allendalepharm Chapter 145 may be incompetent, but he's a master at instigating internal strife.
Chapter 145 may be incompetent, but he's a master at instigating internal strife.
Chapter 145: Though incompetent, he's a master at instigating internal strife.
An returned to Amegakure in a good mood and went straight to find Orochimaru.
The entertainment is over; it's time to go and cause trouble for the Sand Village.
As soon as the door opened, Orochimaru appeared before him with a gloomy face.
An acted as if she hadn't seen him, and waved with a smile.
"Yo, good morning, Lord Orochimaru."
"We're going on another mission together."
"Hmph!" Orochimaru snorted coldly, clearly displeased. "Becoming your partner was the worst decision I ever made."
"Are you out of your mind to volunteer for some mission to capture tailed beasts?"
"Such frequent missions are seriously affecting my experimental progress."
As expected, this research fanatic is the real Orochimaru!
There's no such thing as being proactive in wanting to complete tasks.
It doesn't look like it at all, even with the soil on it!
"Oh dear, isn't that easy?" An suggested with a smile, "I can carry out this mission myself. Lord Orochimaru can just go through the motions."
"After leaving the village, Lord Orochimaru can go back to Otogakure to conduct his experiments. Once I've captured the One-Tailed Beast, I'll notify Lord Orochimaru to return and join me."
"Is that so? Well, that's not a bad idea."
Orochimaru was not surprised at all that An knew about his base in Otogakure. After a slight hesitation, he agreed.
The two packed up quickly and left Amegakure.
Once they left the village, the two went their separate ways, each heading towards different goals.
This time, An acted alone, without anyone else.
Shin-yu and her mother are currently learning ninjutsu from Hiruko. Haku is too young, so he is also receiving training from Hiruko.
The three of them, including Yashiro, took Rin and hid elsewhere to avoid being found by Obito.
Lin is such an important hostage, we can't just take her around and run around. If something happens to her, Anke will lose a good dog.
The territory of Sunagakure is actually quite large, even larger than that of the Land of Fire. However, most of this land is desert, with barren soil, and the food produced is simply not enough to support a large population.
However, the desert also hides a great deal of treasure, such as gold dust.
As the daimyo of the Land of Wind continuously reduced the number of ninjas and the funds for ninja villages, the Kazekage Rasa used Magnet Release to collect gold dust, bringing stability to the village.
These gold dusts were used as village funds and also as capital for Sunagakure to trade with other countries.
The reason why Rasa was able to become the Kazekage, and even when he killed Yekura, the village simply turned a blind eye, was inseparable from the fact that he controlled the village's main source of income.
But now, the Sand Village has lost its cash cow and is arguing about who should be elected as the new Kazekage.
At the Jonin meeting, the moment the elders raised the issue of electing the Kazekage, it immediately caused an uproar among everyone.
"Are we going to choose the Kazekage now? Does this mean Lord Rasa isn't going to come to the rescue?"
Faced with the doubts of many Jonin, the elders all sighed.
"There's nothing we can do about it!"
"It's not that we didn't want to save them, but the conditions from Konoha were too harsh. Our ambush plan failed!"
"So let's follow Elder Ebizo's advice and choose another Kazekage!"
Everyone was stunned. A Jonin slammed his fist on the table, his face flushed, and shouted, "This is utterly disgraceful! We can't even save our own Kage! What will the other villages think of us?"
This statement immediately garnered the approval of many people.
Luo Sha had quite a few supporters who were able to take the position of Kazekage, and they all shouted, "We can't just let this go, we must bring Kazekage back!"
"How can we save them?" the Rosa opposition members immediately cried out.
"Granny Chiyo and the others died in battle, which means that this rogue ninja named Uchiha An is extremely powerful. The price the village would have to pay to take him down would be too high."
"Elder Ebizo sacrificed his life to prevent the village from losing even more strength. Otherwise, even if the Kazekage were rescued, other countries wouldn't miss this golden opportunity."
"Putting everything else aside, just look at that old bastard Onoki. He's been eyeing us like a hawk. If we're too weak, he'll be the first to pounce."
Rasa's supporters, aware of the village's weak military, quickly explained, "We never said we had to use force to fulfill Konoha's demands."
"We can definitely negotiate with Konoha again and ask them to change the terms!"
"The people of Konoha are usually easy to talk to. If you just beg them properly, the Third Hokage can be quite merciful!"
"At worst, we can just provide Konoha with more food and supplies. They're in the midst of a war right now, and they need these things the most."
"What?! We're going to send these precious supplies to Konoha? No way!"
Now even the centrists disagree.
"Because of the war, the prices of all supplies have skyrocketed. We don't even have enough for ourselves, how can we give them away to others?"
"Then we must bring the Kazekage back!" Supporters came over to persuade the centrists, "The Kazekage's Magnet Release can gather gold dust. Don't be fooled by the resources we've already invested; once we bring the Kazekage back, we can make up for all the previous losses."
The centrist, always a fence-sitter, found this argument reasonable and changed his tune, saying, "Indeed, besides the Kazekage, no one else in the village knows Magnet Release!"
"Without the Magnet Release technique to gather gold dust, the village doesn't even have enough funds for daily operations."
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"If possible, it would be best to save Rasa."
As soon as this statement was made, some members of the opposition immediately protested.
"What era are we in? Why are you still worrying about money?"
"Shouldn't the most important qualities of a Kazekage be the strongest in combat and the highest in prestige?"
"We shouldn't have made Rasa the Kazekage in the first place!"
"He should be made a financial advisor, stay quietly in the background, and contribute funds to the village—that's all he should do!"
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"If Pakura were the Kazekage right now, with her Scorch Release techniques, how could she have been so easily captured alive by Konoha?"
"The ninja world is changing more and more. Even Konoha is in danger of destruction now; who knows, one day it might be our Sand Village's turn. We absolutely need to have enough military strength!"
A group of people were arguing and bickering, but they couldn't come to a conclusion even after a long time.
In the midst of a heated argument, a violent explosion suddenly erupted outside.
Before they could go out to see what was happening, they heard the alarm blaring. Immediately, an ANBU member flashed in and reported, "An Uchiha dressed in Akatsuki uniform has arrived. He blew up the village gate and is demanding that we hand over the criminals who ambushed and killed him earlier."
"If the village dares not hand it over, he will raze Sunagakure to the ground today and steal the Jinchuriki."
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