Chapter 112: Fight or Not Fight (Please Recommend)
"Lord Raikage! It must have been Konoha who did it!"
"We must make Konoha pay the price!"
"We can't let Usuke die in vain!"
"Let's go to war with Konoha, Konoha is too arrogant!"
A dozen jonins gathered around the desk of the Fourth Raikage, discussing something fiercely.
At this time, the Fourth Raikage raised his hand, and with just one move, all the jonins around him shut up, and the office instantly became quiet.
Then the Fourth Raikage turned his head and looked at a sexy beauty with dark skin and curvy figure beside him and said:
"Mabui, please explain the specific casualties."
Mabui replied: "Yes, Lord Raikage, in recent months, a total of 31 ninjas have been killed in the village, including 24 Chunins, 5 Genins, and 2 Jonins.
Among them, 22 are clearly related to Konoha.
As for Usuke-senpai, he disappeared when he led a team to perform a mission near Taki no Kuni 20 days ago and passed through Taki no Kuni.
Also missing were another Jonin Hayata and three Chunins who were traveling with him."
"Do you think Konoha did Usuke's disappearance?" The Fourth Raikage continued.
Mabui shook his head: "It doesn't seem like Konoha did it."
The Fourth Raikage continued: "Why do you say that?"
Mabui understood what the Fourth meant, and wanted to use her to explain to the Jonins present.
"Because according to the intelligence brought back by Master Bokuto last time, after she fought with Jiraiya, one of the 'Three Ninjas' of Konoha, during the mission in the Land of Hot Springs, she clearly stated that she was no match for Jiraiya.
And Jiraiya had shown mercy many times, and said that Konoha had no intention of starting a war with the village again, and hoped that both sides would restrain themselves.
So I don't think Konoha will take the initiative to provoke the village.
In addition, judging from Konoha's performance in the past two years.
The Nine-Tails riot the year before last led to the death of the Fourth Hokage, and the loss of Konoha's high-end combat power should be more serious than we expected.
If it weren't for the lack of combat power, Konoha would not have taken the initiative to negotiate peace with the village after winning a large-scale victory in the war.
Now, even if Konoha really wants to go to war with the village, it probably can't afford it, so they will give in again and again under the village's probing.
Even when we attacked Konoha's border outpost, they just changed their defense and increased their manpower."
Mabuyi talked freely, and her analysis was well-reasoned.
But as soon as she finished speaking, someone among the senior ninjas present shouted again.
"Since Konoha is at its weakest now, the village should go to war with Konoha. It's just the right time to wipe out the shame of the three wars, defeat Konoha, and ascend to the top of the five great nations."
"Yes! Lord Raikage."
"I agree to go to war!"
Bang!
The Fourth Raikage frowned and punched the table. Even if he didn't use force, the table was still ravaged and cracks appeared.
Seeing that the Fourth Raikage was angry, the excited jonin just shut up again.
The Fourth Raikage was helpless for these jonin whose brains were all muscles. They loved the village and started from the interests of the village. This was naturally a good thing, but could they use their brains more?
Most of the ninjas in the village were warlike. They would not do anything fancy like other villages. They would not compete, but fight!
The Hidden Cloud Village was different from Konoha. There were no consultants or elders to disperse the power of the shadow.
In the Hidden Cloud Village, the Fourth Raikage was the final word.
Except for a few people who can slightly influence him, he can decide whether to fight or make peace.
Among the five major countries and villages at this time, the Hidden Cloud Village is like the Qin State that has made great reforms.
And the four villages of Konoha, Kirigakure, Sand Ninja, and Iwagakure are like the Warring States Period that has just entered from the Spring and Autumn Period, and the aristocratic families hold considerable power.
The Kage is naturally the highest leader of each village, but the aristocratic families will clamp down on the Kage in all aspects, so that he cannot exercise his power at will.
But this does not include the Raikage, who can almost "do whatever he wants".
Although the Fourth Raikage is muscular and has a hot temper, he is not a reckless man. On the contrary, to a certain extent, unless his bottom line is touched, he is the calmest person.
And he must be calm.
