Back at his Traditional Building home, Izayoi took a quick shower, warmed up some Sake, and, embracing the open-air ambiance, slipped into a pair of swim trunks before easing into his private hot spring.
Sipping the sweet Sake, Izayoi summoned the light screen to check his gains for the night.
[Points: 281379]
"What a pity..."
Looking at the numbers, Izayoi didn't feel ecstatic, but rather sighed with regret, "If it weren't for the Bloody Mist, Hidden Mist Village would be the biggest treasure."
In any world, war is the key to wealth.
Six years at the Ninja Academy, Hinata and Sasuke Uchiha, along with the rest of the class, only provided Izayoi with just over 20,000 Points.
But now, just the Konoha Crush Plan and the Akatsuki's attack on Cloud Village have caused Izayoi's Points savings to skyrocket from just over 10,000 to over 280,000.
This was mainly because at least half of the casualties in Cloud Village were caused by the Wood Clone's meteor rain and the Super Almighty Push.
Although the meteor rain and Super Almighty Push triggered a lot of guaranteed drops, they couldn't compare to the drop rate of the Puppet army.
Moreover, the reason why Cloud Village favors Ninjutsu and Taijutsu is because Kekkei Genkai are very rare in this country.
Most ninjas start with white and green Perks, with the highest being blue Perks.
And after decomposing a blue Perk, you only get a random three-digit number of Points.
Izayoi's gains this time were all accumulated through sheer numbers.
This couldn't help but make Izayoi think of Hidden Mist Village.
Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, Cloud Village, Hidden Stone Village, and Sand Village are all 'poor families' with very few Kekkei Genkai, while only Konoha and Hidden Mist Village have a large number of Kekkei Genkai and secret Ninjutsu clans.
Unfortunately, these two 'wealthy families' have been ruined by their own people and Obito Uchiha.
Hidden Mist Village, in particular, is the most miserable.
The Shinobi Village with the most Kekkei Genkai clans, where people with Kekkei Genkai have become monsters that everyone wants to kill.
Now, the overall strength of this great Shinobi Village has become the bottom of the barrel, even worse than Sand Village.
If it weren't for the Bloody Mist, Izayoi couldn't imagine how desirable this Shinobi Village would be.
Kekkei Genkai Perks are basically purple grade, and decomposing them yields a random four-digit number of Points.
If he were to launch an attack on Hidden Mist Village, targeting only those Kekkei Genkai clans, his gains tonight would at least double.
But there are no ifs.
Now, Izayoi still only has two paths in front of him.
Explode a Red Perk for decomposition, or launch a war, and it's best if the enemies are taken care of by Human Puppets.
But tonight's battle made Izayoi see the shortcomings of the Puppet army.
Stiff bodies, lack of vitality, and inability to concentrate... Even with several Wood Clones controlling them together, they still couldn't allow the Puppet army to exert its full strength, and they couldn't even defeat a great Shinobi Village where everyone was present.
If he wants to use the Puppet army to reap a large number of Points, he either has to fish in troubled waters like the Konoha Crush Plan, or further improve them.
"The butterfly effect has completely distorted the plot. I'm really curious about where it's going next..." Izayoi murmured with a smile, holding the wine glass with two fingers and drinking the warm Sake in one gulp.
Just then, the sound of the door opening reached his ears.
"Karin, aren't you asleep yet?" Izayoi asked with a smile, knowing who it was without looking.
"Hehe... yeah, I have more and more energy now. Even if I use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to clean the entire garden, I don't feel tired at all." Karin knelt behind Izayoi, first picking up the Sake pot and filling Izayoi's glass, then placing her hands on the back of the latter's head, searching for Acupoints and gently pressing them, and said with a smile, "Izayoi-kun, I recently asked Hinata and Hanabi for massage techniques and power exertion skills. Let me give you a massage."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Karin, but come down and massage me. It's getting colder and colder recently." Izayoi looked up and smiled. Seeing Karin wearing the same Squirtle Sukumizu as Hinata, but not deforming at all, he couldn't help but pull her into the hot spring.
"Izayoi-kun, turn around and lie on the edge of the pool, I'll massage your head first." Karin said excitedly.
