The entire Konoha, and even the entire ninja world, entered a period of unexpected calm.

Or a period of silence.

The first person to confirm the disappearance of the Third Kazekage was Luo Sha, who was the only one who knew what the Red Sand Scorpion had done.

He only confirmed it three days after the Third Kazekage disappeared.

Although I can't believe that the Red Sand Scorpion can defeat the Third Kazekage, especially in the desert.

As a ninja who is good at using sand manipulation, he certainly knows how powerful sand manipulation can be in the desert.

But after the Third Kazekage said he wanted to deal with Scorpion himself, he never showed up again.

So Luo Sha told the Council of Elders about this matter, and also told what he discovered about Scorpion making the puppet.

The first time he learned the news, Chiyo went to Scorpion's independent studio, found the remaining evidence of his producer's puppet, and confirmed his disappearance.

There is no doubt that the elders of the Sunagakure Village Council of Elders immediately went into an uproar when they learned of this situation.

Shocked by Elder Chiyo's grandson Scorpion, the Red Sand Scorpion who had high hopes from all the ninjas in Sunagakure Village, defected from Sunagakure Village.

He was even more shocked that Scorpion, who was only in his early teens, actually fought against the third-generation Kazekage, who was known as the strongest Kazekage in history. What a talent this was. In time, it would definitely bring the entire Sunagakure Village to a higher level.

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Of course, they would not be so naive as to think that Scorpion defeated the Third Kazekage despite the hard steel. He must have used a lot of tricks. At the same time, the Third Kazekage remembered his old relationship and did not kill him.

It is precisely because of this that the third generation Kazekage, known as the strongest Kazekage in history, died. The murderer was the grandson of the elder Qiandai of the puppet line.

It is conceivable that as long as this matter is announced, it will definitely cause turmoil in the entire Sunagakure Village.

There are many ninjas who specialize in sand arts, and these people are headed by the Third Kazekage. Now that the Third Kazekage has died, civil strife has almost become a certainty.

Moreover, there is still turmoil in the Caosha series and the Puppet series.

The Elders Council of Sand Hidden Village had no choice but to block the news in the short term.

However, paper cannot cover the fire. The Third Kazekage has not appeared for such a long time, and no one is coordinating the overall situation of Sunagakure Village. Many things that were originally well-organized have become chaotic.

In the end, the entire Sunagakure Village learned that their beloved Third Kazekage had passed away.

For a time, there was a violent outburst within Sand Hidden Village, almost to the point of a tense fight.

As a disciple of the Third Kazekage, Luo Sha, who is very skilled in the sand manipulation technique and can also use magnetic escape, was elected as the new leader of the sand manipulation series, while the leader of the puppet series is still Chiyo.

Seeing that Sand Hidden Village is about to perish in civil strife, ending the history of this glorious one of the five Hidden Villages in self-strife.

The elders of Sunagakure Village, who were in a hurry, and Luo Sha, who was temporarily elected, unanimously decided to release the pressure to the outside.

Even if so many people are really going to die, they can't just let their own people die. They don't want to consume them internally. At the very least, they have to drag some people into the water.

Finally, just when the ninjas inside Sunagakure Village were about to fight, Chiyo and Rasa spoke up at the same time, pointing their finger at the outside world.

It was someone from Konoha who planned to kill the Third Kazekage!

In an instant, the entire Sunagakure Village was boiling, and the crowd was excited. The conflicts within the Sunagakure Village were resolved at this moment, and the knives they had sharpened were all pointed at Konoha.

Of course Konoha is aware of all this.

In fact, after the top management of Sunagakure Village announced the death of the third Kazekage, the entire ninja world turned its attention to Sunagakure Village.

The death of the leader of a village is not a small matter, especially in a village like the Five Great Hidden Villages. The death of a village's shadow is definitely a major event that can shock the entire ninja world.

Originally, the other four Hidden Villages just wanted to see the excitement and watch the internal fighting in Sunagakure Village.

But no one expected that the senior management of Sunagakure Village made a clever move and diverted all the attention of everyone in Sunagakure Village to Konoha.

Of course, Konoha strongly protested against this and explained that Konoha and Sunagakure Village have a friendly cooperative relationship.

But Sunagakure Village now provides Konoha with 20% of the mission share every year. No Suna ninja believes this. Even if the Third Kazekage was not killed by Konoha, they still want to point the finger at Konoha.

Although nominally speaking, the current Sunagakure Village is coordinated by the elders headed by Chiyo and Rasa, the new leader of the Caosha family, but even if there are many people supporting it, how can the young Rasa compete with Chiyo?

He wants to become the fourth Kazekage, and working with Chiyo is the best choice.

So in fact, the control of Sunagakure Village now has fallen to Chiyo.

With the hatred between her and Konoha, she would have to fight if not fight.

