Naruto: Konoha's Kanpu

Chapter 952: The Current State of The Shinobi World

Land of Water, Kirigakure.

Mizukage's Office.

Elder Genji sat on a leather sofa, his cloudy eyes were staring at the two letters on the desk.

One letter was personally written by the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato, while the other was sent by a Kirigakure's Shinobi he sent to observe the war.

'They should all be related to the Konoha Crush Plan, right?'

Feeling an ominous premonition, Genji put on his reading glasses with trembling hands and carefully opened the letters, reading them word by word.

After reading the two letters, Genji weakly lay back on the sofa, "Orochimaru, that bastard..."

"Genji-sama, Konoha... did our plan fail?" Heki, who stood behind him, asked cautiously.

He and Gonbee are the left and right hands of Genki, and they are Elite Jonin of Kirigakure!

"A complete defeat."

Genji seemed to age a few more years at this moment, and then he said with a trembling voice, "Among the four Shinobi Villages' armies, only Land of Sky managed to invade Konoha by relying on their advantage of the sky. However, they were quickly suppressed, and the remaining three armies were wiped out outside of Konoha."

Heki's complexion changed slightly, "Then what about Gonbee..."

"Dead." Genji lay on the sofa and said, "All the Shinobi involved in the Konoha Crush Plan are dead."

"Konoha... are they going to let it go?" Heki hesitated and asked.

"Hmph, how could they let it go?"

Genji pointed to the letter written by Minato on the ground, "Look at it for yourself."

Heki hurriedly bent over and picked it up, and his face turned ashenafter reading it.

In his letter, Minato Namikaze strongly protested Kirigakure's invasion and demanded a hefty compensation from them. At the same time, he also insisted, under the guise of maintaining peace in the Shinobi World, on 'stripping' Kirigakure of its Biju!

"What does Yellow Flash mean by this?!" Heki said exasperatedly.

"What else could it mean?"

Genji said tremblingly, "Shodaime Hokage distributed Biju to our Kirigakure. But now, Yondaime Hokage wants to break that arrangement. We're not allowed to own Biju in Kirigakure. It's simply outrageous!!"

'But then again, the two Biju in Kirigakure seemed to be missing...'

Thinking of this, Genji felt sullen, sad, aggrieved, angry, and helpless.

Fortunately, being an experienced elder, he quickly came up with a solution, though not the best one.

"At this point, we can only convene the Five Kage Summit." Genji said, narrowing his eyes.

"Five Kage Summit?"

Heki worriedly said, "Genji-sama, Konoha is currently the strongest in the Shinobi World. Will the other Kage attend?"

The demoted Advisor, livid with rage, pounded the table and shouted, but he was dragged out by the Sunagakure's Anbu.

"Chiyo-sama, according to the information sent back by Baki, Gaara was taken away by Namikaze Minato using the Flying Thunder God Technique after summoning Shukaku with the Feigning Sleep Technique. He's been missing ever since..." One Advisor cautiously inquired.

"He must have been captured by Konoha."

Chiyo declared firmly, "Namikaze Minato's ambition has finally been revealed. At this Five Kage Summit, we must make him give Gaara back to us!"

...

Otogakure.

After receiving Minato's letter, the leader of Otogakure burned it immediately. He and the rest of Otogakure's Shinobi were all loyal subordinates of Orochimaru, so they didn't care about Konoha!

...

As the teams from the Chunin Exams returned to their respective villages, news of Orochimaru's alliance with Kirigakure, Sunagakure, Otogakure, and the Land of Sky to invade Konoha quickly spread throughout the Shinobi World.

Kumogakure and Iwagakure immediately began to mobilize their army when they learned about it. Once there is a turmoil in the Shinobi World, they would seize the opportunity to launch attacks and fight for the greatest benefit!

While the Shinobi World's situation grew increasingly turbulent, Konoha remained remarkably calm.

However, there are also places that are not peaceful, such as the Uchiha Clan.

Since his encounter with Tobi, Sasuke had been restless, often hesitant to speak in front of Itachi.

When Itachi saw his younger brother like this, he immediately took a day off to accompany his younger brother to the training ground for training.

Unfortunately, Sasuke lacked enthusiasm. After training for a while, he can't get up from the ground.

"Sasuke, you've been acting strange these past few days. What's wronng?" Itachi asked with concern.

"Big brother, I have a question for you, will you answer me?" Sasuke gritted teeth and asked.

"Of course, no matter what the question is, if I know the answer, I will tell you." Itachi said with a smile.

Sasuke's spirits lifted, and he sprang up from the ground, then said, "My question is, how can the three tomoe Sharingan evolve into the Mangekyo Sharingan!"

Itachi's smile suddenly turned stiff, "Mangekyo... Sasuke, how did you... know this name?"

'Big brother really knew about the existence of Mangekyo...' Sasuke trembled and said, "Big brother, don't change the topic, tell me how to evolve my Sharingan to Mangekyo!"

Itachi smiled wryly and shook his head, "Sorry, I don't know."

At this moment, despair filled Sasuke's eyes.

The reason why he dared not ask is because he was worried about the situation that Tobi said.

And now, his worst fears had come true...

'Could it be that, in Big brother's heart, information about the Mangekyo is more important than our bond as brothers?'

Tears blurred Sasuke's vision, and he felt utterly devastated!