Naruto, starting with immortality, I'm going to buy up the ninja world!

Chapter 324 Earth Platform: I understand, the Akatsuki is backed by Konoha! Konoha: ?

In the Hidden Cloud Village, in the Raikage's office, the Konoha delegation is meeting with the Hidden Cloud Village leadership to discuss the matter of peace in the ninja world.

Although the Raikage looks big and rough, he is actually quite thoughtful, but his personality is a bit impulsive.

But most of the time, he only needs to sit there and provide enough confidence for the people of Kumogakure.

As for other issues, they can be completely left to the Cloud Hidden's think tank to solve.

After yet another round of fruitless negotiations, the Konoha delegation left the office and returned to the inn.

The Fourth Raikage, Ai, snorted coldly.

"Hmph, what do these people from Konoha mean by this? They claim to be here to negotiate for the sake of peace in the ninja world, but they refuse to agree to any of our conditions. Are they here to freeload off our Hidden Cloud Village?"

After a moment of contemplation, Tsuchida, a member of the Hidden Cloud Village's think tank, spoke.

"Lord Raikage, putting aside what the people of Konoha are after, the situation in the ninja world is indeed quite problematic lately."

Our scouts have also brought back a lot of intelligence; conflicts have already broken out between some countries and ninja villages. I think we should pay attention to this as well.

The Fourth Raikage, A, responded with some disdain.

"It's just a petty squabble between some small countries, not worth mentioning."

Tsuchikage also agreed with the Fourth Raikage A's statement.

"That's right, the conflicts between these countries and the disputes between ninja villages are indeed minor skirmishes for us."

However, Lord Raikage, even if it's just a small-scale operation, as long as it's handled properly, we can still gain a considerable amount of profit from it.

Upon hearing this, Raikage's furrowed brows immediately relaxed.

"Oh, so you mean you have a brilliant plan?"

Tutai smiled proudly.

"Yes, Lord Raikage, I do have an idea, but given the current situation in the ninja world, it's not quite there yet. If we could set the current situation ablaze and let the fire spread to the Land of Grass, then I would have a way to take a big chunk of meat from the Chiba Merchant Guild."

The Raikage's eyes lit up at the mention of the Chiba Trading Company.

"Tsuchitai is just a big piece of meat, it might not be enough. If we're going to do something, we'll do something big. Do you think it's possible to swallow the entire Chiba Trading Company, or to bring them all to our side?"

Good heavens, the Raikage has quite the appetite; he actually wants to devour the entire Chiba Trading Company.

However, this is normal, after all, who wouldn't be envious of Chiba Trading Company's earning power?

It's likely that no one in the entire ninja world isn't envious of the Chiba Trading Company.

They just couldn't do that before, since everyone in the ninja world knew that Chiba Tetsuya, the founder of the Chiba Trading Company, had a close relationship with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Moreover, who can guarantee that a ruthless person who can start from scratch doesn't have some hidden cards or a powerful backer?

But things are different now. Chiba Tetsuya is dead, and the Fire Country Daimyo is getting old and will soon pass the position to the next Daimyo. At the same time, the situation in the ninja world is starting to become turbulent.

If handled properly, there is a chance to completely take over the Chiba Trading Company.

"Something terrible has happened, Raikage-sama!"

Just as the Raikage and Tsuchikage were pondering how to maximize their profits, a Jonin from Kumogakure rushed in.

"What's wrong? I'm perfectly fine, so why am I not feeling well?"

The Raikage, whose train of thought had been interrupted, glared at the man, but didn't say much, only telling him to explain the situation clearly.

"Take a breath and explain what exactly happened."

The man took a breath before speaking.

"Reporting to Raikage-sama, Lord Yugito was attacked while leading a mission. In order to cover the retreat of the others, Lord Yugito lured the enemy away by himself. The attackers were the Akatsuki!"

"what!"

The Raikage immediately lost his temper and smashed the desk in front of him with a slap.

"Outrageous! How dare they come to our Land of Lightning and attack our Hidden Cloud Village! Men, assemble the troops! I'm going to teach these ignorant fools a lesson!"

"Wait a minute, Raikage! Something's fishy here!"

Tu Tai quickly called out to Lei Ying.

"What's wrong, Tutai? These blind bastards have come to our doorstep to bully us. What are we waiting for?"

Raikage questioned him with some dissatisfaction, his impatience flaring up again.

"Lord Raikage, there's something wrong here. Do you remember the news that came back a few days ago? The Kazekage of Sunagakure was captured by the Akatsuki. And now, the Akatsuki has attacked our village's Two-Tails Jinchuriki. There's clearly something wrong here."

Hearing Tsuchikage's reminder, Raikage began to think.

"You mean, the Akatsuki are hunting down Tailed Beast Jinchuriki everywhere?"

“That’s right, the possibility is extremely high. Moreover, Lord Raikage, I just noticed something else.”

"What's the problem?"

Tsuchida said with an expression that said, "I've discovered the truth."

"Before the capture of the One-Tailed Jinchuriki in Sunagakure and the attack on our village's Two-Tailed Jinchuriki, our village and Sunagakure had one thing in common."

"You mean, people from Konoha have come to visit?"

"That's right, the people from Konoha had just arrived when the Akatsuki members showed up."

The others also looked astonished.

Someone asked a question.

"This should just be a coincidence. After all, Konoha is one of the five great ninja villages. There is no need for them to cooperate with an organization composed of rogue ninjas like Akatsuki. Moreover, the rogue ninjas of Konoha are in Akatsuki."

Tu Tai nodded first and said.

"Indeed, as one of the five great ninja villages, Konoha has no need to cooperate with a rogue ninja organization. But what if they are not in a cooperative relationship, but rather in a subordinate one?"

This idea was astonishing, and even the Raikage was momentarily stunned.

Someone immediately retorted.

"You don't have any evidence."

"Yes, I do not have any evidence, but there are two things that make me have to be so suspicious."

Tutai said.

"First, as things have developed to this point, whether it's Sunagakure or our Kumogakure, people from Konoha arrived first, and then the Akatsuki followed."

Secondly, as far as I know, when Sunagakure was attacked, Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was also in Sunagakure, but in the end, only Sunagakure's One-Tails Jinchuriki was taken away.

Based on the current situation, it's almost certain that the Akatsuki organization is targeting Jinchūriki. So why are Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchūriki unharmed?

Everyone fell silent. Seeing that no one spoke, Tu Tai continued.

"Furthermore, we can continue to observe and see if the other villages with Jinchuriki will experience the same situation as us. If other villages also experience similar situations, with Konoha arriving first and then Akatsuki members appearing next."

Then this coincidence is probably more than just a simple coincidence.