Chapter 157: Tsuchikage and Raikage
Iwagakure.
In the Tsuchikage's building.
Ōnoki lay relaxed on the couch and quietly read a book floating in the air, turning the pages with the help of chakra threads.
The past year has been terrible. Although the Great Ninja Villages have so far focused on Konoha, the Yellow Flash thwarted all of their invasion attempts, relying on Hiraishin no Jutsu. It can be said that one Minato is equivalent to several powerful ninja located in different battlefields. This made the war too difficult for the Great Ninja Peoples.
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 ninja, and in times of war they will certainly obey Hiruzen, but once the time of peace comes, it will be very difficult to balance so many strong and influential people.
Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Minato, Danzo, Tsunade.... each of these people is capable of claiming the position of Fourth Hokage, perhaps Jiraiya will decide not to stand in the way of his pupil, but Orochimaru will definitely get involved, and when that time comes, Konoha will surely erupt in internal 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 within.
"It is difficult to predict who will take the lead in the fight for the position of Fourth Hokage.... If the Silver Flash hadn't died, Orochimaru would have had a great chance of becoming Hokage, and Danzo shouldn't discount himself either..."
Ōnoki muttered thoughtfully.
With Silver Flash alive, perhaps the power struggle within Konoha would be much more intense, but the other Grand Ninja Villages would still benefit more from Yeruashi's death, it would be better if Yellow Flash died after Silver Flash.
The Sannins of Konoha, Hiruzen and Danzo are perfectly safe to deal with, their danger level is within the acceptable range, but Silver Flash and Yellow Flash are two terrifying monsters, as if they were born to wage war.
Y.
Both of them are extremely fast and deadly, if there were two of those monsters on Konoha's side, people would lose sleep, fearing that the other side might launch a surprise attack at any moment.
"Ha, but this kid did something good before he died. Thanks to the death of Hanzo of the Salamander, we were able to get a large profit from the Rain Country. This will be enough to cover some of the military losses.... "
Ōnoki shook his head.
Shortly after the collapse of Amegakure, he sent several elite troops to the Rain Country to take control and try to make the most of it.
Initially, this was difficult to do due to the existence of Hanzo of the Salamander, but now they could do whatever they wanted in the Rain Country. Even if Konoha invaded there as well, the potential benefits would be enough to delineate the spheres of influence, rather than conflict.
While Ōnoki was thinking about this, a ninja burst into the room.
Cold sweat broke out from the ninja's forehead , and he immediately began to report, "Tsuchikage-sama! It's an emergency... An elite force, led by Shoudu-sama, located in the Land of Rain.... Was completely destroyed!"
Smack!
The book floating in the air, trembled and fell directly on Ōnoki's face.
He threw the book aside and jumped up abruptly, shouting loudly, "What did you say! How could they be completely destroyed!"
The ninja's body trembled, "This was done by the Akatsuki organization.... Shoudu-sama ambushed and killed their leader, but it turned out that the Akatsuki leader was a mere puppet, and in his shadow lurked a terrifying person, no weaker than Hanzo of the Salamander He completely destroyed the elite forces under Shoudu-sama's command!
"Damn!"
Ōnoki dropped the cup he had just picked up from the table, his eyes burning with rage.
After the collapse of Amegakure, the Rain Country has been plunged into chaos for the past two years. The small Akatsuki organization took advantage of this opportunity, steadily absorbing the surviving Amegakure ninja and rapidly accumulating strength, Ōnoki was well aware of this.
However, in his eyes, the Akatsuki organization was just a collection of surviving Amegakure ninja, and could be easily destroyed if they found their base., so Ōnoki didn't mind the matter too much.
But now something went wrong with this organization!
Shoudu had followed him for many years, providing great help and support in the management of Iwagakure, but now that person had died at the hands of Akatsuki's leader!
"Damn it, where among the surviving ninja of Amegakure did such a powerful person come from..."
Ōnoki clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
If you look back, since the beginning of the war, they have been constantly plagued with failures!
At first, it was a Silver Flash from Konoha, suddenly appearing out of nowhere and destroying their frontline advanced unit. Then, this guy shook the entire world, crushing any powerful ninja in his path, which caused great damage to the Great Ninja Villages.
And when the Silver Flash disappeared and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the Yellow Flash suddenly took its place, which caused great losses on the part of Iwagakure and allowed Konoha to take a dominant position in this war.
In addition, now...
Among the surviving Amegakure ninja, out of nowhere there was such a strong person!
What the hell!
Ōnoki understood Shoudu's nature, he was an extremely calm and careful ninja. In order to destroy the entire elite squad and Shoudu himself, this shadow leader of Akatsuki must have great strength, perhaps no weaker than him!
Ōnoki was grinding his teeth in fury. Just as he was thinking about leading an elite squad and personally going to the Rain Country to destroy Akatsuki, another ninja burst into the room.
"Tsuchikage-sama! Something's wrong with Sunagakure!"
"What happened?"
Hearing that Sunagakure was also in trouble, Ōnoki calmed the anger in his heart a little, his face visibly softening.
In this war, Iwagakure not only suffers great losses, Sunagakure is also far from being in the best condition. Ōnoki reached out and took a cup of freshly brewed tea from the table, gradually calming his emotions.
"Most of Sunagakure is destroyed and their Kazekage is severely injured..."
The ninja informant's voice trembled, "According to the information we were able to get from the scouts, Sunagakure was attacked by only one person and that person was.... Konoha's Silver Flash, who disappeared two years ago!"
There was silence.
Crack!!!
The cup fell out of Ōnoki's hands and with a clatter it crashed to the ground.
....
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 blows, honing his speed and taijutsu.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Dodai's figure appeared nearby.
He looked at the Fourth Raikage and spoke in a loud voice, "Raikage-sama, the Silver Flash, who was missing before, has reappeared!"
"Hmph... this guy certainly didn't die so easily."
A stopped and clenched his fists tightly, the huge muscles in his arms tensed sharply, "I knew it! But that's not bad either, I'll let that bastard experience the results of my hellish practice!"
A has been training hard for over a year, at this point, his power has increased significantly compared to what it was two years ago. His speed has become faster and defense is stronger, he can now suppress the Hachibi with his own strength!
A was confident that he could win if he faced off against Konoha's Silver Flash again.
Hearing A's confident words, Dodai hesitated and spoke, his tone becoming even heavier, "About seven days ago, the Silver Flash of Konoha invaded Sunagakure single-handedly, as a result... the Kazekage was severely injured and the village was almost destroyed. Lord Raikage, when you were training hard and getting stronger, I'm afraid this guy, after being away for two years, was also relentlessly increasing his strength..."
"..."
A froze in place.
There was silence on the high platform, leaving only the annoying sound of thunder arcs twisting and intertwining.