Hachiki Sakumo and Uzumaki Reeda entered the Uchiha clan land overnight and did not avoid people at all, and the people they met were self-evident.

Therefore, all the people who cared about Konoha's current affairs got the information about the meeting between the three of them.

The Fog Hidden Mission, the Vortex Country, the Uzumaki Clan, the Uchiha Tokumitsu, and the Hagi Sakushige.

After arranging and combining the above words, the intelligence already has the fundamentals for the next step of research and judgment.

Kirigakure is interested in the country of Vortex and sends a delegation to discuss, but the dissatisfied Uzumaki clan and Hachiki Sakumo approach Uchiha Tokumitsu and the Uchiha clan behind him to join forces to reject Kigakure's request.

Based on intelligence and realistic conditions, although the middle and high-level leaders of Konoha and the leaders of the various ninja clans who are concerned about this matter have no way to know the specific content of the good talk, it is easy to connect them with the current dynamics of Konoha and come up with a judgment that is not bad from the truth.

Culture and cognitive level determine the character, behavior, and judgment of people and collectives, and the choices they make when faced with a right to be made are different.

In the opinion of the three generations of apes who are accustomed to power tactics and interest exchanges, as long as the starting point is for Konoha, then nothing cannot be traded, and the reason why he started talks with the Fog Hidden Mission and vaguely responded to the Fog Hide's claim to the territory of the Vortex Country is also based on the interests of Konoha, and it is just a delaying strategy when he must concentrate on facing the sand and hidden and cloud hidden who are about to move.

On several battlefields of the Second Ninja World War, although Konoha successively repelled Iwakuin and Shayin, suppressed Yunin, and won a lot of battles, but in addition to Yunin, Iwakuin and Shayin were not very convinced, and there was a faint meaning of reorganizing their armaments and fighting again.

But Konoha's standing ninja force is not unlimited.

Now the Yunyin barbarians of the Land of Thunder also have a lot of small actions on the border, the son of the Hokage, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and the elite who led the Sarufei clan to the northern front, at this time, even if the village still has spare strength, it must be kept as a reserve to support the northern region to deal with Yunyin.

Therefore, there can be no chaos in the east.

Therefore, the fog must be stabilized.

Therefore, the request of the Fog Hidden Mission cannot be categorically refused, at least not for a short time.

Konoha should avoid the siege of the four ninja villages as much as possible, and stabilize the fog and hide and not let it also raise troops to invade.

In order to avoid the "miscalculation" caused by the fog, after the destruction of the Vortex Country, even the Eastern Border Defense Force, which was already known for its "weakness", has not been replenished and strengthened.

As for the standing ninja force of Konoha that has not yet been mobilized, he still plans to keep Sarufei Shinnosuke to support the northern border so that he can make a war achievement.

But he habitually ignores the needs of stakeholders and the possible responses.

In the past, when encountering such a situation, it would be solved by Tuan Zang, or Tuan Zang came to the door to "know the feelings", or the root ninja came to the door to "move with reason", so all the appeasement policies were as smooth as flowing water.

However, now that Tuan Zang has died under the knife of Uchiha Tokumitsu, the Uzumaki clan, as a thousand-year-old wealthy ninja clan, although it is usually relatively gentle, is definitely not a soft persimmon that is easy to handle, so there is a scene of taking the initiative to visit and ask for a joint response.

As the Hokage, Sarutobi Hizashi naturally also received information that Uzumaki Reina and Hagi Sakushige visited Uchiha Tokumitsu overnight.

It's just that I didn't expect the reaction of the three to be so big.

Early the next morning, under the order of Uchiha Tokumitsu, the headquarters of the Ministry of Police dispatched a number of ninja units such as the Special Operations Group and the Rapid Response Team to surround the perimeter of the hot spring pavilion where the Kirigaku Mission was staying in the name of a security exercise.

The Eastern Police Department, led by Deputy Commissioner Yasuji Uzumaki, dispatched a search team, an assault team and other police teams to participate in the operation.

Although it did not break into the dark control area, it had cut off the road to and from the building.

The attitude of the Uchiha clan and the Uzumaki clan speaks for itself.

Hagi Sakushige also walked into the Hokage building alone, met with the three generations, and explained the current demands of the Uzumaki clan.

"Shuo Maojun...... If the war with the fog broke out, the village would not lose as much as a semi-deserted Vortex Country, and the ninjas of the village would not know how many people would be killed or injured by it......"

The third generation of ape Fei Ri Slash felt exhausted again.

He didn't expect that it would be Qimu Shuomao who came to negotiate this matter with him.

