"No, this is absolutely not allowed."
"Wouldn't that put you in danger, Lord Kazekage?"
"The ninja of the Beni-yama clan might not be very strong individually, but after all, they are one of the top ninja clans in our Sand Village, and they have quite a few ninja."
"Facing so many ninja at the same time, even you, Lord Kazekage, would be in danger of losing your life."
"If you die, Lord Kazekage, the Sand Village will fall into turmoil again..."
Rasa interrupted Ebizo.
"It's decided."
"Ebizo, naturally I am one hundred percent confident to make such a decision. The Beni-yama clan cannot hurt me. After tonight, I will definitely be safe and sound."
"Besides, Ebizo, do you think I'm the kind of person who would intentionally seek death for no reason?"
"It's not like I received any benefits from the Beni-yama clan that I have to repay with my life."
"I have a wife and children. I want to live well more than any of you."
Ebizo was silent for a long time.
"Alright, Lord Kazekage, I will do as you arranged."
Watching Ebizo and Beni-yama Tategami leave, Rasa withdrew his gaze.
Making such a decision, Rasa was naturally confident.
Firstly, his own strength was no longer comparable to what it was before.
Among Kage-level ninja, he was no longer lower-tier.
The ninjutsu "Arise!" was very strong.
And in a place like the Sand Village, it received a huge boost.
Besides that, he also had his summoning beast, Yatagarasu.
Who could withstand a dozen explosive eggs falling at once?
Secondly, the strength of the Beni-yama clan's ninja was just so-so.
The Sand Village was an impoverished ninja village.
Besides the poor land and resources, the talent and strength of its ninja were also quite poor.
The number of presentable ninja in the entire Sand Village could be counted on one hand.
One Rasa, one Pakura, one retired Chiyo.
Ebizo's strength was actually quite average, just that his abilities in other aspects were good.
There were very few who could be considered genuine elite Jonin.
There was a reason why the Mist Village dared to look down on the Sand Village so much.
The strength of the Beni-yama clan was far inferior to the Uchiha clan, and also inferior to the Kaguya clan.
And himself.
"My current strength should be above Hiruzen Sarutobi, right? The Third Mizukage should also be inferior to me."
The problem of the Beni-yama clan had to be solved sooner or later.
Either now.
Or slowly plan for it.
After weighing the pros and cons, Rasa made the current decision.
"I have a success rate of over eighty percent. As for the twenty percent chance of failure, I won't die either. At most, some ninja of the Beni-yama clan will escape and create some small chaos in the Sand Village."
"It won't be as big as the chaos caused by the Uchiha to Konoha."
"With the Kaguya clan rebelling, the Mist Village won't be able to seize this opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Sand Village either."
"Planning slowly is prone to changes!"
Ebizo was so worried because he knew too little.
He didn't know about the changes in the Mist Village, nor did he know Rasa's true strength now.
Night fell.
Rasa walked towards the courtyard where Hazuki Uchiha was staying.
"Lord Kazekage?"
Hazuki Uchiha was puzzled by Rasa's sudden arrival.
"Hazuki Uchiha, put on a show with me."
"What show?"
"A show of dating me."
Rasa said, "Tonight, pretend to date me. I choose the location. If you agree, after it's done, I can arrange for you to spend a day with Izumi Uchiha."
Hazuki Uchiha's eyes lit up.
"Deal!"
As for dating Rasa or whatever, Hazuki Uchiha knew very well that after coming to this Sand Village, her fate was no longer in her own hands.
How she lived depended entirely on the mood of others.
Especially Rasa.
A Kazekage in the Sand Village was equivalent to a Hokage in Konoha.
Until now, Hazuki Uchiha still hadn't figured out why the Uchiha clan had reached this point today.
Konoha said it was all the Uchiha's fault.
The Uchiha said it was all Konoha's fault.
Even if it were a real date, Hazuki Uchiha knew she had no right to refuse.
Let alone a fake one.
"Then follow me."
Hazuki Uchiha followed behind Rasa. The two walked towards a relatively remote direction in the village, then arrived at a training ground that had been abandoned for a long time.
"Come in."
Rasa opened the door to the training room and walked in.
Hazuki Uchiha followed him in.
Bang!
The door closed.
People outside couldn't see what the people inside were doing at all.
Hazuki Uchiha felt her heart beating extremely fast.
But Rasa had no distracting thoughts.
There was a high probability that an extremely fierce battle would take place soon. Rasa didn't want to focus his energy on other things now, which would lead to him falling into a disadvantage in the upcoming battle.
On the other side, Ebizo and Beni-yama Tategami were in action.
Inside the Beni-yama clan, a large number of clansmen gathered.
"What happened?"
"Why suddenly hold a clan meeting?"
They saw the patriarch of the Beni-yama clan, Beni-yama Tsuchisa, come before everyone, standing on the stage of the conference hall, looking down at everyone with a very serious expression.
"Everyone, there is bad news that everyone needs to know."
"The matter of our Beni-yama clan selling village intelligence to the Mist Village is known to Lord Kazekage."
"Now Lord Kazekage is investigating our Beni-yama clan and has already found out a lot of results. It is very likely that action will be taken against us recently."
As Beni-yama Tsuchisa's voice fell, the faces of everyone present immediately became very ugly.
"How could this be?"
"We clearly did it very secretively."
These people of the Beni-yama clan said angrily.
"And the things we did weren't big, just some irrelevant intelligence, not targeting him, Rasa."
"He wants to take action against us? Punish us?"
"He, Rasa, was able to obtain the position of Kazekage thanks to the support of our Beni-yama clan."
"Without Lord Third, he couldn't have reached this level at all."
"He knows very well the relationship between our Beni-yama clan and Lord Third."
"Lord Third is only missing, not dead!"
"If Lord Third comes back and sees he moved against our Beni-yama clan, how will he explain it?"
Beni-yama Tsuchisa coughed dryly.
"Everyone, things have come to this."
"We know ourselves that what we did wasn't excessive, just seeking some benefits, not harming Rasa's interests in the slightest. And we have already stopped such behavior."
"Reasonably and logically, Rasa shouldn't pursue us."
"But he just did it."
"The question now is, what should we do?"
"Flee the Sand Village?"
"Or kill him, Rasa, and have our Beni-yama clan sit in the position of Kazekage? After all, our Beni-yama clan is the orthodox successor of Lord Third!"