At that moment, Mei Terumi was berating Chen Fan, plucking petals as she listed his faults.
The next day, Mei Terumi came to the office in the Hokage Building to discuss the alliance. In the long run, Konoha would benefit the most from forming an alliance, though Hidden Mist Village would also gain sufficient benefits.
Mei Terumi was fighting for those benefits. Konoha's upper ranks placed great importance on the matter. As long as they formed an alliance with Hidden Mist Village, Konoha's status as the foremost ninja power would become even more secure. Two-fifths and three-fifths carried entirely different meanings.
Alliance
(Two-fifths represented enviable national strength. Two of the Five Great Shinobi Nations forming an alliance was nothing new. After all, Konoha's allied Chunin Exam had already been held for many years, and the alliance had once been little more than words. But now, Hidden Sand Village could no longer simply leave whenever it wished. If it broke away from and betrayed Konoha, Hidden Sand Village would suffer the greatest losses.
Hidden Sand Village had been developing steadily, so it would certainly not allow such a thing to happen. This was infiltration. Once someone grew accustomed to a prosperous life, it was difficult to make them return to poverty. Moreover, Hidden Sand Village had more dissenting voices than Konoha. In Konoha, the Third Hokage was still alive, while the Fifth Hokage Tsunade had made Konoha even more perfect. The village's future ninja were all experiencing explosive growth. Every village's future lay with these children.
Chen Fan was also these children's idol, the village's hero, and the Fifth Hokage's lover. Konoha's voices were more or less united. Only Danzō was still desperately hanging on. If not for the Third Hokage's sake, Chen Fan would have killed Danzō long ago.
Therefore,