Of course, Chiyo is not a fool. He doesn't just fight. Instead, after declaring war with Konoha, he urgently sent people to contact Iwagakure Village, which also had enmity with Konoha, Kumogakure Village, which was about to make a move, and those who were in seclusion.

Kirigakure Village.

...

at the same time.

Konoha.

After knowing the news, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately convened a high-level meeting in Konoha.

The people who attended the meeting were almost all people with real power in Konoha. Even Danzo Shimura, who was personally banned from the root base by Hiruzen Sarutobi, also participated in the meeting.

At the same time, there are Mito Kado who is the advisor of the Hokage, Koharu who has moved to another dormitory, Orochimaru who is one of the three ninjas, Jiraiya who is also one of the three ninjas who has recently returned to the village, and Nara who is the leader of Konoha's jounin class.

Shikashin, the leader of the Uchiha clan, the leader of the Hyuga clan, and some other jounin with considerable power.

Toneri also participated in this meeting. He did so as the deputy minister of Konoha Medical Department. Because the minister was concurrently held by Sarutobi Hiruzen, the deputy minister was equivalent to being able to exercise the powers of the minister.

"Just yesterday, Sunagakure Village unilaterally declared war with us, and we learned from our spies that their ninja army has begun to take action, and the battle with Sunagakure Village is inevitable.

According to reliable information, Sunagakure Village also sent people to contact Iwagakure Village, Kumogakure Village and Kirigakure Village, and the Third Ninja World War may break out at any time!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression was solemn.

This war is undoubtedly an unforeseen disaster for Konoha.

Konoha, after ending the era of the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama and entering the management of Hiruzen Sarutobi, has entered a period of rapid growth, and its cutting-edge strength may not reach the level of Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama.

, but the overall strength is definitely greatly enhanced.

Therefore, Konoha has become a thorn in the side of the entire ninja world, and hostility to Konoha has almost become the instinct of other major powers.

Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen can expect that once Sunagakure Village takes the lead, Iwagakure Village, which was forced to "defeat" in the second ninja war, will definitely not be convinced. That old fox Onoki has long wanted to provoke another dispute.

It just takes one person to start.

As for Konoha's nominal ally Kumogakure, the Third Raikage Ai did not participate in the Second Ninja World War, and has always been a little unwilling to do so. In addition, knowing that the second tail is in Konoha, he has been holding a breath in his heart.

I probably won't remain silent this time either.

Kirigakure Village, which is closed off and no one can figure out the situation, also needs to be on guard.

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt very headache.

Boom——

The sound of a cane hitting the floor was heard.

Shimura Danzo, who had been silent for more than two years, couldn't help but want to speak out when he appeared.

One of his exposed eyes was staring directly at Sarutobi Hiruzen's, and the scrutiny in it was self-evident.

"I have told you a long time ago, Hiruzen, you are too kind. When we had the opportunity, we should have directly mobilized all our troops to target Sand Hidden Village. Even if the territory of the Kingdom of Wind is nothing but useless to us, it is still

It can help us reduce many hidden dangers!

But you just don't listen. Now that Sunagakure Village has come to its rescue, they want to use us to solve their own internal problems!

You need to bear some responsibility for all this!"

Shimura Danzo said a lot, just to put the responsibility on Sarutobi Hiruzen.

But as soon as he heard him speak, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought of White Fang Hatake Sakumo.

If Hatake Sakumo was still around, given his power to intimidate Sunagakure Village, they would probably have some scruples even if they really wanted to attack Konoha.

Thinking of this, Danzo became more and more angry in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes.

Since I'm angry, I won't watch it.

He turned to look at Mito Kadoen and Koharu Koharu. Just as they were about to speak, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at someone else, causing him to open his mouth and get stuck.

His eyes were fixed on Orochimaru, the disciple he had high hopes for.

"Orochimaru, tell me."

Orochimaru folded his arms and leaned on the back of the chair. His yellow pupils swayed slightly, and he gently fiddled with his long hair. You could clearly see the purple pendants on his ears.

Slowly stick out your tongue and lick your wet lips.

"Since they want to fight, even if they want to ask for peace now, it is impossible. Get ready to fight!" Orochimaru said bluntly.

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, scanned the whole place again, made brief eye contact with Nara Shikashin, and finally left his words on Toneri who had a "It has nothing to do with me" expression.

"Sheren, what do you think?"

Toneri, who was sitting lazily in his seat, suddenly trembled and was almost startled by Sarutobi Hiruzen's words.

There are so many big guys present, why does he need to speak?

But since Sarutobi Hiruzen asked...

After hesitating for a moment, he still said, "Uncle Sandai, you said that war may break out at any time. What is known now is Sand Hidden Village, but there is no guarantee that Iwagakure Village, Kirigakure Village or even Kumogakure Village will take action, so what?
To be continued...