Thick black smoke rises over the plains.

This was a peaceful village before, but now it has become full of potholes and turned into miserable ruins.

Looking at the village that had been wiped out one step ahead of schedule, the Xuan Yuans, led by Chong Man, stood among the ruins and saw countless villagers lying on the ground, with no one alive.

It is obvious that this village was completely wiped out.

And the rate of destruction is very fast.

The extremely violent quasi-type chakra still remains in the air, indicating the power of the person who did it.

This is the Village of Sugi, the village where the employers of Xuan Yuan are located. Now it has been destroyed, which somewhat caught Mushi Man and others off guard.

And the person who did it, even without deliberately guessing, knew who did it.

Lei Ying was afraid of the explosion bugs of the Xuan Yuans, and he would definitely not come to cause trouble for them without being completely sure.

But the village of Sugi is different. Facing the offensive of the fourth generation Raikage, they have no strength to resist. It is reasonable for the fourth generation Raikage to vent the humiliation they suffered from the Xuanzu on Sugi Nomura.

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This is probably the sorrow of the weak in the times.

"What to do next? Should the mission continue?"

The fire man asked softly.

This was the first time he encountered such a troublesome task. Before their task was completed, their employer was killed first.

The body of the elder of Sugi Village was also among the crowd, with his eyes wide open and his eyes wide open.

"The mission has been interrupted. No one is paying, and provoking the Fourth Raikage again is not worth the gain. Otherwise, we won't even be able to recover our money... No, it is already a loss-making business now."

After all, the only way the Xuan Yuans can deal with the Raikage is the Exploding Bug. But the problem is that although the Exploding Bug is powerful, it is also very expensive.

Now even if they get back the secret scroll of Suginomura, no one will pay them. As for the deposit of several million taels placed by Suginomura on the underground black market, it is regarded as recovering a little interest. After all, they also asked Lei before

Ying and others have endured all the hardships, but they are still worthy of the deposit price.

Most bounty hunters wouldn't dare stroke a tiger's beard.

As for dealing with the Fourth Raikage again, Xuan Yuanzhong would not go looking for trouble for the Fourth Raikage for a mere deposit of several million taels.

After all, their mission is not to protect the Sugi Village, but to retrieve the secret scroll of the Sugi Village. Whether the Sugi Village is destroyed or not has no direct relationship with the Xuanzu.

It's just that the village of Sugi was destroyed and no one paid after the mission was completed. That's the problem.

In the final analysis, Suginomura is too weak.

As for the weak, life and death can only be controlled by the strong.

To the Sugi Nomura, the Raikage is a strong person who can determine their life and death.

Therefore, Xuan Yuanzhong's mission cannot be considered a failure. It is just because the employer was killed, causing an abnormality in the mission process. The underground black market will not record a mission failure in Xuan Yuanzhong's mission record.

"so be it."

The other four people could only shrug their shoulders and did not object.

Facing the Fourth Raikage is indeed very stressful.

The main reason is that the speed is too fast. Even if they have cultivated natural energy, they can barely see the movement trajectory of the thunder shadow. If there is a protracted battle, they will definitely lose the battle.

"In any case, they have paid the deposit, so let's let them bury themselves in peace. It is not good to expose their bodies in the wilderness. Tunan, you are the only one among us who knows the earth escape ninjutsu, so I leave this matter to you.

Done."

The insect man ordered.

The native man did not object. Burying the corpses of hundreds of people was not a difficult task for him. It would only waste some chakra.

"I didn't expect the Raikage to be so decisive in his revenge. A village of several hundred people was wiped out at the drop of a hat. It seems that the country of Sugi will be in chaos for a while. Unfortunately, the military has no plans to deploy in the country of Sugi for the time being."

This kind of thing caught the Xuan Yuans off guard, but because of this, they had a deeper understanding of the tyranny of great powers.

The rules are set by the five major countries, but that does not mean that the five major countries will actually abide by the rules.

I believe that when this matter is dealt with later, the Daimyo of Sugino Country will not dare to target Raikage. At most, he will have some incompetent resentment in his heart.

"This is a contest of national strength. The reason why we can argue together at the negotiating table is because we recognize each other's strength, will not act rashly, and will think twice before doing anything. On the contrary, if we do not even give room for negotiation, then we can only

It has become a sad topic."

There are too many examples like Suginomura in the ninja world.

The same was true in the Rain Kingdom in the past.

The great powers use the Kingdom of Rain as their battlefield and have no intention of negotiating with the Kingdom of Rain. Xiao used to run around on the battlefield. No matter how eager he was to end the war, he still could not shake the determination of the great powers. The great powers responded to them at will.

go.

