Chapter 35: Sand Village Provokes, Konoha Wants to Fight Back

Jingyi wouldn't take such a joke seriously, and of course, wouldn't be stupid enough to agree to it.

It’s not that he is stingy, but it’s troublesome to cook for too many people.

Besides, he can't always use Kushina's personal fund to subsidize the village's ninjas, right?

The New Year has arrived, and the ninjas in the camp used their limited resources to hold a party as a celebration of the New Year, but Jingyi did not join in the fun.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Lying on the bed, Jingyi silently felt the fetal movement of the Rinnegan.

Konoha, Senju's old house.

"What's wrong, girl? Are you unhappy?"

Uzumaki Mito ruffled Kushina's long red hair, and Kushina forced a smile: "No, I'm very happy grandma."

"Oh~~~"

Uzumaki Mito sighed and tightened his hold on Kushina.

Feeling aggrieved, Kushina whispered:

"Grandma, I'm not happy. I thought I could spend a lively New Year with Jingyi. He is my only friend, but I didn't expect that he went directly to the border camp.

I heard from Sister Tsunade that the weather over there is very bad. I wonder if he is doing well."

"He should miss me."

"......"

What should I say?

Uzumaki Mito opened his mouth several times but couldn't utter any words of comfort. He could only accompany Kushina quietly.

As for Tsunade and Nawaki........

Nawaki went off to play with his classmates, while Tsunade was called to a meeting.

It was a meeting on New Year's Eve. It wasn't that the Third Hokage liked to make things difficult for people, but he had to hold an important meeting.

An important meeting was held in the conference room on the first floor of the Hokage Office Building.

Except for the Third Hokage, two representatives of the Elders, representatives of the Jonin Class, and other people who were qualified to participate in the meeting, almost everyone in the dojo was present.

Except for those who went out on missions and did not return to the village, and the unlucky guy Danzo Shimura, the rest of the people are basically present.

The Third Hokage held a pipe in his mouth and smoked in boredom.

As the Hokage, he gave a speech: "Today is New Year's Eve. Everyone should spend a good New Year at home with their families, including me. But our enemies will obviously not let us have a lively and peaceful New Year."

"Since last year, the ninjas from the Sand Village have frequently entered the River Country and constantly provoked the village. They violated the peace agreement signed by the five major ninja villages."

The First Shinobi World War shattered the peaceful ninja world created by Hashirama Senju and tore the peace document signed by Hashirama Senju into pieces.

With the end of the First Ninja World War, the villages began to sit down for peace talks and signed new peace documents.

As time went by, the strength of each village gradually recovered, and some villages began to show their ambitions. They showed their fangs towards their neighbors and frequently launched provocations.

The purpose of the small country sandwiched between the big ninja villages is to serve as a buffer zone between the two big powers, reduce friction and conflicts between the big powers, and thus reduce the probability of war breaking out.

Once one side sends people into a small country serving as a buffer zone in a high-profile manner, it will be regarded as a provocation by the other side.

At this moment, the Sand Village is provoking Konoha.

It's not just the Sand Village, the Rain Village is also unstable. Under the leadership of the demigod Hanzo of the Salamander, the strength of the Rain Village is growing day by day.

Like Danzo Shimura, Hanzo Salamander is also an ambitious person.

His ambition is to lead the Rain Village to thrive, become increasingly powerful, and then gain the qualifications to stand on equal footing with the five major ninja villages.

Let yourself be honored with the title of Shadow!

He didn't want to hear others call him the leader of the Rain Village, he wanted to be the Rain Shadow!

Taking a deep puff of the cigarette and blowing out a large amount of smoke from his mouth, the Third Hokage continued, "In addition to the Sand Village, the Rain Village, under the leadership of Hanzo the Salamander, has also frequently tested the bottom line of the village. This demigod is an ambitious leader."

"Compared to the Rain Village, the village should pay more attention to the Sand Village." Utane Koharu took over the words of the Third Hokage.

"The Rain Village is strong, but only in a small country. Even with the addition of the demigod Hanzo, it cannot threaten the village. Therefore, the focus of our village's defense should be the Sand Village."

