Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

This stupid, vicious, selfish, and incompetent bastard still has the nerve to claim he's doing it for the village. He's truly inherited Danzo's teachings. It would be an injustice if Sunagakure hadn't declined under Danzo's rule.

To be honest, Gaara was still able to call Rasa "Father" during the Fourth Shinobi World War, and Loran could only sigh at how terrifying Naruto's Kotoamatsukami was.

If it were Loran instead, how could a mere seal quell his hatred? He would have to grind Luo Sha to dust. Since the Impure Earth Reincarnation technique is immortal, it would be perfect for testing the Ten Cruelest Tortures of the Qing Dynasty.

As Rasa plotted how to torment his youngest son, euphemistically calling it a "Jinchūriki stability test," an invisible killing intent had already locked onto the unsuspecting Rasa.

Suddenly, a black, cold light flashed like lightning, and an extremely sharp black blade, like a ghost, pierced straight through Rasa's chest with lightning speed!

This blow not only pierced through Rasa's heart instantly, but also pierced through the back of the chair he was sitting on, making a crisp "crunch" sound.

However, all of this happened so quickly that just as he was about to muster his last bit of life and call out to attract the attention of the Sand Ninja, Oborozuki appeared out of thin air in front of him like a ghost.

With a blank expression, she gripped a small katana tightly in her hand and swung it without hesitation, instantly destroying Rasa's throat as well.

As Oborozuki completed her attack, the entire office was enveloped in an aura of death.

Just then, a deep voice came from the shadows: "Shadow Cloak - Shadow Ghost".

Before the words were finished, Baihu's figure emerged like a ghost from the shadows of the office, untouched by moonlight. In his hand, he held the black knife that had pierced Luosha, its blade still stained with Luosha's blood, gleaming with a chilling light in the darkness.

Seeing the disbelief in Rasa's eyes and sensing the rapidly weakening life force of the other party, it can be determined that it is neither a physical clone nor a substitution jutsu.

The white tiger released the illusion seal, and the surrounding environment remained unchanged.

Well, it's not an illusion either.

Uh... How come Rasa is so weak? I killed him with a single strike. Is he really a Kage?

Baihu was full of questions. He had made so many arrangements in advance, setting up layers of traps for Luo Sha, but Luo Sha fell so easily under the first layer of traps. This left Baihu somewhat bewildered.

What Byakko didn't know was that in the original timeline, this Kazekage would also be instantly killed by Orochimaru, dying in the same way—the Kusanagi sword pierced through his chest, leaving him defenseless.

Gazing at Luo Sha's lifeless corpse, only one sentence echoed in Bai Hu's mind.

"In the Sand Village, there were no heroes, which allowed scoundrels to rise to fame."

Chapter 86 Naruto: The Sand Village Ninja Who Went Astray But Resulted Correctly

The heads of the Fourth Kazekage and dozens of elite Sand Ninja were cruelly placed in the only entrance to the Sand Village—the One-Line Gorge—and meticulously arranged into a small mound of heads! This horrific scene seemed to be a provocation and demonstration against the Sand Village.

When the news spread throughout Sunagakure, the people were speechless with shock. They stared wide-eyed at the bloody scene, their hearts filled with fear and rage.

The Fourth Kazekage was the leader of Sunagakure, and his death was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the entire village. The elite Sunagakure ninja were the backbone of the village, and their passing caused them immense grief and regret.

However, after a brief moment of fear, anger ignited like wildfire in the hearts of the Sand Ninja. They could not tolerate such atrocities and clamored for revenge for their fallen comrades, demanding that the murderers pay in blood!

The roars of the Sand Ninja echoed throughout the village; their anger erupted like a volcanic eruption, unstoppable. The thought of revenge took root in everyone's heart, becoming their common goal.

Faced with such a terrifying public opinion, Chiyo, the advisor who was once again invited to take up the post because the position of Kazekage was vacant, simply asked a question.

