Reborn wind shadow: Attack the country of fire in the beginning

"What do you mean?"

All eyes turned to him.

"Since we can't seize the Uzumaki clan's power for ourselves, we must at least cause some trouble for Sunagakure, or we'll lose all face for Kusagakure."

"We know that, of course, but how do we cause trouble? We're no match for the Kazekage!"

"We may not be a match, but others are. Have you forgotten Konoha? Given the relationship between the Uzumaki clan and Konoha, Konoha will absolutely not want to hand over Uzumaki Hanataba to Sunagakure."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

"That's right, Sunagakure wants Uzumaki Hanataba, surely for her Uzumaki clan power, to make her a Jinchuriki. Konoha definitely won't agree to that."

Just then, the person who made the suggestion spoke directly.

"Relying on Konoha's reaction is too slow. Why not tell Danzo, the commander currently fighting Sunagakure, about this news!"

"Why?"

"It's simple. For the Kazekage to return to the Wind Country from our Grass Country, he must pass through the Rain Country or the Fire Country, and cross the River Country. Konoha's Danzo is currently in the River Country, making it the fastest place to intercept him upon receiving the news. Secondly, there's an irreconcilable hatred between Sunagakure and Danzo, whether it's the death of the Third Kazekage or Danzo's assassination attempt on the Kazekage. Finally, we all understand Danzo's desire for the Uzumaki clan's power is no weaker than ours..."

These well-reasoned words from the high-ranking official directly led to the agreement of all the high-ranking officials present.

As Kusagakure often maneuvers around the surrounding four great nations, they have their own special contact methods with Konoha's Anbu and Root.

Therefore, just over an hour later, Root received a message from Kusagakure.

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River Country, Tsurumaru Castle.

Since it was confirmed in recent days that Sunagakure, like the last surprise attack on the Fire Country, had no intention of truly going to war with Konoha, Konoha's battle lines had shrunk.

In addition to transferring some ninjas back, Konoha's ninjas also chose to avoid direct conflict with Sunagakure's ninjas as much as possible.

However, because of the previous incident, Konoha still maintained thousands of troops in the River Country to deal with possible conflicts at any time.

Since there were no major events on the battlefield, Danzo, as the commander, could have returned to the village to rest for a period of time, but Danzo refused because he had discovered something that greatly interested him.

"What remarkable talent, Uchiha Shisui!!!"

Inside Konoha's camp, Shimura Danzo, alone, looked at the information about Uchiha Shisui collected by Root, his eyes shining brightly.

He had long heard of the name of Konoha's genius boy, Uchiha Shisui, but because of the relationship between the Uchiha and Danzo, Danzo had not delved too deeply into understanding Uchiha Shisui, but now...

With the close contact between the two sides in the past week, Danzo did realize the extraordinary nature of this eight-year-old child. He even saw the shadow of his old friend, Uchiha Kagami, in this child.

Thinking of this, Danzo's eyes narrowed slightly, his face gloomy.

"Kagami, let me see how far your descendants' eyes can grow!"

Just then, footsteps came from outside.

"Danzo-sama!"

"Enter!"

The one who came in was Danzo's trusted subordinate, Aburame Ryoma. He held a small piece of paper and said somewhat urgently.

"Danzo-sama, Root has just received a message from Kusagakure!"

"Kusagakure!?"

Danzo was also a little puzzled, but seeing Aburame Ryoma's somewhat nervous expression, he still took it and looked at it, and then his brows instantly furrowed.

"Has the message been confirmed?"

Aburame Ryoma only spoke of the things he had confirmed.

"The message was sent through the special channel between our Root and the leader of Kusagakure, which only the leader of Kusagakure knows. However, we found some Kusagakure ninjas and confirmed through interrogation ninjutsu that Kusagakure does indeed have someone with a suspected Uzumaki clan kekkei genkai..."

Danzo's face instantly turned gloomy, but his eyes took on a kind of urgency.

"Good, Kusagakure, daring to secretly hide the Uzumaki clan's orphan in their village."

"Then what do we do now, Danzo-sama!"

"How many jonin can be mobilized here now?"

Aburame Ryoma thought for a moment.

"Including those two Uchiha clan jonin, plus the Root jonin, a total of 38 jonin can be mobilized."

"The Uchiha?"

Danzo's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered.

"Gather all the jonin!"

"Yes!"

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Danzo's large-scale mobilization could not be concealed from anyone.

Aburame Shibi, as the deputy commander, immediately found Danzo after discovering the abnormal mobilization of ninjas in the camp.

"Elder Danzo, what happened? Why have all the jonin been gathered?"

Danzo didn't intend to hide it from him and directly handed the message received by Root to Aburame Shibi.

Aburame Shibi took it and looked at it, also greatly surprised.

Danzo didn't give Aburame Shibi time to react and said.

"We absolutely cannot let Sunagakure get the Uzumaki clan's orphan. Sunagakure wants to get her, surely for Sunagakure's Jinchuriki."

Aburame Shibi nodded in agreement without refuting.

"So, Elder Danzo, you're planning to intercept them? Should we tell the village about this?"

"It's too late. By the time we tell Hiruzen about this news and Hiruzen gives us a reply, I'm afraid Sunagakure will have already obtained this Uzumaki clan orphan."

Aburame Shibi also understood this reasoning. Besides, Danzo was the commander here.

"Then what are you planning to do, Elder Danzo?"

"I plan to take the jonin to intercept them. If all goes well..."

Danzo's eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent as he said this.

"It would be even better if we could leave this young Kazekage of Sunagakure behind. That way, Sunagakure would no longer be a threat..."

Aburame Shibi was shocked. Logically speaking, this was indeed a good opportunity, but for some reason, Aburame Shibi always had a feeling of unease. Tracing the origin of this unease, it was the last time during the surprise attack on the Fire Country that he had personally seen this young Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure.

Thinking of this, he tentatively asked.

"Elder Danzo, could this be a trap!?"

"A trap!?"

This not only stunned Danzo, but also Ryoma, the member of his clan, beside him.

"Why do you say that?"

Danzo asked.

Aburame Shibi frowned.

"No... I don't know, I just feel that this young Kazekage of Sunagakure is not so easy to deal with. Last time, even Minato and Jiraiya-sama suffered losses at his hands."

Aburame Shibi mentioned Minato and Jiraiya only to make his words more persuasive, but unexpectedly, his words had the opposite effect.

"Hmph..."

Danzo snorted coldly and immediately made a decision.

"Since you don't know, then don't say it. Summon the jonin here. I'll take thirty of them. This time, we must leave this Fourth Kazekage behind..."