"Okay."
...
Just like the Uchiha Clan Massacre Incident and the Konoha Crush Plan, as well as the Wood Release Ninja incident.
The news that the Akatsuki organization attacked Cloud Village and completely wiped out the military base of the Land of Lightning quickly spread to every corner of the Shinobi World, and even reached the Hidden Mist Village in the Land of Water overseas with the help of summoning beasts.
In an instant, the entire Shinobi World was shaken.
Just like the actions of Konoha and Sand Village, Cloud Village and the Land of Lightning did not hide anything about this incident, sorted out the information of the Akatsuki organization, and then announced it all, so that everyone knew that the Akatsuki organization had broken the bottom line.
In this incident, Cloud Village was the victim!
The Puppet Technique, which is superior to that of Sand Village, can turn corpses into Human Puppets, which can not only retain their abilities and Kekkei Genkai before their death, but also use Ninjutsu that the original body would not use. Sasori of the Red Sand's Bounty was almost second on the Black Market on the same day that the Land of Lightning announced the information, as high as 548 million taels.
Even Asuma Sarutobi didn't have a fraction of that.
And the top of the list was no longer Izayoi, but Deva Path Pain, who possessed the Sage Eye and wiped out Cloud Village with one move, with a full 1 billion taels!
There is no doubt that the Land of Lightning has invested heavily, and is also afraid.
This kind of terrifying organization that breaks the bottom line is really too terrifying.
Today, they can summon a meteor shower to bomb Cloud Village, and tomorrow they may give the Daimyo's mansion a wave.
Compared with these two dangerous elements, the Wood Release Ninja who just graduated this year and has not yet grown up is really not worth mentioning.
...
"Huff..."
In Rain Hidden Village, Kakuzu found Sasori of the Red Sand, who had come to attend the meeting, and said breathlessly, "Sasori, I heard that you have transformed yourself into a Human Puppet, then can you transfer your heart and contribute your current body to the organization? I can help you with Earth Grudge Fear for free."
"Get lost!"
Sasori of the Red Sand, whose Main Body was hidden in Hiruko, coldly shouted in a low voice.
Kakuzu was slightly regretful, and then said to Deva Path Pain, "Leader, can I change teammates? I suddenly feel that Sasori is my most ideal teammate."
"Kakuzu, what are you talking about? Isn't this great me worthy of being your teammate?" Hidan immediately shouted dissatisfied.
"Get lost, Sasori-danna is my partner." Deidara also echoed dissatisfied.
However, the two idiot treasures did not realize Kakuzu's intention.
"No." Deva Path Pain said coldly.
"What a pity."
Kakuzu looked at Sasori of the Red Sand from time to time, and then at Deva Path Pain, his eyes full of regret.
After giving a cold reply, Deva Path Pain swept his eyes over all the members except Obito Uchiha, and said in a deep voice, "The reason I summoned your Main Bodies to this meeting is to inform you of something. The information released by the Land of Lightning is false. The Konoha Crush Plan and the Cloud Village incident were both done by a mysterious person who, like me, possesses the Sage Eye."
"The other party's goal should be to provoke war in the Shinobi World, use the Five Great Shinobi Villages to weaken our Akatsuki's strength, and even target me, the owner of the Sage Eye."
"So, you must all be careful in your future actions. Except for me and Sasori, as well as Itachi and Kisame, the information of the others has not been exposed yet. I allow you to take off your uniforms and hide. If you encounter danger, you can seek help from me through your rings."
Hearing this, the other members, all S-Rank Missing-nin, didn't care.
Unless it was a large number of elite ninjas using a human-wave tactic, or encountering opponents with attribute advantages, there were only a handful of people in the Shinobi World who could be their opponents.
And these people were all in high positions, so how could they be encountered so easily?
Kakuzu's eyes lit up and he said, "In other words, our Akatsuki has become the target of public criticism, and there will be a large number of strong people with Bounties to hunt us down in the future?"
Deva Path Pain: "..."
