The Shadow of Konoha

Any alliance between any two ninja villages is temporary, and hostility and war are the eternal themes between different ninja villages. Therefore, even if Konoha and Kumogakure form an alliance for a while, this cannot change the fact that they are potential strategic rivals in the long run.

When a country visits another country that it considers an enemy, will it introduce its visiting members to the other side like this...

Therefore, Hanyu is now facing an abnormal situation.

Sansho's introduction of Hanyu was a kind of "fame" to the enemy, which was by no means a good thing. You know, in this world, ninjas with fame but no strength would always die much faster than ninjas with no fame and no strength or ninjas with fame and strength.

In extreme cases, this sentence might put Hanyu on Kumogakure's assassination list... Of course, not now, not only because the Konoha team now has masters like Mitokado Homura and Uchiha Kagami, but also because the mission of the Konoha team is to re-conclude an alliance with Kumogakure.

Even though they had absolute advantage in the Kumogakure sphere of influence, if the second Konoha alliance envoy died again, Kumogakure would completely lose its national credit.

Therefore, Hanyu will not encounter any problems for the time being. Sansho's introduction will only make him and the ninjas of Kumogakure feel awkward.

Sure enough, the Hidden Cloud Ninja looked at Hanyu deeply, as if he wanted to remember his appearance completely, and then he turned around and led the way for everyone.

"Messengers of Konoha, please follow me. The Sandaime is waiting for you not far ahead."

Sansho and the others followed the other party as they were told, and the more time came to this point, the more vigilant they became... Because of the current chaotic situation in Kumogakure, no one could be sure whether the person in front of them was a new Raikage who aimed at peace or a rebel who aimed at destroying the Kumogakure-Konoha alliance.

The battle may break out at any time.

However, this worry did not last too long. After only traveling a few miles north, the large welcoming team from Kumogakure, even including the newly ascended Third Raikage himself, appeared there.

The Third Raikage is a dark-skinned burly man. He is the kind of person who has a very visual impact. To describe him simply, he is more like a berserker than a ninja.

After seeing the Raikage, everyone in Konoha could relax a little. Uchiha Kagami and Mitokado Homura were able to confirm each other's identity... In the previous war, as elite ninjas belonging to Konoha and Kumogakure respectively, the two sides had fought each other. But now that the other party has succeeded the Raikage, he should have abandoned his original name and should now be called "Ai".

All the Raikage have the same name. In Hanyu's opinion, Ai should mean ACE, which represents the strongest ninja in a village.

"Uchiha, Mitokado, thank you for Konoha's trust again, and welcome to the Land of Lightning." Unlike his rough and tough appearance, the Third Raikage was never tough when he spoke. It seemed that he knew very well what he should do... As the Kage of a village, it is okay to be rude, but a person who is always rude can never become a Kage.

For example, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, no matter how strong they are, they are just thugs in the village.

"Everything is for the general trend of peace." Homura stepped forward and responded, but his face looked ... This is natural, Kumogakure should take responsibility for the death of the Second Hokage.

"Peace is our common goal, isn't it? This is not the place to talk. Let's go to our village first." The Raikage lightly avoided the implicit accusation in Mito's words.

Having said that, the Raikage first commanded the ninjas he brought with him to go ahead, and then he personally led all the Konoha people to move in the direction of Kumogakure... After a brief contact, Hanyu could tell that this new Raikage was a smart man.

The Raikage brought more than twenty ninjas to welcome the Konoha group, definitely not for such superficial purposes as showing off his power. On the one hand, because the rebellion in Kumogakure had just been quelled, but not all the rebel ninjas had been eliminated, so it was difficult for him to refuse the village's decision to send guards for him. On the other hand, the Konoha group also needed a large number of Kumogakure ninjas to protect their safety.

With such momentum and power, no one was blind enough to attack the Konoha messenger, so Hanyu and his team arrived at the Hidden Cloud Village smoothly. In this village built on high ground and cliffs, new signs of destruction can be seen everywhere. The Raikage seemed to have no intention of hiding from Konoha the losses that Hidden Cloud Village suffered in the previous rebellion.

Afterwards, without any greetings or rest, the two sides went straight to the topic of negotiation - in a secret basement somewhere in lighting land, they began negotiations on peace and alliance.

In such a serious negotiation, there was no possibility for Hanyu and Hatake Sakumo to interrupt at all.

The initial negotiations went very smoothly. Restoring the alliance with Konoha was something that the Hidden Cloud Village was looking forward to implementing. On this point, the two sides could even sign an alliance immediately.

However, the "supplementary agreement" proposed by Konoha made the Raikage feel uneasy.

Because Sansho mentioned what Hanyu had said before, he asked Kumogakure to abandon the defense line against Konoha and then transfer its forces towards Iwagakure.

"The next war arrangements of Kumogakure are not something that you Konoha should interfere with. We certainly welcome and look forward to an alliance, but if you use this as a threat to force us to change our strategy, then I can only say sorry." The Raikage said with a gloomy face. He saw through Konoha's intention at a glance.

To take a step back, reducing the number of ninjas targeting Konoha is not unacceptable. After all, if the two sides sign an alliance treaty, there is no reason to stockpile heavy troops on the border.

But if they were to attack Iwagakure, it would be like letting Kumogakure take on the pressure from Iwagakure for Konoha, sacrificing themselves to benefit others? How is that possible! Konoha's wishful thinking was really loud. If this war had started, Kumogakure would certainly dare to attack Iwagakure directly, but for the current Kumogakure, they no longer have the reason and courage to do so.

Because of the stern refusal of the Raikage, the negotiation was a bit difficult to proceed. At this time, Sansho spoke up, "Raikage, your current situation is very similar to our Konoha. As a person who urgently took on the role of Kage due to an emergency, I believe there are many voices of opposition in your village... Compared to the ancestors, the younger generation always lacks prestige."

"Unlike Konoha, Kumogakure has just experienced a rebellion, so your situation is more urgent. If you want to integrate the village, you must gain the reputation of suppressing all opposing voices... Personally strong combat power is not omnipotent. If you want to gain this kind of reputation in a short period of time, you can either instigate a large-scale offensive against other villages in Kumogakure and be 100% guaranteed to achieve an overwhelming victory... But who can guarantee victory in an invasion? And the contradiction is that you can't command the Kumogakure ninjas smoothly now. The other approach is much simpler, such as... getting rid of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the culprit who launched the rebellion and killed the Second Raikage."

Yes, as long as Kinkaku and Ginkaku are killed, the reputation of the Raikage will rapidly expand, and his position will be legitimately consolidated. This is a condition that is difficult to refuse. Hearing this, the Third Raikage suddenly stood up and looked at the Konoha group with burning eyes, "Do you know the whereabouts of Kinkaku and Ginkaku?!"

"If our negotiations can go on, we will be able to know such news." Sansho responded lightly.

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