This Naruto is a player.

Chapter 148 Let Sunagakure suffer a little more!
Naruto was not lying.

This trip to the Land of Lightning resulted in the disappearance of the Raikage A from Kumogakure, and the capture of both the Two-Tailed Nekomata and the Eight-Tailed Gyūki.

He did it all himself.

Therefore, Naruto generously forgave Kumogakure for this minor grudge for the time being.

As for the future?

At the very least, we should ask the person involved.

We'll talk about it when we see our biological parents.

Moreover, this argument was used to threaten Konoha.

Naruto gazed leisurely across at the three Konoha elders, whose hair was completely white.

Konoha!
The number one ninja village in China only gives its top ninja such a meager settlement allowance? Are you kidding me?

The moment Naruto uttered those words, even Hiruzen Sarutobi, with his composure, couldn't help but change color.

The faces of the other two advisors instantly turned so gloomy they could drip water.

A sense of oppressive tension suddenly began to build in the small, dimly lit room.

Naruto didn't care about the emotions of the three people opposite him.

Seeing that the three were stunned by his words, he immediately dropped another bombshell.

"For my mother's matter, the Hidden Cloud Village has already compensated me with 100 million taels and promised me an additional 2 billion taels if I accept their invitation."

Observing the three people whose expressions were gradually changing, Naruto spoke slowly and helplessly.

"So, old Hokage, it's difficult for me to get things done with this little bit of money!"

Naruto abruptly dropped those words.

The three had doubts about the numbers and their authenticity, but had no way of verifying them.

Moreover, the three of them knew better than anyone the current situation in the Land of Lightning; it was practically on the verge of collapse. If they were elders of the Hidden Cloud Village, they would undoubtedly want to buy Naruto away if given the chance.

Upon seeing this, the three exchanged glances, and they saw the answer in each other's eyes.

They dared not gamble at all.

The Land of Lightning is rich!

Although the Land of Fire and Konoha Village have a large population, their economy still lags behind that of the Land of Lightning.

Two billion taels of silver, and that's just the compensation?

The three of them were a little hesitant to even think about Naruto's appetite.

"Sigh!" Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed deeply.

They were wrong during those two days of preparation!

You've placed your bet on the wrong thing!
Naruto's antics were initially thought to be due to the Hokage vote that day, with Hiruzen Sarutobi believing that Naruto cared about power and resources.

Therefore, among the conditions they offered, they granted almost all permissions to ensure that Naruto could enjoy the resources that a Hokage could enjoy without being a Hokage. However, they did not expect that what Naruto valued was not these resources, but money.

Unexpected!

Naruto initially thought that the 1.5 billion ryo was just a bonus, enough to get by, but he never expected that Naruto would see it as the main course!
Two billion taels!

Although it's a huge difference from the 50 million ryo that Danzo was blackmailed with, the nature of the money is different, and Konoha can come up with it.

However, judging from Naruto's attitude, what he wants is far more than that!
"Cough cough."

After the three whispered among themselves, Hiruzen Sarutobi coughed, took the pipe out of his mouth, and interrupted the other two's discussion.

"Naruto, how much do you want? Give me a number! The village will do everything in its power to provide it."

Gee.
Naruto didn't want to answer, but when he saw Hiruzen Sarutobi's aged face, his heart softened.

Time seemed to have turned back to when I was three years old, by the campfire on the back hill.

Nearly ten years have passed, and the old man seems to have aged considerably.

“Hmm,” Naruto pondered, having already made up his mind.

“At least three digits!” he said.

Naruto had actually planned to use this money long ago. No matter how much he got, it was all for the purpose of legitimately purchasing the land in the Land of Wind.

So it wasn't that he was exploiting Konoha, but rather that he was estimating the value of that desert, which covers an area of ​​about 5000 square kilometers and contains approximately 1000 billion barrels of crude oil underground.

He had never bought land before and didn't know the price.

In short, the more money the better!

