Chapter 131: The Desperate Sand Ninja Delegation
Compared with the last peace talks with Yun Ren, this peace talks with Sha Ren are inevitably much larger in scale and more formal, after all, this time is not as urgent as last time.
On one side of the negotiation table, the Sand Shinobi peace negotiation team led by Ebizo lined up, and there were three rows of people sitting scattered, while the opposite side of Konoha also sat in several rows of people, among them, the front of the line was of course the three generations, Tuan Zang, and two advisers, and even Conan's prestige could only be succumbed to the second row.
"It's been a long time, Kai Laozang, I really thought that you would come to the negotiations, I thought you were too old to walk." The third generation said with a smile on his face.
"Hehe, it's still very early to move, aren't you the same, you are a lot old and don't know how to give up your position to young people, you really don't accept the old." Ebizo also responded with a few words of goodwill.
The three generations and Hai Laozang kept greetings, or ridicule, or temptation, and occasionally came to a sentence or two of sincere memories of the past, unconsciously, a long time passed, and after a long time, in the end, Hai Laozang couldn't stand the pressure and took the lead in getting to the point.
"This time we came with the goodwill of the Sand Ninja Village, not long ago, we found the body of the Wind Shadow, and after various investigations afterwards, we learned that the war launched by our Sand Ninja against Konoha this time was actually just a conspiracy of Orochimaru, and it was he who pretended to be our Wind Shadow to provoke this war, in fact, most of our elders and the Sand Ninja were opposed, but under his constant instigation and arbitrariness, we had no choice but to start the war, so our Sand Ninja itself did not intend to break the contract, Both of us are victims in this war, so we hope to be able to conclude a treaty with Konoha to stop the war and return to the way it was before. ”
Hearing Ebizo's words, the people on Konoha's side scoffed, is it possible for a shadow to decide on such a thing as starting a war, especially the Sand Ninja Elder Group has a lot of power, and without the consent of the majority of the upper echelons, how could he start a war with a one-person decision, and want to simply shirk the responsibility, how is it possible.
After hearing this, the three generations seemed to really believe it, and replied sincerely: "Yes, after our investigation, we also found out that in fact Orochimaru is the one behind this war, and it is because of him that we have this war that should not have been, and our Konoha losses in this war are also very large, so I said that I also hope that our two countries can usher in peace." ”
"That's right." Ebizo also smiled and nodded.
"Our sand ninja losses are also very large, so I think we should stop fighting as soon as possible."
"Although I also want to stop the war, but the losses on our Konoha side are too huge, whether the responsibility lies with you or Orochimaru, should we give Konoha an explanation." The three generations said lightly, and at the same time leaned forward slightly, forcing him to look at Ebizo.
"This" Ebizo was a little nervous, and now it's finally time for the main event, I don't know what kind of conditions Konoha will be?
"It's a matter of course to compensate Konoha for that, but our Wind Country itself is very poor, and I'm afraid we don't have much power left now."
"Well, I understand this, too, but your Wind Country doesn't only have materials, this is a reference condition proposed by our Konoha , you can take a look." As he spoke, the three generations instructed the people on the side to hand over a sample of the contract to each of the Sha Shinobi on the other side.
Looking at the contract in his hand, Ebizo's originally gentle expression became a little stern.
Before Ebizo could speak, the sand ninjas behind Ebizo had already stood up one after another.
"This contract is inevitably too much"
"What did you Konoha think of us as a sand ninja?"
Ebizo stopped the protests of the people behind him, and looked straight at the three generations: "I'm sorry, such a contract is too harsh, and we can't agree to it." ”
Ebizo pointed to the contract and said: "Especially these points, giving up the interests of the country of the river, and classifying these places close to the country of the river as military garrisons of Konoha is impossible for our country of wind to agree to no matter what, these places occupy at least one-third or even half of the grain production area of our country of wind, once these places are lost, at least one-third of our people in the country of wind will starve to death, and please think about it more than three generations of Hokage." ”
"There is also the tailed beast, this is the foundation of our sand ninja, once we lose him, it won't be long before our sand ninja can only be kicked out of the ranks of the five ninja villages, rather than that, our sand ninja would rather die with Konoha fish to break the net, although our sand ninja is indeed lacking in combat power, but if we fight to the death, I am afraid it can also give Konoha a great blow."
