Chapter 503: Sticky Can Still Be Used (2nd Update)

The Fire Country has an excellent geographical location, a prosperous economy, and vast fertile fields.

Therefore, even the Suna Ninja Village that is currently in alliance with Konoha is very jealous of the environment of the Fire Country. This is also the fundamental reason why the Fire Country has become the target of public criticism in the wars of the ninja world.

Konoha Village is the military force of the Country of Fire, so this is the situation Konoha will have to endure. Once it is weak, how can its neighboring countries be polite?

This fertile land is something that other countries do not have. If one day the Fire Nation does not have the ability to resist, then the Fire Nation will definitely be carved up like a delicious piece of cake.

Therefore, if you want to protect yourself, you must have military power that can protect yourself.

The Land of Rain is a small country, but the energy of the Rain Ninja Village cannot be underestimated.

Not to mention that Ye Zi was born in the Land of Rain, his strength alone is a difficult bone for Konoha to chew. If he insists on chewing it, he will definitely break a healthy tooth, let alone Ye Zi still has one in his hand. The Sharingan team and the Earth Reincarnation team whose strength is unknown.

Even if it is as strong as Konoha, let alone getting rid of Yu Ninja Village and Ye Zi, just getting rid of Ye Zi will definitely have to pay a high price, and Konoha Village cannot afford this price.

If you insist on ignoring the cost, you may be able to destroy the Yu Ninja Village, but you will not be able to solve the threat of Ye Zi. If you want to solve the threat of Ye Zi, you will no longer be able to solve the Yu Ninja Village. No matter which choice you make, you will suffer The price will cause other countries to tear up their treaties and attack the Country of Fire.

This is Konoha's concern, as well as Minato and Shikaku's concern.

Yu Nin Village can ignore it, but Ye Zi must deal with it. With Ye Zi's individual soldier ability, he is a potential threat that cannot be ignored.

Leaving aside the Rain Ninja Village, simply dealing with Ye Zi is not an easy task. It would be the best thing to be able to bring other Ninja Villages together to deal with Ye Zi, or even deal with the Rain Ninja Village together.

The question is, how to attract other ninja villages?

"Opportunity?" Minato frowned.

Lu Jiu nodded slowly and explained: "To put it bluntly, it still involves interests. First of all, we want to unite other ninja villages to deal with Ye Zi or Yu Ninja Village. It is extremely difficult in itself. If we give them enough They will definitely agree to the benefits, but we can’t afford them.”

"If you can't give them benefits, you can't unite. So, if you want them to have this intention, you need an opportunity and a motive."

"The key is still, why should we deal with Ye Zi or Yu Ninja Village?"

"The village has a reason to deal with Ye Zi and Yu Ninja Village, but what about the other Ninja Villages? They also need a reason. The Sand Ninja will agree, but the Rock Ninja, Mist Ninja, and Cloud Ninja will not agree easily. This in itself is A thankless job.”

"This reason is both an opportunity and a motivation."

Ye Zi was born in the Land of Rain and was also a member of the Akatsuki, but Shikaku and Minato kept separating Ye Zi from the Rain Ninja Village just because if this matter could not be escalated to the point of dealing with the Rain Ninja Village together, then they would just It was enough to deal with Ye Zi.

In Minato's view, Ye Zi is more important than Rain Ninja Village, after all, it involves the prediction of the Great Toad Immortal.

"We can't give them the benefits they want, nor can we take the initiative to create such a reason." Minato sighed softly. This reason was the opportunity Shikaku mentioned, but Yun Nin and the others did not have this reason.

Lu Jiu said in a deep voice: "So I am not optimistic about this alliance, but we can give it a try. Sharing information with them will only have advantages and no disadvantages."

Minato nodded and said: "That's what I meant. No matter what, the threat of Ye Zi and Yu Ninja Village must be fully explained to them."

Lu Jiu suggested: "In addition to sharing all the information about Ye Zi and Yu Ninja Village, we should also focus on explaining the tailed beast, and even if this matter fails, we can also lead a line first."

