When you are in the dark, you know the darkness better.

As the leader of the "roots" of the dark side of Konoha, Danzou understands the dark side of ninjas.

He is convinced that ninjas between different forces can never be truly trusted...... Whether they used to exist as a clan or now exist as a village, ninjas often clash with ninjas from other factions during their missions.

The longer it goes, the deeper the resentment.

It's been almost forty years since the establishment of each ninja village, and in such a long time, who hasn't had a hatred with whom!

If you usually meet them, you can't wait to kill each other's mother.

Even if you put aside grievances and cooperate for the sake of the overall situation, it is impossible to truly trust each other.

They will definitely be careful to guard against each other while cooperating.

Danzo will take advantage of the mutual distrust of the coalition forces to break up the alliance.

(Crises and opportunities coexist, and although the four major ninja villages joining forces to attack Konoha is the biggest crisis in history, as long as it is done properly, it can also be an opportunity to annex the enemy and strengthen itself.) ）

On the way to Hanzo's bedroom, Danzo's brain raced, thinking about how to persuade Hanzo.

"Lord Tuanzang, it's here."

The voice interrupted his thoughts, and Tuan Zang's brow furrowed.

He looked up at the Rain Hidden Ninja who stopped at the door and stretched out his hand to guide him inside, his face was indifferent, "Hmm! ”

Nodding his head slightly, Tuan Zang took off his shoes and stepped into it unhurriedly.

Due to the climate, the Land of Rain is not suitable for agriculture, so it attaches great importance to the development of science and technology, especially in industrial manufacturing.

As a result, the country's housing architecture is more avant-garde.

But Hanzo is a nostalgic man, and his bedroom is still old-fashioned.

Paper doors, tatami mats, low and cramped spaces, dim lighting......

Hanzo took off his ninja uniform and shawl at this time, wearing only a wetsuit and a breathing mask, and sat casually inside.

In front of him, there was a low table with tea on it.

"Sit."

Hanzo stretched out his hand to the opposite position and motioned to sit down and talk.

Tuan Zang was also not polite, and came to Hanzo and knelt down opposite him. The rain ninja who led the way consciously stepped back and closed the door.

Hanzang poured tea for Tuan Zang with his own hands, and asked casually, "Tuan Zang, why did you visit me on behalf of Konoha this time?" ”

Danzou raised his hand and motioned for himself to come, then took the teapot from Hanzo's hand and filled the cups for the two of them.

After that, he said slowly: "The purpose of my visit this time, I must have guessed it by Hanzo-sama!" ”

"It's speculation." Hanzo glanced at the tea in the teacup, which rippled like a lake thrown into stone, and then returned his gaze to the person opposite, "Our actions this time can be easily guessed, you are here to persuade me to withdraw from the joint operation!" ”

"No......" Tuan Zang shook his head slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip before continuing: "I'm here to save Yuyin Village. ”

"Huh?"

Hanzang's eyes condensed, bursting out with fierce eyes, and the invisible aura emanated, setting off a chaotic hurricane.

His hair was flying, and the low table was shaking.

At this time, the demigods of the ninja world have not lost their hearts, and their strength is beyond the ninja world, and the former three ninjas are not opponents when they shoot together.

He didn't do anything, but the power he exuded was enough to intimidate ordinary ninjas.

But Danzou is no ordinary ninja.

Although he felt this suffocating sense of oppression and felt dignified for the strength of the other party, his face was calm and unmoved.

Hanzo's brow furrowed, reined in his momentum, and asked, "Can I take this as a threat?" ”

"I'm just out of kindness and stating the facts for my friends."

"Huh!" Hanzo sneered, "You mean that in the face of the combined army of the Four Ninja Village, will you Konoha win?" ”

"Do you think Konoha will lose?"

Tuan Zang was as steady as Mount Tai, he picked up the teacup and took a sip lightly, and continued: "Don't look at the strength of your coalition army is more than three times that of Konoha , but can you really use this power to fight the Konoha ninja on the battlefield?" ”

"Why not?"

"I believe in Hanzo-sama's character, but Hanzo-sama would do this, but what about the others?"

Hearing this, Hanzo's face changed slightly.

Danzo said what he was worried about.

Because of what Yunyin Village did in the last operation, the coalition forces don't trust each other, and they will definitely be wary of each other.

And once one party makes a guard and stays behind, the others dare not go all out, for fear of being stabbed in the back.

Let's take the simplest example to illustrate.

