Chapter 124 3 year later
Free?
Until the end, Kyuubi never opened his eyes again.
Seeing that the Nine-Tails did not respond, Danzo no longer insisted.
"Don't tell anyone what happened here."
Looking at Kushina whose brain was still in a state of shutdown, Danzo coughed lightly to wake her up.
"Uh, yeah, got it, Danzo-sama."
Kushina came back to her senses and nodded in agreement hastily.
Then, the two closed their eyes again.
As the Nine-Tails chakra on Kushina's body dissipated, the two also left the spiritual world.
Taking his hand away from Kushina's head, Danzo considerately supported her as she was about to faint.
Two ANBU nearby hurried over and took it from Danzo.
"As expected of you, Lord Danzo, you have easily accomplished what we could not do."
“It really makes people’s blood boil and they are impressed.”
Danzo ignored the quiet compliments coming from all around him.
Instead, he nodded slightly in the direction of Hiruzen, and after receiving the other party's response, he left with his men.
Danzo did not lie about promising the Nine-Tails freedom.
However, this promise was made by him, but Danzo is now in his forties.
There was no way she could outlive Kushina, who was a member of the Uzumaki clan.
What does my promise, Danzo, have to do with future generations?
By then, who will be in charge of Konoha Village and what policy they will adopt towards the Nine-Tails will be none of his business.
......
Three years passed like this.
During these three years, the Hidden Mist Village successfully concluded a secret agreement with the Hidden Iwagakure Village, promising to follow the steps of the Hidden Iwagakure Village when necessary and jointly attack Konoha.
The Sandai Kazekage also received a secret letter from Ōnoki, but compared to the Hidden Mist Village, the Sandai Kazekage was obviously more pragmatic.
While signing a series of import and export treaties with the Iwagakure Village and developing its own economy, it remained completely silent on the military side.
As a Kage who had fought a war with Konoha, the Sandaime Kazekage clearly understood Konoha's war potential.
Even if the four villages attack together, they may not necessarily gain the upper hand.
Without absolute certainty, the Sand Village must not take sides between the two sides.
What is most in line with the interests of the Sand Village is to play both sides, gain benefits from both ninja villages, and then step forward at the most critical moment.
"Lord Kazekage, these are the documents we need to process today."
A female ninja walked into the Kazekage's office carrying a stack of documents.
"Well, put it there."
Rubbing his forehead, the Sandaime Kazekage said tiredly.
For some reason, he always felt like his body was hollowed out during this period of time.
As the Kazekage, he immediately suspected that he was poisoned by someone.
But after a detailed examination, the doctor concluded that everything was normal.
Even though he found Chiyo, he still didn't find any signs of poisoning.
[It seems that I am really too tired during this period. ]
A groggy feeling came over him, but the Sandaime Kazekage finally agreed with the doctor's words.
Indeed, in recent years, for the development of the village, the Third Kazekage has maintained a high intensity of work.
And he did everything himself. After all, he had worked so hard to gain power from the top management, and he didn't want to give it back to them.
In the past few years, he has been cultivating his own confidants. When Luo Sha, Maki, Xie and others grow up, they should be able to share a lot of pressure with him.
Just as the Sandaime Kazekage slumped in his chair, a somewhat childish male voice sounded.
"Kazekage-sama."
A scent of tea wafted over, and a red-haired boy stood next to the Sandaime Kazekage and handed him a cup of hot tea.
"Oh, it's a scorpion."
Looking at the handsome "genius puppeteer" in front of him, the Sandaime Kazekage forced a smile.
Who says Konoha is the only place that produces geniuses? We in Sand Village also have tempers.
After picking up the teacup and drinking it all, the Sandaime Kazekage suddenly felt a lot more sober.
It’s strange to say, after searching the entire Fengying office building, only the tea brewed by Scorpion suits my taste the most.
After one drink, all worries disappear.
Seeing the Sandaime Kazekage put the teacup back on the table, Scorpion took the initiative to put it away.
"This kind of thing can be left to the servants, Scorpion."
The Sandaime Kazekage reminded the young man in front of him that, after all, the other party was his personal bodyguard and this kind of thing could be left to someone else.
But all I got was silence.
Tsk.
This kid is good in every way except that he is a little cold.
Looking at the back of the red-haired boy, the Sandaime Kazekage shook his head and continued his work.
However, the Sandaime Kazekage did not notice that while he was concentrating on his work, Sasori, with his back to him, looked at the teacup in his hand and revealed a playful smile.
Iwagakure Village, inside the meeting room.
"Ohnoki, you're too stubborn!"
"Old Shizukage, I am the Tsuchikage!"
"You, you will regret it!"
He slammed the door angrily and walked out of the village with a look of indignation on his face.
If it weren't for the tense situation in the ninja world, he really wanted to just leave the village and let that stubborn little potato do whatever he wanted.
Due to his personality differences with Ōnoki, Lao Zi, despite being a Jinchūriki, lives at the very edge of the village.
And there are not many restrictions on travel.
After all, Iwagakure Village is one of the few villages that does not discriminate against Jinchūriki.
"Go out and relax."
He muttered to himself, glanced at the Tsuchikage Building behind him, rolled his eyes, and left without looking back.
After leaving the village, Lao Zi walked aimlessly into the distance and unknowingly arrived at the Yellowstone Plain.
Lao Zi found a clean place, sat cross-legged, and stared at the scenery in the distance in a trance.
"It's quite leisurely."
I don’t know how long I watched, but a strange voice suddenly sounded from behind Lao Zi.
"Don't you know, Your Excellency, that the ninja world is not peaceful these days?"
As a perfect Jinchūriki, before the voice behind him sounded, Lao Zi had already sensed two unfamiliar chakras approaching him.
"Really? I think it's quite safe."
Standing up slowly, Lao Zi finally saw the faces of the two people behind him.
A tall man with green eyes and half of his face covered with a black cloth, and a white-haired man carrying a large knife wrapped in bandages on his back.
"Well......"
Seeing Lao Zi's appearance, the tall man took out a small notebook from his arms and began to read it.
"One hundred thousand taels."
The man slammed the notebook shut and said in a muffled voice.
"Hey, it's quite valuable."
The white-haired man on the side was a little surprised, then he pulled out a big knife from behind and smashed it to the ground.
"It looks like I can make a lot of extra money today."