Konoha: Sage Body

All the major ninja villages were very concerned about the intelligence of Konoha, and even Kirigakure, which was very far away from Konoha, was also extremely concerned. In terms of sending spies to Konoha to steal intelligence, Kirigakure did not invest less than other ninja villages.

Therefore, shortly after Sunagakure obtained the information that Danzo had been killed by a mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse and that Sandaime had been overpowered by a mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse. Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure all obtained the relevant information one after the other.

However, there is always some human processing of the information during transmission.

By the time these villages obtained the information, there were already some discrepancies between the content of the information and the actual situation.

For example, Sandaime, who clearly had not been defeated, was portrayed as having been defeated by a mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse and had suffered very serious injuries, and was currently in the hospital.

For example, the mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse was actually the Immortal Kakuzu, who had been hired by certain people in Konoha to kill Danzo.

For example, it was very likely that Danzo was not dead, because there were no signs of chaos in the Roots of Konoha, etc.

Iwagakure, Tsuchikage Building, Tsuchikage's Office.

Sandaime Tsuchikage Onoki is looking at an urgent encrypted piece of intelligence that has just been delivered. The more he reads it, the more wrinkles appear on his already wrinkled face.

The content of this piece of intelligence is precisely about Danzo being killed by a mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse and the Sandaime being "defeated" by a mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse. The content is quite detailed, and it even analyzes that this was caused by the grudges between the Senju clan and Danzo, and that the mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse has a complicated relationship with the Senju clan.

In short, the whole thing was an internal power struggle within Konoha, and the cause was most likely Danzo doing something that seriously irritated the Senju clan.

Ōnoki, the Sandaime Tsuchikage, naturally welcomed the internal power struggle in Konoha. He was hoping that Konoha would keep fighting among themselves and destroy themselves.

But this time, someone died in the internal power struggle in Konoha, and it was someone very important.

Danzo. People who don't know him would think he is the dark side of Konoha and has made many contributions to Konoha, but those who really know him well know that he is a cancer in Konoha and has done far more harm than good.

Coincidentally, Ōnoki is the one who knows exactly how dangerous Danzo is to Konoha.

Because he has worked with this dark figure of Konoha on several occasions. Although no concrete evidence of cooperation has been found, this dark figure of Konoha has indeed used their hands of Iwagakure to eliminate several ninjas from the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan.

The reason why they, Iwagakure, were able to successfully kill these ninjas is that while these ninjas were on a mission, their spies who were lurking in Konoha accidentally obtained information about these ninjas. However, these spies who obtained the information soon disappeared for no apparent reason, completely cutting off contact with Iwagakure.

Iwagakure discovered the strange circumstances surrounding this, so they carefully reanalyzed the situation and concluded that this was a conspiracy masterminded by Danzo, the dark lord of Konoha.

Iwagakure, which has always valued internal unity, naturally despises Danzo for betraying his own people and would definitely execute him immediately upon discovery.

However, since Danzo is a member of Konoha, the Iwagakure high-ranking officials, such as Ōnoki, are very happy about this.

Because they are well aware of the harm that black sheep like Danzo can cause to the whole, especially since Danzo is in a high position of power, the harm he causes to Konoha is even greater.

Moreover, isn't Konoha's Fire Will very particular about the need for companions to love each other and even be willing to sacrifice their lives for their companions?

With someone like Danzo in a high position in Konoha, can the Fire Will still be passed down properly in Konoha?

Not splitting up and drifting apart would be considered good enough.

As the Tsuchikage, Onoki knows full well that the death of a ninja does not begin with the end of their life, but rather with the moment their convictions begin to waver and crumble.

The reason ninjas are so powerful is not just because they master powerful jutsu, but also because their strong personal convictions are an important part of their strength.

If Danzo could shake the will of fire, the spiritual foundation passed down by Senju Hashirama, then he would be shaking the very foundations of Konoha.

Therefore, in Onoki's view, the death of Danzo may have a harmful effect on Konoha in the short term, causing great damage to its intelligence system and even preventing it from obtaining the support of the Root's power. However, in the long term, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages.

Furthermore, the mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse is also a huge problem.

