69novels Chapter 237 Retreat (For Subscription)
Chapter 237 Retreat (For Subscription)
Chapter 237 Retreat (for Subscription)
Based on the attitude shown by Terumi Mei and others, although Kakashi and others thought it was incredible, they still brought them into Konoha's camp and placed them in the most central area, where they were constantly monitored by several Jōnin in turn.
The news about the arrival of Kirigakure and others at the Konoha camp was also synchronized at all times and passed on to Jiraiya and Tsunade who were in the meeting.
There was no delay at all. Jiraiya and the two applied directly. Since there was something inconvenient to disclose in the camp, they directly interrupted the meeting and returned to the Konoha camp.
And when Jiraiya returned to the camp, Terumi Mei and others, who had been reluctant to explain their intentions, finally let go to explain the situation.
"Kirigakure...doesn't exist anymore."
In the temporary camp, all the high-level Konoha members gathered for this trip, including Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine Tails Jinchūriki.
The first sentence of Terumi Mei, who claims to be the Fifth Mizukage, directly made Jiraiya and others deeply frown.
"Actually, the Fourth Mizukage Yagura in our village has been controlled by the top leaders of the Akatsuki organization since a few years ago."
"The Akatsuki organization used Fourth Mizukage as a puppet, and issued one incomprehensible order after another, abruptly changing many of Kirigakure's policies, including attacking your Konoha, closing the national border, and even secretly slowing down the members of the Akatsuki organization. Insert it slowly into the village."
"It was discovered that Mizukage was under control, about two years ago, when Rain Shinobi Village was destroyed, the Akatsuki organization showed some flaws, and we saw it, but...it was too late."
Focusing on Uzumaki Naruto for a while, Terumi Mei said with a cold face, "Maybe it's because the headquarters of Rain Shinobi Village was wiped out, and the Akatsuki organization used Kirigakure as a new stronghold."
"Although there are not many spies planted in Kirigakure, they used other methods to control Fourth Mizukage. They were no longer bewitched by illusions, and they went further to win over many people in the village."
"When we wanted to expose this matter in front of most of the Mist Shinobi ninjas, we found that Fourth Mizukage was no longer bewitched by illusions, he had his own consciousness and behavior, and even loudly announced that the Akatsuki organization was actually formed by him Yes, I want to lead Mist Shinobi and the country of water to become the strongest country!"
Because of the intervention of the Akatsuki organization, a coup took place inside Kirigakure, and it was divided into the Mizukage faction headed by Fourth Mizukage and the Elder faction headed by Yuanshi.
After the matter was brought to light, a fight broke out between the two sides,
The Fourth Mizukage, with the support of the Akatsuki organization, won the victory without accident. As for them, the defeated ones, they could only flee around the land of water under the pursuit of countless Mist Shinobi, looking for opportunities to regain power.
Because this is an internal dispute, they did not make any noise, let alone "led wolves into the house" and sought help from other forces.
But also because of this, they missed some things.
"You have also seen our number, there are only a few dozen."
Terumi Mei explained blankly, "As the defeated party, even if Master Yuan is on our side, there are not many people in the village who are willing to leave with us."
"From among them, only a few dozen people with sufficient combat power and sufficient experience can be selected. The remaining people who are unable to follow us out are all lurking in Kirigakure, waiting to cooperate with us."
She paused at this point, "It's also because of our desire to regain power, which also prompts us to ignore external affairs."
"In order to prevent other countries from taking advantage of the chaos of the war and sending troops to invade, the country of water conceals the truth from other countries and blocks all the ports going out."
"Ordinary people didn't come out, and we Isshin Fuguo also didn't come up with ideas, just like that...all the news is limited to the country of water, we don't know the true level of the Akatsuki organization, let alone that they are secretly collecting tailed beasts! "
"This time, if the comrades left in the village did not desperately pass on the news to us, we would not even know that the Five Kages were meeting to discuss the crusade against the Akatsuki organization!"
After a while, she fully explained the situation to the Konoha Shinobi followers present.
but……
Jiraiya asked suspiciously, "But why did you come to Konoha first? Logically, you shouldn't contact the Iron Kingdom to participate as an ally, and then explain this clearly at the meeting?"