If Yugakure attacks with all his might, he attacks Konoha, but Iwakure keeps one hand behind when he attacks to prevent what happened last time.

That Hanzo would be worried that Iwakuin would take the opportunity to steal the house in Yuyin Village, so he would detach some troops to stay in Yuyin.

After all, the war between Yuyin and Iwain is not once or twice, and Onoki's character is not the kind that can be trusted.

In this way, everyone will keep one hand, and the strength of the coalition forces will be greatly weakened, or even halved.

After all, everyone has selfish intentions, and everyone wants the other to contribute more.

But......

"Even so, the strength of the coalition is far stronger than that of Konoha." Hanzo said with a firm gaze.

Tuan Zang didn't care.

He smiled lightly, filled the empty teacup again, and held it in his hand, with an incomprehensible smile on the corner of his mouth, "What if one of you betrays?" ”

"If yes?" Hanzo couldn't help but sneer, "Then why don't you trust and cooperate with each other and destroy Konoha unimpeded?" If everything is premised on assumptions, nothing can be discussed. ”

"It's nature."

Speaking of this, Danzang breathed a deep sigh of relief and continued, "But my assumption is that there is a high probability that it will happen. ”

"Oh?"

"Everything is for profit, if Konoha delegates one-tenth of the annual task to Iwakuin and asks them to quit, do you think he will quit?"

Yes, absolutely.

Hanzo's expression became gloomy.

As Tuan Zang said, everyone is here for profit.

If you can get that benefit without paying losses, then what reason do people have to take the risk to fight for that share that they don't know if they can get?

Tuan Zang raised his eyelids, and took in the slightest change in Hanzo's expression, and then smiled: "With the wisdom of Hanzo-sama, I should have thought of the correct answer."

If Iwakure withdraws, although the combined forces of Cloud, Rain, and Grass are still stronger than Konoha, they will no longer be sure to win.

As long as the battle is stalemate, or the Rain Hidden Village loses too much in this war, what do you think Onoki will do? ”

"Invasion Yuyin!"

Hanzo's face became very embarrassed.

What kind of virtue Onoki is, the entire ninja world knows.

Although it is not as strong as Yunyin Village, its ambition is not bad at all, and he will never let go of any opportunity to make profits.

If the situation really turns out to be what Danzou said, then the intact and recuperated Iwakuin ninja will definitely invade at the first opportunity.

When the time comes, maybe even the village will cease to exist.

Seeing this, the corners of Tuan Zang's mouth raised in his heart.

(The general.) ）

"Hanzo-sama, do you still think my words were a threat?"

Looking at this familiar "kind" face, Hanzo couldn't help but feel guilty about his previous words.

"It's me who is too abrupt."

"So, what is Hanzo-sama going to do after that?"

"Of course it'......" Hanzo's guilty face sneered, "Continue to form an alliance with Cloud, Grass, and Iwa and attack Konoha together!" ”

“……”

Tuan Zang's body shook, and his lowered eyelids opened suddenly, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Tuanzang-sama's mouth is so powerful, I almost believed it." Hanzo had a sneer on his face.

Hearing this, Tuan Zang fell silent.

He didn't know what was wrong, and it was clear that the conversation had fallen into his own rhythm, but suddenly there was such a reversal.

After a moment of silence, Tuan Zang decided to say something to test it, "Why did Hanzo-sama say this?" ”

"Although you have a point, I can't find a problem for a while. However, if things were as simple as you say, Konoha wouldn't have sent you to contact me. ”

Hearing this, Tuan Zang fell silent again.

Only when there is a request for others, will they take the initiative to find others.

It's not a profound truth, it's just that everyone has had many experiences.

Hanzo, as the leader of Yuyin Village, is sandwiched between the three great powers, and this situation often encounters.

He knew very well that Tuan Zang was not the Virgin, and he would not be kind enough to come and do good deeds under the premise of involving the interests of the villages of both sides.

The relationship between the two of them is not good enough to ignore the interests of the village and run to remind each other.

Therefore, no matter how fanciful Tuan Zang is, Hanzo only knows one thing - this guy will only come to negotiate if he asks for himself.

Then, if you think about it along this line, it is easy to think of the other party's purpose.

The other party is not kindly waking himself up and reminding himself of that bad situation, but he wants to make himself think of that situation.

Or rather, they want the situation to develop like that.

In other words, the situation would not have turned out that way.

However, Hanzo was not sure if his guess was true, as he could not find a flaw in Danzo's words.

