Chapter 52: Tsunade: Today is another lucky day for gambling

The next day, in the hotel.

Uchiha Yufeng came to their room.

Looking at Tsunade who was sleeping soundly, he covered her with a thin blanket.

His gaze shifted from Tsunade to Shizune who was forcing a yawn.

"Shizune!"

Hearing the sound, Shizune shuddered.

He pulled out a kunai.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw clearly that the person in front of him was Uchiha Yufeng.

"Is this how Tsunade spends her time all this time?"

Kato Shizune glanced at Tsunade carefully, then looked at Uchiha Yufeng seriously.

"Since leaving Konoha, Lady Tsunade has been drinking and getting drunk almost every night..."

Seeing Shizune in a low mood, Uchiha Yufeng sighed.

Uchiha Yufeng took out some money from his arms.

Handed over to Kato Shizune.

"Take good care of Lady Tsunade. I'm leaving now!"

"Ding, Senju Tobirama (boy) fragment +2."

Uchiha Yufeng was stunned. The fragments fell rather randomly.

Tsunade is still in a dream, how can she get the ninja fragments?

Uchiha Yufeng didn't think much about it, glanced at Tsunade, and then instantly left through the window.

Wait until the room calms down again.

"One hundred, two hundred... five million? That much?"

Kato Shizune counted the money left by Uchiha Yufeng and exclaimed in surprise.

Suddenly, a jade hand reached out.

Just snatch the money from Jingyin's hand!

"Tsunade-sama, are you awake?"

Shizune followed her line of sight and saw Tsunade had already sat up, sleepily looking.

"I woke up when that kid came in."

Tsunade put the money in her arms and spoke softly.

"Then just now..."

"Shizune, are you going to talk about why you didn't say goodbye?"

Shizune nodded.

"Why say goodbye to a little kid? We'll meet again soon anyway!"

When she heard about the meeting, Shizue was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses, with a look of surprise on her face.

"Lady Tsunade, do you mean to return to Konoha Village?"

Tsunade patted Shizune's shoulder.

"Let's go to the casino today and make some money! As for going back to Konoha, it depends on my mood!"

Shizune had an excited smile on her face, because this time, Tsunade did not explicitly refuse to return to Konoha Village!

I guess he wants to go back!

"Today is another lucky day for gambling!"

Facing the rising sun, Tsunade spoke softly with a look of enjoyment on her face.

The image of Uchiha Yufeng suddenly flashed through my mind.

"This brat! It's really annoying to see myself in such a predicament every time!"

……

On the other side, in the office of the Hokage of Konoha Village.

A number of village leaders including Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En were all here, expressing their opinions.

"Because of the disappearance of the Kazekage, the Sand Village has transferred the increasingly intense internal conflicts within the village to the war with our Konoha Village. It is really a good calculation. I just don't know if the ninjas of the Sand Village have the strength to do this!"

"What about the disappearance of the Kazekage? I think it's all an excuse! The Sand Village has only been at peace with our Konoha for a few years, but they are actually planning to attack our Konoha again! They are really ignorant! If a war breaks out, I will go to the battlefield and teach those Sand Village ninjas a lesson!"

"We, Konoha, are the strongest ninja village among the five great nations. The Sand Village has been provoking us repeatedly. It's time to teach them a lesson!"

"..."

Listening to the top leaders expressing their dissatisfaction with the Sand Village, the Third Hokage sighed deeply.

Is this war really unavoidable?

"Shikaku, tell me your opinion."

The third generation of Huo Ying's line fell on Nara Shikaku, who was silent beside him, and said in a deep voice.

Hearing the Third Hokage speak, everyone shut up at the same time and looked at Nara Shikaku.

"Yes, Hokage-sama..."

Nara Shikaku did not expect that the Third Hokage would ask him directly. After thinking for a moment, he replied.

"The Sand Village has declared a full-scale war on our Konoha Village. I think it must have been planned for a long time. I think we can no longer avoid it now. If we avoid it at this time, the Sand Village will definitely take advantage of the victory and invade our Land of Fire!"

After hearing what Nara Shikaku said, some senior executives who agreed with him couldn't help but nod their heads.

"But once we go to war, there will be more forces to be wary of."

"Tell me more specifically!"

The Third Hokage coughed and motioned for Nara Shikaku to continue.

"The first thing we should be on guard against is Hanzo, the leader of the Hidden Rain Village who started the war last time. Secondly, there are the Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Mist Village. The two villages once launched a surprise attack on the Fire Kingdom during the war.

In addition, the news that came back recently was that the border where Yuhi Shinku Jounin was located was attacked by a Jounin team led by the Sand Village, but was secretly intercepted and killed in the middle of the attack. From the intelligence, the lightning attribute chakra of that scale was most likely caused by the ninjas of the Cloud Village.

It was obvious that the Hidden Cloud Village had already prepared to fish in troubled waters! They had arranged a team of jonin in advance to roam around the border, but they ran into the jonin team of the Hidden Sand Village, which led to the fight..."

Hearing this, the older elders nodded.

I just mentioned the tricks of several major ninja villages to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of others' misfortunes. Several elders have experienced this well.

I remember that when the Second Generation Senju Tobirama led them to the Hidden Cloud Village to sign the alliance document, the Hidden Iwagakure Village and the Hidden Mist Village took this opportunity to invade the Land of Fire and approached the Konoha Village to snatch the spoils.

The two forces came together over the division of the spoils, and the two shadows, who were already hostile to each other, started fighting.

The final result was that the elite troops led by the two Kages died together in the territory of the Fire Nation.

"Well, we have to guard against these ninja villages! Among them, the Hidden Cloud Village... I think we should pay more attention to it!"

Mito Kado En agreed with Nara Shikaku's point of view, stood up and added.

"The Hidden Cloud Village is in the northeast of Konoha. The environment there is harsh and the living conditions are poor. They have long coveted our Land of Fire.

During the reign of the Second Hokage, the two villages formed an alliance, and the pro-war faction in their village directly attacked our Konoha people.

It was because of that alliance that we lost the Second Hokage, and similarly, the Hidden Cloud Village also lost their Kage.

The hatred has already been formed. If they see our Konoha going to war with Sunagakure, I guess those war maniacs in the Hidden Cloud Village will definitely not let go of this opportunity!"

Everyone nodded in unison.

The Third Hokage glanced at everyone.

"Everyone, if a war really breaks out, we in Konoha will not only have to face the Sand Village ninjas, but we may even face sneak attacks from the other four ninja villages. Everyone, please be cautious!"

Hearing this, Koharu Tsuchiya frowned.

"Hiruzen, do you mean that we refuse to declare war? And then wait for the Sand Village to lead the ninjas and erode our Land of Fire?"

The Third Hokage shook his head.

"What I mean is that everyone should consider it more comprehensively. War is something that will always make people feel terrified no matter how many times it happens!"

The Third Hokage finished speaking and then raised his hand towards the Anbu beside him.

The Anbu man nodded and brought in a box from outside.

"This time, let's vote on whether we should go to war with the Sand Village!"

Each of the high-ranking Hokage present was given a ticket, and they immediately wrote on it and put it in the box.

After finally collecting enough information, the Third Hokage ordered the Anbu to count it and hand it to him.

"The number of votes to declare war far outweighs the number of votes to avoid war!"

The Third Hokage took a deep breath.

"From today on, we declare war on the Sand Village! Gather the jonin in the village and begin dispatching war missions!"