Obito and Funan finally reached a certain level of cooperation.
Both sides need to keep an eye on each other, and the best way is to cooperate.
However, Funan hired Akatsuki's people not to participate in the battle, but to collect the tailed beast chakra and fresh corpses.
"What do you want so many tailed beast chakras for?"
Obito was also puzzled.
Funan said unhappily: "Don't meddle where you're not supposed to! With only one eye, you still think you can see everything?"
"Okay, I know!" Obito threw down a sentence and turned away.
He had already had several encounters with Funan, and every time they crossed paths, he felt his blood pressure rise.
If this continued, one day his heart would collapse.
Once Obito left, Funan also had a headache.
Not enough money!
Although Funan has made a lot of money from his business over the years, especially with Sunagakure, but the Uchiha clan required a huge investment.
Furthermore, the investment in Konoha was large, not taking into account the purchase of a huge amount of explosive tags.
Even though Konan was now his woman, there was no way the explosive tags were free.
The main reason is that Funan does not want to anger Pain too much.
Although he wasn't afraid of it, wouldn't it be boring if he was?
The interesting thing would be if Pain and Obito fought each other to the death.
"I don't have much money left, what should I do?" Funan thought for a while and looked towards the direction of Iwagakure.
He didn't have money, but someone else did.
The battle with Iwagakure should be over soon!
…
Onoki's face was pale, and he sat in the big tent in a mess.
The Elders who had once accompanied him in discussions were no longer there. Many of them had perished.
This made Onoki even more heartbroken. These elders aren't the kind of waste like Koharu and Homura from Konoha, they are true talents.
Although they sometimes argued with him, they always performed their duty loyally and efficiently.
Even they had died, let alone other Iwa-nin. Now Onoki didn't even dare to look at the casualty reports.
"Tsuchikage-sama, it's time to retreat." One of the elders said quietly. "We can't win."
"Haha, what? Are you giving up? Onoki brat!"
There was an arrogant laugh.
At this moment, a man wearing a tiger-striped mask appeared between distortions of space, entering the store.
"Who are you?"
Everyone present shouted.
Onoki looked even more gloomy and stared at the other party. "Who are you?"
"My name is Uchiha Madara!"
"Fuck you!" Onoki screamed, his eyes bloodshot.
At that instant, a shower of ninjutsu filled the tent.
After a long time, the whole big tent was destroyed before it slowly calmed down.
Obito stood there with full of anger, not moving at all. All ninjutsu could only pass through his body. "Have you had enough?"
Onoki stared at the other party coldly and said in a cold voice: "Time and space ninjutsu?"
"Something like that." Obito said vaguely. "Onoki brat... cough, cough!"
Feeling Onoki's murderous gaze, Obito swallowed the rest of the sentence.
"Onoki, do you want to deal with Uchiha Funan?"
Onoki's heart moved, and he said coldly: "Of course I do, what? Do you have a way!?"
"I can provide you with some help!"
Onoki fell into silence. He naturally didn't believe what he said.
However, Iwagakure was in dire straits.
If he didn't want to give up, he would have to try another path.
"I accept."
"Very good!" Obito smiled with satisfaction, and a surge of excitement surged in his heart. He has always been suppressed by Funan, and now he finally has a chance to plot against Funan.
"First, we need to unite with other shinobi villages..."
…
After two battles between Konoha and Iwagakure, the war came to an abrupt stop.
It seemed that the Fourth Great Shinobi War had reached a stalemate.
Everyone knew that this moment of calm was only brewing an even more violent storm.
It only remained to wait to see who would make the first move.
This calm would not last long.
Unexpectedly the first to make a move was Land of Fire itself.
On this day, the soldiers of the Land of Fire went out in large numbers and smashed many shops in the Land of Fire.
People in the shops were arrested and killed!
In just one night, those once-prosperous businesses turned into ruins.
The news soon reached the ears of Funan who was on the front lines against Kumogakure.
"They have guts!" Funan laughed.
Iwagakure had lost more than half of its forces, and what was left was under the control of Jiraiya and Tsunade, who would continue to advance without problems.
Moreover, Funan knew perfectly well that Onoki had paid a heavy price for escaping from him. In his current state, Onoki might no longer be stronger than Kakashi.
Therefore, Funan decided to abandon the battle against Iwagakure and concentrate on the border with Kumogakure. At this moment, he was already considering attacking Kumogakure.
Iwagakure was holding on desperately, refusing to give up. So if they were going to play at resisting, he would strike at Kumogakure as well, weakening their forces.
