Chapter 121 Ninja’s Hell, Noble’s Paradise
Soon after Obito received the information, the major forces in the ninja world also received the news one after another.
The small village just gloated over the misfortune and did not dare to make any provocative moves. After all, a skinny camel was bigger than a horse.
Even if Konoha suffered heavy losses, it would be easy to deal with them.
Even the strongest village among the small villages, Amegakure, did not make any moves. Firstly, Hanzo was too busy to take care of himself, and secondly, Amegakure was not strong enough.
After receiving the news, the four major ninja villages convened a high-level meeting, with Sunagakure Village making the quickest decision.
Without it, Sand Hidden Village would have too much to take care of itself at this time.
First, in the Third Ninja War, the ninjas of Sunagakure Village suffered heavy losses. The Kazekage has not found a trace until now, and he is most likely dead.
Secondly, due to the disastrous defeat in the Third War, the daimyo of the Land of Wind had reduced military expenditures. In addition, Konoha had taken away part of their mission share, and their finances were tight. Currently, they were unable to launch even a small-scale war.
Thirdly, there is currently competition within Sunagakure Village for the position of Kazekage, and the fight between all parties is quite fierce.
For various reasons, Sunagakure Village was powerless and did not even dare to make small moves. It could only wait and see what would happen.
Of course, it is inevitable to gloat over misfortune. After all, many ninjas died at the hands of Namikaze Minato in the three wars.
After the Kirigakure Village meeting, they also decided to wait and see what happens.
However, unlike Sunagakure Village, Kirigakure Village secretly sent more ninjas to sneak into the Country of Whirlpool, and the village also began to mobilize resources.
The operation in Kumogakure Village, which suffered the smallest loss of military power among the four major ninja villages, was more radical than that in Kirigakure Village.
At the end of the Third Ninja War, Kumogakure Village originally had a thousand-man force stationed at the border to cause trouble from time to time.
After receiving the news of the death of the Fourth Hokage, after high-level discussions, Yunyin Village directly sent thousands of troops from the border into the Land of Fields and advanced toward the border of the Land of Fire, but the speed was not fast and they did not deliberately conceal their whereabouts.
After the Iwagakure village meeting, they decided to stand still, sow discord, and wait for opportunities to act.
The cunning Onoki directly sent people to spend money, planning to hire ninja groups active in the ninja world through the black market and other channels to disguise themselves as ninjas from other ninja villages, so as to provoke conflicts between Konoha and other ninja villages.
The instructions given by Ohnoki were to let the mercenary ninja group focus on instigating the relationship between Konoha and Kumogakure, followed by Kirigakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Xiaonin Village.
That's right, Onoki's bum didn't even let go of Iwagakure and Koninja Village.
The former is to confuse the public and prevent all parties from suspecting the Iwagakure Village, while the latter is to cause as much trouble to Konoha as possible.
Although Xiao Ninja Village would most likely not dare to take the initiative to provoke Konoha, Ohnoki held the idea of having a date and not having a date.
What if there is a leader who has lost his mind or is audacious?
As a result, the ninja world, which had been generally peaceful, soon became undercurrents, and a tense and depressing atmosphere filled the air.
Regarding the ninja troops of Kumogakure Village directly crossing the border, Sarutobi Hiruzen and other Konoha senior officials chose to respond forcefully.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others were not fools. Each one was more cunning than the other. They understood that Kumogakure was trying to test Konoha's attitude...
If Konoha is a little weak, Kumogakure will immediately take advantage of it!
The reputation of Kumogakure Village in the ninja world is not very high, and it is known as a bandit.
Because Kumogakure always unscrupulously plots against other ninja villages, the blood successors, ninjutsu, and secret techniques of the independent ninja clan are like a group of hungry wolves who can never have enough to eat.
The coveted land resources of Konoha are no less generous than the desert-dominated Sunagakure Village and the Gobi-dominated Iwagakure Village. They even rank first among the four great ninja villages in terms of greed!
After receiving the order, the Konoha border troops immediately mobilized a number similar to that of the Kumogakure troops and broke into Tian Country.
