Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 442 The Ninja Alliance

Luo Sha stood on the sand, rising and falling slowly with the fierce winds high in the sky.

He was so excited that he didn't realize that a lot of loose sand had been blown away by the strong wind from the sand beneath his feet.

What puzzled him was that Onoki and the Third Raikage fought each other as the village's elite during the First Shinobi World War.

During the Second Shinobi World War, their enmity deepened further.

Both of them harbored blood feuds against each other's relatives and friends, yet they surprisingly joined forces, humbled themselves, and came to negotiate with him.

According to Onoki, it seems that a ninja world war is imminent.

Rasa said, "I can indeed represent Sunagakure. There are some dissenting voices within the village, but I have ways to silence them."

As for the Ninja World War, I won't shy away from my thoughts.

Without their teacher, the Third Hokage, Sunagakure will not get involved in this mess.

"I only concern myself with matters within the Land of Wind. As long as we don't leave the desert, even Konoha Village can't possibly travel such a long distance to deal with us deep in the desert, right?"

Onoki shook his head: "Foolish young man, you are far inferior to your teacher, both in terms of ability and judgment."

Luo Sha did not refute, but frowned deeply, wondering what these two were up to.

Onoki said, "However, at least you know that Konoha is strong, so you're not hopelessly stupid. What I'm telling you is that you and Sunagakure are not going to be able to escape unscathed."

Rasa suddenly turned his head, and in the distance, on the horizon, appeared at least a thousand ninjas!
Luo Sha's heart tightened.

He immediately concluded that with the thousand Sand Ninja he had brought, it was impossible for them to defeat the combined forces brought by the Tsuchikage and Raikage.

The Third Raikage shouted angrily, "Onoki! Why waste your breath on this brat?"
If he refuses to cooperate, our allied forces will eliminate Sunagakure first! Then we'll deal with Konoha together!

Faced with the murderous aura of the Third Raikage, the golden sand beneath Rasa rapidly increased.

He somewhat regretted coming to heaven, for his gold dust was even stronger on the ground.

"Don't get agitated, Raikage," Onoki called out to the Raikage, continuing to speak to Rasa:

"Luo Sha, you can't possibly escape unscathed."

There's no need to hide it from you; Iwagakure is preparing to join forces with Kumogakure to deal with Konoha.

If we lose, it will be terrible. But we absolutely will not allow ourselves to be further humiliated after losing to Konoha.

Even if we win, it will be a Pyrrhic victory. We will never allow Sunagakure to profit from the chaos.

Rasa, I admire your ninjutsu skills, so I'm giving you a chance to negotiate.

If you're willing to join us in fighting Konoha, that would be great.

If you are unwilling to fight Konoha with us, then before we, the Rock and Cloud Alliance, take action against Konoha, we will spare no effort to wipe out your Sunagakure Village.

The war with Konoha is not a small-scale skirmish like the previous Ninja World Wars where people fought for vassal states; it is a war of life and death!

Before the war, before the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole must be dealt with first.

Luo Sha was stunned. What kind of logic was this?

Because the war with Konoha was so brutal, all bystanders had to be eliminated.
Before the eldest and second eldest brothers can make their move, they have to kill the third to fifth eldest brothers first.
Rasa suddenly realized that the beginning of his conflict with Chiyo was their tacit cooperation in dealing with a group of civilian Jonin.

Both he and Chiyo abhorred uncertainty, excluding commoner Jonin who did not align themselves with them from the power center of Sunagakure.

Thinking about this, Rasa could roughly understand what Onoki and the Raikage meant.

Rasa said, "I understand your determination. When you join forces to fight Konoha, you will definitely eliminate other forces first to prevent third-party forces from taking over your positions."

I know Konoha is strong, but I'm still quite surprised that it's strong enough to make the two of you, who share a deep-seated hatred, join forces.

"Surprised?" Ohnoki asked.
"Rasa, you are too conservative in your use of the Tailed Beasts, so you don't know how powerful they are."

You only use Shukaku's sand-style body to develop secret techniques such as Magnet Release and Sand Release, and you don't really let Shukaku go to the battlefield.

The power of a tailed beast is far beyond what a few secret techniques can achieve.

Iwagakure and Kumogakure are skilled at controlling Jinchūriki, so we know how powerful the Tailed Beasts are.