"Three digits? In the hundreds of millions?" Both advisors gasped in astonishment! That's enough to fight two wars!

Seeing the expressions on the three people's faces, indicating that they found it hard to accept, Naruto decided to give them time to think about it.

"You can consider it. I need to give you an answer from the Land of Lightning within five days. Just give me your answer before then."

"Well then," Naruto smiled slightly, "I'll be going now!"

The words had barely left his mouth when—whoosh!

With a flash of golden light, Naruto, who had been lounging on the opposite sofa, vanished without a trace.

"Flying Thunder God!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained unfazed, but the other two advisors, even though they already knew that Naruto had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, were seeing it for the first time and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

This ability to appear and disappear without a trace is extremely rare, and it is the ability that made the Fourth Hokage famous.

Naruto's display of this skill before leaving served as a reminder to them and emphasized his importance.

"Hiruzen!"

The bespectacled elder, Mitokado Homura, looked intently at Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked, as if seeking confirmation, "About the Land of Lightning."

"it is true."

Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled heavily, his mind far from calm.

Others may not understand what this event in the ninja world signifies, but this old man who has experienced three major battles knows it perfectly well.

Is Konoha ready?

His gaze fell on the empty sofa opposite him, and the image of Naruto with blond hair and blue eyes flashed through his mind.

Konoha is probably ready.

He put the pipe back in his mouth, took another puff, and slowly exhaled a smoke ring. "The Fourth Raikage, A, is dead; the Two-Tails Jinchuriki is dead; and the Two-Tails Cat was taken away by Obito Uchiha. These are all verified pieces of information. As for…"

Before he finished speaking, all three understood what he meant.

Whether what Naruto said is true or not is completely unverifiable!

However, the three dared not gamble, and Konoha dared not gamble either.

The consequences of losing a genius like Naruto are unimaginable.

Although all three of them roughly knew that Naruto was definitely acting out of spite because of the Fourth Hokage incident, no one ignored his attitude just because he was young.

It's all because of his strength and talent!

The 12-year-old Naruto Uzumaki is surprisingly difficult to handle.

At that moment, Koharu Utatane suddenly came up with an idea, "How about we use the Impure World Reincarnation to revive Minato once? Let Naruto's biological father persuade him?"

When this idea came up, Mitokado Yan was quite interested. Compared to putting in countless efforts, this method was the simplest.

He looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, anticipating the Hokage's answer.

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment. He took a deep drag on his pipe, and the smoke rings he exhaled blurred his cloudy eyes.

If they do that, how are they any different from Orochimaru, that villain?
Orochimaru disturbed the rest of the First and Second Hokage, so are they going to disturb the Fourth Hokage because of this?

“The dead should not be disturbed from their rest.” Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected the suggestion with a single sentence.

"That Hitsuji, take this money."

"We should be able to use some of the remaining funds from the village; the rest..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitated for a moment, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Homura Mitokado.

"Hiruzen, that money in the village is meant to be used for unforeseen circumstances. With the Fourth Shinobi World War imminent, can we still use that money?"

"Naruto is more important than the war!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's tone left no room for argument.

With a determined look in his eyes, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued, "As for the remaining prisoners from Sunagakure, it's only a preliminary agreement, and no contract has been signed yet. We'll just have to make things harder for Sunagakure!"

“Hiruzen and Sunagakure are our allies! Besides, they were just misled by Orochimaru and Obito; they weren’t the masterminds this time.”

Mitokado Homura wasn't trying to excuse Sunagakure; he only cared about one thing: "And with another war about to break out, if we keep pushing like this, a war between Konoha and Sunagakure will probably be unavoidable! Will Konoha then face a situation of fighting four against one again?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his head in surprise and glanced at his old friend.

The young and robust Mitokado Yan, whom I remembered, now had gray hair and a face full of wrinkles.

I'm really getting old; even my mind is getting muddled.

"Yan, times have changed!"

(End of this chapter)