The unusual actions taken by the Senju clan that day were tantamount to an indication that their death was related to Danzo, and naturally, this mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse cannot be separated from them.

"Since the deaths of Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, this powerful ninja clan has rapidly declined. Now there are less than 200 people left, and even the last pillar, Uzumaki Mito, is dead. I never imagined that even in such a state of decline, there was still such a huge amount of hidden strength.

If you add in the four people of Senju Tsunade, Kirito Tosaka, Senju Nawaki, and Uzumaki Kushina, the Senju clan is on the verge of a revival."

Onoki couldn't help but worry as he thought about the current situation of the Senju clan.

Although the Senju clan has fallen, from the current perspective, its potential still exists. For example, Tsunade, the granddaughter of Senju Hashirama, is still very much inferior to her grandfather Senju Hashirama, but at the young age of just twenty-something, she is about to break through to the Kage level, and can be considered a complete genius. There is no problem supporting the Senju clan in the future.

And the grandson of Senju Hashirama, Senju Nawaki, is even more remarkable. At a young age, he actually has the strength of a jōnin. According to intelligence, Senju Nawaki has inherited the advantages of his grandfather's huge amount of chakra and is very talented in practicing body techniques.

If nothing goes wrong, he will definitely become another Kage-Level powerhouse in the future.

There is also the new Jinchuuriki with nine tails, Uzumaki Kushina. Because of Uzumaki Mito, she is naturally a member of the Senju clan. According to intelligence, this new Jinchuuriki with nine tails has the potential to become the second Uzumaki Mito.

Finally, Kirito Tosaka, Uzumaki Mito's disciple, is even more remarkable. He alone possesses the strength of an elite jōnin through his sealing techniques, and can easily subdue jōnin. He is also very proficient in physical techniques, illusion techniques, medical ninjutsu, and ninjutsu.

According to the latest intelligence, this Konoha genius is also proficient in puppet techniques and has mastered a special type of bloodline limit of the pupil art.

This is completely a hexagonal warrior.

If Iwagakure does not get rid of this person soon, he will definitely become a thorn in their side in the future.

Unfortunately, from the analysis of intelligence, this little guy named Kirito Tosaka has already become a force to be reckoned with. In Iwagakure, it is estimated that only he and the two Jinchuuriki have the opportunity to kill him. If anyone else goes, there is a 90% chance that the other party will escape, and there is even a possibility that they will kill the other party.

After all, Konoha has now made Konoha White Fang act as the nanny of this Konoha genius.

Therefore, from a superficial analysis of the intelligence, it is highly likely that the Senju clan will revive.

By then, Konoha will definitely have another Hokage from the Senju clan.

Unlike the current Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, this new generation of Hokage will have the immense prestige of the Senju clan in Konoha. Once he takes office, he will have the support of many powerful shinobi around him, and he himself will bring great cohesion to Konoha, thereby enhancing its strength in a disguised way.

"This guy Danzo really underestimated the Senju clan, a super ninja clan with a history of thousands of years. He thought that after Mito Uzumaki died, he could easily manipulate the Senju clan. In the end, he played with fire and got himself killed. He really harmed others as well as himself."

Onoki finally put down the intelligence in his hands with a solemn face, and kept complaining about Danzo's self-destructive ways.

If Danzo didn't die, Ōnoki didn't think Konoha would be very scary. With Danzo around, Konoha would be unlikely to regain its former glory, because this insidious and cunning guy was clearly consciously suppressing the Senju clan and Uchiha clan, the two powerful clans that founded Konoha.

In his view, the most threatening clans in Konoha were the Senju clan and Uchiha clan. If these two clans declined, Konoha would certainly follow suit.

As for the other clans such as the Sarutobi, Hyuga, Shimura, Ino-Shika-Cho, and so on, Onoki didn't even care about them.

But now that Danzo, the cancer of Konoha, was gone, and if things continued on their normal course, the revival of the Senju clan was unstoppable, and it was not impossible for Konoha to regain its former glory.

Just from the potential shown by that little guy named Kirito Tosaka, he would at least become a Uzumaki Mito in the future, and who knows, he might even be on par with Senju Hashirama and that detestable guy.

"Konoha must never be allowed to become powerful again."

