects to be carried out in the Oni Country in recent years, and it would be a waste of resources for these ninjas to be imprisoned. The government departments of the Oni Country will carry out impressive labor reform on these ninja captives, and become new people, so that they will not become a hidden danger to the peace of the ninja world. ”

"No problem, but you can't hand over all the ninjas who have the Blood Inheritance Limit to you."

The fourth generation of Thunder Shadow pointed out this.

Isolated island merchants like to collect ninjas with the blood inheritance limit, not to mention the rarity of the blood inheritance limit, these ninjas with special bloodlines, themselves have extremely high research value, if they can be incorporated into the ninja village system, it can be regarded as a rational use of resources.

Therefore, the Blood Inheritance Limit Ninja, Yunyin Village is also bound to be obtained, and it will not be transferred.

Rather than money, Cloud Hidden Village pays more attention to the research and combat value brought by the Blood Inheritance Limit Ninja.

"Yes."

Shiraishi didn't object, and then, he looked at Onoki and Yakura and asked, "What do you two think?" ”

Onoki and Yakura looked at each other and nodded.

"Our meaning is the same as that of Thunder Shadow, except for the Blood Inheritance Limit Ninja, the Oni Country can take all the ninja captives, and just pay the appropriate reward at that time."

After everything was negotiated, the atmosphere of the ensuing meeting became very harmonious.

Although everyone here knows that this kind of harmony is limited to this one action.

After dividing up the island, the next time we meet again, we may no longer be friends, but enemies.

◎

December 10th.

An urgent report shattered the calm in the Fire Nation.

The Land of Thunder Yunyin Village sent 2,000 ninjas to the border between the Land of Soup and the Land of Fire, claiming that they were conducting military exercises in the territory of the Land of Soup, and said that they had no intention of offending the Land of Fire and the Konoha Ninja Village, and there was no need to worry.

It's just that this explanation has not been understood by the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Nation and Konoha Village.

Yun Yin has already put the blade at the door of the Fire Country, although there is a Konoha garrison on the border between the Fire Country and the Tang Country, but the number of ninjas in the garrison is as good as a few hundred, if Yun Yin has the intention to invade the Fire Country, then, the five hundred Konoha ninjas placed on the border are powerless to resist the vanguard of Cloud Yin Village.

It's just that such a condemnation can only be said to be painless for Yun Yin and the Land of Thunder.

Although the Yunyin troops stationed in the territory of the Land of Tang are very close to the Land of Fire, only a few kilometers away, strictly speaking, it still belongs to the territory of the Land of Yu. Therefore, Cloud Hidden and the Land of Thunder did not break the armistice agreement signed with Konoha and the Land of Fire a few years ago.

Although such a condemnation was loud, it did not cause the Land of Thunder and Yun Yin to lose anything.

After all, Yun Yin's military exercise has already obtained the consent of the Daimyo of Tang Zhiguo, and in general righteousness, Yun Yin's military exercise action can stand the truth.

The three generations of Hokage Ape Flying Sun Slash, who learned the news, did not hesitate much, convened a high-level meeting, and dispatched more than 1,000 Konoha ninjas to the junction of the Land of Fire and the Land of Soup as quickly as possible, and stared at the Yunyin troops who were conducting military exercises in the territory of the Land of Soup.

Although Ri Slash didn't know why Yun Yin Village would make such a move at such a time, it didn't prevent Sun Slash from being vigilant against Yun Yin.

Compared to the country of ghosts, the aggressiveness of Yunyin Village is even more rampant.

From the collection of secret techniques and forbidden techniques in various parts of the ninja world in Yunyin Village, it should be understood that the Yunyin ninjas of the Land of Thunder are very keen on fighting and war.

Thunder Shadow in the past dynasties has also been a main battle faction with a tough attitude, which has led to the fact that the main and faction members within Yunyin Village are very scarce, and they do not hold important positions.

Even though an armistice agreement was signed with Yunyin a few years ago, the agreement on paper is actually very binding. Konoha is not naïve, and with a paper agreement, he can really make Yunyin Village restrain its ambitions.

"The reason why Yun Yin carried out the military exercise in the land of Tang, still hasn't he been able to find out anything?"

The three generations of Hokage summoned Kakashi Hagi, the head of the Shadow Department, and Nara Shikaku, the head of the upper shinobi squad, and asked them to rush here to discuss.

"I'm very sorry, Hokage-sama, the shadows haven't heard anything about this, and Yunyin's military exercise was carried out suddenly. I think Yun Yin kept the military exercise operation secret to such an extent, and if he wants to find out the reason for it in a short time, even if it is the dark department, I am afraid that he will not be able to investigate anything useful. ”

Kakashi told the truth.

"What about the spy officers in Yunyin? Didn't they get any news back either? ”

Hizashi asked.

The ninja villages of all countries have placed spies in the other country's ninja villages, and Konoha naturally planted spies in Yunyin, and several of them have become Yunyin's upper ninjas.

Although he didn't occupy a place in the upper ninjas, he was already able to inquire about some important things.

Even if you can't find out, you should get some rumors.

"There's one thing that's weird."

Kakashi said as he remembered something.

"What?"

"That is, since more than half a month ago, it is not the fourth generation of Lei Ying himself who has handled the government affairs of Yunyin Village, but his secretary Ma Buyi. Although Ma Buyi claimed to the outside world that the four generations of Thunder Shadow were cultivating some kind of powerful ninjutsu, they were temporarily unable to deal with Yunyin's government affairs. But now that there is such a change in Yunyin, I think it is likely that the fourth generation of Thunder Shadow is not practicing ninjutsu, but has already left Yunyin Village. ”

Kakashi said.

