Negotiations Begin! Konoha's Yearning for Peace

Sasuke's departure didn't seem to cause much of a ripple in Naruto and Shinki's lives.

Except for the fact that there's one less person when we're doing tasks normally.

Of course, judging from Shinki's current strength...

He can now complete all tasks in the village below S rank by himself.

One day, Shinki was teaching Naruto the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken outside the village.

Suddenly, a large group of people appeared, marching towards the village.

After experiencing Orochimaru's Attack and Sasuke's Defection, the usually carefree Naruto became more vigilant.

"Who are those people? Could they be here to raid the village again?"

After carefully sensing the Chakra of the group, Shinki concluded, "They should be from Kumogakure, because most of their Chakra is of the Lightning Release."

As he spoke, Shinki's gaze fell on the Ninja in the lead, who was wearing a straw hat.

This person possesses an enormous amount of Chakra, in no way inferior to the Fifth Hokage.

Therefore, Shinki concluded that this person must be the Raikage of Kumogakure!

Sure enough, after that group of Cloud Village ninja marched into Konoha Village in a grand procession.

Shinki received a signal from Tsunade, calling him to come and assemble.

Konoha Main Conference Room.

At the enormous long table, Konoha's high-ranking officials sat on one side, and the Raikage of Kumogakure sat on the other.

After Shinki entered the house, all eyes turned to him.

The Fourth Raikage A, looked at Shinki with admiration. "This brat is the one who mistakenly captured more than many of my Kumogakure Ninjas, isn't he?"

"Truly a young prodigy, with extraordinary talent!"

Although it was a compliment, Shinki noticed a hint of ruthlessness in the man's eyes.

If this weren't in public, this person would probably have already attacked me.

Shinki found it somewhat amusing.

At this moment, a high-ranking member of the Kumogakure faction spoke up again.

"This brat mistakenly captured one of our Kumogakure Ninjas, causing a rift in relations between our two nations. He must be severely punished!"

From Konoha's perspective, Tsunade rested her elbow on the table, a dangerous smile on her face.

"Elder, how can you be so joking?"

"It was clearly your Kumogakure Ninjas who attacked Konoha."

"Now you're trying to shift the blame again?!"

"Do you still think of Konoha as a pushover you used to bully?! (ꐦ ಠ 皿ಠ)"

"The Third Hokage said when he abdicated, 'The tragedy of the Hyuga Clan will never happen again!'"

"You Kumogakure wouldn't still be trying to blackmail us with war, would you?!"

"Bang!"

Tsunade on the table, stood up with great momentum, and spoke loudly.

"We in Konoha are not afraid now!"

Shinki silently gave Tsunade a thumbs up in his heart.

Awesome!

(⌯︎¤̴̶̷̀ω¤̴̶̷́)✧︎

So domineering! So incredibly imposing!

This is what Hokage should be like!

If Neji could see this, he would probably be very happy.

Beside Tsunade, a strange light also appeared in Danzo's eyes.

He admired the Hokage and had always had a problem with the female Hokage of Konoha.

Seeing Tsunade standing firm in protecting Konoha, he couldn't help but feel a surge of goodwill towards her.

However, there's an even stronger sense of crisis!

He originally intended to find reasons why Tsunade was unsuitable to be Hokage, and then, combined with the power under his command, overthrow Tsunade in one fell swoop.

Now that Tsunade is gaining more and more support in Konoha, his plan is becoming increasingly difficult to implement.

Danzo his fists involuntarily.

"Hokage, you're getting a little too excited."

Raikage A looked displeased.

He's always had a fiery temper.

Unexpectedly, this new Hokage of Konoha has an even more explosive temper than I do; before I could even react, she had already lost her temper.

"Okay, let's continue discussing compensation."

Tsunade aura vanished instantly, and she sat down with a smile.

"As we agreed beforehand, one million Copper Coins per Ninja."

"I think the Raikage must have brought the money, right?"

Raikage's face turned pale and then red, becoming rather unsightly.

This would cost tens of millions of Copper Coins, which, although Kumogakure could afford, was still a significant financial blow.

"Hokage, Konoha summoned me here, surely you have another plan in mind?"

"Raikage asked."

Talking about money is too hurtful to our relationship.

"Certainly."

Tsunade remained noncommittal.

"The amount can be less, but I hope Konoha can sign Alliance Agreement with Kumogakure."

"At the same time, I hope that Killer B from your village will train Naruto Uzumaki from my village for a period of time, so that he can learn to control the Tailed Beasts."

That's all?

The Raikage seemed somewhat surprised.

I never expected Konoha to take such a gentle approach.

He originally thought that Konoha would make exorbitant demands, directly asking for about 20% of the High-Rank Missions from Cloud Ninja Village.

After all, mission commissions make up the majority of the Ninja Village's revenue.

"Of course, I want the Raikage to know that this is Era of Peace, Konoha is Ninja Village that yearns for peace. We will not provoke conflict, but Konoha has never been afraid of conflict!"

Tsunade said seriously.

The Kumogakure members immediately felt that this female Hokage had become much more impressive.

After a moment's thought, the Raikage nodded. "Alright, I grant your request."

Tsunade immediately ordered her bodyguard Ninjas to produce the prepared Alliance Agreement.

"Just sign your name," Tsunade said, shrugging.

"I believe that Kumogakure is a ninja Ninja Village that keeps its promises and would not be a treacherous, disloyal, or even despicable person who betrays its allies!"

Raikage felt somewhat ashamed after hearing this.

He took the Alliance Agreement prepared by Konoha and browsed through the hundreds of clauses on it.

Upon seeing Article 113: Before an alliance is formed, Kumogakure must pay 200,000 copper coins per Kumogakure ninja residing in Konoha for lodging expenses; at the same time, each assassin ninja must pay 300,000 copper coins as compensation for mental distress to our village's Shinkichi. The Raikage was not calm!

"Hokage, what do you mean by this?! (╯‵□′)╯┻━┻"

"Didn't they say that signing Alliance Agreement would waive the fees?!"

"You've put up these fancy terms like 'accommodation fees' and 'compensation for emotional distress' on here, aren't you just trying to get us to pay you off?! (▼ヘ▼#)"

Tsunade shrugged. "I said the cost could be reduced, but I didn't say it could be waived entirely. ┐(´-`)┌"

"During your stay in Konoha, you Kumogakure Assassin Ninja had to pay for your food, clothing, and lodging."

"And this money isn't for our village; it's for the child."

As she spoke, Tsunade pointed to the Shinki.

"Do you know how much damage your Assassin Ninjas caused to his young mind... (๑òᆺó๑)"

"The Shinki, right?"

Shinki nodded obediently. "Yes. (๑❛ᴗ❛๑)"

"Moreover, during the time I was attacked by the Assassin Ninjas, I was under immense pressure and lived in constant fear. _(´□`" ∠)_"

"My compensation for emotional distress, medical expenses, lost wages, Ninjutsu training subsidies, etc..."

"The Kumogakure should contribute something, shouldn't it?"

"You don't want me to expose this, do you? (•‾̑⌣‾̑•)✧˖"

Raikage:(▼ dishes ▼#)

If there weren't so many people around, he would have definitely torn this kid to pieces!

The negotiations ended half an hour later.

In Shinki, ding, six million Copper Coins have been deposited!