Chapter 429 Utatane Koharu: Do You Want to Stop Here? Absolutely Impossible

Fortunately, the questioning of the Third Raikage was unsuccessful, because Konoha had already sent a message that the village was selecting ninjas to fight, and within a few days, the ninja army would be able to leave Konoha and rush to the front line.

After seeing the message from Konoha, the Third Raikage was relieved.

Although the current situation of the Cloud Village can hold on, it is one-on-two, and the time is too long, which is not good for the Cloud Village.

The main enemy that the Cloud Village is currently guarding against is still the Rock Village.

As for the Mist Village, due to the number of warships, the number of manpower sent by both sides is limited, and fighting on the sea will also be subject to many restrictions. Therefore, the war between the Mist Village and the Cloud Village has been in a tepid state.

The two sides continue to fight, but there is no sign of expansion.

Such a stable situation also meets the expectations of the Third Raikage. If the Mist Village cannot stir up, he can concentrate on dealing with the old man Ohnoki.

Compared with the Mist Village’s little force wandering on the sea, the Rock Village is the most deadly.

Transportation at sea is difficult, and it is difficult to expand the scale of the battle, but it is different on land.

Troops and supplies can be continuously sent to the front line through the Rock Village.

"I hope Konoha and Sand Village can bring some good news."

The Third Raikage did not expect Konoha and Sand Village to fight with the Rock Village. As long as they delayed some of the troops of the Rock Village, it would be a great help.

Even if they have an alliance with Konoha, even if they support Konoha with a sum of money and a batch of supplies, the Third Raikage cannot ask Konoha to fight with the Rock Village.

Not to mention the Sand Village, without the relationship with Konoha, you give money and supplies, and others in the Sand Village may not help you.

The matter of the Third Hokage embezzling the village's financial funds is getting bigger and bigger in the village.

The exposure of this incident has dealt a heavy blow to the reputation of the Third Hokage. Even if the village sent a group of ninjas to the front line, it did not attract much attention.

Most villagers and grassroots ninjas still disagree with the village's participation in this war.

In the past, as long as it involved war, even if there were conflicts, everyone would put aside internal conflicts first, unite against the outside world, and talk about everything after the war.

This time, the situation was just the opposite.

The pit dug by the Third Hokage was too big.

Although the villagers and grassroots ninjas who were violently driven away did not gather again to surround the Hokage office building, everyone hoped that the Hokage office would disclose the expenditure of financial funds.

This undoubtedly posed a big problem for the Third Hokage.

If it is not announced, the villagers will not give up. If it is announced......... his position as Hokage will basically end.

Because the amount of funds embezzled by the Third Hokage is really huge.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for small families such as Sarutobi and Shimura to leapfrog to become an existence that surpasses old families such as Uchiha and Hyuga.

This is all made with money.

It is conceivable how much money it will cost to cultivate several families that are not at the bottom but not outstanding into ninja families that are stronger than old families.

This is why the Third Hokage has been holding on to the Ministry of Finance.

Because the Ministry of Finance's expenditure is a big bomb. Once it explodes, it will surely blow a group of senior officials to pieces.

In the Hokage's office, an emergency internal meeting was held.

The Third Hokage looked tired, and Utane Koharu was not much better. As for Mito Kado En, he no longer needed to worry about these things.

Because he was leading the ninja troops to the Grass Country to meet with the Sand Village's ninja troops.

Both sides will attack the Earth Country in the direction of the Grass Country.

As for why the Grass Country was chosen, this was the suggestion of the Sand Village. The Grass Country has been more active in recent years, and there have been many moths. Konoha, Sand Village, and Rock Village have all been disgusted in turn.

The last one who dared to disgust and threaten the five major ninja villages was the Rain Village, but after a big battle, the Rain Country was directly destroyed,

so the Grass Country became the first bird to stand out.

So under the advice of the Sand Village, Konoha accepted it, and the Land of Grass will become a battlefield for the three major ninja villages.

"Jingyi, is there any new progress in the Anbu?"

Glancing at the exhausted and mentally poor Third Hokage, Jingyi smiled and said lightly: "One thing, what about other departments."

Utatane Koharu squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying: "There is not much progress in the Hokage Guard and the Police Department, and the clues are broken."

The Third Hokage did not give up tracking down the source of the news.

Unfortunately, the other party came prepared, and the Anbu was not directly under the jurisdiction of the Hokage Office, resulting in missed time and opportunities. Even if the Hokage Guard and the Police Department joined forces, they were still worried.

This kind of outsourcing and silencing is really hard to track down.

Unless enough time is given to gradually check and collect new clues, but the Third Hokage's order is to investigate clearly in a short period of time, which is a bit embarrassing.

Many ninjas have good intelligence collection capabilities, but intelligence collection and analysis also takes time.

The Hokage Guards had made no progress, and the Third Hokage was somewhat disappointed.

Fortunately, the Anbu had some clues.

This gave him some psychological comfort.

"Who did it?"

Tsunade asked immediately.

She and Shizuka were busy these days. They seldom went home and had little communication. Tsunade didn't know the progress of the investigation.

"Let's stop here."

Shizuka shook her head after looking at Tsunade, who was full of curiosity, and the Third Hokage, who was gritting his teeth.

Stop here?

What do you mean?

You told us to stop here after making such a big noise!!

Is this possible?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible,"

After finally finding a clue, Koharu Utatane said she was unwilling to stop:

"This matter must be investigated further, and an explanation must be given to the villagers."

I think you want an explanation, right?

The villagers don't want these, but the expenditure accounts of the Ministry of Finance, but do you dare to give them?

Can't the person who did this be offended?

Tsunade couldn't help but frown. Who is the person that Konoha can't afford to offend in the entire Konoha, even the entire Land of Fire and the Ninja World?

Wait!!

Tsunade seemed to have thought of something.

Because the Third Hokage had said before that this matter might be done by someone close to him, because it is not easy for the enemy to investigate these things.

And Jingyi told them to stop here, that is, to continue the investigation, it would be bad for everyone.

Could it be the daimyo's mansion?

Tsunade guessed it, and the Third Hokage was almost the same.