Chapter 165: The Leaky Konoha Village
Although Shiba Kiyokawa, Konan and Nagato all despised the Hidden Cloud Village's past behavior of looking down on others, now that the other party came to ask questions sincerely, Shiba Kiyokawa would still be merciful and answer them.
"We can discuss the alliance, but I think Yunyin should also show corresponding sincerity."
If there are benefits, it is not impossible for Shiba Kiyokawa to turn the page on the past.
After all, the Rain Kingdom and the Thunder Kingdom do not border each other, are far apart, and have no direct conflicts. They have sufficient basis for cooperation, so there is no need to refuse to unite because of a momentary anger.
Moreover, perhaps it is because of the conclusion of the world line, or perhaps the village of Konoha is indeed blessed with a certain destiny. Now, with the revitalization of Minato Namikaze, the situation in Konoha is getting better day by day.
Shiba Kiyokawa also needs more means to help him pull out space and time.
The Akatsuki organization has now completely opened up the route from the border of the Rain Country to the mountainous area where the Kanmubi Bridge is located.
With every day that passed, he became more prepared.
However, a week later, something unexpected happened, and a piece of news that was more favorable to Konoha came.
On the battlefield in the south, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Kirigakure were ultimately unable to hold on together to watch the next New Year's fireworks.
Konoha's perennial Genin Might Dai showed his great power, opened the Eight Gates and shattered the pride of the Seven with one kick.
That kick ruined our legendary dream——by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
As a result, Kirigakure's attack came to an abrupt halt and it was forced to switch from strategic offense to strategic defense. The vigorous landing operation thus fell into an embarrassing stalemate.
Konoha breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiraiya, who was in charge of the southern war zone, once asked to go to the north in person to provide support, but was dissuaded.
But even so, Konoha also dispatched some ninjas from the south to the north for support, further relieving the pressure on Minato Namikaze!
The situation of the entire Ninja World War was closely linked. Because of the incompetence of the Southern Kirigakure, Shiba Kiyokawa in the north felt even greater pressure in the end.
This made Shiba Kiyokawa speechless for a moment.
"It's only been over a month, and it was actually Namikaze Minato who saved the situation. This is really... slippery."
Shiba Kiyokawa could only sigh silently, feeling that Konoha's luck had not yet disappeared.
Fortunately, he has not been idle in the past month.
The new recruits have been smoothly integrated into the original six battalions. At the same time, the mountainous defenses near the Kannabi Bridge have also begun to be fully taken over by the Akatsuki organization.
He even called upon Hiruko to carefully observe the location and structure of the Kammubi Bridge on the top of the mountain every day, pondering an unknown plan.
At the same time, Shiba Qinghe did not dare to slack off in external reconnaissance and intelligence gathering!
He was always keeping an eye on Konoha's next move.
Fortunately, Minato Namikaze does not have many choices right now. In order to quickly end the war in the north, he finally sets his sights on the Kamubi Bridge in the Land of Grass!
It’s not that Minato Namikaze didn’t see the movements of the Akatsuki organization, but he had no better choice.
The pressure from Konoha's multiple lines ultimately did not support him in directly defeating the pack of wolves surrounding him. Cutting off the supply lines was the most cost-effective option in the short term.
So even though he guessed that Akatsuki might intervene, he still had to do it.
So Konoha pushed the front line forward and re-established a forward base within the borders of the Land of Grass.
Then, Minato Namikaze led his troops closer and closer to the mountains, and began to prepare for the fatal attack he had been accumulating for a long time!
For a moment, fate came full circle and seemed to have returned to its original trajectory.
What is coming will eventually come!
Just before the crucial decisive battle, one day, Shiba Kiyokawa unexpectedly heard about a small episode.
"You said that you met Uchiha Shisui in the Cat Village?" That day, he listened to Konan's story and looked a little stunned for a moment.
Ever since he dealt with Hanzo the Salamander, he hadn't been to the Cat Village in person for a long time.
Later, Xiaonan also contracted Ninja Cat. Occasionally, when he really needed to go to the Cat Town to trade, he would ask Xiaonan to help.
The purpose of doing this is actually to avoid meeting Uchiha Shisui again.
Because he had also heard the previous intelligence: Uchiha Shisui had successfully opened the Mangekyo, the risk of continuing to deceive Shisui increased greatly, while the benefits decreased.
So he simply used the death escape method decisively, like a scumbag who seduced his woman and then abandoned her.
But now, by some strange coincidence, Konan has reconnected with Uchiha Shisui.
However, at the first moment, Shiba Qinghe was most concerned about Konan.
"So are you okay, Xiaonan? Did he use any genjutsu on you? Do you have any special feelings towards Konoha Village and the Uchiha clan now? Or do you feel like there's something wrong with you?"
He did not forget: in the original work, Shisui's Mangekyo is a super illusion Kotoamatsukami that can distort people's will!
Fortunately, after a moment of confusion, Xiaonan chuckled and said, "Don't worry, he has no ill will towards me. He didn't even open his Sharingan during the whole process. Moreover, after hearing that I was from the Akatsuki organization, he was kind enough to help me a lot."
"Yeah……"
"Yes, he just kept reminiscing about an old friend during the conversation with me, a Rain Ninja named Aizen Sosuke. I wonder if Chief Qinghe has any impression of this powerful Rain Ninja?"
When Xiaonan said this, her tone couldn't help but rise slightly in a playful way, and she also deliberately emphasized the word "Rain Ninja".
Zhiba Qinghe understood immediately: Sister Xiaonan had already guessed that it was his doing.
So he didn't answer but asked, "So how did you answer him?"
Xiaonan smiled and said, “Of course I told him: We have not received any record of the death of this Rain Ninja, nor have we taken in such a powerful ninja.
But I also told him that after the war, many Rain Ninjas who followed Yamyu Hanzo did not leave nor join Akatsuki, but chose to stay in the Rain Country and live in anonymity. Our Akatsuki organization has never killed these people, but welcomed them to stay and continue to build the Rain Country. "
Shiba Qinghe also laughed when he heard this.
He understood as soon as he heard it: Sister Konan must have guessed who was behind the Aizen pseudonym at that time. She told Uchiha Shisui this, obviously hinting that Aizen was still in the Rain Country, leaving an idea to keep Shisui hanging.
"You've become bad too, Sister Xiaonan."
Konan blinked her big watery eyes twice and pretended to be innocent: "Did I tell a lie? Besides, doesn't this all rely on the words and deeds of a certain great leader? Don't you think so, Uchiha's life mentor: Aizen-kun?"
Shiba Qinghe was stared at by her and could only look away and cough twice to hide his embarrassment.
Then Shiba Kiyokawa asked again: "Did Shisui say anything else?"
"Of course he asked me to help find Aizen Sosuke. He kept saying that he really wanted to see that old friend again. I agreed, so what instructions does Chief Qinghe have next?"
The sudden accident required Shiba Qinghe to think for a moment.
But while thinking about it, he couldn't help but laugh: Why does it seem that every time before he is about to have a decisive battle with Konoha, he can always find Konoha's "traitor" through strange angles and methods?
He should sigh at the fate, which is indescribable;
Or should we admire that Konoha is like a sieve, full of holes and leaks everywhere?
(End of this chapter)