Soon, Ōnoki made up his mind.

The next moment, he took out a scroll from the drawer, quickly wrote some words on it, and then closed it again.

Then he shouted, "Come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burly ANBU ninja appeared in front of Ōnoki and said respectfully, "What is it, Tsuchikage-sama?"

"Have someone deliver this scroll to the Lord Kazekage of Sunagakure."

Ohnoki immediately picked up the scroll, flew from his seat, and landed on the ANBU ninja, handing him the scroll with a serious expression.

"Ha..."

The ANBU ninja took the scroll with both hands and immediately used the technique of instantaneous transformation to leave.

After the ANBU ninja left, Ohnoki thought for a moment and then pressed a button on the table.

A few moments later, a mature and hot-tempered black-haired female ninja pushed open the door and entered Tsuchikage's office, smiling and saying to Onoki, "Tsuchikage-sama, you wanted to see me."

The black-haired female ninja was Onoki's daughter-in-law and also his secretary, usually responsible for Onoki's daily life and information-related issues.

"Benito, has the reply from Amegakure arrived yet?"

Onoki asked.

"Not yet. The ninja in charge of delivering the letter has already returned, but Hattori Masanari said he needed to discuss it with Hanzo of the Salamander and couldn't give an immediate clear answer, but he promised to give us an answer as soon as possible."

Benito answered truthfully.

"Hmph, this little rascal, here we go again. Tell me, what kind of request did he hint at again?"

Onoki said in an unpleasant tone of voice.

He had written to Hattori Masanari not long ago, hoping that the other party could increase the pharmaceutical trade between the two sides, but this guy was obviously not very willing.

Since Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company invested in the construction of a factory in the Land of Rain, establishing a huge pharmaceutical production base, and Amegakure Village gave a lot of support and took shares on the grounds of providing military support, Amegakure Village has now become the largest shareholder of Higanbana.

As a result, Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company has been able to successfully open up the market in the Land of Rain and, thanks to the outstanding geographical location of the Land of Rain, sell large quantities of medicine to surrounding countries.

After researching the medicine produced by Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company, Iwagakure discovered that the quality of the medicine produced by Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company is very high. One of the latest types of medicine, a soldier's food pill with medical capabilities, and an injury healing medicine called Golden Wound Medicine, are of great strategic significance and can greatly make up for Iwagakure's current lack of medical capabilities.

However, Hattori Masanari has always strictly controlled the export of these two drugs, and Iwagakure has no way to purchase them in large quantities in a short period of time.

"Hattori Masanari did hint to our people that he hoped we could relax the export of Chakra metal,"

Hongtu said seriously.

"Chakra metal again, this guy's appetite is getting bigger and bigger. What does he want, so much Chakra metal?"

Ōnoki said with a stern face when he learned of Hattori Masanari's request.

Over the past year, the exchanges between Iwagakure and Amegakure have been close. Iwagakure has earned a lot of profits from the Land of Rain, while Amegakure has used this to quickly restore the country's economy, which was on the verge of collapse. Both sides have gained what they need.

However, since Hattori Masanari returned to Amegakure, the changes in Amegakure have been huge.

Compared to Hanzo of the Salamander, Hattori Masanari is undoubtedly an outstanding leader. The current series of reforms in Amegakure and a series of domestic economic policies are all from his hand.

Because he proposed the policy of building roads before becoming rich, Amegakure formed a ninja unit made up entirely of Earth Release ninja, which specializes in building roads throughout the Land of Rain.

At this time, the large number of Earth Release jutsu techniques that Iwagakure originally traded to Amegakure played a major role.

Thanks to the help of a large number of Earth Release ninjas, the previously very underdeveloped transportation in the Land of Rain quickly became developed in just over a year.

Moreover, Hattori Masanari also proposed a policy of reducing tariffs, which emphasized that local businesses could further reduce tariffs.

Because of these two policies, after seeing the huge business opportunities, many businessmen from other countries came to the Land of Rain to invest and build factories, which allowed the economy and people's livelihood of the Land of Rain to quickly recover.

There is also the book he wrote, "The Will of Rain". After its release, a martial arts culture gradually emerged in Amegakure and even the Land of Rain, and the national spirit was renewed.

