At the entrance of the Hokage building, Shizune was walking in with a stack of documents in his arms. When he saw them, he turned around.
"Little Chen! You're back!!!"
"Sister Shizune."
"Go quickly, Lady Tsunade is in the office. I'll go down and deliver the documents first."
"Okay, Sister Shizune."
Fifth floor, Hokage's Office.
When the door opened, Tsunade was pressing a document on the table, resting his face on one hand and looking out the window with one eye.
Hearing the noise, Tsunade turned around and saw it was Senju Chen, and his eyes lit up.
"Back?"
"Back."
"Lost weight."
"I ate half a truckload of snacks along the way."
"That's why he has lost weight." Tsunade pushed the document away, turned the chair, and scanned him up and down, "Land of Rain It's raining so hard over there, did you bring an umbrella?"
"I brought it." Senju Chen took out a paper umbrella from his arms, opened it half an inch, and put it away again, "Chakra Paper It's folded and won't fall apart when exposed to water."
Tsunade stared at the umbrella for two seconds.
"Who gave it to me?"
"... Friends."
"Male and female."
"Sister."
"Okay, okay." Tsunade waved his hand and smiled, "No more questions, I'm not pushing you for anything!!!"
She moved her gaze to Jiraiya, and her smile disappeared.
"You, stand still."
Jiraiya stands at attention like a ladybug.
"Where's the mission report?"
"Writing..."
"How long have you been writing this?"
"Three months."
"Write a few pages."
"... The intelligence I collected this time is of very high quality--"
"A few pages."
"Half page."
Tsunade grabbed the paperweight on the table.
"Sister." Senju Chen spoke promptly, "Lord Jiraiya made great efforts on Land of Rain this time."
Tsunade's hand stopped in mid-air.
"You also went to Land of Rain?" Tsunade looked at Jiraiya in confusion.
"On the way, on the way, hehehe." Jiraiya chuckled. He couldn't be said to have been seduced by the "wet clothes" in Senju Chen's mouth!
At this time, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door. Three people, two fast and one slow.
Senju Chen's ears moved.
The door was pushed open without knocking.
Mitokado Homura walked in front, holding a roll of official documents in his hand. Utatane Koharu followed behind. Shikaku Nara was the last one to come in, yawned, and closed the door behind him.
Huh?
Third That old man didn't come this time?
"Lord Hokage." Mitokado Homura's voice reached the ceiling as soon as he entered the door, "We Council of Elders want to talk to Minister Senju about this trip to Land of Rain."
Tsunade glanced at his younger brother and Jiraiya who had just walked in. They came so quickly. It seemed that Land of Rain's matter was a bit big this time, and these elders couldn't sit still.
Mitokado Homura spread the official document on the table and asked Tsunade directly without waiting for a reply.
"Senju Chen. When you go to Land of Rain this time, what is the mission given to you by the village."
"Diplomatic contact." Senju Chen said casually.
"Diplomatic contact." The old man repeated, "But what I received here is--"
He pressed his finger on the paper.
"The leader of Akatsuki announced in public that Konoha is his most important ally. All the envoys from the four countries were present. On the third day, Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, all the information from the four families has been sent back to this village. Now everyone Shinobi World believes that we Konoha have actually taken control of Land of Rain."
"Yes."
"You admitted it?"
"Why don't I admit it?"
"Then let me ask you -" Mitokado Homura slapped his palm down and the teacup on the table jumped, "Who gave you the power to let Konoha be blamed for 'controlling other countries'?!"
The office was quiet.
"Land of Rain is sandwiched between the three major countries." The old man's voice was lowered. "It is the most sensitive land. By nailing Konoha's name there, you have found a target for the whole Shinobi World! What would Iwagakure think? What would Sunagakure think? Three months ago you just overturned other people's coalition forces at the Land of Earth border, and now you're reaching into Land of Rain - are you going to force them to stick together and beat us?"
"Elder Homura are you done?"
"It's not over!" the old man grabbed another piece of paper, "And this. Konoha has not sent a formal envoy from the beginning to the end, has not signed any agreement, and has not made any commitments. But now the other four countries think that we and Land of Rain Akatsuki has been an old friend for twenty years. It is even said that this is the back-up of our Konoha layout for twenty years. Who will take this 'honor' for Konoha? It's you! You, a Public Security Department minister, have exceeded your authority, exceeded the rules, and set the tone of national diplomacy for the village without authorization!"
Senju Chen After listening, he turned around and went to the tea cabinet.
Pour three cups of tea.
Put one cup in front of Utatane Koharu, one cup in front of Shikaku Nara, and the last cup in front of Mitokado Homura.
"Elder Homura Moisten your throat first. At your age, your anger will damage your lungs."
"I don't need--"
"You need it." Senju Chen pushed the cup forward half an inch, "Because for the next few pieces of paper, you may have to shout a few more words."
He took the scroll tube from Yamato, opened the lid, and poured it out.
Seven pieces of paper spread out on the table.
"The first one, Sunagakure."
Senju Chen's finger presses on the first picture.
"On the day that Rasa received the information, he withdrew a sum of funds that was originally intended to secretly support Land of Rain's rebellion. The amount was 32 million taels. On the same day, Sunagakure sent us a request document to increase trade - the document is on the third page below the official document you have."
Mitokado Homura's hand froze.
"Second picture, Iwagakure."
"Ōnoki's 'clearance operation' against the Land of Rain caravan originally scheduled for next month has been cancelled. He also ordered an additional order to suspend all infiltration plans in the direction of Land of Grass and Land of Waterfalls, and to wait and see."
"The third picture, Kumogakure."
"Raikage A canceled the plan to set up a secret base at Land of Rain and relocated it to Land of Hot Water. At the same time, he canceled all three 'border exercises' planned for our northern outpost this fall."
"The fourth picture, Kirigakure."
"The new Mizukage signed a sea transit agreement. Land of Water's port is now fully open to Land of Fire's caravan."
Senju Chen raised his hand and turned down the pages one by one.
"This is a summary of the original words of the senior officials of each village that were sent back by our Public Security Department intelligence network in the past ten days. I will read three of them."
"Sunagakure:'Konoha's strategy is far-reaching and far-reaching beyond expectations. It is not advisable to act rashly.'"
"Kumogakure: 'An opponent that can plan a layout for twenty years is terrifying.'"
"Iwagakure: 'Please make a quick decision from the top management. You must restrain yourself and wait and see.'"
He put the paper down.
"Elder Homura, you just said that I found an archery target for Konoha."
"But in the past ten days, the four major countries have canceled a total of seven military, intelligence, and financial operations targeting Konoha and Konoha's surrounding areas." Senju Chen's voice was low.