I asked you to be Hokage and you burned Konoha?

Konoha made it clear that it would launch a war against the four major villages, and the ninja world was shaken for a while. However, unlike many people who thought that the four major villages would directly join forces to kick off a deadly war in the ninja world, the ninja world seemed to have become calmer.

Except for Konoha, of course.

A large number of ninjas in Konoha are particularly active in the Kingdom of Fire in teams of three. Even if they enter other countries, as long as they are not some more important cities and the Kingdom of Thunder, there will be no movement at all in the other three major countries. Even if traces of Konoha ninjas are discovered, At most, they are driven away, not killed.

And Seti didn't send anyone to the Kingdom of Thunder. After all, Raikage was a reckless man and he didn't know if he would kill anyone.

This strange situation left many people incomprehensible for a while, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is actually just the calm before the storm.

When Konoha actually launches a war and determines the first target of attack, the seemingly dead ninja world will be instantly ignited.

No one wants to be the one who stands out, not even Ai.

Konoha is really going crazy. No village can bear such a loss, and no one is willing to be a snipe and a clam so that others can benefit.

However, although everyone was calm, the secret communications became more and more frequent. On the third day after the news spread, Kumogakure and Iwagakure announced an offensive and defensive alliance, with the third generation Tsuchikage Onoki of Iwagakure in charge. The leader of the Allied Forces, the Fourth Raikage, serves as the Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces.

Se had anticipated this in advance.

He didn't put pressure. It would take some time for the two villages to form an alliance, and it wouldn't be so soon. However, what surprised him was the Sunagakure Village. The Kirigakure Village could also be said to be because they were separated by the sea, so news spread more easily. Wait, what's the situation over there in Sunagakure Village? Are you really ready to advance and retreat with Konoha?

But after a second thought, he rejected this conjecture.

Even if Sunagakure Village is now considered an alliance village of Konoha, it is just an illusion. Sunagakure Village will not be so honest. Either the alliance has not been negotiated yet and the benefits are unevenly distributed, or it is prepared to sit back and watch the tigers fight. , and then jump out to pick up the leaks at the end.

In his opinion, the former is the most likely. After all, if a war really breaks out, neither Konoha nor Iwagumo will be stupid enough to let others act as fishermen. The possibility of killing them first without ending will be higher. Even if they don't join forces, there is a high probability. They will also let Konoha kill each other and sign a non-intrusion treaty during the period.

But Seti didn't care about the specifics, after all, he had no intention of following this development.

On the sixth day after the news spread, Jiraiya returned.

The journey was dusty, and the long white hair was stained with a lot of dust. He looked a little tired. Just by looking at him, he knew that the other party would most likely get the news and rush back immediately. He might not have rested along the way.

After coming back, Jiraiya immediately went downstairs to the Hokage's office, and jumped out of the window to the Hokage's office without waiting for the ANBU to report.

"Old man, what do you think?"

He frowned and had a solemn expression on his face, which was not like his usual self, and he really had no intention of joking right now.

This matter is very serious!

Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could speak, he continued: "The village has never taken the initiative to initiate a war. It has always been in a state of passive warfare. It is precisely because of this attitude that every time there is a war, although the village is the center of the war, Because of the distribution of interests, those guys couldn't work together, which is also the main reason why we can really win the war. Now you suddenly say that you want to launch a war against the four major villages, do you know what will happen?!"

"Don't be dazzled by victory. You should know better than me how strong the power of the four major villages is!"

Although Jiraiya has a great reputation, everyone who is familiar with him knows that this guy is actually not serious, he is an old gangster with white hair, but!

No matter how rogue he is, Jiraiya was the president who commanded an army during the war. Although this wisdom was obscured by the reputation of the old white-haired rogue, it would not disappear because of this. He did not lack strategic vision. .

And his love for the village is no less than anyone else in Konoha.

"Don't ask me, I didn't lead this matter."

Looking at Jiraiya with a solemn expression, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff of cigarette, puffed out smoke and slowly tilted his head to the side. At this time, Jiraiya noticed that there were many people in the Hokage's office, including high-level officials of Konoha. Basically everything has arrived.

In addition, there was a young face that he had never seen before.

Although she wasn't familiar with him, Tsunade had met Seti at least, and Jiraiya...the last time he saw Seti was more than ten years ago, and he had basically no impression of him.

However, when he saw the other party, he had basically determined Seti's identity, frowned and said: "Seti, I have heard some things about you, but... Mu Dun is not invincible, and you are still Young people now need to be dormant rather than arrogant."

Senju Hashirama had already passed away during the era of his rise, and he had not seen the power of Wood Release.

However, he doesn't doubt the strength of Mu Dun just because he hasn't seen it before. What he doubts is Seti's strength.

In his opinion, Seti is not very old now and has not yet reached the peak of being a ninja. Since there is a blood inheritance limit like Mu Dun, why not just wait until everything reaches its peak?

He knew that this would definitely not be easy. The four major villages would not just watch Seti grow up like this, but staying in the village, Seti himself was not a weakling. He did not believe that anyone could break through Konoha and pose a direct threat to Seti.

Although Konoha is weak, it is not that weak yet!

"I'm just buying time now."

Jiraiya's tone of voice was not very good, but Seti didn't care. He was very satisfied that the other party came back in a hurry.

Hearing this, Jilai was a little confused, but Seti didn't hide it and directly spoke out his plan.

These are all high-level officials of Konoha. If the news can be leaked in this situation, it can only be said that Konoha should be over. After all, if the high-level officials of a village have betrayed, then why fight? Now he doesn't have enough strength to push the four major villages equally.

Hearing Seti's explanation, Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he didn't really want to start a war...

But then he fell into deep thought and considered the possibility of implementing this plan.

After a while, he said: "Showing your own strength to intimidate, not entering the enemy's encirclement and just pretending is nothing. Tsunade has not come back, Orochimaru and I have enough. That old man Onoki is cautious and will not attack easily. But you went to Kirigakure Village alone..."

After a pause, he continued: "The Kirigakure Village changed the genin assessment system a few months ago. After I learned the news, I went there once to investigate the information. Although I didn't go in depth, I still noticed something was wrong. If you really want to go to Kirigakure Village alone, you must be careful and don’t be careless.”

"Jiraiya, did you find anything?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked quickly after hearing this, and Jiraiya shook his head slightly.

"The strength of Kirigakure Village is not weak. I could easily be discovered if I dived too deep, so I just checked the situation around to find out what the content of the assessment was."

"In fact, this is not a secret. The current Kirigakure Village calls it the advent of the Blood Mist Era. Even ordinary people near Kirigakure Village know something about it, but the cruelty of the process... "

After a pause, he took a deep breath, frowned and whispered, "This doesn't look like Goju Yagura's handiwork."

"Although I have never seen Gotachibana Yagura, I have heard of him. Although his personality is not very good, he is very popular with the ninjas of Kirigakure Village. If such a person has a cruel personality, he will make the fresh graduates of his village Genin killed each other and ushered in the era of blood mist. I don't think they would have such a reputation. Such a contrast is very unusual."

"you mean..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned slightly, "Is it possible that this order was not given by the Fourth Mizukage?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe this is the true nature of Goju Yagura now. I didn't stay there for long, so it's hard to continue exploring."

Jiraiya looked at Seti and smiled and said, "Anyway, just be careful when the time comes. Don't think you'll look down on others just because you've awakened the Wood Release."

Seti nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

He will not underestimate anyone until he defeats his opponent.