Chapter 270 Intrigue (two in one)

  Suspiciousness and sensitivity are the basic qualities of a leader.

  They cannot simply believe in everything, nor can they easily deny everything. After all, leaders have to make decisions, not only to themselves, but also to the big guys, so they need to think more.

  This kind of extra costly thinking is worthwhile. For example, if a butterfly **** its wings and puts a light command on it, the subordinates may be forced to endure an unimaginable storm.

  The responsibility of the leader is to avoid this, and to find a relatively suitable option from among the many options. Thinking more is a responsibility that must be fulfilled.

  Three Tsuchikage Ohnoki is thinking a lot right now.

  The information on the whole incident was clearly on his desk, and all kinds of clues suggested that it was Konoha ninja who attacked Lao Zi, but if he had to say it, there were still some doubts.

  For example, Konoha’s purpose for doing this, and for example, why this incident spread so fast, he, Tuying, knew about it a little later than the villagers...Is there someone who can promote it? If so, who are these people?

  Here is a question to think about, who will benefit the most from the conflict between Yanyin Village and Konoha?

  A name flashed through Ohnoki's mind—Kusunin Village.

  Since the Xiao organization behind the grass ninja village was exposed to the major ninja villages, the grass ninja village must take the initiative to fight against Konoha in order to bear the pressure of the land of fire for the land of thunder and the land of earth in exchange for living space.

   Kusanagi Village must do this, otherwise, a re-emerging country caught in the middle of a big country will be a thorn in the eyes of all Shinobi Villages.

  Under this international situation, if the Land of Earth declares war on the Land of Fire, the pressure on Kusunin Village will be reduced a lot, which is an obvious benefit.

  Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki frowned, suspicion of Kusanagi Village and Akatsuki's organization slowly rising in his heart.

  Could it be them?

  Onoki pressed his swollen temples and felt a headache.

  At an early age, he still has to fight with young people like them, alas... That old man Sarutobi has taken a break at least, but he has been working continuously for decades.

   But so what, Yanyin Village is in short supply, and for the time being, there are no people who have the potential of "shadow" by xinxing means.

   "Huangtu, contact Konoha." Ohnoki told the door, "Now I want to talk to Hokage."

   "Yes, Dokage-sama!"

  …

   After a quarter of an hour, contact the room.

  Onoki was suspended on the seat, and after the screen in front of him changed from black and white to reveal Sarutobi's old face, he yelled loudly,

   "Sarutobi, what did you Konoha do to Lao Zi, send him back quickly, otherwise Yanyin Village will never let it go..."

  Third Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi's expression was serious, he waited for Ohnoki to finish his chatter and a series of words, and then said in a deep voice, "Is this a misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstand?"

  This reaction made Ohnoki's heart sink, but his mouth was still unforgiving, "What misunderstanding made the Jinzhuli in my village hit Konoha?"

   "Four Tails Jinchuriki Lao Zi is not in Konoha!"

  Third Hokage emphasized emphatically, and said word by word, "Those rumors are also driven by people with a heart, and I, Konoha, are also investigating."

  Onoki stared at Sarutobi's old face, and couldn't see any flaws, but he still said aggressively, "Except you Konoha, who else can capture Lao Zi in such a short time, stop pretending here!"

   "Indeed, a Jinchuriki who can completely transform into a tailed beast is quite difficult to deal with."

The Third Hokage paused, and said slowly, "...But besides the Jiraiya mentioned in the rumors, there are at least five fingers to deal with him. If he is besieged, there will be even more people. I think you have some ideas in your heart." a suspicious target, such as…”

   "Enough, I don't want to hear your crap!"

  Onoki had a stern face, and said coldly, "If I don't see Lao Zi back to Yanyin Village tomorrow, I will bear the consequences!"

   As soon as the voice fell, the small screen in front of the third Hokage turned into pitch black.

   "Onoki, this old fox, is really not easy to fool..."

   Hiruzaru Sarutobi sat in the liaison room and breathed a sigh of relief, "But it's okay, the goal has been achieved."

  …

   "Old fox!"

  Onoki ended the video conversation he personally initiated, fell on the wooden chair, and fell into deep thought.

  Huangtu waited on the side, and after waiting for a full quarter of an hour, he asked, "Father, is it really Konoha's fault that Master Lao Zi was captured?"

"I have no idea."

