Chapter 78

Border of the Wind Country.

Because it was decided to start a full-scale war, most of Suna's Shinobi went to the front, only a small number of Shinobi and the younger generation remained in the village.

There are reasons why they dared to do this. On the one hand, the Wind Country is located in a desert environment and is extremely poor in resources, unadapted shinobi will be greatly weakened by this. On the other hand, in terms of geographical location, only Iwagakure could attack them at such a moment, however, they would have to expend a huge amount of strength and resources to infiltrate the inner regions of Wind Country, Kumogakure would definitely not miss the chance to take advantage of it.

These conditions allowed Suna to launch a full-scale offensive.

Sunagakure Front camp.

The Central tent.

"Lord Kazekage, here are the statistics of today's losses....twenty-one people were killed, forty-three were seriously injured, and one hundred and nine were slightly injured."

Jounin handed the document to the Fourth Kazekage.

Rasa looked at it and put it on the table: "There is no need to change anything, tomorrow we will continue to act in accordance with the plan."

"There is."

Jounin accepted the order and left the tent.

With the exception of the Fourth Kazekage, the most senior and respected elders of the village, Chiyo and Ebizo, were present in the tent.

"Until Pakura launches an attack, it's best to hold back the troops to minimize casualties, but then Konoha might get suspicious..."

Ebizo looked at the map on the table and said.

Rasa nodded: "Yes, in order to avoid suspicion from Konoha, we must continue an active offensive, even if it costs us casualties. As soon as Pakura takes action, we will immediately turn the situation on the battlefield!"

Chiyo stared for a Race: "I hope everything will really be like this."

Rasa noticed Chiyo's gaze but didn't react to it, instead he said: "It's late, Elder Chiyo should rest, tomorrow take a team and launch another attack."

"...."

Chiyo said nothing and left the tent.

Rasa looked after Chiyo as she walked away, a chill flickering in the depths of his eyes.

Among all the Kage of the five Great Villages, Rasa is considered the weakest, if not for the unexpected incident with the Third Kazekage, it would have been extremely difficult for him to take the post of the Fourth Kazekage.

However, far inferior to the Third Kazekage not only in strength, but in all other aspects, he was still able to take the position of the Fourth Kazekage!

Therefore, the Race must rely on certain means.

And his main means was to enter into a full-scale war with Konoha!

The so-called revenge for the murder of the Third Kazekage, was nothing more than a simple excuse, even the abundant resources of the Land of Fire were a secondary goal.

His main goal is to secure the post of Kazekage at the expense of the war!

To use this war to weaken the opposing clans and other high-ranking officials of the village, while strengthening the forces under his command, is what the Race strives for, which is why he does not care about the victims and even the outcome of the war.

According to Yeruashi, Rasa is about the same person as Danzo, but he has a worse assessment of the situation and the overall picture, in the end, Danzo's true goal was to unite the entire world of shinobi.

And what did the Race?

Without hesitation, he began a full-scale war with Konoha, severely draining the village's fighting power, in order to strengthen his position as Kazekage.

When Pakura achieved great success in the war and was recognized as a hero, Rasa immediately felt a threat to his status and neutralized her.

And then Chiyo and Ebizo, who have great authority and are able to influence the politics of the village, were forcibly retired.

As a result, Rasa was infamously killed by Orochimaru.

It is safe to say that throughout history, the Fourth Kazekage did not do anything really useful for his village, he only sought to strengthen his power and status.

In a sense, Rasa was quite good, he was able to take the post of Kazekage thanks to a lucky combination of circumstances and even firmly entrenched in it, but Yeruashi does not take seriously and even despises such political games.

The reason is simple.

Just look a little wider!

Power and politics are superficial, in fact it is a world of power! So-called politics and various secret manipulations are nothing in front of personalities like Hashirama and Madara, it will only cause them a wry grin.

Chiyo and Ebizo understand the true purpose of the Race, but are unable to stop it because the Race is now in a much better position. The beginning of the war with Konoha due to the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, they could not go against this decision, combined with Suna's deep hatred for Konoha, this decision gained the support of the entire village.

"Senior Ebizo, you should rest as well."

Rasa turned to Ebizo, who was looking at the map thoughtfully.

Ebizo looked up from the map and sighed: "I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep, I can't understand why, but I have a very bad feeling."

"A bad feeling?"

Rasa shook his head, " Senior, it's just because you're tired, you should rest. Tomorrow, I need an elder to guide and direct the upcoming battle."

"Maybe."

Ebizo sighed and stood up to leave.

But at this moment, a shinobi burst into the tent, dropped to one knee in front of the Race and said worriedly: "I report to Lord Kazekage, we have lost contact with the surprise attack group!"

The atmosphere in the tent immediately became gloomy.

Ebizo's heart fluttered as he looked at Rasa.

Ras's expression changed, even though he didn't care about Pakura's squad, since these forces weren't his subordinates, but he couldn't help but show some reaction after receiving such news.

"When did this happen?!"

"Today in the middle of the day."

Shinobi quickly described the situation: "Normally, a surprise attack group would contact at noon, but that didn't happen today. In the afternoon, we tried to get in touch ourselves, but by the evening there was no response, I managed to find out what from the summoning beast...the contact on the other side is dead!"

Ebizo's expression turned ugly.

The bad feeling was right.

The Shinobi in charge of communication is crucial during such a mission and will always be protected in the center of the group, his death means that the whole group is in huge trouble!

"..."

Rasa's expression darkened considerably, but for the most part it was just a disguise.

After all, this plan was devised by Ebizo, and if something went wrong, he would have to bear most of the responsibility, which would greatly weaken his position as an elder, this would be a good development for the Race.

"Lord Kazekage, Elder, how do you want to proceed?"

Shinobi anxiously turned to Ebizo and Rasa.

Ebizo sighed, " Don't worry, the surprise attack group has Pakura, even if there are some unforeseen circumstances, she will be able to handle it, the group must be dispersed for some reason right now....send scouts to investigate the situation and get in touch with them!"

"Do it."

Rasa nodded.

Shinobi quickly left the tent to pass on the order.