Three days later, Konoha received a message... A conflict broke out between the Two-Tail recovery team of Kumogakure and the samurai in the territory of the Land of Iron.
It is very common for the ninjas of Kumogakure to come into conflict with other forces. Even if the other party in the conflict is a samurai, that is not the point. The point is that the conflict breaks out in the Land of Iron.
According to the agreement of the ninja world, the Iron Kingdom should be a territory that cannot be invaded by ninjas, but now, this rule has only been established for a dozen or twenty years, and it seems to be beginning to lose its binding force.
Can the Great Ninja Village do whatever it wants? Is there still law?
The samurai intercepted the "invasion" of the Kumogakure ninja. If the Kumogakure ninja had listened to the advice and evacuated decisively at this time, then the matter would have been left unresolved and there would have been no serious consequences. However, the Kumogakure ninja had a conflict with the samurai, and the nature of the matter had completely changed.
This is a serious political event. It is obvious that the Hidden Cloud Ninja acted in a rage and did not think about the consequences, and then made a serious mistake... If the Iron Kingdom wants to investigate this matter further, even the Five Kage Council may be held.
At the same time, whether for the other four major countries or the surrounding small countries, because the invasion of the Iron Country by the Cloud Village broke the rules of the ninja world, the credibility of the Third Raikage, the Cloud Village and the Lightning Country has become very unreliable.
No matter what conspiracies and intrigues they engage in, the agreements and credibility at the national level must be maintained.
Of course, the ninjas of Kumogakure also feel a little aggrieved. It was obviously the ninjas of Konoha who landed in the Land of Iron first, and Kumogakure was just "following". If there was really any fault, then the first responsibility should be borne by the ninjas of Konoha.
However, there is a difference between the invasion of Konoha and the invasion of Kumogakure, and the difference is very obvious, that is, Hanyu and his companions were not caught on the spot.
If they were not caught, even if Team Hanyu left some traces at the scene, as long as Konoha flatly denied it and insisted that it never happened, no one could do anything to them... This proves the saying, "As long as you are not caught, it is not a crime."
So, will Konoha take the initiative, humbly, and admit his mistakes like a sincere gentleman?
The answer is, the Third Hokage is not mentally retarded.
Now the samurai leader of the Iron Kingdom has informed all the ninja villages of this conflict. This is called a "diplomatic note". After other ninja villages learned about this, various villages including Konoha are now strongly condemning the irrational behavior of Kumogakure from a moral and legal perspective.
We clearly agreed to let the warriors go free, but why did you insist on coming to us?
The samurai cowering in the Iron Country are already cold, poor and miserable, but Kumogakure is still trying to find a sense of existence from them. Is the Third Raikage still a human being? Is Kumogakure still a village where people live?
A group of beastly ducks.
Anyway, it's peacetime now and there's no war, so the villages are idle anyway and can totally engage in a public opinion battle... There's such a suitable opportunity to criticize Kumogakure, why not do it? After all, we are enemies, not friends, and your troubles are the source of our happiness, right?
And to put one thing in perspective, although Konoha has already submitted the issue of the Two-Tails' ownership to Kumogakure... after all, the two sides are allies and have official communication channels with each other, so it is not difficult to convey such news... but regarding the invasion of the Iron Country, Konoha must be standing on the side of "justice" to watch Kumogakure's smile... no, it is standing on the standpoint of justice to condemn Kumogakure's irrational behavior.
Samurai are not important, but rules are important. Moreover, the Iron Kingdom is the last communication channel left by various ninja villages when the whole world is at the most critical moment. Even just because of this, ninjas should give the Iron Kingdom the most basic respect.
For a moment, the Raikage and Kumogakure experienced what it felt like to be scolded by the whole world. Although Kumogakure has always been a muscle-thinking person, even if he is a berserker, when he is isolated by the whole world and condemned by all public opinion, he must feel bad.
In this matter, it was Kumogakure's fault, there is nothing to say about it, so no matter how stubborn the Raikage is, in the end he still needs to make the most formal apology and compensation to the Iron Kingdom for his subordinates' misconduct. The only difference is the time, sooner or later.
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On the Konoha side, Hanyu came to the office of the Third Hokage again. Next, they had to discuss how to exchange with Kumogakure.
For the past three days, Hanyu has been staying in the underground base of Shadow Stream to "cat-sucking", and he has been keeping alert day and night, so now he looks a little tired - even if the tailed beast is in a sealed state, he must keep a close eye on it, otherwise what if it runs away?
"As for the price that Kumogakure should pay for us to return the Two-Tails, I think we should just make the simplest and clearest request… We should ask Kumogakure to redeem the tailed beast with funds.
