After quickly reading the letter in his hand, Shin'un looked up at Nara Shikahito.
"To conduct postwar negotiations in the Land of Iron alongside Iwagakure?"
Putting down the letter, Shin'un shook his head and said with a smile:
" Sunagakure has certainly made a good plan."
Nara Shikahito picked up the teacup on the round table in front of him and took a leisurely sip of hot tea, understanding what Shin'un meant.
"Yes, they've come up with a good idea."
"Now that the Fourth Shinobi World War is over, all the participating shinobi villages have suffered heavy losses, including our Konoha."
"But Konoha was the only victor in the end, and with the thousands of Sunagakure prisoners in our hands, everyone in the Shinobi World knows that we will use these prisoners to extract a huge amount of compensation from Sunagakure."
"In this way, not only will all the losses from the war be wiped out, but Konoha's foundation as a ninja village will also be strengthened. Which ninja village in the Shinobi World wouldn't be envious and jealous?"
"Given this, since Sunagakure brought Iwagakure into the post-war negotiations, Iwagakure will naturally do its utmost to support Sunagakure during the negotiations, considering all the future possibilities. They might even join forces to pressure Konoha during the negotiations."
"Coercion?" Upon hearing Nara Shikahito's words, Shin'un shook his head and said with a smile, "Coercion without any threat can only become a joke."
" Sunagakure is now practically powerless to resist; the entire village's remaining ninja might not even number a thousand."
" Iwagakure? Do you think they'd really start a new war just to help Sunagakure? At most, they'll just throw in a few empty threats during negotiations."
Upon hearing Shin'un clearly and logically explain Sunagakure's plans, Nara Shikahito immediately smiled and nodded.
"You're right. At this point, no matter what efforts Sunagakure makes, it will all be in vain."
"However, in addition to what you mentioned, I also intend to change the location for the postwar negotiations."
After speaking, Nara Shikahito looked up, pondered for a moment, and then looked at Shin'un, saying:
"It's not that bad, in the Land of Rain, or the Land of Birds, what?"
Upon hearing this, Shin'un frowned, somewhat puzzled.
"Change the location for negotiations?"
After pondering for a while, Shin'un still couldn't figure it out, so he simply asked Nara Shikahito.
"Their desire to hold post-war negotiations in the Land of Iron is simply for safety reasons, so why move it to the Land of Birds?"
Hearing this, Nara Shikahito chuckled twice and explained, "Anyway, we're in control, so what can't we let the Sand Ninja do?"
"If they don't want our two thousand Sunagakure prisoners to have an easy time, they'll have to take the risk."
"As for why the negotiation location was changed..."
"Hehe~" Nara Shikahito chuckled and said in a low voice, "Think about it, when the post-war negotiations begin in half a month, the Lord Hokage will definitely organize a negotiation team to go there."
"At that time, I will most likely be selected, perhaps as a negotiator, or perhaps simply to travel with the team."
At this point, Nara Shikahito seemed to remember something and said to Shin'un:
"Not only me, but as Konoha's newest leader, you'll definitely be going with the team."
Nara Shikahito cleared his throat and said righteously to Shin'un:
" The Land of Iron is to the east of the Land of Fire, Land of Rain is to the west of the Land of Fire."
"If the negotiations are to take place in the Land of Iron, the two of us need to lead our teams out more than a week in advance to avoid any mishaps."
"It would be different in the Land of Birds, which is right next to the Land of Rain. We would only need to set off a day earlier."
"Oh, I see." Nodding, Shin'un raised an eyebrow and smiled as he heard Nara Shikahito's explanation.
"I thought there was some other reason..."
Seeing this, Nara Shikahito shook his head, blinked, and said:
Wouldn't it be better to save a few days of travel time?
"There are so many better things to do these past few days."
"After all, changing the negotiation location is just a matter of writing a letter; how could the Sunagakure possibly disagree?"
"Indeed." Hearing this, Shin'un nodded with a smile.
"However, if the negotiation location were changed to the Land of Birds, the Iwagakure might not come."
"It doesn't matter." Hearing Shin'un's words, Nara Shikahito nodded and said, " Sunagakure will naturally inform Iwagakure of the change in the negotiation location. Whether Iwagakure dares to come or not is their business."
"Unlike Iwagakure, we don't have any leverage over Sunagakure. Even if they show up, we can't get much war reparations from them. It doesn't matter whether they come to the negotiations or not."
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.
The border between the Land of Birds and the Land of Rain.
"Sizzle!"
As the hum of electricity began, a figure wrapped in electric current suddenly appeared on the deserted boulder.
Immediately afterwards, a series of whooshing sounds came as nine Konoha Ninja arrived in Body Flicker Technique.
Of the ten members of the Konoha team, the remaining nine were implicitly led by the silver-haired boy on the boulder.
A Konoha Jonin observed the surroundings for a moment, then jumped onto the boulder, walked behind the silver-haired boy, bowed slightly, and said:
" Lord Hirakawa, this is the border of the Land of Birds that we agreed upon with Lord Nara."
Standing atop the boulder, Shin'un gazed into the distance and said expressionlessly:
What time is it now?
Looking up, the Jonin mentally estimated the time and replied:
"It's around 10 a. m., about an hour before the time I agreed to meet with Lord Nara."
Nodding, Shin'un turned to the Jonin behind him Jonin instructed:
"In that case, let everyone rest for a while and wait for Nara- senpai's team."
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Shin'un's words, the Jonin bowed slightly and turned to relay the orders to the other ninjas in the group.
"Sigh~"
Watching the Jonin figure of the Jonin, Shin'un sighed deeply and found a clean spot on the boulder beneath him to sit down.
Gazing at the distant, faintly visible forest of the Land of Birds, Shin'un sighed silently.
"After worrying about the Sunagakure prisoners for a month, they can finally take a break..."
A month ago, Sunagakure formally surrendered in a letter, ordering all remaining Sand Ninja in the Land of Rain to give up resistance and become prisoners of Konoha.
With this order, the two thousand Sand Ninja from the Land of Rain were easily taken prisoner by Konoha.
But simply receiving the data successfully isn't enough.
If two thousand ninjas were to riot, it would be no joke.
With no other option, Nara Shikahito consulted with Hiruzen Sarutobi and directly dispatched eight hundred ninjas, led by Shimura Danzō, to guard two thousand Sunagakure prisoners.
Originally, Nara Shikahito intended that at least 1,200 ninjas were needed to ensure the safety of the 2,000 Sunagakure prisoners.
The problem is that after years of brutal war, Konoha is now in dire need of rebuilding.
Many stalled departments urgently need to resume operations, the regressing economy needs to start circulating again, and the fragile border defenses need to be restored to normal levels.
The backlog of tasks at all levels, which have been delayed for so long, also needs to be processed as soon as possible.
All of these require people.
The compensation from Sunagakure could not solve the immediate problem. Between guarding the prisoners and recalling the Konoha Ninja from the Land of Rain to restore the village to normal operation, Hiruzen Sarutobi had no choice but to choose the village.
Fortunately, Hiruzen Sarutobi eventually understood the risks of a prisoner riot.
With a single transfer order, aside from Jiraiya was busy educating his children and Anbu who was clearing out the Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Shin'un were all transferred to the heart of the Land of Rain.
There was only one mission—to pacify Shimura Danzō two thousand prisoners.
With two thousand prisoners and only one thousand guards, conflicts of all sizes occurred almost daily.
There was no other way; Shin'un, the other two, and Shimura Danzō were constantly dealing with the riots, and most of the time they couldn't even rest at night.