Kakashi and others are working hard to investigate the evidence.
Long Fei contacted the top management of Grass Flower to prepare for the upcoming turmoil.
Tsutomu Yokogawa didn't know that he had been labeled dead in the eyes of Kusa Hana.
Right now, Tsutomu Yokogawa is very annoyed, very annoyed.
Because Kusa Hana had recently become like a mad dog and had been looking for trouble with him, Yokogawa Tsutomu once began to suspect that there might be a traitor in his camp who had leaked the news, and that Kusa Hana knew something.
However, things have come to this point. Even if Long Fei personally goes to the office of the Kusagakure leader to question him, Yokogawa Tsutomu will not stop his plan.
He has already come to this point. The entire Kusagakure Village has been involved in the war between Konoha and Iwagakure. It is impossible to withdraw easily. The only way to break the deadlock is to open the Box of Paradise.
"Go contact the front-line troops and ask them to deliver the next batch of chakra as quickly as possible." Yokogawa Tsutomu thought for a while and felt that the Box of Bliss should be opened as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble.
The Kusanagi ANBU nearby nodded quickly and carried out the order.
Worried, Yokogawa Tsutomu called his most trusted Wuchang to discuss the next steps.
"Judging from Hua's behavior, they may have already known about the cooperation with Iwagakure. I just don't know whether someone has sided with Hua, or this is the result of Hua's own investigation." said Yokogawa Tsutomu.
Personally, he was more inclined to believe that there was a traitor. If Grass Flower had really found out the definitive evidence herself, Long Fei would have come to him with the evidence long ago.
"We have made so much effort. Even if Hua knows about it, we can only continue to act. As long as we open the Box of Bliss, everything will be fine." Wu Chang replied in a deep voice.
Yokogawa Tsutomu nodded, he thought so too.
"Since Hua has already discovered it, there is no need to cover it up. Let's stop the daily work of the Kusagakure Village and let all the ninjas refine the chakra and transport it into the Box of Bliss so that the Box of Bliss can be opened as soon as possible." Wuchang continued to suggest.
Yokogawa Tsutomu looked thoughtful, and it had to be said that Wuchang's decision was very radical.
To do so would be equivalent to a complete showdown with Flower of Grass, and would also offend some of the clients.
"As expected, people can no longer function as they get older. Fortunately, you are here, Wuchang. You are right. The most important thing now is to open the Box of Paradise. Nothing else matters." Yokogawa Tsutomu smiled and patted Wuchang's shoulder in agreement.
Radical? Their main focus is radicalism!
Yokogawa Tsutomu really feels that the training of Wuchang as the successor is not in vain. Not only is his strength excellent, but his radical momentum is even stronger than when he was young.
"Now it's a political struggle of life and death. If we, Cao Zhishi, don't take action, then Cao Zhishi will be in great danger." Wuchang said with a serious face.
"A fight to the death? Not really. We're all Kusanagi." Yokogawa Tsutomu felt that Wuchang was a bit too radical.
Although they have different ideas, everyone is doing it for the Kusagakure Village and is not fighting for life or death.
"The Box of Bliss cannot be opened, and the village cannot become stronger. Under the accountability of the Flower of Grass, Master Yokogawa Tsutomu can only resign. If Konoha gains an advantage in the next war, the Grass Village will be held accountable..."
Wuchang analyzed for Yokogawa Tsurugi the difficulties that Kusano Mi and the Kusagakure Village might face in the future with a serious face.
"Gather the elders." After thinking for a while, Yokogawa Tsutomu prepared to act immediately.
Since he was gambling, he had of course thought about the consequences of losing, but Grass Flower discovered it much faster than he expected, leaving him with insufficient time.
…
In the end, Long Fei was the winner in the competition of speed in collecting evidence, and he completed the collection of conclusive evidence faster than Kakashi and his friends.
After collecting the evidence, Long Fei first handed the evidence to Mu Yue, and then under Mu Yue's instructions, he took the evidence to the office of the Grass Ninja leader.
"What's wrong with you? Why do you all look like you didn't sleep well?" Long Fei walked into the office building and found that the ninjas he met all looked listless and listless.
"When the client arrives and sees you like this, will he have confidence in the ability of us Kusanagi?" Long Fei couldn't help but scold.
Forget about other positions, but the commissioned missions are the core of the Ninja Village.
"I'm sorry, Elder Long Fei, I couldn't sleep last night." The Grass Ninja made up an excuse to get away with it.
