Konoha's Mission Master

Mei Terumi nodded. From the expressions of the others, she gleaned a lot of information, the simplest of which was... she should never face Yakumo directly in this lifetime.

But soon, a slight smile appeared on her lips, and a hint of excitement and pleasure surfaced deep within her calm eyes.

"haha, it's really great to be able to participate in sniping such a strong person."

A twisted sense of pleasure welled up inside Mei Terumi.

The four people present, including Rasa who had always remained relatively unknown, might have had many internal power struggles, but their goal was indeed quite unified: to kill... Ii Yakumo.

Of course, they also tested the power of the Meteor Cannon's charged attack in the desert. It was a weapon powerful enough to destroy a village in one shot. The Fourth Raikage, A, believed that he could not withstand a single charged attack.

Another location is Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf Village).

The secret agents took away the scallion pancake vendor near Yakumo's house. Yakumo had known all along that he was a spy, but the vendor's scallion pancakes were so delicious that he pretended not to see him until today...

But with war approaching, he could no longer pretend to be blind.

Besides him, Yakumo also captured nearly a hundred spies, basically wiping out the intelligence departments of the major hidden villages, but unfortunately he did not obtain much core intelligence.

These people are essentially expendable pawns; most of their tasks are simply to confirm... whether Yakumo remains within Konoha, whether he has left Konoha, and so on...

These people are less like spies and more like they exist simply to monitor Yakumo, since Yakumo is the key to rewriting many things and can easily influence the course of the battle.

Yakumo lay on the rattan chair, subconsciously looking in the direction of the Glory Sword Box, but suddenly remembered... the Glory Sword Box was no longer in Konoha.

He really disliked war, but sometimes he could decide whether Konoha should go to war, while he couldn't influence the enemy. Sometimes... he simply didn't have the power to choose.

Even though... Yakumo thought he had transcended many things.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The Iron Country, an underground fortress.

The four Kage have already set off for the control panel. Although the core technology is provided by the Hidden Cloud Village, the attacks launched require authorization from the four Hokage's keys. This is for the sake of balance.

The Meteor Cannon is an extremely dangerous weapon. Even though the four major powers are united, they would not dare to allow any one of them to control it alone.

As the attack time drew near, the roof of the underground fortress split open to the sides, and metal antennas, about ten meters high, slowly extended outwards, unfolding gradually in the distance.

This antenna is like a tree growing from its roots, spreading outwards to its trunk and various branches... eventually branching out into countless ends, flashing red dots.

This thing is a signal amplifier that amplifies countless signals. Only by relying on this thing can they link with the meteor cannon. Of course, the link only allows them to control when to use the weapon to attack.

With current technology, it is impossible to adjust the orientation. As for how to determine whether the target area has been reached, it is entirely based on ninjutsu to lock onto the target.

They placed a target in Konoha in advance to receive the signal.

Once the meteor cannon establishes contact with the base and the target, the attack will begin... They have already predicted in advance when they will establish a link with the target signal.

Three minutes left until the target time...

A, Onoki, Mei Terumi, and Rasa were overflowing with excitement. They were trying to kill the strongest person in the ninja world with their carefully prepared technological weapons.

This feeling of having complete control gradually instilled a sense of arrogance in them. No matter how strong Jing Bayun was, what could he do? Thousands of kilometers away, they only needed to turn the key in their hands to decide his life or death.

"Our attack shouldn't fail, right?"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, said somewhat uncertainly. For some reason, he felt a little nervous as the attack approached, because if he failed... he would be met with a fierce counterattack from the strongest ninja in the world from the four great nations.

“We’ve all witnessed the power of a meteorite… I don’t believe anyone could survive an attack of that magnitude. Even if he’s called the God of Shinobi, he’s still just a mortal and shouldn’t possess such power.”

The Fourth Raikage, A, answered firmly. In truth, he also had doubts in his heart, but at certain moments, he forcibly suppressed these doubts, after all... he could not bear the consequences of failure.

This is what people call being stubborn as a mule...

Only Mei Terumi had strong confidence in the Meteor Cannon, because she had never witnessed Yakumo's power firsthand, nor did she know why he was called the God of the Shinobi World.

What she saw were only cold data and intelligence, which could not truly reflect the power of Yakumo himself.

At this moment, she was so excited that she could hardly control herself. Her body trembled slightly, and she kept rubbing the key in her hand, looking extremely impatient.

Another minute passed...

"You can now insert the key."

Ai reminded him, first inserting the blue key representing himself into the square keyhole. In fact, only the key in his hand was the real key among the four, since the others did not understand the procedure.

Anyway... they're always used together.

This is the reason why the Fourth Raikage, A, was so arrogant.

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Chapter 454 The End of the War

The underground bunker, antennas extended, is ready to launch an attack at any moment.

The Third Tsuchikage slowly inserted the key, though he knew perfectly well that his own key was useless; only the key in the Fourth Raikage's hand was the switch to control everything.

But so what... He installed bombs on the surface of the meteor cannon when he sent it into the sky, and he planned to control the meteor cannon to self-destruct as soon as the target was reached.

