Chapter 196

Today, Konoha is strong and Kumogakure is weak, so Namikaze Minato won't be polite.

You can be gentle with Iwagakure and Kirigakure, because the conflict between these two and Konoha is actually not that sharp, and many things can be coordinated.

On this point, Namikaze Minato agrees with Uchiha Shingen's philosophy.

Without Hello, Me, Hello, everyone, Konoha needs to clearly distinguish between those who can be won over and those who are resolutely suppressed.

You must do what you can to win over others, and you must spare no effort to suppress them.

"Kumogakure must compensate for the losses caused to the country of Yu in the last war, and bear all the expenses incurred by Konoha for maintaining a military confrontation with Kumogakure." Namikaze Minato said succinctly, "The country of frost is thunder. We will not interfere with the private land of the Kingdom of Thunder, but part of the mission share of the Daming Palace of the Kingdom of Thunder must be handed over to the Hidden Leaf Village."

"This is impossible!" Ai immediately refused.

Are you kidding me? There are things to talk about in the front, but there is absolutely no need to talk about the latter one.

Sunagakure's fate is right in front of him.

In ten years at most, Sunagakure will face financial depletion, the size of the ninja army will shrink to the extreme, and even the training resources for lower-level ninjas will not be guaranteed.

This is no joke. When the time comes, Sunagakure will have to make a choice, whether to fight Konoha to the death or to withdraw from the ranks of the five major ninja villages and become a subsidiary force of Konoha Ninja Village.

The huge Kingdom of Wind, even if it has geographical unification factors, will fall apart in the absence of force.

It will become the first big country to be dismembered, and Sunagakure Village will become a role like Amegakure Village.

"Such conditions are no different from declaring war. They will only force Yunyin Village to fight to the death." Ai said, and his words came from the heart. "Yunyin Village really has no intention of continuing the war. Konoha should give provide more realistic conditions.”

"It was Kumogakure Village that started the war, so of course they have to bear the consequences." Minato Namikaze was unmoved, "The winner takes all. This is also in line with Kumogakure Village's long-standing practice."

"Kumogakure hasn't reached that point yet, and it won't reach that point." Ai said firmly, "Of course we know that peace needs to be obtained with strength. If Konoha wants to attack Kumogakure, we must be prepared to die together."

"That's hard to say." Namikaze Minato smiled slightly, "There are many people who are dissatisfied with Kumogakure Village's behavior over the years, including Konoha. However, since it is a negotiation, then I am also willing to listen to your terms. .”

"Our conditions are also very simple." Ai looked at Namikaze Minato and judged whether the other party really planned to use military means to force Kumogakure to bow his head. "Kumogakure Village also wants to join the Traders Association led by Konoha. Both are great ninja villages, and Kumogakure is stronger than Iwagakure and Kirigakure, and should be second only to Konoha. Of course, the losses and expenditures of Yunokuni and Konoha in the war were indeed caused by Kumogakure. Yes, Yunyin will compensate."

Namikaze Minato chuckled and leaned back tactically.

Because he knew someone was going to do blackface.

No joke, no one in Konoha asked the Uchiha clan for a seat.

Because only Uchiha Shingen has the final say on this matter, not Uchiha Fugaku.

"Raikage, are you used to acting like a gangster?" Uchiha Shingen said, "People from Kumogakure who dare to enter the association will be killed on the spot. If you don't believe me, just send someone here."

"Uchiha Shingen, for the sake of peace between the two villages, I will not compare you with killing Kirabi." Ai looked at Uchiha Shingen, "Don't push yourself too far."

"Oh? Your brother can't die, but others can?" Uchiha Shingen asked.

Then he looked at the Kumo ninjas and said with a smile: "You Raikage are not good at it. You can't even make a bowl of water. Why don't you jump to Konoha?"

"Bang!" Ai punched the table, and a piece of the table was missing. "White ghost!"

Everyone's eyes were filled with brighter white, and a fist larger than a human hammered the rest of the table and the floor to the next floor.

The Kumo ninja side suddenly stood up, but the Konoha side didn't move at all.

Uchiha Shingen stood there, with the Susanoo Fist hanging in the air, his fingers moving, and large pieces of debris fell down one after another.

"Do you want to show off your fists here?" Uchiha Shingen looked at Ai with a murderous look on his face, "Come on, it just so happens that I haven't settled the debt with you yet for the Second Hokage!"

"Golden Horn and Silver Horn were killed by my father. This is known to everyone." Lightning crackled on Ai's body, "Don't do this to me!"

