"Everyone here is the backbone of the village at this time. I wonder what your thoughts are?"
Chiyo's old, hoarse voice wasn't loud and could easily be drowned out by the increasingly loud voices of the crowd.
However, as soon as she said this, the increasingly noisy voices in the office instantly disappeared!
This shows Chiyo's prestige in Sunagakure!
After a brief silence, a middle-aged man in his forties cautiously spoke first:
"Chiyo-sama, the Third Kazekage-sama has disappeared. I think we should immediately mobilize all the village's forces to conduct another comprehensive search of the entire village from the inside out."
This is the most normal and logical answer, and it is also what the vast majority of Jonin present are thinking.
After all, the head of the village, the core of the entire Wind Country, the Kazekage, has disappeared, which is no small matter.
Chiyo nodded slightly and turned to look at Ren Sato.
"Ren Sato, what do you think?"
Since Chiyo announced the disappearance of the Kazekage, she had been observing everyone's performance.
And she found that among all the people present, Ren Sato's performance was the most commendable.
He didn't seem panicked at all, but rather had an expression as if he had expected it.
That's why Chiyo asked Ren Sato first.
Ren Sato had already prepared his words. He raised his head slightly, looked directly at Chiyo, and said in a deep voice:
"Chiyo-sama, I think this is not possible!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes immediately focused on Ren Sato.
Ren Sato turned a deaf ear to these gazes and continued in a deep voice:
"Chiyo-sama, you know my master's character. He would never leave the village with his bodyguards without anyone knowing!"
"And excluding the possibility of my master leaving privately, there is only one possibility left."
"That is, my master may have been killed, and it is very likely that he was killed in the village!"
When Chiyo heard this, her half-closed eyes suddenly opened, staring straight at Ren Sato.
It seemed that this was the first time she had truly recognized Ren Sato!
Before Chiyo could speak, the middle-aged man who had spoken first immediately stood up abruptly.
His face, full of bulging muscles, showed visible dissatisfaction, and he stared fiercely at Ren Sato:
"Ren Sato, watch your words! The Third Kazekage is the strongest Kazekage in the history of Sunagakure. How could he be killed, and in the village no less!"
"Jonin Aoki is right, how could the Third-sama, who is so powerful, be killed, and silently killed in the village?!"
"That's right! And the Third-sama is always accompanied by two Jonin bodyguards."
"Now in this ninja world, who has the ability to kill the Third-sama and two Jonin bodyguards without attracting the attention of the village's ninjas?"
"Yes, to kill the Third-sama and his bodyguards in the village without attracting everyone's attention, it must be done in less than a minute or even half a minute. Do you think that's possible?"
As the strong man stood up, a second and third Jonin stood up and stared at Ren Sato, refuting him fiercely.
And the other Jonin who didn't stand up, although they didn't speak, were also staring at Ren Sato with unkind eyes.
The Third Kazekage is the pride of Sunagakure.
The always inferior Sunagakure ninjas can also hold their heads high in front of ninjas from other major ninja villages because of the existence of this Kazekage.
Ren Sato's words can be said to have aroused public anger.
Being stared at fiercely by more than a dozen battle-hardened Jonin, Ren Sato's face didn't change at all.
He just continued to look directly at Chiyo and said unhurriedly:
"Chiyo-sama, you are a veteran who has experienced the First and Second Ninja World Wars. I wonder if my master can rank in the top five among the past Kage of the five major ninja villages?"
As soon as Ren Sato said this, Chiyo didn't speak, but fell silent.
At the same time, a trace of sadness appeared on her calm face.
Chiyo and her brother, as one of the living fossils of the ninja world, have witnessed the changes in the ninja world for decades.
How could they not be clear about the possibility behind the sudden and inexplicable disappearance of the Third Kazekage?
However, Chiyo's heart dared not admit it.
The Sand Village was already inferior and arrogant for various reasons.
Now, it was not easy for the mentality of the ninjas to start to improve a little because of the existence of the Third Kazekage.
But now you are telling people that their strongest Kazekage was actually killed around the village, and it is very likely that he was killed in the village.
And they didn't know anything about it, and only realized it a day after the disappearance.
Wouldn't that make their Sand Village a joke?
Moreover, this is a serious blow to Sand Village, and the residents and ninjas in the village will definitely become more inferior and afraid because of this incident.
Maybe even more rebellion incidents will occur.
But Ren Sato's merciless words directly and severely broke the self-deceiving thoughts of Chiyo and her brother. This is very ruthless, but also very realistic.
The few Jonin who stood up around also looked at each other.
Then, one by one, they sat down weakly.
Although Chiyo didn't speak, everyone present understood what the answer was.
Because Sand Village is located in the desert, resources are scarce, and for various other reasons, its high-end combat power has always been half a head weaker than the other four major ninja villages.
The so-called strongest Kazekage is only the strongest Kazekage of Sand Village. If he is placed in other ninja villages, hehe.
The atmosphere in the office suddenly fell into depression.
**Author's Words:**
There will be a small number of original characters appearing, because there are too few famous people in Sand Village during this period.
