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He nodded with a smile. "Mm, how thoughtful of the Fourth. Uncle, sorry for the trouble, but please pass along my regards."
Tobirama Senju gave a noncommittal grunt without pursuing the subject. He continued, "The second matter. Konoha just finished fighting a war. Although we brought Amegakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure to their knees, we took heavy losses ourselves."
"The previous Hokage, Shimura Danzō, died in battle."
"Over a thousand of Konoha's elite died alongside him."
"Add in the casualties from the preceding months of fighting, and the compensation payments come to a considerable sum."
Tobirama Senju spoke evenly, as though reading out a bill. "So Konoha hopes the Daimyo will allocate another billion for postwar recovery and compensation. That won't be a problem, will it?"
At this, the corners of the Daimyo's mouth twitched involuntarily.
A billion really wasn't much money to him.
But the problem was-Uncle, that Danzo you mentioned, along with those thousand-odd ninja from the Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitokado, and Utatane clans, sacrificed themselves for Konoha?
And you want compensation for them?
Aren't you embarrassed to even say that?
The Daimyo wasn't deaf. How could he possibly not know about the public trial Konoha had held recently?
Danzo and the Third Generation, along with all four clans, had been dragged out for public judgment.
He had heard that the old bastard Danzo had even been resurrected, tied up in the square in front of the Hokage Building, and left for villagers with grudges against him to hack at with knives.
It was sheer madness!
That was also why, when Uchiha Xunjing took power without so much as greeting him, he had only grumbled inwardly.
That boy was absolutely ruthless.
Best not to provoke him.
He had single-handedly ended the war on the battlefield.
One blast of Lightning