"Whom should we seek revenge against?"

The Sand Village ninja, who had been shouting incessantly, and some of their high-ranking members were silenced.

Yeah, who should we take revenge on?

The perpetrator did such a thorough job last night that not a single useful clue was left in the village, and they don't even know who the murderer is.

So now, some clever high-ranking officials started to have crooked ideas. On the eve of the Third Shinobi World War, they couldn't find the culprit behind the Third Kazekage's disappearance, so they pinned the blame on Konoha, right? Since that's the case, why don't we follow the same wisdom as before and continue to pin the blame on other villages?

Didn't we blame Iwagakure for the water pipeline issue before? Why don't we just blame Iwagakure again?

Chiyo and Ebizo stared intently at the Sand Village high-ranking official who had proposed the idea, making him feel a chill run down his spine.

"Lord Chiyo, Lord Ebizo, why are you looking at me like that?"

Ebizo uttered a sentence with a forced smile: "Alright, how about you take the lead in the revenge war against Iwagakure?"

The other person instantly broke out in a cold sweat and stammered, unable to utter a single word.

Chiyo was filled with disappointment. How could such an idiot be allowed to enter the high ranks of the Sand Village? How did Rasa manage to govern the village?

The reason why the blame for the Third Kazekage's disappearance was placed on Konoha was because the Sand Village already wanted to start a war, and the Third Kazekage's disappearance was just an excuse for them to launch such a war.

The Sand Village leadership also wanted to boost the morale of the Sand Village under the pretext of avenging the Third Kazekage, which is the principle that a desperate army is bound to win.

But what's the situation with the Sand Village now? How are they going to start a war on the scale of the Five Great Nations?

You're putting such a huge burden on the Iwa ninja; don't you think they'll get angry?

The pot that was supposedly used to damage the water pipes was actually of no consequence to the Iwa ninja; Rasa simply tossed it aside.

The task of killing the Kage of a village, or the supreme military leader of a great nation, is a huge burden that the Iwa ninja cannot bear. If they were to take on such a task, it would be no different from declaring war.

Will you fight or not then?

If we fight, given the current state of the Sand Ninja, we're bound to lose.

If they don't fight, the Sand Village's leadership will lose all face and will lose all credibility within the Sand Village.

A single-minded approach has backfired, resulting in a double bind!

Therefore, such a huge burden should absolutely not be placed on a powerful nation like Iwagakure. If anyone should be blamed, it should be someone easily manipulated.

Chiyo pondered for a moment, then her eyes lit up. "I think Amegakure is pretty good, isn't it?"

Wasn't that water pipeline something the Rain Ninja did? Didn't the village protest to the Daimyo before, citing the Rain Ninja's use of the water pipeline?

We'll use this as an excuse to say that the Rain Ninja secretly infiltrated our country through the water pipeline and shamelessly attacked the Fourth Kazekage and his guards who were inspecting the border, resulting in the Kazekage's unfortunate death.

Not only can we teach a group of Rain Ninja a lesson and drain their health, but we can also use this as a basis to pacify the village's ninjas and pressure the Daimyo to demand more funding.

That's killing three birds with one stone, isn't it? Chiyo thought she was incredibly clever.

At this point, Maki expressed his concern, saying that he had heard that the Rain Village had a new leader. The new leader was very strong; he had even killed Hanzo of the Salamander, and his attitude was aggressive, causing considerable losses to other ninja villages.

Chiyo waved her hand dismissively, saying that it wasn't a big deal for Hanzo the Salamander to be killed.

That old man was the same age as Chiyo, and he was already very old and frail. It was normal for him to be killed by a young man. At most, he would just be another young Hanzo.

Even if the Sand Ninja are weak, they can still easily defeat the Rain Ninja. The huge gap in strength between the Sand Ninja and the Rain Ninja cannot be bridged by Hanzo the Salamander alone.

