Kumogakure's latest compensation and bond redemption funds were once again delivered to the Minagawa Stock Exchange in Konoha Village.
When Kumogakure chose to reconcile with his mortal enemy Iwagakure, and stood with Iwagakure and Takigakure in the chunin exam to start a new chapter, there were voices within Kumogakure's internal jounin community to stop paying war reparations and bonds to the Tokoku shogunate. Redeem funds.
It was the Third Raikage who defied all odds and continued to maintain the treaty on war reparations between the two parties.
"Unless there is a full-scale war with the Shogunate or Konoha, the treaty between the two parties will not be changed!"
In the Raikage's office, the Third Raikage said this in front of a group of senior officials.
"It's just that if the compensation continues to be maintained, the village's funds for the development of armaments will continue to be insufficient, and if His Highness the Daimyo is required to increase investment, the reconstruction of the northern region will be even more delayed..."
A senior jounin said.
After being devastated by the shogunate coalition forces and the Kirigakure Expeditionary Force, the Kingdom of Thunder has long been devastated and devastated. If funds are not allocated for reconstruction, the Kingdom of Thunder may not be able to recover in the next 20 to 30 years.
What's more, the southern region is still under the control of Konoha and Iwagakure.
Although Iwagakure chose to reconcile with Iwagakure, Iwagakure also stated that it would gradually return the occupied area, but this requires a transition time to avoid Konoha's overreaction; moreover, there are still a large number of Konoha occupying forces controlling Lei Southeast of the country.
No matter how arrogant Kumogakure was, he would not have the courage to brag about the country of Thunder, which was extremely traumatized after the war, to compete with the shogunate and even Konoha, which controlled Kirigakure and many small countries.
After all, Kumogakure's backbone was abruptly broken by the Shogunate and Kirigakure from his prime.
“…In addition, the shogunate’s gold yuan notes are also circulating in the southern region. If there is no way to restore power, gold yuan notes with relatively stronger purchasing power will penetrate into the central and northern regions sooner or later, causing an extremely bad impact on the country’s financial environment... "
The head of Kumogakure Intelligence Department also said.
Although the series of financial + military combined offensives launched by the shogunate in the Kingdom of Water were rough, they also opened the eyes of the country bumpkin ninjas in the ninja world. After intelligence analysis, they found that unless the import of shogunate gold yuan notes was prevented from the beginning, sooner or later the gold yuan notes with strong purchasing power would squeeze the space of the local currency, thus losing control of the national economy.
"Taki Ninja will increase reconstruction assistance to the village, and there will be no problem with funds in a short time."
The third Raikage said to the fourth generation Ai: "In exchange, the village will train ANBU for Taki-nin...Ai, you will be responsible for this matter!"
"As you command!"
The fourth generation Ai, who was seriously injured by Hatake Sakumo's "Millennium Kill" in the southern battlefield, has now recovered and looks much calmer.
"Kilabi!"
The Third Raikage said to Kirabi who was sitting aside scratching his head: "You go to the southeastern ceasefire line to take charge of the border troops. Your most important responsibility is to block and strangle all smuggling lines from the south!"
The shogunate and the United Company started out by relying on the smuggling business of the Kingdom of Water. After becoming developed, they relied on the gold yuan coupons they issued as a pioneer to infiltrate the Kingdom of Water and various small countries in the ninja world, thereby controlling their economy and military. Now that the Kingdom of Thunder needs to be rebuilt and rejuvenated, the first priority is to block the "private trade" that has just emerged in the Kingdom of Thunder, so that enough seigniorage can be earned from the scissors gap to rebuild and cultivate the ninja army.
"As ordered..."
Kirabi didn't dare to go overboard even in front of the Third Raikage, so he obediently agreed.
After all the Kumogakure senior officials left, the Third Raikage, who had always maintained a strong and authoritarian attitude, breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down on his chair.
His pressure was far greater than Kumogakure's senior officials imagined.
In particular, he chose to reconcile with his mortal enemy Iwagakure and broke a layer of face with the unstoppable shogunate, which made him controversial in the village.
But fortunately, the bet was right.
The reaction of the shogunate and even Konoha was not as big as expected, and there was no attempt to interfere in Kumogakure's internal affairs by organizing a second expedition to the Ninja Army. The skeptical public opinion in the village gradually dissipated, and everything developed in the best direction as expected.
"By this time, the team should have arrived in Konoha..."
The Third Raikage looked at the clouds outside the window and thought.
…
The Kumogakure escort team arrived in Konoha feeling very bad!
From the moment they entered the Land of Fire, there were multiple Konoha Ninja Army relay "escorts", leaving no chance for them to gather information on the spot.
