Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 94 Chiyo

Half an hour later, in an abandoned village that had been turned into a swamp.

A group of ninjas wearing Cloud Ninja headbands were lying haphazardly in the water, large amounts of bright red blood flowing from the numerous wounds on their bodies created by wind blades formed by wind release ninjutsu, turning a large area of ​​the surrounding water red.

In the center of this group of fallen Cloud Ninja, Kirito was holding the head of a burly, dark-skinned man with one hand, lifting him off the ground.

He looked at the dying Cloud Village Jonin before him and sneered, "The people from Konoha and Iwagakure have wisely left. Do you Cloud Village think you can get special treatment? You think you can bully me just because you know Lightning Release? Who said I only know Water Release ninjutsu?"

Relying on his soul perception, he naturally noticed the group of Cloud Ninjas following him early on.

After a chase, he realized that the group of Cloud Ninjas were determined to catch up and were even arrogantly shouting at him to hand over the spoils of war. So he decisively turned around and fought back.

The strongest member of this group of Cloud Ninjas was a Jonin who was proficient in Lightning Release and swordsmanship; the rest were Chunin who knew Lightning Release. With such strength, Kirito was naturally not afraid, since he knew ninjutsu beyond just Water Release.

He also possesses a considerable number of Wind Release ninjutsu techniques that counter Lightning Release techniques.

Several of the Root ninjas who participated in destroying the Senju clan's barrier last time were from the Shimura clan. He obtained many good Wind Release ninjutsu from these people, but he has not been training them for long enough to use them as smoothly as he used Water Release ninjutsu in the Land of Rain.

Even so, it was more than enough for him to use in conjunction with his Water Release ninjutsu to deal with the group of Cloud Ninja.

With the wind barrier formed by Wind Release: Wind Wall, he neutralized the terrifyingly fast lightning ninjutsu that the Cloud Ninja relied on to defeat him. Then, he easily manipulated the Cloud Ninja with various water ninjutsu.

Less than three minutes into the battle, he had defeated the entire group of courageous Cloud Ninja.

"The boss will avenge us."

Even facing imminent death, the Cloud Village Jonin still spoke with great bravado.

"Who said I was going to kill you? If I really wanted to kill you, you would all be dead by now. Don't worry, you are all important assets for me to revive Amegakure. I won't let you die so easily."

Kirito said coldly.

After saying that, he slammed the Cloud Village Jonin's head hard onto the ground, knocking him unconscious.

He then used his water clone to gather all the Cloud Ninjas around him, turned around, and quickly left.

This time, no one followed.

Soon after, all the major ninja villages received the latest news about Hattori Masanari. Sunagakure and Kumogakure were furious, and the Third Raikage of Kumogakure was so angry that he smashed his newly installed desk again.

In the Kazekage Building of Sunagakure, in the round table room, a group of high-ranking officials of Sunagakure were urgently summoned by the Third Kazekage.

The Third Kazekage sat in the main seat. Seeing that everyone had arrived, he immediately addressed the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure: "Now that everyone is here, let's begin the meeting. You must already know the content of our discussion on your way here. Our assassins sent to kill Hattori Masanari failed and were captured instead. Amegakure has made a prisoner-for-prisoner offer to us. Tell me, should we agree to this offer?"

Upon hearing the Third Kazekage's words, all the Sand Village elders immediately ended their discussion and turned their gazes to the middle-aged woman in the first position to the Third Kazekage's left.

The middle-aged woman was Chiyo.

At this time, she possessed numerous honorary titles, such as wife of the First Kazekage, former Flower of the Sand Village, current Kage-level puppeteer of the Sand Village, and leader of the Sand Village's martial arts faction, which made her status and power terrifying.

It can be said that in the current Sunagakure, Chiyo's status is second only to the leader.

Now, the discussion involves the life and death of his son and daughter-in-law. Even Chiyo's political enemies choose to remain silent, for fear of provoking his mother, who seems to be in a stable emotional state but is actually on the verge of losing control.

Chiyo was indeed in a terrible mood at this moment. If she didn't have strong self-control, she would have already gone to the Land of Rain to find Kirito herself.

She stared expressionlessly at the group of Sand Village elders in the room who were all looking at her, remaining silent, but the sharp, cold glint in her eyes clearly showed her attitude.

She'll fight anyone who dares to object at this time.

Then, she turned her gaze to the middle-aged man in the first position to the right of the Third Kazekage, who was her younger brother, Ebizo.

"Ahem, let me say something. While Akasago and Sunagakure certainly bear a great deal of responsibility for their mission failure, they are both outstanding young people in the village and leading figures among the younger generation. They have also made great contributions on the battlefield many times and will surely become the pillars of our Sunagakure in the future. Now that we have the ability to redeem them from Amegakure, we should naturally step in to save them. Otherwise, it will discourage the many young people in the village who have risked their lives for the village. Therefore, I support redeeming them."

Ebizo received a signal from his older sister and had no choice but to speak up. He coughed and spoke with reason and evidence.

"That's right, Lord Ebizo is right. We can't let the young people down."

"Agreed. Moreover, Akasago and Sunagakure possess a great deal of information and secret techniques about our Sunagakure. The Amegakure group might not be able to obtain these from them, but the Konoha group might. The Amegakure group wouldn't just offer us Sunagakure a prisoner trade."

"That makes perfect sense. We absolutely cannot allow Konoha and Amegakure to complete a deal, otherwise it will seriously affect our war with Konoha."

As Ebizo made his point clear, the Sunagakure elders who were on Chiyo's side expressed their support.

Seeing this, the opposition members all chose to remain silent, neither supporting nor opposing, and surprisingly, they all tacitly chose to abstain.

Chiyo was somewhat dissatisfied with the opposition's attitude, but since they weren't causing trouble, she let it go and turned her gaze to the Third Kazekage sitting in the main seat.

Ultimately, the decision in this meeting rests with the Third Kazekage, currently the strongest ninja in Sunagakure.

"Since no one objects, let's go through Elder Ebizo's suggestion. However, whether we can successfully redeem the two depends on the attitude of that Amegakure ninja named Hattori Masanari. The people are currently in his hands, and judging from the intelligence, he is not on Hanzo's side. Amegakure's words may not be credible; only his words count."

The Third Kazekage was not surprised by the result. Seeing that no one objected, he allowed the proposal to pass smoothly and then expressed his opinion.

"Please rest assured, Lord Kazekage. Hattori Masanari clearly intends to return to Amegakure. If he wants to go back, then he cannot ignore the voices within Amegakure. I will mobilize the resources of Sunagakure within Amegakure to make Hattori Masanari more inclined to make a deal with us."

At this moment, Ebizo stepped forward again, unleashing his power as the Dark One of Sunagakure.

Over the years, Sunagakure's efforts for Amegakure have not only been limited to the front lines, but have also extended to the rear areas.

Through numerous battles with Amegakure, Ebizo had already infiltrated Amegakure's ranks with considerable scum.

In fact, Hanzo's role in the Amegakure's war against Konoha was partly due to Ebizo's influence.

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