Ebizo said this very resolutely, even he thought so, although he was ready to make a huge sacrifice before he came, but this does not mean that he can accept everything unconditionally, once he does it according to Konoha like that, it will not take a few years for the sand ninja to exist in name only, the tailed beast is one thing, cutting the land is actually the most serious, once that is the case, the military budget given by the country of the wind to the sand ninja village will inevitably be even less pitiful, and the sand ninja will face layoffs, a large number of layoffs.
The reason why the five ninja villages are called the five ninja villages, is because they have enough financial support, although the heritage is one thing, but the economy is also essential, every year the cost of spies and counter-espionage alone is not a few, any ninja village must raise far more than the number of ninjas, otherwise it will not be long before it will be infiltrated by the enemy, and at the same time, in the cultivation of ninjas, the manufacture of ninja equipment, it costs money, especially the cost of each puppet in the country of sand is not in the decimal number, This is also the main reason for the decline of the country of sand, the previous wars have consumed almost the puppets, you must know that the puppets are not so easy to create, time, money, manpower, all are indispensable.
Thinking of this, Ebizo silently made a decision, if Konoha really planned to do this, then he could only fight to the death, maybe there was still a chance to lead to Iwa Shinobi and Mist Ninja.
Hearing Ebizo's words, Tuan Zang, who had already been prepared, smiled coldly: "The fish is dead and the net is broken? Are you sure you have that ability? Don't think that I don't know that you Sand Ninja are fighting among themselves, in fact, more than one person has clearly stated that he is willing to give up more benefits so that we can help him become the Wind Shadow, and if our Konoha side sends out the Tailed Beast to use space ninjutsu to directly put it into the Sand Ninja Village, what can you resist? Even if you don't give these places that need to be ceded, we can take them ourselves, and as long as we don't go deep into the desert, can you still cause us any losses? Speaking of this, Tuan Zang couldn't help but glance at Conan, although it was very unpleasant to look at him, but in terms of external deterrence, it was really a good card.
Hearing Tuan Zang's words, Hai Laozang's heart slammed, he didn't expect that it would be this time, and there were still people in the village fighting for power and profit, and he had already guessed who would be able to do such a thing.
After being silent for a moment, Hai Laozang, who knew that he had no power to return to the sky, said painfully: "Three generations of adults, can you modify the contract to be more lenient, as soon as such a contract is signed, I am afraid that countless people in our Wind Country will die immediately, please be more lenient." Speaking of this, there was a hint of pleading in Ebizo's eyes.
Seeing that Hai Laozang used honorifics, the eyes of the three generations were extremely complicated, as a person of the same generation as him, or even born in the same year, he and Hai Laozang can be said to be opponents for a lifetime, and what makes the three generations faintly depressed is that the other party's strategy is obviously more than one step higher than himself, if it weren't for Konoha really strong enough, I'm afraid that it is himself who has to bow his head now, thinking of this, the three generations were slightly soft-hearted, but after a while, thinking of that plan, the eyes of the three generations became stern again.
"I'm sorry, the casualties of the Land of the Wind have nothing to do with us, we in Konoha must get benefits that can make up for the losses, if not, then continue the war."
Hearing the resolute words of the three generations, Ebizo suddenly felt ten years old, and sat stiffly on the chair, as if his strength had been drained.
And the other sand ninja people were also full of pain when they heard this, and even some of them had tears in their eyes, but they just didn't cry.
Suddenly, a young voice sounded from behind the three generations.
"Three generations of adults, I don't agree with this plan."