Placed on the coffee table in the office, a bulky tool similar to a radio began to emit hoarse words from the speakers one after another, but the source of the sound could be vaguely discerned.

Shiraishi, Ruri and Ayane sat down around the radio. They didn't say a word on the sofa. There were only shallow breathing sounds. Other than that, they were all quietly listening to what was coming from the radio.

sound.

The people who made the sound were three men and one woman.

Every word and every word they spoke was heard by the three of them.

Perhaps the content was very explosive, and it could be said to be dangerous content for the country of ghosts, but there was no surprise on the three people's faces, and they treated it with a normal attitude.

Just listen quietly.

The meeting content on the radio lasted for more than three hours.

Some of them argued, some suggested, and some agreed. There were still a few minutes of rest time... and then a plan was scrawled.

It is not difficult to imagine that there will be more important content to follow.

But hearing this is enough.

Shiraishi pressed the button and turned off the radio.

"The Kingdom of Earth, whose position was originally uncertain, seems to be really planning to join in."

Originally, the only people who joined this alliance were the Kingdom of Fire, the Kingdom of Wind, and the Kingdom of Water.

It is not surprising that the first two major countries unite together, and the Kingdom of Water also boarded this ship due to the secret arrangement of Shi Cang, coincidence and necessity.

The situation of the Three Kingdoms Alliance was formed.

However, the intervention of the Earth Kingdom is equivalent to adding another bet to the weight of the Three Kingdoms, causing the balance to temporarily tilt in its favor.

"There is nothing we can do about the fact that there is no successor. However, that old man Onoki probably doesn't want to be the first to eat crabs."

Ayane laughed.

Ohnoki has the nickname Two Scales, so you can imagine how cunning the opponent is.

Maybe the actions of the Oni Kingdom did make the Earth Kingdom begin to waver, but until the last moment, she did not believe that Onoki would take all of Iwagakure Village and throw it into this war.

Having no successor is Onoki's greatest weakness.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't still be occupying the Tsuchikage's position at the age of over seventy.

Even the Third Hokage has been troubled by this for many years, but Ohnoki has been troubled by this aspect for longer than the Third Hokage, and there is no hope yet.

What he wants is nothing more than a stable internal and external environment that allows him enough time to select talents in the village.

To be more precise, this Tsuchikage-sama is more likely to want to take a ride through this alliance and see if he can get enough benefits from it.

"It doesn't matter whether Iwagakure joins them or not. Our real purpose is not to defeat these villages."

Liuli put down her legs and said this.

"That's right. Starting a war with four villages at the same time is too risky. After all, the combined military strength of these ninja villages is stronger now than during the Third Ninja World War."...

Except of course, Sunagakure.

Because of the war a few years ago, Sunagakure suffered heavy losses.

While Konoha's overall strength increased, the number of top ninjas declined.

The Fourth Hokage died in the line of duty, the Third Hokage died in the line of duty, and Orochimaru left, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of ninja trees on the top of Konoha.

The only top ninjas on the surface are Tsunade and Jiraiya.

After more than ten years of restoration and military expansion in Iwagakure, although top ninjas are still lacking, the backbone force, coupled with the demolition troops who are good at demolition combat, has increased dramatically in scale.

Generally speaking, like Konoha, the overall strength has increased significantly, but it lacks the top master ninjas to take charge.

But even so, the power of a large number of jounin and chuunin is enough to cause unimaginable damage.

"Next, we just have to wait for them to plan the attack time."

Shiraishi said.

"When do you think they're going to attack?"

Liuli looked at Baishi and asked.

"As early as April or May, if later, it may be after June or July. It depends on what Tsunade-sensei thinks."

After all, the Daimyo of the Fire Country is the founder and has a lot of say. And Tsunade is the Hokage of Konoha Village. Although there is no way to change the pattern of the Four Kingdoms against the Ghost Country, with the power of the Hokage, she can also locally Change something.

However, when he thought that he would inevitably end up on a hostile position with his respected mentor, Shiraishi felt a little sad.

But soon, this sadness and reluctance disappeared from Bai Shi's heart.

Some are just as cold as ice.

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Leaving the conference room where the Kages were, although the conference only lasted a short three hours, in Tsunade's eyes, it seemed as long and torturous as three centuries.

Although she rarely spoke at the meeting, the other three figures actively participated in the meeting and made up for the shortcomings in the plan.

None of them chose to speak out about Tsunade's silence, and everyone could see that she was not very interested.

This is inevitable, because in her heart, she has never wanted such an alliance to appear.

But unfortunately, she couldn't stop this from happening.

What she did seemed to be that the only way to feel better was to not participate, not speak, and just sit on the sidelines and watch the war deployment against the Kingdom of Ghosts slowly advance.

Other than that, she seems to have no other use as Hokage.

"Sorry, Hokage-sama."

I left the conference room and got some rest time.

And Tsunade herself also needs some time to think calmly.

Shikaku, who was following behind him, suddenly apologized.

"Why apologize?"

Tsunade stopped and stood in the corridor, asking without looking back.

"Because before this, I didn't..."

"Didn't you tell me something secretly in the village? In fact, I had a bad premonition at that time. But I didn't expect that things would evolve to this point."

"But I still hid it."

"This has nothing to do with you. After all, there is indeed a special karmic relationship between Chiba Shiraishi and me. It is normal for the daimyo, advisors, and even that guy Jiraiya to be worried about this."

Having said that, there was still a bit of resentment in Tsunade's tone.

She knew very well the reason why these people concealed themselves, in order to force her to make a decision and not give her enough room to operate.

Even when she ascended the throne as Hokage, this news had to be strictly sealed so as not to affect her Hokage succession ceremony.

This has caused her to be in a dilemma now.

Before she became the Fifth Hokage, this plan was already being laid out in advance when the Third Hokage was still alive.

Whether she opposes it or not will not affect the overall situation.

An army was captured.

I was also manipulated by these people.

Tsunade looked up at the sky and let out a long breath.

"What a troubled time..."

For the first time, she felt that becoming the Hokage was so difficult.
Chapter completed!