Three days later, the tracking report from the Public Security Department technical team was placed on the table of Senju Chen.
When Yamato opened the door and came in, his face was paler than last time.
"Minister, the flow of fake parameters has been found."
"Say."
"After three levels of changing hands, the last point of contact was a secret ferry, a merchant ship in the direction of Land of Water." Yamato swallowed, "We compared the ship's registration, code words, and handover gesture habits... pointing to Kirigakure's espionage network."
Senju Chen The hand holding the tea cup stopped in mid-air.
Point to Kirigakure.
He almost spit out his tea--Kirigakure?
You must know that the current Kirigakure Mizukage is his clone!!!
I stole my own information???
You wouldn't even dare to write a novel like this.
"Minister?" Yamato was a little nervous when he saw that he didn't speak, "Do you want to--"
"No rush." Senju Chen put down the tea cup, "Kirigakure, you know who Mizukage is now."
"I know, it's a new Mizukage that was just replaced three months ago. It is said that the method was very powerful and the inside of Kirigakure was cleaned very clean."
Senju Chen smiled and did not answer.
This is someone using Kirigakure as a shield.
Or to be more precise, some people are eager for Konoha and Kirigakure to fight first and then sit by and watch the show.
"Continue checking this line." Senju Chen stood up, "But don't make any noise, especially don't leak a word to Iwagakure."
"Yes, Minister."
Konoha, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
There were no scrolls or tools in the negotiation hall. There were two chairs at each end of the long table, with only a piece of paper and a pot of warm tea in the middle. The tea steam rose, floated into the beam of light above the head, and dispersed.
The envoy of the Iwagakure mission is a tall and thin old man with a surname of Hogari. His eyes are sunken and his first words after entering the door are full of anger.
"Minister Senju." He didn't sit down and stood in front of the table, "That night at the border, you Konoha took advantage of our Iwagakure border defense exercise to cross the border and treat our five Kirigakure camps like monkeys. This... shouldn't you Konoha give us Iwagakure an explanation?"
"Sir Hogari." Senju Chen poured himself a cup of tea, his tone calmer than the other party's, "Which night is it specifically?"
"Don't do Tai Chi with me." Hogari put his hand on the table. "That night the border was illuminated like daylight, and there were those kind of sonic attacks. Don't tell me that these were not done by you Konoha!!!"
"Then Mr. Hogari, do you have any evidence?" Senju Chen asked with a smile.
Hogari's face stiffened. He really didn't have any evidence to point to Konoha.
"Master Hogari, it's better not to talk nonsense about things without evidence, otherwise other villages will hear about it and think we, Konoha, are bullying others!"
Hogari's face turned red and he wanted to say something, but Senju Chen raised his hand to stop him.
He pushed the paper over the table.
Hogari frowned and looked down, his eyes slowly changing from anger to suspicion.
That's not a protest, it's not an apology, it's a letter of intent to purchase.
Title: "West Mountain Ore Vein, Chrome Ore Purchasing Intention".
Attached below is the price, quantity, and a bold line of words - "Konoha provides mineral processing technical assistance."
Hogari's fingers stopped on that line of words, and he raised his head to look at Senju Chen. The anger in his eyes faded and turned into something more complicated.
"West Mountain Ore Vein That piece of waste." Senju Chen's voice was very calm, "Your country has been using it to fill roads for so many years."
"We, Konoha, are willing to buy it at a fair price and negotiate the price set by your village."
The hall became quiet, and only the smell of tea was still floating in the beam of light.
Hogari stared at the piece of paper for a long time, and suddenly understood one thing--
The zero-casualty attack on the five camps that night was not just a simple show of muscles or a demonstration by Konoha. Konoha had no intention of fighting Iwagakure from the beginning to the end. The flares, air blasts, and canyon closures that night were just to tell Iwagakure: We have clearly seen the troop strength and exercises you put out.
And the real thing is the mine.
He suddenly remembered the way Ōnoki was cursing in Tsuchikage's office before leaving - the old man personally decided to conduct that exercise, hoping to find out the bottom of Konoha through testing, but now nothing has been found out, and they have also spotted their mineral vein.
Hogari's fingers stopped at the edge of the paper and slowly raised his head.
"Minister Senju." His voice lowered, "You Konoha are just for mineral procurement?"
Senju Chen picked up the teacup and smiled.
Hogari stared at him and suddenly felt a little cold on his back.
He remembered what Lord Tsuchikage once said at the meeting - "After so many years of war, it is time to show our minions to Konoha and the entire Shinobi World."
Now it seems that this sentence is a bit too early.
Konoha only showed the tip of the iceberg this time, but they couldn't understand it at all.
This is not showing off the claws to Konoha. This is not showing off the claws, but it is being shown off!!!
It is conceivable that in the future, until everyone understands how Konoha did these amazing things this time, the entire Shinobi World will not dare to touch Konoha again!!!
After the mission left, Yamato hurried into the command post with a new technical team report.
"Minister." His voice was very low, "Kirigakure line, there are new trends."
Senju Chen was looking down at the draft of the mine contract and raised his eyes when he heard the sound.
"The merchant ship at the point of contact," Yamato swallowed, "Was scuttled at the ferry. No one on board was left alive."
Senju Chen's finger stopped on the paper.
"Before the ship sank, Public Security Department intercepted the last piece of communication, which was sent by that ship." Yamato handed a piece of translation paper to Senju Chen.
"It says - 'The reef has been put into the net, please hand it over immediately'."
"To whom?" Senju Chen asked.
Yamato shook his head. "I don't know, the clue is broken."
The light tube in the command post made a very light buzzing sound. Senju Chen stared at the translation paper, and his fingers paused on the word "transfer" for a long time.
"Yamato, give Yamanaka Yū directly to the Yamanaka clan leader, and there is no need to check the rest."
"But, Minister..."
"It's okay. Since he took our fake data, this person will jump out sooner or later. He's just a clown. Don't worry too much."
"Understood, Minister."