Chapter 698: Mad Suna, Konoha's Choice
In the direction of the Konoha ninja forces.
Hearing the word "Konoha," the faces of the Suna shinobi present were not looking too good. They had come to the Land of Grass this time to rescue the adopted son of Lord Fifth Kazekage. This was not just a matter of one ninja, but the face of an entire village. If the Hidden Sand Village didn't even try to find the son of Lord Fifth Kazekage after he went missing, then what face would their village have to stand among the five great nations? Once the matter was publicized, the other ninja villages would all laugh at the Hidden Sand Village. So this mission was to rescue Shinki at all costs, even if it meant causing friction with Konoha.
However, what they hadn't expected now was that these damn Grass ninja had fled in the direction of Konoha. This made things even more troublesome.
"If these Grass ninja capture Shinki and hand him over to Konoha, what should we do then?"
"If Konoha insists on not releasing him, are we to go to war with Konoha?"
Hearing these two questions, the leading ninja also felt very helpless. Why had it turned out like this? Wouldn't it have been better for these damn Grass ninja to just stay obediently in their own village?
Whether they really had to go to war with Konoha was a question even he couldn't answer well. And Lord Fifth Kazekage's order was to rescue Shinki at all costs. Lord Fifth Kazekage had even made it very clear that even if it meant going to war with Konoha, the mission had to be completed. In other words, for Lord Kazekage, even the precondition of starting a war was not enough to threaten him.
If it weren't for the fact that they were in a special period, and any of the five Kazekage leaving the Hidden Sand Village would be immediately known by the other villages, Gaara would probably have come to find Shinki himself long ago.
"Let's go! Let's head in the direction of Konoha first and see what these Grass ninja are planning to do!"
And the thoughts of the Grass ninja were now turning towards the worst-case scenario. They didn't know Shinki's identity. In this special period, they had only taken care of a team of Suna ninjas. Although they had seized a lot of things, they hadn't expected it to attract the revenge army of the Hidden Sand Village, which had even gone so far as to directly annihilate the Village Hidden in the Grass.
This was during a time of impending war. Who could have thought that Suna's retaliation would be so fierce? They didn't even give a chance to negotiate, directly launching a surprise attack on the Grass Village overnight and destroying it. If they had known it would be like this, they would never have ambushed that team of Suna ninjas that day.
"Lord Leader, what should we do now?"
"Suna is still pursuing us relentlessly. If this continues, we'll really reach the camp of the Konoha ninjas!"
Hearing this, the leader of the Grass ninja looked towards the direction of Konoha. Since Suna was pressing them so hard, leaving them no way out, then they, the Grass ninja, had no other choice.
"Then let's defect to Konoha!"
"Defect to Konoha? At this time, I'm afraid Konoha won't necessarily be willing to go to war with the Hidden Sand Village for our sake!"
Hearing this, a smile actually appeared on the face of the Grass ninja leader. "No! Konoha will!"
"They definitely will!"
Why was he so certain? Because in this special period, if someone defected and Konoha refused, it would not only be showing weakness to the Hidden Sand Village but also to all the other ninja villages in the world. In the future, if they encountered danger, the first thing all ninja villages would think of would not be Konoha, but the other four great ninja villages.
Would they be willing to throw away the title of the strongest ninja village? Of course, Konoha would not be willing. If Konoha were willing, then the current situation of being besieged on all sides would not have occurred.
Thinking of this, the leader of the Grass ninja directly led the remaining Grass ninja to the outside of the Konoha camp.
"I, the seventh leader of the Village Hidden in the Grass of the Land of Grass, am willing to defect to Konoha and become an allied nation and affiliated ninja village of Konoha!"
Hiruzen, who had not yet figured out what was going on, heard the ninja below him report this situation.
"The Grass ninja have come to defect to our Konoha!"
"Defecting at this critical juncture, isn't this forcing me to go to war with the people of the Hidden Sand Village?" Hiruzen was in a somewhat foul mood right now. However, even if he was unhappy, he had to consider one question, and that was whether to accept the Land of Grass.
"Are the people of the Hidden Sand Village still in pursuit?" Hiruzen asked. The Konoha ninja below replied, "That's right, the Suna ninja forces are already less than twenty li away from us. I'm afraid they will arrive in about another fifteen minutes!"
Fifteen minutes left for him to think about this problem? This time wasn't even enough for him to go back and consult the First Hokage and the others. Hiruzen frowned tightly.
Accept! Or not accept!
If he accepted, the Great Ninja War would probably erupt directly. But if he didn't, then the other small countries would defect to other nations. At that time, if the four great ninja villages subjugated all these small countries and small ninja villages and then used them to deal with Konoha, the situation would be extremely dire for Konoha.
But if he accepted! A Great Ninja War might really break out now. This was tantamount to slapping the Hidden Sand Village in the face.
"Wait! Why did Suna suddenly attack the Land of Grass?"
"And these guys even chose to wipe out the Grass Village overnight!" There was something very wrong with this. If the Land of Grass hadn't done something to drive the Hidden Sand Village mad, they wouldn't have gone to such lengths! And they had to choose this particular time.
Hiruzen now felt that there should be something more to this. If he accepted the Land of Grass, the Hidden Sand Village would probably make a move immediately.
Outside the Konoha camp, the ninjas of the Land of Grass looked at the Konoha camp, which had shown no reaction. "The people of Konoha aren't going to disagree, are they!"
The leader shook his head. "No! They will definitely agree!" Once they refused, it wouldn't just be the Grass Village being rejected, but also the many small countries in the ninja world. They would all lose trust in Konoha. It wasn't that the Land of Grass was so powerful, but if the forces of these small ninja villages were combined, they also couldn't be underestimated.
And as expected, just as the people of the Land of Grass were feeling very anxious, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, finally walked out. He looked at the group of Grass ninjas and smiled.
"Everyone, please rise! Our Konoha always holds an attitude of acceptance towards any ninja village that wants to be close to us!"
"Even now, there is absolutely no exception!"
"However, I would like to ask a question. What on earth did you do to make the ninjas of the Hidden Sand Village so frantic? They are in hot pursuit of you and should be arriving here in less than five minutes!" Hiruzen looked at the leader of the Land of Grass with a smile.
However, the leader of the Land of Grass also looked equally puzzled. "It might be because we ambushed a Suna ninja squad a few days ago and seized some items that originally belonged to the Hidden Sand Village!"
Hearing this explanation, Hiruzen's first reaction was disbelief. If it were just that, it shouldn't have made Suna so frantic. Was this guy trying to fool him? No! Looking at this guy's appearance, it didn't seem like he was lying. What he said should be true. But if it was just about seizing some items, it shouldn't have become so serious. This meant that there must be something more important involved.
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