No matter how angry or irrational the Fourth Raikage was, he knew that the Konoha of today was not the Konoha of a few years ago.
Kumogakure couldn't threaten Konoha now.
Even!
Now it's Konoha who is threatening them, and they, Kumogakure, have no way to fight back.
This is what pissed off the Fourth Raikage the most.
When did they, Kumogakure, suffer so much?
When Sarutobi Hiruzen was in power, facing the threat and oppression of Kumogakure, he didn't dare to do anything.
He obediently handed over Hizashi's body.
Although this was not in line with their original goal, at least Kumogakure got something.
But now?
Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, did not give Kumogakure any face at all.
Not only did she ask for compensation, she even asked them to cede land.
This was unacceptable to him.
"Mabui, go back to Konoha, and say that compensation is fine, but the amount is up to us. As for the land?"
Raikage shattered a nearby wall with one punch.
"The land of the Land of Lightning will not be divided up. Tell the Hokage that there is no negotiation on this matter."
"Okay, Lord Raikage."
Mabui nodded and immediately went down to do things.
The Fourth Raikage was left alone standing in place.
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He simply ran around Kumogakure.
It seemed that this was the only way to vent the anger in his heart.
Land of Water
Kirigakure
Inside Mizukage's office.
"Lord Mizukage has great insight. Fortunately, we did not participate in the plans of the other three countries this time. Otherwise it would have been miserable."
In the office, Ao and Chojuro, who were the Mizukage's guards, looked happy at this time.
At the beginning, they refused to cooperate with the other three villages to deal with Ryosuke because of their weak strength.
But now it seemed that they had made the right choice.
Judging from the information they got, including the most powerful Kumogakure, the three villages suffered heavy losses in this operation.
The spies they arranged in these three villages also received news.
Kumogakure's Raikage smashed the office, and was still running around the village.
He roared from time to time.
Iwagakure's Tsuchikage was also heard yelling, accompanied by the sound of smashing things
It could be seen that the old guy Onoki was also in a hurry.
On the other hand, Sunagakure was relatively calm, with no big movements.
But Sunagakure was the weakest.
Their situation was definitely not be any better than the previous two villages.
In fact, the reason why Sunagakure was so quiet was because they were too weak.
The only Kage-level in the village was sacrificed.
In addition, Konoha did not ask the Land of Wind to cede land, but only asked for compensation.
That's why they weren't as angry as those in the other two villages.
As for why Tsunade didn't ask the Land of Wind cede their territory?
The Land of Wind is a large desert, why do they need the land?
So, they only asked Sunagakure for money and gold.
Not even material requirements!
After all, everyone knows that there is a shortage of supplies in the Land of Wind.
Even their daily necessities are purchased from other countries.
The thing the Land of Wind has the most is gold.
Because Sunagakure's Kazekage is good at Magnet release, he can use Magnet release to find gold mines underground in the desert.
Even the refining work is done by the Kazekage alone.
Therefore, there is a lot of gold piled up in Sunagakure's warehouse.
They also rely on this gold to maintain the normal operation of the village.
And now, Konoha will take almost 95% of their gold.
Sunagakure doesn't want to pay that much money.
After all, the Fourth Kazekage is gone.
This means that if they want to mine gold in the future, they will have to rely on manpower.
It is impossible for the future Kazekage to handle everything by himself like in the past.
"Even if Ryosuke's strength is not as exaggerated as the information said, it is at least far beyond Kage-level."
Terumi Mei was not as happy as Ao and Chojuro, but rather distressed.
"The strength of Konoha has far surpassed the other four villages. I don't know if they will be satisfied with the little territory of the Land of Fire in the future. What if they want to occupy more land?"
This is exactly what worried Terumi Mei.
In case Konoha wants to launch a war in the future, will the Four Great Villages really have the ability to stop Konoha at that time?
Now, Ryosuke has such terrifying strength.
What about the future?
Ryosuke is only 12 years old this year.
After four or five years, will they have the ability to resist Konoha's hegemony?
"Chojuro, please write a letter to Konoha's Hokage for me. Say that Kirigakure intends to form an alliance with Konoha. From now on, we Kirigakure and Konoha will be eternal allies."
"By the way, if Konoha agrees to form an alliance with us, then remember to prepare a generous gift. I will personally send it to Konoha!"
Terumi Mei instructed Chojuro, who was on the side.
"Ah? Lord Mizukage, are we going to form an alliance with Konoha?"
"But... will they agree?"
Chojuro thought that Konoha probably doesn't think much of Kirigakure at all.
After all, Konoha is so strong now.
And what about Kirigakure?
Having just ended the tyranny of the Fourth Mizukage, they are now at their weakest.
If they want to form an alliance with Konoha now, will Konoha even care?
Chojuro was very skeptical.
"We'll have to try it anyway." Terumi Mei said.
"Okay."
Chojuro nodded.
He decided that if Konoha's reply letter was worded too badly, he would not show it to Terumi Mei, lest she become angry.
...
In the evening, Kakashi returned home.
He went to the kitchen by himself to make some food, and solved the problem of dinner.
Then he came to the yard and sat down, staring blankly at a wooden stake in the yard.
It was the wooden stake he used to practice swordsmanship when he was young.
It was riddled with holes and could not be used since a long time ago.
