Shiraishi rational analysis.

"To bring the battlefield to the negotiation table, we need to give Sunagakure a painful blow... Well, what's going on with Ruri? Have you killed the Fourth Kazekage?"

Ayane asked.

Shiraishi glanced at Ayane helplessly and sighed.

"Hey, where are you thinking? That's one of the Five Shadows after all. If he dies, the problem will become very serious."

"What's so serious? The third Raikage didn't die on the battlefield at Iwagakure."

Ayane disagreed.

"Now is no different than during the Third Ninja War. Countries are tending to a peaceful state in order to cultivate their health and recuperate. For a village, the shadow is not only responsible for the strength, but also the core of the leadership. At that time, in order to avenge the Kazekage, Suna

If Yin uses all his strength to attack us, the situation will be dire."

"There are only over 10,000 people. With the cooperation of the three of us, it won't be a problem to stop them."

Ayane briefly compared their strength. The three of them, together with seven clones, could fight head-on against ten thousand ninjas, and even win the final victory.

"What will they do if they divide their forces and directly attack the Kingdom of Ghosts? The situation you mentioned is an ideal situation for them to go their own way and confront us head-on. As long as they have any brains, they will not do this, but go straight to the front.

It refers to the territory of the Kingdom of Ghosts. Countless towns will be destroyed, a large number of refugees will be generated, and the economy will shrink directly to the state of ten years ago... This is very fatal."

After Shiraishi's explanation, Ayane was a little speechless.

"This is not the most serious thing. What I am most worried about is that during the war with Sunagakure, other major powers will intervene in the battlefield, thus triggering the Fourth Ninja War. The attitudes of Kumogakure and Iwagakure are unclear. Konoha's words,

I think he will join forces with Sunagakure to get rid of us by then."

Shiraishi's words made Ayane look a little more serious.

Indeed, leaving aside the other major ninja villages, Konoha is the village that most wishes something unexpected would happen to them.

Once they find an opportunity, those high-level officials in Konoha will definitely not mind coming over to add insult to injury.

In this war, it's not just Sunagakure that needs attention, Konoha also needs to be on alert.

"If Konoha wants to intervene on the battlefield, it may be unrealistic to launch large-scale troops against us due to distance and supply problems. However, it must not be difficult to dispatch a small-scale elite force to join Sunagakure and carry out a beheading operation against us.

"

"Listening to what you say, it really puts a lot of pressure on you, Shiraishi-kun."

Ayane had a smile on her face, but there was no sense of relaxation at all.

"Because we can no longer use rebellious thinking to deal with interest disputes between countries. This is a change in identity. We can get what we want without breaking the rules. We should abandon the previous practices as soon as possible.

. From darkness to light, we have to act according to the rules on the surface."

This is a limitation but also an opportunity.

"If the Fourth Kazekage knew that he had escaped due to this reason, he would probably be depressed to death."

"No, I am sincerely grateful to the Fourth Kazekage, because he is alive and conscientiously fulfills the Kazekage's obligations, so that we can control the direction of this war to the extent we need, instead of fighting with more than 10,000 Sand Ninjas

Fight to the end, otherwise we will suffer heavy losses."

A full-scale conflict-style war is not advisable.

The worst thing is that without Rasa as the Kazekage, Sunagakure has no candidate for the next Kazekage. It is unpredictable what kind of actions Sunagakure will make when he is furious.

Shiraishi was also worried that the Chiyo siblings would come out again at that time. They were two old antiques who had survived since the early days of the Ninja Village, but they were much more troublesome than Rasa, the Kazekage.

If there was anyone among Sunagakure who he feared the most, it was undoubtedly the siblings.

Kazekage Luosha still has to succumb to the two of them.

"Based on this situation, the Fourth Kazekage left behind is more valuable than him. Therefore, my instructions to Liuli are to kill as many effective forces as possible except the Kazekage himself. Reducing the military strength of a ninja village requires more than just killing.

This method of death shadow, annihilating their jounin and chuunin, can also achieve the results we expected."

In regular battles, the Five Shadows can achieve the so-called ability of one knight to defeat a thousand.

But facing the alliance of dozens of jounin, even the Five Kages will suffer from hatred in the battle.

In a ninja village the size of Sunagakure, the number of jounin is much more than just a few dozen.

Kazekage is just Sunagakure's top ninja.

There are also many jonins one level below the Kazekage.

Just because the Kazekage stands at the top, we cannot ignore the role of the other Jonin.

These jounin are scattered on the battlefield and their role is immeasurable.

