Konoha: Sage Body

Land of Water, Kirigakure Village, Mizukage Building, Mizukage Office.

Sandaime Mizukage was fretting over the latest purchase list that had been sent to him, and his head began to hurt as he looked at the final offer figures on it.

Because Land of Water was far away from the mainland, the two Shinobi World Wars did not reach Land of Water itself, and the strength of Kirigakure Village was well preserved as a result.

But precisely because the Land of Water is far from the continent, which itself is afraid of being subjected to a great deal of strife, the Daimyo of the Land of Water practiced a closed-door policy and seldom contacted the continent, which led to the Kirigakure Village seldom receiving commissions from a large number of people.

In this regard, Kirigakure was previously acceptable, after all, you can get a lot of funding from the Daimyo, and the number of internal ninja is not very large.

It was only after the Blood Mist Faction began to appear in the Kirigakure Village that everything changed.

The Blood Mist Faction had the Daimyo's backing behind it, which was the Daimyo's way of trying to meddle in Kirigakure.

In order to expand his influence in the Kirigakure, the Daimyo began to cut back on military support to the Kirigakure village, but some of this cutback was actually still given to the Kirigakure village, except that the funds were sent to the ninjas of the Blood Mist Faction.

Sandaime Mizukage, of course, didn't want the Daimyo meddling in the affairs of the Kirigakure Village, being the staunchest anti-Blood Mist faction himself.

Unfortunately, by the time he realized what the Land of Water daimyo was up to, it was already too late, and the Blood Mist faction had already taken root in Kirigakure Village, and was growing stronger and stronger because of the daimyo's support.

The anti-Blood Mist ninjas are getting weaker by the day due to the lack of sufficient financial support from the Kirigakure Village.

Now, Sandaime Mizukage was again worried about the Kirigakure Village's poor finances.

"Bang Bang~"

There was a knock on the door of the room.

Hearing the commotion, Sandaime Mizukage immediately put down the purchase list in his hands and spoke, "Come in."

The next moment, the door to the room was opened and a purple-eyed teenager walked in, none other than Yagura Karatachi, one of Sandaime Mizukage's right and left hands.

"Yagura, what's the matter?"

Sandaime Mizukage asked with some confusion when he saw the visitor.

Logically, Yagura should be helping him with some troublesome governmental outings at this point in time, so why did he run back?

"Mizukage-sama, a special guest has asked me to invite to meet with you."

Yagura replied.

"A special guest? Not seeing."

Sandaime Mizukage was annoyed with how to solve his current financial problems, how could he have the heart to meet some special guest he didn't recognize, and decisively refused.

Yagura Karatachi was not surprised by this and nodded, then casually added, "That person looks very wealthy, you really don't want to see him?"

"Wealthy!"

When Sandaime Mizukage heard Yagura say that, the squinting eyes on his face suddenly widened slightly, finally coming to a point of interest.

Not long after, under the leadership of Yagura, Sandaime Mizukage came inside a wooden house in the forest outside the Kirigakure Village.

" Yagura, where are the people?"

Sandaime Mizukage looked at the wooden hut in front of him, his face suddenly cold, and said in a cold voice.

Relying on his uncommon perception ability, he realized that there was no one inside this wooden house at all.

It was not that he was oversensitive, it was really that the Blood Mist Sect infiltration could not be prevented, Yagura mysteriously brought him here, and did not see anyone at all after arriving, how to look at it was like he was counting on him.

Yagura was also a bit confused at this time, and in his heart, he cursed that person was unreliable.

Just as he was about to say something, he immediately raised his head, and with him was Sandaime Mizukage.

Just as the two raised their heads, they saw a man slowly descend from the sky.

"Hattori Masanari, I didn't expect the rich man to be you, but yes, your head is indeed valuable."

When Sandaime Mizukage saw the appearance of the person coming, he instantly went on guard and took a fighting stance, coldly staring at the other party with an unkind look on his face.

Kumogakure Village was right next door to Kirigakure Village, what Hattori Masanari had done in Kumogakure Village not long ago, he, the Sandaime Mizukage, of course, had already received the news, and he was also well aware that Hattori Masanari's bounty in the Gold Exchange had already doubled several times, totaling 1.5 billion dollars, just below the recently flourishing Konoha's genius ninja, Kirito Tosaka.

Of course, the amount of bounty was high, but if you had poor teeth, you might have to chip your teeth and end up losing your life.

