The Anbu, the patrol, the Hyuga, the Yamanaka, the Nara... they even began to suspect whether the remnants of Konoha's underground were ready to make a move.
But he never thought about the world outside Konoha!
Fugaku took a sharp breath, his throat tightened, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"I'm so stupid..."
"I actually kept my focus on Konoha's internal affairs and took the order bestowed by Master Yulin for granted."
".But they forget that, under the rule of Master Yulin, Konoha today, there is no possibility of any loopholes within it!"
"Then the only explanation is..."
There was a storm in his heart.
"It's an outside hand."
"It's Kumogakure... or Iwagakure!"
"But they forget that in today's Konoha, under the rule of Master Yulin, there is no possibility of any loopholes in the interior!"
"Then the only explanation is..."
A turbulent wave surged in his heart, and he whispered in a trembling voice within his chest:
"It's an outside hand."
"It's Kumogakure... or Iwagakure!"
Thoughts raced through his mind, and Fugaku finally realized that all his investigations, speculations, and suspicions over the past few days had gone off the right track.
The real enemy has never been within Konoha.
And just when his expression was suddenly clear, filled with shock and regret, Bai Yulin suddenly smiled:
"Fugaku."
Bai Yulin sat back in the main seat and spoke softly,
“Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”
"We will make the other side pay the price for the death of the Uchiha clan members."
Just a few words, but they fell into Fugaku's ears like an oracle.
His heart was shaken, and at that moment, it was as if a huge rock had been lifted from his shoulders, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Master Yu Lin..."
He subconsciously looked up at the god-like man sitting on the throne, with an indescribable complex emotion in his eyes.
There is shame and gratitude - but more of it is admiration.
"I understand, Master Yulin."
"No matter who did it - we Uchiha will personally take their lives back."
Bai Yulin nodded slightly, then said:
"Let's move up the plan to unify the ninja world..."
……
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Chapter 169: [Please subscribe] The two great ninja villages joined forces, Ohnoki's plan!
The border of the Grass Country.
This is a "gray area" squeezed out by the two major countries.
It borders the Land of Earth to the west and the Land of Fire to the east. It has a complex terrain and dense forests. It has always been a frontline buffer zone where intelligence and covert warfare are frequent.
At this time, a temporary camp was hidden in the cliff valley on the border. Occasionally, Iwagakure ninjas rushed past through the treetops, and the atmosphere was tense.
On the high platform in the center of the camp, an elderly figure was floating in the air.
——It was none other than the Third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki.
He had a head full of white hair and was short in stature. He was holding a scroll of the latest intelligence that had been delivered to him, which he was slowly unfolding with a serious look in his eyes.
"That guy... has he returned to Konoha?"
"It's moving even faster than I expected."
As he muttered to himself, he slowly stroked the snow-white beard on his chin with his fingers, his brows furrowed.
On the scroll, several recent "abnormal events" were recorded in the secret language unique to the Iwagakure Anbu.
These words condensed into dangers in his eyes.
"Sure enough... this new Hokage is not just a decoration."
Ōnoki snorted coldly and swept his cold eyes towards the end of the mountains in the southeast.
"The situation in Sand Village is unclear, and Kirigakure is no longer of any use."
"Now... we are the only ones left, Iwagakure and Kumogakure."
He slowly folded the scroll, waved his sleeves, and a Iwagakure jonin immediately appeared behind him, kneeling on one knee.
760 "Send a message to the loess,"
"Send additional intelligence teams into the Land of Fire to monitor all movements in Konoha."
"Yes!"
The Iwagakure Jonin behind him responded and came down, his figure instantly disappearing in the wind.
Ohnoki looked at the darkening sky with a heavy look in his eyes, but the "strange events" from a few months ago emerged in his mind.
Iwagakure Village was the first of the five major ninja villages to receive the news.
At first——
The death of Sarutobi Hiruzen, that "coup" with no battle reports, no witnesses, and no corpses, the first source of information that came out was the secret code sent from the secret passage of the Land of Fire.
"The Third Hokage is dead!"
These six words, just one line, were like thunderclaps out of the blue, shaking the entire Land of Earth.