The reason why he asked Mabui to explain was that he was too lazy to explain to this group of reckless men and get angry!
Indeed, the severely damaged Konoha can no longer compete with the Hidden Cloud Village. On the surface, Konoha is still the largest village in the ninja world.
This is the best time for Kumogakure to defeat Konoha and reach the top, but the ninja world does not only have two villages.
At this time, the Fourth Raikage looked at the several jonins who had just made the statement of starting a war and said:
"The information brought back by Yukito is of course credible. Now that the Fourth is dead, Orochimaru has defected from the Three Ninjas of Konoha, Tsunade has left, and only Jiraiya is left.
Although Jiraiya is strong, I can deal with him.
Adding Bi and Yukito, the remaining few old guys in Konoha are not good enough.
However, if the village sends most of its elite troops to the front line to fight Konoha, what should we do if the Hidden Rock Village launches a surprise attack at this time?
The old guy Ohnoki is the best at making conspiracies and tricks.
I suspect that he is the one who caused Usuke's disappearance.
Usuke is also one of the strongest jonins in the village. There are only a few people in Konoha who can kill him without sending any news back to the village.
According to the information, Jiraiya left the Land of Rice a month and a half ago.
It can't be the Third Hokage or Danzo who did it."
"This..." Several jonins were speechless when asked.
Seeing this, the Fourth Raikage felt helpless. Now, except for Jiraiya, the rest of Konoha is not good enough.
Although the Third Hokage is called a 'ninja hero', he is almost sixty years old and is no longer at his peak.
What's more, even if the Third Hokage is at his peak, the Fourth Raikage is not afraid of him.
But against Konoha, the Hidden Cloud Village must send out its elite.
Don't let Konoha and Hidden Cloud Village lose both, and let the Hidden Rock Village take advantage, which will be a loss.
"Dodai, what do you think?" The Fourth Raikage looked at Dodai standing in front of more than a dozen jonins with an inquiring look.
Since the Third Raikage, Dodai has been a courtier of the Raikage and the reviewer of the generations of absolute bulls, thunder plows and hot knives.
When he was young, he was trusted by the Third Raikage, and now he is also valued by the Fourth Raikage. He is not as impulsive as ordinary Hidden Cloud Ninjas.
On the contrary, he is calm and composed, good at thinking and analyzing, and has great prestige among the jonin, so his words carry a different weight, so the Fourth Raikage's attitude towards him is obviously different from that of others.
As soon as Tsuchidai and the Fourth Raikage's eyes were lifted, the tacit understanding of many years allowed him to roughly guess the Raikage's thoughts. He pretended to be in deep thought, and then said with a serious face:
"I think what Lord Raikage said makes sense. We can't fall into the trap of Iwagakure. Even if the village is stronger than Konoha now, we can't start a war easily.
And the village's finances are a bit tight now. It's still unknown whether the daimyo is willing to allocate funds?
In addition, the Fire Country has always expressed goodwill and hopes to form an alliance. It's also unreasonable for us to force a war.
Compared to what we gain after the war, we lose more, which is not worth it.
I don't recommend going to war.
Of course, even if we form an alliance, we must strive for more benefits for the village.
We still have to test where Konoha's bottom line is."
"Tsuchidai has made it very clear. You can disperse first. No matter whether Usuke died in Konoha's hands or not, Konoha must pay the price for the ninjas who died in the village." The Fourth Raikage nodded, and then signaled the jonin to disperse.
Although the jonins were still eager to make a move and were unwilling to give up, the Fourth and Dodai had explained it clearly, so they stopped bothering too much.
After the jonins left, only the Fourth Raikage, Dodai, and Mabui were left in the Raikage's office.
Dodai saw that the Raikage was angry and knew that he actually wanted to start a war, but he couldn't for various reasons.
Suddenly he had an idea.
"Lord Raikage, I have a plan to test where Konoha's bottom line is?"
The Fourth Raikage was stunned for a moment, "Tell me."
Dodai said: "We can..."
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PS: I really have nothing to do, so I turned on the computer and wrote a chapter. My body is too honest.