Chapter 337: Threat (Part 1)
Sakura Haruno retracted her aggressive stance and leaned forward to lean back in her chair.
It's like the old man's threat has worked.
The old man watched with satisfaction as the girl lowered her eyes and sat down in her chair, and the tense atmosphere eased for a moment.
A hidden smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by the girl in front of him: "Your so-called Fog Ninja First Clan, that is, the family where the Great Elder belongs this morning, is very powerful, what is the matter with me?"
She lowered her head and said nonchalantly as she played with her fingers, as if she had acquired a strong nature on her own hand.
The absent-minded attitude and the feeling of being interrupted by his speech made the old man's heart faintly angry for a while, and he pressed the waves in his heart and replied steadily: "That's right, our Watermelon Mountain clan is the strongest clan of the Fog Ninja......"
Speaking of his family, the two young men behind the old man showed a proud and proud smile on their faces, and the old man was about to continue, boasting about his family, but was interrupted again by Sakura Haruno: "What is your intention?"
As she spoke, she still did not raise her head, and fiddled with her hands intently, and from the perspective of Tomoaki Aono, who was standing behind the old man, the pale yellow light shone on the girl's hand, and the white skin was faintly fluorescent, and the slender and straight fingers had a kind of delicate carving: they were a pair of hands that were especially suitable for sealing and performing ninjutsu.
It's as beautiful as a work of art.
He was very sympathetic to Sakura's disrespectful attitude, and if he were himself, he would also use his gaze to appreciate the beautiful scenery in front of him, rather than to the dry old face and condescending eyes.
The old man didn't have this kind of understanding, his brows instantly frowned slightly, and he suppressed the rising annoyance, and his tone faded: "You should already know the position of our clan, and in this morning's meeting, the Great Elder has already made it very clear...... When Hakura took you out, he was wooing you on behalf of Mizukage, right?"
Sakura Haruno pauses in the movement of her hand. It seems that everyone has already laid out the carriage and horses, and there is no insider information hidden behind it. Also, ninjas are not popular for secretive ways of doing things, whether it is Ye Cang or the elders of the Watermelon Mountain clan in front of him, not to mention that the two sides have reached the point of being on the same footing.
The old man raised his voice slightly, and continued, "I think, you can also listen to our conditions. ”
Looking at the tone of the old man, there is quite a momentum of "How much money did the water shadow give you, and our watermelon mountain clan gave three times!". However, if he really thought that Terumi relied on Xiao En Xiaohui to win her over, it would be a big mistake. Ye Cang's wooing of her is for the benefit of the entire village, and the benefit to Sakura Haruno herself is zero.
She is completely volunteering to help, just to save a little bit of the vitality of the mist ninja, hoping to help in the action against Xiao.
Sakura stopped what she was doing and put on a deaf look, but she had already made up her mind. No matter what conditions the other party gives, it is impossible to be more attractive than the misty ninja village and Konoha standing together and going all out against Xiao.
"Practice notes, ninjutsu scrolls, secret arts, special ninja equipment, gold and silver treasures, and even part of the proceeds of a passage in the Land of Fire and the Land of Water. The old man looked at the girl in front of him with burning eyes, and said loudly, "You can choose whatever you want." ”
"We can guarantee that our conditions are definitely more favorable than what Mizukage can promise. For the disciples of the Hokage, the powerful ninjas, we are never stingy. He smiled slightly, "We can even have a deeper cooperation......
Really......
Sakura Haruno shook her head secretly in her heart.
The other party did not even hide her family's smuggling trade in front of her, and even hinted that she could cooperate with them in smuggling. Probably have absolute confidence that they can win over Sakura Haruno, just like they used to win over other ninjas in the past.
It's just that if that's the case, I can't help but look down on her too much.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, the conditions they gave, Sakura can't look down on, including what secret arts, ninjutsu scrolls - if they really have good things, why don't they let themselves be water shadows?
Sakura Haruno put down her hand, raised her head, and asked, "What about Mizukage-sama and Kiristin Village?"
"Mizukage-sama......" the old man sneered, "If she is willing to be a lonely person with peace of mind, then everyone will be happy, otherwise, what happened to the previous generation of Mizukage may have to happen again regrettably......"
"As for the Misty Ninja Village, of course we will continue to close the borders, otherwise wouldn't our passage lose its meaning overnight?"
"Aren't you going to have a good relationship with Konoha?" Sakura asked, taking a sip of tea from her cup.
The old man laughed: "Of course we don't establish diplomatic relations, otherwise our route with the Fire Country will be useless......!" What happened on the mainland, what does it have to do with the Fog Ninja?"
Akatsuki's affairs have nothing to do with Kiri Shinobi?
Sakura Haruno raised her eyebrows. They seem to have forgotten that the previous generation of Mizukage was controlled by the people of Akatsuki.
No...... Maybe they're nostalgic for the era of the Blood Mist now, and maybe they want Akatsuki to control Mizukage again. After all, the policy of the Kiri Shinobi at that time was to close off the country, but now Mizukage wants to implement a policy of peaceful openness.
Compared with the two, it should be that the current Mizukage is more hateful in their hearts!
Speaking of which, Sakura Haruno has fully understood what the other party meant.
It's just a bunch of bastards who hurt the public and the private interests. It is undoubtedly foolish to expect them to have a higher vision to see the world, to discover the undercurrents surging beneath the calm surface of the ninja world, and to realize the dangers that lie within.
