Naruto: Starting from Tsunade-san.

Just as he finished speaking, a third person's voice suddenly rang out from inside the room: "Don't think about it, I'll make the decision for you."

The Daimyo of the Land of Grass was startled and turned around. He found that there was another person in the room, wearing a mask and his face could not be seen.

He was horrified and subconsciously wanted to shout "Someone come here", but the words could not come out.

The masked Uchiha Madara slowly walked past him, looked down at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and said: "From now on, you will slowly guide this guy."

The ministers looked at Uchiha Madara with great admiration: "I will follow your words."

Uchiha Madara nodded in response, then disappeared like a gust of wind, leaving no trace.

If things go well, the war will start soon. After that, Konoha will deploy a large number of ninjas, among whom Aokiji will most likely be sent to the battlefield to fight. This will give him the opportunity to implant the Five-Tails in his body. At the same time, Konoha's defense is in a relatively weak state, which is just right for releasing the tailed beasts and replicating the actions of the Hidden Rock Village.

Before leaving, he cast a spell of psychological suggestion to strengthen the thoughts of the Daimyo of the Grass Country, the effect and duration, the strength of the target, and the desire at that time.

In other words, the weaker the opponent's strength and the stronger their desire, the better the effect will be.

Both the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Daimyo of the Land of Grass have been used silently by Uchiha Madara.

Even if the latter technique loses its effect, the victim often does not realize that he or she has been tricked, because all of this is based on his or her own decision.

If he used his powerful eye power, he could even delay this technique and release it at a specific opportunity.

For example, he had used this ninjutsu on Aokiji, and the opportunity was when he witnessed Tsunade's death and opened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

After a while, the Daimyo of the Grass Country came to his senses and covered his head.

The minister called out his name: "Your Highness..."

"By the way, where were you just now?" The Daimyo of the Land of Grass was stunned for a moment, then spoke, as if he had never seen Uchiha Madara appear.

The close minister repeated what had just been said.

The eyes of the Grass Country Daimyo were filled with the passion of the Grass Country's rise: "Since that's the case, then let's prepare to declare war on the Fire Country. This matter will be your sole responsibility."

The close minister said loyally, "Yes."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 204: Tricking Kakuzu into becoming the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki

Chapter 204: Tricking Kakuzu into becoming the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki

A month later.

An alliance composed of several small countries, including the Country of Grass, the Country of Rain, and the Country of Sky, plus a Country of Wind, officially declared war on Konoha.

With an explosion, the war officially began.

The news of a large-scale war soon spread to the Bear Country, which was far away from the main battlefield and close to the coast.

In the restaurant, some people who had returned from other countries shared what they said and heard with the locals.

In a remote corner somewhere, Qing Zhi, who was eating, became upset when he heard these words. He even choked on his food, his eyes turned white, and he almost lost his breath.

Qingzhi clenched his fists and beat his chest hard, then poured a sip of tea and swallowed it, and then he barely recovered.

What's going on, how come the fighting started.

According to the original line, fighting to death at this time is just a small fight, how could such a large-scale war suddenly break out.

Kakuzu, who was sitting opposite him, heard that the war was about to start. His expression remained unchanged. He raised his eyelids and watched Aokiji leave his seat, go to another table and chatter for a while before returning, and then he moved his mouth slightly: "Are you done asking?"

Qingzhi returned to his original seat, looking shocked: "That's a war, aren't you surprised?

"In our day, it was just commonplace."

Kakuzu was born in the Warring States Period, and war was nothing but commonplace to him.

When I heard the news, I was only slightly surprised. Anyway, he no longer works for the village, so he naturally acted as if it had nothing to do with him.

"In your era?"

Qingzhi seemed to have grasped some key words, his eyes wide open, pretending to be surprised.

Kakuzu:......

There was a curious look in Qingzhi's eyes: "Speaking of which, so far, I don't even know your age. How old are you?"

