"Let's go, get there early, maybe you can catch lunch."
Before Heaven-Earth Bridge, Songkang made a joke.
Hanzo and the other five Jonin sighed helplessly. This new leader is really an optimist.
In this situation, you can still face it with a smile.
With his ability to withstand pressure, it's no wonder that he was suddenly elected as the new leader of the village at this time.
Songkang led Hanzo and five others across Heaven-Earth Bridge and headed straight along the road.
Ten kilometers is not a long distance, and with the speed of a ninja, it can be completed very quickly.
Then they saw the location of the meeting, an abandoned shrine.
Although it is an abandoned shrine, many facilities and buildings are still intact because it was abandoned not so long ago.
When they arrived, ninjas from all over the world gathered under the torii gate at the entrance of the shrine.
What surprised Songkang and others was that in addition to Hidden Grass shinobi, not only Iwagakure Ninja, Hidden Sand Village ninjas, Land of Night ninjas, and Samurai gathered here, but even Konoha's ninjas also appeared here.
"It seems that the situation is more complicated than I thought..."
Songkang smiled bitterly.
How could Hidden Rain Village He De be so proud and bring together ninjas from so many different forces?
My body, which was originally slightly upright, slowly stooped down, as if it had been crushed by something heavy.
Songkang led Hanzo and another Jonin into the main hall, while the other three Hidden Rain Village Jonin stayed outside waiting.
The main hall of the shrine has been transformed into a conference room-like layout, with four main seats at the front.
Then there are the auxiliary seats distributed on both sides. There is no doubt that these are the seats reserved for Hidden Rain Village and Hidden Grass Village.
As for the four main seats, they are naturally those of the three major countries and Land of Night, and all of them are already occupied by people.
On Konoha's side were three young men under the age of thirty, namely Danzo, Jing and Koharu.
Among them, Danzo is sitting in the position, and Jinghe Koharu is acting as the guard of Danzo.
The attendee on the Iwagakure side was an old man in his sixties, followed by two Jonin guards.
The old man's body was hunched over. He didn't have a ninja costume, and only had a pair of dusty home clothes, which was very out of place.
He also coughed from time to time, holding a cane in his hand, and looked like his hair was about to become braided.
It's just that no one present looked down upon the old man because his position at Iwagakure was High-Level Advisors.
He was still one of the followers of First Tsuchikage. If it were not for his age, he might himself be a strong competitor of Second Tsuchikage.
Hidden Sand Village was attending a middle-aged man in his forties, one of the senior Jonin of Hidden Sand Village. Like Second Kazekage Shamon, he had strong sand control ability.
Behind him were the same two young Jonin guards, but one of them was special, with blue hair and yellow eyes. Just standing there gave people a strong sense of presence that could not be ignored, causing many people to glance sideways and look at him.
'This guy's strength might be on the same level as Hiruzen.'
Danzo glanced at the blue-haired and yellow-eyed Hidden Sand Village young Jonin from the corner of his eye. Since he couldn't see the specific depth of the opponent, he could only roughly judge the opponent's strength.
There are also three people attending Land of Night, Kakuzu, Doichi, and Magnet Release ninja Flying Kite.
Among them, Kakuzu is the person in charge of the talks, and Doichi and Flying Kite are the escorts Jonin for this trip.
"Since you're here, please sit down."
The old consultant of Iwagakure spoke up and asked Songkang to wait for Hidden Rain shinobi to take a seat.
On the Hidden Grass Village seat on the other side, the Hidden Grass Village leader and his two Jonin guards had already taken their seats.
Songkang nodded and took the seat with Hanzo and another Hidden Rain Village Jonin.
Songkang sat down and looked at a document on the table in front of him.
"Hidden Rain Village leader, please open it and take a look. If you have no objections, you can sign directly."
The old consultant Iwagakure glanced at Songkang lightly and asked him to open the document in front of him. Then he closed his eyes and rested alone, without giving Songkang any chance to ask questions.
Sitting on the seat of Hidden Grass Village opposite Songkang, leader Hidden Grass Village showed a gloating smile, as if he knew what was written in that document.
Songkang felt a thump in his heart and had a vague feeling of bad premonition.
As the victor in the war, no matter what, we should not be treated in such a humiliating way.
With a feeling of anxiety, he opened the agreement documents prepared in advance.
He could remain calm at first, but the more he read, the more cold sweat flowed on his forehead, and the smile on his face disappeared without knowing when, and he could no longer smile.
Songkang also seemed to notice something was wrong with his face. Hanzo and another Hidden Rain Village Jonin were both confused, but the content on the document was blocked by Songkang's body, so they couldn't see it.
"No, this is wrong..."
Songkang After reading the document, he became confused and felt helpless and struggling as if his hopes were shattered.
"Oh, what's wrong?"
The old consultant Iwagakure, who was originally resting, seemed to hear Songkang's murmur. His eyes opened and his tone was calm.
"Everyone, the compensation regulations here are wrong. We Hidden Rain Village are the victors this time. How can we pay war reparations? This is ridiculous. Moreover, the amount of compensation is still so huge. We Hidden Rain Village simply..."
Songkang stood up at this time, facing the sharp gaze of old man Iwagakure, and struggled to express his inner struggles and doubts.
Although he knew that participating in this meeting would definitely result in humiliation from Iwagakure Ninja.
But he never expected that Iwagakure would ask Amegakure of the victorious side to pay war reparations to Kusagakure.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is not Kusagakure who is demanding war reparations, but Iwagakure who is manipulating Hidden Grass shinobi behind the scenes.
"The victor?"
Iwagakure The old man seemed to have heard something very funny, and suddenly looked at Songkang with strange eyes.
"Yes, we Hidden Rain Village are victorious..."
Songkang Just when he was about to argue, Iwagakure the old man Teuchi cut him off.
"Hidden Grass Village leader, what do you say?"
The old consultant Iwagakure looked at the leader Kusagakure on the other side.
Hidden Grass Village leader seemed to have prepared his words in advance. His originally gloating smile immediately turned into indignation, revealing unparalleled anger and grievance:
"The Hidden Rain Village people are talking nonsense! As we all know, we Kusagakure ninjas have always loved peace, and the invasion of Land of Rain is even more false. The previous turmoil in Land of Rain was clearly caused by a group of wandering ninjas in the name of us Kusagakure, and has nothing to do with us Kusagakure!
Amegakure doesn't know right from wrong and launches an attack on our country. It is really ambitious!
If Hidden Rain Village does not compensate us, we Hidden Grass Village will fight resolutely to the end! We Hidden Grass Village always believe that victory will be on the side of justice!"
"..."
The conference room suddenly became quiet.
Especially the temporarily inserted Konoha, Danzo, Jing, and Koharu all opened their mouths, not knowing what to say for a while.
If they hadn't known the truth, they would have almost believed the nonsense of leader Hidden Grass Village.
Danzo's mind moved and he looked towards Hidden Sand Village.
I found that the representative of Hidden Sand Village was indifferent.
'Something's wrong.'
According to the information detected by Konoha, Hidden Sand Village should have contacted Hidden Rain Village in advance before the meeting. Why is there no support at all now?
Danzo thought for a while, and then understood something instantly.
Then, there is only one possibility before us, and that is that Hidden Sand Village and Hidden Rain Village have broken down.
So, Danzo looked at the three Songkang with a trace of pity in their eyes.
Now not only Iwagakure and Land of Night, but also Hidden Sand Village may have joined the temporary alliance, forming a triangle alliance and supporting Kusagakure.