Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 482 Deterrence and Peace
In Sunagakure, everyone in the village was dressed in mourning clothes.

The village leadership decided that the Third Kazekage had been missing for too long and was therefore considered dead, and would no longer search for him.

In addition, the Fourth Kazekage died in Kazekage Castle, and Sunagakure held funerals for both Kazekage.

With the deaths of two consecutive Kazekage, Sunagakure lost all will to wage war.

Wearing the Kazekage robes, Yekura stood with Karuro before Rasa's tombstone.

The words 'Fifth Generation' were written on the back of Yekura's divine robe.

Knowing that the fox was keeping an eye on Karyu, Yekura immediately learned about Karyu's situation.

Karyu was originally planning to marry Rasa this year, but after Rasa became Kazekage, he was busy consolidating his power and advancing the war, so the wedding was postponed again and again.

Karyuro, having mastered the secret art of Sand Release, became the spokesperson for the secret arts faction amidst the chaos.

Karyu's eyes were filled with sorrow, unable to understand why the man so important in her life had died at the hands of Shukaku.

Grandpa Shamon developed the Sand Release technique from Shukaku, and Grandpa's disciple, the Third Kazekage, developed Magnet Release based on Sand Release.

Rasa inherited the Magnet Release technique from the Third Kazekage and developed a Sand Gold Magnet Release technique suitable for himself.

When they first graduated from the Ninja Academy, the Third Kazekage mentored Rasa and Karura. At that time, Rasa was full of vigor and learned secret techniques much faster than Karura.

She once thought that Rasa would also receive a title such as the strongest Kazekage.

All that youthful vigor has faded into the past.

Karyu asked, "Kage-sama, will Konoha really abide by the peace treaty with Sunagakure?"

"Yes," Yecang said. "Konoha is too busy to take care of itself. As long as we don't provoke Konoha, they won't do anything to us."

Of the five great ninja villages in the ninja world, Konoha is in a league of its own, followed closely by Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

Iwagakure and Kumogakure hope to gain more benefits by opposing Konoha, and they will do everything in their power to find a way to defeat Konoha.

Our Sunagakure and Konoha are no match for each other. Rather than forming an alliance with Iwagakure or Kumogakure, we should ally with Konoha.

Konoha will value us as an ally. With us, Konoha will no longer be fighting the entire ninja world alone.

Karyu wanted the Fifth Kazekage to continue Rasa's policies; she didn't want Rasa's influence on Sunagakure to disappear.

However, the Fifth Kazekage insisted on forming an alliance with Konoha, and Karurou had no choice but to comply.

Yekura asked, "Karura, Rasa's disciple Okura is dissatisfied with my policies and has led some people to betray Sunagakure. Do you know his whereabouts?"

Karyu said, "Lord Kazekage, I didn't mean to hide anything. Although I am Rasa's fiancée, I have always put the village first."

I don't know the whereabouts of Okura and the others.

but···
The Land of Wind is vast; if Okura and the others hide, they'll be hard to find.

Karyuro disapproved of Okura's actions, but he was acquainted with Okura and hoped that Okura could survive.

She was torn, wanting the village to become better while also wanting Luo Sha's influence to continue, putting her in a difficult position.

Yekura said, "If Okura and the others tell me they have different opinions, I won't do anything to them."

With such a large village and tens of thousands of people, there are bound to be tens of thousands of thoughts.

Lord Rasa was a staunch advocate of war, wanting to get a share of the spoils in the Fourth Shinobi World War, a sentiment shared by many ambitious Sand Shinobi.

My strategy is conservative, and many people are dissatisfied. But I will absolutely not allow anyone to betray the village.

As for the Land of Wind being so large that it's difficult to find rogue ninja... I don't think the Land of Wind is that big.

Ye Cang left the memorial and returned to the Fengying Building.

Entering the cubicle to the side of the Kazekage's office, Yekura formed hand seals and used the Illusionary Blood Shadow Technique.