The information he had learned from his hidden spies buried in the Kumogakure village was that Hattori Masanari had pressed the Nibi Jinchuuriki to fight by himself, and had also killed more than two dozen jōnin, and in the end destroyed nearly half of the Kumogakure village in a siege of more than 2,000 Kumogakure ninjas.

Literally alone, it was obvious how terrifying the strength of this ninja from the Amegakure village was.

Now, the other party was also displaying the Iwagakure's flying ninjutsu Earth Release: Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique in front of them, which was clearly giving them a warning and telling them that he had the ability to leave whenever he wanted to.

"Hattori Masanari, this is our Lord Mizukage, you'd better show some respect and don't pull any tricks."

Without saying a word, Yagura Karatachi gripped the strange hook-like weapon on his back in his hand, then directly used the Water Mirror Technique to create a clone of Hattori Masanari and said in a chilling voice.

Under the control of Yagura, the Hattori Masanari created by the Water Mirror Technique similarly flew up and confronted the White Zetsu clone in the air.

"What on earth is this guy, my chakra is almost drained."

Meanwhile, Yagura was secretly alarmed.

Although this Water Release - Water Mirror Technique of his was magical, allowing him to temporarily duplicate an enemy doppelganger with similar abilities as the enemy, the cost was that the stronger the enemy was, the more chakra he would consume.

His own chakra belonged to the very large type, even if it did not reach the Tailed Beast level, it was not much worse.

But that was it, the Water Mirror Technique he had just used almost drained his chakra.

From this, it could be seen that the strength of the guy called Hattori Masanari in front of him was really terrifying, and he had to be on guard.

"This is Mr. Yagura's famous Water Mirror Technique, isn't it, it's really magical, I feel like I'm facing a real self, I'm really very sorry, I asked the two of you to come over here to meet like this out of caution, after all, this is your territory, and I'm afraid that the gift I gave Mr. Yagura to meet him before wasn't enough and made Mr. Yagura angry, so I had to come up with this plan. "

Kirito looked at his 'self' formed by the Water Mirror Technique, then said with an apologetic face.

After saying that, he took out a scroll from his body and threw it to the Sandaime Mizukage.

Sandaime Mizukage was so bold, and with Yagura watching beside him, he wasn't afraid of Hattori Masanari pulling any tricks, so he directly caught the scroll with his hand and opened it, his squinting eyes widening once again.

This scroll is a sealing scroll, the seal inside is a knife, the sealing technique used is a very general sealing object seal.

He decisively injected chakra into the scroll to unseal the seal on it.

"Boom~".

A cloud of white smoke appeared, and a needle-like weapon fell into Sandaime Mizukage's hand, which was none other than the long ninja blade Sewing Needle, one of the five ninja blades that Kirigakure had left behind.

"I hope this gift of meeting will allow Your Excellency Mizukage to forgive me for my rudeness just now."

Kirito said to the Sandaime Mizukage with a smile.

The feeling of losing and regaining something was indeed exceptionally gratifying.

Sandaime Mizukage was satisfied with the meeting gift of Hattori Masanari, whom Kirito was playing at this moment, when five of the Seven Ninja Bladesmen died at the hands of White Fang's squad, and the five precious ninja blades fell into the hands of the people of Konoha as a result.

He had thought that there was no chance to get the five ninja blades back, but he did not expect to get one of the missing ones from Hattori Masanari.

In that case, it seems that the meeting gift for Yagura that Hattori Masanari had just said was likely to be a ninja blade as well, and if that's the case, it's no wonder that Yagura was said to have convinced Hattori Masanari that he was a rich man.

The two ninja blades were thought to have been obtained by Hattori Masanari after being sold to the black market by someone from White Fang's squad, and the other party certainly didn't spend a lot of money on them, after all, each of these seven ninja blades of their Kirigakure was very precious, using many chakra metals, not to mention the fact that they all had different and outstanding functions.

"Tell me, what were you trying to do by asking Yagura to ask me out?"

When Sandaime Mizukage heard Kirito say that, much of the hostility faded from his face as he resealed the long blade sewing needle onto the top of the scroll before putting it into his arms and said in a slow voice.

"Then I'll make it short, I hope that Lord Mizukage accepts our Amegakure's commission and sends ninjas to help us Amegakure repel Kumogakure."

Kirito sniffed and immediately stated his purpose for this appointment with the Sandaime Mizukage.

