Chapter 194 |
The rain stopped.
With the signing of the peace agreement between Konoha and the four major ninja villages, the Fourth Ninja War, which lasted for less than a month, came to an end.
Night falls, and the stars are shining.
Camps were set up inside and outside Konoha, and warm lights lit up from thousands of tents.
No matter the Konoha ninja or the ninja alliance, after experiencing a whole day of bloody fighting, their tense nerves finally relaxed, and everyone immediately felt exhausted.
Konoha is extremely quiet tonight, and everyone is in urgent need of a good rest.
A night of silence.
The next day, a red sun rose from the horizon, and thousands of rays of rays of light covered Konoha with a brilliant golden glow, which seemed to indicate——
This is a day full of hope and a new beginning.
The ninjas and villagers of Konoha walked out of the camp tents and shelters and got busy.
There is no time for pain and sorrow.
Burying the dead, cleaning up the ruins, rebuilding homes… there are countless agendas ahead of them, waiting for everyone in Konoha Village to work together to complete them.
But soon, everyone in Konoha discovered something strange.
It stands to reason.
After signing the peace agreement, the four major ninja villages should withdraw their troops from Konoha as agreed. But the coalition troops had no intention of leaving.
Later.
When the details of the peace agreement were exposed one by one, it immediately caused an unprecedented uproar in Konoha Village.
The condition for the four major ninja villages to agree to a ceasefire is that Konoha must sign a series of unequal treaties.
The contents of those treaties are enough to shock people.
For example.
In politics:
Danzo agreed that Konoha would hire consultants from the four great ninja villages to form a senior advisory group to replace the original high-level Konoha officials and work with the Hokage to govern Konoha.
In other words, any major decision in Konoha Village in the future must be discussed and voted on by the advisory group before it can be promoted and implemented.
At the same time, the ninjas, officials, businessmen and other classes of the four major ninja villages will enjoy extraterritoriality in Konoha. Even if these people commit crimes, Konoha is not qualified to judge them.
In addition, Konoha promised to actively reduce the number of ninjas and disarmament of the troops.
Especially the large number of chuunin and genin, many of them will have to hand over their forehead protectors and return to civilian status. They will no longer be able to make a living by accepting employment and completing tasks in the future.
Even the ninja school in Konoha has to hire a large number of ninjas from the four major ninja villages to serve as teachers.
Next, there is the economic aspect:
Every war is often accompanied by the cessation of territory and compensation.
At present, most of the territory of the Fire Country has been annexed by the four major ninja villages and the four major countries behind them, and various lands and natural resources have also been divided up.
As for compensation.
Of course, it was not the four great ninja villages that initiated the war of aggression that compensated Konoha, but Konoha, as the invaded party, took the initiative to compensate the four great ninja villages with a large amount of money in order to strive for peace.
The huge compensation of nearly one billion Ryo almost emptied Konoha's treasury.
Not only that, in terms of commercial trade, Konoha has also issued a series of preferential policies to the four major ninja villages, such as tax exemptions, product franchises, etc.
Finally, in the military.
This Ninja World War has turned Konoha itself into almost a ruins and is in urgent need of reconstruction.
During the reconstruction process, several areas were specially designated as military bases for the four major ninja villages.
That’s right.
The four major ninja villages will station troops in Konoha all year round, with the number of troops ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 to 4,000. The euphemistic name is: jointly maintaining the peace of Konoha and the ninja world.
Of course, the huge expenses and material supplies incurred by the garrison are all paid by Konoha.
In addition, Konoha will also open its intelligence department to the four major ninja villages and establish an intelligence sharing mechanism. The ninjas of Konoha are also obliged to cooperate with the garrisons of the four major ninja villages to conduct military performances and operations.
After reading these treaties.
The ninjas and villagers of Konoha finally came to their senses. Instead of signing a peace agreement, it was clearly a contract of betrayal!
Danzo hid it from everyone, and on the orders of the Fifth Hokage, openly sold the entire Konoha Village, turning hundreds of thousands of Konoha villagers and ninjas into slaves of the four major ninja villages.
And he, the Hokage, became the agent of the four great ninja villages.
"This is too much. How could Danzo do such a thing?!"
"Let's go and protest!"
Countless Konoha villagers dropped their jobs and took to the streets angrily, accusing Danzo of his shameless behavior of selling out the village for glory, and strongly demanded that he step down.
Result.
