The Kingdom of Rain, the City of Six Paths.

Unlike when they left, since Mu Yue did not inform the Ninja Sect of the specific return time, there was no Ninja Sect ninja to greet them when they returned to Liudao City.

However, the news spread quickly after Mu Yue and the others entered the city. When Mu Yue and the others returned to the Ninja Sect's headquarters, a group of Ninja Sect ninjas gathered together.

"Master Soyousuke, welcome back!" the Ninja ninjas shouted excitedly.

Although they all knew that their leader was very powerful, after all, his opponent was the Sandaime Hokage who stood at the top of the ninja world, so it was impossible not to worry.

So when they saw Soyousuke coming back intact, the Ninja ninjas were all happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Theoretically speaking, it is not a good behavior to worship someone in this way, but that person is Soyousuke, the founder of the New Ninja Sect.

In the eyes of many Ninja ninjas, Soyousuke is equivalent to the Six Paths Sage of the new era, and cannot be generalized.

"I said, I will be back soon." Mu Yue said with a faint smile.

Kakuzu laughed and said nothing after hearing this. Who would have thought that what Soyousuke said about his strength was all the truth, and not a single word was a lie to comfort or boost morale.

Sometimes the truth sounds stranger than lies.

No one asked about the outcome of the battle. All the Ninja ninjas tacitly avoided the topic and just celebrated the return of their leader.

It wasn't until Mu Yue returned to the office to work that anyone started to gossip about Nagato Laozi and the accompanying ninjas about the outcome of the battle.

From a series of perspectives such as reputation and prestige, it is not shameful for Sosuke to lose to Hiruzen Sarutobi, a veteran who has dominated the ninja world for decades.

But losing is not a good thing after all. The leader was forced to fight for the sake of the ninja sect, and finally returned safely. Of course, they can't take the initiative to hurt their hearts.

"We won." The answers given by the accompanying ninjas were very concise.

If Sosuke's victory is more difficult, they may avoid talking about the outcome of the battle out of consideration for maintaining the relationship between the two parties.

But Soyousuke won so easily, it was almost a crushing victory, and Soyousuke didn't specifically remind anyone not to leak the fight, so there was no reason not to tell them.

It has nothing to do with them that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha would lose face. Let's fight again if we can.

The Ninja ninjas have not forgotten that Konoha's first request was "Soyousuke commits suicide". Obviously Konoha wanted their leader's life, but they didn't expect that their leader was so strong, and they were self-defeating and lost the battle.

"Won? Master Soyousuke defeated the Third Hokage?" Many Ninja ninjas had surprised expressions on their faces and asked uncertainly.

They thought it was good that Soyousuke could survive defeat and come back safely, but they didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise.

"Not only did he win, but he also won very easily. Sarutobi Hiruzen is no match for Soyousuke." Kakuzu explained.

The ninjas of the Ninja Sect all looked astonished. It was not even a tragic victory, but an overwhelming victory.

The accompanying ninjas nodded secretly when they saw this. They were shocked at the scene. They couldn't be the only ones who were shocked.

"Easy win! Soyousuke-sensei is so strong!" Even Yahiko showed a surprised expression.

He did believe that Soyousuke could defeat Sarutobi Hiruzen, but he did not expect that he would win easily.

"Konoha just watched the Third Hokage lose and did nothing?" Yahiko asked in confusion.

He felt that Konoha was here for Soyousuke, and according to his speculation, Konoha would do anything to kill Soyousuke.

Could it be that he thought wrong?

"Of course not, they wanted to interfere with the battle, but failed." Kakuzu shook his head and said disdainfully.

If Soyousuke hadn't killed him, these Konoha ninjas would have died.

"It's all gone now. Don't worry about Konoha's affairs. Yousuke Yusuke won't let the sky fall down."

Kakuzu doesn't care about Konoha at all now.

With the strength shown by Soyousuke, even among the five major ninja villages, if they want to attack the ninja sect, they have to carefully consider whether they can withstand Soyousuke's revenge.

The Ninja ninjas who received the good news left happily.

Their biggest hope was that Soyousuke would return safely, but they didn't expect that Soyousuke would not only come back, but also bring them such a big surprise.

The more the Ninja ninja thought about it, the happier they became, and they subconsciously quickened their pace and left quickly.

They couldn't wait to share this great event with their companions who couldn't come due to various reasons.

As a result, the news quickly spread within the Ninja Sect. Except for the ninjas who were on missions, all the Ninja Sect ninjas in the Six Paths City basically knew that their leader had defeated the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

As time passed, various news spread in Liudao City.

This aroused the doubts of the Iwagakure ninja.

"What on earth is going on? Soyousuke is not dead. What happened to Konoha?"

