Chapter 171 Pre-war meeting

Konoha immediately received news of the movements of the three major ninja villages. Aoba immediately became alert. He knew before that the plot had completely collapsed. He no longer had the advantage of foresight.

However, he quickly concluded that this phenomenon must have been caused by Black Zetsu.

In the original plot, Black Zetsu follows Lao Liu to the end. He always guides and takes advantage of others, rarely showing his combat power directly or making direct plots.

But this time, after being forced by Qingye to appear in the world early, this guy quickly showed different actions from the original plot.

Since he couldn't hide in the dark to cause trouble, this guy directly used the influence of the Mizukage controlled by Obito to contact Kumogakure and Iwagakure.

Aoba knew without being told that they must be discussing a plan to join forces to fight against Konoha.

Qingye thought that other ninja villages might unite, but he didn't take it seriously. Because he knew that due to various historical issues, even if the major ninja villages had this idea, it would definitely not be possible to truly unite in a day or two.

In the original plot, the five great ninja villages were able to unite quickly because of the appearance of the White Zetsu Army. A world war was about to break out.

Although Konoha is strong now, it has not taken any military action. According to Aoba's understanding of the Raikage and the Tsuchikage, they have deep grudges against each other, and it is impossible for them to unite in a short time.

But if Black Zetsu mediates in the name of the Mizukage, all this may not be certain.

Konoha now dominates most of the shipping business in the surrounding areas. One of the most important factors is Kirigakure's isolationism.

After all, the Kirigakure ninjas were the best at fighting on the water, and they were supposed to occupy the lion's share of the shipping business.

It's just that the cats of Kirigakure who were tossed around by Obito were few and far between, and had no intention of competing for hegemony over the sea, so Konoha got the upper hand.

Obito's goal is to torture Kirigakure. But Kuro is not like that. What it wants is to provoke a great war in the Ninja World and create an opportunity for Kaguya's resurrection.

Therefore, it doesn't care whether Kirigakure is weakened or not.

Another result of Kirigakure's isolation over the years is that the major ninja villages do not have a deep understanding of Kirigakure.

But no matter what, Kirigakure is still one of the top five. As a perfect Jinchūriki, Mizukage Kuraya is definitely a top master.

As soon as he showed up, the Raikage and Tsuchikage both showed some respect to him. It was indeed possible for the three major ninja villages to reach an agreement.

This was a result that Aoba didn't want to see. Even though Konoha and Sunagakure were now two to three, he was confident of winning.

But the cost is too high.

Once a full-scale war breaks out, the power of the entire ninja world will be weakened. Now Aoba has already taken over the power of other ninja villages. If the damage can be reduced, it should be reduced.

Once the three villages unite, there will be huge changes in both strength and mentality, which may cause them to have some thoughts that they shouldn't have.

The purpose of Black Zetsu's move was to provoke a great war in the Ninja World, which was exactly what Aoba wanted to avoid.

Konoha's top leaders also immediately held an emergency meeting. This time, not only the decision-makers, but all the jonin in the village who were not on a mission attended the meeting.

"So, we are now facing the Fourth Shinobi World War. And we are going to face a joint attack from three ninja villages?"

"It's still uncertain, but this is the final possible outcome. Konoha's foreign policy has begun to alert other ninja villages. The Fourth Ninja World War is just around the corner."

Shikaku saw it very accurately, standing on the standpoint of the three ninja villages of Thunder, Earth, and Water. Before Konoha completely rises, completely strangling it is the best way.

Therefore, their best course of action is to take the initiative and join forces to completely destroy Konoha. At least they should restrain Konoha's expansion plan. Only in this way can they have a chance to breathe.

"The three major ninja villages have been grudges for a long time. Can they really unite in a short period of time?"

Hinata Hiashi had some doubts about this. After all, everything happened too suddenly.

After hearing this, Qingye took over the topic.

"What I am going to say next involves some secrets of Konoha. However, due to the previous mission in Sand Village, a lot of information has been leaked. And now Konoha is facing a war. I am following the order of the Hokage to decrypt the following secret information.

According to the intelligence from the Anbu, Mizukage Kuraya has been controlled by someone in some way. In other words, the current decision of Kirigakure does not represent the real Kirigakure. "

"Being controlled by someone, what does that mean? Kuraya is the perfect Jinchūriki, who can control him?"

The biggest difference between a perfect Jinchūriki and an ordinary ninja is that they are almost never controlled by illusions, because the tailed beasts in their bodies can break the illusions at any time.

But unfortunately, Obito is an Uchiha. Uchiha's Mangekyō has its own illusion, and is specifically designed to counter the tailed beasts. Kuraya's wave was restrained by the attribute.

"It means literally that he was controlled by someone using an illusion. And the person who controlled him was an Uchiha."

At this moment, Hinata Hiashi immediately understood.

"Is that the man, the mysterious Uchiha who appeared on the night of the Kyuubi?"

"Yes, that's him. He's also the mysterious man wearing a vortex mask inside Akatsuki."

"I see." Hinata Hiashi is now the Hokage's advisor, so he naturally knows the details of the previous Sand Village support mission. He knows that Aoba fought with the masked man.

"Is that why you fought him then?"

"Yes, I used the power of Sharingan first to control him. But the guy named Zetsu beside him controlled his brain at the last moment and took him away by force.

Based on its previous performance, I infer that it should now have completely inherited the abilities of the masked man."

In this way, the whole situation becomes very clear.

"So, our enemy is actually the mysterious guy named Zetsu? Now it is he who is controlling the Mizukage Kuraya and trying to push the three villages to unite and fight against Konoha?"

"Yes."

"Then the question is, who is this guy called Zetsu? Who are the Uchiha controlled by him? Why do they have to target Konoha?"

Not only Hinata Hiashi, Nara Shikaku was also looking at Aoba. With Shikaku's wisdom, it was not difficult for him to see that Aoba was holding back.

Aoba glanced at Kakashi who was silent, but he didn't say anything in the end. Although Kakashi didn't fight Obito directly in the last battle, at that distance, Obito used Kamui, and Kakashi was very likely to have noticed something.

Now Obito's identity is actually not very meaningful. The threat comes from Black Zetsu, who is a much more dangerous character than Obito.

"We are still investigating the other party's information. But the most urgent task is to stop the three villages from uniting. I have a plan for this."