Naruto: Starting with the power of two systems

The Fourth Raikage's face lit up with joy when he saw that there was hope.

"My Hidden Cloud Village is willing to give you 500 million taels in compensation."

This is almost the entire annual expenditure of the Hidden Cloud Village, which spends approximately 6 million taels of silver per year.

The other party should be satisfied, after all, this is a year's worth of supporting tens of thousands of ninjas.

The head of the Hyuga family spoke with disdain.

"Only 500 million taels? Who do you think you are? Do you think all the ninjas in your Hidden Cloud Village are worth that little money? Or do you look down on our two clans and think we are easy to fool?"

Ryosuke didn't care much for the 5 million ryo, since he was planning to ask for 60 billion ryo.

Said out loud.

"The Hyuga clan head is right. The Fourth Raikage is being far too stingy."

"The Fourth Raikage himself, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Jonin, Chunin, and so many others are only worth a tiny bit of money."

"Even if I sold you on the black market, you wouldn't be worth this price."

"Furthermore, I think the Fourth Raikage, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki can all be considered priceless treasures, right?"

"Moreover, there are also a large number of Jonin and Chunin."

"To be honest, I feel like the Fourth Raikage is playing me for a fool by giving me only 500 million taels."

The Fourth Raikage felt deeply humiliated by what the other party said. They were being sold on the black market for money. Wasn't that treating them like commodities?

The black market is a filthy place.

Collecting human materials for experiments, or recovering intelligence from ninja corpses—and these people are still alive, they might be worth even more if sold.

If the other side really did that, then their Hidden Cloud Village would probably become the biggest tragedy in the history of the entire ninja world.

Fugaku nodded in agreement.

“I agree with Ryosuke’s suggestion to sell these people on the black market. We can easily make 60 billion yen.”

"With so many elites gone from Kumogakure, the Land of Lightning might even become part of our Land of Fire in the future."

The Fourth Raikage's expression changed upon hearing this man's words. Originally, if the Hidden Cloud Village wanted to invade the Hidden Leaf Village, the Land of Lightning could then invade the Land of Fire.

But now that the other party also wants to take over the Land of Lightning, he is very anxious.

They even wanted to sell them all off like slaves.

He said angrily.

"You can't do that, it's too cruel. The Third Hokage wouldn't allow you to do that."

He knew that the Third Hokage was a man who cared too much about his image and kept talking about peace.

Even if they are usually a bit cowardly, they wouldn't do something so terrible for the sake of their pride.

Ryosuke glanced at the Fourth Raikage, who still didn't understand who was in charge, and said disdainfully.

"The Third Hokage's words no longer count. Only the Uchiha and Hyuga clans have the final say. After all, you are our prisoner, not the Third Hokage's. Don't you even understand that?"

The Fourth Raikage was speechless. Indeed, the lives of himself and his companions were now in the hands of these two clans. Judging from their attitudes, the Third Hokage had no way to command them.

Suddenly remembering the mysterious letter that had arrived earlier, he spoke up.

"I have some news to tell you, and I hope that the compensation can be reduced."

Ryosuke also became interested at this point.

"Tell me, what kind of news is it?"

The Fourth Raikage recounted the events surrounding the previous letter and its contents.

Hiashi Hyuga and Fugaku Uchiha's expressions kept changing, their faces grim.

Someone actually leaked information about the two clans going to war. No wonder Kumogakure sent so many elites, even the Fourth Raikage and the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts.

They also wanted Ryosuke Uchiha's head, and even proposed offering preferential treatment in a subsequent peace treaty.

Who else but the higher-ups of Konoha could make decisions on such matters?

Even Hiashi Hyuga found it hard to believe.

There was actually a traitor among the village's high-ranking officials.

But upon closer reflection, how could that be possible?

If their two clans are defeated in this war, then who in the village will be able to stand up?

Even if peace is renegotiated later, they will be in a very passive position and may even suffer significant losses to the village's interests.

Therefore, the more he thought about it, the less he believed the Fourth Raikage's words. If the village's higher-ups were to do that, it would be tantamount to suicide.

