Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 514 Konoha's Counterattack

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After a busy day of travel, I sat down at the table, wiping away sweat as I read the newspaper.

After reading the contents carefully, the travelogue writer immediately squinted.

Mizuki?

Betrayed the village and betrayed his companions?

Ha, you'd better not come to Kumogakure...

……

The speech given by the Hidden Cloud Village at the Joint Conference surprised everyone.

This shocked everyone present.

Although the General Assembly had only a few dozen members, the five major villages were truly the decisive ones.

But don't those other small countries and ninja villages have any objections?

How could that be?

They usually knew that the fate of their village was in the hands of others, and they felt that as a weak force, whether it was a village or a country, they didn't have many choices.

However, this time, after the conflict between Kumogakure and Konoha, these small countries suddenly discovered...

It seems there are places where things can be done, right?

As Yu Ya once said in his previous life, when small countries clash, large countries mediate and the conflict is resolved. When large countries clash with small countries, there also needs to be an organization that can mediate.

Although this mediation ability may be weak most of the time, at least...

This provides a way for major powers to resolve conflicts through words.

To be honest, Yua laughed after his initial anger when he realized that the Hidden Cloud Village was using the joint conference proposed by Yua to do their own thing.

Nara Shikaku, standing to the side, was utterly bewildered: "Hokage-sama, how can you still laugh in this situation? The Hidden Cloud Village has completely lost all sense of shame!"

Yuya looked at Nara Shikaku with a grin: "Yeah, that's why I'm happy."

Nara Shikaku looked completely bewildered.

Yuya smiled and explained to Nara Shikaku, "Even if Kumogakure's target this time is us, they are using the rules of the Joint Conference. As long as they are using the rules, it's a good thing for us."

Nara Shikaku frowned in thought.

The Nara clan are certainly not stupid, but if they were to ponder something they've never experienced before, and were to immediately come up with any solutions, Yua would have to wonder if there were others in the Nara clan who, like herself, possessed memories of another world.

Yuya smiled and continued to explain to Nara Shikaku, "As long as they are willing to act within the rules of the United Nations, there is no possibility of war."

Nara Shikaku was taken aback and lowered his head in thought.

He still didn't understand.

"Why did the wars break out in the past? I'm not referring to the war that affected the entire ninja world back then, the war that my uncle, the Second Hokage, waged."

"Of course it's for profit," Nara Shikaku said without hesitation.

This will never change, no matter how much time passes.

There could be no other reason for one ninja village to go to such great lengths to wage war against another ninja village than to seize profits.

You Ya nodded: "That's right, for profit."

So, if the distribution of benefits can be settled at the General Assembly, then why start a war?

A thought flashed through Nara Shikaku's mind, but he didn't fully understand: "But what does this have to do with the Hidden Cloud Village's targeting of us this time?"

You Ya laughed: "If he can target us, why can't we target them?"

Nara Shikaku looked completely bewildered.

Yuya smiled and ordered, "Go and contact the Three Ships of the Iron Country."

"Hmm...yes."

……

Three days later, at another joint conference, the people of Kumogakure once again raised the same conditions they had proposed before, demanding that Konoha hand over the rogue ninja Mizuki.

Yes, the rogue ninja Mizuki has been captured by Konoha.

Honestly, it took three days to find Shuimu underground in an abandoned construction site. I have to say, this guy's hiding skills are truly outrageous.

However, this guy burned all the stolen documents, so there was no sufficient evidence to convict him.

After Mizuki was captured, he stated that he had joined Kumogakure and that Konoha had no right to try him.

Basically, Yuya was certain that this guy had definitely received a message from the Hidden Cloud Village, or more likely, from television.

This is not difficult. Mizuki is a Chunin of Konoha after all, so it is perfectly normal for him to have this kind of judgment.

That information might indeed be very important to the people of Mizuki and Kumogakure.

However, for Youya, that information was actually outdated. To be honest, it wasn't impossible to give it to other villages.

However, Youya never does business at a loss. We can provide the information, but you'll have to pay extra.

Trying to get something for nothing by using a rogue ninja?

Where can you find such a good deal!

Therefore, Mizuki was quickly captured under Yua's orders.

After that, the ambassador of Kumogakure in Konoha naturally contacted Yua's representative and said that Mizuki must be handed over to them, and that Mizuki was now a member of Kumogakure.

The fact that the Cloud Village representative raised this demand again at the joint conference today is basically a slap in the face to Yua.

The Konoha representative remained calm and cast his dissenting vote, stating that they also had a special draft proposal to submit to the Joint Assembly for approval.

Mr. Mifune of the Land of Iron and the Third Hokage of Konoha jointly drafted a resolution on building a defensive military base within the Land of Iron, intending to pass it at the conference.

The representative from Hidden Cloud Village was completely dumbfounded.

No, why is this happening?!

Why don't you people from the Land of Iron tell us this?!

The representative from Kumogakure looked at the representative from the Land of Iron.

The representative from the Land of Iron remained calm and ignored the other party.

The representative from Kumogakure was naturally furious and cast a veto, rejecting the proposal outright.

The meeting ended unhappily.

Nagato Uzumaki, the diplomatic representative of the Land of Whirlpools, found this scene utterly absurd.

Is this the General Assembly?

Why do the Hidden Cloud Village and the Leaf Village seem like two children pulling each other's hair and fighting?

Why didn't Konoha deal with that rogue ninja directly? Why did they keep him alive? Although Kumogakure claims that rogue ninja is one of theirs, which other village wouldn't execute such a rogue ninja immediately upon capture?!

Why did you, Konoha, drag the Land of Iron into this instead of dealing with that rogue ninja?

What were you thinking, Land of Iron, that you actually agreed to jointly build a military facility with Konoha?

Isn't this like inviting a wolf into the house?!

Do you really trust Konoha that much?

In fact, for the Land of Iron, the last war between Kumogakure and Konoha dates back to when Tobirama Senju was still alive.

At that time, the two large villages decided to fight in the Land of Iron.

At that time, the Land of Iron was weak and powerless.

And now, almost forty years later, you want to do it all again?!

Are you kidding me?!

We definitely can't remain neutral this time, otherwise we'll have to put our own country on the battlefield again.

Therefore, the daimyo of the Land of Iron agreed to Yua's negotiation terms.

(End of this chapter)