Soon, the blood-red silhouette of the leader fox appeared above the temple.

Yekura said, "Chief, after I became Kazekage, some rogue ninja were dissatisfied with my policies and defected from Sunagakure. I want to hunt them down as soon as possible, but it's difficult to find them. I wonder if we can use the Flying Shrine of the Three Gods Cult to allow the pursuit force to quickly move between multiple towns and hunt down the rogue ninja?"

Hidan used sacrificial rituals to create many shrines in the Land of Wind. Hidan and his companions could use the flying shrine technique to travel between shrines in different towns.

After Yecang asked, he found that the fox did not reply and seemed to be deep in thought.

She knew the fox wasn't rejecting her, but rather pondering something important.

After a long while, Ye Guang slowly said, "The fire gave me a great inspiration, an extremely important one, so important that it could change the ninja world!"

Yecang was confused and didn't know what the fox was talking about.

Ye Guang said, "When Konoha Village was founded, it had Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha."

The two at the time were capable of easily defeating other ninja villages, but ultimately they prevented Konoha from unifying the ninja world.

Konoha can launch expeditions against Iwagakure and kill its high-ranking officials, but it cannot effectively rule Iwagakure because it is too far away from Konoha.

The area effectively controlled by Konoha Village is the border of the Land of Fire.

Konoha has difficulty controlling its several vassal states.

For example, the guardian ninja of the Daimyo of the Land of Grass was killed three times. Each time, after all the ninjas were killed, Konoha Village would hurriedly send reinforcements, and by then it would be too late.

It's impossible for Konoha to assign a Kage-level ninja to Kyoto, the Land of Grass; Konoha doesn't have that many Kage-level ninjas.

Even if a Kage-level ninja is assigned, that ninja will become the target of attacks and hunts by other major ninja villages.

This is also why there are so many vassal states among the five major powers.

The typhoon, your suggestion reminded me.

If the Three Gods Cult sets up shrines in various towns, they can use the Flying Shrine Technique to instantly deploy a large number of ninjas around the shrines.

The shrine became a teleportation point for ninjas.

In this way, the ninja village would not have any problem with its control range.

"Whether it's Iwagakure or Kyoto in the Land of Fire, I can immediately deploy thousands of ninjas using the shrine if I so desire..."

Ye Guang recalled that during the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original work, Minato Namikaze had moved the Allied Shinobi Forces to another location.

Based on the Flying Thunder God Technique, it is entirely possible to deploy troops throughout the entire ninja world.

This is the real deterrent.

The terrifying balance of power posed by the tailed beasts by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, has now proven insufficient to guarantee peace in the ninja world.

Ye Guang believed that only by using the Flying Thunder God Technique to exert deterrence could other ninja villages truly feel fear.

Peace cannot be achieved through mere popping; it is earned through fighting.

The Third Shinobi World War should not end in a disastrous war, nor should it end with the deaths of countless shinobi. Instead, it must be fought to secure a lasting peace.

Nightlight doesn't understand love and justice; what he wants is a new form of deterrence and peace.

Peace is achieved through struggle.

In the shrine of the Three Gods Cult, there is a flying thunder god spell incantation set up by Ye Guang.

Hidan, Kuroho, and the others sacrificed their souls to the evil god, which meant they sacrificed themselves. Their souls were special, and Yagami allowed them to use a little of his power to instantly teleport using the shrine.

It is not possible to demand that all ninjas sacrifice their souls to him. If a technique could be developed that would allow ordinary ninjas to teleport using the shrine, then the deterrent balance that Yagami envisioned could be achieved.

Once the war is over and Iwagakure is defeated, if Onoki still has any ideas, Yagami can immediately send several thousand ninjas to Iwagakure to achieve a true balance of power and minimize the risks of war.

Ye Guang nodded repeatedly, "Who says that deterrence doesn't count as peace?"

(End of this chapter)