Chapter 262 Determination
A few hours later.
The Fourth Raikage, Ai, suppressed his anger and read the scroll in his hand that recorded the documents. Then he raised his head and looked at Troy, the "Rebel Ninja" Kumogakure who was looking around with an embarrassed look on his face. He spoke word by word. asked:
"What is this? An order? Or an ultimatum!?"
"Uh... In the words of the Nagato boss, this should be considered an invitation letter, right?"
For some well-known reasons, Troy, who became the messenger sent by the Akatsuki organization to Kumogakure, wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced a smile.
"Invitation! Please! Letter!? Guwa!!!"
He punched the table in front of him fiercely. In the midst of sawdust flying and lightning flashing, the Fourth Raikage Ai roared angrily:
"This is also an invitation!? This is beyond words. If we don't send people to participate in this discussion meeting on matters related to the moon's fall according to the method they provided, what does it mean to impose sanctions on our Yunyin Village? It’s like an invitation!?”
"Yondaime, please don't be anxious, don't be anxious yet..."
As an insider who has worked in the Akatsuki organization for quite some time, Troy is naturally very aware of Nagato's ability to defeat Kumogakure alone. After thinking about it for a while, he chose words to avoid further irritating the Fourth Raikage. After that, Troy said slowly:
"I know that the Yondaime is very dissatisfied with the Akatsuki organization, or the Fourth Mizukage who supports the Akatsuki organization behind the scenes to do such things, but... a sudden disaster like the moon's fall has indeed reached the point where it is necessary to gather Only with the strength and wisdom of everyone in the ninja world can we have a chance of successfully solving this problem."
"Troy, are you talking to Akatsuki and the Fourth Mizukage?"
When the Third Raikage was still there, Darui, who was already the Raikage's confidant, took a step forward. He not only blocked the other more impulsive Kumogakure ninjas behind him, but also put more pressure on Troy who came to deliver the message. , he stared into the other person’s eyes and asked in a deep voice:
"Have the three years in the Akatsuki organization made you forget that you are a blood-successor ninja born in Kumogakure?"
"If I forget, I won't be the one to carry out this mission myself, Darui."
Troy shook his head and sighed:
"Rather, regarding this moon crash incident, is there any room for us not to communicate and cooperate with the Akatsuki organization and Kirigakure?"
As soon as this statement came out, although all the Kumogakure ninjas present could not help but darken their faces, in the end, no one stood up to deny Troy's statement.
The fall of the moon is not as simple as a few meteorites falling into the ninja world. Even if Kumogakure doesn't know that the moon is the prison where Otsutsuki Kaguya is sealed, he can still realize that if the moon with such a huge size falls into the ninja world, it must It will be a disaster that will destroy the whole world.
In the face of this fact, Kumogakure has neither grasped the information about the existence of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon, nor has he created a terrifying weapon capable of destroying the moon like in the future time and space. Under such circumstances, how can they say Are you talking about how we can survive the crisis safely without cooperating with Akatsuki and Kirigakure?
"But, don't we still have the mysterious leader of Root here? Maybe he has the information and methods to solve the problem of the moon's fall?"
In the silence, a young-looking blond ninja muttered rather unconvincingly.
"Atzyi, be careful what you say!"
Samyi, who is both blond, but much more mature than his brother in both body and mind, quickly reached out and covered Atzyi's mouth, and whispered:
"Kirigakure is someone we need to be wary of. Doesn't he claim to be the 'root' of darkness in the ninja world? Besides, in the last battle of Konoha, didn't the Fourth Mizukage prove that he is far stronger than Did you get the leader of the Kyuubi's 'root' organization?"
"BOSS..."
Darui ignored Atsui, who was depressed because of his sister's lesson. Instead, he looked at the Fourth Raikage, whose brows were also furrowed because of Samui's words, with a complex expression. He rarely spoke in a less casual tone. :
"No matter what you decide to do in the end, no one in Kumogakure will have any complaints or objections."
