Furious Hashirama Senju Was Utterly Vicious! Tobirama Senju, the Tiger's Accomplice, Aided Tyranny!

Tobirama Senju, the tiger's accomplice, aided tyranny!

Too small-minded, far too small-minded!

At that moment, Tobirama Senju felt that his own vision had truly been far too narrow.

He had originally thought that asking for Eight Billion Ryo in funding was already like opening a Lion's Mouth, but he had never expected Uchiha Makoto to be even more outrageous.

He had casually embezzled Fifty Billion Ryo.

When he had said it just now, he had not even blinked, as though those Fifty Billion Ryo had belonged to him in the first place. It was truly terrifying!

For the first time in his life, Tobirama Senju encountered something like this and showed a trace of hesitation. Faced with such an astronomical sum, he was immensely tempted, but he was also genuinely worried about the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire's opinion. Even though Uchiha Makoto, standing before him, had pounded his chest and declared that he could fully represent the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire in making this decision.

Could the words of that Naturally Evil Uchiha brat, Uchiha Makoto, really be trusted completely?

He absolutely had to remain suspicious at all times!

Tobirama Senju: "Wouldn't this be inappropriate?"

Uchiha Makoto: "If you don't say anything and I don't say anything, who would know?"

Hashirama Senju: "But this is deceiving the Daimyo, and it's such a huge sum of money."

"Oh, I understand. You think the amount is too high. Then Konoha can still take Eight Billion Ryo, while I can take Seventy Billion Ryo by myself. If you don't want it, I do!"

While chatting and laughing, Uchiha Makoto intended to stuff the Twenty Billion Ryo meant to buy off Konoha as hush money entirely into his own pocket.

As for what Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were worried about, he did not take it to heart at all. Even the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire would feel the pain of paying Fifteen Billion Ryo.

But that money would come from the treasury, not his private stash. The Daimyo had always kept public and private matters separate, so even if it hurt, it was not unbearable. Besides, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire was still terrified of Konoha and did not mind spending money to avert disaster.

"No, no, no, we'll do it this way!"

Tobirama Senju immediately shook his head like a rattle. That was a full Twenty Billion Ryo; how could he possibly hand it over to Uchiha Makoto for nothing? Besides, Uchiha Makoto had already embezzled the Fifty Billion Ryo that originally belonged to Konoha!

That Naturally Evil Uchiha brat!

His corruption was even worse than mine!

No wonder he had acted so arrogantly just now, with the face of a nouveau riche. So that was why!

And he had embezzled funding that belonged to Konoha!

He was truly evil!

"No problem."

Uchiha Makoto nodded with a smile.

The two quickly reached an agreement. Though they had been arguing heatedly just moments ago, they were now both beaming. Funding was the best lubricant; Uchiha Makoto had used money to lubricate Tobirama Senju so thoroughly that he could not even close his legs.

Afterward, Uchiha Makoto left Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju in the room for the time being and went alone to report the results of the negotiations to the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.

"Your Highness, disaster has struck!"

"I almost came to blows with Hashirama Senju just now!"

The moment Uchiha Makoto saw the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire, he raised his voice and shouted. Upon hearing Uchiha Makoto's voice, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire was so startled that he nearly fell out of his chair.

"Makoto, what exactly happened just now?"

"Did the negotiations collapse?"

"Is Hashirama Senju really going to rebel?"

The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire fired question after question at Uchiha Makoto. He truly feared the ninja's iron-fisted judgment. Then Uchiha Makoto roughly described the negotiation process. Well, in truth, he had simply made it all up.

The furious Hashirama Senju looked utterly ferocious! Tobirama Senju, the tiger's accomplice, was vicious beyond measure!

They had come to the Land of Fire this time to demand an explanation. You Daimyo and Nobles dared to squeeze Konoha like this—did you have a death wish?!

"And then?"

"In the end, I persuaded Hashirama Senju after much effort, and only after bringing up the Uchiha Clan!"

"That's good, that's good!"

"The Uchiha Clan truly is full of loyal heroes!"

The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire could not help letting out a long sigh of relief, praising the Uchiha Clan. Although the Uchiha Clan's members had somewhat fiery tempers, they were loyal!

"But Konoha still opened a Lion's Mouth. Hashirama Senju's Naturally Evil younger brother, Tobirama Senju, demanded Thirty Billion Ryo to put out the fire. I finally managed to bargain them down by half. Only by giving them Fifteen Billion Ryo could this matter be settled!"

Uchiha Makoto seized the chance, adhering to his principle of not leaving either Senju brother out. He smeared Tobirama Senju as well.

"Thirty Billion Ryo?!"

"Konoha has quite an appetite!"

"Those Senju brothers are truly insatiably greedy!!"

"Makoto, thank goodness you were there!"

A shadow appeared in the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire's eyes, but in the end, he could only sigh helplessly. What could not be won on the battlefield was even less likely to be won at the negotiating table.

Konoha was simply too powerful!

"Fifteen Billion Ryo. I'll pay it!"

"I'll consider it spending money to avert disaster."

"Makoto, your Akatsuki Ninja Village must grow strong as quickly as possible. I will fully support you. I never want to go through something like being threatened again after today!"

The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire looked at Uchiha Makoto with deep emotion. Hashirama Senju and his Konoha were no longer even pretending; they had directly come to the Capital City of the Land of Fire to threaten him. Who knew how overbearing they would become in the future!

"Don't worry, Your Highness."

"I will give it everything I have!"

"All of this is for the Land of Fire!"

Uchiha Makoto spoke with utter sincerity.

It moved the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire deeply.

Makoto was truly loyal beyond words!

"These are all the agreement terms reached during today's negotiations. Please review them, Your Highness."

"All right, let me see."

The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire took the agreement terms from Uchiha Makoto and read through them one by one. When he reached the part stating that Konoha and the Akatsuki Ninja Village would jointly protect the Land of Fire and uphold the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire's ruling position within the Land of Fire, a sneer appeared on his face.

Protect me? Protect the Land of Fire?

Once your Konoha has fully spread its wings and gains the power to completely control the Land of Fire, I'm afraid you won't be saying that anymore.

There could only be one person in the Land of Fire who commanded the winds and rains, and that was me. There could only be one ninja village that sheltered it from the storm, and that was the Akatsuki Ninja Village. Konoha would sooner or later become a den of rebels!

Their words could not be trusted!

"Makoto, you handled this matter extremely well!"

"I'll leave it all to you."

The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire once again displayed his immense trust in Uchiha Makoto. With a wave of his hand, he entrusted all the agreement terms to him. As long as Uchiha Makoto believed there was no problem, he could stamp the Daimyo's golden seal on those agreements today.

"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness!"

Things went even more smoothly than Uchiha Makoto had imagined. The Daimyo's preconceived notions, coupled with Hashirama Senju's overwhelming strength and Uchiha Makoto's constant promotion of conspiracy theories about Hashirama Senju, had led the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire to practically conclude that Hashirama Senju was a thick-skinned, black-hearted schemer. Under that logic, it was truly difficult for him to distinguish the truth. At least from a logical standpoint, there was not a single flaw in what Uchiha Makoto had said.

Unless he had been there in person.

Unfortunately.

Only Uchiha Makoto, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju had been in the room at the time.