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Soon, the news of the complete annihilation of the Mitai Daimyo family reached the ears of the Third Hokage.
This news shocked the high-level officials of Konoha!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was extremely grim!
You see, such an event meant that the peace they had worked so hard to maintain was about to be shattered!
If the previous attack by the Chūnin had been within Konoha's tolerance range,
This massacre of the Daimyo family was absolutely beyond any tolerance or leniency!
Regardless of which hidden village was behind this, the Fire Country would undoubtedly investigate the matter thoroughly and demand an explanation!
The Third Hokage immediately ordered a special task reconnaissance team from Konoha to cooperate with the Fire Country's Twelve Guardians of the Guardian Ninja to investigate the matter!
One day later, accurate intelligence came back.
"Based on the investigation by the special team leader Mitsurugi Shusui and the Guardian Ninja Yoshiki at the scene, as well as the comparison of the Mitai Clan's corpses, it is unanimously believed that this matter could only have been carried out by the Hidden Mist or the Rain Village!"
Seeing this information, the Third Hokage's expression turned extremely ugly!
With a loud "bang," he slammed the intelligence report on the table!
Seeing this, Homura and Koharu also took a look at the report.
They exchanged a glance, both showing astonishment, and an idea involuntarily crossed their minds.
The long-maintained peace... was about to be broken!
Koharu lowered her head again, carefully examining the report, and frowned.
"The Mist Village is far from the Fire Country. Provoking the Fire Country like this would bring them no benefit. If they intended to create conflict... it's unlikely. After all, last year's Chūnin attack was not revealed to the Leaf!"
"It's probably the Rain Village..."
Hearing Koharu's words,
Hiruzen deeply inhaled the smoke, looking at the peaceful streets of Konoha, and said in a deep voice,
"No doubt, I made a mistake with my previous decision... The Rain Village is provoking the Leaf, discontent with the current state of affairs. They must think that Konoha, after not taking action against them for the last incident, is a weakened tiger waiting to be preyed upon, right!?"
"Homura, prepare an operational plan against the Rain Village!"
"This battle is necessary for Konoha!"
"We must make it clear to other villages watching this matter that Konoha is still the powerful Konoha! We absolutely won't tolerate any provocation or attempts to disrupt the peace!"
In this way, several high-ranking officials of Konoha made their decision on the matter!
The long-maintained peace was about to end, and the flames of war were about to approach...
However, the mastermind behind this event, Sosuke, was currently quietly staying within Konoha, enjoying the last few days of peaceful and harmonious atmosphere in the village.
After the Chunin Exams were over,
Hyuga Saki applied to join the team led by Shimura Himiko.
Thus, the team led by Shimura Himiko consisted of Sosuke, Might Dai, and Hyuga Saki.
Sosuke and Saki had both been members of Root, so Shimura Himiko naturally didn't feel that Saki joining the team was abrupt.
Due to Sosuke's critical role in Danzo's "Hokage Plan" and his unique status as Danzo's disciple, his position in Root was almost second only to Danzo and Shimura Himiko.
Although he acted under the identity of Aizen, it also made it much easier for him to perform certain covert actions.
Even Shimura Himiko had to a great extent to coordinate with Sosuke's will.
As for the thick-headed Dai, he had no knowledge of the clandestine activities of his two teammates.
In this one-year period,
Sosuke developed a great interest in two of Konoha's most famous bloodline limits after discovering some records about their damaged history.
To a large extent, this determined his decision to reveal part of his plan to Shino and Saki.
Because one possessed the Sharingan, and the other had the Byakugan.
Two very ancient bloodline limits...
In the eyes of Konoha's ninjas, almost everyone believed that Uchiha Shino and Sosuke had a great conflict!
After all, two tigers cannot live on the same mountain!
Shino's strength was evident to everyone!
He was already a genius among geniuses, but he was repeatedly defeated by Sosuke!
As a result, Shino was still in the position of a genin, and even the Uchiha clan members dared not mention this matter in front of him, fearing to provoke the anger of their clan leader's eldest son!
However, they did not know that behind the scenes, Sosuke, under the identity of Aizen, had completely restrained Shino. Nor would they have imagined that the gentle young man known as the "Son of Konoha" in the village would resort to such despicable means!
After the Chunin Exams, Sosuke had already secretly decided to incite a war between the Rain Village and Konoha using the Mitai Clan.
After the Chūnin attack incident, Konoha strengthened the deployment of its ninja forces near the borders, and small conflicts continued to occur. However, the Third Hokage had been letting it go in the name of maintaining peace.
However, Danzo found it hard to tolerate this and seized this opportunity!
He began to make arrangements in the Rain Village.
Many Root members gradually infiltrated the Rain Village.
Sosuke spontaneously applied for one of the missions and took Shino and Saki to the Rain Village!
Of course, with Sakuya's presence, there was naturally no record of Shino going out.
With Saki's presence, it would be difficult to hide any enemy traces. The purpose of bringing Shino along was to let him learn various Rain Village secret techniques!
This would facilitate framing and implicating others in their actions a year later!
After a full year of preparation, the results seemed to be quite good.
On the street.
Sosuke walked quietly.
"Sō...Sosuke!"
A charming girl called out to him slightly shyly from behind.
Sosuke turned around, looked at the girl not far away, and smiled slightly. His eyes were full of gentle and magnetic charm as he spoke softly,
"Oh, it's Sakuya. Long time no see."
Sakuya walked up to Sosuke, a little shy, raised her head, blushing as she looked at him, and said softly,
"L...Long time no see! Sosuke."
Internally, she was conflicted!
Don't be so shy! Sakuya, facing such a gentle Sosuke!
How can you behave so weakly! He might look down on you. You have to act normal! Be normal for me!
Although she was trying to encourage herself internally!
But in front of Sosuke, Sakuya still appeared shy.
Seeing her like this, Sosuke's eyes lightly glanced at a black figure that had flashed by on the rooftop.
The situation... seems to be gradually brewing...
With a slight smile, Sosuke looked at Sakuya with warmth and said gently,
"If you're willing, would you like me to treat you to a meal?"
"Eh!? How can that be!? How... how can I let Sosuke-sama, you..."
Sakuya was surprised and raised her head, exclaiming.
"It's okay. If you haven't eaten, then it's perfect. If you have, then just accompany me. How about it, is it alright?"
Sosuke said softly, smiling at Sakuya, waiting for her response.
After hesitating for a moment, Sakuya blushed and nodded slightly.
"Um...then, I'll trouble you, Sosuke-sama."
Hearing her answer, Sosuke smiled faintly and turned to find a suitable restaurant.
Sakuya followed closely behind Sosuke like a little tail.