Since the Fourth Raikage now intends to have the Meteor Cannon itself fall as an attack, it will help him erase the traces.

The people present had different thoughts, but they all stared at the timer in front of them.

"The countdown has begun; the new era is approaching."

The Fourth Raikage spoke loudly, his heart filled with confidence.

The power of the Meteor Cannon is beyond doubt. In addition, the intelligence department has confirmed that Yakumo is in Konoha. Even if the Meteor Cannon does not kill the enemy, it is enough to severely damage Konoha.

At that time... how things will develop will be determined by a few people...

Finally, the timer reset to zero.

The Fourth Raikage and the others pressed the switch together, and all the indicator lights in the room lit up at the same time, the signal converging and about to be transmitted to the meteor cannon in the sky through the antenna.

But in reality, nothing happened.

All the indicator lights went out instantly, the spread-out antennas were destroyed, and the lights in the room dimmed instantly.

"what happened?"

The Fourth Raikage, A, asked, his tone tinged with a strange panic. He could sense that the chakra fluctuations around him had become eerie, as if something incredibly terrifying was lurking within.

"What's going on?" asked the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.

next second.

As darkness receded, the lights illuminated the command room of the underground fortress once more. The Fourth Raikage, A, immediately looked at the indicator in front of him, only to find that it was completely dark.

"Was the Meteor Cannon attack successful?" The Fourth Raikage, A, immediately asked, but he did not receive the answer he expected.

The surroundings remained quiet.

"I think... it must have failed."

Suddenly, a completely unfamiliar voice came from the command room. The group immediately looked in the direction of the voice and saw only a somewhat thin figure. He was carrying an iron box that was about 1.3 meters long on his back.

The box is inlaid with many pure white gems, but in terms of size and shape, it looks like a small coffin.

Ai and Onoki's expressions immediately turned grim. They stared at the man in disbelief, and even asked in low voices with some fear.

Why are you here?

—Ii Yakumo.

The miracle of rising to power in the Third Shinobi World War, the conqueror of many ninja villages, the undisputed strongest ninja in the world, and the nightmare of A and Onoki, the man they most wanted to defeat but could not muster the will to challenge.

"That's a good question..."

“In a general sense, as long as we have met before and I have remembered the chakra fluctuations, as long as you are still in the ninja world, you cannot escape my lock.” Yakumo replied quite seriously. These people are bound to die today, so letting them die knowing why might be merciful.

The group had fled the country and hidden in the Iron Country to guard against the enemy's decapitation plan, but unfortunately... their concealment failed to serve any purpose, and the enemy was able to pinpoint their true location so easily.

"I see..."

The Fourth Raikage still found it hard to accept this fact. Could there really be someone so powerful that they could lock onto a single person across the entire ninja world?

How powerful must he be?

"Now that I've answered your question, I also have a question."

Yakumo looked at the person radiating fear and said with some curiosity.

"Please speak..."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, adopted a very humble posture. When Yakumo appeared here, it meant that the Meteorite Project had failed, so... the four great nations could only accept the outcome of the failure.

On the other hand, Yakumo's main body... is rushing to the sky to deal with the meteor cannon. Although the shadow clone interrupted the attack signal, it is hard to guarantee that Kumogakure has not set up another means to issue the attack order behind the scenes.

"Although Konoha became the dominant power after the Third Shinobi World War, it never persecuted any ninja village and adhered to the contents of the peace treaty. However, you major ninja villages took the initiative to break the peace treaty that was originally established. Why?"

"Because of resources, Konoha possesses resources that the entire ninja world envies. After the major powers experienced war reparations, their economies have declined to a very serious level, and people in their countries often starve to death..." Onoki explained his reasoning.

"What about the Land of Lightning?" Yakumo continued to ask.

"We also want the status of the overlord of the ninja world!"

The Land of Lightning's territory is much larger than the Land of Fire's, and many areas are located by the sea. Although its resources are not as abundant as those of the Land of Fire, its people are at least free from worries about food and clothing.

Their goal in launching the war was...to achieve hegemony. Kumogakure was founded on military strength and was a thoroughly militaristic society, with an indomitable spirit seemingly flowing in their blood.

"What about Kirigakure?" Yakumo continued to ask.

"Just joining in the fun."

Mei Terumi answered quite directly: the Land of Water is far from the mainland and has a very special location. Its participation in the Four Nations Alliance is only to improve the conditions of the Land of Water through the alliance's channels.

"I see..." Yakumo said, indicating that he understood.

"What about Sunagakure?"

"In order to improve the environment and ensure that the people have access to drinking water."

Like a socially awkward boy, Luo Sha whispered his goal.

“I can understand all of that, especially Onoki and Rasa’s reasons. I even support them. After all, as the leaders of the Hidden Village, your reasons for doing so are quite valid,” Yakumo said softly.

"It's good that you understand...it's good that you understand."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, said with a smile, "Judging from Yakumo's tone, at least my life is safe today. As for the future, we'll deal with it slowly."

"So... if you're not going to make a move, we'll just leave?"