Chapter 728 Four Shadows Conference
There is a country by the sea in the north of the Fire Country called the Iron Country. There are no ninjas in the Iron Country. Instead, it is guarded by a group of fighting groups called "samurai". It has an independent culture, independent authority, and independent A neutral country with strong combat power.
A very high-level meeting was being held secretly in a fortress of the Iron Country. If this meeting had to be named, it could be called the "Five Kingdoms and Four Shadows Conference". The five major ninja countries sent representatives, and the four major The shadows of Ninja Village attended the meeting in person.
Kumogakure was the convener of the meeting. It was the Fourth Raikage Ai who sent people to contact the four great ninja villages after the Konoha Chunin Examination and convened the "Five Kingdoms and Four Shadows Conference" to discuss how to deal with it. The strong rise of Konoha Village.
The four major ninja villages in the ninja world also received secret letters from the daimyo of their respective ninja countries. This Four Kage Conference received unanimous support from the five major ninja nations.
The Third Ninja War ended only about ten years ago. The four major ninja villages did not trust each other, so they chose the third country of Frost Country as the meeting place. In order to keep it strictly confidential, each village only brought one Kage. Guard.
The fourth generation Raikage Ai came to the Hidden Cloud Village, and the escort was the elite Jonin Darui.
The person attending the meeting from Sunagakure Village was the consultant Chiyo Granny, and the escort was the Sunagakure Jonin Maki who was good at cloth release. Sunagakure Village is very treacherous, both snake and rat. While advisor Ebizo rushed to Konoha to beg for surrender, advisor Chiyo Granny was quietly summoned to attend the Four Shadows Conference.
The person who came to Kirigakure Village was Mei Mizukage, and the escort was the elite Jounin Ao who had a Byakugan transplanted into one eye.
The one who came to Iwagakure Village was Tsuchikage Two Scales Onoki, and the guard was Akatsuchi who was good at defending Earth Release.
The four shadows attending the meeting were the same as the five shadows conference four years later, but the guards were slightly different. Chojuro and Kurotsuchi were still young and their strength had not reached the level four years later, so they were not qualified to serve as shadow guards.
Around the huge round table, the shadows of the four villages sat down, with guards standing behind the shadows. This was the first time that the leaders of several major ninja villages met in the ten years since the end of the war, and the atmosphere was quite solemn.
Raikage Ai was very impatient and was the convenor of the Four Shadows Conference this time. He stood up first and said: "I don't like to beat around the bush, so just say it directly. I think that if Konoha Village is allowed to continue to develop, it won't take long. There is no need for our four major ninja villages to exist! I have called you here to discuss how to deal with the possible expansion and aggression war launched by Konoha Village in the future!"
Onoki curled his lips and said: "Hey, boy, are you too alarmist? We also received information from Konoha Village from the Chunin Conference, saying that some of the genin in Konoha are very outstanding, but it is not an exaggeration. Is it to the point where Konoha can attack and destroy all four of our great ninja villages in the future?"
Granny Chiyo said slowly: "Ohnoki, when you get old, you should obey your old age. The future of the ninja world belongs to young people. You, an old man, always like to show off your strength. Do you really think you can survive until Konoha launches a war of aggression? When you die, who can replace you and resist the army led by Konoha's newly promoted Five Kages?"
Ohnoki's expression suddenly changed, he stood up angrily and said: "Asshole old woman, I'm not old!"
However, he stood up too hard and twisted his waist. He was so painful that he broke out in cold sweat and was speechless.
"Sunagakure participated in the Chuunin Joint Examination. Our information is the most detailed and accurate. Let me report it." Granny Chiyo continued: "Five of the Konoha genin have reached the Kage level or are about to reach the Kage level. Newcomers. Among them, the three who are confirmed to have reached the Kage level are Rock Lee, Hyuga Neji, and Tenten, and the two who are suspected to be at the Kage level are Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto."
At this point, the old woman turned to Ohnoki and said: "Do you know how old they are? They are all twelve or thirteen years old! In ten years, old guys like you and me will probably have passed away. They are in their twenties. For a young man aged 10 to 10, Gaara is the only one among us in Sunagakure who can compare with him. Are there any outstanding young people in your Iwagakure village who can compare with them?"
Ohnoki lowered his head, his arrogant and disdainful expression disappeared, and his expression became solemn.
There are also extremely outstanding talents among the new generation of Iwagakure, and that is Onoki's genius apprentice Deidara.
However, Ohnoki's heart ached when he thought of Deidara, because Deidara ran away with a wild man a few days ago!
Lord Tsuchikage never expected that Iwagakure's most talented young ninja would become a rebel ninja, and the reason for betraying the village was very outrageous. It is said that Deidara was defeated by a man named Itachi, and he was determined to win back, so Just left with that man.
Ohnoki was also a little doubtful. Did Deidara make up this reason? If he wanted to win back, he should practice hard at home. What would happen if he followed that wild man?
Deidara has a handsome face and long blond hair. He always talks about "explosion is art" and doesn't like playing with girls in the village. Based on various information, it is difficult for Onoki not to doubt his certain orientation.
Among the remaining young people, only Onoki's granddaughter Kurotsuchi is outstandingly talented. I believe that promotion to the Kage level will not be a problem in a few years, but that's it. Apart from these two people, Iwagakure no longer has any amazing talents. generation.
Onoki is 75 years old this year, and is the oldest old man among the five village shadows. He has the extremely rare talent of blood elimination, and can use dust escape to shock some people into atoms, and his strength has reached the super shadow level.
Among the five shadows, his strength ranks at the forefront. However, like the Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, his problem is that he is too old. There is a saying that life is rare in eighty years, and there is no need for the ten years that Chiyo's mother-in-law said. In a few years, he will be over eighty in five years, and it is doubtful whether he can continue to breathe.
In the past few years, his old waist has become more and more sore, and he doesn't use his legs and feet much in daily activities. He relies on the light and heavy rock technique to float. He is a dying man buried up to his neck in the earth. He doesn't know that he can still protect Iwagakure. How long will the wind and rain last?
Grandma Chiyo's words made every Kage think.
Raikage Ai is also over forty years old. Taijutsu-style ninjas like him have a much shorter peak period than ninjutsu-style ninjas like Onoki and Sarutobi Hiruzen, and their strength declines very quickly after their peak.
Ohnoki can fight until he is eighty years old, Sarutobi Hiruzen has no problem fighting until he is over seventy years old, Raikage Ai will probably not be able to fight until he is sixty years old. This is also the Boruto Ten period, and Ai is still under sixty. , one of the reasons why he gave up the position of Raikage to Darui.
Terumi Mei is young, but thinking about the younger generation in the village, only Chojuro is somewhat outstanding, and the rest are mostly mediocre. This is because during the Blood Mist Era, Kirigakure Village lost too many blood successor limited ninja clans. , too many outstanding talents died and defected.
"This is just a gap between the new generation of talents. I just received the news from my brother Ebizo that our Sunagakure Village has officially surrendered to Konoha, signed an unequal treaty that humiliates the country, and accepted Konoha's conditional financial aid. , is officially under the control of Konoha, and the Hokage's order priority is higher than that of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind."
Chiyo smiled bitterly and continued: "Why did our Sunagakure Village end up in this situation? It's not because the economy has completely collapsed and we have to eat what we have to survive. Your economic situation has been declining this year, right? Sunagakure Yin is overly dependent on gold exports and will bear the brunt of the collapse. You may be better than us, but you can only sustain it for a few more years!"