"I also choose to hand over 10 billion taels."
Ōnoki had no choice but to agree.
"Our Sunagakure chooses to hand over one-tenth of the village's income each year."
Rasa replied with a dark expression.
After all, 10 billion is an enormous sum for Sunagakure at present.
The daimyo of the Land of Wind is notoriously stingy, and recently the funds allocated to Sunagakure have been far too little. This forced Rasa to develop Magnet Release: Gold Dust, which allows him to pan for gold from the sand in order to barely keep Sunagakure alive.
Therefore, it's unrealistic to expect Sunagakure to come up with 10 billion ryo; the only option is to pay annually.
"Alright, in that case, let's sign the agreement quickly."
Ziyun said with a smile, and then Tsunade behind him immediately took out several pre-prepared contracts and placed them in front of the other three Kage Level.
"It seems the Fourth Raikage was very well prepared; he even had an agreement ready."
Seeing this, Ōnoki said angrily.
It seems the Fourth Raikage planned to extort money from the very beginning at this Five Kage Summit, which was hosted by Hiruzen Sarutobi.
What's even more chilling is that Hiruzen Sarutobi was the first to agree to the Kumogakure's request.
Ōnoki even suspected that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Yeyue Ziyun were colluding to collect money.
"Of course. After the agreement is signed, all Kage, please rest in Konoha until the village sends the money over, then you will regain your freedom."
Ziyun smiled, then ordered Tsunade, Mikoto, and Kushina to each control one of the Shadows.
Seeing this, the other guards didn't dare to move. Their strength was already well-known during the Third Shinobi World War.
They couldn't even defeat an entire ninja village, so of course they were no match for their few guards.
Two days later, Sunagakure and Iwagakure gathered the money and delivered it to them, so Ziyun let them go back.
As for Konoha, they delivered the money the fastest, and Hiruzen Sarutobi also managed to withdraw in time.
After all this was done, the handover ceremony for the Fourth Hokage began.
The four shadows also witnessed the handover ceremony.
" Ziyun, do you think Minato Namikaze Kumogakure after taking power?"
Looking at the young Minato Namikaze at the handover ceremony, Mikoto felt a sense of crisis.
This Minato Namikaze is almost invincible in the Shinobi World thanks to his Flying Thunder God Technique. Apart from Ziyun, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to defeat him head-on.
After all, the Flying Thunder God Perfect Susanoo can't keep up.
"That's right, should we kill this sissy now, so he won't be a burden later?"
Kushina cracked her knuckles, eager to try.
If it weren't for Minato Namikaze's repeated rescues during the Third Shinobi World War, Kushina would have killed almost all of Konoha High Command Minato Namikaze, which is why she deeply hated him.
"No need to rush, Minato Namikaze will join Kumogakure sooner or later."
Ziyun smiled faintly and spoke to the three women.
" Ziyun, is what you're saying true? He's already become the Fourth Hokage, how is that possible?" Tsunade exclaimed in shock.
How could the Fourth Hokage possibly join Kumogakure?
"Just you wait and see. You all know about the dirty tricks the Konoha High Command pulled; this day was bound to come sooner or later."
Ziyun looked confident and assured.
In fact, if I hadn't told Minato Namikaze to be patient and to let the Konoha High Command die in disgrace, Minato Namikaze might have already defected with Orochimaru.
"Let's go. We've made a fortune in Konoha this time; it's time for us to head back."
After attending the Fourth Hokage inauguration ceremony, Ziyun, along with Mikoto, Kushina, Tsunade, and Orochimaru whom they had received from Konoha, prepared to return home.
Having come to Konoha this time, Ziyun collected a lot of protection money and Orochimaru, making a fortune. Ziyun whistled happily.
"Shall we head back now? Or should we take a trip around the Shinobi World?"
Kushina didn't want to return to Konoha so soon, so she suggested they go for a walk.
Tsunade and Mikoto readily agreed, as they rarely left Kumogakure, and now that they had this good opportunity, they naturally wanted to explore it.
So Ziyun sent Orochimaru back first, and then accompanied the three women for a stroll.
About a month later, Ziyun returned to Kumogakure with the three exhausted women.
" Lord Raikage, you finally decided to come back! I've been so busy this past month."
After seeing Ziyun Mei Terumi said with a resentful expression.
Now, Kumogakure has many powerful individuals, vast territories, and its affairs have nearly doubled. This little secretary is really too busy to handle everything.
Fortunately, Pakura was also helping, which enabled them to complete the work, but they had to work 16 hours a day, which was exhausting.
"Ahem, thank you for your hard work, Mei Terumi. As a reward, I've decided to give you a three-day break."
