Chapter 140 Declaration of War
Orochimaru and Hiruzen just quietly watched the Cloud Ninjas fight against the Eight-Tails.
With the efforts of the Raikage and his son, the Cloud Ninjas finally sealed the Eight-Tails into the Amber Bottle after suffering considerable casualties.
While the Cloud Ninjas were focusing their attention on the Eight-Tails, Orochimaru quietly came to the severed horn of the Eight-Tails and scraped off some debris and put it in his pocket.
Then he quietly left the scene with Beiliuhu.
After discovering that Dodai had arrived, Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya weighed the pros and cons again and again, and finally gave up the action and left the Hidden Cloud Village.
Hatake Sakumo knew very well that after the sudden loss of a Jinchūriki, the Hidden Cloud Village would definitely impose martial law in the village, and his tracks would be exposed if he was not careful.
Retreating is the best option at this time.
For a time, the Hidden Mist Village, the Hidden Iwa Village, and the Hidden Cloud Village each lost their own tailed beasts or jinchūriki.
The Hidden Mist Village was even directly folded.
The leaders of the villages would never have dreamed that the instigator of all this, Danzo Shimura himself, was hiding in an unnamed village on the northeastern border of the Water Country, waiting for Nara Maruichi to pick him up.
This is a village where it snows all year round. When Danzo arrived here, a few snowflakes were still falling from the sky from time to time.
Several people disguised themselves as Kirigakure ninjas and entered the village. They persuaded the village chief to lend a vacant house in the village to everyone.
Since Ringo Ayuri had obvious characteristics of a Mist Village ninja, and there were rarely any Mist ninjas coming to the northeastern border, the village chief and others did not doubt the identities of Danzo and others.
and--
Danzo was serious about paying the other party.
However, the other party’s attitude towards Danzo and others was not very friendly, and he seemed to be quite resentful of the identity of ninja.
But due to the weapons in the hands of several people, the village chief still accepted the money from Danzo with a cold face.
Seeing that the other party accepted the money honestly, Danzo gave up the idea of physically saving the entire village.
In the morning, Danzo woke up early and called Ringo Ayuri, who was lying on the roof to be on guard in the second half of the night, and asked her to go back to the house to rest.
Just as he was searching around the door for any suspicious signs, a woman holding a baby happened to walk by.
Hearing the voice, Danzo subconsciously looked at the other party.
"Shinobi, hello..."
Seeing Danzo's eyes on her, the woman hurriedly bowed her head and left in a hurry.
[This guy...]
Looking at the other person's back, Danzo's face was calm, but his eyes were full of thought.
Is he afraid of his identity as a ninja, or has he discovered something?
If it's the former, then it's fine, but if it's the latter -
Danzo is not the type of person who would ignore the hidden dangers even though he knows about them.
Soon, Danzo made a decision.
Hiding his body, he followed the woman from a distance.
Along the way, the woman kept looking back. If Danzo had not been confident in his tracking skills, he would have almost thought that he had been exposed.
However, during the tracking process, Danzo also discovered some clues.
He sensed the aura of chakra from the woman.
Combined with the other party's performance along the way, Danzo knew that the other party must be hiding some secret and didn't want him to know.
Until I saw the woman return home and lock the door.
Hearing the sound of the lock being locked, Danzo emerged from the shadows and looked at the seemingly ordinary building in front of him.
It's just an ordinary small house with a yard.
It is no different from other houses in the village.
"Lord Danzo."
As Danzo continued to observe the hut in front of him, Shisui's familiar voice came from behind him.
"What's the matter?"
Danzo, who had already sensed the other party's chakra, was not surprised and asked in a calm tone.
"Master Maruichi sent a message saying that he has acted according to the plan and sent a ship to meet us. It will arrive in about a week."
Even though Danzo didn't look back, Shisui still reported the situation to Danzo with a respectful attitude.
"I know, let's go back."
Nodding, Danzo turned around.
Nothing suspicious has been found yet, so it would not be wise to act rashly. Maybe the other party is just an ordinary person with chakra.
but--
"The art of shadow clone."
Danzo, who was cautious by nature, left behind a shadow clone to monitor the other party, while the real body took Shisui back to their destination.
......
"What? The Artisan Ninja Village declared war on us?"
The Yuanshi, who was at the former site of the Gui Lantern Clan, stood up from his chair in surprise.
Since the Mizukage Building was bombed into ruins and groundwater was gushing out continuously, Master Yuan had no choice but to temporarily move his office to the former site of the Kizuna clan.
"Yes."
Seeing that the Master did not believe him, the ninja in charge of diplomacy quickly added:
"We couldn't believe it either, but the declaration of war sent by the other side had the signature of their village chief Tianyuan Kazuo."
What a coincidence, the timing of the other party's attack was just too coincidental.
Calming his mind, Master Yuan sat back in his seat and began to think.
Their own Mizukage had just died, and the notice of Kurishumaki Kushimaru being listed as an S-rank traitor had not yet been issued, but the Artisan Ninja Village declared war on the village at this critical moment.
It's strange no matter how you look at it.
"Hasn't Karuji Yagura arrived yet?"
After giving the order to block the news of the Mizukage's death, the Master immediately sent people to call back Karatachi Yagura who was guarding the Three-Tails.
Although he could completely control the Hidden Mist Village as an elder, when a war is about to begin, there must always be a shadow to negotiate with the allies.
Therefore, the young man Yagura Karatachi must become the new Mizukage.
"Not yet, but the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost has returned."
Seeing the Master asking questions, a Mist Ninja walked out from the shadows, bowed slightly and answered the Master's questions.
"What is this guy doing back at this time?"
When Master Yuan heard that the puffer ghost from Xigua Mountain had returned to the village, his tone was filled with disgust.
He knew that the Sandaime Mizukage had sent him out to investigate the disappearance of the Mist Ninja, and he originally wanted to take advantage of the other party's absence to divide his Anbu, but he didn't expect this guy to come back so timely.
Apparently, someone in the village had passed the message to him.
"Forget it, let him come to see me."
"That's over at the Artisan Village..."
Seeing that the Master did not make any statement on the declaration of war by the Artisan Ninja Village, the ninja from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sounded tentative.
"What else can we do? They have declared war, we can't fall behind, so we declare war too!"
Although the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village are in a state of chaos at the moment, it is not someone that a small artisan ninja village like you can provoke.
Soon, a declaration of war signed by the master was delivered to the Artisan Ninja Village.
That afternoon, the news that the war between the Artisan Village and the Hidden Mist Village spread throughout the ninja world.
For a moment, the other four major ninja villages were shocked by the daring behavior of the Artisan Ninja Village.
The Hidden Mist Village, one of the five major ninja villages, was unexpectedly declared war on by a tiny country.
Is the chief of the Artisan Village insane?
It seems that the Artisan Village will soon disappear from the map of the Ninja World.