r18novel Chapter 123
Chapter 123
The next morning, in a large reception room in the Hokage building.
On both sides of a long rectangular table.
On one side sat Hoshigaki Kisame and the ninja in charge of negotiations from the Kirigakure delegation.
On the other side were the two elders of Konoha, Utatane Koharu, Mito Kado En, and the staff officer Nara Shikaku.
Of course, there was also the man who could not be ignored, Shimizu Mizuki.
At the request of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mizuki came to the reception room of the Hokage building early.
Following the temporary training of Nara Shikaku yesterday, he sat down in his seat with a stern face.
Nara Shikaku stood up and coughed a few times.
"Ahem, since everyone is here, the peace talks will officially begin."
As the think tank of Konoha Village, it is natural that he will preside over this peace talk and control the rhythm.
As for Sarutobi Hiruzen, he is the Hokage of Konoha, and it is impossible for him to lower his status to accompany the Kirigakure delegation to negotiate, unless the fourth generation Mizukage Yagura comes.
After everything is settled here, the Kirigakure delegation will have the opportunity to meet the Hokage and formally represent the Land of Water to sign the peace documents.
"This is our Konoha's condition."
Mitomon En took the lead in presenting a spread-out scroll, on which were the conditions they discussed together last night.
Hoshigaki Kisame took the scroll and looked at it carefully, and his two small eyes widened.
"This..."
Although he had been mentally prepared that the peace talks would not be so smooth this time, he did not expect that Konoha's conditions would be so outrageous.
Hoshigaki Kisame calmly passed the scroll to the veteran ninjas of Kirigakure who were in charge of the negotiations in the delegation.
The first condition on the scroll was to require Kirigakure to compensate for the losses of all citizens in the coastal areas of the Land of Fire since the war began.
The second condition was to compensate the mental damages of the citizens of the Land of Fire affected by the war.
The third condition was still about money, that is, in the next five years, Kirigakure's income from all tasks must be handed over to Konoha at 20%.
The total of these three conditions is already an astronomical figure.
Not to mention that there are many additional clauses later.
For example, admitting that the seven ninja swords now belong to Konoha, prohibiting the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village from entering the territory of the Whirlpool Country, and making humanitarian compensation and apologies for the act of snatching the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan during the war.
It was like a heavy hammer hitting the Hidden Mist delegation.
However, the purpose of their coming here is to minimize the losses of the Hidden Mist Village.
Looking at it optimistically, although the conditions proposed by Konoha are very harsh, correspondingly, the scope of their delegation's negotiations is also larger.
"This is the condition of our Hidden Mist Village."
Hoshigaki Kisame also handed a scroll to Mito Kado Yan.
Although the current reality is that the Hidden Mist Village wants to surrender, the two sides are still in peace talks in name, and the Hidden Mist Village is qualified to propose conditions.
Mito Kado Yan took the scroll and began to read it carefully, with a pair of glasses flashing cold light.
After reading it once, Mizuto Kado Yan nodded slightly and passed the scroll to others for inspection.
The conditions of Kirigakure are quite pragmatic, unlike the previous Sand Village that couldn't distinguish between the big and small kings.
Kirigakure's first condition is to require Shimizu Mizuki to tell all the space-time coordinates hidden in the Land of Water.
The second condition is to require Konoha Village to return the remains of the Third Mizukage and other Kirigakure ninjas who died in the war. Similarly, Kirigakure will also return the remains of the ninjas who died on the Konoha side during the war.
The third condition is to require Konoha to return the seven ninja swords belonging to Kirigakure.
There are several other supplementary regulations, which are generally considered to be more sensible conditions.
The next time is basically the time for the two parties to argue with each other.
In fact, all ninja villages, including Sand Village, which are backed by the five major countries, are not short of funds.
Sand Village was also cut by the daimyo of the Wind Country after being defeated in wars many times.
In addition, many people in the Wind Country no longer trust the ability of the Sand Village, and would rather entrust the task to the neighboring Konoha, which led to the Sand Village being poor.
Therefore, for the Kirigakure Village, the compensation required by Konoha is not unacceptable, anyway, it is the Daimyo of the Water Country who pays.
Only the third task is different, the commission of 20%, which is actually paid by the Kirigakure Village.
And 20% is too much. Although it is clear that this will not be the actual price, it is estimated that Konoha’s psychological price will not be low since it was set so high at the beginning.
In the end, with the efforts of the Kirigakure Village delegation, it was cut to 8% for 5 years.
In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen originally said that it would be good to keep it to 5%.
But it seems to be under the invisible pressure of Jianyue next to himinfluence.
When the Kirigakure delegation wanted to continue to work hard after cutting down to 8%, Jianyue coughed lightly and cleared his throat.
The bald ninja who was shouting the most in Kirigakure was so scared that he dared not speak.
『Nice! 』( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)✧
Nara Shikaku gave Jianyue an admiring look.
But in fact, Jianyue's throat was just a little dry.
Speaking of which, Jianyue didn't expect that Shimura Danzo didn't come for such a sure thing that he could get credit.
To be honest, hasn't this kind of work of being the villain always been his job?
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal.
Jianyue used his six eyes with all his strength to take in the situation of the entire Konoha Village.
...
Konoha, the root.
Under the intricate metal pipes underground, more than a dozen masked root ninjas knelt on one knee on the ground.
In the direction they were facing, stood an old man leaning on a cane.
It was Danzo Shimura that Jianyue was thinking about.
At this time, a Root ninja appeared beside Danzo in an instant.
"Danzo-sama, the peace talks have begun."
Upon hearing this information, Danzo Shimura narrowed his eyes and said to the Root ninja below.
"Hiruzen's idea is too naive. There is no so-called peace talks at all. Kirigakure can only submit to the power of Konoha. Now go and kill all the Kirigakure who are left in the Konoha Inn."
As Danzo's order was issued, the Root ninjas were dispatched instantly.
Unlike the Sand Village, which is backed by the Wind Country, the Daimyo of the Wind Country can accept Konoha Village crippling the Sand Village, but it must not be killed.
If Konoha really shows a trend of destroying the Sand Village, the Daimyo of the Fire Country, as a relative of the Daimyo of the Wind Country, will begin to put pressure on it.
Besides, Konoha really doesn't think much of the deserts in the Wind Country.
But the Land of Water is different. It has always been isolated overseas, and often does not even interact with the outside powers.
Even if Konoha really wants to fight a war to annihilate the country, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire will not interfere too much. At most, they will be a little wary of Konoha because they are also a big country but were destroyed.
Danzo doesn't care about such things at all.
As long as it is beneficial to Konoha, he will do anything crazy.