Minato's eyes brightened slightly, and he agreed to Shikaku's suggestion.

"I'll leave it to you to discuss the alliance." Minato gave this important task to Shikaku without hesitation, and the latter readily agreed.

"Without further delay, I will sort out the information and set off immediately." Shikaku said.

"That's the best." Minato nodded.

Minato and Shikaku decided on this matter independently without the advice of the two advisors, Men Yan and Koharu.

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The residence of the Third Hokage.

Since his abdication, Sarutobi has been relieved of the heavy burden on his shoulders and has been living a very leisurely life. In addition to staying at home making tea and admiring flowers, he occasionally goes to the village for a walk, and the Ninja School is the place he visits most often.

Although you can use convenient means to observe what you want to observe, sometimes it is more interesting to observe it yourself with your own eyes.

On this day, in the afternoon, it is best to have a cup of hot tea and then admire the flowers and plants in the courtyard. As long as you look at the flourishing flowers and plants, you will feel very good, especially since the weather is good today.

Sarutobi held up the fragrant hot tea, looked sideways at the increasingly lush flowers and plants in the courtyard, and showed a faint smile.

At this time, Sarutobi was suddenly startled, and looked away from the courtyard, slowly put down the teacup, keeping his hand on it to warm the teacup, and then looked into the slightly empty living room.

A figure appeared in front of Sarutobi without any warning. The shoes had been removed from his feet. He must have been a very careful ANBU member.

Sarutobi glanced at the ANBU's bare feet and smiled bitterly. Then he calmed down and looked at the masked ANBU in front of him, waiting for the ANBU to speak.

He knew that this was an ANBU directly under Minato, and he would ask this ANBU to come over, presumably because he had something important to inform.

Indeed, what he wanted to inform was important and something that Sarutobi would not have thought of.

"Jiraiya-sama unfortunately died during the execution of his mission." The ANBU lowered his head and told the news that Minato asked him to inform.

Click.

The expensive tea cup in Sarutobi's hand was suddenly crushed, and the slightly hot tea was splashed on the old hand, causing wisps of hot smoke and the tangy fragrance of tea to rise. The ancient porcelain pieces penetrated into the palm of his hand, and strands of blood were mixed with them. The aroma of tea dripped onto the table, mixing with the flowing tea.

Sarutobi, however, froze as if he couldn't feel the pain.

Speaking of which, Sarutobi liked this teacup quite a lot. It was a good thing that Jiraiya happened to get when he was traveling. He later gave it to Sarutobi as a gift to congratulate Sarutobi on his abdication and starting to enjoy a little happiness. From that time on, Sarutobi was obsessed with this teacup. Can't put it down.

However, when I heard a piece of news I didn't want to hear today, I also lost this tea cup.

Seeing Sarutobi's performance, the ANBU paused for a moment, but remained still on the spot, quietly watching Sarutobi in a daze.

"I understand, please go back and recover your life." After a long time, Sarutobi's voice, which seemed to have become older, slowly entered the ANBU's ears.

The ANBU hesitated for a moment, nodded in agreement, and left using the teleportation technique.

When the ANBU left, Sarutobi opened his right palm and looked at it. The fragment of the tea cup pierced into his palm, causing blood to flow out.

Thinking of Jiraiya, Sarutobi's old eyes couldn't help but moisten. He stretched out his hand and pulled out the porcelain piece from his palm, then placed it quietly on the table.

Looking at the teacup that was broken into several pieces, Sarutobi suddenly felt quite tired.

He didn't clean up the dripping water, nor did he pay attention to the bleeding palms. Instead, he picked up the pieces of the tea cup and put them on the other side of the clean table.

"The stickiness should still be usable." Looking at the pieces of the teacup, Sarutobi said in a low and sad tone.

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My eyes are sore and I can’t hold it any longer. I’ll make time to continue updating tomorrow.