  Onoki's answer was completely unexpected to Huang Tu, his expression changed, "But you were directly declaring war on Konoha just now."

   "Just trick him, what's so strange about it."

  Onoki glanced at the loess, with a stern look in his eyes.

  Huang Tu knew that he had asked another stupid question, so he lowered his head and did not dare to meet his father's gaze.

  Onoki sighed slightly when he saw his son's performance, and explained,

   "There is not enough information to make a judgment, so I plan to get some information from Konoha, but that old fox Sarutobi does not leak anything."

  Whether it’s the small details that take time to get in touch, or the performance of his stern questioning, it’s completely as if he knows the black market gossip and plans to explain.

  This video exchange only ruled out a very low probability possibility - Konoha intends to use Lao Zi as a hostage to force Yanyin Village to take action against Kusunin Village.

   "You mean, Hokage expected you to take the initiative to test, so he pretended to be like this?" Huangtu suddenly realized.

   "There is such a possibility, but there is another possibility, that is, he is not pretending."

  Onoki said something that wasn't nonsense.

  If Hiruzaru Sarutobi had predicted it in advance, with his scheming, he would naturally be prepared, and if he didn't know, the appearance would be like this.

   Now it is equivalent to that Sarutobi is acting and Sarutobi really doesn't know. The two states are superimposed and encapsulated in a black box. Unless it is broken, the truth will not be known at all.

   But unfortunately, he has no way to break the box these days.

  Looking at the still entangled loess, Onogi said slowly, "The truth can be dealt with later. The most important thing now is how to deal with the incident of Lao Zi's disappearance."

  It's about the tail beast, it's about the strength of the people, no matter how small things can become big things, and making a lot of noise means that you can't get away with it, you have to have an explanation.

  There are three options in front of Ohnoki, one is to confirm the rumors with the official announcement and launch an attack on Konoha, and the other is to pin the blame on Akatsuki and attack Kusanagi Village.

  These two options cost manpower and material resources, and more importantly, they both have the risk of being used by black hands behind the scenes.

  If it were the Fourth Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village, the prestige would not be able to completely control the village, and he had to vent the anger of the villagers, so he could only choose between these two options.

  But the three generations of Tsuchikage Ohnoki are different.

   Having been in power for decades, there is not even a ‘Danzo’, and the prestige has already reached the top of Yanyin Village. It is entirely possible to choose the third option—stand still, neither targeting Konoha, nor helping Caoren Village.

   This is the most conservative approach, and also the most robust, adapting to circumstances no matter what the truth is.

  After making the decision, Onogi Sandai Tsuchikage paused, suddenly realizing who would benefit the most from doing so, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

   "Did this also be expected by you?"

  He never gave up his doubts about Sarutobi and Konoha from the very beginning, but judging from the known information, he still prefers the third option.

  Because even this kind of thinking may have been intentionally created by Kusanin Village, and the nesting of dolls will be endless.

  No matter what the truth is, this choice is the one that Yanyin Village suffers the least.

   "Hoo..."

  He let out a long breath, and Onoki the Third Tsuchikage knew that he had lost a trick this time.

He tends to think that this old guy Sarutobi Hiruzen is taking risks, but Hokage is different from Tukage after all, with the Fire Country as a support, even if he is facing the encirclement and suppression of Kusanagi Village and Iwagakure Village at the same time, it is just more dangerous , not to the extent of the disaster of destroying the village.

   "This old thing..."

  Onoki cursed in a low voice.

  Hearing these words, Huang Tu subconsciously glanced at his father with a strange look in his eyes.

  …

  Yuyin Village, a meeting room in the black steeple, Payne, Xiaonan, and Obito are all in it, and the atmosphere is a bit solemn.

  Payne's eyes were indifferent, and he said coldly, "You didn't do anything about the Four Tails Jinchuriki?"

  Just as a consensus was reached, Lao Zi in Yanyin Village was attacked the next day. It's hard to say that this isn't a man in a mask who is pretending to be evil.

  From the perspective of Nagato, one would naturally doubt him, or rather, Nagato never trusted Obito from the very beginning.

   "This has nothing to do with me."

  There was a tinge of anger in Obito's voice. Anyone sitting alone at home would feel uncomfortable if a pot fell on his head.

   "This matter must have been done by Jiraiya and those Konoha ninja teams."

  He also realized now that the other party killed Bai Ze who was used to monitor them, not only because he knew about its existence from Orochimaru, but also because the village issued a new mission that required covert action.