Ziyun also felt quite embarrassed, since he rarely got involved in affairs after becoming the Raikage; it was all handled by Mei Terumi.
So they gave her a three-day holiday, Mei Terumi was overjoyed.
The next day, Ziyun arrived at the Raikage's Office early to process some documents, but instead received information about Juzo Biwa, who was guarding the gate of Kumogakure.
" Lord Raikage, a group claiming to be from the Akatsuki wants to see you. Do you wish to meet them?"
" The Akatsuki? What do they look like?"
Ziyun's expression turned somewhat strange after hearing this.
The Akatsuki in Hokage is currently in its early stages, and even its first leader Yahiko, is still alive. What are they doing in Kumogakure at this time?
"Reporting to Lord Raikage, the leader is a blond man, accompanied by a purple-haired woman and a red-haired man, and the red-haired man exudes a dangerous aura."
Juzo Biwa respectfully reports.
In fact, he initially refused when he heard that the Akatsuki wanted to enter Kumogakure, since such an organization of unknown origin could not be allowed into the village at will.
But in the end, Juzo Biwa still let the Akatsuki in because he found the red-haired man's eyes very peculiar, and thought that the Lord Raikage might be interested. So Juzo Biwa let the three of them in.
"Let them in."
Ziyun casually waved his hand and gave the order. He wanted to see what the Akatsuki was up to, whether they were being Obito Uchiha or Madara Uchiha and wanted to cause trouble.
If that's the case, then I'll accept the Rinnegan Ziyun.
However, Ziyun didn't think Madara Uchiha would be so brainless. He would rather the Rinnegan be far away from him and not let Nagato approach him on his own initiative.
"Yes." Soon, Juzo Biwa left, Yahiko, Konan, Nagato walked in.
" Yahiko."
Upon entering the Raikage's Office and seeing Ziyun, Nagato tensed up and grabbed Yahiko's black robe embroidered with red auspicious clouds.
After all, he could sense Ziyun's aura. Even though Ziyun didn't release it intentionally, the aura of Sage of Six Paths still made Nagato unconsciously tense up.
This man is even more dangerous than Hanzo of the Salamander, the leader of the Land of Rain.
As for Konan, she stared at Ziyun with curiosity.
After all, this is currently the strongest Shinobi World, and unexpectedly, this strongest person is also a handsome man, which made Konan feel a little admiring.
"Speak, what is your purpose in coming here?"
Ziyun then glanced at the three of them and asked a question. The three of them dared not meet Ziyun's gaze and quickly lowered their heads.
"Actually, I came to tell Lord Raikage that with the strength of Kumogakure, there's no need for them to do this."
Yahiko quickly raised his head and said, forcing himself to speak.
"Huh? How do I do it?" Ziyun didn't understand what Yahiko was talking about.
"In fact, the Kumogakure is strong enough in both strength and economy. There is no need to collect protection fees from other villages. With the strength of the Fourth Raikage and the Kumogakure, as long as you give the word, other villages will not dare to start a war. Why go through the trouble of sowing the seeds of hatred?"
"Even if other villages agree to Kumogakure's demands under pressure now, life will eventually pass away. If you are no longer here one day, war will surely break out again, bringing pain to the people."
"I hope that Lord Raikage can consider the bigger picture and take a long-term perspective to bring peace to the Shinobi World."
Yahiko looked at Ziyun and said with unusual innocence.
"I only want to develop and strengthen Kumogakure; I have no interest in peace."
Ziyun sneered, "So this guy came all the way to Kumogakure just to tell me this?"
" Lord Raikage, you possess the power to sweep across the Shinobi World, how can you stand by and watch war break out, causing countless people to lose their homes?"
Yahiko said with some disbelief, "I thought the Raikage was a person with lofty ambitions and ideals."
"Interesting, so you've taught me something?"
Ziyun finally understood. This Yahiko was indeed a hot-blooded idiot who actually came all the way to Kumogakure to lecture him. He really wasn't afraid of death.
"Am I wrong? Lord Raikage, you are perfectly capable of ensuring lasting peace and mutual understanding among people. Why don't you do it?"
Yahiko said, his face flushed, his voice rising unconsciously.
At the same time, Nagato and Konan tugged at Yahiko's sleeve, hoping he would stop talking.
They could sense that the Fourth Raikage was a little angry.
Angering the Fourth Raikage in Kumogakure is not a wise decision.
"What an idiot."
Ziyun looked at Yahiko with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. This guy was too naive. In the original work, his death was not accidental but inevitable.
However, Ziyun didn't need to waste time explaining to someone like Yahiko that it was impossible for people to understand each other.
However, since the other party dared to come all the way to Kumogakure to lecture me, I can't let them get away with it without paying a price.
"Men, throw this Akatsuki leader out!"