After all, after careful consideration, it is difficult for us to get anything else from Kumogakure. Even if we redefine the task-accepting rights of small countries and stipulate that Kumogakure cannot accept tasks from certain countries within a certain period of time and can only transfer these tasks to Konoha, it will not achieve any results.
If the treaty can be enforced, it will indeed substantially expand our sphere of influence. But I think even if Kumogakure really signed such a treaty, given Kumogakure's style, they will definitely not really abide by such an agreement.
Because we have no power to constrain Kumogakure to abide by such a treaty."
The Third Hokage said, and he set the tone for the negotiations with Kumogakure right from the start.
The Raikage and Kumogakure should really reflect on themselves. Even someone like the Third Hokage thinks that he or it is not trustworthy. You can imagine how bad the inherent impression of Kumogakure is... Sooner or later, their credit will go bankrupt.
Hanyu could naturally understand what the Third Hokage said. Kumogakure once stabbed the Second Hokage in the back during the alliance ceremony. Later, they tried to abduct Uzumaki Kushina when they sent envoys to Konoha. And later, during the Third Ninja World War, Kumogakure was on their way to Konoha to form an alliance. They also tried to abduct Hyuga Hinata...
The amount of shit that Kumogakure has done is too numerous to list, and probably only someone with a mental illness like Qi would trust them.
But the Third Hokage's words just now were evasive, and it sounded like he was trying to show off his loyalty, so Hanyu simply asked, "Hokage-sama, just tell us how much money you want from Kumogakure."
vulgar.
The Third Hokage looked at Hanyu with dissatisfaction. Is this a matter of money? This is a discussion on how to reasonably resolve international disputes.
"I think that if we compare the value of the tailed beasts with their strategic significance to a village... 800 million ryo, let Kumogakure pay 800 million in one lump sum for the two-tailed beast. What do you think of this number?"
"…"
Several Konoha high-ranking officials present couldn't help but gasp... The Third Hokage was not vulgar, but he really asked for too much.
Only Hanyu kept nodding his head. "It's a very reasonable number. The two tails are worth this price... 800 million, isn't it exactly equal to 1080 million?"
What he actually meant was that the three previous Hokage were only worth 80 million, and one Two-Tails was worth ten Third-Hokage Hokage. Isn't that reasonable?
Unfortunately, due to some objective conditions, his thoughts could only be expressed in such a euphemistic way...but the Third Hokage is indeed a good unit of measurement.
"Isn't that a bit too much?"
Even the ruthless Danzo couldn't help but give such a reminder at this time.
No matter how much funding the Land of Lightning allocates to Kumogakure in a year, if they squeeze out 800 million ryo from this funding to give to Konoha, then in the following year, Kumogakure will have to tighten their belts and live on coarse food... The bigger the family, the more frugal the life will be. Kumogakure has such a large number of ninjas to support, not to mention that 800 million is by no means a small number.
Or could Kumogakure also hope that the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning would allocate a special fund for this matter? But this is also difficult, does the Daimyo not have to eat?
The tailed beasts are the ninja village's business, and losing the tailed beasts is Kumogakure's responsibility, so why should the daimyo bear the price? There is no such thing as transferring responsibility.
"The bottom line is 500 million taels, but it must be paid in one lump sum." The Third Hokage took a step back and said.
I have to say, 500 million is a number that sounds possible.
"Hokage, I think you can let me discuss this matter with Kumogakure. I promise I can complete the task." Upon hearing that the Hokage had lowered the difficulty of the task, Hanyu immediately recommended himself.
At this time, he was thinking that if the negotiations were successful, he could legitimately withhold part of the funds. After all, he was the one who caught the tailed beast and he was the one who negotiated the price, so he had every reason to ask the village to "reward according to merit."
In any case, Kumogakure is determined to get the Two-Tails back. If there is a way to buy it with money, then does it have to choose war? Even if Konoha's demand is 800 million, this exaggerated number is much lower than the cost of waging a war.
Moreover, can Kumogakure get back the Two-Tails by going to war with Konoha? Konoha just doesn't want a war.
The Third Hokage just glanced at Hanyu and ignored him. Instead, he said to Homura, "Homura, when the people from Kumogakure arrive in Konoha, you go and talk to them. You have the most experience in dealing with Kumogakure among the people here."
Hanyu thought to himself that I am the most experienced and I am the only one in Konoha who knows the most about Kumogakure, so shouldn't this mission be "let me do it"?
"Hanyu, you still have a mission with the Shadow Stream, don't you?" The Third Hokage finally said this to Hanyu.
Stop making trouble, and before the Two-Tails is returned, just suck your cat as much as you can... That's what the Hokage meant.
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