Chapter 254: Amado
"Future? My future is to make the Cloud the strongest! To make all ninja villages look up to us! To have mission rewards flow in like a waterfall! Your future? Is to turn the Cloud into a second Konoha under Sarutobi Hiruzen's administration, weak and easily bullied! Look at the people who support you, they are all people who have music of violence and crime on their lips! Losers! Only I, Donald, am the ninja who can make the Cloud great again! I am the chosen one! The elites of the village support me! They know I can bring victory!"
As Donald's voice fell, the white ninjas in the square wearing red forehead protectors immediately cheered.
Because the Fourth Raikage was defeated and had not yet appeared before everyone, the white ninjas in the village, who had been suppressed by the Black ninjas, also began a counter-offensive. This was also why Donald and his group had such a high level of support in the Cloud Village.
"You say you can bring victory? With what? With your strength that barely reaches the level of an elite Jonin to fight against Konoha's Uchiha Douhuan?" Mabui's words turned sharp, directly pointing at Donald's weakest point.
Compared to Donald's political performance ability, his strength was indeed not enough to support the name of Raikage.
But hearing this, Donald laughed and said, "The Fourth Raikage is the strongest in the village, but what did he do? Because of his recklessness, the village lost nearly a thousand ninjas! Our village and our country have also been burdened with huge debts! It's a new era now. As a Kage, what is needed should be wisdom and calmness, not barbarism and mindlessness!"
"After I become the Raikage, I will lower the learning threshold for the village's ninjutsu. In this era, because I deeply know that in this era, the strength of an individual is not worth mentioning. If our Cloud can have more Jonin in the future, under our siege! Uchiha Douhuan will be nothing to fear!" Donald said.
"And, after Donald becomes the Raikage and inherits A's name, I will also serve as the new generation's B, becoming our Cloud's strongest shield!" At this time, from behind Donald, Flagg stood out, showing off his biceps. A burst of cheers also timely sounded from below the stage. He, who once had the qualification to compete for the title of B, was considered one of the top powerhouses among the white ninjas in the village.
Uchiha Douhuan, watching this scene, laughed dryly. It seemed that after their Third Raikage was killed by Iwagakure's human wave tactics, it gave the people of the Cloud Village the illusion that a Kage could also be killed by human wave tactics. But, their Raikage had already lost so miserably at his hands, had they not yet realized that his own strength had already transcended the scope of a Kage?
However, at this moment, the square in front of the Raikage Tower had already fallen into a frenzy. And at this time, Donald's other companion, Elon, also stood out and said, "As long as everyone supports Donald to become the Raikage and wears our special forehead protector, then I will draw one lucky winner from Donald's supporters every day and give out 1 million ryō in cash!"
As Elon's voice fell, the atmosphere at the scene instantly became even more heated.
The price Elon paid this time was not small. You must know, from the time they started competing for the position of Fifth Raikage, to the time the Lightning Capital signed the compensation treaty with the Land of Fire and then sent people over to preside over the election vote for the Fifth Raikage, this process would take at least half a month at the fastest. In other words, Elon's act of throwing money around would cost at least half an Asuma.
"Donald!"
"Donald!"
"Donald!"
In the square, Donald's supporters wearing red forehead protectors shouted his name over and over again.
"What do you think the position of Fifth Raikage is?" Mabui gritted her teeth, watching this scene.
For a pure ninja like Mabui, who had grown up educated by A's Will of Lightning, Donald and Elon's actions were undoubtedly an insult to her faith.
However, her questioning seemed so insignificant amidst the fanatical shouts of Donald's supporters. And in the square, some of the less firm Black genin were also attracted by the million cash prize offered by Elon and began to gradually lean towards the other's camp.
Donald laughed heartily, "The Cloud Village will enter a brand new future under Donald's leadership! A strong, very strong future! Make the Cloud Village great again!"
...
Land of Swamps, inside the shrine where Mōryō's body was sealed. Sasuke, with bloody tears streaming down, viciously plunged Shiden, which was wreathed in black lightning, into Mōryō's physical body.
This demon, which had plagued the successive Miko of the Land of Demons for nearly a thousand years, was turned into nothingness by the annihilation power in the black lightning amidst a miserable scream. However, at this time, a faint, almost imperceptible purple light, after Mōryō dissipated, surged into Sasuke's body.
