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With a shift in thought, Rasa looked at Ebizo again.
"Ebizo, when do you think the Mist Village and Konoha started their alliance?"
Ebizo was stunned for a moment.
"Isn't it now?"
Rasa shook his head.
"I suspect Konoha and the Mist Village formed an alliance long ago, a long time ago. Otherwise, Konoha wouldn't have stationed troops at the border of the Land of Wind before."
"Moreover, last time I obtained a very important piece of intelligence. That is, within the Mist Village, a person possessing the Byakugan has appeared, named Ao. This Byakugan should be the gift Konoha gave to the Mist Village."
Ebizo's pupils constricted.
"Konoha gave a Byakugan as a gift to the Mist Village?"
Rasa nodded.
"The intelligence I received says so; there can be no mistake."
Ebizo's eyes flickered rapidly.
"Since the era of ninja villages, Konoha has placed extreme importance on the Byakugan, and the Hyuga clan maintains an attitude that absolutely forbids the Byakugan from being leaked. They even created the Caged Bird Curse Mark for this purpose."
"How could they possibly give away a Byakugan just to ally with the Mist Village?"
"Would the Hyuga clan agree?"
"Wouldn't the Caged Bird Curse Mark have been created in vain?"
Rasa glanced at Ebizo.
"What if the Hyuga clan didn't agree to this?"
Ebizo revealed an expression of disbelief.
"Then it was a decision made solely by the Konoha higher-ups?"
"Isn't treating the Hyuga clan like this a bit too excessive for Konoha? But it seems... it's not something they couldn't do. Otherwise, the Uchiha clan wouldn't have made such a fuss to that extent."
"Knowing they would lose, knowing they would die, they still launched a rebellion."
"Even a figure like Kagami Uchiha died."
"Such a village is simply not worthy of trust and loyalty."
Rasa continued, "I suspect the Kaguya clan rebellion also has a certain connection to this. Everyone knows the Kaguya clan and the Hyuga clan have been on good terms for generations."
"Logically speaking, if the Hyuga clan agreed to give a Byakugan, it would most likely be given to the Kaguya clan."
"But Ao is not a member of the Kaguya clan."
"The people of the Kaguya clan likely obtained relevant information. The Mist Village higher-ups worried the Kaguya clan would leak this information to the Hyuga clan, so they killed the relevant Kaguya members."
"Or perhaps they took some other measures."
"This is what caused the Kaguya clan to launch a rebellion."
Ebizo was silent for a while.
"Lord Kazekage, what you say is very possible, if that Ao from the Mist Village really possesses the Byakugan."
"I didn't expect Konoha to be capable of such a thing."
"Hiruzen Sarutobi——it seems I didn't misjudge him before. For benefits, he will do anything. truly a shameless rat."
"Lord Kazekage, what do you want me to do?"
Rasa snorted coldly.
"Since Konoha insists on getting involved in our war with the Mist Village, then we will publish the truth of their alliance. Let everyone in the ninja world see their true colors."
"Let's see what the Hyuga clan thinks about this."
"Just like last time, spread this news to the ninja world."
"Focus on spreading it in the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth."
Ebizo nodded.
"Yes, Lord Kazekage."
[Ding!]
[The rumor you spread——"The Evil Hiruzen Sarutobi, The Greedy Mist Village, The Backstabbed Hyuga Clan" has been disseminated.]
[Current remaining activation points: 1. After activation, the deceptiveness of this rumor will increase, and spreading it will earn points.]
[Do you wish to activate this rumor?]
"Activate!"
[Activation successful.]
Accompanied by a mechanical voice, Rasa saw the points on the system panel that hadn't moved for a long time finally change again.
From 0 to 1.
The Third Mizukage received the news that Konoha and the Mist Village had completed their alliance. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile finally appeared on his face which had been gloomy for a long time.
"I didn't expect Yagura Karatachi could really do it."
But immediately, the Third Mizukage frowned again.
"However, what conditions exactly did Yagura Karatachi offer?"
"With Hiruzen Sarutobi's character, he wouldn't agree easily."
"After all, my Mist Village is at a huge disadvantage right now."
Yagura Karatachi was completely unaware of the Third Mizukage's wariness towards him.
Yagura Karatachi only knew that through his efforts, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally agreed to the conditions for an alliance with the Mist Village and dispatched quite a few ninja for support.
Relying on their familiarity with the terrain of the Land of Fire, they provided considerable help to the Mist army.
Gradually, the situation of the Mist army stabilized.
Next, waiting for Juzo Biwa to return, they might even be able to launch a certain counterattack.
"I'm sorry, Teacher. Without your consent, I gave your research results to Konoha. But everything is for the village. I believe you will understand."
Konoha.
Inside the Hokage Building.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the documents in his hand, revealing a subtle expression.
"I didn't expect the Mist Village to have reached this level in their research on Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts."
"Even a few points deeper than the Uzumaki clan."
"Achieving what Senior Mito back then, and Kushina now, failed to achieve."
"It has great benefits for my Konoha."
"Allying with the Mist Village will indeed make the Sand Village another enemy for Konoha, but it is worth it."
"The Sand Village's strength is just so-so."
"It's just that the Mist Village's luck was a bit too bad."
"They had several major internal problems first."
"No matter how strong Rasa is, how can he compare to Minato?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi had great confidence in Minato Namikaze's strength.
"Minato's strength is absolutely above Rasa's."
After the alliance was reached, Mist ninja went to the Konoha army, and Konoha ninja went to the Mist army. The number of exchanged personnel was the same, but it enhanced their respective strengths.
Because the abilities of the ninja from the two villages were very different.
Once combined, there would be more possibilities, and their strength would be a few notches higher.
This made everyone in the Rock army and the Mist army look somewhat grim.
"I didn't expect the Mist Village to actually ally with Konoha."
A Sand ninja cursed loudly.
"Shameless Konoha. We didn't provoke them in the slightest, yet they actively make an enemy of us."
"Good thing the Uchiha clan rebelled."
The Rock ninja were also very disgusted with the suddenly appearing Mist ninja because this required them to formulate entirely new combat strategies.
Conversely, the Mist ninja and Konoha ninja were in extremely high spirits.
"The Sand Village was just lucky. Our Mist Village will fight back."
Just as the Wood-Mist Alliance was immersed in joy.
A rumor slowly spread in the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth.
"Konoha sold out the Hyuga clan, giving the Mist Village a Byakugan to ally with the Mist Village————"
Upon hearing this rumor, a Hyuga ninja couldn't help but change his expression.