Hokage: Let Suffering Never Fly

Chapter 166: Enduring the Hero’s Late Age ([-])

Sanshoyu Hanzo will not give up the supplies Yanyin Village promised for the alliance.

But...he wanted more.

He wants the country of rain to stand on top of the Ninja country.

He also wants to...become a big country!

Rather than a small country that everyone can bully!

Now, an excellent opportunity is in front of him.

In order to avoid being attacked by the front and back, Konoha draws Sand Yin to stop Yan Yin.

If I send troops at this time, although I will offend Konoha, as long as I take down Sa Yin and at the same time ask Konoha for an alliance... everything is not a problem.

Konoha, who can't fight three big countries and one rain country at the same time, will only agree to his own request.

Otherwise, once Konoha falls into this situation of attacking in groups, there will only be more and more enemies.

Other ambitious small hidden villages will also join the war against Konoha under the influence of the general trend.

Sanshoyu Hanzo concluded that with Sarutobi Hiruzen's political level, he would definitely choose to join forces with him.

The Kingdom of Rain is about to rise!

……

A few days later, a request for help from Sand Hidden Village was sent to Konoha.

It was sent by Ebizo who stayed in Sunagakure Village.

More than half of the troops in Sunagakure Village have left the village to stop Iwagakure for Konoha. Knowing that the internal strength of Sunagakure Village is empty, they will naturally be wary of the forces of other countries around them.

Especially the Land of Rain.

There are secret sentries along the way, monitoring the movements of the Kingdom of Rain at any time.

As a result, they really detected the movement of the Kingdom of the Rain to send troops. Sanshoyu Hanzo personally led the troops to the hidden sand village.

The information was sent to Hidden Sand Village as quickly as possible.

With the remaining troops and strong men in Sand Hidden Village, they would never be able to withstand the invasion of the Kingdom of Rain. He could only send this information to the front line and try to get the front line troops to come back for support.

Konoha's matter will be delayed for a while, let's keep his home first.

But he thought about it and reported this information to Konoha. Either you send troops to support us, or we have to withdraw all the frontline troops to protect Sunagakure Village...

Hiruzaru Sarutobi did not expect that the land of rain, which had been quiet for a long time, would suddenly make a big move.

Sanshouyu Hanzo must have been quite confident before he took action himself.

He teamed up with Hidden Rock Village!

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought of the only possibility.

In the past few decades, Sanshouyu Hanzo has never joined forces with anyone. Even in the early days of the last war, he even made a feat of attacking three major countries.

Even if he was intimidated by Konoha Sannin later, he never showed an attitude of joining hands with any force.

Unexpectedly, he would join forces with Iwagakure at this critical moment.

What did Iwagakure offer to persuade Hanzo?

At this moment, a secret letter from the Land of Rain was also sent to Konoha.

It is a souvenir from Sansho Hanzo.

Sarutobi Hiruzen opened the souvenir, and then he understood what the other party was planning.

In the letter, Sanshoyu Hanzo even confessed his plan.

The Iwagakure Village proposed an alliance with the Country of Rain. They held back the Sunagakure team on the front line and prevented them from returning to the village. Sanshoyu Hanzo was responsible for leading the team to attack the Sunagakure Village... The other party actually wanted to replace the Sunagakure Village... Become one of the five hidden villages.

The current situation in the ninja world is very delicate. In order to deal with Yunyin and Wuyin, Konoha needs to go all out, and there is no extra power to deal with Yanyin, and Yuyin Village, because of its special geographical location, is very close to Sanjiaoyu. The existence of Hanzo is one of the few forces other than Sand Yin that can block Yan Yin.

Sanshoyu Hanzo chose to make a move at this moment because he knew that a chaotic war was coming, and wanted to take advantage of troubled waters and make the Land of Rain one of the five great nations.

Of course, the price is the disappearance of Sand Hidden Village.

Hiruzaru Sarutobi didn't care that the Kingdom of the Wind in the Five Great Nations was replaced, he wanted Konoha to survive the current crisis.

Reason told him that he should accept Sanshouyu Hanzo's request.

But... he still told Naoki who was still on the front line about this matter. However, he also attached his own judgment on the matter. He was more inclined to give up Sunagakure and choose to join forces with Rain Country.

The rope tree at the front line received the letter.

On his front, in addition to Jiraiya and Tsunade, the famous strong men include the older generation of Pig, Deer, and Butterfly, who are the current heads of the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi clans.

This matter deserves everyone to put down what they are doing and discuss it.

The patriarch of the Nara clan, as Hokage's right-hand man, was sent to assist Natoki this time, which has already explained the attitude of the village. Natoki is the next Kage.

Patriarch Nara hesitated for a long time after reading the information sent, and told Nawaki that the most suitable choice at this moment is to give up Sand Hidden and choose to form an alliance with the Land of Rain, as Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

Only in this way can Konoha survive this crisis safely.

With Konoha already in full-scale war with Yunyin and Kirigakure, they don't have that much spare power to face more enemies.

Once Konoha falls into a disadvantage, a small country like Longyin Village will also join in the crusade against Konoha...

Therefore, the most appropriate option is...to abandon allies.

"In the ninja world, there are no permanent allies and no permanent enemies."

"In the face of trade-offs between interests, everything can be abandoned."

He told the rope tree this truth without any scruples.

Sheng Shu heard the words, looked around and punched, seeing that his sister agreed with him, and suddenly smiled.

"Yes, everything can be abandoned."

"So, when did you abandon your ego?"

"The alliance contract was obviously signed half a year ago, but we can abandon our allies at any time now..."

"It is precisely because of this kind of betrayal that makes trust a luxury, and there will be no peace in this world..."

"You can abandon your allies today, but tomorrow...will you abandon your teammates?"

"Even Gaia, who has dedicated everything to the village... will be questioned? In the end... abandoned?"

When Naoki mentioned the name, everyone fell silent.

They couldn't accept this, and they didn't dare to accept it.

Once Gaia is raised, Rope Tree becomes another person.

"Today Konoha can abandon Sand Hidden Village, and tomorrow he can abandon other allies..."

"Do you think the Country of Rain will really devote itself wholeheartedly to Konoha?"

Rope Tree knocked on the table.

"Since you believe that interests are the most important thing connecting countries."

"Then let me tell you from this, why you can't form an alliance with the Kingdom of Rain."

"Because Hidden Sand Village can form an alliance with Konoha to improve the domestic environment, but the Land of Rain or Sansho Hanzo... don't have this need!"

"Even if Sanshouyu Hanzo takes over the Kingdom of Wind, he doesn't need Wood Release to improve that barren land!"

"Once he occupies both the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind, it will only be a matter of time before he uses ninja methods to build a huge canal between the two countries without obstruction. Once the excess water from the Land of Rain is introduced into the Land of Wind..."

"With his own strength, he can improve the environment of the entire Kingdom of Wind."

"The Kingdom of Wind will become a fertile plain like Konoha."

"I would like to ask everyone, do you still want to form an alliance with Sanshouyu Hanzo now?"

The boy who used to always talk about his bonds, dreams, and being recognized as Hokage has become a steady person who can persuade others with his wisdom.