He naturally knew Kakuzu's age very well, and he asked just to test Kakuzu's trust in him.

When Kakuzu confesses to him, it means that the relationship between the two has become substantially closer.

Kakuzu realized that he had let something slip, perhaps because they had been together for a long time, but this time he did not refuse to answer directly like before, and gave a relatively ambiguous answer:

"I once fought against your First Hokage."

This answer makes his age higher or lower.

A trace of imperceptible joy flashed across Qingzhi's eyes, and he pretended to be disbelieving: "It's true, you actually fought against that person."

"Believe it or not." Kakuzu's voice was cold.

"It can't be the kind of thing where you're throwing a shuriken from a distance of eight hundred miles."

Hearing Qing Zhi's teasing, Jiaodu became obviously angry, and his voice became loud and angry: "If you want to die, I can help you."

Qing Zhi admitted his cowardice and smiled: "It's just a joke, don't get excited."

After that, he quickly changed the topic: "Well, why do you want to fight him?"

"I received an order from the village..." Kakuzu paused deliberately in the middle of speaking and sneered: "Kill him."

As he spoke, he looked at Qing Pheasant with a meaningful look, wanting to see his reaction.

I saw that the other party was buried in his head, silent, and lost in thought for a while, but it's no wonder that a normal Konoha ninja would react more or less when he heard this.

After a long time, Qing Pheasant hesitated and spoke: "Um, can I ask you a question?"

"You think I'm lying?"

Qingzhi shook his head and said, "I wonder if you, the higher-ups in your village, were a fool?"

Kakuzu's slightly closed eyes showed a confused expression that seemed to say "What do you mean?"

"Isn't this obvious? How could a ninja with the level of the First Hokage be assassinated? If he could really be assassinated, it would be your turn for the higher-ups to issue orders." Aoji looked at Kakuzu's face The masked face, with only its eyes exposed, smiled and said, "You think so. Brother Kakuzu."

After saying that, he seemed to remember something, and changed the topic, his words were a bit ridiculing: "Grandpa Kakuzu..."

Kakuzu's face turned dark immediately. This is actually true. In terms of age, he has indeed reached this age, but he is still a little uncomfortable being called that suddenly, especially when the person in front of him always pretends to be an adult. Uchiha brat.

Before he got angry, Qingzhi said something else: "Of course, this kind of thing can make sense if we can analyze it from another angle."

"Tell me about it, if you dissatisfy me." Kakuzu suppressed his surprise and raised his eyes to threaten: "I will report you and receive the reward."

Qing Pheasant disagreed and expressed his opinion: "It's either stupid or bad."

This word was refreshing to Kakudu.

"In my opinion, if your former high-level executives were not out of their minds, there is a high probability that they wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Brother Jiaodu."

Kakuzu was startled. He didn't understand why those high-level officials wanted to eliminate him when he had been diligent and hard-working all those years.

"I don't think I have offended them in any way." Kakuzu's voice was low.

Qingzhi looked at him straightly: "Really not? Why don't you think about it again."

Kakuzu's voice was firm: "No."

Qing Pheasant stopped beating around the bush and said, "That's not right. Your biggest problem is that you are too powerful."

A strange look penetrated Kakuzu's eyes.

Aoki rubbed his chin with his fingers and speculated: "Brother Kakuzu is probably not a ninja from our five major countries."

Kakuzu responded with silence.

Qing Zhi said cheerfully: "If you don't say anything, then I'll take it as your acquiescence."

"Humph."

"In this world, ninjas with Kage-level strength are very rare, especially ninjas from small countries. They may only appear if there is smoke coming from the ancestral graves."

Qing Pheasant's flattering skills come naturally, moisturizing things silently, and Jiaodu is still very useful.

"If you proceed step by step, with your strength, Big Brother Jiaodu, you will definitely make a lot of contributions to the village, become the hero of the village, and be elected as the village chief by everyone."

