boyutpedia #162 - Chapter 162 War Begins
#162 - Chapter 162 War Begins
After Iwagakure and Kumogakure revised their strategic objectives, shifting their attention from Konoha to Sunagakure, both the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure and the Raikage of Kumogakure discovered that things were not developing as they had anticipated.
In their assumptions, as the bottom-ranked of the five great ninja villages, they believed that with a little trickery and pressure on Sunagakure, the Kazekage would compromise with Iwagakure and Kumogakure as he had done before.
However, as they implemented their plans step by step, they were met with repeated setbacks.
Not only did the ninjas they sent to Sunagakure fail to obtain any useful information from the village,
but also their every action proved fruitless.
Whether it was provocation using their own ninjas' lives as a poison pill, or exerting pressure on Sunagakure in conjunction with the daimyo, Sunagakure resolved them one by one.
This made the two Kages of Iwagakure and Kumogakure increasingly uneasy about the young Kazekage and Sunagakure.
In particular, the calmness displayed by the young Kazekage made both sides feel strange.
Originally, they wanted to wait a little longer.
To see if there would be any variables?
For example, would Konoha, which had a deep-seated hatred for Sunagakure, enter the fray, or would there be other variables?
However, the latest intelligence from Sunagakure made them realize that they could no longer wait.
Firstly, Sunagakure had formed an alliance with the Land of Demons, with the Land of Demons hiring Sunagakure's ninjas to protect it. This meant that, at least for a long time to come, the biggest problem hindering Sunagakure's development: military expenditure, had been greatly alleviated.
Secondly, news from Amegakure, from within the organization called Akatsuki, indicated that Akatsuki and Sunagakure had reached a cooperation agreement. Akatsuki's ninjas would help Sunagakure deal with Iwagakure and Kumogakure in the form of mercenaries.
The two great ninja villages were naturally aware of Akatsuki's existence.
After all, Akatsuki had made its presence known several times during this war.
Although Akatsuki was considered a very weak existence in the eyes of behemoths like the two great ninja villages, its alliance with Sunagakure still made both villages feel uneasy. They didn't know what other tricks the young Kazekage would pull, so they had to act decisively before that happened.
Therefore, under a certain tacit understanding, Iwagakure and Kumogakure began to mobilize the ninjas originally stationed in the Land of Fire, and began to advance towards the Land of Wind.
As for whether the two sides felt unwilling to abandon Konoha, into which they had invested so much energy and so many ninjas for half a year?
Of course, they did?
But it was still within the acceptable range of Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
Among the five great ninja villages, maintaining the balance of power between them was also one of the purposes of war, rather than completely destroying the other.
Now, they could be said to have achieved this goal.
After half a year of war, Konoha, which had even sent children to the battlefield, could be said to have suffered heavy losses and would not recover for several years.
This was also the reason why Iwagakure and Kumogakure had to launch an attack on Sunagakure.
The secret rise of Sunagakure had already begun to disrupt this balance.
Therefore, in these two days...
On the territories of the small countries sandwiched between the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and Konoha.
The figures of ninjas became active once again.
The ninjas of Iwagakure and Kumogakure were busily preparing for this war. The ninjas of Konoha were also quietly lurking aside, waiting for an opportunity to appear. The figures of the Kirigakure ninjas also appeared, constantly probing the movements of the entire ninja world.
It was just that, to everyone's surprise, Sunagakure, the protagonist of this war, unexpectedly behaved very calmly, as if everything that was happening outside had nothing to do with them...
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Land of Wind, Sunagakure.
Because of Sunagakure's recent vigorous development, more and more outsiders entered Sunagakure, inevitably bringing news from the outside world into Sunagakure.
In addition to ordinary people who came to Sunagakure to escape the war and merchants who came to Sunagakure to make a fortune, spies from various countries and ninja villages were naturally indispensable.
Their purpose here was not only to spread information about Sunagakure, but also to take the opportunity to cause some damage within Sunagakure.
It's just that, what they found incomprehensible was!
The outside world was about to turn upside down, and everyone could feel the tense atmosphere.
But inside Sunagakure, everything seemed as calm as if nothing had changed.
Not only were the ninjas inside Sunagakure still performing their tasks as usual, but the higher-ups of Sunagakure also didn't seem to be mobilizing ninjas to prepare for defense.
This made these spies feel puzzled!
They could of course see that, in fact, it wasn't just them who were puzzled. Even the villagers and ninjas inside Sunagakure were also a little unclear about what the village was doing. It was clear that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had already made it clear that they were going to start a war against Sunagakure, but the village still didn't make any movements.
Could it be that they were going to surrender directly?
Everyone knew that this was impossible!
Just when everyone was wondering, a message said to have been spoken personally by Maki, the head of the Anbu, spread throughout Sunagakure.
“Tell everyone in the village not to think wildly. All they need to know is that the Kazekage-sama has made complete preparations. The only winner in this war will be our Sunagakure!”
Of course, many people were still doubtful, but Rosha's prestige accumulated over the past year and the success of his actions time and time again still allowed the villagers of Sunagakure to temporarily relax.
However, these spies couldn't calm down and immediately spread the news.
This time, the leaders of the various ninja villages who received the information frowned.
They couldn't help but hesitate. It was really Rosha's two actions against Konoha that made everyone wary of this young Kazekage!
Could it be that this Kazekage has another trick up his sleeve?!
But no matter how hard the Third Tsuchikage and the Third Raikage racked their brains, they couldn't think of what means this Kazekage could have that would make him so confident in the face of the joint attack of Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
However, they still believed in one thing.
That is, in the face of absolute power, any conspiracy or trick is useless.
“Acting mysteriously, Huangtu, tell the ninjas on the front line to immediately launch an attack on the Land of Wind. I want to see what tricks this brat has...”
“Yes!”
As the ninjas of Iwagakure moved, the ninjas of Kumogakure also immediately took action after receiving the news.
In an instant, the entire ninja world was in chaos once again.
At this time, in the Land of Wind, Sunagakure, the people of Sunagakure who received the news also gathered in the Kazekage Building...