He spoke up angrily.

"Fourth Raikage, stop talking nonsense. How could anyone in the higher-ups possibly betray us?"

"What evidence do you have? Or are you trying to sow discord between us and the village's leadership?"

The Fourth Raikage hurriedly spoke.

“I’m not making this up. The letter was originally for my secretary, Azabui, and then it was forwarded to me. I didn’t mean to incite you.”

Hiashi Hyuga still looked incredulous.

How do I know if you're lying?

"After all, your Hidden Cloud Village wanted to kidnap my daughter and shamelessly demanded that we hand over the murderer. If you've done something so shameless, wouldn't you do something even more shameless?"

He's becoming increasingly convinced that this is a conspiracy by the Fourth Raikage.

After all, it's common for ninjas to use divisive tactics. If the Hyuga clan develops a rift with its higher-ups and begins to suspect each other, it would be extremely dangerous.

Moreover, the current high-ranking officials of Konoha are basically all students of the Second Hokage. It's hard to imagine them betraying the village.

They had no reason to let Konoha suffer such a huge loss.

The Fourth Raikage was also furious at this point. It was true that their Hidden Cloud Village had been treacherous and cunning before, but he had not lied about this matter.

“You can ask Mabuya. There is no possibility that I colluded with her.”

"After all, we never thought we would lose before the war started, so there was no need to think about it in advance."

Chapter 110 Large Ransom

Hiashi Hyuga, upon hearing the Fourth Raikage's words, spoke with a grim face.

"We will naturally investigate this matter thoroughly."

What the other party said can indeed be easily verified.

We need to verify this.

If a traitor were to emerge, the Hyuga clan would be in grave danger.

This proves that the higher-ups are dissatisfied with the Hyuga clan.

Such things are all too common in the ninja world, but they are usually only dealt with in this way when dealing with ninja traitors or serious crimes. He was confident that the Hyuga clan had done nothing to wrong Konoha.

At this moment, Fugaku believed the Fourth Raikage's words and remained silent.

Unexpectedly, the higher-ups actually took action against the Uchiha clan, and even did so with the help of outsiders.

Ryosuke once captured Sarutobi Asuma, the son of the Third Hokage. This should be the Third Hokage's revenge, otherwise why would he have specifically ordered Ryosuke's execution?

Fortunately, Ryosuke was there this time, otherwise the Uchiha clan might have suffered a huge loss.

While they were fighting against foreign tribes, they actually thought of such despicable schemes. Now he understood why the village leaders were unwilling to send troops to support them; they wanted to make the two tribes become easy prey for the other side.

Those despicable Konoha high-ranking officials.

Uchiha Ryosuke wasn't particularly surprised.

Although this is something that didn't happen in the original story, my appearance has already interfered with the course of the world.

He felt it was very likely that the Leaf Village's higher-ups had done it, and it was either the Third Hokage or Danzo, the shadow of the Leaf Village.

They have always viewed the Uchiha clan as an evil clan and wanted to eradicate them as soon as possible.

For them, the village might have been at peace once the Uchiha clan was gone.

They might even think that losing to Kumogakure is not as important as destroying the Uchiha clan.

It seems that a battle between the Uchiha clan and the village's leadership is inevitable; they've been bullied to the point of being outdone.

he said seriously.

"We'll do as the Hyuga family head said, and then we'll go find Azabu to verify it."

"But this kind of intelligence is worthless. You're trying to incite infighting between us and the village's leadership, aren't you?"

"Let's talk about the compensation issue for your Hidden Cloud Village."

Although he was already inclined to believe it, should he go back to the village now?

Without concrete evidence, is it enough to rely solely on a letter? Doing so would have serious consequences.

Ninjas are blindly loyal. Killing the Third Hokage and Danzo will inevitably provoke resistance from a group of blindly loyal ninjas. Although they can be killed by force, it will be very troublesome and the village will not be at peace.

This is not the kind of Konoha Village that Uchiha Ryosuke wants.