A day later.
The Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Lightning.
At this time, the Daimyo Mansion was several times more heavily guarded than usual.
Many ninjas wearing Chunin or even Jonin forehead protectors were patrolling everywhere.
In a basement of the Daimyo Mansion, a secret meeting was being held.
The participants were all the top leaders of the Land of Lightning and the Cloud Village.
Sitting in the center seat, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and gorgeous clothes was the current Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.
Sitting next to the Daimyo was a strong man whose muscles were full of explosive power.
With a lightning-shaped scar on his exposed chest and a 'Lightning' tattoo on his right shoulder, he looked over fifty.
He was the ninja known as the "Strongest Spear" and "Strongest Shield"—the Third Raikage A.
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning spoke first:
"I suppose everyone knows the news of the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, the leader of the Sand Village."
An old man dressed as a ninja below added:
"This news cost us a full thirty million ryo. Those guys in the Underground Exchange are really black-hearted!"
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning shook his head nonchalantly, his tone unable to hide his excitement:
"Compared to the intelligence, what is this little money?"
"The Land of Wind just had that incident, causing all direct male descendants of the Daimyo to die, leaving only a seventeen-year-old girl to inherit the position of Daimyo."
"Now we learn that the Kazekage of the Sand Village has suddenly disappeared for a long time. Hehe, it seems that Heaven wants the Land of Wind to perish."
A dignitary echoed:
"The Sand Village is timid enough. Even the leader disappeared mysteriously, and they dared not say anything. They could only sneak around to buy supplies, and even had to find someone to impersonate the Third Kazekage..."
"But they are really good at hiding. The Kazekage has been missing for almost a month, and the news only leaked out now."
Everyone at the meeting discussed with schadenfreude.
After all, the five major ninja villages were in a competitive and hostile relationship.
After so many years of killing, they were full of hatred for each other.
"Enough!"
Suddenly, a loud male voice rang out in the conference room.
The loud voice echoed constantly in the well-sealed basement.
The people who were discussing happily immediately fell silent like cicadas in winter, sitting down obediently and keeping their mouths shut.
Even the smile on the face of the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning froze unconsciously.
Seeing that everyone finally quieted down, the Third Raikage slapped his left hand gently on the solid wood table.
A big hole was immediately slapped out of the solid wood table more than ten centimeters thick and extremely hard!
"I called you here today not to let you gloat and gossip like women!"
"I don't care if the Sand Village is incompetent or what."
"Since the strongest Kazekage of the Sand Village has mysteriously disappeared for a month and is very likely dead, this is a great opportunity!"
The rough and loud voice of the Third Raikage echoed constantly in the basement, and the surrounding crowd listened attentively to what he said.
The Daimyo felt helpless but also knew that this was the Raikage's style.
Speaking of excitement, the Third Raikage didn't even sit on the chair anymore but stood up.
"We clearly have such powerful strength, but we have to live in a corner of the ninja world, spending our lives in this place where birds don't shit and is as small as an egg!"
"And the Land of Wind, such a weak country, occupies a territory dozens of times larger than ours. Why?"
"The new Daimyo of the Land of Wind is a teenage girl, and the Third Kazekage, the strongest in the history of the Sand Village, has also mysteriously disappeared. This is a god-given opportunity!"
"So I have discussed with Lord Daimyo. From now on, the whole country enters a state of combat readiness. Five days later, attack the Land of Wind!"
Thunderous applause and fanatical cheers immediately rang out in the conference room!
Although the Land of Wind was even more desolate than the Land of Lightning, mostly desert areas.
But the Land of Lightning, which had always advocated foreign military expansion and had a tough and domineering style, would not complain about having too much territory.
At the same time, a similar meeting was held in the Land of Earth.
A short old man with a big nose looked at the crowd in front of him. This old man was the Third Tsuchikage.
He hummed:
"Twenty million ryo! It really cost me my old life!"
"Those warmongers in the Cloud Village definitely got the intelligence too. Let's not make a move first. Wait for them to stick their necks out, then hehe!"
"We don't ask for much. Just move the border between the Land of Wind and our Land of Earth forward by a few hundred kilometers!"
"As for the authenticity of this intelligence, we will know after they start the war."
Fanatical voices immediately rang out in the conference room.
"Long live Lord Onoki!"
As for the distant Land of Water.
The newly appointed Fourth Mizukage Yagura was still busy consolidating his position at this time.
He had no mind to care about these messy things, but it was believed that soon, the flames of war would definitely spread to the Land of Water.
After a period of time.
In the Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Wind.
In an elegantly decorated room.
A beautiful white-haired woman who looked seventeen or eighteen years old.
Wearing gorgeous clothes, with an elegant temperament carrying a trace of majesty, was silently looking at the photo in front of her.
