"The war is over. There is no need for us to intensify the conflict with Sunagakure, right?"
Just then, a gentle voice sounded.
The person who spoke is Minato Namikaze.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, he finally expressed his opinion.
You know, he is now Fourth Hokage - his ideas play a decisive role in Konoha's next strategy and development.
He was pushed to Hokage Position by Hiruzen Sarutobi and others. Sarutobi also intended to train him, so naturally he had to delegate power.
"What I mean is - peace has arrived. Although we don't know when the next war will break out, at least there is no need for us to conflict with Sunagakure at the moment." Minato looked at the eyes focused on him and scratched his head. "The current state of our village can no longer support a new round of war."
"Since other villages are carrying out post-war recovery actions - then we must also focus on this to speed up the pace."
"In this way, we can deal with any accidents that may occur."
"Because of the generic drugs, the village's current financial situation is quite good - we don't need to worry too much."
However, Minato is not done yet.
Danzo said in a cold tone, "As expected of the fourth generation - the concept is really the same as that of the third generation."
"Do you think Sunagakure, especially Fourth Kazekage, is a pacifist like you? With the same development, Sunagakure, which has obtained Land of Rain resources, cannot match Konoha's speed in the short term."
"Furthermore, according to my survey, the fertility rate of Sunagakure's current population is far higher than that of several other ninja villages - if this continues, in a few years, Sunagakure will completely surpass us in all aspects. By then, once a war breaks out, it will be even more difficult for us to fight against it."
"Now - even if Land of Wind's famous envoys have lobbied various countries, Sunagakure's military expansion is an indisputable fact. They dare not further provoke war, because once they continue to expand, it means that the outside world's speculation about their Sunagakure ambitions will be confirmed, and it will prompt several villages to join forces to deal with them."
"At that time, due to the situation, it will not be a matter of whether Iwagakure, Kumogakure and Kirigakure want to join forces with us, but if we don't join forces, everyone will be targeted by Sunagakure!"
"Instead of taking advantage of this period and suppressing them as much as possible when they Sunagakure dare not take the initiative to cause trouble, we will instead live in peace with them - and let them develop."
"Sure enough - I still have to say, in my eyes, you are not the best candidate to become Hokage!"
Danzo As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the room immediately changed.
"Danzo! Watch your words."
Hiruzen Sarutobi narrowed his eyes.
"I'm just expressing my attitude - he is Fourth Hokage now, so naturally he doesn't need to pay attention to my words."
"Having said that, I think with the fourth generation's attitude, there is no need to continue the discussion--"
With that said, Danzo stood up directly, turned around and left.
He just said this in person today, naturally because the facts proved that his decision and vision were correct.
Sunagakure poses a huge threat to Konoha.
"It's okay - we just have different ideas. He is also worried about the village. I understand."
Watching Danzo leave, Minato Namikaze smiled nonchalantly.
"Minato--What are you going to do?"
Jiraiya knew this apprentice quite well. He walked over and asked.
"I am ready to promote diplomatic relations between Konoha and Sunagakure and ease the fire between the two villages Yakumi--" Minato Namikaze's eyes changed and he said.
Everyone heard it and realized that Minato did not really want to be friends with Sunagakure.
But with other thoughts.
"First, connecting emotionally with Sunagakure can ensure that at least in the next period of time, the village can get enough time to develop and recover."
"Second, understand the enemy better. To be honest, although this time Shinobi World fights, we Konoha are the main opponents fighting Sunagakure - I myself also fight against Kazekage We have fought against several times, but we still don't know enough about him. Moreover, some of Sunagakure's own policies related to development are also worth learning from us Konoha."
"I have sorted out some of the systems and systems that Sunagakure has changed since its rise from Fourth Kazekage, especially at the medical level - I think they are worth learning from."
"Only by fully grasping all aspects of Sunagakure's information will we be able to deal with them if they fall out one day."
"Third, it is to enhance the competitiveness between the two villages by establishing certain diplomatic relations. This in itself is also beneficial to our Konoha ninjas and younger generations."