Nagato behind the scenes was very tired, but he still controlled Deva Path Pain and said the second reason for summoning them: "Cloud Village will definitely retaliate for this incident. According to the information collected by Zetsu, Cloud Village has the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. They are both perfect Jinchuriki who can completely transform into Tailed Beasts and use the Tailed Beast Ball, and they also have a space-time type of Heavenly Transfer Technique, which may be able to airdrop the Tailed Beast Ball to Rain Hidden Village."
"At the same time, we cannot rule out the possibility of them starting a war with us."
"So, for the next period of time, you will all stay in Rain Hidden Village and help set up Barrier Techniques."
Only then did the Akatsuki members' eyes become serious.
They were not afraid of ninja squads hunting them down.
But if one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages came out in full force, it would be completely different.
"Leader, aren't you planning to move the base?" Kakuzu asked.
"I'm not considering that for the time being," Deva Path Pain said indifferently. "Cloud Ninja Village alone is not worth mentioning. What that mysterious person can do, I can also do."
Thinking of the photos and information that had been spread, the Akatsuki members felt a chill in their hearts.
It seemed that they had underestimated this Leader.
Two owners of the Sage Eye?
This was simply an alternative 'God of Shinobi' and 'Shinobi World Asura'.
Could it be that this era would be a war of the Sage Eye?
Would the end of the war see a new era's 'Valley of the End battle'?
...
"Deidara, did you join such a dangerous organization?"
In Hidden Stone Village, Ōnoki looked at the information in his hand, his expression full of seriousness, and muttered to himself, "I thought Wood Release was the biggest threat in the future, but I didn't expect that such a dangerous person was hidden in the Shinobi World of this era! Akatsuki, what exactly is your purpose?"
If it were normal times, Ōnoki would have launched an invasion of the Land of Lightning long ago after seeing Cloud Village suffer such heavy losses.
The beginning of the Third Shinobi World War was when Cloud Village discovered that the Third Kazekage of Sand Village was missing, so they launched an invasion of the Land of Wind.
Just the loss of a backbone in Sand Village could trigger a Shinobi World War, let alone Cloud Village, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, being directly wiped off the map, with heavy casualties.
At this moment, it was simply the best opportunity to take advantage of someone's illness to demand their life.
However, looking at the intelligence in hand, neither Ōnoki, nor the Sand Village that had been invaded by the Cloud Village, nor even Konoha, which had fought against the Cloud Village and was humiliated by them nine years ago, had any intention of kicking them when they were down.
Because in this era, super-standard combat powers like the Ninja God and the Shinobi World's Asura had appeared again.
No one knew the terror of super-standard combat power better than the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
The Tailed Beasts were already terrifying enough, and even if the Jinchuriki were their own people, the villagers and ninjas would still reject and fear them.
But this thing was distributed to the various ninja villages by the Ninja God, and Konoha even felt indifferent.
Now, a super-standard combat power that could easily wipe out a ninja village, or even destroy a country, had reappeared after many years, and it was still a dangerous element that broke the bottom line.
Not only was the Land of Lightning afraid, but the other three great powers of the Shinobi World were also afraid.
Huang Tu, who had delivered the intelligence, asked, "Father, should we contact Deidara? Let him reveal some information about the Akatsuki, or help us sound out the Akatsuki Leader?"
"It's meaningless." Ōnoki shook his head and said, "Those who possess such combat power will inevitably breed ambition to match it. Such beings cannot be influenced by external forces like 'companionship'."
"Go and call over the Sensor Team, the Barrier Team, and the Technology Team." Ōnoki instructed, "We must improve the village's barrier to prevent the disaster of the Cloud Village from befalling us."
"Yes!"
Huang Tu nodded and was about to leave.
At this moment, the door of the Tsuchikage Office was suddenly knocked, and then an Iwa Ninja pushed the door open and said respectfully, "Tsuchikage-sama, envoys from the Cloud Village are requesting an audience."
Hearing this, Ōnoki's eyes flashed, and then he said to Huang Tu, "Huang Tu, you go and entertain them."
"Yes!"
...
"The balance has been completely broken, and the future of the Shinobi World and the Sand Village makes this old woman worried."
In the Sand Village, Chiyo was the only one among the major ninja villages who felt powerless.
The Cloud Village had the AB Combo and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, the Hidden Stone Village had Ōnoki and two Jinchuriki, and Konoha had the legendary Three Ninja and a Wood Release Ninja.