After arriving in Konoha, the Kumogakure ninjas who escorted the compensation and redemption payments felt the naked malice of Konoha ninjas and even ordinary villagers.
...and moreover, it is still malicious and looks down on with contempt!
The Kumogakure ninjas, whose sensitive hearts had long been broken, walked expressionlessly through the Konoha Commercial Street under the "escort" of the police patrol unit. Like baboons being watched, they headed to Minamigagawa Securities with joking eyes. Exchange, submitted the current payment to the shogunate.
Later, the leading ninja proposed to purchase some supplies in Konoha, but was flatly rejected by the accompanying police department ninja.
Then he proposed to meet Uchiha Tokumitsu, but the police department ninja did not agree.
There was no other way. After paying the compensation, the Yunyin escort team left in despair without even getting a bite of the hot meal.
There is endless praise for Uchiha Tokimitsu within Konoha. They believe that it was the brave and capable shogunate ninja army that defeated Kumogakure, who was once the boss of the world, and forced Kumogakure to pay war compensation and cede land. , he is truly worthy of being the descendant of "the most powerful family in the ninja world" and the "spokesperson of the Konoha Hawks".
Of course, during the great purge movement not long ago, the resentment held back by the Konoha villagers was also transferred to Kumogakure, who was inexplicably shot.
After all, it was all scolding, and it was much safer to scold the defeated Kumogakure than to scold the omnipresent Uchiha.
…
"Issuing an order to the Northwest Border Defense Force to begin sealing the border between the Kingdom of Grass and the Kingdom of Earth from now on, cutting off all circulation channels."
Although Uchiha Tokumitsu had no intention of starting another war, he also took appropriate countermeasures to Iwagakure.
Then there is the Kingdom of Frost, which is jointly governed by the shogunate and Iwagakure. Uchiha Tokumitsu also ordered the sealing of its borders and dispatched garrisoned ninja troops to be deployed at the borders.
Of course, sealing off part of the border was just a countermeasure, and Uchiha Tokumitsu continued to attack Iwagakure hard.
"Allocate two billion taels of low-interest arms loans to Yu Ninja Village and support its expansion into the Kingdom of Birds."
The so-called Bird Country is a small cache country sandwiched between the Wind Country, the Earth Country and the Rain Country. It is also the traditional sphere of influence of Iwagakure. The Iwagakure Expeditionary Force currently fighting fiercely with Sunagakure in the Wind Country passes through it. The Kingdom of Birds maintains frontline supplies.
Even if Sanshouyu Hanzo still fails to open up the situation in a short period of time after receiving assistance, as long as the Amano Ninja Village maintains its attitude of westward expansion, it can still threaten the Iwagakure expedition that is currently working on an expedition in the Kingdom of Wind. military.
This is also a good intention released by Uchiha Tokumitsu to the Third Kazekage who controls the Land of Wind.
Since he chose to stand in the camp of the shogunate and even Konoha, Uchiha Tokumitsu, as the contemporary Konoha supreme ninja army commander, will never treat his "old friend" badly and will definitely provide him with all help except participating in the war.
At this point, with the deployment of Uchiha Tokumitsu, an iron curtain, although rough and with many loopholes, was established across the north and south of the ninja world.
At this time, camps and sides are the only things that small countries and neutral countries need to consider.
If you still want to eat both sides, even if Uchiha Tokumitsu will show generosity, the shogunate ninja army will not tolerate him!
Subsequently, under the instruction of Uchiha Tokumitsu, Minazuki Chino led five hundred Kirigakure ninja troops, escorted by the shogunate fleet, to the Tajima Peninsula in the southern part of the Iron Kingdom, and expelled the samurai stationed there, openly A forward camp was established here.
During the Second Ninja World War, the Kirigakure Second Army established a secret base on the Tajima Peninsula to attack the eastern part of the Land of Fire. With the Ninja Army commanded by Uchiha Tokumitsu, they defeated the Watermelon Mountain Blowfish like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. The secret base of the Oni's Kirigakure First Army was raided and burned by Uchiha Tokumitsu, who returned to support, and Kirigakure, who suffered heavy losses, could only withdraw his troops under the protection of the Third Mizukage.
Returning to this familiar sad place again, the Kirigakure ninja felt somewhat sad, but Chino Minazuki, who was leading the team, was high-spirited and passionate.
While maintaining pressure on Kumogakure and Iwagakure, Uchiha Tokumitsu did not forget Kirigakure under his command.
