Five hundred and fourteenth chapters are pregnant with ghosts
The matter was settled, and for the next time, both parties pretended to shake hands. Then Monzaemon took the lead to leave, and his back gradually disappeared from Hanzo's eyes.
Hanzo did not leave, but quietly waited for Monzaemon to leave completely, then turned around again, looked at the Ishikawa Hill battlefield, and murmured softly:
"You want to drag us Amagakure into the quagmire of war again and share the pressure from Konoha with you Sunagakure? Monzaemon, you can just dream."
"The Country of Fire seems to be a piece of fat. If you eat it, it will be okay if the Konoha Dove Faction wins, but if the Konoha Eagle Faction wins... Amegakure will probably collapse from this piece of fat.
Mouth and teeth.”
"At times like this, it's better to be quiet than to move. Once the war between the two factions in Konoha is over, I may have to consider changing my position."
By observing the Second Ninja War, which lasted for more than five years, Hanzo has noticed a fact at this moment:
That is, the difference in strength between Konoha and other great ninja villages.
It can be said that Konoha deserves to be the overlord of the ninja world. It can still stand firm even when one is against four. It has even destroyed Sunagakure Village and is about to force Iwagakure Village back.
The strong strength shown by Konoha forced Hanzo to reconsider Amegakure's future stance. Although there was hatred between each other, hatred was based on interests and was nothing in the face of life and death.
If the Konoha Hawks win, then based on the behavior Lei Luo has shown over the years, Hanzo can even guess what the opponent will do after he takes over.
At this time, Hanzo was unwilling to let Yuyin Village stand in front of Lei Luo's troops, but the geographical location of the Country of Rain was there after all. How difficult was it to remain neutral all the time?
Therefore, choosing another ally and decisively kicking away trash like Sand Hidden Iwayaku became a backup option in Hanzo's mind, but...
"We have to wait a little longer until the situation in Konoha is completely clear, otherwise..."
Looking at the battlefield of Ishikawa Hill below, his eyes slowly swept across the basins blasted out by the tailed beast jade. Hanzo let out a breath of exhaustion and whispered to himself:
"I, Yuyin, including the Kingdom of Rain, are likely to fall into passivity, or even to perish."
The sorrow of a small country can be said to be vividly reflected in Hanzo at this time. When dealing with the relationship with a big country, he must put all his efforts into it.
Every step I take is like thin ice.
If you make the wrong move, you may be heading into an abyss.
As for the shameless request for 300 million taels of gold from Sunagakure just now, that was just because Hanzo saw that Sunagakure was defeated and saw that there would be no problem if he stepped on Sunagakure, so he made the big decision.
After all, Yu Yin also wants to develop, and the gold reserves were wiped out by Lei Luo in the past few years. Therefore, in the past two or three years, all Yu Yin have been tightening their belts.
This is not good, very bad.
In this way, since Sunagakure has come to the door, Hanzo doesn't mind doing some private work. Anyway, Lei Luo has won now. After learning the truth, he shouldn't settle the accounts with Yugakure... right?
To be honest, facing Zeekage who successively killed Mizukage Kazekage alone, Hanzo no longer had any thoughts of competing with him.
Keeping Yuyin alive is his only persistence at the moment.
As for Sunagakure, Monzaemon, and the friendship between the two parties? Sorry, among the greater interests and even more critical choices, these things are not within the scope of Hanzo's consideration at all.
After all, this is politics.
"Yes, this is politics..." Running in the wilderness, Monzaemon faced Chiyo who had just joined him and explained:
"Hanzo's sky-high asking price was not beyond my expectation, but it is actually worth it. After all, gold is not valuable to us."
"With Luo Sha here, we can have as many of these things as we want."
Hearing this, Chiyo looked at his teacher in confusion and asked subconsciously: "In that case, teacher, why don't you meet Hanzo's request?"