In an Earth Country-style dome stone house in Liudou Castle, a Iwagakure jounin expressed his confusion to his companions.

"Who knows, maybe as the rumors say, Soyousuke returned safely after defeating Sarutobi Hiruzen." The sturdy Iwagakure frowned.

Soyousuke's successful return disrupted their plans.

Their original plan was to take advantage of Konoha's attempt to kill Soyousuke, put some pressure on the Ninja Sect, and make the Ninja Sect become Iwagakure's secret son.

It's not for Konoha, but planning for the next fifty years.

If you can't beat Konoha, which is the second best ninja god, then just wait it out slowly and let Konoha be happy for fifty years first.

"Brother Huoguang, how credible do you think this news is?"

Iwagakure, who spoke first, looked at Huo Guang who was sitting at the head of the conference table and asked.

"It's most likely true." Huo Guang said after pondering for a moment.

"Since even the ordinary people in Liudou City have learned about it, it is only a matter of time before the news spreads throughout the ninja world.

If this is false news, it will inevitably further deepen the conflict between the Ninja Sect and Konoha, and increase the possibility of Konoha sending troops to the Ninja Sect. Only a brainless fool will talk quickly without regard to the consequences, and Soyousuke is obviously not like this

idiot.

It can only be that Soyousuke is not afraid of conflict with Konoha, so Soyousuke should have defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen, and it is not a simple victory."

"This is not good news for us. We must quickly mobilize our forces to investigate carefully and then report to the village." Huo Guang said with a serious face.

In the past, Iwagakure Village valued Ninja sect largely because of Soyousuke's personal strength.

Now Iwagakure wants Soyousuke to die soon.

Because they found that with Sosuke around, Iwagakure Village would never be able to control the Ninja Sect.

Even though Ohnoki has already given considerable benefits, Sosuke's attitude is still firm. Economic cooperation is acceptable, and other discussions are unnecessary.

Soyousuke's determination and the conflict between Ninja and Konoha made Onoki change his strategy.

Soyousuke is very strong, but the Ninja sect and Nagato, a top genius, may grow up to be stronger than Soyousuke.

However, Onoki also knew that while Soyousuke was alive, even ordinary ninjas, let alone Nagato, would never fall to Iwagakure.

So Soyousuke's death is very important. Soyousuke who died in the hands of Konoha is Iwagakure's good partner. "Yes!" The Iwagakure ninjas nodded.

Verifying the information was faster than Huo Guang expected, and the Ninja ninja did not treat this as a secret at all.

The attitude of the ninja made Huo Guang believe him even more.

So he quickly integrated the collected information, wrote some of his personal thoughts in it, and sent it back to Iwagakure Village.

Ohnoki attaches great importance to the layout of the Kingdom of Rain. When he learned that important information had been transmitted from the Kingdom of Rain, he immediately put aside other relatively unimportant matters.

"Huh?" Seeing Sosuke defeat Hiruzen Sarutobi, a question mark arose in Ohnoki's mind.

He checked it carefully and confirmed that this was important information from Iwagakure in the Land of Rain, and not someone's prank.

Onoki continued to read the information with a solemn expression, reading the information word by word with great care.

"Soyousuke actually has such strength." Onoki tapped his fingers on the table hastily, his expression became a little unsightly.

When Ohnoki saw this information, his first thought was not to control the ninja sect, but to regret that Soyousuke did not agree to his plan to surround and kill Mu Yue.

If Soyousuke joins in, then even if the third Mizukage backstabs, he should still be able to kill Mu Yue.

It's just that Soyousuke not only didn't agree to the siege plan, but he didn't want to die properly now and disrupt Iwagakure's layout.

"It would be great if Sarutobi Hiruzen died." Ohnoki sighed.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi dies, it will be another perfect opportunity to cause trouble.

But Onoki knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi was definitely not dead, otherwise Konoha would not have done anything.

Onoki was really speechless. It would be good for Iwagakure if any one of Soyousuke and Sarutobi Hiruzen died, but no one died.

Now Onoki is unable to move because the Ninja Sect's layout has been disrupted. He can't move Konoha even if he wants to, and he can't do anything.

"Ninja, Konoha..."

Ohnoki fell into deep thought.

Konoha has a large number of talents and has obtained a large amount of money and resources through war. If nothing unexpected happens, it will definitely prosper.

The Ninja Sect has a powerful Soyousuke in charge, and coupled with its excellent geographical location, the development potential is huge visible to the naked eye.

"No, we have to determine the details of the battle." Ohnoki felt that Iwagakure still had to take action.

It is impossible to compete with Konoha for the number one shinobi village, but Onoki doesn't want Iwagakure to fall too far behind Konoha.

As for the ninja sect, Onoki doesn't dare to underestimate it now.
To be continued...