Although he could no longer train, looking over the peace treaty for the Third Great Ninja War was not a bad way to pass the time.
Pushing open the Japanese-style door, Chiba sat before the low table and eagerly spread open the scroll the Anbu had delivered.
By then, Chiba had already sent the Anbu member away. Apart from Hyuga Yukyō in the secret chamber downstairs, there was no one else in the house. That was exactly why the Anbu had specifically instructed him to open and read it only when he was alone, lest word get out.
After all, although this peace-and-alliance treaty was still only a preliminary agreement, subject to future revisions and room for negotiation, it was still the key factor that could determine whether the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind would fight or make peace. Its influence was no less than, perhaps even greater than, that Defense Map of the Land of Earth from back then.
It had to be handled with caution.
And after he finished reading it, this scroll containing the peace treaty had to be destroyed.
Let's see... let's see...
As he spread open the treaty, Chiba's curiosity surged. After all, this was something never described in the original work. At the same time, he wanted to know what sort of peace treaty ninja villages would forge with one another, and how closely it would match his own guesses.
Hmm...
First, as expected, it concerned the economy. As expected, it could not possibly be some happy-go-lucky treaty of, "Ah, the war is over, and as long as it's over, everything is fine. Let's not bother with compensation or any of that. We'll just call it quits."
The compensation amount...
As his eyes moved across the text, Chiba automatically skipped the