"Because if you want to negotiate at the meeting, you need to waste a lot of time to confirm, and among the information we have, there is just a very urgent piece of news."
Terumi Mei stared at Jiraiya, "While we got the news of the Five Kage talks, our village companions also passed on an important piece of information to us."
"The senior members of the Akatsuki organization believe that since you already know that their target is Jinchūriki, maybe this time the Five Kages meeting will bring the Jinchūriki who is in control with them."
As she said that, she turned her attention to Naruto who was frowning again, "It seems that they guessed right, Nine Tails Jinchūriki is indeed here, presumably other countries will not place Jinchūriki in the village, so there will be people outside." Such a huge ninja force."
Although they have not contacted other forces, but in order not to find the wrong person, when they arrived, they still confirmed the number of troops in each country,
And the number of ninja troops gathered in this small iron country has reached as many as 30,000 to 40,000, and each of them has extremely good combat power, at least that of Chunin.
Regarding Terumi Mei's words, the ninjas in the camp had bad thoughts in their hearts.
"The Akatsuki organization no longer simply focuses on the tailed beasts, but intends to attack certain forces in the Five Kages talks, because this is a secret mission of the Akatsuki organization, so our people did not know which country to attack. "
"But after thinking about it, the country that the Akatsuki organization is most likely to attack is definitely your Konoha."
"Although I really don't want to admit it, the most powerful country among the five major countries is definitely the country of fire."
"If you can attack Konoha and destroy Konoha while you are out this time, the pressure they will have to face in the future will be much less."
As soon as Terumi Mei finished speaking,
In an instant, the entire camp was filled with a thick murderous aura.
Although the relatively main forces in Konoha have already gathered here, and directly launched an attack on Akatsuki after the preparatory meeting was completed, their family members and friends are still in Konoha Village.
This overwhelming killing intent broke through the covering curtain, making the Mist Shinobi ninjas and Konoha Shinobi outside a little bit tense.
However, there was no movement in the tent, so they were just on guard against each other without any real action.
"Why are you telling us this, it doesn't seem to be good for you Kirigakure?"
After a long time, Jiraiya took a deep breath and said calmly, "Conceal this news, we will still follow you to Kirigakure to conquer the Akatsuki organization."
"And when the Xiao organization is destroyed and withdraws from this chessboard, the rest will be our five kingdoms again."
"It's not a good thing for you, Mist Shinobi, to maintain our military strength and territory, right? How can I believe that the information you revealed is accurate, and it's not just to distract our Konohas and unintentionally attack the Akatsuki organization."
True and false, half-true and half-true news have been seen too much since he took office in Fifth Hokage,
Even if it involves important national affairs, the people below may conceal something, so he doesn't intend to trust this information so easily, at least...he has to let them tell the corresponding purpose.
It is a hostile country, how can it be so kind.
"It must be beneficial to us, so we will tell you so simply."
Terumi Mei didn't detour too much, "At the beginning, some ninjas of our Kirigakure were arranged by the Akatsuki organization, and were sent as abandoned children to the country of fire to invade Konoha."
"Although the battle was defeated, many people were still held captive by Konoha. As a reward for this news, shouldn't you release these people unconditionally? After all, if the news is true, we are considered allies, aren't we?"
"Just for this?"
Jiraiya looked into her eyes carefully.
"It's up to you whether you believe my intelligence or not."
Terumi Mei didn't evade in the slightest, and also looked directly at Jiraiya, "According to the intelligence, the time for them to do it is within this week."
"We are on the road almost non-stop, just to sell you Konoha a favor. If you don't accept it, I have nothing to do."
"What's more, those of us in Kirigakure are now trapped in Konoha. If the Akatsuki organization really finds your village, I don't want them to be implicated because of you. They have already been betrayed once. I want Take them home."
After all, she didn't speak anymore, what should be said has already been said.
Neither of them spoke any more, and the people next to them did not bother.
The atmosphere remained silent for a long time, and finally Jiraiya broke it with a voice, "I understand, if your news is true, I will release those prisoners of Kirigakure."
After the end of the first invasion, a large number of ninjas were captured alive in Kirigakure,
Originally, Konoha planned to make the Kingdom of Water pay a painful price to redeem these ninjas, but because the Kingdom of Water blocked the entire country afterwards, they showed no concern for these captured Mist Shinobi ninjas, so the group He was left in Konoha as a slave.