Kakuzu nodded, not denying it.

He was really well-known in the village back then, and he was very popular for a while. If he followed the steps, it was not impossible to become the village chief.

Kakuzu asked: "But what does this have to do with the higher-ups wanting to kill me?"

"Of course it does matter. If you become the village chief, whose interests in the village will be damaged by this?"

Kakuzu was suddenly enlightened and couldn't help but cursed: "It's stupid, just for such a ridiculous reason. I have no idea about the village chief at all."

Qingzhi shook his head: "The important point is not whether you want to do it or not, but whether you have the ability."

Kakuzu snorted, showing disdain.

Without him, the strength of Takigakure Village was greatly reduced, and it has become a third-rate ninja village.

When he was still in the village, although the strength of Takigakure Village was not as strong as that of the five major ninja villages, it was still closely behind.

"If your strength wasn't so outstanding, I think the village leaders might have been able to use their power to nominate their own descendants as village chiefs and continue the power structure. But because your strength is too great, all of this was broken.

"That's why they resorted to this desperate tactic, sending you to assassinate the First Generation. Success would be best. If you fail, you can still pave the way for your own offspring."

Aokiji is not making this up. In the original work, the village chief of Takikage Village is just a little brat, and his strength is not as absolute as Gaara's. It is obvious that it is hereditary.

After listening to Aokiji's analysis, and considering that after he killed those high-ranking officials, the village's successors were all the descendants of the previous high-ranking officials, Kakuzu suddenly felt as if the clouds had cleared and the sun had come out.

"What is a hero, after all? In the face of power, they are nothing more than tools. Hold them high when you need them, and destroy them when you don't."

Aokiji's words deeply touched Kakuzu. He understood, he understood everything.

He clenched his fists. He couldn't swallow the thought that he had become a traitor to the village because of a group of despicable villains.

Kakuzu did what he thought: "Sorry, I have some personal things to do next."

Seeing that he looked murderous, Aokiji thought he was probably going to go back to the village and slaughter the descendants of those high-ranking officials.

"Uh, you don't want any of them, do you?"

Aokiji made a gesture of wiping his neck."

Kakuzu stood up and said coldly, "This is my private matter, please don't meddle in it."

"If it's purely revenge, I think it's really stupid."

"What did you say!"

Kakuzu's eyes were bloodshot.

"Calm down first and listen to what I have to say." Aokiji took a sip of tea and said calmly. "What do you want to say?"

Kakuzu returned to his seat and listened to what he had to say.

If it was anyone else who dared to say this to him, he would be ready to pour out his heart.

But Aokiji's words are still quite constructive.

"What do you want to say?" he asked.

"If I were you, I would choose to quietly gather evidence, then clear my name and take back everything that belongs to me." Aokiji stretched out his hand and grasped the air, squeezing it firmly. "The villagers and the ninjas of the village are innocent. They have simply been deceived. The truly guilty are those selfish higher-ups."

Kakuzu was startled, looking off into the distance, a strange color seeping into his eyes, and muttered, "Back to the village, huh..."

Ever since he became a rebel ninja, he never thought about returning to the village one day.

Now that there is an opportunity right in front of me, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t tempted.

You know, he was also an idealistic ninja when he was young. If he hadn't experienced that betrayal, he wouldn't have become what he is now.

When I was a gangster with the little guy in front of me, I don’t know if it was because the money came too quickly and too much.

To be honest, he is not as obsessed with money as he used to be.

Without the motivation to make money, I suddenly felt a little empty inside. Now, returning to the village, clearing my name, and becoming the mayor of Taki Village seemed to be able to fill this emptiness.

Seeing that Kakuzu's attitude had softened, Aokiji continued, "If you want, I can give you some advice."

Kakuzu didn't believe that Aokiji would be so kind as to do these things for him: "What benefits do you want to get from me this time, little brat?"

"That's really too much. I am actually like this in your heart."