  Unfortunately, at the time, he felt that there would be no gain if he continued to monitor, and there was still a possibility of being discovered, so he asked Bai Jue to withdraw.

Lao Zi also had Bai Jue's avatar to monitor, so he didn't wait until the rumors spread, but Lao Zi lived here in seclusion and hadn't changed places for a long time. They were transferred away. I didn't expect Konoha to take such a big action suddenly.

  Ji Lai Ye's team was able to steal Lao Zi, which was due to many chances and coincidences, and I really can't blame others.

  After trying to understand this point, Obito also felt angry in his heart. How could he not be angry when facing Nagato's questioning?

   "If it wasn't for you, it could only be Konoha."

  Payne's eyes flickered coldly, "Some businesses between the Land of Earth and Kusanagi Village were urgently stopped yesterday, and the exchange of supplies has become a limited transaction, which will create a huge obstacle to the expansion of power, so..."

Payne's eyes fell on Obito, "Go and confirm the life and death of Laozi. If he is dead, it's fine. If he is alive, find a way to rescue him from Konoha. If Laozi can regain his freedom, the dirty water Konoha poured on us Naturally it will go away."

   Obito nodded slightly, his eyes flashed red, "I will do this without your telling me."

  Collecting tail beasts and resurrecting ten tails has always been the highest priority in his mind, but Nagato's delay in taking action has affected him a bit, and he has become a little slack.

   "Move faster."

  Payne expressionless, said coldly, "The war is about to begin."

  In June of Konoha's 55th year, the newly established Kusanagi Village Alliance openly declared war on Konoha on the grounds of resisting unfair ninja competition.

  Three generations of Hokage immediately issued a notice, scolding Kusanagi Village to stop unnecessary wars, and at the same time increased troops to the border of the country of fire to start a confrontation with the country of grass.

  The situation in the ninja world suddenly became precarious.

  …

   No matter how hot the fight outside is, it has nothing to do with Orochimaru who is in the wet bone forest. He is hanging overseas like the country of water, playing by himself.

   Before the splitting technique is completed, his intervention in the ninja world can only be limited to taking care of the four-tailed Jinchuriki.

   "Oshemaru, Orochimaru..."

  I don't know when, a clone of the slug fairy climbed to his shoulder and said, "That red hair, he woke up."

   "Red hair?"

   Orochimaru was stunned, and then he realized it, and smiled, "You mean the old Zi of Yanyin Village? Don't worry about him, as long as he doesn't escape, the rest is up to you, I don't care."

  Slug Immortal whispered, "That's not the problem, the wetbone forest is empty, what do you want me to feed him?"

  Oshemaru suddenly realized, "Hey, this is a problem."

  Now he is focusing on research, and what he eats is all kinds of big fish transported by the killer whale group.

   The conditions were poor and there was no time to deal with it, so Orochimaru simply ate raw.

  His current body is inhuman, even if it is slightly rotten, he can digest it as if nothing had happened.

  But Lao Zi in Yanyin Village is still a normal human being.

  Even if he becomes Renzhuli, his combat power is far superior to that of ordinary people, but his digestive system is still no different from that of ordinary people. It is impossible for him to gnaw on raw seafood.

  Those germs can cause abdominal distension and diarrhea in mild cases, and even poisoning and death in severe cases.

  As the top combat power of Ninja Village, it would be too funny to be killed by a few pieces of raw seafood without dying on the battlefield.

   Thinking of this possibility, Orochimaru also felt a little funny, and couldn't help but glance at the little thing on his shoulder.

   It is indeed a psychic beast that has been following the medical ninja. If it were Wanshe, or the three snake princesses, they would not notice such small details.

   "You want me to light him a fire, right? It's a trivial matter."

  Old Zi has a sealing technique on his body and cannot use chakra. Naturally, he can't solve this problem by himself. As for the matter of drilling wood to make fire, it is too funny.

  Thinking of this, Orochimaru frowned suddenly, looked around the wet bone forest,

   "You don't seem to have any plants here that can be used as firewood?"

  Slug Immortal swayed his body and said softly, "This is the problem."

  How to make a fire without firewood, you can't use it as a stove for Lao Zi Shizhan three times a day.

  Deng Shen laughed madly, "This is the bottom of the sea, you can dig down to see if there is any combustible ice, hahaha..."

  (end of this chapter)