My ninjutsu is not right

Chapter 182 Private Transaction
The first day of talks ended unpleasantly.

Hanzo disagreed and refused to accept the mission related to River Country, believing that it would cause considerable losses to the Hidden Rain Village and would require additional compensation.

When it comes to money and resources, he basically asked for too much, and no one could agree to it.

The Fourth Kazekage was an ambiguous person. He didn't speak much during the whole process and didn't accept the benefits thrown by the Third Hokage.

Everyone knows that after the pacification of River Country, the Fire Country will gain the most benefits in the end, so the Hidden Rain Village and the Hidden Sand Village, one putting pressure on the other and the other refusing to cooperate, can be said to have made the atmosphere of the entire meeting a bit stiff on the first day, and it ended in a hurry.

During lunch, Ebizo from Sand Village, whom I had met once before, came to the hot spring hotel.

"Our demands are simple. Return the Jinchuriki, hand over Scorpion's puppet to us, and then let us meet Maki." He made the request.

"No," the Sandaime Hokage refused more bluntly. He was kind and generous, not a moron. The three countries participating in the talks were all allies.

The Hidden Rain Village won't get much benefit from the civil strife, and the Hidden Sand Village has just surrendered, so it doesn't have much ability to resist. It's called a three-nation negotiation, but in reality it's just that the Fire Nation wants a pacified River Nation and gives some benefits to its two younger brothers so that they won't cause more trouble.

As a result, now he asks for the Jinchūriki and takes away a batch of priceless puppets for nothing. Moreover, meeting the dead Maki requires his own genius secret technique.

This is a request that cannot be agreed to under any circumstances.

Ebizo had a sullen face and put forward conditions bit by bit, like squeezing toothpaste, such as money, ninjutsu, gold sand, and information. These were the only chips that the Sand Village had.

The fact that the Fourth Kazekage used the new techniques he developed and gold dust to exchange for money was no longer news; it was a consensus in the ninja world.

When he was young, he was an intelligence expert of the Sand Village. Even though he is old, he still has a lot of information. A lot of information cannot be measured by money, so it is perfect to use it to exchange for Jinchūriki.

The two old men argued back and forth for a long time, and finally reached a deal, a batch of gold sand + some intelligence sharing, and advance payment of part of the surrender contract after the Konoha collapse plan, in exchange for the Jinchūriki to go back, and this time the Sand Village will stand on the side of Konoha Village in the Three Kingdoms talks.

The Sandaime Hokage turned his head and looked at Link standing next to him, and said: "Regarding the puppet, it is Link's trophy. If you want to buy it, you can ask him personally."

He did not mention the meeting with Machi.

"What are your conditions?" Ebizo was very patient. He kept hesitating for more than an hour, and his expression remained calm.

"Money or ninjutsu." Link took out a small notebook he had prepared and handed it over. On it were the different prices he gave to each puppet after Kanjiro had measured their value.

Ebizo took the small notebook, glanced at it, and said, "We don't have the money." Are you kidding? The number one scorpion puppet on it costs 350 million taels, and the current Sand Village can't even afford it even if it sells everything it has.

Not to mention the other puppets.

However, his purpose was not to buy all the puppets. Those things were meaningless to the Sand Village. Poor people could not afford puppets. The once famous puppet troop of the Sand Village had either died or been lost. With Chiyo's retirement, the entire troop was no different from being cancelled.

Otherwise, the most talented puppeteer in the village would not have picked up the works that Scorpion had left in the village to use.

I really can't afford to play this game. Strategically, I have given up puppetry a long time ago.

The puppets he wanted to buy were only the Scorpion puppet and the Sandaime Kazekage's puppet. He couldn't afford to buy, repair, or use the others.

Link sighed inwardly. It was expected. He couldn't get the money. His ninjutsu was okay, but he didn't know if he could sell it to the village. "We have to take back the puppet of the Sandaime Kazekage." Ebizo had a clear goal. He took out a scroll and said, "You can choose ten ninjutsu from it."

Link took the scroll and handed it to the Sandaime Hokage.

As a 'good boy' he shouldn't be good at things like negotiation, and he certainly doesn't know as much about ninjutsu as the ninjutsu professor next to him.

"These." The Sandaime Hokage glanced at them and stretched out his hand to swipe them, "Some of the ninjutsu in them have been sold to us before..."

Some of the Wind Styles have been sold once in the Sand Village. Some of the techniques in the village will definitely be taught to Link in the future, so how could he possibly buy them again?

The two old men started discussing again.

In the end, fifteen ninjutsu were sold, all of which were C or D level wind-style ninjutsu. The scroll given by Ebizo did not record any high-level ninjutsu at all. Moreover, the puppets of the Sandaime Kazekage were so rotten that Kankuro didn't know how to repair them. It was impossible to sell them at a high price.

Link just treated it as garbage disposal.

Then there is the trade of the 'Scorpion' puppet, this one is really complete, you can use it right away, any puppeteer with a bit of skill can at least display the strength of a jonin, there is no reason for it to be cheap.

After discussing for a while, we still couldn't be satisfied.

Ebizo shook his head and said, "In that case, let's postpone the purchase of the Scorpion puppet for now." His sister was the one who liked the Scorpion puppet, and in order to ensure that his sister would not cause trouble, he was the only one who came with the Kazekage to the meeting this time.

From his point of view, apart from the emotional factors, there is absolutely no need to take down the 'Scorpion' puppet.

He left the ninjutsu scroll behind and gave it to the Sandaime Hokage for verification. Then he stuffed the Sandaime Kazekage's puppet into his sleeve and said, "About Maki..."

The Sandaime Hokage said nothing, but turned his head to look at Link.

He was determined not to make the decision himself.

"I want to meet Maki..." Link should have agreed immediately. It seemed nothing if he could get money or ninjutsu to let them meet.

But he always felt that something was wrong. Maki himself wanted to see the Kazekage, and Ebizo also wanted to see Maki. Did they have any information to exchange?
"I want high-level ninjutsu, secret techniques, or forbidden techniques of difficulty B or above." He thought about it and realized that he really didn't have much information to reveal to Maki.

Theoretically, Xiao knows more information than Machiavelli, and wrong information is sometimes more deceptive.

Ebizo's eyebrows twitched. This kid really dared to ask. He had clearly agreed with Temari and the others on the price before...

Forget it, there is no point in fretting over those things. When the pricing power is in their hands, there is really no need to argue about the price difference before and after.

"Are you sure you need forbidden techniques as well?" He said this, looking at the Sandaime Hokage with narrowed eyes.

Pursuing ninjutsu is a common problem among ninjas, but pursuing forbidden techniques is a bit strange. As far as he knows, the last genius in Konoha Village who pursued forbidden techniques is now an S-level rebel ninja.

However, he only saw the Sandaime Hokage's calm expression.

(End of this chapter)