Hanzo of the Salamander is very powerful, but without sufficient strength he cannot call himself a demigod. However, it is useless to be strong alone, unless you can become the second Hashirama Senju or the second Madara Uchiha, otherwise you cannot intimidate others at all.

The powerful Salamander Hanzo, who leads the Rain Village, can only threaten other small countries and villages, but cannot threaten the status of the five major ninja villages.

Because the two sides are not on the same level in size.

It is useless for one person to be strong, let alone in the Rain Village, even in the five major ninja villages.

The former Senju Tobirama was powerful enough, and Konoha was not weak either, but the combination of the two still could not deter those ambitious people.

The Gold and Silver brothers said they would launch a coup, so they launched a coup. They said they would launch a war, so they launched a war. Who the hell cares about you, Tobirama Senju.

If it were Senju Hashirama who came, the Gold and Silver brothers would definitely lie down obediently, but you, Senju Tobirama, are nothing.

By the same token, among the leaders of the five major ninja villages, the Third Raikage can be said to be the most terrifying and difficult one. The overall strength of the Cloud Village is also not weak. So the question is, can the Cloud Village suppress the other villages?

Forget about suppressing everything, just one great Noki and the Iwagakure are enough to give the Kumogakure a headache.

So no matter how much the Rain Village jumps around, it is just a clown. Only the Sand Village is worthy of Konoha's attention.

It is a correct strategy to attach importance to the Sand Village, but the question is how should we attach importance to it?

It's not like they would immediately send people into River Country to provoke the other side just because they were provoked by the Sand Village.

Everyone looked at the Third Hokage, wanting to know what their Hokage thought about this issue.

"The village cannot passively defend itself. Since the enemy has already taken action, we should also move. Being passive will only make the enemy more aggressive."

The Third Hokage's words basically meant that Konoha would fight back.

As for how to fight back, that still needs to be discussed.

"Hokage-sama, rashly sending people into the Land of Rivers is not the best option."

As the Hokage's strategist and the leader of the jonin squad, Nara Shikashin put forward his own suggestions: "The enemy is provoking us, we should fight back, but we should start from other aspects instead of following the example of the Sand Village and invading the Kingdom of Rivers."

Nara Shikashin's words attracted everyone's attention.

The Third Hokage hesitated and said, "Lu Xin, do you mean the Land of Rain?"

There is no doubt that the Third Hokage has the ability to sit firmly on the throne of Hokage, and his political sense is also very keen.

Isn't the Sand Village provocative?

The Rain Village is not stable either, so why not send people into the Rain Country to stimulate the Sand Village's nerves and make the Sand Village focus its attention on the Rain Country.

The invasion of Konoha and Sand Village can also suppress the development of Rain Village and the ambition of Salamander Hanzo.

"I think Lu Xin's idea is very good. Since it responds to the provocation of the Sand Village, it can also suppress the development and ambition of the Rain Village."

"As expected of someone with the smartest brain, you can connect the Rain Village and the Sand Village together with just a few words."

Many people in the meeting room were talking in low voices.

Tsunade, who had her arms crossed over her chest, frowned as she heard this:

"Everyone, Senior Lu Xin's proposal is very good. If nothing goes wrong, it can divert the attention of the Sand Village to the Rain Country. With the entry of the village and the Sand Village, the development of the Rain Village will definitely be affected. So have you thought about the reaction of the Rock Village?"

Why did the Sand Village provoke Konoha in River Country instead of running to the Rain Village? Is the Sand Village afraid of the Rain Village and Hanzo of the Salamander?

No, it’s just that the Sand Village or the Third Kazekage doesn’t want to provoke two powerful enemies at once.

If they provoke in the Land of Rivers, they will only provoke Konoha; but if they provoke in the Land of Rain, not only will Konoha be nervous, but the nerves of the Iwagakure will also be irritated.

After all, the Rain Kingdom borders the Fire Kingdom, the Wind Kingdom, and the Earth Kingdom at the same time. Once one of them takes action here, it would be tantamount to provoking two powerful opponents.

Don't formulate a strategy targeting the Sand Village and the Rain Village, but end up dragging the Iwagakure into it as well.