The Shadow of Konoha

"Go on."

After all, the Third Raikage couldn't just walk away like that. The news that Konoha received about Kinkaku and Ginkaku was completely beyond his expectations, so now he could only take his time and wait for Sansho's next explanation.

"On the surface, this may seem like a big change to Kumogakure's battle lines, but in reality, it's not like that. You only need to transfer the forces deployed in the Land of Fields and the Land of Sound to the Land of Grass. After our two countries sign an alliance, there will be no need to deploy so many troops in those two places."

This is a very simple statement. Sansho is well versed in the essence of political negotiations, which is to make people speak lies.

Originally, Kumogakure had set up a defense line in Taki Country and Frost Country. If this line of defense was extended to Grass Country, Konoha and Iwagakure could be completely isolated. Who would have thought that such a small step would be of such great help to Konoha?

However, there was one point in Sansho's words that changed from Hanyu's original proposal, that is, she did not excessively demand that the power of Kumogakure be inserted into the Rain Country. On the one hand, if that were the case, the battle line of Kumogakure would be too long and supply would be too difficult; on the other hand , the Rain Country was different from other small countries, especially in recent years, it had a tendency to rise.

Although the Hidden Rain Village cannot be compared with the five major ninja villages, its strength is much greater than that of ordinary small ninja villages. Now this village is fighting on two fronts with the Iwa and Konoha, so it is impossible for the Hidden Rain Village to infiltrate the Fire Country through the route of the Rain Country.

After thinking for a while, the Raikage said, "If we really rearrange our defenses according to your suggestion, what about the supply problem? Will Konoha provide us with supplies for free, or let our supply team pass through the Land of Fire?"

"How is it possible?" This time it was Sansho's turn to say this. Let the Kumogakure supply team go through the Fire Country? What if they plan to do something in the Fire Country? Not to mention anything else, what if the Kumogakure "accidentally" throws the Eight-Tails or Two-Tails Jinchuriki into the Fire Country? It just so happens that the Jinchuriki has a brain seizure when passing through the Fire Country and wants to transform to relax. What can you blame?

Even if something like that happened, Konoha could only choose to endure it for the sake of the overall situation, and had to bear all the losses by itself - you know, there is no Hashirama Senju in the current Konohagakure Village.

"However, in an emergency, we can sell supplies to your front line at cost price, and even deliver them to your door." Sansho took another step back and said.

The Raikage shook his head. He was just joking. He just mentioned the supply issue casually to suppress Konoha's negotiation arrogance. Not to mention the supply at cost price, even if Konoha sent free supplies to the mouths of Kumogakure, would they dare to eat it? Who would be responsible if they were poisoned to death?

Don't talk about intrigue and deception, and don't say that the Raikage is narrow-minded and dark-minded, because if there really was such an exchange of supplies , Konoha would really poison... That's how it is between villages. If there was such a good opportunity, would you have the nerve to be a Konoha member if you didn't poison a few Kumogakure ninjas?

"If you are worried about the movements of Kirigakure, in exchange we can help you monitor them. We can even establish a joint surveillance agency so that both sides can share intelligence on Kirigakure." Seeing that the Raikage wanted to say something, Sansho immediately added.

The Raikage's excuse was indeed blocked. At this time, he finally realized that Konoha's "suggestion" was not a whim, but a deliberate move, in order to make Kumogakure shift its power to Iwagakure. They even thought of a strategy to help Kumogakure solve the "worries" of Kirigakure... If the Raikage still kept shirking his responsibility at this time, it would be easy for people to doubt his sincerity in the alliance. After all, although Konoha's suggestion was beneficial to itself, it was not harmful to Kumogakure.

The Raikage could only take things one step at a time and said, "In principle, we can adopt the battle line arrangement you suggested, but we can only make a decision after you explain the matter of Kinkaku and Ginkaku."

Sansho glanced at Mitokado and Kagami, and after seeing them nod slowly, she was ready to tell them the news about the two traitorous ninjas, "This is a secret, so it's best to only tell the Raikage about this."

This request made the Raikage realize that the matter of Kinkaku and Ginkaku seemed a little unsophisticated, so he only left one person by his side and drove out the other Kumogakure ninjas.

This is Kumogakure, and he is not worried that the Konoha ninjas will do anything bad to him.

"Before the Nidaime Hokage died, he had successfully killed the rebel ninjas Kinkaku and Ginkaku from your village." Sansho said this after most people had left.

The Kumogakure had previously anticipated that the Hokage was dead. After all, it would be difficult for him to escape from the pursuit of a large number of Kumogakure elite ninjas led by Kinkaku and Ginkaku. But what the Raikage did not expect was that Kinkaku and Ginkaku were also dead.

The Third Raikage was extremely angry. It turned out that the seemingly serious negotiation of Konoha was just a joke to him. "What I want is a living rebel ninja! A dead one is meaningless! What's the point of talking?"

His eyes finally became ferocious and murderous. Kinkaku and Ginkaku must be killed by him personally, so that his position as Raikage and the overall situation of Kumogakure will be stabilized. But now he was told that the two tools had already died at the hands of the Second Hokage, so there was no point in Konoha's negotiations.

"Wait!" Sansho quickly reached out to stop the Raikage who wanted to turn around and leave. Then Uchiha Kagami also stood up and opened his scarlet three-magatama Sharingan.

The guards around the Raikage quickly stood in front and looked at Uchiha Kagami with murderous intent.

But Uchiha showed his eyes not to start a fight, but to prove that Konoha is capable of doing something. He said to the Raikage, "Kinkaku and Ginkaku are already dead. It's useless to worry about how they died now. But as long as you can prove that they died in your hands, then they died in your hands... As long as you bring their bodies and those powerful ninja tools back to the village, no one will doubt the authenticity of your punishment of the traitors, and then your problems and the problems of Kumogakure will be solved."

Kinkaku and Ginkaku had already died at the hands of the Second Hokage, but there were ways to make others believe that they died at the hands of the Third Raikage, such as... the Sharingan in front of them and the Uchiha illusion.

The Raikage finally couldn't contain his anger anymore, and a high-intensity lightning flash began to flash on his body... These outsiders from Konoha actually asked him to pretend to be the Second Hokage? Any powerful person with dignity would not allow such a thing to happen to him.

"Raikage!"

But before he could make a move, the guard standing beside him put one hand on his shoulder. The clear look in his companion's eyes instantly extinguished the Raikage's rage.

The sound of "Thunder Shadow" made the Sandaime Ai realize his identity. He was neither a warrior who advocated glory nor a simple ninja, but a shadow who shouldered the rise and fall of a village. The military leader of a country was a heavyweight politician in himself. For the benefit of the village, sometimes they needed to be humiliated.

Now, it seems that it is the Third Raikage's turn to endure the humiliation.

He sat back in his chair dejectedly and said to Sansho and the others, "Let's end today's negotiations here. I will consider your suggestions carefully."

He had never thought that he would be forced to this extent by Konoha's negotiation team.

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