Chapter 604.Cloud Ninja Village Is Even Worse!

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In the short term, he could not possibly leave Kazuki’s sight. If he wanted a rotation break, there was still a long probationary period ahead of him.

As for Mabui, the secretary, her probationary period would be even longer.

Bringing his guards along and without delaying on the road, Kazuki arrived at his destination two days later.

Onoki, the initiator of the Five Kage Summit, had arrived earlier than anyone.

As for Rasa, Terumi Mei, and A, there was still no sign of them. They were probably still on the road at this time.

"Tsuchikage, now that the Five Kage Summit has been convened and the war between the Stone Ninja Village and the Cloud Ninja Village has stopped, you look like you’re not in a very good mood, old man."

After greeting the people of the Land of Iron, Kazuki sat down with Onoki.

"..."

Do you really not know, or are you pretending to be ignorant and deliberately trying to enjoy my embarrassment?

Hearing this, Onoki’s already poor expression turned even worse.

"Does the Hokage not know?"

Onoki asked in a low voice, wanting to see whether Kazuki was deliberately mocking him or truly did not know about this matter.

"Know what?" Kazuki was somewhat puzzled. Although the village had sent quite a few people to the battlefield to gather intelligence, the war on the Takigakure battlefield had already stopped—at least temporarily.

Moreover, the Five Kage Summit had already been smoothly initiated. Onoki should not be wearing such a long face. Even if the Stone Ninja Village had suffered heavy losses and taken on enormous debt, it should not be enough to make him pull such a face at this time.

Was there some problem here?

Could it be that the Leaf really had not gathered this intelligence?

Seeing Kazuki’s completely bewildered expression, Onoki could not help but mutter inwardly.

He believed that the Leaf would have planted many spies within the Land of Earth to gather all kinds of intelligence. What he did not expect was that, within the Land of Earth today, the Leaf only had spies in two places: the Stone Ninja Village and the Daimyo’s residence.

After all, what needed to be plundered had been plundered, and what needed to be known had been learned. Why send so many more spies over?

Do not underestimate these spies. A qualified spy, even if he only had the strength of a Chunin, would absolutely cost more to cultivate than a Special Jonin, or even a Jonin.

The Leaf and the Stone Ninja Village were already putting on a show openly. Kazuki certainly would not be idle enough to keep stuffing spies into the Land of Earth.

Therefore, he was not very clear about certain things that had happened within the Land of Earth.

On top of that, the Cloud Ninja Village had been too ruthless, leaving no survivors wherever they destroyed, and the Stone Ninja Village had been secretive and evasive. As a result, the Leaf had not been able to gather the relevant intelligence at the first opportunity.

By this point in time, the intelligence had already been delivered to the Hokage Office Building. Unfortunately, Kazuki had already come to the Land of Iron.

So when Kazuki saw Onoki’s grim face, he felt puzzled.

What exactly did this old man mean?

"The Cloud Ninja Village really is no good!"

Onoki decided to continue probing, so he angrily slammed the table and started cursing.

His anger was not an act. It was genuine, solid anger.

Sure enough, it was related to the Cloud Ninja Village. But for Onoki to be angered to this extent, what kind of utterly unconscionable thing had the Cloud Ninja Village done?

After all, when the war broke out, Kazuki had sent people to seize a large amount of the Land of Earth’s resources and wealth, and Onoki had not been so angry that he would pull a face and start cursing the moment they met. He had still maintained his image as the Tsuchikage.

Now, it seemed he had completely lost his composure.

Onoki kept cursing, and Kazuki did not stop him. Instead, he crossed his arms over his chest and watched the performance with amusement.

As the saying went, matters that do not concern oneself should be hung up high. These troublesome matters had not happened in the Leaf, so why worry about them on someone else’s behalf? Watching the show was enough.

After cursing for a while, Onoki’s inner rage finally subsided a little. With a dark expression, he took out a scroll from his bosom and slapped it onto the table.

Kazuki did not stand on ceremony either. He picked up the scroll, opened it, and began reading.

This unguarded action of Kazuki’s improved Onoki’s expression somewhat.

It showed that Kazuki still had a certain degree of trust in him.

If Kazuki had picked up the scroll and inspected it in various ways before daring to read it, Onoki probably would have been furious enough to stamp his feet.

I am not the kind of person who likes to pull underhanded tricks.

"Whoa..."

If you do not look, you do not know. If you look, you get a shock.

Kazuki looked up at Onoki in surprise, then lowered his head and continued reading the intelligence in the scroll.

No wonder Onoki was so angry. The Cloud Ninja Village really was ruthless. More precisely, A had been truly ruthless. Although the Leaf had also invaded the Land of Earth and taken away a large amount of resources and materials, at least the Leaf had not killed indiscriminately or cut down the civilians of the Land of Earth.

They only wanted resources and wealth.

The Cloud Ninja Village’s surprise attack squad did not care about any of that. Resources, they wanted. Wealth, they wanted. People... whether you were a ninja of the Stone Ninja Village or a civilian of the Land of Earth, in order to prevent information from leaking, all of you can go to the Pure Land to see the Sage of Six Paths.

Looking at the numbers written on the scroll, Kazuki felt that this row of numbers should have been written in striking red ink.

The Cloud Ninja Village was truly vicious!

Wherever they went, not a blade of grass grew. This kind of behavior would invite contempt.

It seemed the Cloud Ninja Village was also desperate.

Knowing that Onoki would win over the Leaf, the Mist Ninja Village, and the Sand Ninja Village to convene the Five Kage Summit, wanting to use the pressure of the Five Kage Summit to end the war, A decided to give Onoki a vicious blow.

So what if you can win people over? So what if you can convene the Five Kage Summit? Since the war cannot be won, then before the war stops, I will stab you hard.

If my Cloud Ninja Village suffers, your Stone Ninja Village will suffer even more.

One slash down, and your Stone Ninja Village will not have the capital to start a war again for the next twenty years.

By comparison, the Cloud Ninja Village’s recovery and development would be much simpler. During this period, they could also use various means to obstruct the Stone Ninja Village’s development. As long as the Stone Ninja Village’s strength did not recover, it would not be able to pose a sufficient threat to the Cloud Ninja Village.

If Kazuki’s actions amounted to robbing the Stone Ninja Village, then A’s actions were cutting off the Stone Ninja Village’s roots!

Encountering such a misfortune, anyone would lose their temper. No wonder Onoki looked so displeased, with neither his eyes nor nose in the right place.

If it were Kazuki, he probably would have already charged alone into the Cloud Ninja Village.

Shaking his head, Kazuki could not bring himself to say any words of sympathy either. He silently put away the scroll and returned it to Onoki.

This was a grudge between the Stone Ninja Village and the Cloud Ninja Village. The Leaf only needed to be aware of it. There was no need to get involved.

At a time like this, saying sympathetic words might even incur Onoki’s displeasure, making him think Kazuki looked down on him. Since that was the case, why meddle unnecessarily?

Kazuki did not comfort him, nor did he sympathize with him. He merely returned the scroll. The heart that Onoki had been holding finally settled.

He had been afraid that after learning about this, Kazuki would make a few sarcastic remarks to needle him, or deliberately use the excuse of sympathy to mock him.

If that had happened, Onoki would have exploded with rage.

Fortunately, the thing he had worried about did not happen. Kazuki did nothing.