But Kakashi never disposed it.
Every day, when he returns home, he sits here for a while.
He looks at the wooden stake, and recalls the scene of his childhood.
He thought about how his father had taught him swordsmanship when he was still alive.
"Father, how are you doing in the Pure Land?" Kakashi muttered to himself.
At this time!
The surroundings in front of him seemed to be blurred, but it quickly returned to normal.
Kakashi, who was lost in memory, didn't realize this.
At this time!
A figure appeared in front of Kakashi.
The figure was wearing a windbreaker with red cloud on a black background, and a mask.
It was Ryosuke, who was pretending to be Menma.
The reason why he appeared here at this time was of course not to talk to Kakashi.
It's for the Mangekyō in his left eye.
Ryosuke muttered to himself, "Kakashi, this Kamui is of no use to you anyway. It even holds you back. So, why don't you just give it to me,"
Kakashi in front of him seemed to not be able to see him at all, nor could he hear his voice.
In fact, at this moment, Kakashi had fallen into a genjutsu.
Immediately, Ryosuke reached out and pulled Kakashi's forehead protector, revealing the Sharingan in his left eye.
This Sharingan looked like a three-tomoe sharingan.
But it was actually a Mangekyō.
It's just that Kakashi never thought about that, as if Sasuke had actually opened his eyes on the night of the genocide, although it was only a single hook jade.
But for several years later, he didn't know that he had opened his eyes, and thought that he hadn't awakened Sharingan at all.
Kakashi's situation was the same as that of Sasuke at that time.
Because he was unaware, he never used the Mangekyō ability of this eye.
"Plundering!"
Ryosuke lightly tapped Kakashi's left eye with one finger.
At this moment!
Some pupil power poured into Ryosuke's body along his fingers.
The plundering pupil technique of his left eye actually plunders the pupil power in the eye in essence.
Then, this pupil power is used to seize the pupil technique.
Previously, Ryosuke had taken away all the pupil power on Shisui's Mangekyo, causing it to be destroyed.
But this time, Ryosuke was not as thorough in plundering.
After he took away most of Kakashi's pupil power, and confirmed that Kamui had been plundered by him, he didn't continue to plunder the remaining pupil power.
In fact, there was not much pupil power left. Only about one-tenth was left.
It was just enough to maintain the three tomoe Sharingan.
But the possibility of Kakashi getting the Mangekyō had completely disappeared.
And!
Because Mangekyō's pupil technique had already been awakened, even if this eye is injected with a huge amount of pupil power, it will not return to the state of Mangekyō.
It is impossible for the lost pupil technique to come back.
It is even more impossible to awaken a new pupil technique.
After successfully plundering Kamui, Ryosuke put Kakashi's forehead protector over his eye again, and then disappeared in place in an instant.
After a while, Kakashi got out of his trance.
He felt dizzy and his left eye itched.
'Strange, is it because I am tired?' Kakashi thought suspiciously.
At this time!
"Eh!"
Kakashi suddenly discovered something.
"What's going on? My Chakra..."
Kakashi had a surprised expression on his face.
Kakashi's own Chakra reserve is actually quite a lot.
As a ninja of the Hatake clan, there must be more Chakra than ordinary civilian ninjas.
But because of the Sharingan in his left eye, the amount of Chakra in Kakashi's body had always been inferior to even an ordinary civilian Jōnin.
If he used even a little ninjutsu, he would seriously lack Chakra.
So, he could only rack his brains to think of a way to defeat his opponent while saving Chakra.
And now, the consumption rate of his Chakra had become ten times less than before.
Kakashi watched as the Chakra in his body increased instead of decreasing.
In the past few years, the amoint of Chakra in his body had barely reached the Jōnin threshold, which was due to his own hard work.
Otherwise, the Chakra he could mobilize might have just barely reached the level of a normal Chūnin.
But now, the Chakra in his body was increasing little by little, and the speed of increase was not slow.
It would soon exceed the amount of Chakra that a normal Jōnin has.
It was even approaching an Elite Jōnin's level.
Kakashi blinked and became a little skeptical.
His Chakra...
Why was it increasing so much all of a sudden?
Has his Sharingan's demand for Chakra plummeted all of a sudden?
What exactly is going on?
But no matter how hard Kakashi thought about it, he still couldn't figure out what was going on.
Have no choice;
Kakashi can only see what standard his Chakra can hold at the current rate of loss?
After a few hours
Kakashi discovered that the Chakra in his body had stopped growing.
Compared to before, his total Chakra had increased by about eight times.
That is to say, he can now use Raikiri thirty two times a day from the previous only four times a day.
Kakashi felt this Chakra in his body, and was so moved that he almost cried.
How many years has it been since he experienced this feeling of having 100% Chakra?
In fact, Kakashi, who became a Jōnin at a young age, has the potential to be more than an Elite Jōnin.
For him, Kage-level is reachable.
Like his father, Hatake Sakumo, reaching the peak of Kage-level is his goal.
But because of the burden of the Sharingan in the left eye, things changed.
It reached a point that Kakashi did not dare to practice like in the past because too much energy would be consumed, which would cause his Chakra's recovery speed to not keep up with Sharingan's consumption speed.
At that time, he might die.
After that, Kakashi became lazy. It was not that he wanted to be lazy. His body just didn't allow him to be active.