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

Chapter 404 All Parties

Sunagakure Village.

Fengying's office.

Luo Sha looked at the intelligence document in front of him with some annoyance.

According to his plan:

Hiruzen Sarutobi belongs to the Land of Fire, even if he's not in Konoha.

When the Land of Fire is invaded, they are mostly there to help.

Luo Sha's plan was to take the initiative and act as a whistleblower.

First, use Shukaku to devour or severely damage Hiruzen Sarutobi's team.

Other ninja villages followed suit and wiped out Hiruzen Sarutobi's group together.

Because Hiruzen Sarutobi doesn't have a tailed beast, he was very confident.

They even encountered Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group, which was a great thing.

But things took an unexpected turn.

Despite making sufficient preparations, Shukaku was still held back.

Even the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki appeared with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Although the attack was ultimately successful, Rasa felt he hadn't gained much by simply consuming one of Shukaku's tails.

He had already set an example, thinking that other ninja villages would be unable to hold back any longer.

Once again, things turned out differently than he expected.

The people of Konoha and the leader of Akatsuki launched a surprise attack on Hiruzen Sarutobi.

They might even kill them all.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his many men were wiped out in one fell swoop.

There were no survivors, only some ordinary civilians left.

There are two key points now: the strength of the Akatsuki leader and their relationship with the Uchiha clan.

Secondly, the people of Konoha simply don't care that the Land of Fire's strength will be weakened, or rather, they feel that the death of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others is no big deal.

After doing all this, the people of Konoha simply withdrew all the personnel defending the border.

The meaning is clear: please come and attack our Konoha Village.

No one knew what Konoha was relying on, or if it was just a ruse.

The other ninja villages were worried that Konoha might have formed a partnership with Akatsuki.

So after the rallying cry, all the personnel were stuck on the border line, neither daring to attack nor willing to retreat.

They hoped to gather more accurate intelligence to decide whether to attack the Land of Fire.

Of course, there is now a ghostly army of demons marching towards the Land of Fire.

They can just be their pawns.

However, Konoha didn't react much to this, as if they didn't care at all.

Rasa and the elders had discussed it many times, and everyone was of one mind in wanting to attack Konoha.

But everyone was arguing about how to fight.

There are two points we need to understand now: one is whether the leader of Akatsuki is on the same side as Konoha.

And is the recent news that the leader of the Akatsuki organization is dead true or false?

Another question is whether the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki escaped or was captured by the people of Konoha.

"Are the Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Rock Village both stationed on the border?" Rasa asked, somewhat annoyed, after looking at the intelligence report on the table.

Below are his left and right hands, Machi.

"Yes, both the people of Kumogakure and Iwagakure are wary of the leader of Akatsuki."

"Like us, they're all stuck on the border."

Maki understood Rasa's frustration. Deploying a large number of people on the border was particularly disadvantageous for Sunagakure because these ninjas could not generate any revenue.

Because Sunagakure was the poorest ninja village, Rasa had become accustomed to frugality.

This kind of unquestionable consumption pained him quite a bit.

He didn't know how long the break would last, or even how long the fight would last once it started.

"Damn Akatsuki!" Rasa cursed fiercely.

After all, without the intervention of the Akatsuki, the people of Kumogakure and Iwagakure might have already crossed the border.

Everyone is currently stuck at the border, and no one wants to make the first move.

The Sand Village was already weak, and they wasted a One-Tailed Beast.

According to the Uchiha's methods, their attack on Sarutobi's group first actually helped Konoha.

This kind of decision-making error also greatly frustrated Luo Sha.

"Lord Kazekage, I think we should withdraw our men. Our men can't withstand further losses."

"Let's wait until both Kumogakure and Iwagakure have made their moves before we consider sending anyone over."

Luo Sha was also starting to consider backing out, and when he heard Ma Ji's suggestion, he went along with it.

"Well, Konoha has indeed expended a lot of power anyway."

"We can't replenish them in a short time. Let's wait until Kumogakure and Iwagakure make their move before we talk about it."

That was all he could say; at least he managed to salvage his dignity.

Machi knew perfectly well what was going on and nodded in agreement.

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Konoha Village.

Uchiha clan.

"...Konan, have Kakuzu go and make a trip, taking Sasori, Zenku, and Deidara with him."

"Did you let Deidara participate in operations as soon as he joined the organization?"

"His stance is neither on behalf of the ninja village nor the country..."

After Qianyao made some follow-up arrangements, it was already afternoon.

He came out of the conference room, and a red-haired woman rushed towards him.

"Master, why are you taking so long to come out! I've been waiting for you for ages!"

As before, Chiyo reached out and caught Karin.

Others also came out of the meeting room one after another; everyone recognized Karin.

But because of this, everyone's expressions were somewhat strange, after all, Karin had grown up too fast and didn't look like a child at all.

After saying goodbye to Qianyao, they all left.

Chiyo gently patted Karin's hair: "Don't be so reckless in the future."

Karin shook her head vigorously: "No way, Master will definitely catch me anyway!"

"Master, guess what day it is today?"

After a moment's thought, Qianyao remembered: "It's your birthday today."

Karin giggled happily: "Master, I'm eleven years old!"

Seeing Karin's innocent and romantic appearance, Chiyo affectionately ruffled Karin's hair:

"Then come home with me for dinner."

"Call your mother too."

Karin shook her head repeatedly: "Mom was called away by Lord Orochimaru to help with an experiment."

"Alright, then you can come with me."

"Great! I can celebrate my birthday with Master!"

Karin, holding Chiyo's hand, excitedly led him towards his house.

As Chiyo was being led away by Karin, she turned back to look at Rin.

After the Sharingan activated, it used genjutsu to inform Rin what to do.

Rin was slightly taken aback, then immediately nodded to Chiyo and disappeared in a flash.

Karin has changed a lot recently, and she has also contributed a lot to the detection barrier in Konoha.

Physical maturity brings not only changes in physique, but also a massive increase in chakra.

Karin has now awakened Kagura's Mind's Eye, and the Adamantine Sealing Technique is only a matter of time.

Or perhaps Kushina could teach Karin the Adamantine Sealing Technique; that should allow her to learn it sooner.

Karin had no idea that Chiyo was having such thoughts; she was just excitedly pulling Chiyo home.

She hadn't eaten at her master's house in a long time.

For some reason, she was exceptionally excited about this trip.

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