And because it would be a pity to kill it directly,
Therefore, this group of captives has been used by Konoha as coolies after the war to repay the sins committed during the invasion. This is also a good supplement to the lack of manpower in Konoha at that time. Even the reconstruction of the village later has a part of this group of coolies. Fan help.
So many years of time squeezed, although unable to pay off the sins of the Konoha Shinobi they killed,
However, the loss in financial and material resources has been paid off early, and it is not considered a loss to release them to go home at this time.
Without much delay, Jiraiya quickly communicated with Konoha, who were separated by several countries, through the special channel of Summoning to explain the matter.
At this time, Kosuke Maruyoshi, who is acting as the agent of Hokage in Konoha Village, is instructed to deploy defenses, evacuations, etc. inside the village, and temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the Akatsuki organization.
Konoha Village,
Kosuke Maruyoshi, who received the letter from Jiraiya, did not pretend to be a gesture, but directly evacuated the masses, and secretly scattered them to other villages around Konoha Village, hiding among the civilians.
It is expected that no matter how insane the Xiao organization is, it will not be able to attack the powerless civilians.
Based on Jiraiya's impression of the village's original two advisors, of course Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura will not be retained as the acting Hokage, but Maruyoshi Kosuke, who guards the border affairs in the Fire Country, will be recalled and let him serve as the acting Hokage .
And although Kosuke Maruyoshi is still just a Genin, his record, meritorious service and even qualifications are all enough to serve as this Hokage,
If it was him, even Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura would have no objection. In a sense, they are also brothers in the same school.
Konoha is urgently deploying against the actions of the Akatsuki organization.
On the Land of Iron, after layers of notifications and appointments, the official meeting finally started again.
And the seat of Mizukage that was originally vacant was also seated by a charming woman wearing a Mizukage hat.
Behind her, there are two people standing on one left and one on the right,
One is Yuan Shi who is so old that he has no teeth, and the other is Qing with only one eye exposed.
"That's how it happened. It is now certain that the main members of the Akatsuki organization are concentrated in Kirigakure, and even the Fourth Mizukage, that is, Yagura, which is the Three Tails Jinchūriki, is also in their hands."
After Terumi Mei once again introduced the information they had, Jiraiya looked at the others solemnly, "What we are still facing now is not only the members of the Akatsuki organization, but also the remaining Rain Shinobi, and... the bewitched Mist Shinobi ninjas."
"please wait for a moment."
But before Jiraiya could speak again, Fifth Raikage Darui suddenly made a sound and interrupted the speech.
I saw him looking at Terumi Mei seriously, "Fifth Mizukage, the information you got about the Five Kage talks was provided by your informants who stayed in the village desperately, so...does this also mean that Akatsuki organized it?" People already know their stronghold is exposed?"
"That's right."
Terumi Mei nodded, turning her gaze to the others, "So we have to leave as soon as possible."
"The distance from the country of iron to the country of water, even if we have a large number of ninja troops, as long as we set off now, we can arrive within a month."
"One month's time, unless the people of the Xiao organization abandon all their hard-earned everything and leave, it is absolutely impossible to evacuate within a month's time."
After a pause, she solemnly looked around again, "Here we, Kirigakure, make a statement. Once the crusade plan starts, we will treat everyone in Kirigakure as a It's the enemy."
"You don't have to worry that we will be merciful or betray the coalition because we were once partners. The team has been separated since they chose not to trust us."
The words were extremely heartless, without even considering their Kirigakure's status in the ninja world after the war.
In fact, on the way here, Terumi Mei and others have discussed clearly,
Ever since Akatsuki chose them for their invasion, and they had been dragging their feet for several years to find out, their Kirigakure status was in jeopardy.
A few years ago, the people organized by Akatsuki made the village into a black smoke, and many blood successor families were wiped out. For example, Elite Jōnin who held the seven ninja swords were forced to rebel against the village...
Since then, Kirigakure has not been the Kirigakure it used to be.
But now it is going to be used as the center of the war to carry out crusades, and this village can no longer return to its former appearance and status.
They have already considered the way out, this village they have lived in for decades... they can only be forced to throw it away.
(end of this chapter)