Reborn wind shadow: Attack the country of fire in the beginning

#202 - Chapter 202: Capturing the Tailed Beast: Reverse Summoning Technique (5)

Wind Country, Sand Village.

Ninjas from the front lines are returning to the village in batches to rest.

They had been facing off against Cloud Village ninjas in the River Country for a long time, but aside from some small-scale skirmishes, Cloud Village showed no intention of expanding the war.

The Sand Village ninjas naturally understood the reason: the Cloud Village ninjas were afraid!

After all, the two Jinchuriki from Rock Village were now in the hands of Sand Village. Without the cooperation of Rock Village, Cloud Village dared not launch an attack on Sand Village alone.

This made the Sand Village ninjas extremely excited.

You could tell from the happy smiles on their faces when they returned to the village.

At the same time, they had a pillar in their hearts that completely reassured them.

That was the Fourth Kazekage of Sand Village: Lord Rasa!

This meant that they no longer felt inferior when facing ninjas from the other four great nations.

Before this, despite some of the Sand Village's higher-ups constantly clamoring to start a war with the other four great nations and join the Ninja World War, the lower-level ninjas were well aware that Sand Village was simply too weak compared to the other four great ninja villages.

Firstly, in terms of the number of ninjas, Sand Village was far inferior to the other four great ninja villages.

Secondly, in terms of Tailed Beast weapons, Rock Village and Cloud Village each had two perfect Jinchuriki, Leaf Village had the strongest Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, and Mist Village, although it didn't have a Jinchuriki, actually controlled two Tailed Beasts. And Sand Village? They only had an aging Shukaku Jinchuriki with one foot in the grave.

Finally, in terms of top-tier combat power, the Sand Village ninjas initially didn't quite trust the newly appointed Fourth Kazekage. This wasn't to say that the Fourth Kazekage was weak, but rather that the Kage of the other villages seemed too strong.

Besides, the Kazekage hadn't displayed any particularly outstanding battle records. The only thing worth mentioning was the battle against Leaf Village's Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, and the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, which was only a brief exchange. Therefore, they weren't very clear about Rasa's combat power.

But now, things were different. The feat of easily suppressing two Jinchuriki with his own power completely made the Sand Village ninjas understand the combat power of their village's Kazekage.

In fact, some voices had already risen in the village, saying: Fourth Kazekage Rasa is the strongest Kazekage!

Some people even gave Rasa the title: Sand Village Demigod.

Because being able to easily suppress two Tailed Beasts with one's own power was something only the former God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, could do. The Sand Village ninjas didn't dare to say that their Kazekage was stronger than the God of Shinobi, so they could only call him the Sand Village Demigod.

This wasn't just self-entertainment for the Sand Village ninjas!

Even in the outside ninja world, many people had begun to call Rasa that.

As for the similarly named Demigod, the aging Hanzō of the Salamander, no one cared anymore.

Inside the Kazekage's office.

After a long time, the Sand Village's high-level officials gathered together once again.

Seeing that there was nothing happening on the front lines, Chiyo, Ebizō, and Bunpuku had all returned to the village.

However, Bunpuku wasn't here. After returning to the village, he went straight back to the Dragon Oasis.

Ebikura also followed back, while Mikawa remained on the front lines.

Because before the Cloud Village ninjas completely retreated, the front lines still needed a general to guard them.

Rasa was now very confident in the strength of the two.

With their mastery of Sage Art energy, both had reached the peak of the Kage level, possessing the ability to influence the battlefield alone. Therefore, there was no need to waste combat power by keeping both of them on the front lines.

In addition, Shingu, Maki, Honoka, and a group of Sand Village high-level officials were also present.

The main reason why there were so many people today was that yesterday, Rock Village finally sent a message.

Rock Village would send an old acquaintance of Sand Village, Ōnoki's son, Kitsuchi, to personally lead a team to Sand Village to discuss how to redeem the two Jinchuriki and end the war.

This made the Sand Village high-level officials very excited, because it was clear that for Sand Village, which controlled Rock Village's two Jinchuriki, Rock Village was now a large piece of fat meat, and everyone was discussing how to take a bigger bite out of this piece of fat meat.

Rasa was a very rational and cautious person.

Coupled with his experiences from two lifetimes.

The greedy look on everyone's faces as they discussed enthusiastically made Rasa subconsciously think of those great villains who died from greed.

However, he didn't dampen everyone's enthusiasm. Seeing that they couldn't come up with any results, he directly ordered Shingu.

"Shingu, from now on, you will collect everyone's opinions and draft a plan to deal with Rock Village's visit."

Shingu nodded, and the group of high-level officials wisely took their leave.

Only the two elders, Ebikura, Shingu, and others remained.

After everyone had left, Ebizō asked.

"Kazekage-sama, do you think that everyone's discussion just now was inappropriate?"

Rasa nodded.

"Although I also want to take a big bite out of Rock Village, everyone can see the current situation. We can't push Rock Village too hard."

Ebikura asked with some confusion.

"Why? With Sand Village's current strength, we have nothing to fear except for Leaf Village, right!"

Ebizō answered.

"That's right, but that's under the condition of one-on-one combat. If it weren't for Kazekage-sama's ingenious move this time to capture Rock Village's two Jinchuriki, which eased the situation, I'm afraid our Sand Village wouldn't have been able to cope. Don't forget, Cloud Village also has two Jinchuriki, and the Third Tsuchikage and Third Raikage are also extraordinary in strength. There's also Leaf Village secretly watching us. Although Kazekage-sama, Ebikura, and Mikawa, your strengths have increased a lot, it's still impossible to deal with these alliances!"

"Mm!"

Rasa also nodded.

"Therefore, for us now, the most important thing is balance. What Sand Village needs is time. We need at least ten years of peaceful development to allow our Sand Village to develop to the point where we don't fear their alliance."

Speaking of this, Rasa directly said to Shingu.

"From now on, you will customize the negotiation plan according to our previous ideas! Shingu, you will be responsible for this negotiation."

"Mm! Leave it to me!"

After Rasa finished speaking, he took out a scroll and placed it on the table.

"Elder Chiyo, this is for you."

Chiyo was stunned. Maki stepped forward and handed the scroll to Chiyo.

Chiyo opened it and her pupils also shrank.

"This is?"

Rasa didn't say it explicitly.

"Elder Chiyo, it's good that you know."

Chiyo also nodded immediately and put away the scroll.

The things inside were actually very simple. They were some of Orochimaru's information about his research on Wood Release, Sharingan, and Curse Marks, as a gift for Rasa helping him discover that he had Kotoamatsukami cast on him.

However, Rasa also felt that he should urge Chiyo a little.

"Speaking of which, Elder Chiyo, it's not that I'm urging you, but I've given you a lot of good things, but the results you've given me are very few. Next, there should be a relatively long period of peace. Elder Chiyo, you can't be lazy..."

Chiyo's expression stiffened. Although she understood in her heart, she said unconvincedly.

"You brat, what do you think developing new techniques is? It's not that easy..."

Rasa certainly understood the difficulty of developing new techniques, but what should be urged still had to be urged...

At this time, Ebizō, Chiyo's younger brother, gave Rasa a surprise.

"Kazekage-sama, the Reverse Summoning Technique that you asked me and Honoka to develop has been completed..."