Although he was particularly dissatisfied with Hagi Sakushige's choice to move closer to the Uchiha clan, Miyome still believed that Hagi Sakushige, a staunch believer in the Will of Fire, would not take the initiative to do anything contrary to the interests of the village.

In terms of attitude towards Qimu Shuomao, it is more of a psychology of "punishing the former and saving people", hoping that Qimu Shuomao can change his mind, after all, it is still one of the indispensable high-end combat forces in the village, and it is the best tool to use in times of war.

"The land of fire is great, but there is not an inch of land to spare; Although the country of the vortex is gone, the homeland cannot be abandoned. Instead of responding to the words of the three generations, he repeated his own views.

This is also the communication method that Sakumo Hachiki learned from Uchiha Tokumitsu.

As the saying goes, no matter how many reasons you explain in all sorts of ways, I will always firmly re-read my own opinions.

And that's what the Uzumaki clan is asking for.

I don't want Konoha to help him restore the country, I just hope that I don't cede the country of the vortex privately.

"Once the fog hits, the Eastern Border Defense Force will be powerless to resist, and the village will not be able to spare more manpower under the premise of maintaining the minimum operation of the mission system......"

The three generations of apes are also particularly helpless.

He can understand that the ninja of the village has emotions about the appeasement policy, but his actions are also based on the reality of Konoha and personal selfishness, and it is also helpless to vaguely respond to the request of the fog.

Besides, if he really planned to reach an agreement with the Fog Hidden to divide the Vortex Country, he would not allow the traces and purpose of the Fog Hidden Mission to leak out.

"Hokage-sama, I agree with the Uzumaki Patriarch Mr. Ashina and the Assistant Chief of the Police Department Uchiha Tokumitsu Shinobu in the same opinion." Hachiki Shuomao said without humility or arrogance: "No matter what the situation, the realm under the jurisdiction of the Fire Nation and its allies cannot be taken lightly, and I hope that the Hokage-sama will understand and support it." ”

"Support...... Psychologically, I do support ......" Sarutobi reluctantly lit his pipe and took a puff to suppress the irritability in his heart, "Shuomao-kun, doesn't Tokumitsu Shangnin always promote that everything needs to be based on strength, but the current reality is that the village is simply unable to deal with the challenges of the four major ninja villages at the same time, so he made this decision to stabilize the ...... of the fog and hide."

"The Vortex Country is a staunch ally of Konoha, and the Uzumaki clan is the wife of Lord Pillar. It is already a shame for our generation to fail to defend the country of the vortex, and it will be even more humiliating if we allow the fog to occupy the old land of the vortex again! Hachiki Shuomao's attitude still did not soften, "Now that there is still the logo of the Uzumaki family on the uniform of Konoha Shangninja, I can't let my ancestors be ashamed anymore!" ”

"It's just a delaying tactic to hold off the foggy ......"

The third generation of apes Fei Ri explained again, but when he saw that Qimu Shuomao still looked determined, he didn't continue.

Leaning back in his chair, he closed his eyes and smoked his pipe.

Once again, the Hokage's office fell into a deathly silence.

“…… If I hand over the eastern region and the entire frontier force to you, will you be able to stop the fog? ”

After a long while, the third generation of apes suddenly spoke.

"Not at the moment, we must strengthen the ninja army."

Hachiki Shuo Mao also said without hesitation.

"In terms of materials, you can meet your needs no matter what, as long as it's not too much......" The third generation of ape Fei Hizai smoked his pipe while calculating the strength comparison with the fog hide, "How much do you want to replenish the ninja army?" ”

"The more the merrier." Qimu Shuomao is also concise and to the point.

"The more the merrier...... the third generation of apes couldn't help but smile bitterly when they heard this, "Shuo Maojun, as the leader of the upper ninja squad, you should know the current situation in the village, there are still so many ninja troops for you!" ”

"Ninja!"

Sakumo Hachiki said.

At the end, he added: "The family ninja of the ninja clan." ”

"Ninja ......"

The hearts of the three generations of apes are mixed.

Konoha's ninja clan does still have strength, and it is enough to support a war with a ninja village direction.

But the ninjas are all greedy, and the price they need to pay to get them to hand over the family ninjas to accept the deployment of the village to fight is really painful.

Before the war, for the purpose of weakening the strength of the ninja clan to a limited extent, he and the four of Danzo, Zhuankoharu, and Mito Menyan had already convened a ninja meeting, and after paying a huge price, a large number of family ninjas were dispatched to fight for the village.

But the power of the ninja clan did not weaken much, but allowed the freak of Uchiha Tokumitsu to take advantage of the situation.

