Chapter 21: Winds Rise, Clouds Surge in the Ninja World

Inside Cloud Hidden Village, Raikage Building, Raikage Office.

Boom—

A huge rumble and explosion echoed throughout the building; the ninjas who heard it rushed toward the Raikage Office: "What's wrong, Lord Raikage!"

Only then they saw the Third Raikage Ai, hands behind his back, standing in front of the tall floor-to-ceiling window of the Raikage Office.

Behind him, the once solid and massive desk had been smashed to fragments, and a large crater appeared in the floor.

Hearing his subordinates' voices, the Raikage suppressed his anger, turned around and said to the others: "All of you go out, there's nothing here!"

Which ninja present wasn't sharp? Everyone could hear the anger in the Raikage's words, yet at that moment no one dared to tug the Raikage's whiskers, so they all left his office.

It was at this moment that the Raikage's son and adopted son, the future famous AB brothers—future Fourth Raikage Ai and his adopted brother Killer Bee—entered.

"Old man, what happened? You've messed up the office so badly."

After entering, Ai closed the office door, then asked his father.

"Look for yourself."

The Third Raikage pointed a finger at the scattered pages among the desk wreckage, then turned back to look out the window.

Killer Bee picked up the pages, split them in half for his older brother, and the two began reading together.

"Konoha's mess is a bit tricky; the contest for the jinchuriki, did it fail just like that?"

Hearing Killer Bee's words, Ai gave him a hard smack on the head, "Does this kid rap without considering the situation? Is now the time to rap?"

"Yo, big brother's fist doesn't hurt at all."

"Bi!"

He whispered a scold to his younger brother, and Ai walked to the side of the Third Raikage: "Old man, it's just a grab for a little girl who has Jinchuriki Qualification; no need to get so angry. Mo Luo Yi and the other two probably have already prepared for sacrifice."

"But that's that Konoha Bai Ya."

"Ai, I'm angry not because Mo Luo Yi and the three of them failed the mission."

The Third Raikage stared solemnly at his son; it would be understandable if he didn't notice, but since Bi doesn't have to become Raikage, how could the future heir Ai not see it?

"Didn't you see the reports? Konoha has already spread the news of our mission's failure throughout the Ninja World."

Ai may be reckless in daily life, but his mind is still sharp at crucial moments; hearing his father's words, he instantly grasped the seriousness of the matter.

From Konoha's failed raid on the Uzumaki Clan, basically every Kage in the Ninja World could see what Cloud Hidden Village intended.

No one would comment on Konoha taking people of the Uzumaki Clan from Wo Zhi Guo, after all the ties are there, and Konoha Village also has more than one Uzumaki. So what are you Cloud Ninja doing by going to Konoha to take Uzumaki people?

For a jinchuriki, one thing is very important: unless necessary, do not casually replace the jinchuriki candidate.

If a jinchuriki is to be replaced, it only indicates that the jinchuriki's life is nearing its end.

Cloud Hidden Village has two jinchuriki; among them the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki became Killer Bee several years ago, and the Two-tailed Jinchuriki Tsugimogui is already elderly, a fact known by many in the Ninja World.

Konoha Village's disclosure of this information has two reasons: first, it shows that Cloud Hidden Village is facing a shortage of talent, its jinchuriki are about to be lost, and they even have to go to Konoha to snatch people; before a new jinchuriki matures, Cloud Hidden Village's overt strength is greatly reduced without one.

The second point is to indicate that Cloud Hidden Village even failed the crucial task of seizing a jinchuriki; what about the other commissioned missions?

This is also a blow to Cloud Hidden Village's reputation; under such circumstances, those seeking commissions will doubt Cloud Hidden Village's capability, and at least for a while, its commission orders will decrease.

"I don't know whether this was Yuanfei Rizhan's or Danzo Shimura's idea, but this failed mission can't just be written off!"

The Third Raikage's words were filled with anger; although he wanted to launch a plan against Konoha immediately, others would not give him that chance.

Now the primary actions within Cloud Hidden Village are: first, to search domestically for people with Jinchuriki Qualification; second, to guard against moves by other ninja villages.

Just as the Third Raikage spoke, an ANBU hurriedly pushed open the Raikage Office door: "Lord Raikage, reports from border ninjas indicate that several Iwa Shinobi have been spotted within the Land of the Moon!"

The Land of the Moon, a neighbor of the Land of Lightning, is also the sole gateway on the highland route between the Land of Lightning and the main road of the Ninja World.

At a time like this, what would Iwa Shinobi be doing here?

"Onoki that old scoundrel moves surprisingly fast; at this rate, information about Iwa Shinobi gathering troops will be reported back soon, won't it?"

The Third Raikage burst into a scornful laugh, his dark face showing a truly ferocious grin: "Ai, you and Bi first lead a squad of ANBU to gather at the border camp, make the ninjas stationed at the border shift their defenses; I want to see whether Onoki has the guts to spark another war!"

"Yes."

Ai and Killer Bee accepted the mission and quickly set out.

In an instant, due to Cloud Hidden Village's mission failure, the entire Ninja World shifted once more, with dark currents swirling.

Within Konoha Village, Qimu Chao still didn't know what conflicts the Ninja World would erupt into because of the earlier events, but even if he did, he would probably just smile and say "Seems so."

After all, this incident truly can't be blamed on Konoha.

After this period of training, he could open the First Gate of the Eight Gates, his speed so swift that Mai Te Dai couldn't help but exclaim that this is youth, then he led A Kai to work even harder, pouring out his youth.

After attempting to open the First Gate of the Eight Gates, Qimu Chao had a preliminary idea for Amplification Ninjutsu, but further trials were needed to achieve higher amplification using Lightning-Attribute Chakra.

After all, this was his first time directly developing a Ninjutsu; the previous techniques were first Magnetic Field Techniques, then adapted into Ninjutsu.

As for whether the Magnetic Field System needs amplification techniques, Qimu Chao said it was unnecessary; if he had the time, he'd rather increase his own Power Flow and reach a Complete Realm to achieve more sustained combat power and more focused force attacks.

One should know that when Power Flow and Complete Realm are raised, even just Ten Thousand Horsepower Power can produce a remarkably explosive output.