But the Sand Village now only had her and her younger brother, two old things, and Gaara, a Jinchuriki who had not yet grown up.
If a war broke out at this time, she could not imagine what a passive situation the Sand Village would fall into.
The only thing that made her feel gratified was that her grandson was still alive and had grown into the strongest puppeteer surpassing his predecessors.
However, using corpses to create Human Puppets, Chiyo also realized that the disappearance of the Third Kazekage back then was likely related to her grandson.
Her grandson had most likely gone astray.
Thinking of this, Chiyo felt sad, and couldn't help but think of the technique that was being developed.
She wondered if that technique, once completed, could save her grandson?
"Sister, we may have to ask Konoha for help." Ebizō said, "In the Whirlpool Country incident back then, the Cloud Village, the Hidden Stone Village, and the Hidden Mist Village gained the most. Our Sand Village did not obtain any barrier-type scrolls."
"Without a large-scale defensive barrier, our fate in the face of a meteor shower attack may be even more miserable than the Cloud Village."
After all... fire counters wind.
The Sand Village, which specializes in Wind Release, would not only be unable to withstand the meteor rain's attack, but might even amplify its power.
"That's the only way," Chiyo nodded helplessly, her expression worried. "I hope that woman Tsunade-hime can put aside her prejudices and lend a hand."
Listening to the two elders' conversation, Gaara's expression was extremely serious, and his motivation to become stronger grew even more.
Knock, knock, knock...
Just then, a knock on the door echoed in the Kazekage Office.
...
Konoha, Hokage Office.
"That mysterious person has struck again, this time targeting Cloud Village." Tsunade frowned as she looked at the information in her hand, then looked at Izayoi, who was reading the New Sealing Scroll opposite her, and said helplessly, "I'm sorry, Great-Grandpa's signature Wood Release techniques weren't left behind at all, so I can't help you."
"It doesn't matter, I'm very satisfied that the Hokage-sama allows me to view the Sealing Scroll at will." Izayoi grinned and said, "Compared to the First Hokage-sama's Wood Release, I'm more interested in the Second Hokage-sama's Forbidden Techniques."
Tsunade didn't care about this, saying, "It doesn't matter, this thing will fall into your hands sooner or later anyway, it's all the same whether it's sooner or later. Didn't you see that those guys aren't coming out to stop it? Besides, now is a critical period, and everyone hopes your strength is as strong as possible."
From Tsunade's words, it's not hard to see that she favors the latter more between Naruto Uzumaki and Izayoi, and has made a choice.
Although Naruto Uzumaki helped her overcome her hemophobia and allowed her to see the reflections of Nawaki and Dan Kato.
But she is the Hokage of Konoha, and she must be responsible for Konoha.
The attitude of Konoha has already helped her decide who is stronger, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki or the Wood Release Ninja.
Izayoi nodded, and said with a confident smile, "With my current Chakra, I can use the Four Red Yang Formation alone, even if a meteor rain bombards Konoha, I can withstand it."
"Haha... those are truly reassuring words." Tsunade immediately laughed heartily, then quickly changed her face and threatened, "Then why aren't you going out to do missions? I'm giving you a death order now, you must be promoted to Jonin next year, otherwise I'll order an investigation into the source of your wealth, and then confiscate your house."
"Then I can only report the Hokage-sama for embezzling public funds for gambling."
"Who said I embezzled public funds, do you have evidence?"
"Then does the Hokage-sama have evidence?"
"I am the Hokage, I am the greatest in Konoha, my words are evidence, if you don't agree, you can become the Hokage!" Tsunade said with a smug face.
"Hmph... Tsunade, you will regret it!"
Izayoi put down the Sealing Scroll, slammed the door and left with a 'bang'.
Tsunade scratched her face, looking puzzled, "Why do those words of that kid feel a bit familiar, like I've seen them before?"
Shizune and Karin, who had been watching the whole process, the former said with a wry smile, "Hokage-sama, you said similar things to Izayoi last time too."
"So that's how it is." Tsunade nodded slightly, then frowned again, "No, I didn't slam the door, it's not this kind of familiarity."
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