Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Are you going back, Nagato?"

"Well, it's been so long since I came out all of a sudden, and so many things have happened, I have to go back and explain it to Yahiko Konan and Huolin."

In Konoha's only remaining izakaya that is still in business, Nagato and Jiraiya are sitting opposite each other, drinking low-alcohol sake while chatting about each other's plans for the future.

"Hey, it's really thanks to your help that Konoha survived this time..."

Jilai also raised a small glass of sake, shook it, and sighed sincerely:

"If it wasn't for Nagato, you had noticed the purpose of the 'root' organization in advance, and followed them all the way to Konoha, even if Kirigakure came to support us later, Konoha might only have one gradually left. It's a falling apart ending."

Zi Lai also said these words sincerely and sincerely, without any elements of flattery or exaggeration.

If Nagato himself hadn't come forward to help resist the first wave of Tailed Beast Jade's offensive from the three tailed beasts, Konoha's vitality would have been dealt a devastating blow immediately;

At the same time, if Nagato hadn't passed the news to him, then it would be impossible for him to chase Tsunade back from outside the village at this point in time anyway, and if Tsunade hadn't entangled Hanzo with the poisonous fog and If the black salamander is killed, the damage caused by Hanzo and his black salamander will be at least ten times more than it is now;

If the situation had been so bad from the beginning, would Konoha still be able to support it until Kirigakure stepped down and offered a helping hand?

The answer is naturally no.

Therefore, in Jiraiya's view, Nagato is the first person he needs to thank the most.

"It can only be said that the 'Gen' organization took advantage of Yanyin's and Yunyin's distrust of me and 'Xiao', and seized a one-time opportunity, which allowed them to achieve such exaggerated results. "

Nagato shook his head, took a sip of the sake in his glass, and sighed:

"And even if their ultimate goal of destroying Konoha is not achieved, this action has completely destroyed the political foundation of 'Akatsuki' becoming a negotiation platform among countries... The next era may become a non-black That is, the era of duality of white and white."

"Do you mean that Yan Yin and Yun Yin will choose to bind with the 'root' organization, and go all the way to the dark on the road of confronting us?"

Jilai couldn't help but frowned, "Based on what I know about the third generation of Tsuchikage Onogi, that stubborn old man is not someone who is willing to be forcibly tied up in his actions...not to mention that the 'root' organization is still Just a notorious terrorist organization."

"But Yanyin and Yunyin have no choice, especially under the premise that Konoha can only be injured but not killed, and then Kirigakure has clearly shown that he wants to support Konoha. If they want to keep their status at this time, they must You have to be deeply bound to the 'root' tissues and provide them with adequate support."

Nagato pointed to the ninja world map placed between the two, and calmly analyzed:

"Before the Konoha Defense War broke out, Kirigakure showed a momentum of prosperity and vitality, but in the eyes of Yanyin and Yunyin, Kirigakure was only a village supported by Kaguya Rei, and it was located in a remote place. , is far less threatening than Konoha, who occupies the most fertile land in the ninja world and at the same time gave birth to many geniuses in the baptism of the third ninja world war."

"But now, Kaguya Ren has used a world-changing battle to prove that even if he is alone, he has the strength to defeat and destroy any of the five great ninja villages. Konoha is obviously not as threatening as the full-strength Kirigakure."

"Considering that Kirigakure clearly supports Konoha's position, and the fact that Uchiha Obito, who is in command of the 'Root' organization, is the only ninja who can bring some trouble to Kaguya Rei, has already stood in a hostile position with Kirigakure There is a high probability that Iwagakure and Yunyin will continue to maintain their alliance, and together with the 'root' organization, they will form a camp whose core purpose is to fight against the alliance between Kirigakure and Konoha."

Jiraiya looked at a connecting line that Nagato drew on the map with his fingers, and asked with a slight frown:

"Don't you consider the hatred between Yan Yin and Yun Yin? The third generation of Raikage was besieged to death by Yan Yin with crowd tactics, but it has not been a few years. As the parent and child of the third generation of Raikage, it is impossible for the fourth generation of Raikage to be so easy Let go of your hatred for Yanyin..."

"But if Yan Yin and Yun Yin do not form an alliance and maintain cooperation with the 'root' organization, they will surely fall into infinite fear of Kaguya Rei's personal force."

