Chapter 398

Since then, the two villages gradually began to show differences.

Onoki worked hard and was committed to the post-war recovery of Iwagakure.

Under his governance, from the end of the First Ninja World War to the present, Iwagakure has recovered to its peak state, stepping into the ranks of the "powerful" among the Five Great Nations, especially the Jonin who represent the core combat power of the village.

At this moment, Iwagakure is the ninja village with the largest number of Jonin besides Konoha.

The only fly in the ointment is that combat power above the Jonin level in Iwagakure is relatively scarce.

And this is also related to the concepts within Iwagakure, because Iwagakure mostly specializes in Earth Release, and because Earth Release has the characteristic of being able to be cast jointly.

Rock Ninja mostly pay attention to "collaborative combat" and "team spirit."

This also makes Rock Ninja extremely good at large-scale combat, and there are very few outstanding individuals.

And there are gains and losses; Rock Ninja who are good at large-scale combat are somewhat weak in individual combat such as assassination, reconnaissance, and harassment.

Onoki looked at the intelligence in his hand, his eyes flickering.

More than ten years have passed, and after Onoki succeeded to the throne, he worked diligently in the position of Tsuchikage for more than ten years, all for the sake of leading Iwagakure to open up territory and bring the village to new heights.

Onoki is not only a ninja with high strength but also a qualified politician.

He is like a stubborn stone, very patient.

Finally, at this very moment, he finally waited for the opportunity he had always wanted.

In this calm pool of the Ninja World, a salamander suddenly appeared, stirring up all the water in the pond!

Up to this point, it also gave him the opportunity to fish in troubled waters!

At this moment, Onoki does not want to take this opportunity to challenge the undisputed hegemon of the Ninja World today—Konoha!

Because he knows that it is far from the time, and the terror of Konoha makes Onoki still have fresh memories to this day.

He does not think that with the current Rock Ninja, he can pull Konoha off the horse; Iwagakure still needs nutrients and growth.

His target is—Kumogakure!

Or rather, the Land of Moon controlled by Kumogakure!

Of course, if there is a chance, he doesn't mind seizing control of a few small countries from Konoha's hands.

To become strong, one needs not only the accumulation of time but also the supply of nutrients.

And for Great Nations, the best nutrients come from the surrounding small countries.

Thus, late at night, an order was sent from the Tsuchikage's office.

And for the parties involved, Sunagakure and the Rain Ninja, this war, which ended in a draw for both sides, did not bring any decisive impact.

When Chiyo and Ebizo returned to Sunagakure with a group of Sand Ninja who had returned from a bloody battle, they thought they would receive a warm welcome from the Third Kazekage, but they didn't expect that only a few scattered Sand Ninja were waiting at the gate of Sunagakure.

Whenever the departing ninja return victorious, organizing people to welcome them at the gate is a basic operation.

Although Chiyo and Ebizo only "fought to a draw," in the case where the Sand Ninja only dispatched less than one-third of their combat power and the opponent was the "Demigod of the Ninja World," it was enough to be called a great achievement.

The Third Kazekage's behavior is clearly because he has opinions about the two.

Not only that, looking around, the entire Sunagakure looks empty, and not even a shadow can be seen.

Could it be that the Third Kazekage didn't want to come himself and forcibly ordered others not to come?

Seeing this, Chiyo's face suddenly became gloomy.

At this moment, the cuts on Chiyo's body from Hanzo of the Salamander have not yet healed, and her whole body is covered with scars like earthworms.

At first glance, it looks as terrifying as a ghost hag.

"Where are the Kazekage and the others?"

Chiyo questioned a Sand Ninja who was welcoming them coldly.

Seeing Chiyo's unkind face, the Sand Ninja was miserable. There is such a sentence inside Sunagakure.

"Better to provoke the Kazekage than to offend the Elder."

And the "Elder" refers to Chiyo and Ebizo in front of them.

The Third Kazekage Iron Sand is young after all, and his right to speak within Sunagakure is very average, while looking at the sister and brother Chiyo and Ebizo, not only are they both disciples of the Second Kazekage, but their strength is unfathomable, and they also hold the puppet master unit of Sunagakure.

They have strength, they have prestige.

As everyone knows, there are not many puppet masters who are mentally normal, and they are extremely good at making poisons. Even within Sunagakure, there are not many who dare to provoke puppet masters.

At this moment, the Sand Ninja did not dare to offend the two elders in front of them, so he told the truth.

"Kazekage..."

"He, he went to dig for Iron Sand..."

"Others were also taken by the Kazekage to dig for Iron Sand..."

The Sand Ninja said tremblingly, and his answer made Chiyo freeze on the spot.

"Ha?!"

Land of Wind, in a desert.

Wearing a white gauze dress, the Third Kazekage, who was pacing back and forth with his eyes closed, slowly stopped at a position.

"That's right, it's here!"

At the moment, a sharp glint bloomed in his eyes.

"Rise!"

He formed seals slowly with both hands. With the surge of a large amount of chakra, a massive amount of Iron Sand surged out from the desert underground and finally arrived on the surface.

"Very good!"

The Third Kazekage waved his hand, and a group of Sand Ninja behind him stepped forward one after another, waving shovels to load the Iron Sand into the carts behind them.

Seeing this, the Third Kazekage nodded with satisfaction.

You can't imagine the joy of digging for Iron Sand.

"Achoo!!"

Suddenly, he sneezed and frowned slightly.

"Seems like someone is thinking about me behind my back?"

The Third Kazekage frowned somewhat, muttering secretly in his heart.

Faintly, he felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but soon he threw it all behind his head.

"Forget it, nothing is more important than digging for Iron Sand!"

Thinking of this, the Third Kazekage immediately became full of energy again!

It's just one word, dig!

You can't imagine the joy of working. ===== CHAPTER 400 =====