The Country of Earth, Iwagakure Village.

Tsuchikage Building, Tsuchikage Office, Onoki looked at the information in his hand, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

"Shimura Danzo is actually dead, and he was killed by Soyousuke at this time."

This was a bit beyond Ohnoki's expectations.

Although his plan was to use the Ninja sect to consume Konoha's power, the plan hadn't even started yet, but Konoha had already faced off against the ninja sect, and even killed a high-ranking member of Konoha.

At this time, Ohnoki felt quite surprised to wake up and see that the fruit trees planted yesterday were rapidly developing and bearing fruits.

"Then the next thing will be easy to handle." Onoki's face showed joy.

Originally, his plan had a major flaw, that is, Iwagakure's plan could not be discovered by the Ninja Sect. Once discovered, it would cause backlash.

There is no need to be so troublesome now. In the case of irreconcilable conflicts between the Ninja Sect and Konoha, Iwagakure's joining can even be thanked by the Ninja Sect.

If the Ninja Sect can withstand Konoha's pressure, they can support the Ninja Sect for a long time to disgust Konoha.

Ohnoki smiled and picked up the tea cup on his desk, carefully tasting the imported tea from the Land of Fire.

This is the only good news he has heard recently.

After putting down the teacup, Onoki felt that his whole body felt much more relaxed.

He has been under a lot of pressure recently because he can't find Lao Zi.

Lao Zi himself is indispensable to Iwagakure, but the four tails in Lao Zi's body are too important.

A tailed beast represents a top powerhouse, and a top powerhouse that can be passed down forever. This is something that no genius can compare to.

Humans cannot live forever, but tailed beasts are truly immortal. Not only do they not die of old age, they can be resurrected even if they are killed.

The key point is that it is still a war period, and it is the time to hire people. Lao Zi's departure will really make Iwagakure's troubles worse.

Now Onoki was very grateful to Ninja and Konoha. Seeing that he was in a bad mood, giving him such a big job made him happy.

Under normal circumstances, the negative impact of the jinchuriki's departure on the shinobi village is greater than the death of a high-ranking official.

However, Lao Zi left quietly and acted in a low-key manner after leaving the village without exposing himself, which greatly reduced the impact of Lao Zi's departure.

The death of Shimura Danzo was different, and it quickly spread throughout the ninja world.

This resulted in the actual impact of Shimura Danzo's death on Konoha being greater than Lao Zi's departure.

"Is it Cloud Hidden Village or Sand Hidden Village?" Ohnoki wondered who was behind the scenes.

Such a speed of spread is obviously not natural spread, but a big force is acting.

Although Sunagakure Village has not declared war with Konoha, the Kingdom of Wind borders the Kingdom of Rain. Sunagakure may be the first ninja village to get the news. Ohnoki feels that Sunagakure Village is also suspicious.

Sunagakure and Konoha are not far apart. Even if Sunagakure has no intention of sending troops to attack, he should be happy to see his neighbor suffer.

For example, Ohnoki, even though he had no thoughts of war with Konoha recently, after receiving the news, he immediately ordered the use of Iwagakure's power to help spread the news.

He didn't want to fight, just in case someone else was interested.

The truth is just as Onoki thought, there is indeed a ninja village that is interested in it.

On the other side, the Third Mizukage quickly held a high-level meeting after learning the news.

After experiencing defeat, they were not convinced by Konoha, and had been waiting for an opportunity to avenge their shame and regain the ninja sword.

"Tell me what you think." The third Mizukage squinted his eyes and smiled.

Konoha is not Kirigakure Village's only enemy, but it is its biggest enemy. Now that something is happening in Konoha, it will be beneficial to Kirigakure Village.

The senior officials looked at each other, and finally the leader of the Kirigakure jounin class spoke first.

"This is a good opportunity for the village. The death of Shimura Danzo not only made Konoha lose a strong man, but also had a certain impact on Konoha's morale.

And now Konoha has a new opponent. Although the Ninja Sect is a new organization, its leader and deputies are not weak. Konoha will have to spend some strength if it wants to take revenge."

"There's something wrong with being so radical." Advisor Kirigakure, whose lower half of his face was bandaged, looked at the Third Mizukage calmly.

He is the main war faction among the top management of Kirigakure and has always supported another war between Kirigakure and Konoha.

The squad leader of the Jonin class is usually a neutral one, but today he suddenly looked like a radical hawk. After careful consideration, Advisor Kirigakure felt that it was the Third Mizukage who wanted to start another war with Konoha.

It's a pity that Advisor Kirigakure couldn't see the third Mizukage's true thoughts from the smiling expression that remained unchanged for thousands of years.

"I also think this is an opportunity for our Kirigakure Kazuki to avenge our shame. The top management of the village was killed by the ninja forces of a small country. This is proof of Konoha's fatigue." Advisor Kirigakure thought for a while and said.

Putting aside the influence of some other factors, he felt that this time was indeed a good time, at least better than the last time.

