Since the establishment of the ninja village system, the Hidden Cloud Village has suffered two major damages.

The first time was when the Eight-Tails went berserk. It was not long after the end of the First Ninja World War. Due to the rebellion launched by Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who were known as the two rays of light in the cloud, the Second Raikage was killed, two Kage-level ninjas, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, defected, and dozens of elite jonin were killed by the Second Hokage. The successive loss of three Kage-level ninjas resulted in the Kumogakure being extremely empty in high-end combat power at that time.

As a last resort, the Third Raikage dismissed all ninjas and civilians and had an unprecedented one-on-one fight with the Eight-Tails. He did not rely on sealing techniques or human wave tactics, but simply confronted the runaway Eight-Tails head-on.

The man and the beast fought for a whole day and night, and all eight tails of the Eight-Tails were cut off by the Third Raikage. Half of the Hidden Cloud Village was reduced to ruins. In the end, the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails both fell to the ground exhausted, and the Eight-Tails was sealed by the Hidden Cloud Sealing Squad who arrived in time.

As for the second time, it was this time. Because the Eight-Tails was controlled by the illusion potion, it was more violent than the previous times it lost control. The Tailed Beast Balls were shot everywhere like they were free. Coupled with the damage caused by the battle with Xuanwu and Orochimaru, this battle, which lasted less than an hour, destroyed more than two-thirds of the area of ​​the Hidden Cloud Village, and several pillars of the Hidden Cloud Village also died tragically.

The most crucial thing is that the secret room of the Yeyue clan was robbed and all their property was looted, and many secret techniques including the "Thunder Chakra Mode" were also taken away.

San Lei Zi, who had just woken up, almost fainted again after listening to the report.

"what!"

The irritable Si Leizi roared in anger and smashed the table in the conference room with one punch, "Dad, Konoha is going too far. I suggest that we go to war with the Fire Nation immediately. We will not retreat until we flatten Konoha and kill Akimichi Genbu and Orochimaru!"

Si Lei Zi's words were indeed inspiring.

Although the other senior executives in the meeting room were also outraged, no one stood up to respond to him.

Seeing this, Si Leizi became even more angry, "What's wrong with you? Why don't you support me!"

The higher-ups still pretended not to hear: You are so awesome just because you are the son of the Raikage, how dare you yell at us? Well, it seems you are really awesome and we can't afford to offend you.

Finally, it was Sanleizi who stepped in to stop his son, "Okay, Ai, sit back down. Now is not the time to go to war with Konoha."

Si Leizi still refused to accept the result. "But, they have come all the way to the village to bully us. Are we just going to put up with it?"

The Third Raikage put his arms on the table and rubbed his swollen temples. He was too lazy to pay attention to the four Raikages who were still sticking their necks out and complaining. He said to a high-ranking member of the Kumogakure who was wearing a black hat on his left: "Dotai, teach Ai a lesson."

Dodai stood up and bowed respectfully, "Hi, Lord Raikage."

Then he asked Si Leizi, "Master Ai, may I ask, how can you be sure that the two ninjas who attacked our village are Takemiya Raijin and Leng Jun of Konoha?"

"Are you sure about this? They, they..."

Si Lei Zi was speechless for a moment.

Tutai continued, “Lord Ai, although we all know that the two people are most likely Jianyu Leishen and Leng Jun, we have no evidence!

First, we didn't catch them.

Second, those two men wore masks from beginning to end, and we didn't see their true faces at all. Could they hold the old monkey, the Third Hokage, accountable just because they used snake-like summoning beasts and summoning props that looked like Rashomon?

Third, even if their true identities are proven, what would that matter?

You still remember that two years ago we sent people to Konoha to kidnap the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Six of our men were killed on the spot, and two were captured alive.

But so what? Sarutobi Hiruzen sent people to hold us accountable, and we simply said that those ninjas were traitors and their actions had nothing to do with the Hidden Cloud Village.

Doesn't Sarutobi Hiruzen know that we are just going through the motions?

He knew it, and he knew it very well, but how did he do it?

Don't you just have to accept it with a pinch of your nose?

Similarly, Konoha can do the same.

You need to know one thing, that is, when the country is strong, even if the opponent's shadow dies, it has nothing to do with us, but when we are weak, the opponent just loses a ninja, which is also an excuse to start a war."

Si Leizi retorted: "How can it be the same? We suffered heavy losses this time!"

Tutai sighed inwardly: Is this guy out of his mind? Why can't he understand what people are saying?

But he didn't dare to say so, so he could only continue to explain patiently, "Lord Ai, it is precisely because of the heavy losses that we cannot start a war.

In the civilian aspect, large areas of villages were destroyed and civilians were displaced, so reconstruction was the top priority.

In the military, high-end combat forces such as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Lord Bee, and Lord Blue were killed in battle one after another, hundreds of elite ninjas were sacrificed, and nearly a thousand ninjas were injured. Our combat effectiveness was greatly weakened.

If we hastily go to war with the strongest ninja village in the ninja world when both civil and military affairs have been frustrated, if the war goes badly, we may all be in danger of being overthrown."

Si Leizi continued to refute, but his voice was much weaker, "What about the Land of Earth? Didn't that old man Ohnoki say he wanted to form an alliance with us? As long as we send troops, they will follow closely behind."

Pigs, everyone come out and see the pigs!

Tsuchida was so sad that he had no tears. He drank some water to cover up his tiredness, and then said, "Lord Ai, Ohnoki is eager for us to go to war with Konoha. When the time comes, he will definitely support us verbally first, and then sit on the mountain and watch the fight. Once he finds that we are weak, the first person to set foot on our territory will definitely be this old guy.

As for other countries, there are certainly many who will take advantage of our misfortune, but there is probably not a single one who will offer help.

So our top priority is to rebuild the village, strengthen the border defense, and wait for the right opportunity."

Si Lei Zi actually understood it, but he was young and energetic and refused to admit defeat. Since he couldn't win the argument, he could just leave.

Without saying a word, he turned around, smashed the wall of the conference room with his fist, and disappeared.

Even the Third Raikage couldn't do this. His son has the ability, but he's still a little green.

Tutai wanted to make amends for the Fourth Raikage, but was stopped by the Third Raikage, "Tutai, please sit down. Ai is too young. It will only be good for him to suffer a little setback and lose some face. Let's continue the meeting and discuss, and try to get through this awkward period as soon as possible."

...

While the Hidden Cloud Village was busy licking its wounds, Orochimaru had already used the reverse summoning technique to return to the Ryuchi Cave to hide the gold, while Genbu once again came to the Nadeshiko Village to meet up with Jiraiya.

From the time we left to the time we returned, it took only a little over a week, but...

Xuanwu looked at the man lying on the chair in the courtyard basking in the sun for a long time through the vision sharing of the little white snake. He didn't dare to recognize him at all. He asked tentatively: "Jiraiya?"

The pale, lifeless, skinny man turned his head tremblingly, groaning weakly, "Who, who called my name?"

Well, my ears don’t work well anymore.

Jiraiya suddenly transformed himself into a weak young man with a weak heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys.

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