As an island nation, Kirigakure of the Water Country has always had a long-cherished wish to obtain a long-term fulcrum on the ninja continent that can serve as a window for external exchanges between the country and the ninja village.
And Uchiha Tokumitsu fulfilled their wish.
Although Kirigakure is now extremely decadent and has been regarded as a vassal of Uchiha Tokimitsu and a shame to the five great ninja villages, this has not annihilated the pride of Kirigakure, who was once a great ninja.
Especially after landing on the Tajima Peninsula again, the resentment that the Kirigakure ninjas had towards Uchiha Tokumitsu, who had always been too angry and dare not speak out, also dissipated.
Although it failed to change everyone's mind, at least Kirigakure and his subordinates did not continue to be passive and slack in work.
And this is what Uchiha Tokko wants.
It’s still the same sentence, “You can’t take what I won’t give”!
However, the arrival of Kirigakure and the Shogunate fleet shocked the top brass of the Iron Country.
As we all know, the rulers of the Iron Kingdom are samurai from the old era. Just like the witches of the Demon Kingdom, they are the settlement of losers during the Warring States Period.
The Iron Kingdom, which adheres to the principle of neutrality, also has a large samurai army, and there are endless new era samurai who are accomplished in chakra sword skills. In the view of the radicals of the Iron Kingdom, from the perspective of strength comparison, if a surprise attack is adopted, the Kirigakure ninja army currently stationed on the Tajima Peninsula only needs to gather a sufficient number of Iron Kingdom samurai masters to expel them.
But after careful consideration, Mifune, the general of the Iron Kingdom, still rejected the proposal of a group of senior warriors from the martial arts faction.
——We cannot start a war with Kirigakure or even the shogunate behind it because of a desolate Tajima Peninsula! Otherwise, the sharpness of the Iron Kingdom samurai will never be able to withstand the attack of the large-scale shogunate ninja army.
You know, before the Second Ninja War, even the rain ninja army of Hanzo Sanshoyu was able to defeat the fully-organized Iron Country Samurai Army. Shinobu, I'm afraid the Iron Country has long been wiped out by the attack of the second-rate ninja army in the ninja world.
"...Send envoys to Konoha."
In the General's castle tower, General Mifune slowly expressed his decision.
Although the expressions of the top warriors of the Iron Kingdom changed slightly, they were mostly relieved.
It was a good thing not to have to fight. After all, when the shogunate ninja army destroyed Kirigakure Tajima's advanced camp, the spies of the Iron Kingdom had witnessed the power of Susanoo to destroy the world.
"But this goes against our principle of neutrality..."
Tai Dao, one of the masters of swordsmanship in the Kingdom of Iron, said this.
"The shogunate is so powerful that it is helpless to compromise appropriately..."
Another warrior commander stood up and defended.
"...What do you think?"
Mifune turned his attention to his most capable assistant, the samurai commander Sato Kakuzu.
"If you are inferior to others in terms of power and skills, then you can only compromise and reach an agreement with the shogunate."
Satokaku stood up and said: "If the shogunate is unwilling to make concessions on this point, then we will have no choice but to abandon the Tajima Peninsula and join Kumogakure and Iwagakure's camp."
"We are a neutral country... Why do we want to get involved in the internal fighting between those despicable ninjas...
A trembling old master said.
"The status of a neutral country requires the recognition of the five major ninja villages of the five major countries. Otherwise, if it is not strong enough, it will only be a piece of meat that can be slaughtered by others!"
"When Sansho Hanzo launched his expansion expedition, there were five major countries that imposed sanctions on him, but what about now? No one can rule Konoha, which is dominated by one family!"
"My Lords, times have changed!"
Rikkaku said with a heavy tone.
All the senior warriors were silent when they heard this.
Mifune was also very satisfied with the performance of his mouth subtitles.
"That's it then..."
Mifune sighed and broke the silence: "Rikkaku, please go to Konoha and discuss it with General Tokumitsu...see if you can still fight for it."
Li Jiao bowed silently to show that he accepted the order.
But all the high-ranking samurai knew the outcome of their mission to Konoha.
The so-called struggle is just a fig leaf before the Iron Kingdom chooses to fall to the Konoha camp.
After all, samurai warriors are all from noble backgrounds, and they still have to adhere to some etiquette and integrity. Even if they choose to take sides, they must cover themselves up with a bit of pretentious reluctance.
"...A time of great strife!"
An old warrior sighed and then shook his head.
The mood of the warriors fell to the bottom again.
Could it be that the vast ninja world couldn't accommodate a pure land controlled by samurai?
Is it possible that the chaotic times of the Thousand-Year Warring States Period will reappear in the human world with the confrontation between the two camps?
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