After dealing with Mōryō, Sasuke, with bloody tears, swayed as if he was about to fall. Fortunately, at this time, Neji stepped forward and supported him. Sasuke, with his already somewhat turbid eyes, looked at Shion.
"Miss Miko, I've won again this time," after Sasuke finished speaking, he fainted.
Shion looked at the handsome young man before her with a complicated expression. Over these past few days, this person could be said to have barged into her world and completely shattered the worldview that had been shaped by her special ability since childhood.
If before, saving Taruho, who was destined to die in her prophecy, by working together with his comrades could be explained by him breaking fate through the bonds with his comrades.
But just now in the final battle with Mōryō, she had clearly told him that as long as she gave up her ability as a Miko, he could relatively easily defeat and seal Mōryō.
But Sasuke, who had long set his sights on her prophetic ability as a Miko, directly rejected her proposal and chose to fight Mōryō head-on.
And in the battle just now, she had watched with her own eyes as Sasuke went from being suppressed by Mōryō and unable to lift his head at the beginning, to gradually adapting to the rhythm of this battle, and the strange skeleton around his body also becoming more and more complete in the war with Mōryō, until finally, he forcefully beat the Mōryō that had given the Miko of their Land of Demons a headache for several generations until its soul was scattered.
All of this was undoubtedly telling her that her prophecies were not worth mentioning in front of a true powerhouse.
"Theology... no longer exists," Shion muttered to herself.
...
Land of Wind, the old land of Rōran.
The tower at the sealing place of the Dragon Vein suddenly emitted a violent energy fluctuation. A moment later, three figures were thrown out in a sorry state, falling heavily onto the sandy ground a hundred meters away.
"Ouch, my back!" Jiraiya, who had been thrown into a dizzy state, took a lot of effort to recover, stood up with difficulty while holding his back.
"Grandpa Jiraiya, you shouldn't push yourself when you're old," at this time, Naruto, whose clothes were tattered from the explosion, also stood up, covered in dust. After wiping the dirt from his face, he looked at Jiraiya with some disdain and said.
"You little brat still have the face to say that! I told you that casually changing history could easily cause trouble!" Jiraiya said with some annoyance after seeing Naruto's look.
After the grandfather and grandson exchanged a few words of mutual dislike, Jiraiya was the first to react, "By the way, where's Gaara?"
"Over there," Naruto pointed to Gaara, who was staring blankly in the direction of the Sand Village on the ruins of a building not far away. Beside him stood a gourd he had just summoned with a summoning jutsu.
Just a few minutes ago, Gaara had seen his mother for the first time in his life. Although the Karura he saw had just married Rasa, and even his sister Temari had not yet been born, all of Karura's characteristics perfectly matched Gaara's imagination of the word "mother."
At that time, Gaara had rushed towards his mother regardless of anything, wanting to acknowledge her. But this action directly triggered the reaction of the Dragon Vein. Before he could even get close to Karura, his body in that era began to become illusory.
However, just at this moment, Karura also seemed to have sensed something and looked back at Gaara.
This was the first time in Gaara's life that he had met his mother's eyes. Gaara saw the gentlest smile he had ever seen in his life.
At the same time, the chakra aura on his mother's body also made his heart feel something. He thought of the gourd that he had always used as a weapon, which contained his sand. In it, there was a cluster of very special sand. The special chakra fluctuation flowing in it was almost exactly the same as the chakra fluctuation on the mother he saw.
It was only at this moment that Gaara truly realized that his mother had never left him all this time. She had always been loving him in her own way.
"What are your plans for the future?" Naruto came to Gaara's side, sat down nonchalantly, and asked, patting Gaara on the shoulder.
"I want to go with you and see the ninja world," Gaara turned his head and said. At this moment, the killing intent that had accumulated since childhood had unknowingly dissipated. The icy temperament on Gaara had disappeared. At the same time, Gaara mimicked his mother's expression from before and showed a clumsy smile on his face.
Then, his cheek was pinched by Naruto's hand.
"That's more like it, isn't it? Although there's still a little gap compared to this great me, you look so much more handsome when you smile than with that expression before!" Naruto pulled Gaara's cheek, making the smile on his face look a little brighter, then continued, "Then it's settled. We'll see this ninja world together!"
...
