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Land of Lightning, Kumogakure.
This place was once the same as strength and glory, but now it has become a powder keg that could explode at any moment.
The air is filled with the stench of gunpowder, blood, and suspicion.
On the streets, Iwagakure and Kirigakure shinobi are divided into teams, patrolling everywhere.
They are like a pack of mean dogs who dislike each other, clearly separated, and their expressions are full of watchfulness and hostility towards each other.
"Stop! This is the patrol area of Iwagakure. You Kirigakure people have crossed the line!" An Iwagakure shinobi with a face full of scars scolded a team of Kirigakure shinobi.
"What a joke!" The Kirigakure team leader sneered. "This commercial street is clearly written in the treaty to be jointly managed by us! When did it become the territory of your Iwagakure alone?"
"Joint management? Then why are your people holding back all the tax revenue from the shops? Spit out the money!" The Iwagakure shinobi's eyes flashed with greed.
"Want money?" The Kirigakure shinobi gripped the handle of his sword. "Okay, take it with your life!"
Clang!
Clang!
The sound of kunai echoed on the street.
A small-scale brawl was about to break out.
The surrounding Kumogakure villagers looked coldly at these invaders with a mixture of hatred and numbness.
In their opinion, these enemies who once made them fear are just a group of stupid, infighting invaders.
Suddenly, in an easy-to-miss corner, a kunai tied with an explosive tag was quietly thrown into the two groups of people facing each other.
The slight sound of it landing was drowned out by the noisy quarrel.
Boom!
The violent explosion instantly covered them!
Cut-off limbs and ground meat flew everywhere, and screams tore through the sky.
"Enemy attack!"
"It's the survivors of Kumogakure!"
The Iwagakure and Kirigakure shinobi who were lucky enough to survive immediately turned their huge rage towards the unarmed civilians around them.
But the attacker had already disappeared into the depths of the complex alleys, without a trace.
Such a scene happens almost every day in Kumogakure.
Assassination, destruction, stirring up trouble... Those Kumogakure shinobi who lost their homes, pushed by news from nowhere, turned into the deadliest attacks.
They used their own methods to launch crazy and reckless revenge against these invaders who divided their homeland.
And the Land of Earth, Land of Water, and Land of Wind, in the face of huge benefits, had long lost the appearance of allies.
While holding down the endless resistance of Kumogakure, they also plotted against each other and attacked each other in order to grab territory and steal money.
The entire Kumogakure has completely become a flesh and blood grinder, eating away their strength every moment.
At the same time.
Southern Land of Lightning, that fertile plain given to the Land of Fire.
It is a completely different world from Kumogakure.
Here is the defense zone of the Land of Fire garrison led by Uchiha Fugaku.
No looting, no pressure, not even a loud scolding.
Carts of grain and supplies were constantly transported from the Land of Fire, and distribution points were set up in various towns to give them to the local people free of charge.
Konoha's medical shinobi set up free clinics to provide treatment to civilians injured in the war, saving countless lives.
Even Konoha shinobi would take out candy during their breaks and give it to the Land of Lightning children who looked at them with curious and fearful eyes.
"Eat it, don't be afraid."
A young Uchiha shinobi put a candy into the hand of a blonde little girl.
He didn't even realize that there was a gentle smile on his face.
The little girl shyly took the candy, peeled off the wrapper, and licked it carefully.
The sweetness melted on the tip of her tongue.
She looked at the big brother in front of her with clear eyes and showed an innocent smile.
Not far away, Uchiha Fugaku stood on a high tower, taking all of this into his eyes.
There was no expression on his face, but his heart was turning upside down.
He couldn't understand why the daimyo wanted to spend so much financial and material resources to calm the people of these enemy countries.
But does he need to understand?
No need.
He only needs to carry out the daimyo's orders carefully.
That's enough.
Moreover, he could feel that the hostility that was originally directed at them on this land was melting away little by little.
Land of Fire, northeastern border fortress.
This is the most heavily guarded military restricted zone in the entire Land of Fire.
The dungeon in the deepest part of the fortress is made of dozens of layers of sealing jutsu and the strongest refined steel. It is said that even the tailed beasts cannot escape from here.
In a cell.
Bang!
With a loud noise, a spider web-like crack appeared on the hard wall, and then it visibly healed.
Fourth Raikage A pulled back his fist the size of a pot, his bronze skin bulging with veins, and his chest moving hard.
"Bastard! Bastard!"
He roared furiously and helplessly like a lion trapped in a cage.
Since being brought here, he has repeated this behavior every day, using this method to vent the frustration in his heart.
But this is meaningless.
Their chakra is locked tightly by a special sealing shackles, and they cannot use it at all.
All they can rely on is brute force.
"Brother, save some energy!" A lazy voice sounded.
Killer Bee lay on the bed on the other side, carrying a grass in his mouth, beat the rhythm, and muttered with his rap. "Smashing the wall, meaningless, it's better to sleep and take care of your body, yo yo!!"
"Shut up!" A turned his head sharply, staring at his brother with red eyes. "Aren't you worried about the village at all?"
"What's the use of worrying? We are prisoners now, idiot, bastard! Yeah!" Killer Bee changed to a more comfortable position.
He looked like he didn't care.
But the eyes that always wore sunglasses looked through the small window at the sky of the Land of Fire outside, and inside was deep worry.
"I heard..." Killer Bee suddenly stopped rapping, his voice dropped. "The Konoha shinobi guarding us are chatting."
"They said that the people from the Land of Earth and Land of Water are already fighting in our village."
A's body stiffened suddenly.
"They also said..." Killer Bee continued. "That piece of land in the south of us was occupied by the Land of Fire."
"The ordinary people there now receive the Land of Fire's grain every day, and when they see Konoha shinobi, they are almost like seeing their relatives."
Killer Bee paused and spit out the fatal words. "They also said that the people of the Land of Fire are very kind..."
As the words fell, something seemed to explode in A's head.
The people of the Land of Fire... kind?
I have to say that none of the people who can be kage are fools.
In an instant, he understood!
This is the Land of Fire's trick.
Divide!
Unite!
Plus win people's hearts!
Especially that daimyo, he is not for money at all! Not for land!
What he wants is the hearts of the people of the Land of Lightning!
It is the entire Land of Lightning!
They first weakened the Land of Lightning, and then used the corpses of three thousand Kumogakure to create hatred in Kumogakure, so that Iwagakure and Kirigakure were deeply trapped and ate away at each other.
And in the south, they played the role of savior with grain and grace.
Little by little, the roots of the Land of Lightning were completely stolen from their hands!
So cruel!
"Land of Fire..." A could no longer hold back his anger and roared to the sky, his voice full of huge hatred.
He regretted it.
He regretted why he lost his mind in the first place!
He hates it.
Hates that he is powerless and can only watch his country being eaten away and taken over little by little!
And he, this Raikage, can only be locked here like a dog, bark helplessly.