Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 264 Applying Pressure

The Land of Wind, Sunagakure Village.

"Lord Kazekage, here is some intelligence intercepted by the Anbu. We'd like you to take a look."

Even though the man opposite him was his brother-in-law, Yashamaru still addressed him as Kazekage with great respect.

"Whose intelligence is this?"

After taking the scroll, Rasa did not rush to examine it, but instead inquired about the source of the information.

"It's related to the Hidden Mist Village, and it's connected to Konoha."

This time, the Anbu intercepted a piece of intelligence about the Mist Ninja. The Mist Ninja's poor acting skills, combined with the content of the intelligence, made it easy for them to determine that the intelligence was intentionally leaked to them by the Mist Ninja.

"And it's also related to the Three-Tails of Kirigakure!"

Seemingly worried that Rasa might not take this information seriously, Yashamaru emphasized the key points in the intelligence.

"Tailed Beast!"

Hearing this word gave Luo Sha a headache.

Recently, Bunpuku, the village's jinchūriki, has been getting weaker and weaker, and the Sand Village was originally planning to find a few replacements.

However, he was not very satisfied with the identities and positions of these people.

"This is?"

Looking at the contents of the intelligence report, Rasa fell into deep thought.

"Yashamaru, how far have we progressed in our cooperation with Konoha?"

He closed the scroll in his hand and rubbed his temples.

This intelligence should not be underestimated.

Rasa began inquiring about the progress of the cooperation between Sunagakure and Konoha. This matter had been handled by Yashamaru, so asking him was the perfect opportunity.

"We've received most of the supplies from Konoha, but there's one last and largest batch left. Konoha is asking us to fulfill our promise before we pay them off."

"Will they keep their promise? That depends on Konoha's attitude."

Looking at the intelligence in his hand, Luo Sha began to mutter to himself.

This information, which was "accidentally" leaked by the Mist Ninja, records that the Mist Ninja lost the Three-Tails and that Konoha had a new Jinchuriki named Nohara Rin.

How can this be allowed? If Konoha has another Jinchuriki, won't Sunagakure be forever suppressed by Konoha and unable to turn the tables?

This incident gave Rasa, who was already dissatisfied with Konoha's strength, an excuse to simply take over the supplies.

"Notify the council of elders that I have important matters to discuss. Also, draft an inquiry document and give it to the Konoha ninja who is handing over the supplies."

If Konoha doesn't give him a satisfactory answer this time, he won't risk his life against the Mist Ninja for Konoha's sake. If they want to swallow the Three-Tails, then don't blame him for breaking his promise.

Since Toshiro sent a letter to Rasa, the cooperation between Konoha and Sunagakure has begun. Konoha provides Sunagakure with a batch of scarce supplies, which Sunagakure then uses to wage war against Kirigakure.

This can be considered as the Sand Village accepting a large-scale war commission from Konoha.

Of course, both sides proceeded with great caution in this cooperation between the two ninja villages.

The Sand Village ninja were somewhat reluctant, but the cruel reality told them that if they didn't do this, they might not be able to hold on for long and would slowly weaken until they perished.

On the other hand, Konoha was worried that they had spent money to raise a thankless wretch who would turn around and bite them back.

Therefore, the transfer of supplies was very slow, as they were waiting for the Sand Ninja to make their move.

They also had a large amount of supplies that they hadn't handed over to the Sand Ninja, waiting until they started a war with the Mist Ninja before doing so.

However, the fact that Nohara Rin became the new Jinchuriki of the Three-Tails made the Sand Village ninja completely uneasy.

"Also, remember to pass this information on to Iwagakure!"

Before getting up to go to the meeting room, Rasa didn't forget to remind Yashamaru.

This is probably something the Mist Ninja would like to see.

The Third Tsuchikage did not disappoint him; upon receiving the information, he immediately sent a letter of protest to Konoha.

They inquired whether Konoha intended to abide by the Tailed Beast Balance established by the First Hokage, and also relayed the information to Kumogakure, which was currently engaged in battle with Iwagakure.

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"Is the Sand Village holding back now, planning to renege on their promise? Hiruzen, I told you long ago that these wolf cubs are unreliable, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what's happened!"

In the conference room of the Hokage Building, Shimura Danzo was roaring angrily at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting in the main seat, his expression agitated and his movements exaggerated.

"Danzo, we didn't deliver that much of the supplies to the Sand Village. Most of them will be given to them after they start their war with the Mist Village!"

The Third Hokage tapped his pipe, looking at his childhood companion with a hint of helplessness.

"This is also aiding the enemy!"

Danzo completely ignored the Third Hokage's explanation. Even though the amount of goods was small, it shouldn't be given to those poor bastards from Sunagakure.

Wouldn't it be better to spend so much money to give them "root"? They're also short of money! Especially after they started cooperating with Orochimaru.

"And the Iwa ninja, they actually have the nerve to bring up a peace treaty at a time like this. It's really a shame that old stubborn Onoki... He gained such a huge advantage, and he still has the nerve to turn around and threaten us to nullify the treaty. Doesn't he even consider whether the Kumo ninja agree!"

At this time, conflicts had begun to break out between the Iwa ninja and the Kumo ninja, and the scale of the conflicts was constantly escalating.

If the Iwa ninja were to break ties with Konoha at this time, things wouldn't be going well for them.

"Enough! Danzo, this isn't the time to dwell on this. The crucial thing now is how we deal with Rin Nohara and the Three-Tails inside her!"

Seeing that Shimura Danzo was going on and on, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitoto together interrupted him.

As news spread that the Three-Tails had fallen into Konoha's hands, the major powers of the ninja world all turned their attention to Konoha.

They are waiting to make their choice.

The most troublesome thing is still about Nohara Rin. After so many days of examination, they have basically figured out the condition of the puppet talisman on her body.

There is simply no way to remove it.

Combined with the pressures the village is facing, it's truly like having a mouthful of hot porridge in your mouth—you can't swallow it, and you can't spit it out.

"I'm so sorry for the trouble!"

Minato Namikaze, who also participated in the meeting, stood up and bowed deeply to the Konoha leaders present.

"If I had arrived earlier, things wouldn't have turned out this way!"

"Minato...this isn't your fault!"

The Third Hokage was quite satisfied with the person he had placed high hopes on, and besides, this incident couldn't be blamed on the other party.

The fact that they were able to deal with the Cloud Ninja's AB combination meant that the enemy had already done their best by the time they arrived at Kakashi's side.

"Yes, Minato! This wasn't your fault, you don't need to blame yourself!"

Even Koharu Takuma, who usually has a stern face, smiled and comforted this junior whom they both thought highly of.

(End of this chapter)