Even if the opponent is as strong as Hanzo the Salamander in his youth, Chiyo said that if she and Ebizo teamed up, they could at least hold him back for a while, and that would be enough for the Sand Village to deal with the Rain Village.

To this day, no one in the Sand Village has mentioned who killed Rasa and the other Sand Village ninja.

Rasa was inside Sunagakure last night, under heavy protection. The fact that the enemy could penetrate deep into the village, behead Rasa, and take his head is terrifying. Who in the village could possibly withstand their assassination attempt?

Maggie found it somewhat absurd, just as it had been on the eve of World War III.

The Third Kazekage, the strongest Kazekage, simply disappeared without a trace. Aren't the Sand Village leaders at all worried that the Third Kazekage's fate might fall on their own?

The Third Kazekage was undoubtedly the strongest ninja in Sunagakure. He was a murderer that even his opponent couldn't stop. What made the Sunagakure leadership think they could stop him?

These people back then seemed completely unaware of this; after searching for the Third Kazekage's whereabouts without success, they impatiently launched a war.

Have they considered that if the culprit is truly a master from Konoha or another ninja village, capable of taking down the strongest Kazekage without the Sand Village noticing, how could the Sand Village possibly win against such an enemy?

He, Rasa, is far inferior to the Third Kazekage. What makes him think he can withstand an assassin that even the Third Kazekage couldn't? Just because he's arrogant?

Or perhaps the Sand Village's higher-ups at the time were a bunch of brainless idiots.

Alternatively, the Sand Village leadership might be fully aware of the true culprit, knowing perfectly well that the killer didn't come from any major ninja village, and that the Third Kazekage's death had a different cause—not a crime committed during wartime, and that the killer's true strength was insufficient to threaten the Sand Village.

Therefore, the Sand Village leaders believed that as long as they increased their vigilance against the real culprit, they could save their lives and launch a war without any scruples, taking advantage of the Third Hokage's death.

Thinking about this, Maki felt a chill run down her spine.

The old leader's body was barely cold when these people rushed to make a fuss about his death, while turning a blind eye to the real culprit. What cold and hard-hearted people these are!

How similar is the scene today to the scene back then.

Why do Chiyo and the others think that Rasa's death couldn't have been caused by that Rain Village ninja? If the other party could kill Hanzo in Hanzo's home turf, why couldn't they kill Rasa, who was weaker than Hanzo, in Sunagakure?

In Chiyo's view, the real culprit has already been identified, and Amegakure, like Konoha back then, is just a scapegoat.

Who exactly is the culprit they believe killed the Kazekage? Why not just launch a large-scale manhunt? Maki was utterly puzzled.

After the meeting, Ebizo quietly approached Chiyo, who, as the acting Kazekage, sat silently in the Kazekage's office.

"Sister, are you convinced that this person did it?"

Chiyo raised her head, her cloudy eyes filled with grief.

"When the third generation suddenly disappeared, I had a pretty good idea of ​​who did it."

"The Third Hokage's Magnet Release was a perfect blend of offense and defense, unparalleled in strength among all generations. How could anyone make him disappear into thin air without attracting the attention of the Sand Village ninja? Unless the person was very familiar to the Third Hokage, capable of making him lower his guard, it could only be done through poisoning or a sneak attack."

"And at that exact moment, the child happened to disappear. Isn't it immediately clear who was behind this three-generation conspiracy?"

Ebizo was still somewhat doubtful: "He was almost certainly responsible for the events of the third generation, but what about the events of the fourth generation? What makes you so sure he did it? Erecting a mound of skulls... that doesn't seem like that kid's style."

Chiyo's tone was somewhat cold as she paced around the office, speaking in a slightly muffled voice.

"When I heard about the death of the fourth generation, my first thought was that it was that child's doing. The way he did it so decisively and without leaving any trace at the scene was just like that child's style."

The current Kazekage was beheaded by an enemy who breached all defenses in his own ninja village's office.