"Are the sources reliable?"

"Hokage-sama, this is just some speculation on my part, and I don't know the specifics. Because it involves the four generations of Thunder Shadow, basically only Thunder Shadow's cronies know the inside truth. ”

Hizashi pondered for a moment, nodded, looked at Shikaku and asked, "Shikaku, what do you think of Kakashi's judgment?" ”

Kakashi's words have some truth, but if the four generations of Thunder Shadow really left Yunyin, then where did he go, and what did he do after leaving Yunyin. At the moment, all we know is that Yun Yin conducted military exercises in the land of Tang, and there is still too little intelligence. ”

Lu Jiu replied with a frown.

"No matter what, we must be ready to fight against Yun Yin. Kakashi, remember to send an order to the dark department that is operating outside, and contact Jiraiya and Tsunade as soon as possible, now the village needs their support. ”

Hizari's face was serious.

"Yes, Hokage-sama, I'll arrange it as soon as I can."

Kakashi nodded in reassurance.

At this time, Lu Jiu remembered something, and said in a tentative tone: "That, Hokage-sama, do you think Yun Yin's sudden action will have something to do with the affairs of the Land of Rain?" ”

"Land of Rain?"

Rizai was slightly stunned, he didn't speculate about such a connection.

"Yes, according to the information gathered by the Dark Ministry, the Iwakuin ninjas who were previously stationed in the territory of the Land of Rain have all withdrawn from the territory of the Land of Rain. Now that Yun Yin has started to operate on the border of the land of Yu, is this arrangement too much of a coincidence? ”

"Cloud Hidden ...... No, why did the Land of Thunder do that? ”

The face of the sun is grim, and this possibility cannot be completely ruled out.

"Just imagine, Iwakuin suddenly withdraws his troops, and Yunyin sends troops with him, once the situation presents such a result, the forces of the Fire Country and Konoha are destined to be scattered and cannot be concentrated. Which country is most in the best interest of such a situation? ”

Lu Jiu already had an answer in his heart, but he was also afraid of getting such an answer.

After Lu Jiu's prompting, Hichi's face sank.

"Oni Country!"

Chiba Shiraishi!

If it is true that as Shikahisa said, the sudden actions of the Land Country and the Land of Thunder were not accidental, but premeditated, then someone must be targeting the Fire Country and Konoha inside.

In the country of ghosts, the only person who can think of Hizai and has the identity and ability to do this is Chiba Shiraishi.

It's a bit ridiculous to say, the other party was born in Konoha, but in Konoha's intelligence system, he is a mysterious character full of mysteries.

"This is my personal guess, Hokage-sama. But the Land of Rain and the Country of Waves are now taken care of by the Land of Demons, and the Country of Ghosts does not want to clash head-on with the Land of Fire, and must achieve its own strategic intentions, so it is undoubtedly a very subtle step to unite with other countries and put pressure on the Land of Fire and Konoha. So, this speculation, I think, may be true. ”

Although he is an enemy, Shikahisa has to admire Shiraishi's diplomatic skills.

If you want to unite more than one major country, you need not only to have a good understanding of the international environment, but also to understand the strengths and weaknesses of yourself and each other, and to prescribe the right medicine.

He didn't know what means Shiraishi used to unite the land of earth and thunder, and he didn't know if there were other countries involved, even if he wasn't a ninja, as an enemy, the other party was a dangerous person.

"If so, how do you break the game? Do you have a way, Shikaku? ”

Hinata looked at Shikaku.

Lu Jiu smiled bitterly and replied: "Although it is not without room for recovery, if we want to solve such a dilemma, the biggest contradiction in front of us still needs to be solved." ”

"What contradiction?"

"Konoha made a decision, will the daimyo fully cooperate? Konoha can only represent the military power of the Fire Country, and cannot intervene in the decision-making of the Daimyo's Mansion. ”

A lot of the time, the ninja village and the daimyo mansion are watching out for each other.

This kind of relationship, which is both a partner and an enemy, makes Lu Jiu see clearly the real gap between the country of fire and the country of ghosts.

No, this gap is not unique to the comparison between the land of fire and the country of ghosts.

It is all the countries that exist in the ninja world, and compared to the country of ghosts, there are such defects.

Moreover, this drawback cannot be eliminated.

If you want to change this pattern, it will not only be a ninja war, but a world war.

Hizai was speechless and exhaled deeply.

"You're right, but now is not the time to be suspicious of each other. I believe that the daimyo now needs the help of our Konoha, and Konoha also needs the help of the daimyo. Shikaku, you set off with me to the Daimyo's Mansion, and I'll go and convince the Daimyo in person. ”

Hizaki stood up from his seat and said with determination.

"Yes."

Shikaku nodded.

"Kakashi, I'll leave the affairs of the village to the two advisors for the time being, but don't follow their arrangements for the decisions of the dark department, just make your own decisions, and I will temporarily give you the power to make decisions alone."

Hinata said to Kakashi.

Jiraiya and Tsunade are not in the village now, and Danzo secretly went to the country of rain, once he, the Hokage, leaves, then, the only people in the village can call the shots, and the only two advisors are Koharu and Mito Menyan.

Although it is believed that these two will not mess around the village during his absence, the shadows must be in the hands of the Hokage.

Kakashi nodded solemnly.

"Please rest assured, Hokage-sama, I'll take care of the shadows."

It seems that a few more informants can be inserted this time, so let's arrange them in the logistics department for the time being. Kakashi said to himself.