Who knew that at this time, he actually heard the news that the Land of Fire had begun to take action.
"It's really interesting..."
In the command tent, Funan touched his chin and murmured: "Guy, why do people always seem hell-bent on bringing about their own death?"
The shops that were destroyed belonged to both him and Konoha.
The losses for Funan and Konoha were enormous.
Besides, war is won with money.
The loss of those profitable businesses also had a great impact on Funan's war.
In his heart, Funan was seething with rage.
Surprisingly, this time Guy didn't shout or get carried away by his youthful ardor, but instead spoke seriously: "Hokage-sama, they are the nobles."
"So what?" Funan really couldn't understand the people of this world.
What does it matter if they are noble?
Without power, they are nothing more than dogs.
In Funan's eyes, the daimyo is worse than an ordinary Konoha villager.
However, in front of the Daimyo, even Sarutobi Hiruzen was fearful and respectful.
In a world with extraordinary power, Funan didn't understand how an ordinary person could have so much power. Even missing-nin didn't dare to harm nobles. Even if the shinobi villages lost the war, nobles had to be respected.
Funan didn't understand it at all.
"Alas!" Funan sighed and said: "Hyoumaru."
"Here!" A member of the Uchiha clan emerged from the shadows.
"Let's go!" Funan said calmly: "Bring back the heads of those nobles who did it."
"Oh, by the way..." Funan added, looking at Hyoumaru. "Can you find out who was responsible?"
"Don't worry," Hyoumaru replied with a smile. "Those who acted are few, you just need to follow the trail to discover their superiors. I'm more worried about killing the wrong ones; you know, sometimes some take advantage of the situation to betray their masters."
"It doesn't matter," Funan said, waving his hand. "It's better to kill more than to let someone get away. Understood?"
"Yes!" Hyoumaru replied forcefully, before leaving accompanied by a group of shinobi.
Funan was still muttering in the same place, not paying any attention to the strange looks around him.
"A bunch of ordinary people, guys like ants, I can kill you easily, damn, who gave you the courage? Fuck!"
"A bunch of trash!"
"Report!"
The sound of hurried footsteps sounded.
A ninja burst into the command tent, kneeling on one knee in front of Funan.
"What's the matter?"
"According to Jiraiya-sama's information, Iwagakure has begun to move. Jiraiya has already had a small clash with them."
"Onoki brat..." Funan was surprised.
"Report!"
Another ninja ran over and said: "The Kumogakure Shinobi Army is approaching us, and the sensing-nin has also detected the aura of the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki."
Funan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Inside the store, the atmosphere was filled with murmurs.
"Report!"
Another ninja ran in, speaking in a hurried tone.
"Kirigakure... Kirigakure has attacked Shisui-sama. Both sides have engaged in combat in which both sides have suffered damage."
"What?" Funan's eyes became sharp. "Kirigakure?"
"Yes!"
"Kirigakure's army went out to attack our Konoha shinobi army at night. Fortunately, our army was vigilant and did not let the other side succeed. According to preliminary statistics, our losses exceeded 700, and Kirigakure's losses exceeded 1,000!"
"Haha!" Funan laughed.
Terumi Mei!
The first person to take action was actually you!
You have guts!
Just wait!
"Report!"
Another ninja entered the command tent.
Funan said lightly: "Don't tell me Sunagakure has also acted."
"No, but a coded message has arrived from Sunagakure."
"Give it to me!"
"Yes!"
Funan took the letter, opened it and read it quickly. His eyes narrowed and a dangerous look appeared in his eyes.
Obito, that guy had been playing a double game, offering to help while allying himself with the other shinobi villages to attack him. It was exactly what he would expect from him.
What Obito didn't know was that Rasa was on Funan's side.
The only person capable of opposing Rasa, Pakura, had already decided not to return to Sunagakure.
The situation in Sunagakure is very stable.
After thinking for a while, Funan wrote a letter and said: "Send this letter."
"Yes!"
It was a letter to Rasa.
The fact that the other villages had already launched their attack and Sunagakure remained silent would raise suspicions.
Since that's the case, Rasa should also participate. Rasa has enemies within Suna, and this battle is the perfect opportunity to consolidate his power.
Guy said loudly: "Hokage-sama, what should we do?"
"What should we do?" Funan sneered and said: "What else could we do? We're going to fight, of course!"
---
I will post some extra Chapters in Patreon, you can check it out. >> patreon.com/TitoVillar
---