Just when Hanzo had just accepted his first disciple, thousands of miles away in Kirigakure Village, the first generation Mizukage Minazuki Arashi, Motohisa, and Terumiei were sitting across from each other in the Mizukage's office.

But at this time, the faces of the three of them were not very pretty.

Because, just a few minutes ago, the three of them received information from the Anbu that Kirigakure's forces had been completely expelled from the Moon Country by Kumogakure, and in Yuno Country, which is adjacent to the Moon Country, Kirigakure's forces

Also in danger.

There are not as many small countries in the east of the continent as there are in the west. The Kingdom of Moon and the Kingdom of Yu are the only fat left in front of Kirigakure and Kumogakure. Both sides consider themselves to be no weaker than the other, so naturally no one is willing to give up.

In the past few days, the ANBU of both sides have fought many times in the two small countries, and each has suffered losses. Overall, they are evenly matched.

But the difference is that the Kingdom of Thunder, the Kingdom of Moon, and the Kingdom of Yu are very close. Once there is any loss, Kumogakure can get the news before Kirigakure, and can also make countermeasures before Kirigakure, and even provide follow-up support.

, Yunyin can also be one step ahead.

In contrast, Kirigakure is one step slower than its opponents in terms of information transmission and support teams.

It is said that soldiers are very fast. If the speed is slow, it will be okay for a short period of time, but after so many days, Kirigakure will inevitably fall into a disadvantage.

In addition, the local snakes in the two small countries are not loyal and courageous guys.

Seeing that Kirigakure was at a disadvantage, there were countless people who added insult to injury. There were also many people who had connections with outsiders and contacted Kirigakure to openly betray Kirigakure.

If not for this, even if Kirigakure fell into a disadvantage, he would not have been expelled from the Moon Country so quickly. Even the strongholds in the Yu Country were crumbling.

Although Kirigakure is angry about this, he has nothing to do. After the fight between the two sides is over, Kumogakure may settle the scores with these second- and fifth-year-olds, but now, you don't need to think about it to know that Kumogakure will definitely protect these guys.

"What should we do, Elder Motojiu? We have already lost the Kingdom of Moon. If the Kingdom of Tang is not protected, under the system of these five great ninja villages, we will have nothing to gain. By then, as time goes by, if there is no

If it's a miracle, we, Kirigakure, will probably fall into the lowest ranks." Minazuki Lan's voice seemed a little older than before.

Moreover, looking at Minazuki Lan's face, although it is a bit ugly, it does not look angry or sad.

This is not because Minazuki Lan's mental cultivation has improved, but... his attention to these things has really dropped.

Although he is still sitting in Mizukage's seat now, the people below him are not fools. In addition, Kaguya Qinggen is jumping up and down in the village, wagging his lips and talking, which makes the whole Kirigakure now have a certain status.

All the ninjas know that Mizukage is already a thing of the past.

As his authority moves downward, Minazuki Arashi can intervene in fewer and fewer things in Kirigakure.

At first he was a little unwilling, but after so many days, he has become a little indifferent. The first Mizukage who vowed to completely free Kirigakure from Konoha's influence has long since disappeared.

The person sitting in the position of Mizukage now is just a bad old man with some strength.

With this mentality, he even aged much faster.

The fault is that he is still sitting in the Mizukage's seat. If anything goes wrong in the village, it will be his, the Mizukage's responsibility, and he doesn't even bother to take care of these troubles.

Listening to Mizukage's question, Motojiu didn't feel any discomfort. These days, he had already become accustomed to Mizukage always asking him about anything.

I saw Yuan Jiu frowning and thinking hard.

But no matter what he thought, there was really no good solution.

Kirigakure's decline in Yuno Country is due to geographical factors and is a force majeure.

Unless he can cheat now and build a teleportation array between Kirigakure and Yunokuni, or immediately learn the flying thunder god technique that has not yet been released, otherwise this situation will be unsolvable.

After a long while, Motohisa could only shake his head helplessly: "Mizukage-sama, Kumogakure's advantage in the country of Yu is due to natural favorable factors. For this plan, unless we risk an all-out war with Kumogakure, we must fight against Kumogakure.

The Kingdom of Tang will increase its troops aggressively, otherwise, if this continues, we will fail sooner or later."

"no."

As soon as Motojiu finished speaking, Terumi Rong next to him shook his head: "If it were other ninja villages, we could still take risks and gamble, but our opponent is Kumogakure, and they are just those gangsters. Once we increase our troops, they will definitely

There will be tit-for-tat confrontation, and the outbreak of all-out war will be inevitable."

While refuting Motohisa's words, Terumiei was also troubled.

He knew very well that under the current situation in the ninja world, Konoha would never allow a war to break out between the great ninja villages, because that would mean the complete bankruptcy of Hanzo's ideas.

If the critical moment really comes, I'm afraid the Hokage will personally come to "mediate".

As Motohisa and Terumiei were talking back and forth, Mizuki Arashi, the Mizukage, said nothing and just looked at the two of them silently.

And Yuanjiu ignored him, just frowned and said: "In this case, we can only send a group of more elite ninjas, hoping that they can stabilize the situation."

As he spoke, even Yuanjiu's own tone sounded a little unconfident.

Kumogakure's backbone is no weaker than Kirigakure. Kirigakure can send out masters, and so can Kumogakure. When the time comes, the situation will still be the same, or even a bit worse.

"How about... let's send an envoy to Konoha." After hesitating for a moment, Terumiei whispered: "This Five Shadow Conference system was proposed by the Hokage. Now that there is a problem, the Hokage should also think of something."

Terumiei's words are not unfounded. Under the Five Shadows Conference system, Konoha, as the chairman of the Five Shadows Conference, is the true boss of the ninja world and has reaped the biggest benefits.

Now that I have received the benefits of being the boss, I must also fulfill my obligations as the boss.

Balancing the interests of all parties, coordinating conflicts, and even helping his subordinates and allies when necessary are all things the boss must do.

Otherwise, if you just take benefits and do nothing, who will be willing to follow you? Even if you insist on maintaining order with force, it will be nothing more than paper order.

What Terumi Rong said made sense, but Yuan Jiu felt a little hesitant when he heard it.

Now that I'm in this position, I see things from a different perspective.

He knew very well that once he asked Konoha for help, Konoha's influence on Kirigakure would be even deeper.

but……

"Can Kirigakure really get rid of Konoha's influence?" Motojiu had a big question mark in his heart.

The closest big country to Kirigakure is the Land of Fire, but Konoha has suppressed Kirigakure in all directions. Under this general trend, unless Kirigakure shuts down the country and plays single-player, it is impossible to isolate Konoha's influence.

But under the Five Shadows Conference system, Kirigakure plays single-player? Isn’t that funny?

After a moment of silence, Motojiu could only sigh, and turned to Mizukage and said: "Let's implement the two methods together. Send more elites to Yu Country to delay as much as possible, and send another envoy to Konoha."

When Minazuki Lan heard what Yuan Jiu said, he just said numbly: "Okay, let's do it like this."
Chapter completed!