**Chapter 3: Successful Change of Plot**
The Jonin present had actually thought about these words that Ren Sato said more or less.
But as much as they thought, their sensibility wouldn't allow them to acknowledge this fact.
The first to speak was the burly man, also known as Jonin Aoki. He finally couldn't help but break the oppressive atmosphere, his voice rough as he said:
"Even... even so... we should mobilize the entire village to search for Lord Third's remains. No matter how powerful the culprit is, there's no way they wouldn't have left any traces behind!"
Ren Sato glanced at Jonin Aoki, recalling information about him from Rasa's memories.
Jonin Aoki was a typical case of brawn over brains, a simple-minded puppeteer.
However, precisely because of his strong physique, his close-combat abilities were relatively good, coupled with his superb puppet control skills.
His strength was among the top tier in the current Sand Village.
This could be seen from the fact that despite being a puppeteer, he didn't have any facial markings.
Only recognized strong puppeteers didn't need facial markings to prove their identity.
Because they themselves were proof enough.
Ren Sato shook his head:
"We can naturally mobilize the entire village to search, but let's not even talk about whether we can find anything."
"The mere act of us mobilizing the entire village in such a high-profile manner, wouldn't the other ninja villages know?"
"It's been ten years since the Second Shinobi World War. Everyone here is a pillar of the village, and I believe you all are well aware of the current strength comparison between the other ninja villages and our Sand Village."
Jonin Aoki sighed deeply upon hearing Ren Sato's words.
His rough face was filled with unwillingness, and faintly, other complex emotions.
Everyone present understood the meaning behind Ren Sato's words after a moment of consideration.
The Sand Village had yet to recover from the Second Shinobi World War.
The other major ninja villages had almost fully recovered.
Especially the Leaf Village and the Cloud Village, which had returned to their pre-war peak.
Everyone was not a child and naturally understood.
Once the other ninja villages noticed their actions, they would quickly deduce that their Kazekage had likely met with misfortune.
Then, it was conceivable that they would take advantage of the situation.
This had nothing to do with morality, nor with the usual relationship between the villages, but only with interests.
Moreover, the Sand Village's usual relationship with the other major ninja villages wasn't very good either.
Chiyo was silent for a long time. Her already drooping face twitched slightly, and her withered lips moved slightly. Her voice was no longer as calm as before, but carried a hint of grief and emotion:
"In that case, Ren Sato, what do you think we should do next?"
As soon as Chiyo said this, the surrounding Jonin opened their eyes in unison, then looked at each other.
They naturally knew what Chiyo's words meant.
However, after looking at each other for a few seconds, they didn't object, but instead looked at Ren Sato again in unison.
Unlike before, their eyes no longer carried anger, but faintly carried expectation.
Pakura also opened her eyes, her reddish-brown eyes full of expectation as she looked at the upright young man beside her, exuding a calm aura.
Ren Sato's reasoned and very calm words constantly broke Pakura's impression of Ren Sato.
She never thought that her friend, who had always been taciturn and only knew how to cultivate in her impression.
Was so calm, so far-sighted, and not at all afraid of offending the Jonin present.
This made Pakura constantly feel strange emotions in her heart.
She suddenly felt that when sitting next to Ren Sato, her heartbeat would involuntarily accelerate.
Pakura felt the rapidly beating heart and the unfamiliar emotions that emerged in her heart.
The unfamiliar emotions grew from weak to strong in just a dozen seconds, almost filling her mind.
At this time, Pakura only felt confused and didn't understand what was happening at all.
Pakura, who had never been in a relationship, or even had many entertainment activities, naturally didn't understand that this unfamiliar emotion was the emotion called love.
Ren Sato didn't know the changes in Pakura's heart next to him. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He knew that he had almost convinced them.
Ren Sato had the memory of reading the original work in his previous life, so he naturally knew.
The Sand Village's decision in the original work was to mobilize the entire village, like a madman, to look for traces of the Third Kazekage.
If they couldn't find any traces in the village, they would expand the search range to the entire Land of Wind, and eventually even to other countries.
The consequences of doing so.
Was that a few days later, the Cloud Village quickly noticed the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, and then launched a large-scale attack.
In the end, this incident became the fuse for the Third Shinobi World War.
The Sand Village, which had not yet recovered from the Second Shinobi World War, was once again severely damaged.
In the later stages, the Sand Village was even forced to fight against several major ninja villages at the same time, almost on the verge of destruction.
This also led to the Fourth Kazekage Rasa in the original work deciding to use Pakura, the hero who shined brightly on the Mist Village front, as a scapegoat to appease the Mist Village's anger.
He tricked her into going to the Mist Village alone to sign a so-called peace treaty.
Pakura, who was loyal to the Sand Village and not very sensitive to politics, didn't know until the moment she died.
That the Mist Village's condition for wanting to negotiate peace was her death.
And even if the Sand Village took such action, it was too late.
Until the Crown Prince Naruto's first Chunin Exam more than ten years later, the Sand Village's vitality had not recovered.