Volume 1 Chapter 471: Kusagakure Village Defection, Ohnoki Begins Action
Ye Cang didn't ask, and Qianyue didn't tell her.
If he said that he was inspired by his disciple Kakashi, probably no one would believe him.
Because when he used this style of fighting, Kakashi hadn't even refined his chakra yet.
Bringing Kakashi up here will not only do no good, but will make people think that he likes to act cool.
Not far from the border of the Grass Kingdom, an old man with dark skin and thin body, carrying a large pot with a spoon hanging on it, was quickly heading towards the Grass Kingdom.
The old man was none other than Maruboshi Kosuke, whom Chitose needed to pick up.
Judging from his appearance alone, it is hard to believe that such a frail-looking old man actually has the strength of an elite jonin.
Even though his ninja rank has always been that of a Genin, in Konoha, the higher-ups have always regarded Maruboshi Kosuke as an elite Jonin.
Normally, high-level tasks are rarely assigned to him.
Because of his obsession, Maruboshi Kosuke vowed never to upgrade his ninja rank.
The Third Hokage simply assigned him some tasks that only Genin could perform.
They are all Genin, and have been carrying out low-level missions that only Genin would accept, but the biggest difference between Maruboshi Kosuke and Might Dai is:
Someone who has the ability to advance through the ranks of ninja, but is unwilling to do so.
The other one only has strength but is blank in other aspects, and is stuck at the Genin level.
He was teased by the village ninjas as a ten-thousand-year-old Genin.
Because of the war, most of the village's elite troops went to the battlefield. As a last resort, the Third Hokage had to hand over the task of collecting intelligence information to Maruboshi Kosuke.
Maruboshi Kosuke did not disappoint and completed the task perfectly.
It was a pity that when they were evacuating, they were noticed by the people of the Iwagakure.
So someone was needed to pick him up and bring him back to Konoha safely.
This situation is very common. For ninjas who collect and spy on intelligence, they will evacuate immediately if there is any sign of trouble, and send a distress signal to the village at the same time.
Although he didn't look like a strong man at all, Maruboshi Kosuke walked briskly and hurried on his way.
He needs to arrive at the agreed location in the shortest time possible.
While always observing the distance between himself and the enemy behind him, Maruboshi Kosuke still had the mind to consider other issues.
"I don't know what the war is like on the front line. I hope everything is fine."
The Iwagakure is becoming more and more restless, which is not good news for Konoha.
During the Second Ninja War, the Iwagakure gave the signal to declare war on Konoha. If the Third Raikage hadn't led his men to interfere, a war would have been inevitable.
This time, the Iwagakure does not want to miss this great opportunity.
A war broke out between Konoha County, the Mist Village, and the Sand Village, causing heavy losses. In addition, the time interval from the Second Ninja War was too short, and there was not enough time to recover.
Konoha is currently in a weak state, and declaring war on it will definitely be beneficial.
The relationship between Konoha and Iwagakure has not been good over the years, ever since Ōnoki followed Muru to Konoha to request an alliance, but was humiliated by Uchiha Madara.
As long as there is a chance to take a bite of Konoha, Ōnoki will never let it go.
Personal vendetta was a factor, but the biggest fundamental reason was that the Iwagakure had to start a war.
If Konoha has the richest foundation among the five major ninja villages, then when it comes to the development of military power, the Kumo Village is the most powerful.
The fact that people are rich and can do whatever they want is fully demonstrated in the Cloud Ninja Village.
In addition to the Cloud Village, the military strength of the Iwagakure is also strongly developed.
Unfortunately, most of the land in the Land of Earth is barren mountainous area, and there is not a single hair left.
The result of not having sufficient financial income but tightening the belt to develop military strength is that when the military strength expands to a certain extent, the village finances will not be able to support the expenses of so many ninjas.
The Iwagakure will be dragged down.
It was also thanks to the unity of the Iwagakure and the Daimyo of the Land of Earth that the Daimyo gritted his teeth and supported the development of the Iwagakure. Without the support of the Daimyo, the Iwagakure would have been in trouble long ago.
As we all know, when the military strength of a village or a country far exceeds its fiscal revenue, then launching a war against other countries becomes the best way out for the village or the country.
So Ohnoki set his sights on Konoha.
He targeted Konoha who was in a weakened state.
Behind the route that Maruboshi Kosuke took to escape, a large number of Iwagakure ninjas were tracking him.
Minato, who was out on reconnaissance, returned soon.
"Qiyue, I found that the Kusagakure Village has entered a state of strict defense."
Minato had been to Kusagakure many times and he knew very well what kind of people the ninjas there were.
During the Second Ninja War, the situation was so bad that the ninjas of the Kusagakure Village could only choose to lie down.
It was at this moment that he became alert.
This is enough to show that there is a problem.
“Not surprising.”
Qianyue's tone was very disdainful:
"The people of Kusagakure are just like the name of their village, they are like grass, swaying in the wind, and can become fence-sitters at any time.
If Konoha gives them benefits today, they will side with Konoha. If Iwagakure gives them benefits or threats tomorrow, they will side with Iwagakure."
"As expected, the Kusagakure Village has already moved closer to the Iwagakure Village."
"Do you need to send the information back to the village?"
Minato frowned. Such an ally was really unpleasant. He really didn't know what the Hokage was thinking. He was so obsessed with the other party that he was unwilling to give up.
We should just do as Qianyue said, destroy their military force directly, make them completely defeated, and not even have the qualifications to be fence-sitters.
Kawanokuni is the best example.
I'll just lie down. You guys can do whatever you want. Since I can't even be a fence-sitter, I'll just lie down completely.
On the contrary, it is the Kusagakure that is the most hated.
"No need." Qianyue shook her head and stood on the mountain looking towards the direction of Kusagakure Village.
"Our mission is to come and pick up Senior Maruboshi Kosuke. As for the rest, we don't need to worry about it. The village must have been prepared. If you are worried, you can ask the toad of Mount Myoboku to send the message back."
Jiraiya has returned to Konoha.
It is most appropriate to let the toads of Myoboku Mountain run errands for this kind of long-distance message transmission.
After thinking for a while, Minato gave up the idea.
If Minato keeps asking the toads in Myoboku Mountain to run errands for him, the toads will be unhappy about it, and Minato doesn't want to eat the toads' insect feast.
Try to trouble them less and contact them as little as possible.
"As long as we can pick up the senior, we can return to the village immediately. It won't take another day or two."
Minato's face turned green when he recalled the insect feast of the toads on Mount Myoboku.
You can imagine how delicious that thing tastes.
"Hahaha......."
Qianyue directly exposed Minato's inner concerns:
"You are afraid that the toads in Myoboku Mountain will nag you."
"Forehead......."
You know that and you still say it?
Minato rolled his eyes at Chizuki.
The next day, as the agreed time was getting closer, the three of them left the cave where they had been repairing and came to the agreed place.
Minato was still responsible for investigating the surrounding situation, while Chizuki and Ye Cang were waiting at the agreed location.
“Here it comes!”
Before the agreed time, the target appeared. Maruboshi Kosuke was more punctual and reliable than Chitose had imagined.
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