Late, nine o'clock.

The heated room is the conference room used for meetings.

Because all parties participating in the talks have very clear goals, many lengthy and cumbersome etiquette should be omitted as much as possible.

The representatives participating in the meeting sat down around the huge round table in the center of the room. The guards and followers all stood diagonally behind. The only people who could sit down were Shiraishi, the Hokage and the Raikage.

The first time he sat down, Shiraishi asked: "Before the meeting officially begins, I would like to ask, before coming to the Land of Rain, Your Excellency the Hokage and the Raikage, they should obtain full authority from their country's daimyo.

Do you have the privilege of talking?”

Different from the government system of the Demon Country, the government system of the Fire Country and the Thunder Country is a split state. Konoha and Kumogakure can only represent the interests of the Ninja Village at best, but cannot fully represent the entire country.

Without the authorization of the daimyo, the promises made by both the Hokage and the Raikage in the talks will become meaningless.

After Shiraishi asked this question, Shikaku, who was standing behind Hiruzen, took out a document and unfolded the first page, which had the official red seal awarded by the Daimyo Prefecture of the Land of Fire.

"This time, Hokage-sama serves as the full agent for the Fire Country to negotiate. Please don't worry about this, Mr. Shiraishi."

In fact, all the situations that can be considered have been clearly considered at the high-level meeting of Konoha.

The only mistake they made was that their plan to secretly invite Kazekage to come to help was seen through by the Kingdom of Demons in advance. The Kazekage and others who came now may have been intercepted by the ninjas of the Kingdom of Demons and could not get here in time.

Alright.

The Jounin Dodai behind the Fourth Raikage over there also took out a document that was rarely checked by the standard. On it was the official seal of the Daming Palace of the Land of Thunder, which meant that the Fourth Raikage, like the Hokage, was a member of his country during this meeting.

authorized agent.

Seeing the official documents of his country displayed by both parties, Shiraishi nodded with satisfaction, crossed his hands on the table, coughed slightly, and then said: "Since both of you can attend this meeting, you have full authority to represent yourself."

country, so I won’t say any more nonsense. Now let’s officially enter the topic of the meeting. According to the materials provided by leader Payne of Rain Hidden Village, it was mentioned above that the Fire Country illegally hijacked the Rain Country’s daimyo and

Is it true that some powerful nobles interfered in the internal affairs of the Rain Country and prompted the outbreak of the Rain Country’s civil war?”

"...Yes, this matter was caused by the Fire Country and Konoha."

Hiruzen couldn't deny this.

The world is not black and white.

No matter how much he vetoes it, it cannot be avoided that Konoha and the Fire Country Daimyofu once interfered in the internal affairs of Rain Country.

"However, that is the power of surveillance that must be exercised over the vassal countries. During the Third Ninja War, the daimyo of the Country of Rain signed an official document to surrender to the Country of Fire. The new leader of Amegakure also visited Mu on behalf of Amegakure.

Ye Toucheng. Later, the leader of Zangzang unfortunately disappeared, and his whereabouts are still unknown. He is not known to be dead or alive. Someone reported that Yu Yin was plotting to overthrow the regime of the Kingdom of Rain."

Hiruzen said calmly.

He said this not because he wanted to let go of the debt that belonged to Konoha and the Fire Nation, but he just wanted to minimize the losses to Konoha and the Fire Nation.

"The leader of the survey is dead. Later, when Leader Pain searched for the relics of the survey, he found a lot of letters communicating with Konoha. According to the content of one of the letters, the time can be determined to be Sanshouyu Hanzo

During the ruling period, during the Third Ninja War, when Konoha and Sunagakure went to war, they betrayed their alliance with Amegakure, causing Sansho Hanzo to die in Sunagakure's trap. How should we deal with this problem?"

Shiraishi stared at Hiruzen's face.

Hiruzen smoked the cigarette stick and sighed softly: "That is the result of Orochimaru's insistence on his own way. Now Orochimaru is a traitorous ninja of Konoha. Even if he wants to be held responsible, I am afraid that he will not be able to do it for the time being."

Various issues involving the Land of Rain are inevitably related to the various disputes surrounding the Third Ninja War.

"According to the contents of the communication between Kanzo and Konoha, it involves not only Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, but also the name of the elder Danzo of Shinobi's Dark Shi Village."

"Well... During the war, the root has the power to kill first and then attack later on the battlefield. In fact, as the Hokage, I also learned about it later. What's more, Danzo has since seriously reflected on it."

Hiruzen forced himself to explain.

Anyway, Orochimaru is a traitorous ninja who betrayed Konoha at this time, so he only needs to shift most of the blame for betraying Amegakure to Orochimaru.

"Really? I have a piece of information secretly provided by Yugakure here. Please take a look at it, Lord Hokage."

Shiraishi took out a document, asked the ninja from the Demon Country on the side to take it, and handed it to Hiruzen.

Hiruzen was slightly confused, but he opened the document. It contained a large number of personal photos, along with names and brief biographical information. The nationality was the Country of Rain.

These people's professions range from ninja to civilians.

At the end, they are all marked with the words ‘missing’ and the approximate date of disappearance is recorded.

"This is……"

"I have to ask your elder Shimura Danzo. During the Amegakure period led by Kanzo, many Amegakure ninjas were captured in Amegakure and sent to the experimental base at the root of Konoha. Since then, these Amegakure ninjas have

He disappeared and never appeared again. Not only that, Kanzo also secretly dispatched his subordinates to hunt down civilians in the Land of Rain. According to the investigation after the incident by Chief Pain, these arrested people were also captured by the roots of Konoha.

Used as material for human experiments."

