"Master Imperial Master, there is someone outside asking to see you."
Just as the white clone was gesturing with its fingers and thinking about various two-dimensional attack modes, at the door, a young girl dressed in simple clothes and lightly wearing pink bowed slightly and spoke respectfully.
His thoughts were interrupted, and the white clone frowned: "Who?".
"The four Konoha ninjas are said to be your old acquaintances." The new maid named Netoko said, with a hint of disapproval on her downcast face as she spoke.
"Old acquaintances..." The white clone pondered for a few seconds and quickly realized that these must be Uzumaki Naruto's gang. He asked Jingzi a few questions and got a positive answer.
"Let them in."
Hearing this, Jingzi was a little surprised. In recent times, I don’t know how many people have prayed to see the national master under various pretexts. Among them are many dignitaries from various countries, but they were all turned away by the white clones. How come a group of grassroots ninjas...
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"What are you still doing? Go quickly."
With a slight emphasis on her tone, Jingzi hurriedly excused herself and left.
After a while, several figures stepped into the courtyard one after another. When the white clone saw this, they went up to meet them and found that they were all familiar faces: Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, but the last one...
But it's not Saai in the original work, but an unknown boy.
He has black hair, black eyes, a calm expression, and piercing eyes. Under a set of nothing special black tights, he has a rather strong body wrapped around him, which seems to contain considerable physical strength.
"Bai, you are doing well!"
As soon as they met, Naruto grinned widely, and then raised his arms, ready to give the white clone a hug. The clinker was dodged by the latter in time, and in a blink of an eye, he was thrown into the air and almost fell to the ground.
The white clone didn't pay much attention to Naruto's familiarity, and looked directly at Kakashi. At the same time, from the corner of his eye, he glanced at the unfamiliar Konoha ninja, looking a little surprised.
Kakashi noticed Shiro's gaze and glanced sideways. Then he put on an easy-going smile, patted the black-haired boy on the shoulder, and took the initiative to introduce him:
"Three years have passed, and many things have changed. Sasuke is no longer a member of Team 7. His name is Sai, and he is a new companion who has joined us. Shiro, I hope you can..."
"Wait a moment."
The white clone didn't wait for Kakashi to finish, and waved to interrupt, then stared at "Sai" carefully for a while, and the other person happened to look over, and their eyes met, and she noticed that there was some nervousness in Sai's eyes.
"Okay, go ahead and talk."
After a while, the white clone turned his attention to Kakashi again, with a very natural expression. Although Kakashi felt a little confused, he still followed the topic and continued:
"The mission to the Country of Waves was really a misunderstanding. I am very sorry for Mr. Zabuza's ending. If possible, Konoha is willing to make amends for this and spend a lot of money to build a new tombstone for him."
"In addition, we, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, are very curious about your abilities and want to meet you in person to discuss the knowledge of medical ninjutsu so that both parties can benefit from it."
Kakashi said these words extremely sincerely. God knows how much training he had done in private for this pile of flattering, flattering, and probing rhetoric. It was really rare for him to be able to speak it fluently.
It's a pity that the white clone didn't buy it at all:
"Tsunade wants to see me? Let her come to the Kingdom of Wind by herself."
Hearing this, Kakashi's face froze, and Naruto who was listening couldn't help shouting: "Shiro, why are you so arrogant now? Mother-in-law Tsunade is the Hokage! Where can I leave the village easily?"
Glancing at Naruto coldly, the white clone ignored him and said to Kakashi with a faint smile: "Konoha's news should be very well-informed, right? Since you know my abilities, don't use some rubbish conditions to prevaricate me.
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"Whether Tsunade, the Fire Country Daimyo, or anyone else wants to cooperate with me, first of all, it's best to show sincerity, come here in person, and give me what I want, otherwise..."
After a pause, the white clone sneered, his eyes swept over the faces of the people present one by one, and gradually returned to his expressionless state, and said word by word: "No need to talk about it."
The so-called "rebuilding the tombstone for Zabuza" is meaningless in the eyes of the white clone. Moreover, since Kakashi mentioned "tombstone", there is no reason for Konoha not to dig up Shiro's grave to determine something.
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In other words, to a certain extent, both sides are already known.
Under this situation, the white clone didn't bother to hide anything, and simply stated the terms of the deal. Anyway, her strength was unmatched by anyone, and she also had an extremely attractive "product" like "life extension", so she was not afraid of the top management of the Fire Country not giving in.
On the surface, Team 7's visit was to catch up with old acquaintances, release the friendship of Konoha, and extend an invitation in the name of Tsunade, but the white clone could tell at a glance who the culprit was.
Today is a "seller's market". Appropriate display of airs can make Konoha and the Fire Nation understand the situation and pay more attention to themselves. This negotiation strategy is conducive to subsequent cooperation.
"I have a question to ask you." At this moment, Sakura suddenly spoke. She ignored Kakashi's embarrassed expression and looked at the white clone seriously. Without waiting for the latter's reply, she asked directly:
"You are obviously not white, why do you have to look like this?"
The white clone raised his eyebrows. Is this a clear statement?
The atmosphere in the field froze for a moment as Sakura finished speaking. Kakashi sighed helplessly, Sai remained calm, and Naruto asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What are you talking about, Sakura?"
After saying that, he looked at Bai's clone: "If she's not Bai, who else could she be?"
"This question is also what I want to ask." Sakura looked serious, tightened her shoulders slightly, and put on a defensive posture, while her eyes were fixed on the white clone: "So, who are you?"
Bai's clone tilted her head. For some unknown reason, she didn't want to reveal her real name, so she lazily replied: "Just call me Bai. To be honest, I quite like this name."
Shiro's reaction invisibly corroborated many facts. When Kakashi saw that the matter had come to this, he became worried and asked in a deep voice: "You should... call Lei Luo, right?"
The white clone was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly realized: It seemed that when he first appeared from Dragon Vein, he asked Naruto and Sakura three questions, one of which was "Have you ever heard of Lei Luo?"
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Whether it's a guess or a suspicion, in short, Sakura has undoubtedly captured this strange name and sensitive information, and now using it to test it is a bit unexpected and reasonable.
"Sure enough, your name is Lei Luo."
Looking sideways at Kakashi, who had a solemn face, the white clone frowned, feeling a little unhappy, and simply said bluntly: "The name is just a code name, and it is completely meaningless to explore its connotation."
"I only give you one choice now, either let Tsunade come here honestly, or you get out of here immediately. I hate other people playing tricks, especially..."
"Use this little cleverness on me."
Squinting his eyes slightly, the white clone's tone already sounded a bit cold.