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

Chapter 871 Kusanagi Meeting

The Land of Grass.

Compared to the Land of Wind, this place is just a tiny island.

However, the environment here is more than ten times better than that of the Land of Wind.

With its humid climate and fertile soil, the area is a natural warehouse of medicinal herbs, where plants thrive.

By selling medicinal herbs, Kusagakure is considered one of the better villages among the Five Great Ninja Villages.

Although Konoha and Sunagakure went to war, the intensity of the conflict was not high.

These villages are all observing and waiting for intelligence.

Kusagakure was an important battleground in the Third Shinobi World War, where Obito Uchiha died (actually disappeared).

The Battle of Kannabi Bridge involved ninjas from Kusagakure, who were skilled in studying the ninjutsu of other countries.

The ninjas of Kusagakure are adept at using diplomacy to navigate between powerful nations, and are able to grasp the trends of the times in advance to protect themselves.

Therefore, they are excellent in terms of intelligence.

In the past two days, information about Konoha sending Sunagakure to ransom people has spread.

Every village could see that Sunagakure was having a tough time.

The war has only been over for a short time, and we've already suffered such a huge loss.

If it weren't for the intelligence released by Konoha, Sunagakure would have had no idea that so many of their people had been captured.

Now that Konoha is starting to exert its strength, Kusagakure needs to be even more sensitive to this kind of situation.

Those who received the news earlier also started holding a meeting.

There are two regimes controlling the ninja village in the Grass Ninja Village area.

One is the fruit of a grass, the other is the flower of a grass.

Kusano Minoru is a pro-war hawk, while Kusano Hana is an anti-war dove.

In recent years, Kusanagi, a staunch hawk, has gained considerable power, so the village is now under his leadership.

There are no grass shadows here, but rather the zodiac elders jointly governing.

They are: Elder with the Sheep Head, Elder with the Ox Head, Elder with the Monkey Head, and Elder with the Tiger Head.

In the first three Shinobi World Wars, the Grass Village participated and tried to take advantage of the situation, but it did not gain much benefit.

In the Fourth Shinobi World War, Uchiha Chiyo single-handedly ended the war within a few days, which naturally had nothing to do with the Grass Ninja.

But the Grass Ninja Village has an all-powerful wish-granting machine, the Box of Bliss.

Many years ago, they almost unified the entire ninja world with the Box of Paradise, but then one day the Grass Ninja was suddenly destroyed.

Now they can only live in a corner of the country. The Grass Ninja's Grass Fruit used to be intended to use this to revive the Grass Ninja Village, but it was always blocked by the Grass Flower.

That is, ten years ago, after Kusano took control of the village, she tried to open it once.

However, the attempt to open it failed, and the Chest of Ecstasy swallowed one of the gatekeepers.

Konoha had the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Senyo, before him, and the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, who were capable of turning the tide of a major battle.

This also aroused the interest of the four elders of the Grass Fruit.

If they use the Box of Bliss to create a super strong person, they will surely be able to lead their Grass Village to glory.

The topic of this meeting is the Box of Elysium.

"Let's all speak up. The situation in the ninja world is getting more and more tense. We don't have any time to waste."

The monkey-headed elder was thin and small, and judging from her voice, she was a woman, speaking in a somewhat urgent tone.

"Konoha is very determined to conquer Sunagakure this time; it's not like they just want to make a quick buck and leave."

"I wonder if Sunagakure has any chance of turning things around this time."

"If the Land of Wind is annexed by Konoha, then our small ninja villages will also be doomed to be annexed next."

"I agree to open the Box of Elysium."

The elder with the ram's head spoke in a sinister tone, first analyzing the situation before agreeing to open the Chest of Bliss.

"I also agree to open the Box of Bliss. If we can also create a strong individual, we can end the war as easily as Konoha."

Elder Tiger didn't think too much about it; he always followed Elder Sheep.

Finally, only the Ox-Headed Elder said in a low voice, "Now there is only Wuwei as the gatekeeper."

"He has conducted numerous experiments, and the criminals in Hozuki Castle have basically all had their chakra drained."

"But none of them can fill the Chest of Bliss, and he won't agree to force it open."

Wuwei is currently the lord of Hozuki Castle, a city specifically used to imprison special ninja criminals from various ninja villages.

In the original world, Wuwei had been feeding the Box of Bliss with the chakra of these criminals in order to revive the innocent and tragically deceased Wugou, but the chakra was never enough to open the Box of Bliss.

Now, Wuwei, who doesn't need to revive Wugou and knows what the Box of Bliss is, has been just going through the motions with these zodiac elders.

Each time he extracted the criminal's chakra into the Paradise Box, it was just for show; he knew that the box couldn't be filled without the chakra of the tailed beasts.

His report to these elders was always the same: "Insufficient chakra."

In any case, the Grass Ninja Village hadn't fed the Paradise Box for many years, and they didn't know exactly how much chakra it would take.

Wuwei's half-truths and half-lies have never been exposed.

Elder Yang Shou responded, "Ten years ago, Wuwei disagreed with forcibly opening the Box of Bliss. We sent Chong Si to do it, but Chong Si forcibly opened the Box of Bliss and was swallowed up."

"Given the lessons of the past, Wuwei would certainly not agree."

The meeting fell silent for a moment.

It's still a bit upsetting to not be able to use one of your treasures.

The monkey elder said somewhat anxiously:

"Or let's just throw all the criminals from Hozuki Castle in there. With so many people, I don't believe it won't be full."

Elder Yang Shou snorted coldly: "How could that be? Hozuki Castle deserves a lot of credit for our Grass Ninja's ability to maneuver among these ninja villages."

"The ninja world hasn't fallen into chaos yet. If we were to take action against those criminals, we would be digging our own grave."

On the surface, Hozuki Castle is a place where special criminals are imprisoned, but in reality, it is also a place where hostile forces from various villages compete with each other.

There are many instances of people putting the enemy's capable lieutenants into Hozuki Castle, then taking over their positions and recruiting them.

Criminals in the Ghost Lantern Castle not only cannot die, but must also live well.

"If Konoha really swallows Sunagakure completely, then we won't have a choice."

Elder Bullhead warned.

Elder Yang Shou pondered for a moment: "First, send our spies to gather intelligence on the Wind Kingdom."

"If it comes to a last resort, we will have no choice but to sacrifice the people of Ghost Lantern Castle."

Elder Yang's words drew nods from everyone, indicating their agreement with his statement.

After all, they are all members of the Grass Village, and everyone's wish is for the Grass Village to be revived!

However, although the four elders were quite powerful in the past, and the meeting room was very secluded, they were not very vigilant because they had not used force for many years.

So they had no idea that a White Zetsu was underground during the meeting and had overheard everything they said.

After the meeting ended, White Zetsu immediately activated the Mayfly Technique and left.

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