Looking at the names recorded on the file, Hiruzen also changed his face slightly.

He wanted to retort, but he opened his mouth, but no words came out.

He was also one of the insiders about this matter.

"Playing wantonly with the lives of the people of the subject countries, and controlling the Daiming government behind the scenes, using force to interfere in the internal affairs of the subject countries. It is precisely because they saw the sinister intentions of the Fire Country and Konoha that the patriots of Amegakure Village wanted the independence of the country, so

It triggered the civil war in the Land of Rain. Mr. Hokage, is there anything else you want to say?"

Shiraishi asked in a calm tone.

Hiruzen was silent for a moment and said slowly: "On behalf of the Daming Palace of the Country of Fire, I hereby formally dissolve the subordination between the two countries. From now on, the Country of Rain will gain independent political, military, and economic power. And, the Country of Fire

The Congress paid monetary compensation to the Rain Country and helped the Rain Country resume production. After this matter, the Fire Congress sent people to Yugakure to negotiate with the leader of Pain."

Shiraishi looked at Hiruzen, nodded after a long time and said, "Okay. Afterwards, the Fire Country can send officials to Yuyin Village to negotiate compensation."

Hearing Shiraishi's answer, Hiruzen felt slightly relieved. When Shiraishi said this, Hiruzen was sure that the Kingdom of Demons would no longer intervene in the dispute between the Kingdom of Rain and the Kingdom of Fire.

Then, the compensation negotiation is an issue between the two countries, the Country of Fire and the Country of Rain, and has nothing to do with other countries.

As for whether the Daimyo of the Fire Country will compensate the Rain Country afterwards to help the Rain Country resume production, that is not something Hiruzen should consider, that is what the Daimyo should think about.

The problem of the Kingdom of Rain has been successfully concluded for a short period of time.

Although if we continue to argue based on reason, we can indeed gain more benefits for the Country of Rain.

But this is ultimately the problem of the Country of Rain. In cooperation with Nagato, Shiraishi only agreed to obtain independence for the Country of Rain during the talks. The remuneration paid by Nagato to the Country of Demons was worth nothing at best.

This price.

Therefore, after Konoha and the Fire Country gave in and recognized the Rain Country's international independent status, Shiraishi immediately stopped pressuring Hiruzen on the Rain Country issue and did not intend to do anything unnecessary.

At this point in the talks, Shiraishi's goal is halfway accomplished.

Next, all you need to do is complete the deal with the Kingdom of Thunder and raise the status of the Kingdom of Ghosts in the world, which will be regarded as a complete achievement.

In this way, there are still many places that Konoha and the Land of Fire can take advantage of.

Shiraishi didn't intend to waste time and went directly to the second topic.

"In view of the various incidents in the Land of Rain, what do you think, Lord Raikage?"

Shiraishi brought the topic to the Fourth Raikage, who had been silent.

Here it comes! Everyone in Konoha felt awe-struck, knowing that the really important part of the meeting was coming.

The Kingdom of Rain is just an appetizer to everyone present.

The real main course is only now starting to appear.

The Fourth Raikage snorted and spoke in a sarcastic tone: "Wantfully interfering in the political and military power of his subordinate countries, and shirking the responsibility of betraying his allies on Orochimaru, the rebellious ninja who has betrayed the village. Finally,

You are still shamelessly shielding your own people, the Fire Nation and Konoha are really becoming more and more depraved."

The Fourth Raikage's mocking words made Hiruzen feel burning pain in his face.

This is indeed a problem for Konoha and the Land of Fire, but his face still bore the attack of the Fourth Raikage's words calmly, but the fists placed under the table were quietly clenched.

The two Konoha advisers on the side, the Jonin squad leader Nara Shikaku, were also secretly angry at the Fourth Raikage's unscrupulous remarks.

Konoha and the Country of Fire do have such problems, but as the Country of Thunder, how can Kumogakure Village be so clean?

In order to expand its military power, the Kumogakure Village collected secret techniques from all over the ninja world and wiped out countless ninja villages in small countries, causing more murders than those in the roots of Konoha.

But in this meeting, even if he wanted to trace Kumogakure's responsibility, the Raikage would make excuses.

They were given too little time to think about it, and secretly inviting Kazekage to come and help out was a hasty decision. They had no time to collect evidence against Yunyin, which made Yunyin passive in the talks.

As for the Kingdom of Ghosts... there is absolutely no place to attack.

Even the civil strife in the Kingdom of Waves was perfectly hidden behind the scenes by the Kingdom of Oni. After all, it was the workers and farmers of the Kingdom of Waves who caused the civil strife in the Kingdom of Waves. The Kingdom of Oni only supplied weapons and acted as weapons dealers.

Character. Even if the Kingdom of Fire wants to make trouble with the Kingdom of Waves, the Kingdom of Ghosts has the ability to escape.

What's more, at this time, the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Thunder are jointly fighting against the Kingdom of Fire. Even if they continue to argue based on reason, the Kingdom of Fire's chances of winning are very small.

"So, what does Lord Raikage mean?"

Shiraishi followed the Fourth Raikage's words and asked questions. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was just a drama directed and performed by Shiraishi and the Fourth Raikage.

But Konoha cannot lose its temper here.

"In addition to the above problems, rumors about the decline of the Fire Country have also become increasingly popular in the ninja world recently. In the past, the Fire Country had always occupied the title of the most powerful country in the ninja world during the reign of the first Hokage of Konoha. Konoha

It is also recognized as the strongest ninja village in the ninja world. But now the Fire Country and Konoha not only have to face condemnation for their behavior, but in terms of strength, they are not at the same level as when the first Hokage was in power in Konoha."
To be continued...