Chapter 261
"If you can't get it by force, you can get it by other means? If you look at it this way, the other party is not a reckless man!" Tsunade seemed to be thinking about something.
The relationship between Konoha and the Cloud Ninja was not good. In almost every major war in the Ninja World, Konoha would have a war of varying sizes with the Cloud Ninja.
But the reason why the Cloud Ninjas failed to get any good treatment at the hands of Konoha was not only because the quality of Konoha's ninjas was no lower than that of the Cloud Ninjas, but also because the Byakugan of the Konoha Hyuga clan could greatly restrain the Cloud Ninjas' taijutsu.
In other words, Hinata's Byakugan can restrain all physical ninjas.
The ability to see through the human body's meridians, a vision without blind spots, the ability to release chakra all over the body to attack, as well as the unique acupoint pressing and the destructive power of directly attacking the ninja's internal organs with chakra, destined the Cloud Ninja's Lightning Release Ninja Technique to be restrained by the Byakugan.
Unless the speed is as fast as that of the Raikage, so that even the Byakugan cannot keep up with the rhythm of the attack, even a Cloud Ninja Jonin will not have any idea of fighting a Hyuga ninja in close combat.
Even close combat is the fighting style they are best at.
"After all, he is the Kage of a village." Jiraiya laughed twice. In his eyes, the Kage was no longer a pure ninja, but a half-political creature.
"Shikaku?" Orochimaru looked at Nara Shikaku on the side. "What do you think the Raikage will do next?"
"War or alliance." Nara Shikaku closed the manual in his hand and answered calmly.
"The current Raikage's personality is impulsive and reckless, but not stupid. Based on the previous intelligence gathering on the Kumogakure, we know that the Fourth Raikage likes to use force to solve problems and does not care about his reputation in the outside world.
Over the past few years, the Cloud Ninjas have taken advantage of our lack of time for war and recuperation to collect and kidnap many secret techniques and talents in the Ninja world.
Obviously, he also wanted to establish an organization similar to the Technology Development Department. He would not give up the benefits of the Gray Stone Mine.
So my guess is that given his character, he would go all out and threaten us with a war to force us to give up control of the Greystone Mine.
If he goes further, he might even bring in Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and some small ninja villages to put pressure on us."
"The Third Raikage died at the hands of the Iwagakure." Jiraiya smacked his lips and narrowed his eyes slightly at Shikaku's speculation.
"If he is a reckless man, he will naturally hate and be hostile to the Iwagakure, but if he is a qualified Kage, even if there is an indelible hatred between him and the Iwagakure, he will do it as long as it is beneficial to the Kumogakure." Shikaku nodded slightly to Jiraiya and expressed his opinion.
"If the Cloud Ninja insists on starting a war, are we prepared enough to cope with it?" Orochimaru asked.
Ever since the Cloud Ninja showed some aggressive attitudes in the early days, Konoha has been preparing for another possible war. However, for some unknown reason, the Cloud Ninja has not made any move, and Konoha seems to be a frightened bird.
"Although the Hidden Cloud Village suffered heavy losses during the Third Ninja World War, the Third Raikage managed to turn the tide, and the remaining core strength of the Kumo Ninja was not destroyed by the Iwa Ninja, thus preventing them from recovering.
According to intelligence, with the support of the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, Ai, who inherited the position of Raikage, enriched the Hidden Cloud Village by looting and kidnapping other small ninja villages and mystic families, making the vitality of the Cloud Village the fastest to recover among the five major countries.
He did not start the war when we were weakest, perhaps because he had not yet sorted out the chaotic internal situation of the Cloud Ninja and digested the forces that were merged into the Hidden Cloud Village. "Shikaku paused, glanced at Ye Cang, and said again: "If the Cloud Ninja insists on starting a war, with the help of the Sand Ninja and the Rain Ninja, I think we can deal with the worst situation.
But the Rain Shadow of the Rain Village may require Master Jiraiya to go there personally."
Jiraiya's face fell when he heard this. Of course he knew why Shikaku deliberately mentioned Yahiko.
Everyone knows that Yuying now is a peace seeker who likes order and stability.
And now, with the permission of Konoha and the temporary disregard of the Sand Ninja, the Hidden Rain Village is now developing with all its might. After all, this opportunity is rare for the Hidden Rain Village and even for the Rain Country.
The reason why Hanzo started the war and used the Hidden Rain Village alone to fight against the Sand Ninjas and Konoha who used the Rain Country as their battlefield was to seize such an opportunity.
But he failed in the end.
It is not difficult to get the Rain Ninja to join the coalition forces on the Konoha side, but the difficult part is how many ninjas the Rain Ninja can mobilize now.
What's even more difficult is that the current Rain Shadow and even the Rain Ninja high-level officials are all Jiraiya's disciples. Under Konoha's new political system, they have to consider their reputation to some extent and cannot force the Hidden Rain Village too much as they did in the past.
The good situation of the Hidden Rain Village was ruined, which was also a great loss to Konoha's interests. After all, the Hidden Rain Village is now a major source of Konoha's economy.
Of course, all of the above is based on the fact that the Hidden Rain Village is currently quite strong.
A strong man who can kill Hanzo, repel the Fourth Raikage, and possesses the Six Paths Sage's Eyes, even if he does not have a relationship with Jiraiya, is worthy of respect anyway.
As a teacher, Jiraiya might have to drag a disciple who pursues peace into the battlefield, and he had mixed feelings for a moment.
"The Sand Ninja Association is Konoha's staunch ally." Ye Cang stated.
Although the Sand Ninjas have not recovered to their peak and are unwilling to see war, if it involves the ownership of the Gray Stone mine, then no matter what, in order to protect their own interests, the village from top to bottom will not let go.
"Then pass the information back to the Sand Village." Orochimaru said decisively, "Jiraiya, you go to the Rain Village on behalf of Konoha and let your disciple prepare for war. If the situation worsens, then the Kages of our three villages will need to hold a meeting."
"I understand." Jiraiya nodded slightly. Things had not yet deteriorated to the point that Shikaku had speculated. The ninja world was still filled with a war-weary mood. Even if the Raikage brought in the Rock and Mist ninjas, the other side was more likely to show off their strength than to die directly.
A few days after the Hokage meeting, Konoha received intelligence information that a large number of Cloud Ninjas appeared at the border and seemed to be planning a war.
The dark cloud of war seemed to have spread over the ninja world again at this moment. Merchants were the most sensitive to the changes in the situation. Many merchants who had made a lot of money by relying on Konoha and Sand Ninja were a little upset when they felt that a new ninja war might happen.
(End of this chapter)