Whether it was Konoha who made Iwakure withdraw from the coalition army by making concessions before the war, or whether the war was at a stalemate after that, Iwakure took advantage of the situation again...... These are events with a high probability of occurring.

Therefore, Hanzo's attitude at this time was all disguised, and his real purpose was to deceive Tuanzang, wanting to confirm his true purpose of coming here.

But for Hanzo's temptation, Tuan Zang is as steady as an old dog.

His expression did not change in the slightest, he took a sip of the teacup, but his brain was running rapidly, and his movements did not stop at all.

Hanzo couldn't see that he was thinking about the problem, and he couldn't judge whether his words were right from his reaction, and he couldn't help but think deeply: Did I live the belly of a gentleman as a villain, or did the old fox see through my intentions and deliberately put on this posture?

In fact, Hanzo's guess was correct, all this was just a bluff on the part of Tuanzo, just his negotiation skills.

As the leader of the "roots" in the darkness, Danzang is accustomed to seeing the ugliness and darkness of human nature, and knows that in negotiations, the weaker party will fall into passivity...... The strength of the coalition is far superior to that of Konoha, and it is simply impossible to get Hanzo to withdraw from the alliance through normal negotiations.

Therefore, Tuan Zang used words to put himself in the active position in the negotiation - that is, he originally begged you to withdraw from the alliance attack, but it became that I am for your good, I want to save you, and let you take the initiative to withdraw.

What Tuan Zang said in the negotiation was not a lie, but a fact that there was a high probability that it would happen, and even if the other party doubted this, he would be convinced of it after making a rational judgment.

But the truth is that Danzo won't use one-tenth of Konoha to make Iwakure quit at all.

On the way to the Land of Rain, Danzo thought a lot and thought about a lot of questions.

In this crisis, if you want to keep the Sand Hidden Village out of the way, Konoha will have to pay a big price.

If you give a tenth of the task to Iwakure and let them quit, then before the war starts, Konoha will suffer heavy losses.

And after that, they will have to face the coalition forces of clouds and grass (on the premise of successfully persuading Yuyin to retreat), and there will be a bloody battle between the two sides.

At that time, regardless of whether he wins or loses, Konoha will lose a lot and completely withdraw from the qualification to compete for the supremacy of the ninja world.

If the fog, sand, and rock are to take advantage of the void at this time, then Konoha will be completely destroyed.

Therefore, in the face of this crisis, it is not enough for Konoha to just survive the crisis, but also to win the beauty and cripple the alliance army.

However, when the gap between the combat power of the enemy and the enemy is too large, the only way to win a big victory is to divide the enemy's forces and turn the enemy army into a friendly army.

The enemy is a coalition army and has the opportunity to do this.

Just like what Tuan Zang said at the beginning, everyone is here for profit, and as long as the benefit is enough, there is nothing impossible.

However, this benefit cannot be made by Konoha.

……

"Hanzo-sama is too worried."

Placing the teacup on the low table, Danzo lowered his eyelids and said, "I believe that Hanzo-sama has a foresight and will be able to distinguish between what I said and what I said. ”

"It's because I can't tell the difference, that's why I ask like this."

Hanzo-sama laughed.

Looking at the other party's nonchalant expression, Tuan Zang smiled slightly and changed the topic, "Then let's look at the problem in a different direction, everyone is here for profit, Yuyin Village is not participating in the coalition army to attack Konoha, why don't you do something more beneficial when other villages can't spare their hands?" ”

"Is there anything more beneficial now than joining the Combine Army to attack Konoha together?"

"Absolutely."

Tuan Zang took out the map of the ninja world in a moment's time, spread it out on the table, and pointed to a country on the map.

Hanzo poked his head over, his eyes widened slightly, and exclaimed, "Iron Country!?" ”

"That's right, it's the Land of Iron."

The Land of Iron is a permanently neutral country, and there are no ninja villages in this country, but there are no tasks to be entrusted to other ninja villages.

Because, this is the land of the samurai.

The country has a large number of samurai, and their strength is not weaker than that of ninjas.

These samurai are directly subordinate to the official forces of the Iron Country, not mercenaries who have been working with the country for a long time like the ninjas.

As a result, the samurai do not accept assignments and have no conflict of interest with the ninjas.

Coupled with the neutrality of the Iron Country, there has never been a ninja village to provoke them.

And Danzo now suggests that Hanzo take advantage of the war with other ninjas to invade the Land of Iron, which makes him not shocked.