Chapter 404: The new goal of Iwagakure!

The corner of Lu Jiu's mouth twitched slightly, and he chose to look at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose.

Because this is not a topic he can just pick up casually, as it involves the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage had a strong desire to control the affairs of the village, and all matters, big and small, would be collected and dealt with one by one.

Now this tradition is carried on.

Shikaku didn't dare to respond because he wasn't sure if Yan was complaining to the Third Hokage or if it was just because there were a lot of things to do and the work was tiring.

Putting down his hand, Yan said to Shikaku who looked serious:

"Relax, I asked you to come here today just to chat, no business. By the way, have you eaten?"

"????"

Someone from the Anbu was sent to inform me and asked me to rush to the Hokage's office building, which made me panic.

And yet you tell me it was just for casual chatting, not for business?

I have a sentence "MMP", but I don't know whether I should say it or not.

Shikaku had a constipated expression on his face.

"Hahaha........"

Yan just laughed, patted his shoulder and motioned him to follow him.

Shikaku was speechless, but he had no way to deal with Yan, so he had to follow Yan out of the Hokage office building, and the two of them walked slowly to the small river in the village.

Stopping by the stream, Yan signaled the Anbu people to take out all the things they had prepared.

Seeing the Anbu ninja skillfully open the sealed scroll and take out some bottles and jars, as well as a freshly pickled beef leg, his eyelids twitched.

Are you planning to have a big meal here?

Is it really appropriate to do these things during work?

My Lord Assistant, you skipped work yesterday and you're already playing sloppy today?

Shikaku was depressed and went to collect firewood and lit it.

Yan placed the skewered beef leg on the rack and started roasting it.

While applying the oil, Yan turned his head:

"I plan to take you to the border to meet the Raikage tomorrow."

"What you mean, sir, is that the village is likely to be involved, no, to participate in the war, or to take the initiative to participate?"

"Correct."

It is easy to talk to smart people. With just a little hint, the other person will follow what you want to say all the way to the end without you having to waste time on excessive explanations.

Putting the brush away, Yan sat cross-legged:

"The Raikage secretly sent someone to the village at this time, wanting to meet with me, and it's not public yet. I think this has explained a lot of problems. He should be eyeing the Iwagakure."

Among the five Kages in the five major ninja villages, the Raikage has the worst temper and the strongest desire for revenge.

If he hadn't been so vengeful, it wouldn't have been so easy for the five major ninja villages to unite in the original work because they would have lacked a leader.

Konoha could take the lead, but Konoha lacked authority at that time.

In this case, things are really serious.

Shikaku frowned in thought.

Yan signaled the Anbu people to take care of the fire, then turned around and continued:

“The Raikage has a strong desire for revenge, no less than me. The death of the Third Raikage has left him with a thorn in his heart.

If it wasn't for the sake of the village, if he wasn't absolutely sure, he would have attacked the Iwagakure long ago."

"In fact, during the Third Shinobi World War, the reason why the Iwagakure ended the war so quickly was not only because the village's resources could not sustain it, but also because they were worried about being attacked by the Kumogakure."

Konoha's external propaganda was that Minato alone made the Iwagakure tremble in fear, and that the bridge was blown up, forcing the Iwagakure to choose to end the war.

In fact...Minato is very strong. The bridge on the main route for transporting supplies was blown up. Wouldn't the Iwagakure take another route?

To put it bluntly, Ōnoki didn't want to continue fighting.

Because there is a risk of having your home robbed.

Compared to Minato and the routes for transporting supplies, the Iwagakure, which may directly attack the territory of the Land of Earth at any time, is the most terrifying.

Shikaku nodded slowly, without arguing.

Although he and Minato were good friends, he had to admit that the village's propaganda and the real reasons why Iwagakure gave up the war were completely different.

If the supply route is cut off, we can use another route to transport the supplies. Minato is very strong and has killed many people, but the Iwagakure is no pushover either.

In comparison, the threat from the Cloud Ninja Village is the most deadly.

Some problems can be seen from the war negotiations. The Iwagakure doesn't give Konoha any face at all.

There was not even a penny of war reparations.

On the surface, it was the Third Hokage who gave up voluntarily, but in reality, the Iwagakure would never give it.

Giving up voluntarily was a forced choice only to save the village's reputation.

"Right now, the economic intelligence of the Iwagakure is in jeopardy, and we have made preparations in advance and dispatched people to guard the border to not give the Iwagakure any chance.

When the pressure on the village accumulates to a certain extent, the leaders of Ōnoki and Iwagakure will have no choice but to transfer the pressure through war. "

"Under the premise that they cannot attack the Land of Fire, the Rock Village can only passively change its target."

"So, what the Assistant-sama means is that the Iwagakure might attack the surrounding small countries?"

Shikaku picked up a wooden stick and drew a simple map of the three major countries on the ground: the Land of Fire, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Lightning.

In the marginal areas of the three major countries, the map shapes of various small countries are outlined.

"Iwagakure will start a war, and the Fire Country is undoubtedly the first choice, because the Fire Country is rich. As long as we can invade the Fire Country and plunder it, it will be enough to solve the current problems of Iwagakure.

But the Fire Nation cannot be defeated, and the Lightning Nation is even more difficult, so... "

Shikaku's gaze swept across several small countries and finally stopped.

The Land of Taki!

Other small countries are either in chaos or unable to protect themselves.

Even if they had a little capital, the resources would not be enough to satisfy the appetite of the Iwagakure.

Therefore, Takikuni is the best choice for Iwagakure.

First of all, this country has a special geographical location. Secondly, the land of Takikuni is relatively fertile.

Although it is not as good as Konoha, it is at least considered good among many small countries.

From the fact that Takiguni purchased a tailed beast back then, we can tell that this country is still quite wealthy.

The most important thing is that there is still a tailed beast in Takigakure.

Now that the war has begun, who the hell cares about the previous rules of the ninja world?

Just hit it and that's it!

While plundering the resources, if you're lucky, you might be able to capture the Seven-Tails and bring it to the Iwagakure.

Yan glanced at the simple map on the ground and smiled slightly:

"The country of Taki has a special geographical location. The three Ninja World Wars did not affect this country. In addition, this country has a large population and fertile land. It must have accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. As long as we take over the country of Taki, we can calm the conflicts within the Iwagakure."

"But......."

Lu Jiu seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

The five major countries cannot attack a small country at will. This is the common agreement of the five major ninja villages.

"The village is about to explode, who cares about this?"

Yan laughed:

“Besides, if I were Ohnoki, I would take over Taki Country as quickly as possible, break through Taki Village, and take away all the resources and wealth of Taki Country.

As long as we don't encroach on the land of Taki no Kuni, even if other villages have objections, it won't get too awkward."

"Besides, the pressure on the village has been relieved, and the Iwagakure will not be afraid of a new war. This is how we support war with war!"