Naruto: Climbing Ranks to Rule the Ninja World! - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: The Beginning of the Cooperation Between Sunagakure and Orochimaru

“……”

Today in Sunagakure, it was unusually silent.

Sweat continued to drip from Baki’s face, and he didn’t dare to look up at the expression of his own Kazekage.

He had just scolded his subordinates, and now it was his turn to be scolded by Fengying.

“…Is it that old man from Iwagakure who changed his mind?”

The deep voice of Fourth Kazekage Rasa sounded as he asked his question.

“It shouldn’t be…”

Baki wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:

“From the traces at the scene, it seems that many Iwagakure ninjas also died. Although we haven’t found all the bodies, their losses are definitely not small.”

“…Which means the information about our transaction has been leaked long ago. Is this a third-party ninja?”

“That should be it.”

Fourth Kazekage Luo Sha put down the information in his hand, and his mind was full of thoughts. After a while, he spoke:

“Do you think it was Konoha who did it?”

Baki thought about the information and answered affirmatively:

“It should be Konoha. The traces of Fire Style at the scene are very obvious. We even found traces of releasing Fire Style in other locations.”

The meaning of this statement is very clear. In the entire ninja world, Konoha Village has the most Fire Style ninjas.

Of course, other villages also have ninjas who know Fire Style, but Konoha Village is highly suspected in this regard.

“hehe……”

“…We are staunch allies!”

Fengying Luosha smiled in confusion, but he never took the covenant seriously.

Allies are meant to be betrayed.

Just like this incident, it’s not just Konoha that is causing trouble among the various ninja villages.

If he knew the information about Konoha Village, he would also send people to kill people and steal supplies.

Therefore, this kind of fighting is always hidden in the dark, and no ninja village will condemn it openly.

I lost this time, next time it will be your turn to be unlucky.

The entire ninja world has never been peaceful, with conflicts occurring all the time.

But even so, Luo Sha still felt a pang of heartache.

The gold used for the transaction this time was extracted bit by bit from the ground by him, and it was gone just like that…

Sunagakure, who was already penniless, was now even worse off.

“…Send someone to contact Orochimaru and be alert!”

Luo Sha made up his mind and gave Baki an order, “Remember! Be careful!”

Orochimaru is not a person who can be underestimated. In fact, Luo Sha has never made up his mind to cooperate with him, but now he has no choice but to cooperate.

“yes!”

Baki agreed immediately, but he had a guess in his mind that he didn’t say out loud, which was that this incident might have been caused by Orochimaru in order to hit Sunagakure’s economy and force the two parties to cooperate.

But this one might be a little smaller, so Baki didn’t say it.

“Lord Kazekage, actually… Orochimaru has no good intentions…”

“I know! Go down!”

“yes!”

Luo Sha knew very well that cooperating with Orochimaru would be like courting disaster, but the situation in Sunagakure was very bad right now.

The funding provided by the Daimyo of the Land of Wind was getting less and less, so there was no way to train more ninjas or take on a large number of missions.

The environment of the Wind Kingdom itself is even worse. With deserts everywhere, there are not many resources to support its own development, and it can only trade with other countries.

But they don’t have much money!

Such a vicious circle is difficult to break!

So even though he knew Orochimaru was unreliable, he had no choice but to cooperate with him.

And this incident was just the last straw that broke the camel’s back!

……

“Um?”

“What is that?”

Shihouin Naraku returned to Konoha Village exhausted and looked up at Hokage Rock with squinted eyes.

“Did I see it wrong? There seems to be a little man jumping around there?”

Who is so bold?

Dare you mess with the statue of your own Hokage?

But after thinking about it, Naraku realized that there was only one person who dared and could do this.

Uzumaki Naruto!

“Oh, now I remember, isn’t this the scene when Uzumaki Naruto appears at the beginning of the Hokage story!”

Naraku couldn’t help laughing when he thought of this scene.

really–

After a chaotic fight, Umino Iruka appears!

“Uzumaki Naruto!!!”

This roar spread throughout the entire Konoha Village.

“well!”

With a resigned sigh, Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen turned away from the window and sat down in his seat.

After thinking for a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen took out two documents.

One document had a picture of Shihouin Naraku on it, and the other had a picture of Hatake Kakashi on it.

“Da da da…”

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen tapped his fingers carelessly on the armrest of the chair.

“Forget it, Naruto still has some time to graduate.”

“We need to think carefully about who will be Naruto’s teacher…”

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen was already thinking about who would be Uzumaki Naruto’s instructor.

Even though Uzumaki Naruto’s grades are at the bottom right now and he can’t even play a clone well, he will definitely graduate!

Can’t graduate?

No! Sarutobi Hiruzen will not allow Naruto not to graduate!

Konohagakure can’t allow Uzumaki Naruto to not graduate!

Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen is already thinking about who will be the instructor of the Uzumaki Naruto ninja team in the future.

Because of Uzumaki Naruto Nine Tails Jinchūriki’s status, being his instructor would mean that person is a candidate for Hokage!

Whether it’s interests or emotions, the Hokage must be able to influence or control Nine Tails Jinchūriki!

This is the bottom line!

In fact, it can be seen from the identities of the Tailed Beast Jinchūriki in other ninja villages that the Kage and Tailed Beast Jinchūriki of most ninja villages have a relatively close relationship.

Fourth Kazekage’s son Gaara is the Jinchūriki of One Tail Shukaku!

Kirigakure’s Fourth Mizukage Yagura might as well be Three Tails’ Jinchūriki!

The Raikage of Cloud Shinobi Village is simply Eight Tails Gyūki Jinchūriki Killer Bee’s sworn brother!

As for Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, he would hang around Uzumaki Naruto from time to time, pretending to be a kind and amiable old grandfather, guiding Naruto’s character and thoughts.

Of course there are exceptions, but what all the major ninja villages pursue is that their own Kage must control the Tailed Beasts Jinchūriki, and emotions are the most convenient and effective way to do this.

And now Sarutobi Hiruzen is hesitating about who will become the instructor of Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine Tails Jinchūriki, to develop a new bond!

On the other side, Naraku, who has returned to Konohagakure, also finds Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had already learned the detailed information of the mission from the Anbu who had returned to the village earlier, so Naraku only added some general information about his rear guard.

They were originally going to return to the village together, but the Chakra metal they stole this time was very important, so Naraku ordered the Anbu members to bring the supplies back first.

Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen puffed on his pipe, a smile breaking out on his frowning face:

“Chakra Metal was a pleasant surprise!”

“The village can use these metals to create some special ninja tools!”

“This mission was accomplished very well.”

In fact, the most important thing about this mission is to make the transaction between Sunagakure and Iwagakure fail.

Iwagakure was fine, but Sarutobi Hiruzen was well aware of Sunagakure’s situation.

Sunagakure’s loss this time is not small. If Konohagakure trades with the other party in the future, he will take the opportunity to gain a lot of benefits. After all, Sunagakure is so short of supplies. If he wants something, he must pay more.

It could even make Sunagakure weaker.

Of course, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn’t want Sunagakure to be completely destroyed, but it would be better if he was a little weaker.

Only such an ally can make Konohagakure feel at ease.