Mizuki, who mustered up the courage to negotiate terms with Gushan Bushui, seemed not to have expected such a reaction from the other party.
"Isn't it okay?"
"It's not impossible. I thought you bought precious medicinal materials to practice some forbidden technique, steal the "Sealed Book" and present it to Orochimaru as a surrender gift or something."
"Eh?"
Shuimu's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Gushan Bu Shui in disbelief as Yun Danfeng said the chilling words softly, and retorted hesitantly:
"It's nothing, Master Bu Shui. Although I admire Orochimaru, one of the former 'Three Ninjas', I definitely have no intention of abandoning the Leaf Village and becoming a traitor."
"Really not?"
"I swear to God, I never meant this."
"Okay! I believe it!"
Gushan Bu Shui stopped Shuimu's plan to swear, and said casually,
"Why do I need to handle such a trivial matter myself? You go to Togakushi Hinode to intercede, just make a report and it will be done."
"After all, it is a controlled medicinal material. You have to tell Master Bu Shui in advance."
Mizuki still felt that those terrible words that Fusugi Bu Shui had said before were just a way for the Fusugi family, who were closely aligned with Konoha Village, to test him.
If you say one wrong word, you may be sent to Konoha Village for trial.
"You may not know that Orochimaru is not in a good situation right now. Not only is he wanted by Konoha Village, but he is also jointly hunted by several S-class rebel ninjas. He will not appear in public for a while. If you have any special ideas, , you can also discuss it with our Gushan family."
"Eh? Can your family contact Orochimaru? This is too... strange."
"How could it be? Our Gusugi clan is a well-known family and we will not have anything to do with rebellious ninjas with bad deeds, but..."
Gu Shan Bu Shui said with a smile,
"As the deputy clan of the Country of Fire, no matter whether they are civilians, Konoha ninjas, or even rebel ninjas, they are all subjects under the rule. In theory, we must protect his legitimate rights and interests, for example... "
Gushan Bu Shui raised his finger and said words that made Shuimu stunned:
"If there are ninjas or bounty hunters outside the Land of Fire who want to kill Orochimaru in exchange for reward, in principle, we are on Orochimaru's side. Of course, we will not interfere in private fights between ninjas, let alone I don’t care about the internal affairs of your Konoha Village."
Legally speaking, all Fire Nation subjects, including Konoha ninjas, whether they are good or bad, born, old, sick or dead, are members of the Fire Nation. The Fire Nation daimyo and the Kosugi family will never support foreign forces and Individuals killing their own people.
This is a matter of principle, even if it is a pot of rotten meat, it must rot in the pot.
"is that so?"
This really goes against Mizuki's knowledge of more than twenty years.
"Probably, you Konoha ninjas don't regard the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Furusugi family as lords who need to be loyal, but regard the Hokage as the absolute authority."
Gu Shan Bu Shui smiled broadly and said,
"That's okay. The one-village-one-country order was jointly signed by the daimyo of each country and the first Five Kage. The independence of the ninja village must be respected, so..."
Listening to Gusugi Bushui's explanation, Mizuki roughly understood the intricate relationship and interest entanglements between the Fire Country and Konoha Village.
If it wasn't too dangerous, the Fusagi family would really be willing to reach an in-depth cooperation with Orochimaru.
With his research ability, there is no need for the crooked melons and cracked dates of Shimura Danzo's "root" organization.
pity!
Over the years, the third generation of the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, has been effective in managing the Leaf Village. Even people like Mizuki, who have rebellious ideas behind their backs, have not yet turned away from their will.
Indeed, at this time, Mr. Mizuki was just lamenting the unfairness of fate, and was always looking for opportunities to get ahead. His biggest goal in life was still to reach a high position in Konoha Village and gain respect, rather than defecting after being completely disappointed.
If he hadn't made a mistake during the mission and was caught, I'm afraid he would have become a mediocre Konoha ninja who is conceited and "unappreciated".
Since it was all a trivial matter, Gushan Bushui did not take this matter seriously, but asked his subordinates to deliver a batch of medicinal materials and handed them to Shuimu himself.
"Thank you very much, Master Bu Shui. I have been looking for something for more than a year, and finally..."
"You don't have to be so polite. After all, we were classmates once."
Gu Shan Bu Shui waved his hand,
"There's no need to give the money, it's not worth much. In the future, I ask Teacher Mizuki to be more considerate of Inaba Academy's teaching support."
"Then I'd rather...be respectful than obey."