"Opportunities are opportunities, but the risks are not small." Master Yuan said.

"Shimura Danzo's death is a loss to Konoha, but it is not an excessively serious loss."

Genshi is not in favor of attacking Konoha now. The death of Danzo Shimura has brought more loss of face to Konoha than hard power.

If you get close now, you will easily get beaten up by the eager Konoha Ichidou.

If it was Hiruzen Sarutobi who died, then Master Yuan would agree.

The sudden death of the Hokage is not just as simple as the death of a top combat force, it is very likely that civil strife will occur due to the seizure of power.

"Konoha has not experienced a major defeat yet. It is strong and the attack needs to be considered in the long term." After Yuanshi finished speaking, a senior executive immediately followed.

As the two senior executives gave their objections, the atmosphere in the meeting room became a little subtle.

"What Master Yuan said is reasonable, but there is no war without risks. It is impossible for the other four major ninja villages to willingly give us a share of the interests of the mainland." The squad leader of the jounin class continued.

Advisor Kirigakure was slightly surprised and confirmed his suspicion.

Although everyone is a senior member of Kirigakure Village, due to differences in strength, seniority, etc., their status is not exactly the same.

Genshi is the highest-ranking official in Kirigakure Village with the highest status and power. Under normal circumstances, the leader of the jounin class would never dare to confront Genshi.

There was a slight change in the direction of the wind in the conference room. The senior officials who had previously supported the Yuanshi fell silent, while the main war factions continued to talk about the necessity of war.

"There will definitely be a battle between Kirigakure and Konoha, but there is no need to be so urgent. We can first observe the situation in the ninja world before making arrangements." Genshi thought for a while and said.

He was not opposed to the war, but he just felt that the time was not right.

"We really can't act too hastily. Let's deploy some of our ninja power in the Land of Waves first." The third Mizukage spoke.

The Third Mizukage wanted to fight Konoha and defeat Konoha.

This not only washes away the shame of previous defeats, but also allows him to gain glory that no shadow has ever achieved in Kirigakure Village.

If he could defeat Konoha, he might be listed as the strongest Mizukage in the history books of Kirigakure Village.

The future of defeating Konoha is very bright, but the third generation of Mizukage has a clear mind. With Kirigakure's strength, it is difficult to defeat Konoha alone. You have to find a suitable opportunity.

Master Yuan nodded, showing approval.

The Kingdom of Waves is the closest island country to the Kingdom of Fire. You can get to the Kingdom of Fire very quickly by taking a boat from the Kingdom of Waves.

Moreover, there are no ninja forces in the Land of Waves, and it is a weak country that Kirigakure Village can rub against at will.

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The Country of Wind, Sand Hidden Village.

Sunagakure Building, Kazekage Office.

"This Ninja Sect is indeed a hidden danger." Luo Sha put down the information in his hand and thought to himself.

As the Ninja Sect continued to grow and Sosuke's momentum became more exaggerated, he felt that the Ninja Sect might become a threat.

However, he did not expect that the Ninja Sect would so quickly have conflicts with neighboring countries, and it was Konoha, one of the five major Ninja Villages.

"However, Danzo Shimura was killed at this time, and the ninja world will probably become lively again." A smile appeared on Luo Sha's face, looking at the excitement and not taking it too seriously.

There is no absolute hatred between ninja villages, only absolute interests.

Konoha has won many victories since the beginning of the war. If it is maintained until the end, Konoha's prestige in the ninja world will be greatly increased, and a large number of clients and sponsors will flock to Konoha.

The other great ninja villages will definitely not watch this hypothesis become a reality indifferently.

In this case, if something happens to Konoha, it will almost tempt other ninja villages to take action.

Luo Sha didn't know whether the other kage in the Great Ninja Village were moved or not, but he was really moved anyway.

Since the beginning of the war, Sunagakure was first in civil strife, and then Kumogakure took advantage of it. He was either beaten or on the way to being beaten, and his performance was worrisome. The daimyo of the Land of Wind was almost dissatisfied with Sunagakure on his face.

For the development of Sunagakure Village, Luo Sha really wanted to take a bite of meat from the fat and oily Konoha.

Luo Sha thought for a while, called the Sunagakure ANBU, and ordered: "Strengthen the spies of the Fire Country and send more spies to the Fire Country."

Civil strife and Kumogakure's war caused Sunagakure Village to lose many ninjas. Now Sunagakure does not have the ability to compete with Konoha head-on.

Luo Sha's idea was to pay more attention to Konoha and see if she could pick up the missing soup.

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The Country of Thunder, Yunyin Village.

Raikage Building, conference room.

Although they were all meetings, the content of Kumogakure's meeting was somewhat different from Kirigakure's.

"Konoha has always been wary of us. Since the war, it has often sent a large number of ninjas to guard the border between the Country of Fire and the Country of Yu. This time we can go to the Country of Tao by sea first, and then enter the Country of Fire from the Country of Tao."
To be continued...