In addition, the client, Yokogawa Tsutomu, ordered that no commissioned tasks need to be completed before the Box of Bliss is opened.
Long Fei couldn't help but frown when he saw the other party's behavior, but because he had more important things to do, he could only ignore it for the time being.
When Long Fei walked to the door of the Kusanagi leader's office, the Anbu guarding the door reached out to stop him.
"The leader is handling important matters. No one is allowed to enter." The Kusanagi Anbu said expressionlessly.
"Get out of the way, no matter what he is dealing with, he must give me an explanation today!" Long Fei did not give face to the Grass Ninja Anbu.
The Kusanagi ANBU said nothing more, but he didn't move out of the way either.
Long Fei didn't waste any time and slapped the Kusanagi Anbu directly. Yokogawa Tsutomu had already made a big mistake, so there must be problems with the Anbu under Yokogawa Tsutomu's command.
The Kusanagi Anbu tried hard to stop Ryuufu, but he was no match for Ryuufu. Also, his body was weak due to repeatedly providing chakra to the Box of Bliss yesterday. He was knocked to the ground in two moves.
Bang!
"Yokokawa Tsutomu, you have the guts to secretly join the war but dare not see me?" Long Fei kicked down the door of the Kusanagi leader's office and yelled.
When the wooden door fell completely, the empty office came into Long Fei's sight.
Long Fei's face turned completely dark. He was not at work in broad daylight at this critical moment. When he thought about the state of the Grass Ninjas he had observed along the way, Long Fei had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Could this guy be thinking of opening that box?" Long Fei thought of the box that was said to fulfill wishes among the Grass Ninjas.
Long Fei looked puzzled. He remembered that Yokogawa Tsutomu did not believe in the legend just like him. Why would he use his power so unscrupulously at this point in his efforts to open the Box of Bliss?
"Where is Yokogawa Tsutomu? Take me there before he makes a big mistake." Long Fei ordered the Anbu.
Seeing that Long Fei had already discovered it, the Kusanagi Anbu stopped pretending.
"Elder Long Fei, please stop hindering the leader. Only he can lead our Kusagakure Village to prosperity." The Kusagakure Anbu in turn advised Long Fei not to go against Yokogawa Tsutomu.
Long Fei was speechless. Was he trying to interfere? Konoha's Lieyang Muyue had even sneaked into the Kusagakure Village.
"Do you think I'm the only one who knows about what you did? The ninjas from Konoha have come looking for us a long time ago, but they just haven't taken any action yet." Long Fei knew that he couldn't change the minds of Yokogawa Tsutomu's men with just a few words, so he moved out of Konoha directly.
"Lieyang Muyue is now in Kusagakure Village, and there may be other Konoha ninjas lurking in Kusagakure Village besides him. Now the best way to reduce the losses is for Yokogawa Tsutomu to confess his crime."
"Lieyang Muyue is in the village?!" The Grass Ninja Anbu's face lost all confidence and his pupils dilated suddenly.
He was a ruthless man who had killed a Jinchūriki on the battlefield on the east coast of the Land of Fire. Even with the help of the ninja troops, his terrifying strength was proven.
"Elder Long Fei, why didn't you report such an important matter to the leader?" The Kusagakure Anbu seemed to have seen Mu Yue killing people in the Kusagakure Village.
"I also want to ask Yokogawa Tsutomu why you didn't discuss such an important matter as cooperation with the Iwagakure Village with me!" Long Fei replied unhappily.
He is not stupid. If he informs Yokogawa Tsutomu, he will completely offend Konoha. When Konoha is free, he can just send a ninja unit to flatten the Kusagakure Village, and all the Kusagakure ninjas will be finished.
"Hurry up and tell me where Yokogawa Tsutomu is. Don't waste time."
The Kusagakure Anbu shook their heads and said, "As long as the leader opens the Box of Bliss, the Kusagakure Village will not be afraid of the blazing sun and moon, or even another yellow flash."
"Elder Long Fei, please don't waste your time. I don't even know where the leader is now."
In order to prevent internal traitors, Yokogawa Tsurugi changed the location of the Box of Bliss every day. Except for the ninja who needed to transfer chakra that day, no one else knew where Yokogawa Tsurugi would be today.
However, the ninjas who needed to transport chakra that day could only leave in the early morning, so it was almost impossible for Yokogawa Tsutomu to be exposed.