"Fart! Everyone knows that you idiots sneak attacked the Second Hokage! Also, Jin Jiao Gin Jiao and his subordinates were killed by the Second Hokage. Afterwards, they went around and pretended that it was none of your business?"

On the Konoha side, Sarutobi Hiruzen and others stood up when they heard their teacher's name.

"The Fourth Raikage." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked heavy, as if he was sorry, "Old man, let me ask, should Kumogakure Village give up on peace talks?

As if inadvertently, his hand grasped the skirt of his clothes.

"Since Kumogakure doesn't want the second tail of the Sandaime, that's just right." Uchiha Shingen suddenly said, "That woman is useless as a prisoner, but she is still very useful as an experimental subject."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes lit up.

Yes! You can't do the wood escape experiment on your own, but the captives can do it!

"Shingen, thank you for reminding me." Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but praise, "How is the two-tailed Jinchuuriki's condition now?"

"He ate well and slept soundly." Uchiha Shingen gave a thumbs-up gesture with his backhand, "The physical fitness of the Jinchuuriki, apart from other things, one experiment is worth ten."

"Wait a minute!" Ai suddenly shouted.

The two parties looked at him together.

"Who said we won't talk about it?" Ai said expressionlessly, "What's wrong with me habitually hammering the table? I hammer it in my own office too, and I change the table every day."

He said so confidently that both the Kumo ninja and the people in Konoha were stunned.

The people of Kumo Ninja thought this was reasonable, but the people of Konoha felt that there might be something wrong with this Raikage, why would you hit the table if you were unhappy? Hitting your own desk? Do you really want to fish?

Namikaze Minato especially felt this way.

With the amount of documents on the desk, he couldn't wait to get into it to write a word. How could there be room for him to hammer it? If he didn't want to fish, he would be the first to not believe it.

"Then let's continue talking." Namikaze Minato said.

He, the Hokage, spoke up and everyone gave him face.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and others sat down, and Uchiha Shingen also retracted Susan's arm.

"Go, bring a piece of wood and a table." The one-eyed Kumo ninja with the thunder pattern ordered the people on his side.

The cloud ninja responded and quickly went down to move the table.

Chapter 32 How long will it take?

The episode where Konoha and Kumogakure almost clashed with each other was not without any impact.

The loud noise from the restaurant almost caused a fight between the two ninjas on standby downstairs.

Fortunately, Yun Ren, who came down to move the table, came downstairs in time.

Soon, a brand new table was brought up.

It’s just that the size of the boards was not chosen well.

"No need to change it." Uchiha Shingen stopped the Kumo ninja who was about to go down and change the wooden board.

As soon as the handprints were sealed, white ice crystals covered the cracks on the floor.

Just perfect.

The table was placed again, and the ninjas from both parties who had finished their work exited the negotiation room with a clatter and went back downstairs.

"Continue talking, Raikage." Namikaze Minato said.

Ai habitually put one arm on the table, but when he was about to lean on the table, he paused for a moment, and then put it down after making sure that the table was relatively stable.

"We should calm down." He said, "Kumogakure and Konoha are both great ninja villages. The rules of this ninja world, whether war or peace, are decided by the Five Shadows. This is a fact."

"That's the fact." Namikaze Minato nodded, "But Konoha is not Sunagakure, Kumogakure must clearly understand this."

Sunagakure was attacked by Kumogakure and almost had his tail taken away.

As a result, not only did Sunagakure not continue to fight with Kumogakure, but he also went to fight Konoha with Kumogakure.

When Konoha defeated Sunagakure, he was not polite and cut him to death.

As the direct initiator of the Third Ninja World War, Kumogakure Village's losses in the war were actually very limited. On the contrary, the losses in the battle with Konoha after the Ninja World War were relatively large, but because of this, in such a big situation, After the defeat, Yunyin Village still had the strength to bargain with Konoha.

According to Uchiha Shingen's idea, Kumogakure's luck in the Third Ninja World War was too good. Everyone was suffering from overwork, and Kumogakure couldn't be so unsociable.

"Then the task share cannot be touched. When Sunagakure signed the contract with Konoha, Konoha did not directly touch Sunagakure's task share. It was a spontaneous act by the client." Ai emphasized, "At least, the conditions given to Kumo Gakure cannot be Worse than Sunagakure."

"Kumogakure is different from Sunagakure. Kumogakure has been expanding his army." Namikaze Minato said, "Three ninja wars, two were initiated by Kumogakure, and you are still continuing to expand your army! It has become a major destabilizing factor in the ninja world. , then handing over a portion of the task share is the minimum attitude, at least to make Konoha believe in Kumogakure's sincerity for peace."

