Chapter 157
Iwagakure.
In the Tsuchikage building.
Oonoki lay relaxed on the couch and leisurely read a book floating in the air, the pages turning with the help of the chakra.
The past year has been terrible. Although the Great Villages have so far been focused on Konoha, but the Yellow Flash thwarts all their attempts at invasion, relying on Hiraishin no Jutsu. It can be said that one Minato is equivalent to several powerful Shinobi located on different battlefields. This made the war too difficult for the Great Villages.
As a result, they refused to wage war with massive forces.
Once again, there was a period of calm.
The current Konoha has too many powerful Shinobi, in wartime they will certainly obey Hiruzen, but once peace time comes, it will be very difficult to balance so many strong and influential personalities.
Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Minato, Danzo, Tsunade...each of these people is able to claim the post of the Fourth Hokage, perhaps Jiraiya will decide not to stand in the way of his student, but Orochimaru will definitely get involved in a power struggle, by the time Konoha is sure to break out internally disagreements and unrest.
The current Konoha is extremely difficult to shake from the outside.
Therefore, they can only wait until it begins to disintegrate from the inside.
"It is difficult to predict who will take the upper hand in the fight for the post of the Fourth Hokage...If the Silver Flash hadn't died, Orochimaru would have had a huge chance to become a Hokage, and Danzo shouldn't be discounted either..."
Oonoki muttered thoughtfully.
With a live Silver Flash, perhaps the power struggle within Konoha would be much more intense, but the other Great Villages would still benefit more from the death of Yeruashi, it would be just fine if the Yellow Flash died after the Silver Flash.
The Sannins of Konoha, Hiruzen, and Danzo are perfectly safe to deal with, their danger level is within the acceptable range, but the Silver Flash and the Yellow Flash are two terrifying monsters, as if born to wage war.
And.
They are both extremely fast and deadly, if there were two such monsters on Konoha's side, it would cause people to lose sleep, fearing that the other side might launch a surprise attack at any moment.
"Ha, but this kid did a good thing before he died. Thanks to the death of Hanzo Salamander, we were able to make a huge profit from the Rain Country. This will be enough to cover some of the military losses...."
Oonoki shook his head.
Shortly after the collapse of Amegakure, he sent several elite troops to the Rain Country to take control of it and try to make the most of it.
Initially, this was difficult to do due to the existence of Hanzo Salamander, but now they could do whatever they wanted in the Rain Country. Even if Konoha also invades there, the potential benefits will be enough to delineate the spheres of influence, rather than enter into conflict.
As Oonoki was thinking about this, a shinobi burst into the room.
A cold sweat broke out on the shinobi's forehead, and he immediately began to report: "Lord Tsuchikage! Emergency situation...An elite force, led by Shoudu, located in the Land of Rain...were completely destroyed!"
Pooh!!
The book floating in the air, trembled and fell directly on the face Oonoki.
He threw the book aside and jumped up abruptly, shouting loudly, " What did you say?! How could they be completely destroyed?!"
The shinobi's body trembled: "This was done by the Akatsuki organization...Shoudu ambushed and killed their leader, but it turned out that the leader of the Akatsuki was a mere puppet, and in his shadow lurked a terrifying personality, no weaker than Hanzo Salamander! He completely destroyed the elite forces under Shoudu's command!"
"Damn it!"
Oonoki dropped the cup he had just picked up from the table, his eyes blazing with rage.
After the collapse of Amegakure, Rain Country has been in chaos for the past two years. The small Akatsuki organization took advantage of this opportunity, constantly absorbing the surviving Shinobi Ame and rapidly building up strength, Oonoki was well aware of this.
However, in his eyes, the Akatsuki organization was just a collection of surviving shinobi Ame. Simply finding the organization's base would be easy enough to destroy, so Tsuchikage didn't care too much about the matter.
But now something has gone wrong with this organization!
Shoudu had followed him for many years, providing great help and support in managing Iwagakure, but now such a person had died at the hands of the Akatsuki leader!
"Damn, where among the surviving Shinobi Ame did such a powerful personality come from..."
Oonoki clenched his fists and ground his teeth.
If you look back, since the beginning of the war, they have been constantly plagued by failures!
At first, it was a Silver Flash of Konoha, which suddenly appeared out of nowhere and destroyed their advanced front-line unit. Then this guy shook the whole world, crushing any mighty Shinobi in his path, which caused huge damage to the Great Villages.
And when the Silver Flash disappeared and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, his place was suddenly taken by the Yellow Flash, which led to huge losses on the part of Willow and allowed Konoha to take a dominant position in this war.
In addition, now...
Among the surviving Shinobi Ame, out of nowhere there was such a strong personality!
What the hell?!
Oonoki understands the nature Choodu, he was extremely calm and careful shinobi. To be able to destroy the entire elite squad and Shoudu himself, this shadow leader Akatsuki must have great strength, perhaps no weaker than him!
Oonoki was gnashing his teeth furiously. When he was thinking about whether to lead an elite squad and personally go to the Rain Country to destroy the Akatsuki, another Shinobi burst into the room.
"Lord Tsuchikage! Something's wrong with Sunagakure!"
"What happened?"
Hearing that Suna was also in trouble, Oonoki slightly calmed the anger in his heart, his face visibly softened.
In this war, not only is Willow suffering from heavy losses, Sunagakure is also in far from the best condition. Oonoki reached out and picked up a fresh cup of tea from the table, gradually calming his emotions.
"Most of Sunagakure is destroyed, and Kazekage is seriously injured..."
The voice of the reporting shinobi trembled: "Based on the information we were able to get from the scouts, Suna was attacked by only one person and that person was...The Silver Flash of Konoha, who went missing two years ago!"
There was silence.
Crack!!
The Cup fell from his hands Oonoki and with a roar has crashed on the floor.
....
Kumogakure.
Somewhere on a stone platform among the clouds.
The figure of the Fourth Raikage, wrapped in arcs of lightning, flickered relentlessly around the square and threw powerful punches, honing his speed and taijutsu.
Phew!
Suddenly, the figure of Dodai appeared nearby.
He looked at the Fourth Raikage and spoke, his voice heavy, " Lord Raikage, Silver Flash, who was previously missing, has reappeared."
"Hmm...this guy certainly didn't die so easily."
Hey stopped and clenched his fists tightly, the massive muscles of his arms tensing sharply: "I knew it! Hmm, but that's not bad either, I'll just let that bastard experience the results of my hellish practice!"
Hey has been training hard for more than a year, by this point, his power has increased significantly compared to what it was two years ago. The speed has become higher, and the defense is stronger, he is already able to suppress the Hachibi with his own strength!
Hey now I am sure that will be able to gain the upper hand if once again faced with a Silver Flash.
Hearing Ei's confident words, Dodai hesitated and spoke, his tone becoming even more heavy: "About seven days ago, Konoha's Silver Flash single-handedly invaded Sunagakure, as a result...Kazekage was seriously injured, and the village was almost destroyed. Lord Raikage, when you were training hard and getting stronger, I'm afraid this guy, after being gone for two years, was also relentlessly building up his strength..."
"..."
Hey froze in place.
The square was silent, except for the crackling arcs of lightning.