Pulling Kirigakure, who was far away overseas, into the water and sharing Kumogakure's hatred, this was Kirito's true purpose.

The current situation of Amegakure is difficult, Kumogakure unsurprisingly began to retaliate against Amegakure and Land of Rain, a large number of cloud hidden ninjas in Land of Rain to kill and loot, on the livelihood of the people of the country of Rain and the economy to cause and slightly affect.

Amegakure has the intention to kill the thieves, but not able to stop Kumogakure's atrocities.

For this reason, he and Hanzo of the Salamander discussed the search for external forces to help, Sunagakure was the first to be excluded by them, the remaining in the world of ninja can fight against the Kumogakure Iwagakure, Konoha and Kirigakure is left.

Both he and Hanzo had currently sent commissions for help to each of these three ninja villages.

However, in his opinion, Iwagakure and Konoha were afraid that it would be difficult to count on, because these two ninja villages did not want to have a powerful neighbor next to them, and only Kirigakure, which was far away from the sea, had the highest possibility of making a move.

Kirigakure's current situation, he has some understanding.

Because Kirigakure seldom intervene in the continent's affairs, in the continent's reputation than the other four major ninja villages is much smaller, so the amount of commissions received is the five major ninja villages is the least, coupled with the current receipt of the daimyo's intentional suppression, the Kirigakure's finances are not very optimistic.

In that case, the high pay should be a good attraction for Kirigakure.

"War commission? I'm sorry, Kirigakure does not intend to intervene in your war between Amegakure and Kumogakure."

Hearing Kirito's words, Sandaime Mizukage instantly understood Kirito's intentions, then chose to refuse without hesitation.

What a joke, they Kirigakure were poor now, but not so poor that they were being bribed with money to utilize as a gun.

They had fought against Kumogakure for many years, and knew the difficulty and character of these black brutes, and if they offended them, they would definitely not have any good fruit to eat.

To be honest, their Kirigakure's interior was in chaos right now, he, the Sandaime Mizukage, wanted to consolidate his power to support Amegakure, I'm afraid that he was not able to do so, because what he wanted to do, that group of Blood Mist Faction ninjas always sang the opposite of him.

"How about 10 billion?"

In the next moment, a number popped out of Kirito's mouth that made both Sandaime Mizukage and Yagura slightly moved by it.

10 billion, that's not a small number, a ninja's S-rank mission is just a little over 10 or 20 million, that much money is enough to hire a large group of high quality outlaws to work for Amegakure.

"Say no more, there's no way Kirigakure is going to get involved in your war."

Sandaime Mizukage took a small deep breath and refused again, but the hand placed behind his back couldn't help but clench slightly.

"12 billion, this is the maximum offer our village can give."

Kirito saw Sandaime Mizukage rejecting again, and he decisively increased the money.

Land of Rain was at the center of the Shinobi world, bordering multiple countries, it was indeed a very suitable place for economic development, as long as the ruler slightly loosened the constraints on businessmen a little bit and provided a more stable environment, the economic potential that glowed out was very astonishing.

In just over a year's time, the Land of Rain has given birth to more than ten large companies famous in the ninja world, and small and medium-sized companies continue to spring like bamboo shoots, the economic development is very rapid, which also brings incomparable wealth for the ruling Amegakure in the Land of Rain.

12 billion is a lot, but for the current Amegakure, it is actually okay, not particularly much.

If one could use 12 billion dollars to ask Kirigakure to step in and stop Kumogakure from continuing its destruction within the Land of Rain, that would definitely be a profit for Amegakure.

"No, Kirigakure cannot make a move."

Sandaime Mizukage hesitated for a moment, suppressing the greed in his heart, and refused once again.

"15 billion, it can't be more."

Kirito noticed Sandaime Mizukage's hesitation, clear that the other party had already been moved, gritted his teeth, pretended to be in pain, and raised the price again.

"F*ck, is this Amegakure so rich?"

Sandaime Mizukage was shocked to see Kirito raise another 3 billion at once.

15 billion, this was already quite close to the Kirigakure Village's annual earnings from commissions every year in these recent years, after doing this one, Kirigakure could have a good year this year.

Sandaime Mizukage was worried about money, Kirito gave so much money at once, he was a bit unable to carry it.

But reason finally prevailed.

As a Mizukage, he can not see the money eye to eye, but also need from the village's fundamental interests unless, consider all aspects of the line.

