Chapter 12 **** The Rising Fire Country
After Danzo became the Hokage, he immediately went to meet with the Daimyo of the Fire Country, that is, Hyuga.
"The Ninja Alliance is a terrifying behemoth, they can use about 30,000 ninjas who can go into battle, and in the future, that number will be even more."
"In order to confront the enemy and form a strategic balance of power, we should also train a large number of ninjas, which requires the full support of the Fire Nation and the Daimyo."
Hinata frowned, his fingers kept clasping lightly on the table, the purpose of Tuan Zang was very simple, it was to ask for money. But now that the Fire Nation is being rebuilt, there is a shortage of funds.
"How many ninjas did Danzo-sama say he wanted to train at once? ”
"At least thirty thousand, the most appropriate number should be fifty thousand." Tuan Zang said the number with a blank face.
"Huh?" This number was beyond Hinata's expectations, 50,000 ninjas...... Now there are only about 10,000 Konoha ninjas.
Hinata didn't agree immediately, Tuanzang's hand on the cane couldn't help but clench, and a cold glint flashed under his eyes and returned to normal.
Hinata's marriage as a ninja of the Hyuga clan clan and the daimyo of the Fire Country caused the outflow of the Hyuga clan's bloodline, although this was led by Sarutobi Hizashi, but Danzo had a deep dissatisfaction with Hyuga from the beginning.
In Danzo's opinion, it is better to let the Hyuga clan perish than to let the precious white-eyed blood flow outside the village, giving the enemy a chance to steal it.
Hinata was thinking about the problem, and there was no hint of hostility that Danzo had inadvertently revealed.
After being silent for a long time, Hinata frowned deeper and deeper, "It costs too much to train 30,000 ninjas. ”
"I agree, though." Hinata said through gritted teeth, as if he had made a lot of determination.
"To train so many school-age teenagers, it's not enough to rely on Konoha at all......"
"Pick the right child from all over the Fire Nation." Tuan Zang still said indifferently.
Hinata nodded, "That's all." ”
"The Land of Fire fully supports Konoha's expansion plans, but now the Land of Fire is in a critical period of construction and needs the help of the Konoha ninjas."
Tuan Zang had heard about the Iwakure Engineering Force, and he used the ninja as a valuable combat force as coolies, and Tuan Zang looked down on the young Tokage in Iwakure Village.
Now that Hinata wants to follow the example of Iwakuin Village and let the Konoha ninjas support the construction of the Fire Country, Danzo's eyes are cloudy, and then they will soon return to normal, "Konoha Ninja Village will be close to the possible help of His Excellency Daimyo." ”
Tuan Zang stood up and stretched out his hand to Hinata Tsui.
In this negotiation, Tuan Zang was basically satisfied.
Danzo's conditions were harsh, and the funding he asked for from the Fire Nation was approaching the limit of the Fire Nation's financial resources, and supporting 50,000 ninjas with the power of one country would be a heavy burden for even the richest Fire Country.
Tuan Zang was ready to be rejected by Hinata, but he didn't expect Hinata to agree.
This is a friendly cooperation.
In fact, the reason why Hinata agreed to Tuanzang's crazy expansion plan was not because Tuanzang's rhetoric moved him, but because Uehara's previous words convinced Hinata Fen.
Uehara says that the civil war between the ninja villages is over, but there will be a fourth ninja war in the future, and the five major ninja villages will unite to face a terrifying enemy.
Uehara also said something inexplicable such as the return of the dead. As for Uehara's proposal to prepare for war with all his might from now on, Hinata fully accepted.
As a result, Konoha was going to carry out a huge plan to expand his army, and Hinata thought of preparing for a future war, and he agreed to Danzo's seemingly crazy plan.
Subsequently, both the Fire Nation and Konoha issued a notice that all the teenagers of the appropriate age among the civilians of the Fire Nation would be tested by Konoha Village, and those who had Chakra talent would be trained as Konoha Ninjas.
For a while, the land of fire fell into an atmosphere of rumors, and ordinary people had mixed emotions towards ninjas, on the one hand, they were very envious of their powerful abilities, and on the other hand, they were afraid of ninjas.
Ordinary people can't go against the Konoha ninja, and no matter where they hide, the Konoha ninja can always find those teenagers who are reluctant to become ninjas and hide.
The Konoha ninja almost became robbers, snatching school-age teenagers and girls from their parents, and then subjected them to rigorous tests, and then what awaited them was a brutal ninja career.
"Hey, be gentle with this kid!" Kakashi was unhappy with the rough treatment of a terrified child by a root bastard, and scolded harshly.
"These children will become Konoha ninjas in the future, and they will also become our companions, your actions are too rude."
A child of four or five years old, crying snot coming out of fear, fighting the root ninja who grabbed his arm, desperately trying to rush back to his parents.
The child's parents were afraid of the ninja's power, and they only dared to close the door tightly, secretly looking out through the crack in the door with tears in their eyes.
"I said, you were too rude to him."
Kakashi was angry, and he reached for the ninja bag, and the meaning was self-evident.
The root is only subordinate to the group, and the power of the dark department is greater than before.
"Then, I'll leave this little ghost to you." Under the mask, the voice of the root ninja seemed to be urn-like.
"But this little imp is of the right age. The order was issued jointly by the Fire Country and the village, so for you as a ninja, you shouldn't have deliberately ordered it, right? ”
With that, the root ninja put down the imp and disappeared.
A loud bang, the sound of the door closing, woke Kakashi.
The child fled back home.
"I'm a Konoha ninja who is responsible for guarding the land of fire, not an enemy."
"Because other countries threaten the security of the Fire Country, Konoha has plans to massively expand ninjas."
"It's not a terrible thing to be a ninja, and you can learn a lot of ninjutsu that can protect you and your family, so why turn down such an opportunity?"
Kakashi politely didn't break into someone's house and forcibly snatch the boy, he stood outside the door and tried to say a lot of reason, but it was useless.
Persuasion failed, and as a last resort, Kakashi had no choice but to break into the house, and he used illusions to successfully catch the imp.
At this time, the cries and noise of children could be heard in other parts of the peaceful village.
It seems that the bastard of the roots has found other teenagers of the right age.
Kakashi took a deep breath, and he felt a wave of irritability for no apparent reason.
The current Fire Country, he dislikes it extremely.
Kakashi didn't know how he was going to teach the children he had plundered from everywhere what it meant to be guarded, what ninja was, and what companionship was.
If you want to talk about protection, Konoha shouldn't take those children away compulsorily, and if you want to talk about ninja, many children don't want to be a ninja from beginning to end, and under the concept of companions, Danzo and root extremes, the word companion may not be mentioned.