These controlled medicines themselves are not particularly rare, and if the supply is liberalized, they will not be too expensive.
It's just that the supply channel is controlled by the Gushan family, artificially causing shortages, resulting in abnormally high prices.
Monopoly is always the best business model, bar none.
Watching the happy Mizuki leave, Gu Shanbu Shui shook his head slightly disappointed.
This Konohagakure chunin's ability is still good, but his character is not good enough and his path is wrong.
I originally thought that such a person would be easily instigated to rebel, but unexpectedly, Gu Shan Bu Shui thought too much.
"House prices must be raised quickly; commodity prices must rise accordingly, especially for food, clothing, housing and transportation; by the way, education and medical care must be raised first. 』
The cost of raising children and cultivating talents is extremely high, which will increase the cost of education and lower the fertility rate in disguise; as housing prices rise, young people’s desire to get married and have children will decrease; and medical care, if it cannot be fairly and universally beneficial to everyone, A villager's sense of belonging will be seriously damaged; as for the increase in basic living costs such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, it will be a big killer.
Even with the high income of Konoha ninjas, they may not be able to withstand this series of combination punches.
It would be great fun if there were great ninja clans like Nara and Aburame who controlled a large amount of land and medicinal materials business and went against the trend and widened the gap between the rich and the poor, and even showed it openly.
Making every class of a society have a hard time, whether materially or mentally, will inevitably make Konoha Village weaker, and many hidden problems will be exposed.
Of course, these alone may not be enough to eliminate a privileged class that possesses extraordinary force. Other means must be used in conjunction.
On the other side, Xiang Rin was playing with his classmates and friends. Gu Shanbu Shui used his telescope to watch for a while. After mobilizing a large group of mermaid guards and Umibo masters to patrol and guard, he no longer cared, but focused on Put it on Kaguya Kimimaro, Kusanagi Kyo, Todo Kasumi and Ranmaru who returned from the mission not long ago.
"Why would a Kumo ninja get involved in the Land of Waves?"
Gu Shan Bu Shui was a little confused.
After arranging for Tatsuki, Sora and a group of mermaid ninjas to go to the Land of Waves to deal with the shipping company established by Cardo and his thugs, traces of the activities of several Kumo ninjas were discovered behind the scenes.
In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Gusugi Fusui asked Kaguya Kimimaro and others to take a trip.
The team of one jounin, three chuunin and one genin was already very strong. Despite the ambush by Kaguya Kimimaro and others and the siege by Tatsuki and others, they were still killed.
On the sea, it is basically impossible for anyone to escape the pursuit of mermaids. Coupled with Kaguya Kimimaro's strength, those uninvited guests quickly sank into the deep sea to feed the fish and shrimps.
"Because the Gushan family is so powerful that Kado can't get ahead, so you want to use the strength of Yun Ninja to gain greater benefits?"
In fact, Cardo and his gangster thugs have expressed their desire to take refuge many times.
It's a pity that the Gushan family, which has a large family and business, doesn't need him at all. The entire small island in the East China Sea is Gushan Bushui's private land. How can other forces get involved?
Killing a few Kumo ninjas was not a big deal. Not one or two ninjas died in small-intensity conflicts on the border every year. If you went deep into someone else's sphere of influence to stir up trouble, you had to be prepared to buy the bones of others.
"Young Master, did the people sent by Yun Nin perform poorly in this year's 'King of Fighting' Challenge, so the intelligence investigation on our side was strengthened?"
"It's possible."
It’s hard to over-interpret this kind of thing, maybe it’s just an accident.
In addition, the Kingdom of Waves is closer to the Kingdom of Water, and the closest place to the Kingdom of Thunder is also quite far away.
Ninjas are extremely mobile, but on a vast sea with almost no supplies, cross-sea expeditions are also extremely dangerous.
"Wait a minute, maybe it's not because of our relationship, but because of tit-for-tat with the Mist Ninja."
Gu Shan Bu Shui suddenly thought of something.
Since the confrontation last year, the relationship between Kumo Ninja and Kiri Ninja has not eased.
The Mist Ninja went north and occupied several islands that they had previously dismissed. They also built fortifications on them and sent ninjas to garrison them.
There was a ninja who was hostile to the ninja village making trouble right under his nose, so of course Kumo ninja would not do it.
As a result, the two sides have done a lot of tit-for-tat things in the past few months. Fortunately, they have been relatively restrained, and there have not been many bloody conflicts.
After asking several people about the battle in detail, Gushan Bushui also made a rough judgment.
