บท 78: Chapter 78: Rasa's Real Objective
Country of the Wind.
Front line of battle.
Because a full-scale war broke out, most of the Sunagakure ninja went to the front lines, only a small number of ninja and the younger generation remained in the village.
There are reasons why they dared to do this. On the one hand, the Wind Country is located in a desert environment and is extremely poor in resources, unadapted ninja will be greatly weakened by this.
On the other hand, in terms of geographical location, only Iwagakure could attack them at that time, however, they will have to expend a great deal of strength and resources to infiltrate the inner regions of the Wind Country, and Kumogakure would definitely not miss the opportunity to attack.
These conditions allowed Sunagakure to launch a full-scale offensive.
Sunagakure front camp.
The Central Tent.
"Lord Kazekage, here are the statistics of today's losses.... Twenty-one people were killed, forty-three were seriously injured, and one hundred and nine were slightly injured."
The Jounin of Sunagakure took the compiled information and handed it to the fourth Kazekage, Rasa.
Rasa looked at it and placed it on the table and said in a solemn voice, "There is no need to change anything, tomorrow we will continue to act according to plan."
"There is."
The Jounin accepted the order and left the tent.
With the exception of the Fourth Kazekage, the most important and respected elders of the village, Chiyo and Ebizō, were present in the tent.
Ebizō looked at the map on the table and said. "Until Pakura launches an attack, it's best to hold back the troops to minimize casualties, but then Konoha might get suspicious..."
Rasa nodded and said, "Yes, to avoid Konoha's suspicions, we should continue with an active offensive, even if it costs us casualties. As soon as Pakura takes action, we will immediately change the situation on the battlefield!"
Chiyo glared at Rasa, "I hope everything is really like this."
Rasa noticed Chiyo's gaze, but did not respond, instead he said, "It's late, Elder Chiyo should rest first, tomorrow it would be better if he led another round of attacks."
"...."
Chiyo said nothing and walked out of the tent.
Rasa looked at Chiyo as she walked away, flashes of coldness shining in the depths of his eyes.
Among all the Kage of the five Great Villages, Rasa is considered the weakest, and if not for the unexpected incident with the Third Kazekage, it would have been extremely difficult for him to take the position of the Fourth Kazekage.
However, he assumed the position in haste, with subordinates and control over the village far weaker than the Third Kazekage, and yet he still occupied the port of Fourth Kazekage!
Therefore, the Race had to have certain means.
And their main means was to enter into a full-scale war with Konoha and start the Third Great Ninja War!
The supposed revenge for the assassination of the Third Kazekage was nothing more than a mere excuse, and even the plunder of the abundant resources of the Fire Country were a secondary objective.
His main objective was to rely on the war to secure his position as Kazekage!
Using this war to weaken the opposing clans and other high-ranking village officials, while strengthening the forces under his command, is what Raza was after, which is why he doesn't care about casualties, and he didn't even care much about winning or losing this war.
Yeruashi's assessment of the fourth Kazekage, Rasa, was the same as Danzo's, and even much worse than Danzo in terms of the big picture, after all, Danzo at least aimed to unify the ninja world.
As for Raza's goal?
Without hesitation, he began a full-scale war with Konoha, severely depleting Sunagakure's combat power, in order to increase his own power and status and secure his position as Kazekage.
When Pakura achieved great success in the war and was recognized as a hero, Rasa immediately felt a threat to his status and joined forces with Kirigakure and killed Pakura.
And then Chiyo and Ebizō, who have great authority and can influence village politics, were forcibly removed.
As a result, Rasa ended up killed by Orochimaru before the Chuunin examinations.
It is safe to say that throughout history, the Fourth Kazekage did nothing really useful for his village, only sought to strengthen his power and status.
In a sense, it was true that Rasa's tactics were impressive, he was able to take the position of Kazekage thanks to a fortunate combination of circumstances and even become the sole authority in the village, but Yeruashi does not take himself seriously and even despises such political games.
The reason is simple.
Just look a little wider!
Power and politics are superficial, in fact, this is a world where power reigns supreme! So-called politics and various secret manipulations are nothing in front of existences like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, it was beyond ridiculous.
Chiyo and Ebizō understand the true purpose of the Race, but they cannot stop it because Rasa is now in a much greater position than them. The start of the war with Konoha due to the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, they could not go against this decision, combined with Sunagakure's deep hatred towards Konoha, this decision gained the support of the entire village.
"Elder Ebizō, you should rest as well."
Rasa turned to Ebizō, who was looking at the map thoughtfully.
Ebizō looked up from the map and sighed, "I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep, I can't understand why, but I have a very bad feeling."
"A bad feeling?"
Rasa shook his head, "Elder, it's because you're tired, you should rest. Tomorrow, I need an elder to guide and lead the next battle."
"Perhaps."
Ebizō sighed and got up to leave.
But at that moment, a ninja burst into the tent, knelt down in front of Rasa and said worriedly, "He informed Lord Kazekage, we have lost contact with the surprise attack group!"
The atmosphere in the tent immediately became gloomy.
Ebizō's heart raced as he looked at Rasa.
Ras' expression changed, even though he didn't care about Pakura's squadron since these forces were not his subordinates, but he couldn't help but show some reaction after receiving such news.
"When did they lose contact!"
"Today in the middle of the day."
The ninja reported the situation urgently, "According to the original plan, the surprise attack unit will contact at noon, but that didn't happen today. In the afternoon, we tried to communicate with ourselves, but in the evening there was no response, I managed to find out from the summoning beast.... That the contact on the other side is dead!"
Ebizō's expression turned ugly.
The bad feeling had come true.
The ninja in charge of communication is crucial during such a mission and will always be protected in the center of the group, his death means that the surprise attack force is in big trouble!
"..."
Rasa's expression darkened considerably, but it was mostly just a disguise.
After all, this plan was devised by Ebizō, and if anything went wrong, he would have to take most of the responsibility, which would greatly weaken his position as an elder, this would be a good development for the Race.
"Lord Kazekage, elder, how should we proceed?"
The ninja turned anxiously to Ebizō and Rasa.
Ebizō sighed, "Don't worry, the surprise attack group has Pakura, even if there are some unforeseen circumstances, she'll be able to handle it, the group should disperse for some reason at this time... send scouts to investigate the situation and contact them!"
"Let's do that!"
Rasa nodded.
The ninja nodded and quickly left the tent to relay the order
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