Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 200 The Actions of the Three Hidden Villages

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While Li Yao was developing the secret technique of soul possession, Danzo set off with a large group of Root ninjas.

To scheme against someone like "Konoha's White Fang," you definitely need to do a lot of preparation beforehand, otherwise it's easy for others to notice something amiss.

Once something unusual is detected, the plan will be difficult to continue.

Therefore, according to the plan of the Third Hokage and Danzo.

Danzo first secretly entered the Land of Rain to find out the basic situation of the Akatsuki organization.

Suspecting that the Akatsuki was secretly supported by Iwagakure was not an excuse for the Third Hokage to plot against Hatake Sagumo; he genuinely had doubts.

After all, the Akatsuki organization played a very unusual role in the Land of Rain.

Therefore, before plotting against Hatake Sagumo, we need to figure out the situation of the Akatsuki organization first.

Once he had a clear understanding of the Akatsuki organization, Danzo began searching for the towns closest to the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain as targets for attack.

Once the town has been selected and the corresponding distances have been calculated, we can begin planning.

In the blink of an eye.

A month later.

The Third Hokage of Konoha received intelligence from Danzo sent from the Land of Rain.

The Akatsuki organization had no backing from Iwagakure or other major hidden villages; it was just a small organization created by a naive brat named Yahiko from the Land of Rain, and was not worth mentioning.

Danzo has already identified the targets in several border towns and is just waiting for Hatake Sagumo to arrive.

That very night, the Third Hokage secretly summoned Hatake Sakumo and ordered him to lead a small ANBU squad to the Land of Rain to secretly investigate the secret relationship between the Akatsuki organization and Iwagakure.

"Zokumo, all the hidden villages in the world are preparing for war. This mission could become the fuse for war between Iwagakure and Konoha, so you must keep it a secret. No matter what you find out, you must not reveal it. Only we know it."

"Otherwise, if the two countries' hidden villages were to fight, who knows how many comrades would be sacrificed."

The Third Hokage pretended to be concerned for the villagers of Konoha, giving Hatake Sakumo an excuse for absolute secrecy beforehand. Once the plan succeeded and Sakumo returned to Konoha, he would not be able to reveal the details of the mission in the face of the public opinion it generated.

At that time, Hatake Sakumo's silence will be seen as tacit agreement, which will disappoint the villagers who once liked him.

Once this disappointment accumulates to a certain extent, it can turn into hatred.

By then, the talk of a next Hokage will naturally disappear.

After some time, he secretly recalled Hatake Sakumo back to the Anbu. At that time, Hatake Sakumo could only remain hidden in the shadows forever, becoming the sharpest white fang in his hands, eliminating all enemies who were detrimental to Konoha.

At this point, neither the Third Hokage nor Danzo considered killing Hatake Sagumo.

They probably didn't expect that Sakumo Hatake would commit suicide.

Of course, none of this has happened yet.

It's hard to say what the future holds.

"Yes, Lord Hokage, I will keep this secret to the death."

It has to be said that the Third Hokage's appearance was too deceptive. Hatake Sakumo was completely unaware that this was a conspiracy against him and accepted the Third Hokage's mission with a determined look. That very night, he set off for the Land of Rain with a secret service team arranged by the Third Hokage.

at the same time.

Sunagakure Village.

A small team of three also made their way towards the Land of Rain amidst the blowing sand.

"Lord Fengxing, why did Hanzo tolerate the existence of the Akatsuki?"

Of the three from Sunagakure, two were older, around twenty years old, while one was very young, looking only fifteen. However, one of the older two addressed the youngest as "sir" when asking him about his age.

The young Sand Village ninja, respectfully addressed as Lord Kazekage, is handsome with a head of white hair rarely seen in the village. He carries a katana at his waist and looks more like a wandering samurai skilled in swordsmanship than a ninja.

At this moment, the boy's expression was calm. Although he was young, he had a calm demeanor. He shook his head softly and said, "I don't know. This is precisely the purpose of our trip to the Land of Rain. What kind of organization is Akatsuki? Why would Hanzo, who is revered as a demigod of the ninja world, tolerate the existence of a ninja organization in the Land of Rain that does not belong to Amegakure?"

