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TUS Chapter 225: Negotiating with Funan
🕑 Added 2024-11-10 01:39:57 +0000 UTC"Kirigakure is very valuable!" Funan smiled slightly and murmured: "There are many Kekkei Genkai in this shinobi village, and they are on the sea."
But Shisui looked at him suspiciously and said: "Are you sure it's not for Terumi Mei?"
The Hokage's tastes were known to all: he was the type who couldn't move forward if a beauty crossed his path.
"What are you thinking? Am I that kind of person? Forget the interests of the village for a woman?" Funan said unhappily. "If I really want Terumi Mei, the worst that can happen is to destroy Kirigakure and bring Terumi Mei back."
"Don't forget, Shisui, I am the Hokage!"
"Okay, okay." This explanation convinced Shisui, especially because of the threatening tone in the last sentence. He still wanted to live a few more years.
Thus, Shisui led a squad of four thousand shinobi, blocking the main routes of Kirigakure. There were also shinobi guarding the auxiliary routes, ready to attack at any moment.
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While Konoha was fighting Kirigakure, there were also unrest on other fronts.
Sunagakure advanced again and confronted the Konoha Shinobi Army led by Kakashi.
Although there was no battle, a large number of Konoha shinobi were tied there and could not move.
Iwagakure directly fought with Jiraiya.
Of course, they were beaten badly by Jiraiya and left hundreds of corpses.
Kumogakure was also restless.
The Raikage dragged Danzo and Orochimaru to fight together.
Fortunately, Fugaku was there, the elite of Uchiha were also there, Akimichi Torifu himself had the strength of a Kage, and the combination of Ino-Shika-Cho was not inferior to ordinary Kage.
The Three-Tails also stayed there.
Fugaku didn't even use the backup left by Funan, and he beat the Kumogakure back.
In this battle, Fugaku had the potion left by Funan, so he no longer cared about the side effects of the Mangekyo and attacked violently. The Susanoo was pushed to its limits and the Eight-Tails was brutally beaten.
However, this battle also caused Konoha to lose hundreds of people.
When the news of Konoha's victory over Kirigakure spread, the entire shinobi world was quiet.
Every Kage knew that the Fourth Shinobi World War should end!
…
Five days later...
A ninja from Takigakure stood up.
"Everyone, I will preside over this meeting now."
This ninja was visibly excited, as he would be the mediator of the negotiations.
This was something that could leave an important mark on the history of the shinobi world.
The reason?
Mifune was no longer trustworthy and could not lead the Five Kage Summit. Although Mifune did not mobilize the samurai in the end, he continued to participate in the war personally.
Because of this, the Land of Iron would lose its status as a neutral nation.
Mifune's face was pale. Because of his willful behavior, the Land of Iron is likely to disappear in the future.
This was no exaggeration.
The Land of Iron was powerful, but in the face of the five great shinobi villages, their strength was not enough.
The Land of Iron had huge reserves of metals, and in the past, the power of its samurai was enough to defend itself, and because they were involved with many Daimyo and did not participate in the shinobi wars, no one dared to provoke them.
But now, after the war, the five shinobi villages needed to resolve their internal conflicts.
How would they achieve this?
With external wars, or by plundering wealth.
And the Land of Iron… had a lot of money.
"What the hell did I gain from all this?" Mifune was in despair.
If he had sent out the samurai at the beginning, he would have made friends with Kumogakure. Now, he is the only one going to the war. The Raikage is not happy with him, and so are the others.
Especially Konoha, which is most dissatisfied with him.
The Land of Iron was adjacent to Konoha, and Iwagakure was separated by just a tiny nation, Kumogakure was not too far away either.
If a war breaks out, it will be another version of Amegakure! It will definitely be devastated and attacked from all directions.
Because of this, Mifune looked half dead and almost slumped in the chair.
The other Kage also looked helpless.
How can they be happy if they lose the war?
Looking at the Takigakure jonin in front of them, they were even more depressed.
Damn, those bastards from Takigakure only sent one jonin.
