In February of the thirty-seventh year of Konoha, it snowed in the Land of Fire.
It snowed for three days and three nights, and the coldness enveloped the entire land, covering everything in the white snow.
Hokage Building, a large conference room.
At this time, there were a dozen people gathered in the conference room, and sitting at the front of the long table in the conference room was the Third Hokage wearing a god robe.
The dozen or so people in front of him are all the heads of the major families in Konoha, as well as some powerful ninjas.
They are all the mainstay of Konoha.
This meeting was held in an extremely hasty manner. Many ninjas had not yet had time to return to the village, and everyone present had no idea what was going on.
But seeing the Third Hokage's eyes solemn and silent, everyone also suppressed their smiles and remained silent.
After waiting for a while, almost all the ninjas who could attend the meeting had arrived. The Third Hokage did not talk too much and directly pulled out a file on the desk in front of him and passed it to Koharu who was sleeping next to him.
After turning to bed, Xiaochun glanced over, and then his expression gradually became solidified, and he exclaimed in shock: "This information... is impossible, isn't it?"
Her reaction attracted the attention of everyone present. This information was passed on to everyone. After reading it, the expression on everyone's face was the same as that of Xiaochun who had gone to bed.
Finally, it passed around for a week and fell into Danzo's hands. But he didn't look at it because he had already learned the information from Genbu earlier.
The Sandaime scanned the crowd, and then spoke slowly, "Don't you find it unbelievable? Don't say it's you, even I have some doubts about the authenticity of this information."
"However, this information took more than a month to confirm repeatedly, so it should not be wrong..."
"But how could that kind of person be in his own shinobi village..." Sakumo still couldn't accept it.
After all, what the intelligence said was too horrifying.
The third generation Mizukage of Kirigakure Village in the Land of Water... suddenly disappeared in his own village.
This is the reason why everyone has this look. After all, he is the shadow of a village, a figure who is at the top of the ninja world. Who can steal him quietly from a village... or even kill him?
Xiaochun, who had already recovered from the shock, went to bed and after thinking for a while, he analyzed:
"As Hiruzen said, this information has been collected for more than a month. The time when the third Mizukage disappeared may be much longer than this time period."
Everyone nodded after hearing this, Mizukage disappeared, Kirigakure naturally wanted to seal the news, but there is no airtight wall in this world, but even Konoha has been investigating this matter for more than a month.
So, how long has it been since Kirigakure knew about this
Also, during this period, what changes happened in Kirigakure Village
What everyone is most concerned about is the issue of the Fourth Mizukage.
One shadow will determine a village's foreign policy for a long time to come.
"Information says that Gotachibana Yagura has the allegiance of the ANBU Captain Yinjie, so he is likely to win the position of the Fourth Mizukage." The Third Hokage replied.
"Gotachibana Yagura?" Orochimaru frowned, "If it's him, it's indeed possible. I've fought against this guy. Even though he's short, he looks like a child, but he's proficient in water escape, and he can create weapons that are exactly the same as those of his enemies. The clone’s strength is quite terrifying.”
Orochimaru was short of materials for a period of time, so he went to the Kingdom of Water for a tour, intending to catch a few lone Mist ninjas, but unexpectedly he met Yagura, and the two had a fight, and he suffered a lot. .
The Third Hokage said solemnly: "No matter who becomes the Fourth Mizukage, Kirigakure Village is probably going to explode this time... Therefore, from today on, our ninjas must be more careful when they go out to perform tasks in the village. , try not to conflict with Kirigakure’s people.”
This was also his intention to find these current mainstays in Konoha.
They support all aspects of Konoha today. Only when these people realize the seriousness of the situation can the order be effectively implemented.
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Come in."
A Jonin in charge of communications ran in with a letter and handed it to the Third Hokage.
The Third Hokage opened the letter, and after a moment, his brows furrowed again.
"Hiruzhan, what happened?" Danzo, who had been silent tonight, asked.
The Third Hokage closed the letter and sighed: "The disappearance of the Third Hokage has been confirmed."
"source?"
"Yakura...and it's sent as the fourth Mizukage!"
The conference hall fell silent again.
Just now I was still guessing who the fourth generation would be, but now it has been confirmed. This news is really timely.
It's just that Xiaochun was a little confused when he went to bed.
"It doesn't make sense. Something like this happened in Kirigakure Village. How could Yagura send a letter to inform Konoha? Did he say anything else?"
"Five Kage Talks, Yagura proposed to hold a Five Kage Talks to resolve the disappearance of the third generation Mizukage."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's words were like dropping a depth charge in the conference room.
Yagura's operation is a bit showy...
The top leader of the village has disappeared. For such a shameful thing, normal people would find ways to cover it up and solve it themselves, but Yagura held a meeting of the Five Kage. Is it because he thought his village was not shameful enough
Or…
Yagura has confirmed that the murderer who kidnapped the Third Mizukage was a hidden village in the other four countries. Otherwise, he would have no reason to hold the Five Kage Conference.
So, we are faced with another question, should we go
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked around and said in a deep voice: "We must go to the Five Shadows Conference. This matter was not done by Konoha. If we don't go, we will feel guilty."
But Danzo didn't think so.
"It's better to be careful. We don't know much about Yagura. What if he plans to take advantage of the gap in the Five Kage Conference to start a war?"
It's not impossible.
If Hiruzen Sarutobi goes to the Kingdom of Iron, at this time, Kirigakure Village secretly gathers troops to raid the Kingdom of Fire, Konoha will definitely be caught off guard.
Anyway, if Danzo were the Fourth Mizukage, he would definitely do this.
"It really can't be a problem."
Sarutobi Hiruzen is also a person who has experienced two ninja wars. Although he does not believe that Kirigakure Village will launch a war, it is also necessary to set up a defense line in the coastal areas of the Land of Fire.
"Okay, that's it for today's meeting. Let's go back."
"yes!"
Everyone slowly left, leaving only the Third Hokage, Danzo, Koharu and Mito Kadoen in the entire conference room.
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At this time, a similar meeting was held in the distant Sand Hidden Village.
"He can even disappear in his own village. This Mizukage is really a loser." The Third Kazekage had a sarcastic look on his face, "He's completely embarrassed the Kage!"
Listening to his teacher's ridicule, Luo Sha on the side showed recognition on his face. He was very confident in his own strength and said silently in his heart:
"If I become the Kazekage in the future, this will definitely not happen."
For some reason, both the Third Kazekage and the future Fourth Kazekage developed an inexplicable sense of superiority, so for the next ten minutes, the two of them mocked the Mizukage like crazy.
"Luo Sha, do you think we should go to the Five Shadows Conference?" After a while, the Third Kazekage asked.
Luo Sha shook her head: "Teacher, I don't think there is a need to go. We are so far away from the Kingdom of Water. If anything happens to the Hidden Mist Village, it won't be our fault."
The Third Kazekage put the scroll on the table and sneered: "The affairs of Kirigakure Village naturally have nothing to do with us, but Konoha does.
It has been four years since the Second Ninja War. Because of that agreement, Konoha also exploited us for four years.
Konoha can develop so fast only by absorbing Sunagakure's blood, but what about us
It’s already overwhelmed!
It's time for us to settle this score with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
I think Onoki thinks so too. "
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