The Impending Negotiation

"You lot are really something... one being manipulated by a purple hag, another bullying children... don't drag down the prestige of us Li Ke."

Dark Li Ke stretched as he watched the Black Mist Space and spoke up.

"Come to think of it, haven't you noticed? This Black Mist Space is becoming increasingly stable. Also, do you think there could be a female Li Ke?"

He voiced his concerns, after all, each Li Ke had developed different personalities and preferences based on their bodies, origins, and environments.

He was quite worried about the possibility of a love-struck female Li Ke.

"A female version of me... the combat style would likely be more agile. As it happens, the combat methods of Scathach from my memories would be very useful; they could help her challenge the strong more effectively."

Type-Moon Li Ke thought of this immediately.

"Can you act normal for once, or just go full-blown lunatic..."

Dark Li Ke complained again. Although Type-Moon Li Ke had confirmed he possessed the qualifications of a Nephalem, this "sane lunatic" act still annoyed him.

In his view, if Type-Moon Li Ke wanted to kill the Counter Force, he shouldn't care about the Earth or humanity—just kill them first. Even if the Earth and humanity were truly destroyed, he could just find a way to reverse time later.

Although reversing time might not work, this constant worrying about destroying humanity was truly frustrating.

However, he did understand Type-Moon Li Ke; after all, Type-Moon Li Ke had his own social circle. If he acted recklessly, his family would be the first to suffer. Unlike himself, whose family had long since been slaughtered by Demons and cultists. He had no attachments, and before obtaining this golden finger, he even had somewhat antisocial personality traits.

"Why do I feel like I'm the most mentally normal one among everyone here?"

Warhammer Li Ke glanced at Dark Li Ke, understood what he was thinking, and retorted speechlessly.

He, who should be the most insane, wasn't, yet Dark Li Ke wanted to go crazy, and even the Apocalypse Li Ke's mental state was visibly deteriorating.

Who exactly was the one facing the Four Chaos Gods!

"But a female Li Ke... I remember that's considered a 'poison point' in 99-style webnovels, right? And for a female version of me, I can only imagine a female pervert..."

Type-Moon Li Ke envisioned a female Li Ke who spent all day taking advantage of her status as a woman.

"Don't slander us! At the very least, I'm not that lecherous; Kurenai even pursued me! I believe in love! Unlike the me from Type-Moon!"

Naruto Li Ke immediately raised his hand in protest.

"I'm not that lecherous either. With Slaanesh around, how could I be?!"

Warhammer Li Ke also expressed his opposition.

"Wow... you actually believe in love, tsk tsk tsk..."

French Li Ke couldn't help but click his tongue. He had seen too many absurd things, so he...

Forgot how to love.

"What's going on?"

The newly arrived Li Ke was stunned for a moment. Before he could say anything after seeing versions of himself from different styles, Naruto Li Ke instantly appeared by his side and patted his shoulder.

Then, Naruto Li Ke couldn't help but shout out loud.

"Holy crap! Steamed!"

The other Li Kes also came over to pat him, then all shouted out.

"Holy crap! Steamed!"

But before they could say anything more, the previously indestructible Black Mist Space collapsed without warning.

Naruto Li Ke felt a moment of dizziness before returning to his guard post. In front of him was the busy Konoha Tech Team and the Three-Tails, which was being studied by them in various ways.

The current situation was that Kirigakure had retreated across the board, focusing on full defense against the invasions of Kumogakure and Sunagakure. As for Konoha, they hadn't really prepared much, leaving only a few outposts and not even sending out patrols.

The reason was simple.

Kumogakure and Sunagakure were also at the end of their ropes. Kirigakure could grit their teeth and defend against them, but if Konoha invaded, they absolutely wouldn't be able to hold out. So, if Konoha invaded, it would be better to surrender immediately.

Therefore, he felt the best move now was for the Konoha Hokage to take action, launch a fierce attack on the Stone Village, let Kumogakure invade Kirigakure, and then wait for Kirigakure to sue for peace. They could then pressure the Stone Village to gain more benefits and take Kirigakure as a vassal in one fell swoop.

Just like Sunagakure.

But unfortunately, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't want to do that, and the Hashirama Senju in his head didn't agree with it either.

The ones who agreed most with Li Ke's idea were Madara Uchiha and Senju Tobirama. Then, because Senju Tobirama shared the same opinion as Madara Uchiha, he would berate Madara Uchiha for betraying the village and causing Konoha's power to decline, otherwise, things wouldn't be like this now.

Then, when Izuna Uchiha saw his brother being berated, he would yell at Senju Tobirama, only to be completely suppressed by him...

So the four of them were arguing and staging non-lethal fights in his head every day, annoying him to the point of madness.

If it weren't for the sake of caution, and the possibility that he might need Hashirama Senju to resonate chakra with him to increase his power and see how he, Li Ke, would handle things, he would have long since let Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha go just to have some peace and quiet.

"However, the peace talks between Kirigakure and Konoha are coming soon."

Li Ke was very clear about this. Kirigakure knew they couldn't hold on and would inevitably come to negotiate; he just didn't know what conditions the Third Hokage would propose.

However, since his current mission was to guard the Three-Tails and he felt a bit bored, he immediately thought of the world the newcomer came from.

"Besides, the newcomer is actually from Dynasty Warriors. But he doesn't have the abilities of a Musou general, and he's in the territory of the Kingdom of Wu, yet he wants to stage a coup... he's got guts."

The new Li Ke was in the late Han Dynasty, and his world was filled with Musou generals, even looking exactly like those in Dynasty Warriors. He was a complete commoner, so after conducting a series of field investigations of the Han Dynasty—

He decided to stage a coup without any special powers whatsoever.

It really highlighted the word "guts."

What's more ridiculous is that he actually managed to pull together a team and is currently doing business under the name of a merchant guild. He has even established a certain level of cooperation with some minor families in Zhidongwu, proving he is quite the troublemaker.

Looks like a rising star in politics.

He muttered to himself, then felt a surge of chakra fluctuations. The next moment, Minato Namikaze appeared by his side.

However, Li Ke noticed that although Minato still wore that bright, sunny smile, it looked somewhat forced.

"Li Ke, this is the village's latest order... Also... you should see this for yourself."

After saying this, he took out two scrolls. The first instructed him to keep a close watch on the Three-Tails, as the negotiations would be held in its vicinity.

The second was a summary of the meeting regarding the negotiations with Kirigakure, transcribed by Minato himself.

But after reading it, Li Ke had only one feeling.

"Damn it, this is a humiliating treaty!"

Then, Senju Tobirama's voice erupted in his mind with a piercing, shrill roar.

"Monkey!!!"

After that roar, Hashirama Senju spoke up.

"Eh? What's wrong? Isn't returning the Tailed Beast unconditionally a good thing? And waiving reparations—isn't that to prevent them from starting wars again just for mission shares? Giving up a portion of mission shares ensures they won't be short on money, won't start wars, and will have the ability to resist threats from the Stone Village and Kirigakure, right? I think it's quite good."

Hashirama Senju's tone was filled with a blank, ignorant innocence.

Li Ke's mental world went quiet for a moment, and then Madara Uchiha spoke.

"Kid... do you finally understand the greatness of the Eye of the Moon Plan?"

His voice was filled with helplessness, but his brother Izuna asked in confusion.

"Isn't this quite good? Isn't this the peace you wanted, Brother? Everyone has food to eat, and there's no need to worry about missions or anything like that."

And so, Li Ke's mental world fell silent once again.

The biggest problem for me with splitting this into two-thousand-word segments is...

The chapter title...

I spent three minutes just thinking of one chapter title...