That night, Ohnoki stayed awake all night.
Almost immediately, he summoned the Iwagakure intelligence agency, wrote a special secret letter, and sent invitations to a "joint meeting" to several other major ninja villages.
On the surface, it is "sharing intelligence and discussing the situation."
Actually... it's a test.
Who is willing to join forces, who is still watching, and who dares to bet on this game.
However, the results were unsatisfactory.
Sand Village, silence.
Mist hidden, prevarication.
Only the Hidden Cloud Village replied to his letter.
Just as the two villages had just established contact and were still considering further cooperation, another earth-shattering piece of news came from the border of the Fire Nation:
"The Nine-Tails has reappeared in Konoha!"
The legendary King of the Tailed Beasts appeared above the entire village.
At that moment, Ohnoki's heart was completely torn apart by the shock!
It was also from that moment that Ohnoki completely gave up the idea of "continue to wait and see".
The world in Konoha has changed.
If we hesitate any longer and wait until Konoha has completely stabilized the situation and completed its integration before sending troops, we will only be seeking our own deaths.
——And the Hidden Cloud Village is also awake.
As the most unruly of the five major ninja villages, Kumogakure has always been known for its "strong combat power" and "ferocious attack".
As soon as the Fourth Raikage Ai learned the news, he convened a meeting of the top leaders of Yunying Village to discuss whether to "take the initiative."
So, with Ohnoki's secret promotion, the two major ninja villages quickly hit it off.
——Iwagakure and Kumogakure formed an alliance to defeat Konoha together.
On the surface, it was to restore the order of the Five Kage and curb Konoha's expansion.
In fact, everyone knows:
If we don't take action, there will only be one voice left in the entire ninja world, and that is Konoha!
However, Ōnoki is not a foolish old man who suffers losses.
On the contrary, he, an old fox who has lived for several generations of Hokage, knows better than anyone else—
During the battle of Kannabi Bridge, the Iwagakure Village suffered heavy losses because they underestimated the Konoha elites.
Minato Namikaze became a god in one battle and destroyed the main force of Iwagakure, causing it to be unable to recover for several years, and the scars are still there today.
The Hidden Cloud Village is ambitious and the Raikage has a bad temper, so they are just in the front.
And he, Iwagakure, is the most deadly knife behind him!
Thus, within just a few days, a secretly signed alliance agreement was quietly formed:
Iwagakure is responsible for logistical supply, tactical deployment and strategic blockade;
Kumogakure is responsible for vanguard attacks, frontal assaults and testing Konoha's reaction.
It all went extremely smoothly.
Even... it was a little scary how smooth it was.
The vanguard team sent by the Hidden Cloud Village, led by two senior ninjas, quietly bypassed the border of the Land of Fire and sneaked into the outskirts of Konoha.
And Konoha...
There was no reaction at all.
There was no Anbu blocking, no fluctuations in the warning barrier, and even the most basic patrol team was not alerted.
It was as if the entire village had long forgotten the meaning of the word "war".
When the "good news" that the people of the Hidden Cloud Village had successfully killed a member of the Uchiha clan came back—
Everyone feels that Konoha is now an empty shell!
Konoha is now nothing more than a ruin of faith that has only the name of God but is actually empty.
In their eyes, Konoha is now a devastated ruin of the kingdom of God:
Strong on the outside but weak on the inside, in turmoil internally, and poorly guarded, it was like the spoils of war waiting for them to reap.
Ohnoki sat on a high seat, narrowed his wrinkled eyes, and slowly glanced at the head of the Anbu beside him.
After a long while, he spoke softly:
"...Did Ai agree?"
The Anbu personnel immediately bowed and answered:
"Promised, Tsuchikage-sama."
"Three days later, the Hidden Cloud Village will gather its main force, led by the Fourth Raikage himself, to launch a full-scale attack on Konoha."
Upon hearing this, Ohnoki was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.
"Hmm... Three days later, it's something someone like Ai would do."
"Impatient, direct, and a bit of arrogance..."
He tapped his fingers lightly on the table a few times, and then spoke in a low voice:
"We will not send troops in three days."
"—we're in four days."
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