Back to the present...
" This... isn't this a bit too unreal?"
Rasa was flabbergasted. If everything that he read and listened to was the truth, wasn't Chisaki way too terrifying?
To treat the Kages of two villages like chess pieces, no one would believe that it was a kid under ten years old.
However, the Third Kazekage could only smile helplessly when he heard this.
" Well, you might not believe it, but the result is right in front of your eyes. Kumo ambushed Iwa in one of their joint efforts, and now the two villages were under a small war everywhere on their border.
War might come soon, but in the next war, I believed that we would finally be able to show the true power of Suna to the world."
The atmosphere in the Third Kazekage's office was filled with both silence and excitement. They knew the war was brewing and there would be a lot of casualties on their side, but for some reason, the Third Kazekage could not help but be excited when he thought about Suna's display of power in the next world war.
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While the Third Kazekage and Rasa had their discussion in the office about the situation of the ninja world, Konoha, on the other hand, also had a similar discussion.
In the Hokage room, the member of F4: Danzo, Koharu, Homura, and Hiruzen, alongside Orochimaru and Sakumo, all had a frown on their face.
They were able to avoid the war, but for some reason, they always had this kind of bad feeling in their heart. It was as if they were played in a big chessboard of a certain someone.
" So, any plan about this?"
The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at everyone with a gloomy face.
The more he read about the report that his subordinate had given to him, the more he had a feeling that there was something wrong here.
Furthermore, even in this kind of situation, Konoha still missed one of its top-level combat power, Jiraiya who was curently teaching Yahiko and Nagato in the Rain Country.
For this disciple of him, if he was not someone strong enough that would help bear the burden of Konoha, Sarutobi would have already disowned him. To be away when the village was on the brink of war, just what were this Jiraiya think? Sarutobi just couldn't see what was in Jiraiya's head.
Compared to Jiraiya, Orochimaru here was a lot better, but for some reason, Sarutobi could see the lingering darkness behind Orochimaru, which might have a detrimental effect on Konoha.
*Sigh* now that he thinks about it, there were not many good candidates for the next Hokage, and it really made Sarutobi feel a headache.
Still, Saarutobi decided to just put the matter into the back of his head and focus on the matter on hand first.
Among the people here, Danzo was the most radical one, he saw that the situation between the other ninja villages was not that good, and he immediately propose to launch a war at them.
" Sarutobi, what are we waiting for? Now is our chance, we-"
But just before he could finish his words, Sakumo had already stepped up.
Maybe because of Chisaki's interference that made Tsunade leave Konoha far sooner than it should be, Sakumo didn't die in this timeline.
" Sir Hokage, if I must say, I think this might have something to do with Suna!"
For Sakumo, who had a first-hand experience in Chisaki's strategy, he somehow had a premonition that there might be something behind this.
However, for the others, they didn't think the same.
The other heard Sakumo try to push the blame to Suna, and a sneer appeared on their face.
" Bah, just because you lost to Suna, you tried to glorify Suna. Sakumo Hatake, the Konoha White Fang, where is your shame?"
" Well, don't say that. Maybe he was too traumatized by Suna that he became too afraid of them. Well Sakumo, we appreciate the concern, but maybe bringing you here is not the right decision."
The two advisors didn't even try to hide their mocking toward Sakumo.
Even if the plan to kill Sakumo was postponed, it didn't mean that they wouldn't try to do anything to Sakumo.
Therefore, the moment they saw a chance to humiliate Sakumo, they immediately jumped into it.
Sakumo saw his advice was treated like this and decided to be silent. He just answered because the Hokage asked, and if it was not appreciated, then he would rather stay silent.
The atmosphere in the Hokage office became even more gloomy with this, and the Hokage could only shake his head.
These three friends of him....
Just when they started to think of their wellbeing above the village?
Still, this was not the time to have an internal conflict.
Sarutobi saw that continuing this any longer would give no result. Therefore he just decided to take the matter into his own hand.
" Well, since no one had any good ideas, then I will be the one to make the decision. Sakumo, because you say it is related to Suna, you go to Suna to infiltrate. Orochimaru will go to Kumo, and I will send another elite Jonin to Iwa!"
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