You're not joking!!
The Third Hokage's pupils contracted. He could not believe that Jingyi actually had a solution to the problem that had plagued him for months!!!
Looking at Jingyi's confident, smiling silence, the Third Hokage knew that this fellow was waiting for him to show some sincerity.
I have a solution, but I won't tell you easily.
Either figure it out yourself, or show me some sincerity.
Damn it!
He had been played again.
The Third Hokage cursed inwardly.
"As long as Ino-Shika-Cho does not cross my bottom line, the position of Jonin Corps Captain will always belong to them. Is that sincere enough?"
What was the Third Hokage's bottom line?
The Hokage's seat.
As long as they did not touch that bottom line, he would not make a move against Ino-Shika-Cho.
Now Ino-Shika-Cho could rest easy.
They had been among the first clans to take a side. Though it had been because of Mito Uzumaki, Ino-Shika-Cho had still resolutely stood with Tsunade and sacrificed quite a few benefits in the process.
Jingyi remembered all of it. He simply had not found a good opportunity to compensate them.
Arranging for Ino-Shika-Cho members to join the Anbu had merely been a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Whenever he could secure benefits for Ino-Shika-Cho, Jingyi would not turn a blind eye.
That was how alliances worked. There had to be investment before there could be returns.
As long as they did not cross the Third Hokage's bottom line, he could not touch the position of Jonin Corps Captain. For Ino-Shika-Cho, this was absolutely good news.
The Third Hokage had shown his sincerity.
Jingyi raised his head, gazed at the sky, and said casually:
"Lord Hokage can write an apology letter to the daimyo. Tell him about the impact Konoha would suffer from accepting