After all, Kumogakure is not a soft persimmon, they Kirigakure intervene in the war in the Land of Rain does not necessarily mean that they can defeat Kumogakure.

"Your Excellency Mizukage, there are only three things to consider, please also consider it seriously, our Amegakure's request is not high, we only hope that your village can hold back Kumogakure for a while, and you don't even need to be directly involved in the war, as long as you bring enough pressure to Kumogakure."

Not waiting for Sandaime Mizukage to speak, Kirito continued.

When Sandaime Mizukage heard this, he immediately brightened up, and the decision he had just made was hidden back.

He understood the meaning of Kirito's words just now, not participating in the war can give enough pressure to Kumogakure, this is actually not a difficult thing for Kumogakure, if you can earn this 15 billion without sacrificing bloodshed, I think those people from the Blood Mist Faction will also be moved.

"I still need to think about what you said, after all, this matter has a great deal at stake, even I can't completely make the decision."

The more Sandaime Mizukage thought about it, the more he felt that this deal could be done, but he still didn't agree right away, giving an ambiguous answer.

"Of course, I understand your difficulties, but please give me an accurate answer as soon as possible, you can afford to wait, but we Amegakure can't, maybe after a while, we Amegakure won't be able to give this price, those Kumogakure are bandits."

Kirito didn't expect Sandaime Mizukage to give him an answer right away in the first place, pretending to be in a hurry.

"Indeed, that group of black barbarians are all bandits, give me two days, I will definitely give you an accurate answer within two days."

Sandaime Mizukage, very much in agreement with the assessment that Kirito had made of Kumogakure, replied with a stony face.

"Then please, I'll wait here for your good news."

Kirito said gratefully.

As soon as the words left his mouth, he took flight and quickly flew high into the sky, disappearing before the eyes of Sandaime Mizukage and Yagura.

" Yagura, do you think it's worth it for us to intervene in the battle between Amegakure and Kumogakure?"

Sandaime Mizukage suddenly spoke up when he saw Hattori Masanari leave.

Yagura didn't dare to speak out of turn, he thought for a moment and replied:

"There are pros and cons, I guess, we Kirigakure have been closed for some time, people are forgetful creatures, if we Kirigakure no longer do something about it, the continent will lack respect for us.

Amegakure issued a war commission to us, this is a good opportunity for me to intervene in the continent's war in a legitimate manner, if I can help Amegakure repel Kumogakure, then our Kirigakure will definitely gain fame, and in the future, we may even receive war commissions like Land of Rain, which will greatly alleviate our dependence on the Daimyo's funds.

But the downside is that it will seriously intensify the conflict between us and Kumogakure, you are well aware of how strong that group of black barbarians are in their vengeance, when they have slowed down, they will surely strike out against us, Kirigakure, at that time, we might lose a lot of money, and in the end, the loss will not outweigh the gain."

Yagura's answer was quite pertinent, and the Sandaime Mizukage revealed an appreciative expression even as he listened.

At the same time, he already had an answer in his heart, which was to accept this war commission from Amegakure.

For no other reason, what Yagura had just said in those words that would allow Kirigakure to greatly alleviate its dependence on the Daimyo's funds was something that truly spoke to the depths of his heart.

Kirigakure will now be split between the Blood Mist faction and the Anti-Blood Mist faction, the reason for this is that there is not enough money, Kirigakure's development is now too dependent on the daimyo's funds, in order to reverse this situation, it is necessary to allow Kirigakure to find a new source of funds.

Utilizing the war to make a name for themselves, attracting more people to come to Kirigakure to issue missions, this is a good way to make money.

Moreover, once the Blood Mist Faction was willing to agree, he could completely use the authority of the Mizukage at that time to secretly get rid of those ninjas who usually dared to go against him all the time.

In Kirigakure, it was not good for him to lay his hands on these Blood Mist Faction ninja, but it would be different when he was outside, he could use his enemies to get rid of these guys.

"Perhaps we can also learn from Amegakure, this little Amegakure can actually take out so much money at once, it must have a wonderful plan to make money."

Sandaime Mizukage thought so as his mind suddenly recalled Hattori Masanari's rich and generous appearance just now again.

Afterwards, he turned his head to look at Yagura on the side, revealing a meaningful look, which immediately looked at Yagura heart.

"Yagura, how long has it been since you've been to the mainland?"

Sandaime Mizukage asked Yagura with a smirk.