"Isn't Konoha also expanding its military?" Ai objected, "You can't protect your own village without strength. Strengthening your own strength as much as possible is what the five major villages have always done. If you want to say that, Konoha It’s also a warlike village.”

This is also true.

In this world, the five major villages are all based on the top of the food chain. On the surface, Konoha is always passively facing the enemy, but its small movements are no less than other villages.

When Shimura Danzo was alive, Konoha Anbu were very active in the ninja world and were known for their ferocious methods.

But there is no point in talking about this kind of thing on the negotiation table.

It's not that concept either.

"Konoha has not expanded its army." Namikaze Minato said calmly, "The number of ninjas has increased to a certain extent, but they are all ninjas that originally existed in the village. These ninjas are not engaged in external missions, but in order to meet the needs of the client and ensure They were mobilized only for the safety of the association’s employees.”

Listening to the Hokage-sama's words, the expressions of everyone on the Cloud Ninja side were - I believe in your evil!

Whose village can have so many ninjas idle? Are all the ninja gangsters in your village now out?

This is not even counting military expansion! ?

"Lord Raikage, what you are talking about now has nothing to do with the matter between Konoha and Kumogakure." Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "What is being discussed now is Kumogakure's sincerity for peace."

"Yuki is sincerity." Ai looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, "The Third Hokage, Kumogakure didn't make any move after losing all the Jinchuuriki, right? If he didn't look forward to peace, then How could we not talk about Yukito until now?"

"That's just Takamura showing weakness and provoking a conflict between Iwagakure and Konoha." Hiruzen Sarutobi played with the pipe in his hand, "Lord Raikage, Konoha is aware of everything."

"Then let's talk about the Yuki people now." Ai did not directly answer Hiruzen Sarutobi's question. He raised a new question, "But what is the condition of the Yuki people? Konoha should first come up with evidence to prove that the Yuki people are People are now safe and not violated so that we can negotiate this part of the conditions."

"Okay." Namikaze Minato nodded, and he said to Uchiha Shingen, "Shingen, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Uchiha Shingen took out the psychic scroll and threw it to Ai.

Ai caught it and handed it to the ninja behind him.

"No need to go to so much trouble." Seeing that Kumo Ninja was studying the above psychic techniques, Uchiha Shingen said, "Just input the chakra."

"Just do it," Ai said.

Even if he had the idea to start capturing those Jinchuuriki who had rebelled against the village or were not actually under the control of the Ninja Village, it didn't mean that he didn't care about Yukito.

Yukito is also the perfect Jinchuuriki who was finally cultivated by Cloud Hidden Village.

Even if her combat prowess as a jinchuriki is not considered, her experience is crucial to Kumogakure.

The Kumo ninjas spread the scrolls on the floor and input chakra.

With a bang, smoke exploded.

The smoke quickly dissipated, and the two Yumu people lay quietly on the ground.

"Yukito, can you hear me?" Kumo Ninja, who had thunder patterns on his eyepatch, squatted beside Yukito and called.

"What's going on?" Ai looked unhappy because Yumu didn't react at all.

"Maybe she ate too much and fell asleep because of the rice. The food standard in Konoha Prison is very high." Uchiha Shingen said nonchalantly, "Just give her a few words and she'll wake up."

The Kumo ninjas resisted the urge to complain.

A bunch of people started to fuss around Yukito. Of course, no one really shouted at him. The cloud ninjas also had their own methods.

The light of medical ninjutsu lights up from time to time.

After a while, Yumu Ren reacted.

The jinchuriki opened his eyes drowsily and saw a familiar face.

"Lord Todai?"

"Yumu Ren, nothing happened to you, right?" Tutai asked.

"Well, Konoha just sealed me...hiss!" Yukito covered her head. She had a severe headache before the effects of the medicine had fully worn off. "They actually put medicine in the rice! That Uchiha Shingen ordered them to do this. , I heard it with my own ears.”

Everyone present immediately turned their attention to Uchiha Shingen.

"Stop looking at me." Seeing that even Namikaze Minato and the others were looking at him, Uchiha Shingen was unhappy, "After all, he is a dangerous prisoner, so it is normal for him to put some medicine in his food, right?"

No, it is normal not to give food.

Everyone thought in their hearts.

"What seal did you use?" Ai asked Uchiha Shingen.

"Why do you care so much?" Uchiha Shingen glanced at him, "It seems that you will understand it once I tell you."

Ai: "...I just want you to untie it first. If you don't untie it, how will I know that she is okay?"

"After we've talked about it, we'll sort it out for you. Besides, doesn't she know better than you if there's anything going on?"

Uchiha Shingen was a little impatient, and he felt that he needed to speed up the progress.