Nagato pointed to the location of Kirigakure on the map, and said half with emotion and half with longing:

"Kaguya Lian, now he is really capable of completely erasing one of the Five Great Ninja Villages from the map and history with one person's power. There is a god-like existence like him. There is no need for large-scale mobilization of personnel like him. Preparing war materials in advance, and even ignoring 99% of the enemy's preventive measures, in the face of a country-destroying force, how could Tsuchikage and Raikage put the village in danger of being destroyed at any time because of the hatred that has passed? What about the situation?"

"If Jiraiya-sensei still doesn't believe it, you can ask Konoha's intelligence personnel to pay more attention to the movements of Yan Yin and Yun Yin. Before long, they should reach out to the countries around them and try their best to plunder Strategic resources, win Ninja Village to stand in line, in order to improve their strength as much as possible before Konoha and Kirigakure come out."

"War, is it coming again?" Jiraiya looked at the locations and names of many countries marked on the map, and sighed, "Obviously each family doesn't even have the scars left by the last war. Completely wiped out, and the result is that they will draw their swords at each other again immediately?"

"This... I think that extreme armed conflicts like before should not happen again in the short term."

Nagato drank the sake in his glass in one gulp, and said seriously to Jiraiya who gave him a surprised expression:

"Until we find a way to break Kaguya Rei's absolute advantage in personal force, like when the first generation of Hokage distributed tailed beasts to the villages, and achieve a relative balance of strategic power again, Yanyin and Yunyin should not take the initiative. Konoha and Kirigakure started a large-scale war..."

"However, means other than the frontal war, that is, sanctioning caravans, prohibiting ninjas from the Land of Fire and the Land of Water from going to the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder to perform tasks, reducing the impact of the special products of the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder on the land of fire. Measures such as the export of the country and the country of water should be implemented soon... Well, there should be a large number of spies lurking, border friction, and even supporting puppets and subverting the power of small countries. on."

"Using what Kaguya Rei said, this should be called... the Cold War, right?"

"Cold War...?"

Jiraiya carefully chewed what Nagato said to himself. After a long time, he slowly took a deep breath, shook his head and said with emotion:

"Hui Yelian, this kid, is it the reincarnation of some god who was born knowing it? Otherwise, why can a guy who has never been out of the country of water before the age of fifteen be able to germinate so many content and changeable things? Can you always point to the core idea?"

"Sarah, who knows?"

Nagato shrugged, pushed the map he had specially marked in front of Jiraiya, stood up lightly, and called the owner of the izakaya to come over to pay the bill, and said to Jiraiya thoughtfully:

"If Mr. Jiraiya is really curious, why don't you go to live in Kirigakure Village for a while, and then have more exchanges with Kaguya Rei, based on the relationship between Konoha and Kirigakure at this time. Said, he should not be able to kick you out because of this kind of thing..."

"...Nagato, are you taking advantage of the farewell opportunity of our master and apprentice to be a lobbyist for Kaguya Rei!?"

Jiraiya, who had recollected it, also widened his eyes, and asked Nagato who was paying the money suspiciously.

"Even if I say yes, Jiraiya-sensei, can you restrain your curiosity?"

Nagato took the change from the owner of the izakaya with a smile, then happily hummed the folk song of the country of rain, and walked out of the house briskly.

And Zilai, who was stopped by Nagato's question before leaving, also sighed helplessly after being silent for a moment, and whispered to himself:

"Damn it, Nagato, you plot against me..."

"Forget it, anyway, I promised Minato a long time ago, I want to help him go to Kirigakure for a walk, take a look, and learn about the reform plan of Kirigakure, why not take advantage of the opportunity to be a guard for that exchange student program , let's end this matter..."

"Well, speaking of it, the negotiating team at Kirigakure seems to have said that I hope Tsunade can go to Kirigakure Village to share his experience in medical ninjutsu... What is Kaguya Rei doing? Did Ye Sannin catch them all in one go? Tsk, if it wasn’t for Orochimaru’s defection and no news immediately, he probably wouldn’t be able to escape, right?”

Why do you feel like you won’t be able to catch up with full attendance on the first day of the new year? Don’t do that kind of thing.