In short, the strength of Amegakure is recovering at a rapid rate.

Ōnoki watched the changes in Amegakure with concern.

On the one hand, he hoped that Iwagakure and Amegakure would continue to maintain friendly and close relations and exchanges, so that the Land of Rain would continue to be a dumping ground for the Land of Earth's large quantities of minerals, thereby obtaining more benefits from the Land of Rain. On the other hand, he did not want Amegakure to become powerful again.

Therefore, in order to curb Amegakure's development, he kept a close eye on the Chakra metal trade, basically selling only about one ton of Chakra metal to the Land of Rain each year.

In fact, the Land of Earth survives on far more than this amount of Chakra metal each year, and most of it is secretly hidden by Iwagakure.

This is precisely why Kumogakure covets Iwagakure. Various secret weapons developed within Kumogakure require Chakra metal, but the Land of Thunder is severely lacking in this special mineral, so they can only steal it.

"Tsuchikage-sama, Chakra metal is an important strategic material. Although the medicines produced by Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company are very good, they are still far inferior to Chakra metal. I personally don't think we should satisfy Hattori Masanari's request."

Benito looked at the gloomy expression on Ōnoki's face and spoke her opinion.

A strong neighbor is not as good as a weak neighbor.

Benito's thinking is very simple. She believes that Amegakure now has the power to threaten Iwagakure, so Iwagakure absolutely cannot let Amegakure have the chakra metal that can produce powerful weapons.

"Alas, I know what you're saying, but the barbarians from Kumogakure are eyeing Iwagakure right now. If there's a fight, if we don't have enough medicine in stock, I don't know how many of our comrades will die because they can't get timely treatment. This little rascal must have seen this and is therefore confident in bargaining with me. Never mind, let's increase the share of Chakra metal sold to Amegakure by 50% this year. Go inform Kitsuchi and make sure Hattori Masanari agrees to our demands."

Ōnoki shook his head and sighed.

"Ha~"

Benito immediately responded.

After that, she was about to go out to take care of things.

But Ōnoki stopped her, "Wait."

"Anything else, Tsuchikage-sama?"

Benito stopped immediately and turned around to ask.

The next moment, Ōnoki quickly returned to his seat, took out a blank scroll from the drawer again, and then wrote something on it before closing it again.

He handed the scroll to Hongtu and instructed, "Have Kitsuchi secretly give this scroll to Hanzo of the Salamander."

Benito took the scroll, nodded, and quickly left the room.

"I hope things will go smoothly. Konoha definitely cannot become powerful again. The same humiliation is enough for once,"

Ōnoki flew to the window, looked out at Iwagakure, and said with a sad face.

...

On the other side, in Kumogakure, in the Raikage building, in the Raikage's office,

Suddenly, an angry roar sounded, and the familiar desk in Raikage's office, which had only been replaced three days ago, was smashed to pieces by a punch from Sandaime Raikage.

Soon after, Raikage's secretary, Erui, walked in carrying a scroll. She frowned at the pitiful desk on the ground and said unhappily, "Raikage-sama, please stop taking it out on the desk. You're about to use up your salary for this month."

"Cut the crap, Erui. Go and notify the jōnin in the village. Tell them to gather their men immediately. I'm going to Iwagakure to destroy that damned shorty, Ōnoki. I've implored him so many times to ease up on the export of chakra metal from the Land of Thunder, but he's been giving me the runaround with lame excuses about production shortages. It really pisses me off."

Sandaime Raikage tore a scroll in his hand into pieces and yelled angrily.

"Okay, Raikage-sama, but before that, please take a look at this information."

Erui did not choose to disobey the Sandaime Raikage, who was now in a rage, and obediently handed the scroll in her hand to Sandaime Raikage.

When Sandaime Raikage saw that Erui did not oppose him, his angry expression immediately subsided a lot, and he took the scroll over.

He opened it and looked at it. His angry expression quickly disappeared from his face, replaced by a deep solemnity. He said coldly, "Erui, you immediately notify the troops stationed along the border of the Land of Earth to go to the border of the Land of Fire and standby. Also, tell Blue B to get ready."