"What's going on in the ninja world lately? Why are all these strange and unusual things happening?!"
In the Hokage's office in Konoha Village, Koharu Utatane, who had been summoned to a meeting at the last minute, listened to the information from Hiruzen Sarutobi and rubbed her temples with a pained expression.
Listening to his old friend's words, Mitokado Homura nodded in deep agreement.
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Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a smoke ring with an unhappy expression before continuing, "As for the Sand Village, the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, died less than a year after taking office, and now Granny Chiyo is temporarily acting as regent. According to intelligence, they plan to re-elect the Kazekage soon, and will most likely choose from either Baki or the border guard commander, Fukiyo."
It is mentioned that the Sand Ninja have been clamoring for revenge against the Akatsuki, and have already sent out some ninjas to track them down.
More detailed information will have to wait for Kakashi to compile and report it. Currently, he's unconscious and hospitalized due to exhaustion.
That's right, Kakashi has returned to Konoha, and he came back lying down!
"He falls down every time he fights, and he hasn't achieved anything. How does Kakashi have the nerve to call himself a Konoha technician? Is it because of the face of his that made the nurses at Konoha Hospital lose their minds?!"
Danzo seemed quite dissatisfied with Kakashi's failure to complete the set mission objectives, and he spoke of Kakashi with a disdainful expression.
"Stop joking," Koharu Utatane rolled her eyes at Danzo and continued, "According to this report, the Akatsuki's strength should not be underestimated."
It's quite suspicious that just two members almost challenged the entire Sand Village, and the masked man at the end also had space-time ninjutsu.
"And those other ninjutsu that prevented Jiraiya, Kakashi, and the others from rescuing them—this organization is likely to cause a lot of trouble for the ninja world."
Nodding in agreement, Mitokado also appeared worried.
"Such a powerful and mysterious organization will certainly not be content with being alone. Since they are collecting tailed beasts, the Nine-Tails will inevitably become their target sooner or later, and Konoha will eventually have to confront them."
"By the way, where are Jiraiya and Naruto?"
Sarutobi: "Naruto was taken to Mount Myōboku by Jiraiya to learn Sage Mode. Even Jiraiya couldn't defeat the enemy this time, which led to the Fifth Kazegakure being swallowed up by the enemy's space-time ninjutsu, ultimately leaving no trace of his body."
Jiraiya said the enemy was very strong, and he needed to focus on training Naruto. After settling Naruto in, he also planned to gather intelligence on the Akatsuki organization. Based on the information Jiraiya had gathered over the years, the Akatsuki's base was very likely in the Land of Rain.
"The Land of Rain?"
Upon hearing the name, Danzo frowned slightly, as if recalling something unpleasant. However, Danzo didn't say anything, instead changing the subject.
"Since Jiraiya has already investigated the Akatsuki, let's put that aside for now. I have some information about the Hidden Cloud Village that I need to discuss."
In the past few days, the Hidden Cloud Village has been carrying out a large-scale purge of spies, and many of the Root's intelligence personnel have been killed. Fortunately, good news has still been delivered.
According to intelligence, the Fourth Raikage, A, has not appeared for some time, and along with him, Mabui, Samui, and nearly a thousand elite Cloud Ninja have also disappeared.
Currently, Darui is temporarily acting as the Raikage's deputy in Kumogakure. Root intelligence indicates that the Kumogakure ninja and Raikage A have likely perished in the Land of Snow.
"Snow Country!"
Koharu Utatane looked bewildered and said, "How could the Land of Snow possibly have such strength? Even if remnants of the Hyuga and Uchiha clans joined the Snow Village, they still couldn't do something like this. Danzo, are you sure your information is accurate?"
"Danzo's information is probably true. The Anbu has also received similar intelligence, indicating that more than a thousand Cloud Ninja have disappeared."
Moreover, the border troops from the Cloud Village actually retreated over a hundred miles on their own initiative. Unless they suffered heavy losses, given the barbaric nature of those Cloud Village thugs, they wouldn't have retreated so quietly!
After speaking with a bitter expression, Hiruzen Sarutobi then offered a self-comforting remark.
"This is good news, at least the threat from the Hidden Cloud Village is gone."
"Sun Slayer!"
Mitokado Homura said irritably, "This is hardly good news. Although the pressure on the Cloud Ninja has lessened somewhat, we must still be wary of the strength of the Hyuga Kaze. I didn't expect that just the Hyuga clan and a few remnants of the Uchiha clan would have such formidable strength."
He has a deep-seated grudge against us, especially with the Uchiha clan; we need to be careful.
"These sinners should have been eliminated much sooner!"
Danzo's old face turned completely black. "They actually let these guys become a force to be reckoned with. By the way, Hiruzen, what about the black market? Have you found out anything? Do you know how the Snow Village defeated the Cloud Village, and how many casualties they suffered?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply. "There's nothing there!"
The situation in the Land of Snow is extremely strange, like a whirlpool that has swallowed all the black market bounty hunters. Even those sent by the Dark Side have completely disappeared without a trace.
Currently, no one is accepting the bounty on the black market for information about the Land of Snow!
Koharu Utatane was very dissatisfied with the efficiency of intelligence gathering. "We must speed up the intelligence gathering, otherwise how can we make arrangements if we don't even know the basic situation of the enemy!"
She paused for a moment, then continued, "Neither the Akatsuki nor the Snow Village are easy enemies to deal with. Tsunade is missing, Jiraiya is out of town, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki isn't of much use yet. We desperately need to strengthen our forces!"
“That’s right, we need to strengthen our forces! Sarutobi, we haven’t received any response from the Ino-Shika-Cho trio when we asked them to send people.”
Recalling the three families' silent resistance, Danzo's eyes flashed with a cold light.
"Those three families are all vassals of the Sarutobi family, and now they're unwilling to even contribute a few people. Could it be that they think the Sarutobi family is no longer viable, and they've changed their allegiance to vie for a higher position?"
"No way!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was as firm and decisive as iron.
“Lu Jiu and the others are smart people; they know what they should and shouldn’t do. Although they didn’t hand over the names immediately after we gave them the list, they didn’t strongly object either.”
The relationship between the Sarutobi family and these three families is unbreakable.
"indestructible?"
Danzo scoffed at Hiruzen Sarutobi's words.
"The heads of the three families have been hiding for days and haven't been seen since. Isn't that a way for them to express their opposition? If we don't teach these guys a lesson, they might try to ride roughshod over the Sarutobi family."
Not to mention when they started to resemble the Hyuga clan!
"Danzo, you're too excited!"
As if a sore spot had been touched, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression became somewhat distorted.
"It's just a matter of disappearing for a few days to calm down and think things through. Don't worry, Danzo, give them some more time, and they'll come to their senses."
As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was cold, and his eyes flashed with a chilling light. Hiruzen Sarutobi had made up his mind: if Nara Shikaku and the others couldn't figure it out, he would help them figure it out!
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