Looking at the photo in her hand, the white-haired woman shook her head and elegantly placed the photo on the table to the left.
There were thousands of photos on the table in front of her.
It could be seen that the people in the photos were all ninjas, and all ninjas of the Sand Village.
From their clothes and the ninja forehead protectors on their foreheads...
It could be seen that the lowest rank was at the Special Jonin level.
Daimyo Ten'i extended her plain white slender right hand, elegantly picked a photo from the table on the right, and observed it carefully.
Tens of seconds later, a trace of disappointment flashed across Ten'i's beautiful face. Her snow-white eyebrows raised slightly, and she placed the photo on the table to the left.
Karuman, sitting not far away.
With a charming face, she looked at the Daimyo's move very strangely.
Two weeks ago.
Daimyo Ten'i suddenly asked her to copy photos of all the living Special Jonin and Jonin in the village for her.
Considering this was not an excessive request.
Karuman asked the village for instructions through the messenger ninja hawk ten days ago.
Finally received the village's reply letter this morning.
Along with the letter came thousands of photos.
Probably during this 10-day waiting period, the Sand Village was busy collecting photos of all Jonin.
Karuman watched Daimyo Ten'i looking at photos continuously for three hours from morning till now.
Thinking back and forth, she only thought that Daimyo Ten'i was looking for someone through photos.
It was a pity that she was instructed by Lord Rasa not to tell Daimyo Ten'i his true identity.
Thinking of this, Karuman sighed with some resentment in her heart.
Lord Rasa really attracted a lot of romantic debts.
Just among the female ninjas she knew in the village, there were five who secretly loved him.
And she didn't know how many female ninjas secretly loved him that she didn't know.
Ten'i put the photo in her hand aside in disappointment and casually took another photo from the table to look at.
Looking at the handsome young man in his twenties with a gentle smile on his face in the photo.
Ten'i raised her beautiful snow-white eyebrows slightly.
In the Sand Village, such a handsome male ninja was quite rare.
However, Ten'i had seen too many men more handsome than this.
She just glanced at the man's face a few times, then moved her gaze to the man's hands.
Upon seeing the man's hands.
Ten'i's eyes widened instantly, her breathing became heavy, and visible excitement appeared on her face.
This excited expression was extremely rare on Ten'i, whose prestige was increasing day by day and whose shrewdness was deepening day by day.
Ten'i took out a clean white towel hidden on her body, carefully wiped her eyes, and observed the man's hands again uneasily.
finding that she indeed didn't see it wrong.
Ten'i said excitedly to Karuman sitting not far away:
"Karuman, who is the man in this photo?"
Karuman looked at the photo curiously. When she saw the man in the photo, her charming face fell instantly.
Seeing this, Ten'i frowned slightly, and a majestic invisible aura immediately emanated from her.
"Why aren't you talking? Is this man's identity also top secret?"
Karuman sighed lightly. Her swaying heart finally made up her mind. She murmured in her heart:
"Lord Rasa, you just asked me not to tell her your true identity."
"But she found it herself through the photo. My answering the identity of the person in the photo doesn't violate your rule."
Karuman pursed her rosy full lips, lowered her eyes and eyebrows, and said:
"Daimyo, the person in the photo you are holding is the personal disciple of Lord Third Kazekage, Jonin Lord Rasa!"
Hearing the answer she wanted.
A happy smile appeared on Ten'i's elegant and dignified face, and this smile slowly turned into a brilliant smile.
Ten'i held the photo in her hand with both hands, looking at the gentle smile of the man in the photo.
Her tone was indescribably happy:
"Heh, hahaha!"
"The personal disciple of the Third Kazekage?"
"Kage... No, Lord Rasa. Even if you didn't let them tell your true identity, so what? You didn't expect that I would dig out your true identity in this way, hehehe!"
After laughing heartily regardless of her demeanor, Ten'i carefully put Rasa's photo into her bosom.
After doing all this, she looked at the dumbfounded Karuman next to her.
Ten'i said softly:
"As the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, I need to know the specific information of Lord Rasa. Is this too much?"
The corner of Karuman's mouth twitched slightly. Finally, she nodded:
"This is not too much. I will write to the Sand Village immediately."
Ten'i remembered something and added suddenly:
"Just asking for Lord Rasa's specific information this time, I shouldn't have to wait for 10 days like last time, right?"
"And please, Karuman, make it clear in the letter that I want specific detailed information, including his marital status, whether he has a lover, etc."
Hearing this, Karuman's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a burst of sourness arose in her heart.
This... sounded like the rhythm of a blind date?
Looking at Karuman's voluptuous figure walking out the door.
Ten'i stretched her arms very happily.