"By the way, why haven't we received any news from the people we sent to infiltrate the Land of Rain?"
They had been gone for several days. Normally, the team would send back a message after entering the Land of Rain and infiltrating Amegakure Village.
But there was no response at all.
"I think something is wrong. Send another team to the Land of Rain."
No need for everyone to enter Amegakure Village. One group goes in, the other waits for news.
If there's still no information, it means those people are either captured or dead.
Ai is guessing whether the people sent to the Land of Rain are hiding or if something has happened to them.
In Kumogakure Village's old rival, Iwagakure Village, Oonoki is also suspicious.
The distance from Iwagakure Village to the Land of Rain isn't far. For an elite Jonin squad, one day is enough.
Then they find a way to sneak into Amegakure Village. For Iwagakure Village's squad, this isn't a difficult task.
But now there's a problem. The people sent haven't sent back any information.
At this time, people from the more distant Sunagakure Village and Kirigakure Village are still arriving at the Land of Rain.
"Advisor, will leaving like this cause any trouble for the village?"
Kakashi isn't from the Uchiha clan. He can follow Yan's orders, but he will question them.
Unlike Shisui, who does whatever Yan says.
"What trouble could there be?"
Yan laughed dismissively:
"We leave, and the people from other villages will leave too. Kumogakure Village can't send people to stop us unless they want to offend the four great ninja villages at the same time.
Besides, the current Konohagakure can't be threatened by just the word 'war'."
"The Fifth Hokage isn't like the Third Hokage, who would bow down to a threat of war."
Using the threat of war to force someone, that worked on the Third Hokage!
But if you try the same trick on Tsunade, she'll show you what it means to be stubborn.
Want a war of words or a real war? It's up to you!
Konohagakure will take it on!
"...."
The Third Hokage was once again criticized, and Kakashi couldn't help but think of the night of the Nine-Tails attack.
Kumogakure Village came to Konohagakure under the guise of negotiations but sent people to infiltrate the Hyuga clan to kidnap someone.
When discovered, they turned the blame on Konohagakure and threatened them with war.
In the end, the Third Hokage had no choice but to go to the Hyuga clan, leading to Hyuga Hizashi being sacrificed.
Because of this, the Hyuga clan still resents the Third Hokage.
This incident also pushed Hyuga Hiashi to want to change the clan's situation.
Unfortunately, the Hyuga clan isn't like the Uchiha clan. The Uchiha can change because they don't have so many rules, but the Hyuga can't. Reforming is extremely difficult.
Unless there's a major purge.
But Hiashi doesn't have the courage or the ruthlessness of Fugaku.
"Besides, their attention is now on the Akatsuki organization and Amegakure Village, they won't trouble our village because of this.
Even if they do, the village isn't afraid. Konohagakure now is not the same as it was after the Third Ninja War.
The Fifth Hokage is not the Third, so you can put your worries away."
Kumogakure Village might be angry, but they won't directly trouble Konohagakure or threaten war. At most, they'll send someone to question us and have some arguments.
Yan wasn't boasting, unless Konohagakure provokes Kumogakure Village's sensitive nerves, Kumogakure Village definitely won't want to start a war with Konohagakure.
Is that so?
Kakashi felt complicated, thinking too much made his head hurt.
Sure enough, he wasn't suited for these matters, it was better to just follow orders.
Looking back at the direction of Kumogakure Village, Yan sighed:
"As they say, a strong leader makes strong soldiers. Having a strong, fiery-tempered Hokage-sama has its benefits, it's better than hiding like a turtle."
Whenever he got the chance, Yan didn't mind criticizing the Third Hokage a bit more.
If it weren't for that old man, Konohagakure wouldn't have had such a hard time between the Second and Third Ninja Wars.
Kakashi remained silent, his heart closed off and filled with darkness, he didn't care much about these things.
Shisui appeared calm on the surface, but felt very embarrassed inside, because he used to think the Third Hokage was a decisive and grand leader.
Now it seemed, that wasn't the case at all.
Instead, his weaknesses like being soft, power-hungry, and indulgent of friends and family were exposed and magnified. Thinking of his past self made Shisui feel uneasy.
But when he saw Yan's back, he felt much more at ease.
He had taken the wrong path before, but he wouldn't anymore.
Because he would follow Yan's footsteps from now on.
Two days later, the group successfully arrived at Konohagakure. After Yan announced the disbandment, he went alone to the Hokage's office to report.
"You're back?"
Returning to the village wasn't something he had informed Tsunade about in advance.
When Yan opened the door and walked in, Tsunade and Shizune were wide-eyed in surprise.
"Aren't you supposed to be in Kumogakure Village at this time? Why are you back?"
"Did you not do well?"
"What nonsense! Can't you think positively?"
Yan glared at Tsunade and lay down on the sofa.
He beckoned to the little secretary, signaling her to make him some tea.
"At a time like this, you still want tea!!!"
Tsunade, with a head full of black lines, angrily walked over and pulled him up.
Yan rolled his eyes:
"I knew you couldn't stay calm. The results were great. In the second round of the test, we beat the other villages so badly that they quickly ended the test early.
So I brought everyone back, and the people from the other villages are probably on their way home too."
"That old hag Chiyo is still as shameless as ever."
After hearing Yan's brief explanation, Tsunade sneered and cursed a few times.
She and Chiyo have been rivals for a long time. In the whole Hokage world, Tsunade is the one who can counter Chiyo the most.
If it weren't for Tsunade, who knows how many lives Konohagakure would have lost in the war with Sunagakure Village.
You create a new type of poison, and I will break it, making the puppet ninjas of Sunagakure Village stare in disbelief.
"You did a great job."
Tsunade, who had been angry just a moment ago, patted Yan's shoulder with satisfaction and signaled Shizune to make some tea.
"Not confronting them directly and instead leaving Kumogakure Village was the right move.
Kumogakure Village once threatened the old man with war, causing the village to lose face. We haven't settled that score yet!
Konohagakure doesn't need to care about Kumogakure Village's face."
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