Shaking his head, Monzaemon sighed softly. He couldn't help but feel worried about Chiyo's naivety, so he could only continue to explain patiently:
"We know gold is worthless, but does Hanzo know that?"
"You should have heard about the current situation in Yuyin Village. If it's only 300 million taels of gold, it won't make their situation much better, but one billion taels is different."
"Satisfying Hanzo's request all at once and handing him all the one billion taels of gold will only allow him to quickly make up for the funding gap in Yuyin Village. When that time comes..."
"If you still want to impress him with money like now, it will definitely not be that easy."
Monzaemon's purpose is obvious, which is to use gold to whet Hanzo's appetite, so that this ally who is not very firm can maintain a minimum friendly relationship with Sunagakure, and can help at critical moments.
For Sunagakure, who is currently in a difficult situation, this is undoubtedly a hugely profitable deal. After all, they have secured a shadow-level master and a large-scale shinobi village without actually paying any price.
After thinking carefully for a while, Chiyo gradually understood Monzaemon's train of thought. At that moment, he couldn't help but look at Monzaemon with admiration and said sincerely:
"Teacher, you are still thoughtful."
Monzaemon was not happy at all about Chiyo's praise. The expression on his face was deep sadness, which also made his next words full of pessimism:
"It's a pity that after this battle, let's not talk about the losses we Sunagakure suffered this time, let's talk about Hanzo. That guy's courage seems to have become much weaker. It's hard to say whether he will act according to my plan."
Perhaps it was Monzaemon's expression at this moment that made Chiyo secretly feel distressed, so she frowned and began to frantically consume her brain cells, trying to figure out the reason and relieve the teacher's worries.
Then, the two of them ran in silence for a while. It was not until two or three minutes passed that Chiyo seemed to have figured out something and quickly said a sentence:
"Teacher, do you want Hanzo to come forward to attract Konoha's attention and share the pressure of defeat for us?"
After a slight pause in his steps, Monzaemon instantly turned his head to look at Chiyo, his expression revealing a sense of expectation, as if he was encouraging the latter to continue speaking.
It's a pity that Ren Qianyo's face turned red next and he couldn't think of anything else: What else could he say?
Seeing this, Monzaemon may also know that he has acted too hastily. After all, Chiyo is only in his forties, and obviously cannot compare with him in terms of life experience and political wisdom.
Simply, he stopped embarrassing Chiyo and explained directly: "You can see that this level has indeed made great progress compared to the past, but this is not the main reason why I encouraged Hanzo to invade the Land of Fire."
As he spoke, Monzaemon turned around and looked at the night sky. After pondering for a moment, he whispered:
"Although the war is about to end now, although Konoha is the victorious party, although Iwagakure seems to be willing to accept the result of defeat and take the initiative to make concessions so that peace can come."
"but……"
After a pause, seeing Chiyo listening attentively, Monzaemon slowly exhaled a long breath: "I think it only needs a fuse, and the war is likely to restart, such as the dispute between the two factions in Konoha."
"If Sarutobi Hiruzen and Lei Luo fight, I believe there will be people who want to invade the Land of Fire, such as Ōnoki and Kumogakure's Yozuki Ai."
"But after all, Iwagakure has just been defeated, and Kumogakure has been standing still. It's hard to say whether they will really dare to put their ideas into practical action."
"So, at this time, we need a guy with enough weight to take the lead, set an example for Iwagakure Kumogakure, and then take the initiative to arouse the greed of Ohnoki and Yeyue Ai."
"As for this candidate, it seems that only Hanzo the Sansho Fish is the most suitable candidate at the moment."
After talking for a long time, he noticed that Chiyo's expression was a little thoughtful and seemed to have some understanding. Monzaemon first looked at the other party happily for a while, put on an expression of "a child can be taught", and then said the last sentence
make it complete:
"If the Fire Country is in chaos, it will undoubtedly be very beneficial to us Sunagakure, because it means that Konoha will no longer have much energy to pay attention to us defeated ones."