The number of people is about the same, which can not only show Konoha's strength and confidence, but also not overly irritate Kumogakure Village.
As for Tian Zhiguo's opinion, it was not within the scope of consideration by the senior officials of the two villages.
The daimyo of Tian Country have long been accustomed to it. As long as you don't come to the town to fight life and death, you can fight as you please...
If it affects the towns, then he will... protest to the daimyo of the Land of Fire and the daimyo of the Land of Thunder!
There is no other way. The daimyo of Tian no country can only protest to the daimyo of the two countries, which indirectly affects the top management of the two villages. Protesting directly to the top management of the two villages has a relatively small effect.
Before Orochimaru established the Sound Ninja Village, there was no Ninja Village in Tian Country, and the country had always been relatively chaotic.
Of course, chaos is only for ordinary civilians, but it is still very safe for nobles.
Fights between ninjas would affect civilians, but often not nobles.
Due to deep-rooted thoughts, ninjas always stay away from nobles.
Except for some daring "lunatics", ordinary ninjas would not dare to target nobles.
If a noble died at the hands of a ninja, the nobles of his country and other countries would not mind joining forces to kill the ninja who committed the crime and those related to him.
The ninja who uses the warning of cruel and bloody consequences as a tool cannot kill his master!
For ninjas who commit crimes, nobles usually do not need to send out their own armed forces, such as ninjas, samurai, and the army, but directly use money to attack them.
Nobles will issue bounty tasks on various village platforms and black markets to use ninjas to control ninjas.
Under the pursuit of black and white, few ninjas can survive, and even if they can survive, their lives will be very poor, living in fear all day long in the pursuit...
In addition to posting tasks on the black and white platforms, nobles can also hunt down the ninjas who committed the crime through personal relationships.
Some ninja families are originally members of the nobility, such as Senju, Uchiha, Hinata, etc. There are naturally connections and interactions between nobles.
For various reasons, the nobles in this world live a very nourishing life, even more nourishing than the ancient nobles.
Because of the extraordinary power of ninja suppression, as long as you don't offend the major ninja villages, you don't have to worry about being overthrown by the people at the bottom.
People at the bottom are too vulnerable to ninjas.
A transformation technique that can easily destroy the organizational structure and cause internal strife can easily suppress the unrest.
If Uchiha Gen traveled to a traditional noble family, he might choose to become the second generation ancestor and lie down.
Anyway, as long as it doesn't affect the development of the protagonist, everything will get better.
As long as it is not too unlucky, the nobles will basically not die unexpectedly. Basically, it will only be a loss of money and materials.
It can be described as a hell for ninjas and a paradise for nobles!
Back to business.
The ninjas of the two villages were stationed in the fields of Tian Country to face each other, and neither one had the intention to take action first.
The Fourth Raikage Ai looks rude and arrogant, impulsive and irritable, but in fact he is a rough and subtle person, a cunning and cunning person.
When other ninja villages have not made any move, they will not be the first to take the lead easily, for fear that other ninja villages will take advantage of them and take advantage of the loopholes.
Unfortunately, once something happens, it is beyond the control of the top management.
The mercenary group created by Onoki with money began to pretend to be Konoha ninja and Kumogakure ninja to cause trouble in every possible way.
Although some of them were discovered, the smell of gunpowder between the two sides was still getting stronger and stronger, and gradually reached the point of being uncontrollable.
During the stalemate, the Fourth Raikage Ai finally understood. Everyone was waiting for someone to take the lead.
If Kumogakure, the ninja village that maintains the largest military strength, takes action, it is impossible for other ninja villages to follow suit.
Out of confidence in the strength of his own village, the Fourth Raikage Ai chose to take the initiative and strike first.
However, the Fourth Raikage Ai had no intention of expanding the scale of the war at first, and planned to use a small-scale war to test Konoha's strength.
If there is an opportunity, then expand the scale of the war and give it a try, and other ninja villages will gradually bite the bullet and follow suit.
If not, then use it to train troops, and it will be much easier to end wars in the future.
News of the outbreak of war soon spread to Konoha...