"Am I the kind of person who cares about that kind of thing, Darui?"
The Fourth Raikage Ai snorted, then turned to look at a Jonin who had rushed into the Raikage's office, and asked almost prejudgmently:
“Is the communication from Iwagakure here?”
"Report, report to Raikage-sama, Iwagakure. Iwagakure has just sent us a communication request. It seems that the Third Tsuchikage Onoki intends to discuss something with you personally..."
"Then let's go and listen to Lord Tsuchikage's judgment." The Fourth Raikage Airi stood up and walked out of the office resolutely, "Whether it is the cooperation with the 'Root' organization, or the wariness and hatred towards Kirigakure. , Iwagakure is even better than us, if stubborn old men like Onoki choose to contact Akatsuki..."
"Are we just going with the flow?" Aziyi couldn't help but ask again.
"We Kumogakure are not Iwagakure's vassals!" Troy couldn't help but stretched out his hand and punched Atsuyi on the head. "You don't have to say it if you can't speak. You are still young and you don't have the confidence to talk nonsense. Do you understand!?"
"Gu!? 伱, you are obviously a rebellious ninja... Wow, ah, sister, help me!!!"
Listening to the movement behind him, Darui let out a long sigh, couldn't help but look at the white clouds slowly passing by outside the window, and whispered to himself in a low voice:
"It's really boring. You can see the answer at a glance, but you have to waste time in repeated pulling and weighing."
…
A few moments.
The display screen, which was obviously early and mottled, showed the short figure of the third-generation Tsuchikage Onoki. Seeing the other person's face that seemed to be older than his own age, the fourth-generation Raikage Ai sneered, He folded his hands and said:
"Even Onoki from the Two Scales couldn't wait to send a message. It seems that Kirigakure's initiative to attack has given you more pressure than you imagined, Lord Tsuchikage."
"Raikage boy, I don't have time to argue with you now."
Onoki's expression was very serious. He glanced at the Fourth Raikage and the close followers around him, and said in a serious tone:
"Just now, the demolition team of Iwagakure Village just destroyed a large meteorite that fell near Iwagakure Village. And according to our observations, if the moon's falling trend does not slow down in the next few days, the moon will It shattered into countless fragments surrounding the Ninja World, forming a continuous rain of meteorites that struck every corner of the Ninja World..."
"That is to say, we don't have much time to waste on negotiations, right?" The fourth Raikage Ai clenched his fists, trying to calm down his mood, and asked back.
"You can say that, but...this is not the only problem we have to face."
Onoki pointedly raised his finger to point outside the screen, and said with cold eyes:
"After discovering the phenomenon of the falling moon, I have sent several messages to the 'Root' organization to plead for mercy, hoping to have a good chat with their mysterious leader. But until now, the 'Root' organization's reply to me is There is no evasion such as free time or time...you should be able to guess a lot of what this means, Raikage boy."
"You mean, the leader of the Root organization might have something to do with the moon falling?" The Fourth Raikage showed a somewhat astonished expression, "Is this speculation serious!?"
"It doesn't matter whether you take it seriously or not, but it is an indisputable fact that the 'Root' organization did not provide us with any assistance in this matter." Ohnoki's expression was terrifyingly gloomy, "And judging from the tactics used to attack Konoha before, That brat who is probably Uchiha Madara's successor is quite devilish and reckless in what he does..."
"So you've made a decision?" Lei Yingai asked, taking a deep breath and trying to calm down.
"No matter what Kirigakure wants to do, it is inevitable to communicate with them." Ohnoki shook his head and said in a complicated tone: "I really can't give enough trust to the madmen of the Uchiha clan."
"Oh, I do remember it at this time."
Lei Ying snorted coldly, turned to look at Troy, who had been listening to the whole process, and said in a deep voice:
"Hand over the so-called Phantom Body Technique, and let me see what the Fourth Mizukage and Akatsuki, who he has single-handedly supported, are planning."
Why do I feel like I have to compete with perfect attendance in order to write more smoothly...