"It's very difficult. Sunagakure may not necessarily be willing to ease the relationship with us. This Shinobi World war itself has greatly worsened the relationship between our two villages, especially the matter between the Uchiha Clan and Hyuga Clan. Uchiha Clan is also unstable at the moment. If this news is released, they may -"
Utatane Koharu said immediately.
"So, come little by little."
Minato explained.
"This idea of yours is very dangerous - if done well, it is indeed a countermeasure, but if it is messed up, it will also cause huge hidden dangers to the village."
Tsunade suddenly pointed out the problem sharply. "Increasing the exchanges between the two villages will not only make us Konoha understand Sunagakure better, but also make Sunagakure become more familiar with us Konoha. Information and intelligence are all relative, and we may not be able to take advantage."
"Show the enemy weakness - and buy time -"
Jiraiya touched his chin and muttered to himself.
"Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, we will consider other methods - in short, although I don't think Fourth Kazekage is a peaceful person in power, but in the current situation, we really don't have many choices. Rather than maintaining a confrontational relationship, I still think it is better to compromise."
"Of course, once good diplomatic relations are established, we must remain vigilant in many aspects - and arrange targeted plans and tasks in private."
Minato said.
After hearing this, everyone began to think about the feasibility of this matter.
Dong Dong.
But at this time, there was a knock on the door, interrupting everyone's thoughts.
"Come in."
Sarutobi called out.
A Anbu pushed the door open and saw everyone in the house. He immediately reported, "The intelligence ninja sent by the village sent news. Our people sneaked into some small countries visited by the Land of Wind envoys and found that the other parties were carrying out construction projects in many places within the territory and building factories with the help of Land of Wind workers and related personnel."
"Factory?"
"That's right - it's a pharmaceutical factory."
Anbu, wearing a mask, replied."
Tsunade's eyelids jumped after hearing this.
I realized something immediately.
"I see, Sunagakure has cooperated with other forces to weaken the competitiveness of our Konoha generic drugs and provided the complete industrial chain to everyone. In this way, with the ability to produce and sell by itself, the market no longer needs to rely on our resources."
Tsunade took a breath of cold air.
This is simply killing one thousand enemies and damaging eight hundred.
"Hurry up and find out how many countries have reached cooperation with Sunagakure, as well as the number of pharmaceutical factories built in each country, go quickly!"
Tsunade quickly waved his hand and gave instructions to Anbu.
"Yes."
Anbu members heard the sound and went to do it quickly.
"Not only is it to attack our industry - Sunagakure took the lead in laying out pharmaceutical factories all over Shinobi World, it is also equivalent to a disguised way to check and balance the interests of other countries." The most important thing is that he took a step ahead. If we talk about cooperation with other countries, we will no longer have any advantage, and forcing a deal will only be a loss-making transaction. "
"Moreover, some of the money of other countries has been harvested by them. If we continue to negotiate, I am afraid that the price other forces can offer will be quite low."
Shikaku also quickly figured out the meaning behind this, and his expression changed.
The main thing is that even they didn't expect that Sunagakure would give up its "core" in order to compete.
Simply - so decisive!
"I'm afraid--it's too late."
Shikaku bit his finger.
"It's also a trap."
Shikaku looked at the third and fourth generations.
"What do you mean?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi asked.
"The other party has seized the opportunity and the situation has been decided. Next - Sunagakure is betting on whether we, Konoha, dare to destroy pharmaceutical factories in other countries. Once we do this, although to a certain extent, we have protected our own interests, in fact, we are also stopping Sunagakure's losses."
"If we don't take action - Sunagakure has already made an astronomical amount of money that we can't even imagine. We, Konoha, can only watch helplessly as drug resources flood and the value of this industry chain is squeezed infinitely. If we take action, we, Konoha, will be the sinners, and the reputation of Konoha from the outside world will plummet."
"It will even damage our relations with other countries - and it will also help Sunagakure stabilize the market in disguise."
"In other words, whether we do it or not, we will lose money."
"This is a dead end.
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Shikaku's voice once again plunged the room into deathly silence.