Uchiha Yashiro's view was this:
With the way the Kaguya clan cultivated Kimimaro, Kimimaro would inevitably become dissatisfied with the Kaguya clan.
The moment he found an opportunity, Kimimaro would run away.
Kaguya Den, on the other hand, believed the Uchiha clan spoiled Uchiha Itachi too much. By placing all their hopes on Uchiha Itachi, they would definitely be disappointed by him.
There was even a possibility he would betray the Uchiha.
Night fell.
Uchiha Yashiro returned home.
Suddenly—
A figure attacked fiercely.
Bang!
With a tremendous collision, Uchiha Yashiro's body was sent flying backward.
"Who?"
The other party did not answer. Instead, they continued launching fierce attacks in Uchiha Yashiro's direction.
Jiraiya watched the battle between Iron Wall Toad and Uchiha Yashiro, then had the toad behind him push his wheelchair closer to the battlefield.
"Ninja Art: Needle Jizo!"
Jiraiya's hair transformed into the shape of countless senbon.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The sound of air being torn apart rang out again and again.
Jiraiya looked at Uchiha Yashiro, disappointment appearing on his face.
"Too weak."
"I have already forced him to his limit. He is already in danger of death, yet he still has not shown any other ability. This proves Uchiha Yashiro's strength is only at this level."
"Could someone like this control the Nine-Tails?"
"Impossible."
The enormous commotion drew the attention of other Uchiha, who hurriedly rushed over.
This made Jiraiya withdraw the hand he had been about to use to kill Uchiha Yashiro. He ordered the toad to bring him away quickly.
Iron Wall Toad stayed behind to cover their retreat.
Once Jiraiya had safely left, he canceled the Summoning Technique.
Bang!
Iron Wall Toad turned into a puff of white smoke and vanished.
"Yashiro-sama, are you alright?"
"Who was the attacker?"
"How bold. To actually dare barge into our territory. He must have a death wish!"
Uchiha Yashiro's expression was ugly.
"The one that came was a toad from Mount Myoboku. If I haven't guessed wrong, it should have been Jiraiya."
Everyone's expressions instantly became serious.
"Jiraiya?"
"What is Konoha trying to do?"
"Have they forgotten the conditions they signed with the Land of Water?"
"We must report them."
Uchiha Yashiro stopped them.
"There is no evidence. How are we supposed to report it? I have told all of you again and again that this peaceful life right now is only an illusion. I told you to work harder and not sink into this false peace, but you refused to listen."
"Now, this is an example!"
"If Jiraiya had encountered someone other than me, one of you instead, would you have been confident in surviving against him?"
A single exchange allowed Jiraiya to eliminate Uchiha Yashiro as a possibility.
Jiraiya's gaze turned west, toward the direction of the Land of Fire.
"If it wasn't Uchiha Yashiro… then I should test Uchiha Fugaku next."
"With my current condition, testing him will not be easy."
"If I want to test him, I can only have Orochimaru act."
Very soon, Jiraiya's letter was delivered into Orochimaru's hands.
Orochimaru looked at the toad before him, feeling somewhat resentful.
Orochimaru could clearly sense that recently, the number of suspicious people appearing around him had increased quite a bit.
That made it very inconvenient for him to do things.
Especially human experiments.
And all of this was because he had met Jiraiya once.
After meeting him, Jiraiya had disappeared, causing Hiruzen Sarutobi to become suspicious of him.
Still, Orochimaru accepted the letter, held it in his hand, and opened it.
"He wants me to test Uchiha Fugaku's strength?"
"Jiraiya suspects the one who controlled the Nine-Tails back then was Uchiha Fugaku?"
"How am I supposed to test that?"
"Go straight over and fight him?"
Orochimaru frowned.
"I'll wait for an opportunity."
Orochimaru did not want to immediately do this for Jiraiya.
After receiving Orochimaru's reply, disappointment appeared in Jiraiya's eyes. But he did not say anything more. Jiraiya knew that his disappearance last time must have caused Orochimaru some trouble.
"Then I'll wait. There's no need to rush it."
…
…
Kumogakure.
The Fourth Raikage looked at the intelligence in his hand, his eyes flickering uncertainly.
"If that is the case, then the probability that Konoha sold out Jiraiya has reached eighty or ninety percent. I truly did not expect Konoha to actually be capable of doing something like this."
"They really do have so many talented people that they have nowhere to put them."
"They aren't afraid of not having enough talent. They're only afraid of their power being taken."
"No… ultimately, it is still a matter of selfishness."
"Otherwise, Kumogakure would not have obtained the Byakugan so easily."
"And a pair of them, at that. One more than Kirigakure."
The Fourth Raikage was extremely satisfied with this operation.
Then, he began mocking the Hyuga clan again.
"That Hyuga clan is truly unlucky, and truly weak. Konoha treats the Hyuga clan like dough, kneading them however they please."
"First, they sent out Hyuga Hizashi to die."
"Then they forced Hyuga Sanzan to commit suicide and offer up his Byakugan."
"After suffering that kind of treatment, the Hyuga clan still doesn't dare do anything."
"If it were the Uchiha, they would have run long ago."
"Sure enough, pitiful people must have something hateful about them."
Iwagakure.
Tsuchikage Building.
"Judging from the rumors in the Land of Wind, Rasa's strength most likely is not as terrifying as we imagined. In that case, Iwagakure can breathe a slight sigh of relief."
At that moment—
A letter was suddenly delivered into Onoki's hands.
"A handwritten letter from Hiruzen Sarutobi?"
Onoki raised a brow, accepted it, and opened it.
Then his expression became subtle.
"He wants Iwagakure to form an alliance with Konoha and launch a war against Sunagakure."
"Investigate intelligence on the Sun Disk. Seize the Devil Fruits…"
Previously, Iwagakure had not been very interested in Sunagakure.
After all, it was such a barren shinobi village.
Even if they defeated it, so what?
The profits gained would be far inferior to attacking Konoha.
But now, the situation was different.
The existence of Devil Fruits was far too tempting.
And there was also the Sun Disk. Iwagakure had tried many times, but had not obtained much useful intelligence.
However, for Sunagakure to invest so many resources into it, it definitely could not be something simple.
The more Sun Disks there were, the more worried Onoki became.
"Accepting Konoha's proposal is not impossible."
"The longer time drags on, the more beneficial it will be for Sunagakure."
"Previously, I thought Sunagakure was actively provoking Konoha because it wanted to start a war. But now, it seems very possible that this was Rasa's method to mislead Hiruzen Sarutobi and me."
"Rasa wants Hiruzen Sarutobi and me to think Sunagakure wants war."
"But in reality, Rasa does not want war."
"Rasa is doing the opposite."
"If Sunagakure truly wanted war, there would be no need for so many provocations. They could simply lead their ninja army and attack Konoha directly. There is no need to make things so troublesome."
"Hiruzen Sarutobi's invitation can be accepted."
"But Konoha must contribute more."
"After all, they are the ones in more of a hurry."
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