Chapter 520 Letter from Kumogakure
"Uh, is it the wrong time for me to come?"
Ao stood there at a loss, holding the letter from Kumogakure, not knowing why Kaito and Elder Genji looked at him strangely.
"Elder Genji, please explain it to Ao-sensei."
Kaito took the scroll with a strange look on his face, while Elder Genji repeated the conversation between the two in a low voice with some amusement.
"What? The Fourth Raikage was controlled by illusion?"
Ao looked at Kaito with a look of astonishment, obviously he did not expect that this trip to the Five Kage Talks would bring back such shocking news.
"Well, it’s just speculation at the moment."
Elder Genji interrupted Ao’s subsequent inquiries with a slightly serious expression.
Although he was also extremely shocked when he heard the news just now.
Kumogakure, one of the five great ninja villages, could actually be secretly controlled by someone so quietly.
But thinking of his own Third Mizukage, who had also been controlled by an outsider’s illusion before, it seemed that he could not laugh at all.
The elder Genji simply looked at Kaito who was still reading the letter and asked.
"Mizukage-sama, what’s the matter with the letter from Kumogakure?"
Kaito frowned slightly when he heard this, and handed the scroll to the two people with a strange look, while explaining.
"Kumogakure seems to want me to be a witness and attend the peace talks between Kumogakure and Konohagakure."
No wonder Kaito looked strange at the moment.
This kind of peace talks between villages are relatively private.
After all, no one knows whether the two villages will sign an unequal treaty that will humiliate the village.
So most of the time, they will only send a signal that the negotiations are completed at the end.
The specific content of the treaty may not even be fully known to the lower-level ninjas in the village.
Other forces in the ninja world can often only guess the general content based on subsequent developments.
Especially for confidential content like Konohagakure betraying the Hyuga clan, or Sunagakure Village betraying its own hero Pakura.
If there is a little bit of wind, it is very likely to cause a large number of rebellious ninjas in the village.
At this time, he, an outsider, is asked to be a witness.
Aren’t they afraid that Kirigakure will spread the peace treaty between the two villages everywhere?
Besides, Kumogakure is now suspected to be controlled by the enemy’s illusion.
"It’s impossible that Kumogakure and those behind the scenes are going to use this peace talk to ambush you and the Fourth Hokage at the same time, right?"
Ao looked at the letter, which he tentatively called an "invitation letter", with some confusion.
He just learned about Kumogakure, and he also couldn’t figure out what the opponent was doing.
The elder Genji pondered for a moment, but shook his head slightly.
"Not to mention that the other party has already experienced the strength of Mizukage-sama, even the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, ordinary traps will definitely not be able to stop him."
"This kind of blatant ambush, as long as one person successfully escapes, the arrangements made by the people behind the scenes in Kumogakure will be invalidated, and the other party will not make such an unwise decision."
Uchiha Obito must not know yet, but Kaito has roughly guessed what happened to the Zero Organization and Kumogakure Village.
It is impossible to use such a big card as the Kumogakure Village to gamble on killing both Kaito and Namikaze Minato at the same time.
Even if the opponent misjudged Kaito’s strength and felt that he could succeed in the ambush.
But Namikaze Minato’s "Flying Thunder God Technique" is well-known for its strong ability to save his life. As long as the opponent is determined to escape, even Kaito dare not say that he can stop him, let alone Uchiha Obito who also knows him very well.
"Then the opponent can’t just let Zetsu show his face? The Five Kage Talks have just ended. Isn’t this just a waste of time?"
Kaito was stunned when he heard Ao’s words.
He snatched the letter and fixed his eyes on the date of the peace talks.
Then he suddenly looked up and asked the elder Genji.
"According to the previous investigation of the White Zetsu team, when is the date of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki’s birth?"
The elder Genji’s expression froze when he heard this, and he said with uncertainty.
"Mizukage-sama, do you think so?"
Kaito nodded to the elder Genji with a firm look in his eyes, and then turned to Ao and said.
"Ao-sensei, please help me find Hikari."
In the Land of Fire, Konohagakure Village.
Namikaze Minato looked at the letter from Kumogakure in his hand, and his face was also full of worry.
"Minato, how about I take your place in the peace talks this time?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was wrapped in bandages, was the first to speak out to comfort him.
In the previous surprise attack on Kumogakure Village, Sarutobi Hiruzen led the team to contain the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer Bee, which was a narrow escape.
If the ceasefire news had not been delivered in time, and Jiraiya had quickly rushed to the front battlefield.
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s life might have been lost on the battlefield.
However, even though his injuries have not fully recovered yet, he couldn’t bear to see Namikaze Minato fall into such a difficult choice.
Moreover, Sarutobi Hiruzen also knew very well.
Konohagakure can no longer bear the pain of war.
Although there are pressures from the other three great ninja villages in this ceasefire negotiation, peace will definitely be achieved.
However, as the weaker party, Konohagakure will inevitably make some concessions in the negotiations.
It is a better choice for Konohagakure and Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Hokage, to bear this infamy.
Jiraiya,who returned with the front-line troops, could not help but be a little softer when he heard that his sensei could take the initiative to stand up at this time.
However, in the corner of the office, a somewhat cold voice sounded at an inopportune time.
"The Kumogakure Village has clearly stated that the Raikage will personally come forward to negotiate. If the Hokage does not come forward on our side of Konohagakure, they will definitely not be recognized by them."
As soon as Shimura Danzo said this, everyone in the office locked their eyes on him.
Seeing the uniform death stares from Jiraiya, his sensei and his disciple, Shimura Danzo gnashed his teeth with a distorted expression, but finally retreated silently back into the shadows.
There was no other way. After Sarutobi Hiruzen went to the front line, he was supposed to coordinate the protection of Konohagakure, but he brought a large number of Root members to forcefully bring Uzumaki Kushina back to the Root base for "protection".
But who would have thought that before Sarutobi Hiruzen left, he actually arranged for his wife and children to guard Uzumaki Kushina all the time, and directly forced him back.
It’s not that Shimura Danzo was concerned about the friendship between old friends and couldn’t bear to attack Sarutobi Hiruzen’s wife and children.
It’s that Sarutobi Hiruzen’s eldest son was always accompanied by two summon monkeys from the Monkey Clan.
As long as he made a slight move, the information on the scene would be taken away by the summoning monkeys immediately, leaving him no chance to make it an outsider attack.
Shimura Danzo also knew that even if he gained control of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, as long as Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Namikaze Minato returned.
After knowing the real situation, he was completely powerless to resist.
In desperation, he could only choose to retreat.
However, after all, the so-called "protection" operation has been implemented.
Even if no one can point out his intention to control the Nine-Tails, everyone knows the real situation.
Over the past few days, not only has the power of the Root been reduced a lot, even Shimura Danzo himself can only act honestly and low-key under the suppression of these three masters and apprentices.
(End of this Chapter)