In two or three years, the entire ninja world may face the threat of Akatsuki, and the Kirist Shinobi will not be immune, but they turn a blind eye, these people only have their own interests in their eyes.
Words are not speculative for more than half a sentence. Sakura Haruno doesn't have any common language with these people at all.
Her own judgment was accurate at the beginning, and she should have blasted them out a long time ago, instead of patiently listening to their nonsense!
Sakura Haruno took a deep breath and said coldly, "You say that you are the strongest clan, so why is it that no one in the Watermelon Mountain clan has become a water shadow?"
A pair of clear eyes approached the old man, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Do you really think that Mizukage is a soft persimmon that you can handle? Terumi can kill the previous generation of Mizukage, so you think you can too?"
The old man frowned.
"Why can't it?" a young man behind him couldn't help but shout, "Our Watermelon Mountain is the strongest ninja clan in the fog ninja!
The old man sat still, not stopping the young man who was speaking wildly, but the expression on his face was faintly angry.
Sakura Haruno only felt ridiculous, if a family did not have a ninja at the level of "Shadow", it would be difficult to understand the gap between the elite ninja and the "Shadow", after all, she had walked this road herself.
And they seem to have some kind of prejudice against female ninjas, and the reason why Mizukage and Sakura themselves are looked down on by these people is also because of their female status, right?
"Please come back, I'm not interested in working with you. Sakura wasn't in the mood to argue with them, but said lightly.
They'll be finished after tomorrow, and she doesn't bother to pay attention to the barking of the lost dogs.
The old man slammed the table: "What do you mean, don't you think that the conditions we have set out are not enough? Don't think that you are a disciple of the Hokage, you can open your mouth widely, just a messenger, we can still do things without you!"
"What do I mean I didn't know enough?" Sakura Haruno snorted, holding the cup in her hand on the table, and said word by word, "Get out, egg!"
Her face was flat, and the fierce momentum in her eyes overflowed, and the elder realized that she was just using her pretty appearance to cover up her domineering arrogance!
"Young man, I advise you to think clearly before you speak......" After tearing his face, the old man's voice was also extremely cold and extremely forested, "I don't want to say the same thing again, this is the Misty Ninja Village, not Konoha that you can just scatter wild!"
"Can you cover the sky with one hand in the Fog Ninja Village?" Sakura sneered, "Just rely on your crooked melons and cracked dates to threaten me?"
"Crooked melons and cracked dates?" Aono Tomoaki, who was behind the old man, was furious when he heard this, and suddenly pulled out the long knife on his waist.
His actions this time were much more decisive than yesterday, probably because people with dog chains dared to bark loudly, and the slightest provocation made his blood rush to his brain, and he didn't know if he was really angry, or if he was doing it for others to see.
But Sakura Haruno had already seen through his reality.
She will not get used to this person's fault, and with a slight movement of the fingers of her right hand, a ball of green water oozes out from her fingertips, turning into several water snakes, and shooting out in an instant.
The three mist ninjas saw a flash of black light on the table, and between the lightning and fire, the water snake had already shot out, twisted Zhiming's body, and wrapped him tightly around him, so that he couldn't move.
Before the three of them could react, Zhiming, who had pulled out the long knife, had already been restrained by Sakura.
The expressions on the faces of the three people of the Mist Ninja Fang were shocked!
"Zhiming!" Another young man pulled out a long knife and slashed the water snake hard, trying to cut it off and rescue Tomoaki Aono, but how could he handle the cyan water escape that Sakura used?
The elder was shocked in his heart, although Aono Zhiming's strength is not the top in the clan, he is also the leader of the younger generation, and he will be restrained by the Konoha ninja who is much younger than him!
What a strong water escape!
He suddenly remembered that in the afternoon there was an interim report in the clan mentioning the girl's strength, saying that it could be inferred from the way she passed through the waterfall that she was extremely strong in water, and he thought it was just an exaggerated and deliberately sensational report, but he did not expect it to be true......
Sakura Haruno only applied a slight punishment, and after a warning, Tomoaki Aono withdrew the ninjutsu. Tomoaki Aono fell to the ground, and several strangled bruises on his body were clearly visible. He coughed vigorously a few times, and looked at the girl in disbelief, this was the second time he had been planted in her hands, and he was even more jealous of her at the moment, and the expression on his face was unpredictable, both angry and undaring.
The old man stood up, already looking sideways at Sakura Haruno, his face so gloomy that it seemed to be dripping water. The biggest mistake of their trip was to underestimate Sakura Haruno's strength and mistakenly think that she was just a vase!
"What a Hokage disciple, it really lives up to its name!" he said in a dry and cold tone, without emotion, "No wonder you are so confident, no wonder those things can't attract you, we underestimate you......"
Indeed, wealth could not attract her, low-level secret arts did not have much effect on her, and cooperative smuggling was even more ridiculous...... Sakura Haruno, who has an identity, strength, and a bright future, will certainly not choose to go along with them!
Her weakness just now seems to be deliberately cliché......
"It's not safe to travel long distances with small children, so please be careful!"
His eyes coldly swept over Konohamaru and the others who were sitting not far behind Sakura, and then said to Sakura Haruno.
She couldn't threaten her, so she used her subordinates as a threat......
After tonight's words, she always felt that she understood a little bit why the Uchiha had been exterminated.
Haruno Sakura closed her eyes slightly, blocked the fierce killing intent hidden in her eyes, hid it in her heart, and said on her lips.
"I don't send it. ”
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