Did all their leaders die?
In fact, they also know that Takigakure is afraid.
Takigakure has always been famous for being cautious in the shinobi world.
And now that the other shinobi villages were asking them to mediate in the negotiations, they feared that someone would take the opportunity to attack them.
After all, Takigakure still had the Seven-Tails, and with several great shinobi villages without tailed beasts, it wouldn't be strange if they tried something against them.
So when they received the invitation, Takigakure only sent one elder, while the entire village remained on high alert.
As everyone took their seats, the Elder of Takigakure was the first to speak.
“Distinguished guests, it is an honor…”
“Cut the honor for now!” The Raikage interrupted coldly. “Look carefully, the Hokage hasn’t arrived yet.”
“Eh?” The Elder of Takigakure was puzzled and looked around.
Five people... Isn't this supposed to be the Five Kage Summit?
Rasa sighed resignedly. “It seems you forgot that there is also General Mifune from the Land of Iron. There should be six of us in total present at this negotiation.”
The Taki-nin blinked, finally understanding.
At this time, accompanied by a rhythmic clang sound, a person strode in.
[Bang!]
The Raikage looked at the person who arrived and directly broke the table. “Enough! Hokage, if you insist on continuing the war…”
“Then I insist!” Funan nodded immediately. “So, shall we continue fighting? Let’s drop the negotiation and get back to preparing for combat!”
"Ahem, Ahem!" Mei coughed a few times and said, "Hokage-sama, please be serious."
"Mei!" Funan looked at Mei and his eyes were moist. “Have you missed me?”
That look made Mei shudder.
"Ahem!" The Taki-nin interrupted and said: "Everyone, let's sit down and talk. Raikage-sama, please calm down."
The Raikage sat down angrily.
“There will be no more war?” Funan looked at the Raikage curiously. “If you want to fight, say so. You don’t have to hold back with me; I am a Hokage who respects the wishes of others.”
The Raikage stared at Funan with his eyes spitting fire and said: "Hokage, you don't have to be arrogant. Sooner or later you will regret it."
Funan pointed at himself in disbelief. "Arrogant? Am I arrogant? Are you kidding me? This joke is not funny at all."
"Enough!" Onoki suddenly shouted, staring at the Hokage, and said: "Hokage, we came with sincerity. If you..."
Funan extended a hand. “Where is that seriousness? Show it to me; I want to see it to believe it.”
Onoki trembled with frustration.
"Hokage-sama..." The Taki-nin sighed, wondering why he had been invited. “Please, I beg you to calm down.”
"Hmph!" Funan snorted and walked towards his seat. After seeing Mifune, he raised his eyebrows and said: “Bandana Head, get out of the way! Is this a place where you can sit?”
Mifune was startled at first, and then almost pulled out his sword to cut him.
In the end Mifune contained his fury and sat to one side.
“Well, the Five Kage Summit officially begins.” The Taki-nin declared hurriedly.
Funan squinted his eyes and looked at the few people and said: “Well, when do you plan to make up for Konoha’s losses?”
Everyone took a deep breath.
Although they had thought about this before the negotiations began, they were still very angry at Funan's attitude at this moment.
"Hokage, our losses are not small either."
"Does it have anything to do with me?" Funan said with disdain. "Don't forget that this war was started by you."
In the ensuing negotiation, Funan dominated the discussion, leaving the Raikage and the others with grim faces.
Finally, the Kage, enduring the humiliation, agreed to the terms of compensation.
"Okay." Funan stood up and said: "Send the compensation to Konoha as soon as possible, otherwise, don't blame me for going to pick it up myself."
"Wait, Hokage!" Mei called out to Funan.
“What’s wrong, Mei?” Funan looked at Mei with a smile and said: "Want to go to Konoha with me for a few days?"
"No!" Mei took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: “I would like to know… what happened to the Six-Tails?”
Funan smiled. During the negotiations, Mei had shown unusual support, paying a high price, which surprised him.
From then on, he was sure that Mei had something to ask of him.