While Naruto and Sasuke both became stronger due to their respective opportunities, the negotiations between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire had also come to a close.
The officials of the Land of Lightning, after attempting to negotiate with Uchiha Douhuan to slightly reduce the amount of compensation to no avail, could only grit their teeth and sign this harsh treaty, while at the same time sending the first year's compensation and the ransom for the prisoners of war to Konoha.
According to the intelligence sent back by Uchiha Douhuan's shadow clone, who was wandering in the Land of Lightning with Tobi, the impact of this armed conflict provoked by A on the entire Land of Lightning was not just as simple as Donald and Mabui fighting tooth and nail for the position of Fifth Raikage in the Cloud Village.
The Lightning Capital was also in an extraordinary state of excitement.
The Daimyō of the Land of Lightning, because he had trusted A so much before and strongly supported whatever A did, some of the civil ministers in the Land of Lightning had been somewhat dissatisfied with this. And this major defeat of A's also gave them an opportunity. They used the method of forcing the emperor to abdicate to compel the Daimyō to issue an edict of self-criticism in the Lightning Capital, thereby taking a lot of power from the Daimyō. And the election of the Fifth Raikage of the Cloud Village was also promoted by them.
"Lord Child, thanks to your remonstrance this time, His Highness the Daimyō has realized that the Raikage he trusts will only bring endless trouble to our country. I toast you with this cup," inside a luxurious mansion in the Lightning Capital, a lavish banquet was currently being held. At the banquet, a person in the official robe of the Land of Lightning at a lower seat raised his wine cup and toasted a person sitting in the main seat.
"It is what we, as ministers, should do to promptly correct a lord who has gone down the wrong path. For all these years, His Highness the Daimyō has favored that Raikage of the Cloud Village, consulting him on everything, and disregarding us, the truly loyal and patriotic gentlemen. Now the country has suffered huge losses because of the actions of that lowly ninja. Now the Daimyō should have realized who he can rely on to truly govern the country well," Child, the newly promoted Grand Minister of the Land of Lightning, said, swirling the wine cup in his hand.
"Well said, Lord Child," at this time, someone else at the banquet spoke up. "His Highness the Daimyō can only truly make the country better with our assistance."
"My lord, what should we do about the huge amount of compensation brought to our Land of Lightning this time because of the Cloud Village's rash provocation of Konoha? If we really compensate according to this standard, we won't even be able to pay the salaries of our officials."
"This is a mess created by the Cloud Village itself. Naturally, there is no reason for us to bear it together," Child said after pondering for a moment. "Tomorrow, I will submit a memorial to the Daimyō, requesting a full reduction in the annual military budget spent on the Cloud Village to pay the compensation to Konoha. As for the part that is not enough, we can only make the common people suffer a little more."
"My lord is wise!" At the banquet, voices of flattery towards the new Grand Minister of the Land of Lightning rose one after another.
...
Inside the Cloud-Thunder Gorge, the continuous bad news in these few days had made A smash three tables already.
Not to mention that in the village, Mabui was being steadily beaten back by Donald's team, and it looked as if the position of Fifth Raikage was about to fall into Donald's hands. At this time, the news from the Lightning Capital that the military spending of the Cloud Village was to be cut in the future made A feel even more incredible.
He didn't understand what this group of people were thinking. What time was it now, and they were still cutting military spending? Was the reduced military spending going to be used as compensation in the future?
Oh, it was already being used as compensation. Then it was fine.
Just as A was at his wits' end, guarding the still-unconscious Killer Bee, a mysterious guest suddenly arrived at this secret base in the Cloud-Thunder Gorge.
A middle-aged man wearing orange sunglasses, carrying a briefcase, slowly walked into the base. Behind him, the Anbu, A's trusted subordinates who were guarding here, lay scattered on the ground.
"Mr. Raikage, let me introduce myself. My name is Amado. I'm a scientist. You seem to be in a lot of trouble right now. I think you should be in need of my help."
(End of chapter)
♧♧♧
-> SUPPORT ME WITH POWER STONE
-> FOR EVERY 200 PS = BOUNS CHAPTER
♧♧♧
-> 20 Advanced chapters Now Available on Patreon!!
-> https://www.patreon.com/c/Segais
(Just remove the hyphen to access patreon normally)
If you like this novel please consider leaving a review that's help the story a lot Thank you