However, the Two-Tails was killed by a fox from Konoha.

On the day the Two-Tails was killed, the Raikage lowered his proud head and discussed with me how to deal with Konoha together.

"After waiting for several years, the Two-Tails has finally been resurrected, and we can finally join forces." Rasa nodded. So that's how it is. It was the fact that the Konoha fox could kill the tailed beast that triggered the nerves of these old foxes.

Onoki continued, "The fox already possesses some, or even half, of Hashirama Senju's strength."

During those four years of peace, I wonder how much he has grown.

Rasa, you are too young. You have no idea how powerful Hashirama Senju was at the end of the Warring States period.

That person is a monster, a monster who can single-handedly overwhelm all the ninja villages.

At the same time, that person had a very strong sense of morality. He gathered all the ninja clans and ninjas in the Land of Fire into Konoha Village, and did not launch a war against other countries in order to allow Konoha Village to recuperate.

He even naively came up with a plan: to give each ninja village a tailed beast to achieve a balance of power and prevent future wars.

What Hashirama Senju didn't know was that the one who truly achieved a balance of power wasn't the tailed beasts of each village, but himself!
After his death, the First Shinobi World War broke out quickly.

We fear Hashirama Senju, but we are not afraid of Tobirama Senju.

The intensity of the war was even more brutal than that of the Warring States period.

Now, Konoha has once again produced a ninja whose strength is close to that of Hashirama Senju: the fox.

Hashirama Senju had clear ideals, grand dreams, and a strong sense of morality.

The problem is, foxes don't have any of these things.

The fox is the head of the Konoha Anbu. He hones his skills in Anbu missions, and as he completes one extreme Anbu mission after another, he becomes more and more twisted.

I have no doubt that Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the fox to assassinate the daimyo of the Land of Fire. There was no need for the night to pass; the daimyo's head would be on Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk before midnight.

The fox doesn't have any grand dreams of restoring peace to the ninja world.

My impression of him is that he's a terrifying weapon who will stop at nothing to save Konoha.

For the past four years, the Raikage and I have been waiting anxiously for the Two-Tails to be resurrected, not knowing when the fox would assassinate the people of our two villages.

Fortunately, after Sarutobi Hijiri killed his son, he lost his ambition and did not assign any tasks to the fox.

However, peace is an illusion; there are only periods of respite from war. What is true peace?

Your Kazekage's disappearance has shattered the fragile peace of the ninja world.

Without a doubt, the Hidden Leaf Village's Anbu are definitely gathering intelligence throughout the Land of Wind and even the Hidden Sand Village.

Before Konoha makes its move, we must establish a strong alliance.

This is also why I led you away from Sunagakure for negotiations.

The fox is too strong, Konoha is too strong, we must join forces to deal with this terrible enemy, Konoha.

Luo Sha nodded.

He had seen the records of the Tailed Beasts going berserk. Such terrifying beasts could actually be killed by a ninja. The legend of the God of Shinobi had become a reality.

No wonder Onoki and the Raikage were so nervous.

Rasa said, "I will resolve the dissenting voices in Sunagakure as soon as possible, become the Fourth Kazekage, and join your alliance to fight against Konoha."

"Good!" Raikage said, "Although the Third Kazekage is weak, your judgment is good. You are a qualified successor and are capable of serving as the Kage of a village."

Onoki corrected the Raikage: "The Third Kazekage is not weak, Raikage. Don't judge other Kage by your own standards."

He then turned to Rasa: "Rasa, you also need to resolve the conflict with Kirigakure as soon as possible."

I hope that both Sunagakure and Kirigakure will join the anti-Konoha alliance and form a ninja coalition.

The Raikage and I will contact Master Genji of Kirigakure as soon as possible.

Before we meet with Master Yuan, we hope you can show goodwill and not escalate the conflict with Kirigakure.

Rasa nodded, immediately making a decision in his heart: he would send Yekura to Kirigakure to vent his anger when he got back.

In this way, the conflict with Kirigakure can be resolved.

Back on the ground, Rasa looked solemn as he watched the combined forces of Iwa and Kumo ninja retreat in the distance.

Unexpectedly, the Third Shinobi World War began with the formation of a ninja alliance by the four major ninja villages.

(End of this chapter)