"So that's it, you get the maximum benefit at the minimum cost, right?"

Ayane understood it very well.

"That's more or less it. Next, we will adopt a strategy of making friends far away and attacking close by, sending envoys to Kumogakure and Kirigakure, selling out our interests to them, and allowing them to remain neutral in the international arena."

Needless to say, Kirigakure's side, the so-called mission dispatch is just a formality, pretending to be seen by others, so as not to make others suspicious.

What Shiraishi hopes to see most is Kumogakure's neutral attitude.

As long as Kumogakure is appeased and kept neutral, the Kingdom of Demons will have won half the battle.

"Then my next task is..."

Ayane seemed to have guessed something.

Shiraishi nodded and said: "You stay here to prevent Iwagakure. Konoha cannot win over them. They may secretly support Sunagakure and kill people with their swords. After reaching a neutrality agreement with Kumogakure, I will immediately go to the Kingdom of Wind."

Join forces with Liuli to further expand the battlefield advantage of the Kingdom of Wind and ensure that no accidents occur. Finally, we can negotiate at the negotiating table."

Although I also want to take Ayane with me to the battlefield of the Kingdom of Wind, but in that case, the domestic defense force will become very weak.

Onoki, the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, is an old man who is very good at cheating and cheating, so he needs to be strictly guarded.

Moreover, even if they reach a neutrality agreement with Kumogakure, they cannot retain too much trust. The importance of Ayane staying in the country is highlighted.

This is just like a competition on the field. Make sure you don't lose points first, and then think about scoring. This is Shiraishi's usual thinking.

Fortunately, Ayane is not a very aggressive ninja. If she and Ruri were to replace their positions and let Ruri defend and Ayane take charge of the main attack, the situation would be very different.

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There was a solemn atmosphere in the conference room.

The two thousand troops led by Kazekage Rasa suffered heavy casualties after being ambushed. A large amount of supplies carried by the troops were also left behind and were obtained by the enemy.

It can be said that it was a bad start.

Because no one expected in advance that they would encounter a surprise attack in the Kingdom of Wind.

Moreover, the culprit of the sneak attack was a ninja who had betrayed Konoha more than ten years ago.

Such a ridiculous scene actually happened in the ninja world.

Taking on the role of clown on the stage, it is their country of wind.

"Declaration of war against the Kingdom of Wind... These rebel ninjas are so brave."

A senior Suna ninja clenched a piece of paper into a ball and gritted his teeth.

For a small country to formally declare war on a big country, it would be a great shame and humiliation for the big country.

The representative of the declaration of war was a rebellious ninja who broke away from the ninja village system. This was more like a slap in the face of the Suna ninja.

"Konoha! The Kingdom of Demons! We must let the Hokage and the Miko from the Kingdom of Demons give us a reasonable explanation for this matter, otherwise this matter will never end!"

Another Sunagakure senior executive also had a livid face and gloomy eyes.

Allowing the rebellious ninja to remain unchecked for more than ten years is undoubtedly Konoha's dereliction of duty.

In the same way, the shrine maiden of the Demon Country allowed the rebellious ninja to operate in the country and also served as a military representative. This is even more ridiculous than Konoha's attitude of indulging the rebellious ninja.

When can rebels and ninjas be able to express their voices openly and openly in the world?

"Regardless of what Konoha can say, condoning the rebellious miko of the Demon Country is obviously the behavior of the previous generation of miko. Looking for this generation of miko... I'm afraid the results will be minimal. Moreover, the miko of the Demon Country have a special status.

, they don’t want to explain anything about this kind of thing at all, no matter what the outcome is, the witches can stay out of it.”

Luo Sha frowned in distress.

Now that I think about it, all of Sunagakure's actions were passively guided by others.

From the very beginning when the debt collectors made a big fuss in the Daming Mansion of the Kingdom of Wind, the Kingdom of Ghosts has already been setting up a trap.

They confusedly believed that the Kingdom of Ghosts did not have the power to resist the big powers, so they carried out a series of wrong policies. All high-level officials could not escape the blame for such losses.

Since there was an accident on their side, the troops belonging to Ma Ji who stayed in the Kingdom of Ghosts were probably in danger.

Such a heavy sacrifice made Luo Sha feel very bad.

"What do you plan to do, Kazekage-sama?"

"Next, I will lead the troops again and try to drive Uchiha Ruri out of the Kingdom of Wind."

On the word "try your best", Luo Sha bites hard.

It can be seen that he himself does not have much confidence in this matter.
To be continued...