Kirigakure Village, Mizukage's Office.
Terumi Mei sat in the chair behind her desk with a serious look in her eyes, her hands crossed in front of her, silently looking at the document in her hand.
At present, the envoy team from Kirigakure Village to Konohagakure has not sent back any news, but she still feels very uneasy in her heart. Although it's reliable to let Ao negotiate, Ao's Byakugan is easily targeted by Konohagakure ninjas and could be directly intercepted.
If it weren't for the current special situation, with Konohagakure being in a state of having been destroyed once, Terumi Mei would never let Ao go to Konohagakure to negotiate like this. Testing Konohagakure's bottom line in this way is too dangerous.
However, high risk also means high return. Once Konohagakure is confirmed to be weak and easy to bully, they can directly launch an invasion plan, using all kinds of plan to destroy Konohagakure slowly, making Konohagakure completely lose its current superior position and sign various unequal treaties.
But...
What's the deal with this report of a blue cube appearing at sea? And there's more than one?
According to the description of the ninjas, the blue cube seems to be some kind of creature, but it doesn't seem to be. But what can be confirmed is that the strength of the blue cube is very strong, and it will launch indiscriminate attacks on people within a certain range of itself.
Not only the blue cube, but there are also a group of strange purple thunderbirds at sea. There are three thunderbirds in total. They attack the sea area around Kirigakure Village in groups, although they have not caused any substantial damage, they have greatly hit the fishing desire of the villagers of Kirigakure Village.
They are afraid of death!
The conditions in Kirigakure Village are not good, the soil is not as fertile as in Konohagakure. If they can't supplement their food needs by fishing, maybe Kirigakure Village will have a food crisis in a while. If it can't be solved in time, let alone attacking Konohagakure, whether their village can continue to exist is a question.
Terumi Mei looked at the data and said to herself, "Now six blue cubes and three thunderbirds have been found. These things seem to have wisdom, they may be spirit beasts deliberately released by humans, or they may be the product of some special phenomenon."
"But what can be confirmed is that if these guys are not dealt with, Kirigakure Village is finished. Those blue cubes are okay, they are still some distance from the place where the civilians usually fish, but the problem with those group of thunderbirds is big."
"Although the attack range of these thunderbirds is limited, they will always wander near the seaside of Kirigakure Village, like patrol soldiers, searching for any ships going out. Once they find one, they will immediately launch an attack until the ship is destroyed."
"So, my target should be the thunderbirds."
Although she was very clear in her heart, knowing and solving are two different concepts. Knowing alone is useless, she needs to ensure that she can defeat three thunderbirds. Even if she can't defeat them, she needs to ensure that she can eliminate one or two and retreat in one piece, ready for the next counterattack.
And now, Kirigakure Village is not very strong. The original Seven Ninja Swordsmen have been kicked into lucky charms by Might Guy's father...
Then, Suikazan Fuguki was slaughtered by Hoshigaki Kisame, Samehada was also snatched away, and the owner of Kubikiribōchō also became a rogue ninja and ran away. Finally, the owner of the twin swords, Chojuro, went to negotiate with Ao and didn't come back...
Well, now Kirigakure Village no longer has the organization of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and because of the policy of the Fourth Mizukage, the families in Kirigakure Village that have bloodlines have been almost slaughtered, and there are hardly a few powerful bloodline owners to be found.
Damn..
But although there are very few kekkei genkai ninjas in Kirigakure Village now, there are still some. For example, she, Terumi Mei, is a powerful kekkei genkai ninja. Leading some Jonin to fight should not be hopeless.
In addition, the report said that although the attack power of the thunderbirds is stronger than the blue cubes, and the patrol range is wider, they will not directly kill. When they encounter villagers, they only destroy ships and do not kill innocent civilians. So in actual combat, the attack power of the thunderbirds may not be particularly strong.
Is this considered good news?
Of course, this so-called good news is just because Sasuke is too lazy to operate the thunderbirds, and the thunderbirds attack ships simply because the target is large. They don't kill civilians because their strength is too weak to be defined as enemies.
If the strength is a little stronger...
....
Konohagakure Village, in the higher-ups' office.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura looked at each other, the atmosphere was surprisingly quiet. Now they have realized the seriousness of the problem. Sasuke killed the envoy of Kirigakure Village. Even if they have sealed the news at the first time, Kirigakure Village will react after a while. War is inevitable.
And on the side of Kusagakure Village, although it seems to have softened for the time being, what those envoys do after returning to the village is not necessarily known. They may also follow the war declaration of the Mist Shadow Village and come to fight, which is troublesome.
"I'm tired, I want to resign."
Mitokado Homura sighed.
"Resign? If you leave, will I have to support the entire Konohagakure by myself?" Utatane Koharu sighed, her face looking ugly.
"Now I am very clear in my heart, no matter what I do, it is useless. My ability is not enough to change the status quo, not enough to fight for benefits for Konohagakure. If so, then I don't need to continue to stay in this position." Mitokado Homura lowered his head slightly, his eyes lost in thought.
Although these words are true, the main reason for his abdication is actually because even if he is in power, there are not many ninjas willing to listen to him, and others also have his black material. When it bursts out together, it will be difficult if he wants to step down cleanly.
"No, at least not now, at least we have to elect the Fifth Hokage, Konohagakure can't be without someone to lead it, there must be someone standing in front."
"Hehe."
Mitokado Homura laughed and said, "Looking at your appearance, you should have been rejected by Jiraiya, right? That guy won't be the Fifth Hokage, we all know this in our hearts, right?"
"But now, there is no other choice in Konohagakure, Jiraiya is the best choice."
Utatane Koharu answered helplessly, but her face didn't look too bad. She continued, "Jiraiya will look for Tsunade to return, trying to persuade her to become the Fifth Hokage. If it is Tsunade, who is one of the Sannin and also the granddaughter of the First Hokage, becoming the Fifth Hokage is enough to convince the public."
"Do you think he can succeed?"
Mitokado Homura asked.
"I don't know."
Utatane Koharu sighed again, and another option that she had always been reluctant to accept appeared in her heart again.
Uzumaki Naruto, can he do it?
His identity is not a problem, his strength is enough to protect Konohagakure, and he also has the recognition of the monkey. If it's him... can he do it?
However, this idea was quickly thrown behind by Utatane Koharu, and she couldn't help but lament her own ignorance.
Naruto's strength is not bad, but after all, he is just a teenager. What can he understand? Can he understand governance better than Hokage? Can he manage Konohagakure well? Will he love Konohagakure? It's impossible to feel at ease giving power to such a guy.
However...
"Hey, old man, tell me... why did Hiruzen recognize Naruto as the Fifth Hokage?" Utatane Koharu suddenly sighed and asked.
"I don't know, I don't know either, what was that guy thinking before he died, it's really inexplicable." Mitokado Homura closed his eyes and answered, but a smile soon appeared on his face, and he said playfully, "Maybe, that guy has a unique vision, thinks that Naruto has a long-term vision and strong strength, and has the ability to lead Konohagakure to glory?"
"Haha, I'm really confused, how could that guy think like that, I feel, there should be something special that I haven't discovered... He wants to pull Danzo down, so he just took the opportunity to recognize Naruto? It's weird... sigh, I don't understand that guy's thoughts." Utatane Koharu sighed.
In fact, she had an answer in her heart, but she had always been unwilling to believe it.
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