They were immediately jointly suppressed by Danzo and the four great ninja villages. It was like two big mountains pressing on the shoulders of the Konoha villagers, leaving them desperate and unable to resist.
The demonstration quickly died down without causing any splash.
……
Dan kept disguising his appearance and walking on the streets of Konoha.
Scanning it at a glance.
All Konoha ninjas looked downcast, their eyes full of humiliation and unwillingness.
On the other hand, the ninjas of the four major ninja villages were all arrogant, with their faces filled with the joy and pride of a winner. Even an ordinary genin was extremely proud.
Huh.
I always find it fun to watch.
Not far away, a group of ninjas from Sunagakure Village were taking over Ichiraku Ramen.
During this war, perhaps due to good luck, Ichiraku Ramen was one of the very few shops that was not destroyed and remained standing amid the ruins.
Unfortunately, because Konoha was unable to pay the huge war compensation, shops like Ichiraku Ramen did not escape bad luck in the end. They were forcibly expropriated by the village as paid compensation to the four major ninja villages.
"From now on, this store is the property of Sunagakure Village, get out!"
With an impatient scolding, the owner of Ichiraku Ramen, Teuchi, and his daughter, Ayame, were kicked out of the store by the Sunagakure ninja.
Seeing this scene, many Konoha ninjas looked unhappy and clenched their fists.
But in the current situation, facing the arrogant Suna Ninja, no one dares to really step forward and seek justice for the hand-beating father and daughter.
No, there are still some.
"What are you doing!"
A passionate shout came from behind the crowd, and a man wearing green tights and thick eyebrows and a watermelon head stepped forward with an angry look on his face.
It is the blue beast of Konoha, Jonin Might Guy.
He tried to reason with Sunagakure's people, but the other party didn't bother to pay attention to him and responded arrogantly:
"Do you have any objections? If you have any objections, go to your Hokage. He personally ordered that these properties of Konoha be mortgaged to our Sunagakure as war compensation."
After saying that, he pushed Might Guy and told him to get out of the way.
"Damn it!"
Might Guy couldn't bear it anymore, his blood surged, and he flew up on the spot and kicked the opponent's face that deserved a beating.
Powerful prelude!
Konoha whirlwind!
The angry Guy continued to use Taijutsu, only to hear a "bang bang bang" sound, and the sand ninjas were knocked to the ground by him, wailing incessantly.
"Guy, stop it now, don't get into trouble because of us father and daughter. I don't want this store anymore."
Teuchi hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded Guy to calm down and stop making the matter a big deal.
But it's too late.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
Several ninjas in gray armor and animal masks appeared outside the noodle shop like ghosts, surrounding Guy.
It’s the Anbu of Konoha.
"Might Guy, you have been arrested for picking quarrels and provoking trouble." An Anbu said coldly, holding a chain and walking towards Kai.
Guy was stunned for a moment, then pointed angrily at the Suna Ninja lying on the ground and accused:
"But, it's obvious that these people want to take over Uncle Teuchi's ramen shop, so they are the ones you should arrest!"
However, the Anbu didn't listen to his explanation at all, and two more people silently approached Guy with chains in hand.
Guy gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, his eyes burning with anger, but in the end, it was extinguished.
He stretched out his hands and let the Anbu put the shackles on him.
"Walk!"
Under the fierce shouts of the Anbu, Guy was taken away, and what awaited him would be jail.
This time, killing a chicken to scare the monkeys made all the other Konoha ninjas present feel discouraged and no longer dared to imitate Might Guy's behavior.
"snort."
The Suna ninjas got up from the ground, snorted coldly, and returned to their arrogant appearance.
Seeing such an arrogant Suna ninja, all the Konoha ninjas finally couldn't help but break their defenses.
"Why, why did it become like this? Sunagakure is just a defeated pawn of Konoha. In the past, Sunagakure was submissive in front of Konoha, but now he is riding on us!"
A Konoha chunin who participated in the Third Ninja War murmured to himself, unable to accept this.
"If I had known this, it would be better to escape from Konoha as soon as possible like the Uchiha clan did. Those Uchiha bastards know where they can live happily now!"
Another Konoha genin said angrily.
Right now, the entire Konoha is sealed off, like a big prison, and no Konoha ninja can leave the village.
Anyone who tries to leave Konoha will be considered as treason and arrested immediately.
Obviously.
In order to prevent a large number of Konoha ninjas from fleeing, Danzo turned to seek refuge with the Sandaime and the Fire Country Daimyo.
