"What Sunagakure! What Wind Country! What Ninja War! I don't care at all! All I care about is your position of Konoha!"
The roaring sounds that came one after another instantly drowned out Lei Luo's attempt to defend himself. He looked at the half sleeves he was holding in his hands, quickly withdrew his gaze, stared at the panting face of the daimyo, and responded dryly:
"What if I must build a second village?"
The daimyo sneered at first, but soon his expression turned calm, and he softly said: "Then don't come to me anymore. Don't talk about funding issues."
The negotiations have reached a complete deadlock. Lei Luo has no intention of giving in on the construction of the second village, but similarly, the daimyo has no intention of giving in. Neither of them is willing to give in or compromise, so what is there to talk about?
If it was in the ninja world and the two sides couldn't agree on the same views, it would be as simple as comparing the size of their fists, but now...
Although squeezing a big name to death is not much more difficult than squeezing an ant to death, Lei Luo still cannot act arbitrarily and must try to restrain his emotions. After all, a power game is different from a fight. He has killed the big name now. Soon, retribution will come.
will come to the head of Konoha Village.
At that time, if the nobles object, he will kill the nobles. If the merchants object, he will kill the merchants. If foreign forces come over, he will kill the ninjas from other villages. What next?
If ordinary people, officials and politicians, from all walks of life, all stood up to oppose, could he still kill everyone?
So... what should I do if the original plan is to be patient and restrained, or to go all-in and go all out? What trump card does the daimyo have? How much risk is there in taking action now?
Lei Luo took a deep breath, the thoughts in his mind fluctuated violently. He raised his head and looked at the daimyo's old face that seemed to have calmed down. A trace of evil spirit gradually gathered in his eyes.
The atmosphere fell into silence again. The daimyo squinted his eyes and looked at Lei Luo, noticing that on the face shrouded in shadow, a pair of sharp eyes were showing a little cold light.
At the same time, it was like some kind of monster was waking up, and waves of heart-stopping breaths continued to come, gradually wrapping around his body and mind like cold sea water.
'Can you finally bear it no longer?'
The daimyo turned his head slightly, glanced at the ministers who were trembling with fear, then suppressed the fear in his heart, maintained the minimum demeanor, and said lightly to Lei Luo:
"Lei Luo, I want to remind you that many people are paying attention to today's meeting. If anything happens to me, your Konoha Village will not be able to escape its involvement."
"If you don't want Konoha to be unable to move within the Land of Fire in the future and face verbal rebuke, strong resistance, and even hard and soft violence from the entire country, then you'd better be more honest with me now."
"Food, materials, wealth, manpower... Although I will not give you Konoha funds, it will not hinder you from doing business with the people of Konoha and the Land of Fire, so..."
"Don't force me to turn your Konoha into an island!"
Facing the Daimyo's menacing threat, Lei Luo's momentum was not weak at all, and he said directly: "If you from the Fire Country don't give it to you, I will go and grab it. Anyway, you can't compete with Konoha with your force."
"Of course you can grab it." Unexpectedly, in response to Lei Luo's retort, Dai Ming just showed his hands indifferently, and then changed the subject:
"In this case, you are no different from bandits and bandits. Even if the ninja's methods are superb, you can steal a house that can be concealed for a day or two, but if things go on like this, sooner or later, the public will know your true nature. By then..."
The corner of his mouth curled up slightly, full of mockery. The daimyo looked at Lei Luo as if he were watching a show. Regardless of the gloomy expression on the latter's face, he quickly said a few words in a relaxed tone:
"How can you, Konoha, gain a foothold in the Land of Fire?"
"When there are stormy waves on all sides, no matter how strong the island is, it will eventually be submerged. The water can carry the boat and capsize it. This has offended all the civilians of the Fire Country, and Konoha is only a few steps away from destruction.
Not far away.”
"You Lei Luo are very strong, invincible in the ninja world, no one can beat you, but when faced with the hostility of the entire country and the entire world, how long can you and your group of extraordinary subordinates hold on?
"
"Fear, despair, violence, cruelty, these things will only arouse resistance. As the Hokage, you should not understand this truth."
Breathing a sigh of relief, the daimyo saw that Lei Luo was rendered speechless by his spray. Then he smiled slightly, turned his back to Lei Luo, turned his face sideways, and added the last sentence:
"By the way, don't think about using illusions to control me. What Uchiha Madara can't accomplish, his descendants are also incapable of accomplishing. If you don't believe it, you can try it."
After saying that, the daimyo walked towards the door. His posture was still elegant and calm, as if he was not affected by Lei Luo's threat at all. Only his slightly shaking arms inadvertently betrayed his true inner emotions.
Facing the Fourth Hokage, who was invincible in the ninja world, no conspiracy or calculation would be of any use in the face of this absolute power. The Daimyo knew this very well.
Therefore, he neither used the power of the Fire Temple nor sent out the family's guardian nin, just because if it really came to the stage of fighting, he would definitely be defeated, and he would probably die without a burial place.
So other than fighting, is there any other way to make Lei Luo surrender, or in other words, calm down and not make things come to a head?
By continuously collecting various information about Lei Luo, and then organizing a large number of psychologists to conduct an extremely complex and detailed personality analysis of Lei Luo, the Daimyo judged:
Lei Luo is essentially a very rational person, and, just like the first three generations of Hokage, although the fourth generation Hokage never said anything on the surface, judging from his actions, he undoubtedly cares about Konoha Village.
In view of this, the Daimyo constantly threatened and intimidated Lei Luo at the meeting, never leaving Konoha Village, betting on his own life and the power of the entire country of Fire, betting that Lei Luo would not dare to use violence against him, and betting on Lei Luo.
Luo did not dare to let Konoha bear the risk of an all-out war with the Fire Nation.
This is a game. Both sides know the current situation and hold tightly to their own bargaining chips. The known and the unknown, progress and patience, peace and conflict, are all in this short sentence.
Lei Luo quietly watched the daimyo's leaving figure. His palms on the table were clenched at some point, and a faint buzzing sound came, causing the entire conference room to fall into some strange vibration.
The breeze blew quietly, and the lights above began to flicker. The long table made of hardwood was gradually covered with cracks, and the tiles under the feet also showed dense patterns.