Seeing that there was no way to get useful information from the Kusa Ninja Anbu, Long Fei had to gather all the Kusa Hana ninjas to search for him, and at the same time informed Mu Yue about Yokogawa Tsutomu.
As it was time to close the net, Mu Yue used the Flying Thunder God Technique to stop the Kakashi team and the Nara Suzaku team who were still investigating, indicating that the intelligence gathering work had been completed and they could move on to the next stage.
"That is to say, Teacher Mu Yue, you have won over the conservative forces of the Kusagakure Village. Now we just need to eliminate the radical forces headed by the Kusagakure leader." Kakashi analyzed.
Kakashi didn't expect that Mu Yue could do such an important thing alone and quietly.
Following Mu Yue's plan would be much better than a direct revenge of killing people. Not only would the workload be reduced, but Konoha would also reap greater benefits.
"Then let's quickly go find that Yokogawa Tsutomu. The mission will be accomplished as long as we defeat him." Obito was alert. He finally came to the part he was better at.
He was vague when gathering intelligence, but he struck out hard in battle.
"Zhihui, can you sense the location of the bugs on Hua Ling's body?" Mu Yue looked at Yume Zhihui.
When Kakashi heard Mu Yue suddenly mention Uzumaki Karin, a light bulb went off in his head and he understood why the Grass Ninja leader wanted to keep Uzumaki Karin behind.
Although I don't know what the Box of Bliss is, it requires chakra, and the members of the Uzumaki clan all have excellent chakra.
Kakashi once again felt Mu Yue's meticulous mind. If Mu Yue had not been worried about Uzumaki Karin's safety and asked Aburame Shiki to place special bugs on her body, it would not be easy for them to find Yokogawa Tsutomu now.
Aburame Shiki gathered his chakra and formed a seal before nodding and beginning to lead the way.
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Underground base.
"Everyone, give your all to refine the chakra and input it. Every bit of chakra you output will become the cornerstone for the rise of the Grass Ninjas!" Yokogawa Tsutomu encouraged the Grass Ninjas while sending the corpses into the Box of Paradise.
As a sacrificer, Yokogawa Tsutomu could clearly feel the chakra in the Box of Bliss becoming increasingly powerful.
It's almost ready to open, just a little bit.
As time passed, one by one the Grass Ninjas lay on the ground gasping for breath due to excessive chakra consumption, and soon most of them looked exhausted.
At the same time, Yokogawa Tsutomu's ninja corpses were also used up, but the Box of Paradise was still in that awkward bottleneck.
Yokogawa Tsutomu remained calm and did not get angry because he had made sufficient preparations to open the Box of Paradise, so there would be no accidents.
"You came to the Kusagakure Village at this most critical moment. Maybe this is God's will." Looking at the unconscious Uzumaki Karin, Yokogawa Tsutomu smiled.
If it weren't for Uzumaki Karin, he might not have had time to open the Box of Paradise before Flower of Grass discovered it.
At that time, in order to protect the existing achievements, he would be forced to engage in a civil war with the Flower of Grass and force the other party to surrender. Now this result is much better.
"Hana Ling, right? I will remember this name. Thank you for your contribution to Kusagakure and the Land of Grass." Yokogawa Tsutomu activated the secret technique and began to sacrifice the chakra in Hana Ling's body.
Feeling the chakra inside the Box of Bliss rapidly getting stronger, Yokogawa Tsutomu was in an extremely happy mood. He even thought that if he had a granddaughter in the future, he could name her Karin as a way of thanking her for her contribution to the Kusagakure, although Karin did not volunteer.
"You found me here so quickly?" Feeling the layout around the underground base, Tsutomu Yokogawa was a little surprised.
He did such a good job of keeping the secret, yet he was found by Grass Flower so quickly. Should he say that she was worthy of being his nemesis who had been entangled with him for half his life?
Tsutomu Yokogawa increased the speed of sacrifice and prepared to feed Uzumaki Karin directly into the Box of Paradise.
"Wuchang, go out and intercept them. Now is a critical moment and I don't want to be disturbed." Yokogawa Tsutomu turned to Wuchang and said.
Now it's the most important step, and Yokogawa Tsutomu doesn't want anything to go wrong.
However, something happened that shocked and puzzled Yokogawa Tsutomu. Wuchang seemed not to have heard his order. He didn't even look at him and kept looking at the Box of Paradise.