"There is no need to go to war for the time being, let's wait and see." 』
The conflict between the Mist Ninja and the Kumo Ninja has no direct relationship with the Fushigi family. If it were not for the sensitive land of Wave Country, Fushigi Bushui would not bother to care about how they fight life and death in the open sea.
"Next, you go to the Kingdom of the Sea and help Haixing destroy the enemies. At the same time, the men sent by Orochimaru seem to be very ambitious. They want to control Tianzhi and his laboratory, play with the sky and the emperor, and establish themselves as kings. It’s a trick, it’s a pity…”
They didn't know that it had long been the territory of the Gushan family.
"Then what?"
Kaguya Kimimaro asked.
Whether it is opening eyes for Haixing, helping him control the Kingdom of the Sea, or solving troubles for Tianzhi, it doesn't take long.
"Go to the Kingdom of Sichuan, drive away the Sand Ninja forces from the south, and then connect it with the original territory of the 'Zagazhong', and help the mermaids rebuild the place."
The Country of Sichuan is undoubtedly a good place, sandwiched between the Country of Fire and the Country of Wind, with the Country of Rain to the north, the sea to the south, and the Country of Tea and the Country of Bears across the sea to the southeast.
This geographical location is too important. If you want to control the southern seas, you must control all the coastal areas of this country.
"Attention, after you arrive in the Kingdom of Sichuan, if you encounter someone wearing a black red cloud god robe, you must not be reckless. You must retreat when it is time to retreat. If the enemy is still aggressive, notify me..."
In that area, the Red Sand Scorpion used to be active there. After Deidara joined, he was busy chasing Orochimaru.
Now, Kakuzu and Hidan wandered there, often going deep into the area to capture some traitorous ninjas, wandering samurai, and other people with bounties on their backs, and cut off their heads to collect their rewards from the underground bounty house.
As the well-deserved winner of the 19th "King of Fighting" all-age group category - Kaguya Kimimaro also has a reward.
One and a half million taels of silver is not a small amount, but it is not a large amount either.
Gu Shan Bu Shui does not want to provoke the "Akatsuki" organization now, but if they are not discerning and want to cause trouble for Gu Shan Bu Shui, then they will all be killed.
Today's Gushan Bushui is not a rookie who just graduated and was forced to dare not move arbitrarily by the team led by the two Kiri Ninja jounin.
The combat power, which was already above the average Jonin level, has increased as the level of "Wedge" is thawed higher and higher.
When fighting against Gokage, Kosugi Fusui still felt a little weak, but when fighting against Hatake Kakashi and others, he was still relatively sure of winning.
I haven't actually fought, so I can't say for sure. At least in the competition with Jiang Tu, he has been able to guarantee a very high winning rate. Even if he uses forbidden techniques and prepares extremely high-quality dead soil, he can still defeat him. But the young family governor Gu Shan became serious.
In a life-and-death fight, every effort is made, and whoever wins and who loses must be measured by another set of standards. In that case, the young family governor Gushan would be more confident and have a greater chance of saving his life.
With such strength, coupled with the fighting power of Kaguya Kimimaro's team, we can expect a fully grown Haku in the future.
Such a configuration can already rival a combat team of the future Ninja Alliance.
Also, the Gushan family is not afraid of the human sea tactics on the frontal battlefield. What they lack is a strong general who can charge into the battle and a commander who can overwhelm the entire field.
The strength of the ninja, coupled with high technology, makes walking on two legs stable.
Next, Fusugi Fusui asked about the results of the scientific ninja laboratory there. Kaguya Kimimaro, who was not good at such things, couldn't tell, and Toudou Kasumi didn't like those fancy foreign objects.
Only Kusanagi Kyo has some experience after trying it a few times.
"Young Master, those... may not be of much use to us, but there are many compatriots who are not that strong and are in great need of them."
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"How does it actually work?"
"Although it's a bit uncomfortable, I have to admit that it's still very powerful. Even a special operations team with rough training and holding scientific ninja tools has the ability to threaten our lives..."
In other words, without scientific ninja tools, ordinary well-trained soldiers would not be able to harm Kaguya Kimimaro, Kusanagi Kyo and others at all. Now, those scientific ninja tools have changed everything.
Theoretically having the ability does not mean that it is easy to do. The newly graduated Uzumaki Naruto also has the possibility of killing Hatake Kakashi, but the chance of realizing it is infinitely close to zero.
The existence of scientific forbearance tools is to make extremely unlikely events that are almost impossible to achieve and have no actual possibility have some hope value.
