The Land of Fire has excellent geographical advantages, economic prosperity, and fertile wilderness.

Therefore, even the Sand Ninja Village, which is now in the alliance with Konoha, is still very jealous of the country of Fire. This is also the fundamental reason why the Ninja World War has become the target of public criticism in the past.

Konoha Village is the military force of the Fire Country, so this is the situation that Konoha has to bear. Once it is weak, how can the neighboring countries be polite?

This fertile land is not available to other countries. If the Kingdom of Fire does not have the ability to resist one day, the Kingdom of Fire will definitely be treated as a delicious cake and will be divided up.

Therefore, if you want to protect yourself, you must have the military force that can protect yourself.

The land of Rain Country is very small, but we cannot underestimate the energy that Rain Ninja Village has.

Not to mention Ye Zi's origin in the Kingdom of Rain, his strength alone is even the hard bones that Konoha can chew. If he insists on chewing, he will definitely shatter his healthy teeth, not to mention that Ye Zi has an unknown Sharingan team and a team of reincarnation in the filthy land.

Even if it is as strong as Konoha, not to mention solving Yu Ninju Village and Ye Zi, it will definitely cost a lot of money to solve Ye Zi alone, and Konoha Village can't afford this price.

If you insist on ignoring the price, you may be able to destroy the Yu Ninja Village, but you cannot solve the threat of Ye Zi. If you want to solve the threat of Ye Zi, you will definitely not be able to solve the power of Yu Ninja Village. No matter which choice you make, the price you bear will cause other countries to tear up the treaty and attack the Fire Country together.

This is Konoha’s concern, and it is also Minato and Kazuku’s concern.

Yu Nin Village can ignore it, but Ye Zi must solve it. With Ye Zi's individual skills, it is a potential threat that cannot be ignored.

Putting aside the Yu Ninja Village, it is not easy to deal with Ye Zi simply. It is best to be able to bring other ninja villages together to deal with Ye Zi, or even come to deal with Yu Ninja Village together.

The question is, how to pull other ninja villages?

"An opportunity?" Minato frowned.

Lu Jiu nodded slowly and explained: "To put it bluntly, it still involves interests. First of all, it is extremely difficult for us to join forces with other ninja villages to deal with Ye Zi or Yu ninja villages. If they are given enough benefits, they will definitely agree, but we can't afford it."

"If you cannot give them benefits, you cannot unite. If you want them to have this idea, you need an opportunity and a motivation."

"The key is, why do you have to deal with Ye Zi or Yu Ninja Village?"

"The village has a reason to deal with Ye Zi and Yu Ninja Village, but what about other ninja villages? They also need a reason. The Sandun will agree, but Iwainin, Mizunin, and Yunnin will not agree easily. This is a thankless thing in itself."

"This reason is an opportunity and a motivation."

Ye Zi was born in the Kingdom of Rain and was also a member of Akatsuki, but Shizuku and Minato have always separated Ye Zi and Yu Ninja Village, just because if this matter cannot be improved to deal with Yu Ninja Village, it will be enough to deal with Ye Zi only.

In Minato's opinion, Ye Zi is more important than Yu Ninja Village, after all, it involves the prophecy of the Big Toad Immortal.

"We can't afford the benefits they want, and we can't take the initiative to create such a reason." Minato sighed softly. This reason was the opportunity that Shizuku said, but Yun Nin and the others had no such reason.

Lu Jiu said in a deep voice: "So I'm not optimistic about this alliance, but I can try it. Sharing intelligence with them only has the benefits and no harm."

Minato nodded and said, "I am just thinking that, no matter what, I must explain to them the threats of Ye Zi and Yu Ninja Village."

Lu Jiu suggested: "In addition to sharing all the information about Ye Zi and Yu Ninja Village, we should also focus on explaining the matter of tailed beasts. Even if this matter fails, we can still lead a line."

Minato's eyes were slightly brighter and he agreed with Lu Jiu's suggestion.

"I will leave it to you when discussing the joint affairs." Minato gave the burden to Shijiu without hesitation, and the latter readily agreed.

"No further ado, I will sort out the information and set off immediately." Lu Jiu said.

"So best." Minato nodded.

Without the advice of the two consultants Men Yan and Xiaochun, Minato and Lu Jiu decided on the matter independently.

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The residence of the third generation of Naruto.

Since abdicated, Sarutobi has taken off his shoulders and lived a leisurely life. In addition to staying at home to make tea and enjoy flowers, he would occasionally go to the village to wander. Ninja School is the most common place to visit.

Although you can use convenient means to observe what you want to observe, sometimes it will be more interesting to observe with your eyes.

On this afternoon, it is best to have a cup of hot tea and then enjoy the flowers and plants in the courtyard. As long as you look at the thriving flowers and plants, your mood will become very good, especially the weather today is pretty good.

Sarutobi held up the hot tea with a mellow smell, turned his head to look at the increasingly lush flowers and plants in the courtyard, and showed a faint smile.

At this time, Sarutobi was suddenly stunned, retracted his gaze looking at the courtyard, slowly lowered the teacup, and used it to warm the teacup without leaving his hand, and then looked into the slightly empty living room.

A figure appeared in front of Sarutobi without any warning, and his shoes were removed from his feet. He thought he was a very careful member of the Anbu.

Sarutobi glanced at the Anbe's barefoot, smiled bitterly, then calmed down, looked at the Anbe wearing a mask in front of him, waiting for the Anbe to speak.

He knew that this was the Aristoba directly under Minato, and would let the Aristoba come over. I think there was an important matter to be notified.

Indeed, things that want to be notified are important, and are things that Sarutobi would not have thought of.

"Mr. Jiraiya unfortunately died during the mission." Anbu lowered his head and said the news that Minato asked him to inform him.

Click.

The expensive tea cup in Sarutobi's hand was suddenly crushed, and the slightly hot tea water was sprinkled on the old hand, wisps of hot smoke and a scent of tea came out. The ancient porcelain pieces pierced into the palm of the palm, and wisps of blood were pierced, mixed with the tea fragrance dripping on the table, mixed with the flowing tea water.

But Sarutobi was stunned as if he couldn't feel the pain.

Speaking of which, Sarutobi loved this teacup, and Jiraiya was traveling abroad and got a good thing that happened to be given to Sarutobi as a gift to congratulate him on his abdication and began to enjoy his abdication. Since then, Sarutobi has been loving this teacup.

However, when I heard a news that I didn’t want to hear today, I lost it with this tea cup.

Seeing Sarutobi's performance, the Anbu's body paused, but was still still in place, quietly staring at Sarutobi in a daze.

"I understand, you go back and report." After a long time, Sarutobi's voice seemed to have become older and slowly entered the ears of Anbu.

Anbu hesitated for a moment, nodded and replied, and then left with the instant body technique.

After Anbu left, Sarutobi opened his right palm and looked at it. The pieces of the teacup pierced into the palm of his palm, and blood flowed continuously.

Thinking of Jiraiya, Sarutobi's eyes couldn't help but become wet. He stretched out his hand and pulled out the porcelain pieces from his palm, and then placed them quietly on the table.

Looking at the tea cups that were broken into several pieces, Sarutobi suddenly became quite tired.

I didn't sort out the water traces that flowed, nor did I pay attention to the blood flowing palms. Instead, I twisted up the pieces of the teacup and placed them on the clean tabletop.

"It should be sticky." Looking at the pieces of the teacup, Sarutobi's tone was low and sad.

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My eyes are sore and I can't hold on. I will make time to continue to update tomorrow.
Chapter completed!