Chapter 322: The Surface Is Bright, but There Are Many Pitfalls

After all, the Fire Country is too rich. By signing this kind of peace contract, other villages will have no reason to start a war.

On the other hand, Konoha can develop with peace of mind, continuously accumulate strength, and become stronger and stronger.

Not to mention economic exchanges.

Look at the current Kumo Ninja Village. It has made a lot of money purely by relying on the commercial economy. With the large sums of money earned, the village's military power has become stronger and stronger. It has already competed with Konoha to become one of the five great ninja villages. The confidence of the leader.

"That's all?"

The Third Hokage asked after being silent for a long time.

Chiyo opened her eyes and said calmly:

"Yes, that's all. The sincerity given by the village is enough. It depends on whether your village accepts it. If not, then we can only give up.

Compensation is impossible. Sand Ninja Village still owes a large debt to Hinata Shizuka of your village, which will take a long time to be repaid. "

It would take a long time to repay personal debts, let alone war compensation to the Konoha Ninja Village?

It's almost enough to sell the Sand Ninja Village.

For this reason, Chiyo also put the debt owed to Jingyi on the table to explain.

Jingyi glanced at Chiyo and reminded her:

"Personal debts are personal debts, and village debts are village debts. Don't confuse them together, and don't use this incident as a reference."

"Okay." Chiyo nodded with a smile and agreed.

Anyway, her goal had been achieved, so she simply took a step back and accepted Jingyi's warning with a smile.

Anyway, there won’t be any missing pieces of meat.

Chiyo has already regressed, but Jingyi doesn't hold on to him.

"I need to negotiate with other people. Guests of Sand Ninja Village, please go back to your residence and rest first. I will send someone to inform you after the negotiation has the result."

An internal meeting is inevitable.

Negotiations cannot be concluded in a day or two. Both the Third Hokage and Chiyo are mentally prepared for a protracted war.

"Then I will wait for the good news from your village."

Chiyo stood up and said to the people in the village:

"Let's go."

Under the leadership of Chiyo, the members of the Sand Ninja Village envoys neatly left the conference room, left the Hokage's office building, and went to the residence arranged by Konoha to rest and wait for news from Konoha.

"Tell me your opinion."

The people from Sand Ninja Village left, and the Third Hokage couldn't hold back, so he picked up his pipe and started smoking.

As he grew older and became more stressed, his addiction to cigarettes became more and more intense.

The conference room was quiet.

Everyone's eyes were subconsciously looking forward.

There are many people who can sit in the conference room, and everyone knows that some of their speeches are not important. What is important is what certain people think.

So everyone looked forward in tacit agreement.

When encountering this kind of situation, you don’t need to think too much, just look at the front, the boss in front will handle it.

When the big guys speak, it's not too late for them to take over.

Then the eye contact came towards the front.

Jingyi, who was sitting in the chair, suddenly felt something was wrong. He was looking at himself and only others. What do you mean by Mito Gate inflammation?

You are the right-hand man of the Third Hokage. I, Hinata Shizuka, am not. Don't look at me.

"Ahem!!"

Say a few words?

Nara Shikashin coughed and touched Shizuichi who didn't want to speak with his foot.

After being reminded, Jingyi raised his hand speechlessly and waved his fist twice:

"No, why are you all staring at me? Sitting here, I am the youngest. According to my position, I am the head of the ANBU. I am responsible for assassinations and gathering intelligence. What I do is not a staff job."

"Because everyone trusts you, including Hiruzen and me."

Mito Kabuto intervened appropriately.

The Third Hokage, who was smoking dullly, hummed and nodded slightly.

Okay, okay, you all like to play like this, right?

"I don't understand what you are saying. Now that the meeting is over, I'm leaving. The house is still in a mess. I have to build a new house and I don't have time to talk nonsense with you."

Jingyi decisively flipped the table and escaped.

"???"

No, you can just say a few words. Why are you going on strike and leaving?

A group of people stared at Jingyi who was about to get up with their eyes wide open.

"Ahem!! Let me speak first."

Nara Shikashin quickly pressed Shizuichi down, "My uncle, it's during the meeting, don't cause trouble."

Afraid that Shizuichi would really leave, Nara Shikashin had no choice but to express his opinion first.

"Just now Chiyo mentioned Shizuichi's personal debt. In addition to showing that Suna Ninja Village really cannot afford to pay, it also reminded us that Suna Ninja Village's sincerity is their bottom line, and they will not give us anything or anything. long-term benefits.”

"As for the puppet technique, does the village still need to follow up?"

As Nara Shikashin spoke, everyone was no longer silent and no longer looked forward in unison.

"What to follow up? In comparison, the long-term interests are more beneficial to the village. As for the puppet..."

It's of no use to us.

The person who wanted to say this didn't finish his words when he noticed that the Third Hokage was staring at him, so he decisively shut up.

Shizuichi gave the other party a funny look, there were many talents in the Sarutobi clan.

Do you want to say that puppets are of no use to the family?

Do you want to laugh me to death?

The village wants the puppet technique and puppet-making techniques of Sand Ninja Village to be aimed at civilian ninjas.

You Sarutobi clan are used to being a commoner clan, are you a bit out of position?

Warned the family members not to talk nonsense.

The Third Hokage put down the pipe in his mouth and signaled the guards to open the window for ventilation.

Blowing the wind blowing in from the window, the Third Hokage looked at everyone and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, for the village, compensation is certainly very important. If it is exchanged for long-term interests, it is also acceptable. The problem is that once we agree to the conditions of the Sand Village, it will mean that we can only end the war as the obvious winner."

"The Sand Village is not a real loser."

"This will bring a certain blow to the reputation of the village."

Some people don't care about the process, they only look at the results.

Once the peace talks go on, Konoha will attract a lot of ridicule.

After three years of war, countless manpower and material resources were consumed, and in the end, they couldn't even win the war. There was no war reparations at all. They only signed a few contracts with the Sand Village.

Konoha is really losing a lot.

It will also bring a blow to my reputation.

However, the Third Hokage could not say this to his face. After all, he was the Hokage, and his starting point was to focus on the village, not on himself.

"After winning, what's next?"

Jingyi shook his head: "Under the premise that the Sand Village cannot be invaded, even if the Sand Village signs a compensation contract, as long as they say they have no money to pay, what can we do?

Signing a treaty but not getting any benefits will only be more embarrassing."

On the surface, the conditions of the Sand Village are in line with Konoha's long-term interests, but in fact there are many pitfalls.

The Third Hokage's face sank.