"Wuchang!" Yokogawa Tsutomu thought Wuchang was confused and shouted loudly.
He never thought that Wuchang would betray him. After all, Wuchang was his successor, and his interests were Wuchang's interests. It was impossible for Wuchang to betray him.
Wuchang turned to look at Yokogawa Tsutomu, then nodded and walked away.
Just when Yokogawa Tsutomu felt relieved and continued to sacrifice Uzumaki Karin.
Bang!
When Wuchang passed by Yokogawa Tsutomu, he suddenly punched and knocked Yokogawa Tsutomu away with one punch.
Yokogawa Tsutomu flew backwards and hit the hard box of paradise hard.
Yokogawa Tsutomu looked at Wuchang with eyes full of anger and confusion. He didn't understand why Wuchang would betray him at this time.
Whether from the perspective of interests or emotions, he could not find any reason for Wuchang to betray him.
The only explanation that can be made is that he made a mistake, Wuchang was not loyal to the Kusanagi, and he had a wish that he wanted to fulfill very much.
After punching Yokogawa Tsutomu, Mu Yue did not continue to pursue him, but instead treated Uzumaki Karin.
If Yokogawa Tsutomu continues to sacrifice, it may have an adverse effect on Uzumaki Karin's body.
Mu Yue's actions made Yokogawa Tsutomu even more confused. After betraying him, he did not quickly kill him but turned around to heal Uzumaki Karin's injuries.
An absurd idea came to Yokogawa Tsutomu's mind. Wuchang fell in love with Uzumaki Karin at first sight and couldn't bear to see her die, so he betrayed her.
Yokogawa Numa was furious. No matter what the reason was, he felt that he had made a mistake in choosing such an heir.
"Wuchang, how could you betray the leader! The reason you have your current strength and status is all because of the leader's training." The Grass Ninja next to him couldn't help but curse.
If his chakra hadn't been exhausted, he would have fought to the death with a treacherous person like Wuchang even if he couldn't win.
More Grass Ninjas didn't even have the energy to curse and could only stare at Mu Yue with angry eyes.
With so many Grass Ninjas present, Yokogawa Tsutomu gave Wuchang the privilege of not needing to input chakra, but Wuchang ended up betraying him.
Mu Yue looked indifferent. They were scolding Wuchang, so what did it have to do with him, Mu Yue?
Seeing this, Tsutomu Yokogawa silently input all of his chakra into the Box of Bliss to make up for the last shortfall.
He didn't have time to think too much now. As long as he could open the Box of Bliss, everything would be fine.
Whether it is Long Fei who opposes him, or Wu Chang who betrays him, he will have many options to deal with them at that time.
Boom!
After absorbing enough chakra to open it, the Box of Bliss released extremely powerful chakra, and a pillar of energy broke through the ceiling of the underground base and rushed straight into the clouds.
Kakashi and others who were already near the base quickened their pace, and members of the Flower of Grass such as Ryukai also quickly rushed over when they saw this scene.
"Box of Paradise, open it." Yokogawa Tsutomu stood in front of the Box of Paradise and stared at Mu Yue cautiously, using the connection of sacrifice to convey his intentions to the Box of Paradise.
Boom! !
Along with a loud roar, the huge box of the Paradise Box that had been sealed for who knows how many years began to shake, and some parts of the human face mask fell off. The mouth expanded up and down like a demon opening its bloody mouth, and the darkness in the mouth was so deep that no light could be seen.
Yokogawa Tsutomu couldn't see the inside of the box through the open part. Although it was just a box that looked relatively large, he felt as if there was an endless dark world inside.
"Let me become strong, extremely strong!" said Yokogawa Tsutomu in a deep voice.
This was a plan he had thought of long ago. He wanted to become stronger, even stronger than the ninja master Sosuke who defeated the demigod Hanzo. Then the Kusagakure Village and the Land of Grass could develop peacefully under his protection.
Tsutomu Yokogawa didn't know how to use the Box of Paradise, but after opening the box, he had a feeling that this was how the box was to be used, and that the box had consciousness.
As the person who opens the box, the Box of Bliss will fulfill his wishes.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a huge suction force came from inside the Paradise Box, and Yokogawa Tsutomu, who was closest to the Paradise Box, was directly sucked in.
Mu Yue grabbed Uzumaki Karin and moved a little further away, then sensed his Flying Thunder God Seal, which was in the Box of Bliss. He did not lose his perception like he did with Uzumaki Naruto.