I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 422 Sasori of the Red Sand, One Man Against an Entire Nation!

Nara Shikaku accepted the order and left.

A few minutes later.

The Executive Vice Hokage returned to the Hokage's office with intelligence information about the Kingdom of Loulan and Sasori of the Red Sand.

"Lord Fourth Generation, this is the intelligence file you requested."

Nara Shikaku handed the two scrolls to the coffee table, while reminding him to leave.

"Because of the requests for assistance from Sunagakure and Roran, this file has been updated."

Nara Rinka nodded to the other party. He first picked up the intelligence file of Loulan and began to browse through it quickly.

In the ninja world, Loulan was just an obscure little country, without even its own ninja village.

However, due to its unique geographical location, Konoha still took notice of this small country and specifically collected some information about its national conditions.

Loulan Kingdom is located between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, bordering the Land of Rivers. It has a small territory and an arid climate…

"The daimyo of Loulan is a very rare female daimyo, similar to the priestess of the Land of Demons..."

About five years ago, the Queen of Loulan appointed a minister, An Lushan…

Under An Lushan's rule, Loulan's economy developed, its people lived in harmony and friendship, and it was far removed from the threat of war...

Upon reading this, Nara Rinka's eyes narrowed instantly.

really!

The name An Lushan has appeared!

According to the intelligence information held by Nara Rinka, this Loulan Minister named "An Lushan" but actually named "Centipede" is actually a rogue ninja from Sunagakure who traveled from the future to the present.

However, Konoha was unaware of this information.

Konoha did not specifically collect information about An Lushan, the minister of Loulan. They simply described his ability to govern the country in the scroll, as well as his noble status in Loulan.

Nara Ranke skipped over these irrelevant topics and flipped to the last file in his hand.

At the end of the intelligence file were lines of still-wet black text, which was the "update content" that Nara Shikaku had just mentioned.

About a week ago, Sasori, an S-rank rogue ninja from Sunagakure, appeared within the territory of the Kingdom of Loulan...

Sasori of the Red Sand used extremely terrifying puppet ninjutsu to break through the defenses of the Loulan Kingdom...

Amidst the chaos of war, the Queen of Loulan died unexpectedly...

So is this the real reason why Loulan and Sunagakure sought help from Konoha?

A country's lord dies unexpectedly?

Nara Rinka raised an eyebrow slightly.

In his memory, Sasori of the Red Sand did indeed have the record of conquering a small country. His opponent's "Red Secret Technique: Hundred Puppet Manipulation" was a super-large-scale puppet ninjutsu created for war.

However, Nara Ranke didn't know which small country Sasori of the Red Sand destroyed...

Now it seems it was actually the Loulan Kingdom?

This surprised Nara Rinkagi somewhat.

What was Sasori's reason for going to Loulan?

"Was he also attracted by the dragon vein chakra of Loulan? Or was it Loulan itself? Or perhaps it was the Centipede's puppetry technique that drew him in?"

"Sasori's research capabilities are also extremely high, especially considering he later transformed himself into a regenerative core!"

"A device the size of a heart can contain all the chakra of a Kage-level being like Sasori of the Red Sand, and can also manipulate so many puppets..."

"This level of technology is almost catching up to Orochimaru's, isn't it?"

Nara Rinka suppressed his associations with Sasori's special abilities.

In the intelligence files of the Loulan Kingdom, he also discovered a little "minor problem".

Nara Rankei preferred to believe the true information he knew in advance rather than the information gathered by Konoha.

For example...

In this document, the queen of Loulan was described as having "died unexpectedly in the midst of war."

However, Nara Rinka knew that the Queen of Loulan was actually murdered by the traitorous ninja, Centipede!

"The information gathered by Konoha was inaccurate... that's to be expected."

Nara Rinkei put down the scroll of information about Loulan in his hand and picked up another one.

This is information related to Sasori of the Red Sand.

"Sasori of the Red Sand, an S-rank rogue ninja from Sunagakure... During the conquest of the Loulan Kingdom, he summoned an entire puppet army at once... His strength was extremely formidable."

Compared to the intelligence scrolls of the Loulan Kingdom.

The intelligence information about Sasori of the Red Sand was noticeably "basic".

The pristine white scroll contained only a few lines of text.

Nara Rinkazu wasn't particularly disappointed.

Ninjas have always placed great importance on intelligence secrecy.

Konoha has not gathered enough information about Sasori of the Red Sand.

One reason is that Sasori of the Red Sand is not well-known at this time.

On the other hand, it's also because Sasori of the Red Sand is deliberately keeping his abilities and secrets hidden.

However, now that Sunagakure has given Sasori the title of "S-rank rogue ninja".

In the future, various countries and ninja villages will also increase their attention to this S-rank rogue ninja from Sunagakure.

Once enough intelligence has been gathered and a suitable opportunity arises, perhaps a ninja village will take action against this S-rank rogue ninja.

This is also the normal attitude of most ninja villages towards rogue ninjas.

After reviewing the intelligence, Nara Rinkei put down the scroll in his hand and looked earnestly at the Executive Vice Hokage.

"Brother Lu Jiu".

For some reason, a very familiar feeling welled up inside Nara Shikaku.

just like……

It's like a huge problem is about to come knocking!

But after all, it was the Hokage who asked the question, and the other party was the head of his own clan.

Nara Shikaku feigned composure.

"Yes, Fourth Generation Lord."

"Is there any precedent in the village for a Hokage going out on a mission alone?"

Hokage?

Going out alone?

To carry out a mission?

Do you want to hear what you're saying?

Nara Shikaku felt a roar in his heart, and beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.

"In my memory, there shouldn't be..."

Konoha is such a large village, with tens of thousands of ninja under its command.

What if the Hokage were to go out on a mission alone?

What are the other ninjas for?

Shall we cheer for the Hokage?

"Then you should think of a solution."

Nara Rinka stood up and stretched out a big yawn.

"I have some grudges with Sasori of the Red Sand, and now that this guy has come to me, I don't intend to let this rare opportunity pass me by."

Nara Rangsuke did not relay the news of his plan to seize the dragon vein of the Loulan Kingdom to Nara Shikaku.

This is such an explosive thing that it's probably beyond what the Executive Vice Hokage can accept.

Nara Rinka couldn't bear to see his own people living in fear, so he decided to give them some time to recover.

"That's decided!"

Nara Ranka disappeared from the Hokage's office, leaving behind only two casual words of explanation.

"I'm going to find someone to consult about some other issues."

Nara Shikaku stretched out his right hand in vain, only to grasp a fleeting afterimage.

"Fourth generation—"

Chapter 420 from yesterday was released this morning around 9 a.m.

I specifically asked the editor this afternoon, but they didn't know the reason for the blocking either...

The editor's accurate reply was "system blocked".

Perhaps I touched upon the censored mythical beast somewhere in the previous chapter?

The problem is that nothing happened while he was driving in the chapter before last.

The normal content of the previous chapter was deleted.

That's a bit hard to understand.

(End of this chapter)