Now Uchiha Tokumitsu's momentum is as big as a rainbow tail, and he also set up an ambush in the opposite direction to kill the group and destroy the roots in one fell swoop, so that the power of the three generations of apes to fly to the sun slash has suffered heavy losses, so as soon as the ninja clan is mentioned, he reflexively intends to oppose it.

But fortunately, I controlled myself.

"Shuo Mao-kun, if too many ninja ninjas are directly rated as ninja ranks, the other ninjas in the village will have opinions......

After hesitating for a moment, the third generation of apes still said their difficulties, "And after the war, the village doesn't have so many financial resources to exchange with the ninja clan......"

"You can make an IOU first, and then use the financial resources of the defeated side to pay compensation to the ninja clan after the war is over."

Sakushige Hagi said.

"Which ninja is willing to accept such a condition!"

The three generations of apes couldn't help but be angry when they heard this.

"The Uchiha clan and the Uzumaki clan are willing!"

Qimu Shuomao replied categorically.

"If the number of shinobi continues to expand, the village will not be able to provide so many resources......

"Lost in the ninja tribe, taken from the outer village. Just defeat the visiting enemy, and no matter what the follow-up, you can directly lead over. ”

"War Reparations......

At this moment, the three generations of apes have nothing to say.

"Then let's convene another ninja meeting."

After smoking his pipe again, the three generations of ape Fei Ri slashed the board and agreed to recruit the ninja clan ninja again.

It's just that how many family ninjas can be recruited to fight in such a mess, and he doesn't have a plan in his heart.

"Thank you Hokage-sama for your support, and I will definitely do my best to ensure that the Fire Nation and its allies do not lose an inch of land!"

Qimu Shuomao stood up and promised.

"The Fog Hidden Mission, let them go."

Without raising his head, the three generations of apes gave a reason, "Even if the two sides officially declare war, don't rashly punish each other's envoys." ”

"Yes!"

Qimu Shuomao stood up and solemnly promised.

Then he left the Hokage's office.

……

"Tokumitsu-kun~"

After leaving the Hokage Building, the first thing Hagi Sakushige did was to find Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"Exactly?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu asked with interest.

"Hokage-sama has decided not to continue the temptation with the Mist Hidden Mission." "At the same time, in order to deal with the possible attack of the fog, I will be the commander of the eastern region......

"Deguang-kun, I hope to get your support!"

"I said it last night...... We are allies, and the Uchiha clan will fully support our allies' actions. ”

Uchiha Tokumitsu also made his attitude clear and reassured Sakushige Hagi.

"In addition, a ninja liaison meeting will be held in the near future to discuss the recruitment of family ninjas from the ninja clan to fight......"

Sakumo Hachiki lowered his figure and revealed the news to Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"That's a good thing, too!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu is happy to see it happen.

"Also, Hokage-sama has agreed to provide corresponding financial and material support to ninjas who are willing to fight after the war......"

Although he didn't understand why Uchiha Tokumitsu had solemnly allowed himself to make this suggestion that was obviously unfavorable to the ninja clan in private, Hachiki Sakushige still told the news to Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"Good!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu snapped his fingers with delight.

From the point of view of the village, it is advantageous from the point of view of the village to use war reparations as the subject matter, and the materials and funds that would have been allocated to the various ninja tribes will be paid separately after the war; Moreover, the prices of all kinds of materials rose sharply during the war, and after the end of the war, the prices of war materials would inevitably fall.

If it weren't for the fact that he knew Uchiha Tokumitsu's past ways, Hachiki Sakushige would almost have thought that Uchiha Tokumitsu was a noble and pure agent of the will of Konoha fire who had escaped from low-level tastes.

But in Uchiha Tokumitsu's view, the IOU of the village, combined with the financial knowledge of his previous life, may be able to toss a lot of tricks.

"And what about the fog?"

“…… Not killing them is a rule that has been passed down since the time of Lord Tsuruma, and even if you don't agree with Wuyin's request, you don't have to directly persecute them, you can just expel them all......"

"It's cheaper for them."

Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted and summoned a ninja from the police department, "You go and inform Deputy Commissioner Yasuji of the Eastern Police Agency, Hokage-sama has decided not to talk to Kigakure anymore, and now plans to expel all of them, please Deputy Commissioner Yasuji immediately arrange personnel to carry it out!" ”

"Yes!"

The police department ninja has to be ordered to leave.

Qimu Shuomao smiled wryly.

Let the Vortex people, who have a deep blood feud with the Fog Hidden Ninja Village, expel the Fog Hidden Mission, because they are afraid that the war will not be fought.

(End of chapter)