The Hokage, having traveled here, of course he'd unify the ninja world!

Chapter 792 Deidara's Strategic Vision

Hidden Rock Village.

Tsuchikage's office.

After thinking for a long time, Onoki asked, "Has Konoha mentioned the details of the alliance?"

Deidara shook his head: "The Fourth Hokage only told me this, and told me to ask you first."

Upon returning to Iwagakure, Deidara immediately went to see Onoki.

Onoki never expected that Konoha's appetite was so big, wanting to swallow the entire Land of Wind.

Chiyo means that Konoha and Iwagakure should form an alliance and attack Sunagakure together.

After the territory was captured, it was divided equally between the two sides.

Although most of the Land of Wind is desert, it is the largest of the five great nations in terms of area.

The top experts have been mostly wiped out, but there are still close to 20,000 ninjas left.

If the goal is to make a quick raid and then retreat, there's no need to use the Hidden Rock Cave.

But Konoha's appetite is clearly huge; it wants to devour Sunagakure entirely.

The problem is that Konoha is currently the strongest ninja village in the ninja world, without exception.

If Konoha and Iwagakure form an alliance, they will naturally be able to take down Sunagakure much faster.

Once Konoha has fully absorbed the land of the Land of Wind, its strength will undoubtedly increase significantly.

The fact that Iwagakure is now allied with Konoha to deal with Sunagakure is tantamount to asking a tiger for its skin.

However, considering Konoha's high-end combat strength, even without allying with Iwagakure, conquering the Land of Wind is only a matter of time.

"Old man, think it through before you make a decision. They will take action in seven days after the Chunin Exams in Konoha."

"I'm going to refine my dust explosion technique."

Deidara seemed carefree, neither asking nor offering advice, adopting a Zen-like attitude.

Just do what you're supposed to do.

"Wait a minute." Onoki hadn't expected Konoha to pull such a stunt.

It was somewhat unexpected.

"What's wrong, old man?"

Seeing that Deidara wasn't in a hurry at all, Onoki was speechless.

"This is such a big matter for the village, you should also give your opinion."

Onoki was already somewhat hesitant about this matter. He had originally considered Deidara as his successor, so he naturally wanted to hear Deidara's opinion.

Deidara stopped in his tracks as he was about to leave.

“If we do nothing, we won’t get anything, but if we attack Sunagakure together with Konoha, the situation will be different.”

Onoki's expression shifted, realizing that Deidara hadn't finished speaking: "Um... continue."

Deidara continued, "If we do nothing, Yekura will definitely ask us and Kumogakure for help."

Onoki nodded slightly. That was indeed the case. Kirigakure was close to the Uchiha clan and had a deep grudge against Sunagakure. They would definitely not help Sunagakure.

Therefore, Sunagakure had no choice but to seek help from Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

“If we choose to help Sunagakure, then the situation will be the same as it was five years ago.”

Five years ago, it was those three ninja villages that attacked Konoha, but they were utterly defeated by Konoha.

However, the situation is different now than it was five years ago; Chiyo is no longer here (according to Ohnoki).

"Given the strength of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, the best outcome would be for us to fight Konoha to a draw. Apart from losing lives, we would have nothing."

"The worst outcome is the same as five years ago: we at Iwagakure suffer a crushing defeat."

Recently, Konoha was attacked, and information about Konoha activating a super-large sealing array has appeared on the black market.

After all, there are too many people in Konoha now, and too many spies.

Although Konoha only used one formation, a formation of this level requires a powerful core to provide chakra.

This kind of formation, whether formed by a single person or encompassing the entire inner city of Konoha, represents an unfathomable level of power.

The most likely possibility is that Konoha is hiding the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Deidara's analysis was very logical.

It has to be said that Deidara analyzed many points that Deidara hadn't even thought of yet.

Onoki looked at Deidara with eyes full of approval.

"What are the benefits if we ally with Konoha?"

Onoki continued to ask Deidara what he meant.

Deidara spread his hands: "Although we haven't finalized the cooperation method yet, if we conquer the Land of Wind..."

"Although Konoha's territory will expand significantly, it will also take a lot of time to govern it."

"Just look at Konoha's Seabuckthorn City; they want to completely transform the Land of Wind into a habitable place."

"This is not something that can be resolved in one or two years."

"It will take at least ten years. That's a long time, enough for us to come up with more solutions, or we can wait for Yunyin to come up with one."

"Old man, if you don't ally with Konoha, then help Sunagakure. You won't get any benefits after the battle."

"If we form an alliance with Konoha, we can have half of the Land of Wind."

"With the opportunity to develop, the time for conflict with Konoha will be postponed."

"As for how to choose, that's up to you."

Deidara has always been intelligent, but Onoki was unaware of how well Deidara analyzed the big picture.

This greatly pleased Ohnoki, who was preparing to make Deidara his successor.

Onoki's face was full of smiles: "Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be able to think of so many things."

"I need to discuss this in a meeting. You can go and do your work."

Deidara waved and then disappeared.

Onoki was deeply moved by the sight of those energetic young people.

Although he did not agree directly at this point, he was already leaning towards the alliance.

As for holding meetings and discussions, there is really no need for that, because Onoki has been in power for too many years and his prestige has reached the point where he can completely dominate the government.

The so-called meeting was merely a channel for Ōnoki to issue orders.

However, since he already had the intention to abdicate, he naturally had to make a show of it.

Onoki walked to the table and took out the latest Konoha intelligence report again to review it.

It must be said that the attacks by the Sky Ninja were very lethal.

Most people in the ninja village can't fly, so if they were bombed like this, the losses would be particularly severe.

As for the final lightning-based secret technique, its destructive power is also extremely strong.

However, the entire attack on Konoha was shrouded in an eeriness, which meant that Konoha was very well prepared.

If Konoha hadn't prepared a formation beforehand, the damage caused by the Souku ninja would have increased exponentially.

If the final lightning-based secret technique hadn't been stopped, even more people would have died.

[With such a powerful formation, could it be that the Nine-Tails has been in Konoha all along?]

Onoki pressed a button on the table, and a few seconds later, an ANBU member appeared in front of Onoki using the Body Flicker Technique.

"Lord Tsuchikage."

Onoki grunted and stroked his beard, asking, "Where's Kurotsuchi?"

"Kurotsuchi went out with Deidara and they're training together now."

"Go down." Onoki waved his hand with satisfaction.

The dark area disappeared instantly.

Deidara is insensitive when it comes to matters of the heart, but he has a very good relationship with Kurotsuchi.

What puts Onoki at ease is that Deidara has only ever had Kurotsuchi by his side all these years.

They're not young anymore.

Onoki, considering their ages, was also preparing to do something.

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