Speaking of Uchiha, someone mentioned again:
"Now that I think about it, if the Uchiha clan were still in the village and had several pairs of their Mangekyō Sharingan in charge, the four major ninja villages might not dare to invade Konoha.
No matter how annoying those Uchiha guys are, they are still much better than the people in the four major ninja villages. "
These words immediately resonated with many people present.
"Well."
Everyone sighed, began to regret, and even missed Uchiha.
At least, when Uchiha is around, Konoha is the undoubted overlord of the ninja world, making other ninja villages dare not covet him.
But.
Why did it end up like this?
While they were discussing here, a burst of mighty footsteps came from the street.
Everyone followed the sound and found that there were hundreds of Iwagakure ninjas walking towards the direction of the Uchiha tribe.
During this war, the Uchiha clan was once the only intact area in Konoha.
However, with the death of Uchiha Dan, it is no longer protected.
Under the orders of Tsuchikage Onoki, the Iwagakure will take over the Uchiha clan and transform it into a military base for Iwagakure.
Seeing this scene, Dan's eyes flashed and he planned to follow him and have a look.
Before leaving.
Snap.
He patted a Konoha ninja on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Don't be discouraged, everyone, good times are yet to come."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Konoha ninjas walked away amid the astonished expressions.
Ten minutes later.
Dan followed a group of rock ninjas from a distance and arrived at the gate of the Uchiha clan.
As a result, this group of people were kicked out as soon as they entered.
And in a very rough way.
"Ugh!"
With a burst of screams, a dozen rock ninjas flew out upside down.
The other Iwa ninja were so frightened that they quickly retreated to the gate of the Uchiha clan, looking at the woman opposite in surprise.
It’s Tsunade.
Her power blocked the Iwa ninja from the Uchiha clan with one punch.
"Get out of here."
Tsunade snorted coldly, ignored these people, turned and walked towards the Body modification department building.
Facing this tough nut, Iwa Ninja looked at each other and could only report the situation.
After Tsunade returned to the Body Modification Department, she walked into her room and immediately started packing her luggage.
She witnessed the corruption of Konoha with her own eyes.
Today's Konoha has become a colony of the four major ninja villages, and has completely lost its dignity and backbone.
In her opinion, such a result would be worse than being destroyed.
To die on the battlefield, at least it would be a grand death.
Living like this is worse than death.
Konoha has become like this. If her grandfather Senju Hashirama were still alive, he would definitely be angry to death.
There is nothing worthy of Tsunade's nostalgia in this place.
"Tsunade-sama!"
While they were packing up, Mitarai Anko hurried in, looking anxious.
"What's wrong?"
Tsunade asked, having already guessed something in her mind.
It was just as she expected.
She saw Anko swallowing a mouthful of saliva and saying with a solemn face:
"The Fifth Hokage accuses you of colluding with the Uchiha clan, saying that you are an accomplice of Uchiha Dan, and wants to put you in jail for interrogation! You should run away now, it will be too late!"
When Tsunade heard this, she was not too panicked, but asked Anko:
"What about you, you took the risk to inform me, will you be okay?"
"I will be careful." Anko told Tsunade not to worry about her.
"Okay, take care, see you soon."
Tsunade took a deep look at Anko, and after leaving these words, she jumped out of the window and quickly disappeared into the forest of the Uchiha tribe.
Along the Naka River, Tsunade swam down.
Unknowingly, she arrived at the place where she last sent Shizune away. If she went a little further, she could escape from Konoha.
Looking at the rolling river in front of her, suddenly, the figure of that man flashed through Tsunade's mind.
Uchiha Dan.
The last time she was here too, she and Dan talked about the old Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, and she was almost fooled by Dan into competing with him to see who could swim farther.
For a moment, Tsunade couldn't help but feel disappointed.
She shook her head vigorously, trying to drive the lingering guy out of her mind.
But just now.
Hm?
Tsunade frowned and turned around.
A dozen Konoha Anbu came out of the woods and surrounded her with weapons in hand.
She didn’t expect them to catch up so quickly.
"Tsunade-sama, come back with us. Konoha needs you exactly when it is needed, how can you leave without saying goodbye?"
The leader of the Anbu spoke, but his tone did not imply any request, but was extremely tough.
Tsunade sneered, without saying a word, she directly opened the scarlet three-magatama Sharingan, and at the same time a powerful air flow burst out from her whole body.
The expressions of all the Anbu changed.
The war started.