"We need to know the secrets behind it."

After the end of the Warring States period, the era of ninja villages rose, and the system of one ninja village per country became deeply rooted in people's hearts.

The existence of Akatsuki is like the sudden emergence of a ninja organization in the Land of Wind for Amegakure. Can Sunagakure tolerate ninjas who do not belong to Sunagakure being active in the Land of Wind?

This is absolutely unacceptable.

The emergence of such a ninja organization in the Land of Wind would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Sunagakure, and only one of them could survive.

Logically, Amegakure should have reacted in the same way as Sunagakure and wiped out Akatsuki.

As a result, the Akatsuki organization grew stronger in the Land of Rain, attracting the attention of even the five great hidden villages. Hanzo, a demigod of the ninja world, remained indifferent, which made the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure think twice.

Why isn't the Akatsuki afraid of Hanzo?

Why didn't Hanzo take action to destroy the Akatsuki?

Starting with the two "whys," the Sunagakure leadership quickly deduced that the Akatsuki might be secretly supported by Konoha or Iwagakure.

Otherwise, it's hard to explain why Hanzo didn't make a move.

Given the strength of Hanzo and Amegakure, the Akatsuki would be no match for them.

Therefore, the Sunagakure leadership ultimately dispatched their village's youngest generation of genius ninja, the fifteen-year-old genius ninja known as "Wind Walker," with two elite Chunin to the Land of Rain to investigate the Akatsuki organization.

Both the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, which border the Land of Rain, sent ninjas to investigate the appearance of the Akatsuki. Did the Land of Earth, which also borders the Land of Rain, send anyone?

The answer is, of course, they were sent.

Moreover, among the people sent by the Hidden Rock Sect were some old acquaintances of Li Yao.

"Miss Gray Soil, you should go back. If the teacher finds out, he will be worried."

"No way! I've finally gotten out of here, I don't want to go back to being locked up. Besides, with Xiao Shi here, the old man doesn't need to worry."

"But……"

"No buts. If you don't tell and I don't tell, no one will know. Or are you going to betray me?"

On a mountain road in the Land of Earth, a girl whose face showed no trace of the burns from the black lightning stood with her hands behind her back, her upper body slightly leaning forward, her large, bright, pearl-like eyes fixed on her junior brother, who was half a head shorter than her.

"I...of course I wouldn't!"

The boy, whom the girl called Xiaoshi, stammered and quickly shook his head.

He was only fifteen years old. At this moment, looking at the two soft mounds that suddenly approached him, so large and round that even the black corset could not contain them, his slightly dark face turned red to his ears. He subconsciously lowered his head, not daring to look into the eyes of his teacher's most beautiful youngest daughter, Miss Gray Earth, and even less daring to betray such a beautiful and sexy Miss Gray Earth.

Hui Tu straightened up and smiled, saying, "That's more like it. Let's go, we can't delay the mission."

After saying that, Hui Tu grabbed his junior brother's hand and ran towards the Land of Rain.

The junior brother, who had been led along by the hand all the way, had completely fallen for Miss Gray Earth's charm and had completely forgotten the mission that the Third Tsuchikage had subtly conveyed to all the ninjas in the village.

No matter who it is, if they encounter dust outside the village, they must abandon the mission and bring the dust back to the village first.

Although Onoki didn't explicitly state this mission, everyone in Iwagakure knew about it.

This reveals Ōnoki's love and fear for his youngest daughter, Haido.

Why are you afraid?

It was all because Hui Tu was captured by Li Yao and almost died last time that Da Ye Mu was afraid and dared not let his youngest daughter leave the village again.

He was terrified of encountering danger again, after all, he had been captured in the Land of Earth last time.

Therefore, Haito was kept in Iwagakure by Onoki and could not leave.

This time, Haido secretly slipped out while Onoki was in Daimyo's capital.

(End of this chapter)