What would your first reaction be if you heard this?

Chiyo asked Ebizo a question in return.

Ebizo pondered for a moment and replied confidently, "I would say that this enemy must know a great deal about Sunagakure. This means that either the culprit is a ninja from the village, or there is an inside agent on their side."

Chiyo then asked, "Which possibility do you think is most likely?"

Ebizo continued his analysis: "The latter is more likely. First of all, I don't think anyone in the current Sand Village has the ability to do such a thing."

Secondly, if the Sand Ninja were really planning to kill the Kazekage and seize power through a coup, why didn't they take the opportunity to kill us two old folks who were unaware of the situation at the time, instead of inviting us to take charge and letting us hold power?

Therefore, the latter is the most likely.

Chiyo nodded, agreeing with her younger brother's analysis.

"That's what I thought too, so after the situation was temporarily stabilized, I began to secretly investigate the Sand Village ninja."

Then I discovered traces of the Mind Control Sand Technique in the mind of a ninja named Yura. This was Sasori's signature ninjutsu, and Yura happens to be one of Rasa's trusted confidants, whom Rasa seems to intend to bring into the Elders' Council.

Ebizo remained silent for a long while before speaking.

"Sister, did you touch that guy named Yura?"

Chiyo shook her head. She was afraid that making any moves would alert Sasori, so she simply sent people to keep a close watch on Yura and did not take any action herself.

Ebizo seemed to have concluded that Sasori was responsible for the incident. He looked at his sister, whose face had aged considerably, and sighed.

“I really don’t know what to do?” Chiyo’s emotions were filled with deep pain. “After the Third Hokage died, I was eager to cover up his death. But Rasa found out and used it to blackmail me into siding with him in the Kazekage battle between him and Pakura.”

"But now, that child has actually killed another Wind Shadow, and I really don't want to cover for him anymore."

But if I don't cover for him, the consecutive killing of two Kazekage is such a heinous crime that Sunagakure has never committed before since its founding.

Once exposed, not only Scorpion, but also his family will be implicated.

I'm an old woman and it doesn't matter to me, but what about my son's reputation after he's gone?

If this matter is exposed, will my son even be able to enter the village's hero's cemetery? Will the angry villagers dig up his grave and desecrate his body?

Thinking of this terrifying scene, Chiyo's eyes were full of rejection.

She's getting old and has become indifferent to fame, fortune, and power; the only thing she can't let go of is the matter of her children and grandchildren.

"Sigh, now that things have come to this, there's no other way. Let's pin the blame on the Rain Ninja. My sister and I will risk our lives to restrain that young Rain Ninja leader, so that the village can gain more benefits and quell the villagers' anger."

Ebizo let out a long sigh.

"Descendants are all debtors!"

Chapter 87 Naruto: The Sand Village Invades

No matter how much Loran planned, he never expected that Chiyo and the others would actually believe that Sasori, the one who killed Rasa, was the real culprit.

But Sasori of the Red Sand was long gone, taken away by Loran with a single Shinra Tensei. His knowledge of puppetry was also transformed into Loran's foundation.

Now, Loran has further innovated his puppetry techniques, creating automated mechs that can be powered by a single chakra-powered core.

It can command a large number of mechs by relying on a single chakra thread extending from the central remote control device or even simply by thinking, without the need for cumbersome large-scale chakra thread operations, making it more flexible and with greater endurance.

The major projects previously completed by the Rain Kingdom were all inseparable from these mechs powered by the Loulan Dragon Vein. After all, although the Rain Kingdom, which was plagued by war for many years, had enough technology, it lacked enough industrial population. These mechs could replace many dangerous and heavy labor jobs.

Loran didn't care that the Sand Ninja had pinned the blame on him, even though the Akatsuki's action team had been swift and decisive in assassinating Rasa, leaving no trace.

This isn't the Akatsuki's fault; who would have thought Rasa would be so easy to kill, even catching Byakko completely off guard.