The only face, Sansho Hanzo, was eventually framed by Konoha's Orochimaru and Danzo, and died at the hands of the Sunagakure ninja.

As a result, the status of the Rain Country has declined again and again.

Even if he is as strong as Akatsuki, he can only huddle in Yuyin Village, under the breath of the big country, and endure until the time is right.

Why can the Kingdom of Ghosts be recognized by the Five Shadows at the Five Shadows Conference? No matter how unwilling the Five Shadows are, they cannot ignore the power of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Even though Sunagakure took the lead in convening the Five Kage Conference, he still had to make compromises with the Kingdom of Demons.

Even though the Kingdom of Ghosts now occupies a huge share of the Western Continent, as long as the bottom lines of the two countries are not touched, they can only turn a blind eye.

It's because the country of ghosts is powerful enough.

They cannot ignore the power of the Uchiha clan's Mangekyō Sharingan.

It was impossible to ignore the power of the forbidden technique that could annihilate thousands of sand ninjas in an instant.

Let people know that even without the tailed beasts, the country of ghosts still has the power to match or even surpass the tailed beasts, and can compete with the great powers.

With such a deterrent, even if it is not a big country or the Five Shadows, the big country and the Five Shadows must consider the stance of the Kingdom of Demons.

After a while, Tuo buried the bodies of hundreds of Sugino Village villagers and returned to the queue.

"Now that the matter is over, let's go."

The deal with Sugi Nomura ended here. In the end, he helped Sugi Nomura collect the corpses so that their corpses would not be buried in the belly of the beast. Insect Man believed that the Xuan Yuans had done their best to benevolent and did not owe Sugi Nomura anything.

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In a single room of a barbecue restaurant.

The table was already in a mess, both meat and vegetables had been wiped out.

Shiraishi patted his belly, exhaled happily, and smiled at Tsunade: "It feels like I haven't eaten so happily for a long time, but I didn't expect that after so many years, Tsunade-sensei, you are still so young. I still listen to you.

It is said that Tsunade-sensei once combined the secret techniques of the Shiggou Forest to create her own medical ninjutsu."

"That guy, you really don't want to talk about anything."

Tsunade took a sip of tea, rinsed her mouth, and then said in an unhappy tone.

She and Shiraishi were both contractors of the Three Holy Lands, Shiggou Forest, and were actually considered 'fellow disciples'. Unfortunately, due to the original defection incident, the two of them parted ways. Even if they had the contract as a link, they basically had no contact.

Pass.

"After all, Tsunade-sensei also found out a lot about me from the living beetle, didn't she?"

Shiraishi smiled.

For some things, Shiraishi did not impose any restrictions on live dragons, so Tsunade still knew some things about Shiraishi.

For example, he learned the magic that does not belong to the Three Holy Lands system, or he learned the magic of Shigu Forest that few people have mastered in the past thousand years.

Even Tsunade, who signed a contract with Shigulin in advance, only has a partial understanding of this kind of magic.

I found that I couldn't get through the senjutsu system of Shigulin, so I had to combine the senjutsu information given by the living dragon to create my own secret medical ninjutsu.

As for the specific power of the secret medical ninjutsu, Shiraishi was unable to understand anything.

Because it involves Tsunade's core secrets and the living snakes that comply with the contract, without Tsunade's instructions, even Shiraishi can't get any useful information from the living snakes.

And contract and friendship are not in conflict.

"Although I learned something from the living dragon, before the war in the Kingdom of Wind, I didn't know that you lived in the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Tsunade glanced at Shiraishi with a meaningful look.

Although she knew that the Kingdom of Demons had a strong medical system very early on, she had never connected the Kingdom of Demons with Shiraishi.

Because she didn't dare to say that she knew everything about Bai Shi, but she still knew most of the situation.

This is what she found strange.

When did Shiraishi become associated with the Kingdom of Ghosts?

Shiraishi, who has always lived in Konoha, except when he was in the White Fang Team, would go out to perform missions. Most of the time he just stayed in Konoha Village and had no time to contact the Kingdom of Demons at all.

What's more, the country of ghosts is the country of witches.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for a miko in the Kingdom of Demons to easily accept a traitorous ninja.

As a result, Shiraishi got involved with the top leaders of the Kingdom of Demons, carried out military reforms in the Kingdom of Demons, and incorporated the ninjas of the Kingdom of Demons into the country's system, thus opening up a new path.
To be continued...