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Chapter 182 Jiraiya: What did you say?

If Konoha were to engage in a price war with only one of the Hidden Cloud Village or the Hidden Stone Village, Konoha would be guaranteed to win.

Why?

Because Konoha's finances are better than either of the two villages.

Price wars, to put it bluntly, are about sacrificing one's own profits to subsidize the profits of the task issuer.

If this is done in a short period of time, and it's only against one ninja village, Konoha can still afford it.

However, it would be quite difficult for Konoha to deal with two major ninja villages at once.

If one family's money is less than your own, then the money from both families combined is more than your own.

In this situation, Konoha would have a high chance of losing if a price war broke out.

At the same time, the aftereffects were also very serious.

It's like someone going to buy fruit. They're doing fine buying fruit that costs one yuan per pound, when suddenly someone comes in and starts a price war, turning the fruit from one yuan per pound to fifty cents per pound.

After a while, the price war ended, and the price of fruit returned to one yuan per pound. However, by this time, customers had become accustomed to buying fruit for 50 cents per pound, and suddenly returning to one yuan would definitely make customers dissatisfied.

It's even more likely that customers will stop buying fruit from you and go to other fruit shops instead.

Jiraiya wasn't very knowledgeable about economics, but after traveling all over the world for so many years, he understood human nature very well.

Therefore, Jiraiya definitely didn't want to engage in a price war with the other side.

"Any other suggestions?"

"My second suggestion is that we can send several elite squads to specifically sabotage the missions in these two villages. If their mission failure rate is too high or they suffer casualties during the missions, for safety and profit, the customers who went to these two villages to place missions will eventually come back."

There is both competition and cooperation among the five great ninja villages.

There isn't really a team among them specifically formed to sabotage other people's missions. At most, they'll bump into each other during missions, and if they can sabotage, they'll do so; if they can't, they can still cause some trouble.

If there really were teams created solely to sabotage missions, the entire ninja world would be in chaos.

"If I agree to this suggestion and it gets discovered, I'm afraid the entire ninja world will attack me."

"Yes, that's possible."

"Then why did you say it?"

"Let's change our approach. We can go to the underground gold exchange and find those rogue ninjas and wandering ninjas. Even if they get caught, it has nothing to do with Konoha."

"Isn't this a bit unethical?"

Shikaku gave Jiraiya a deep look and said seriously, "It's definitely not moral, but you are the Hokage of Konoha."

Shikaku was reminding Jiraiya that as Hokage, he shouldn't be thinking about morality.

Why was Danzo able to escape being dealt with by the Third Hokage?

Besides their decades-long friendship, the Third Hokage also needed a black glove.

You do all the bad things, I'll take care of the good ones.

That way, the Hokage's reputation won't be tarnished.

The Third Hokage messed things up a bit later on, dying before he could deal with Danzo, leaving Tsunade with a huge problem.

"Okay, we can keep this for now. Any other suggestions?"

"have."

"Then tell me."

"My final suggestion is to negotiate with Kumogakure and Iwagakure."

"Negotiations? What about?"

"It's about the resurrection technique, of course."

"You're not going to ask me to hand over the resurrection technique to them, are you? Wouldn't that make Konoha look pathetic?"

"Of course not."

Lu Jiu shook his head and continued, "I don't understand the specifics of the resurrection technique, but I imagine that such a heaven-defying technique must come at a high price. So we don't give out the technique; we sell the slots."

"Selling spots?"

"Yes, we can say that the resurrection technique is extremely costly, requiring a lot of complicated preparations, and that only one spot can be sold for a short period. Hehe, Hokage-sama, do you think they'll fight over that spot?"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya stared at Shikaku for a long time, almost making Shikaku feel embarrassed, before finally saying, "Shikaku, you're still young. For the sake of the next generation, don't go down the path of crime."

Shikaku:? ? ?

What kind of nonsense is this?

"Uh, I will follow the Hokage's teachings."

"Hmm"

Jiraiya pondered for a moment and said, "Let's implement your second suggestion first. If it doesn't work, we'll try the third one."

"Okay, I'll go make the arrangements now."

"Lord Hokage, we have the latest information."

Just as Shikaku was about to go down and arrange for people to go to the underground gold exchange, his friend Yamanaka Inoichi walked in with a document.

"What happened?"

Jiraiya picked up the document, glanced at it, and immediately frowned.

"According to intelligence, several of our mission squads were inexplicably attacked by some wandering ninjas and rogue ninjas, which almost caused these squads to fail."

There are many types of field missions.

There were assassinations, intelligence gathering, and sabotage of certain facilities.

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But more often, it's about protecting a person or goods to reach their designated destination.

This time, some of the people being escorted were injured during the mission, and the cargo also suffered varying degrees of damage.

Fortunately, no one died and the goods were not completely damaged, so the mission was barely completed.

But it's impossible to get positive reviews now.

"Snap!"

After reading the intelligence, Jiraiya angrily slammed the document onto the table once again.

"This is outrageous!"

"We were just getting ready to go to the underground gold exchange, and they've already finished setting it up."

"This is outrageous!"

The strength of wandering ninjas and rogue ninjas varies.

Those who are tall, like the Akatsuki members, are like monsters.

The lowest level might not even be able to defeat a genin who has just graduated from the Konoha Ninja Academy.

It's just a matter of looting and sabotage; Kumogakure and Iwagakure naturally wouldn't hire those monsters from Akatsuki.

However, even ordinary wandering ninjas and rogue ninjas are disgusting enough.

"Lord Hokage, how about we start negotiations with them directly?"

"No, doing so would make it seem like we're afraid of them."

Upon hearing this, Shikaku muttered to himself: This isn't a question of whether or not one is afraid; it's a matter of substance versus appearance.

In Lu Jiu's view, it would be best to throw out a spot for the other side to fight over, which would break up their alliance and make them fight each other. It would be even better if they could beat the dog out of its brain.

"You can all go now, I need to think about this."

"Yes, Lord Hokage." x2

Sitting in his chair, Jiraiya pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.

He stood up, looked out the window at the village, sighed, and felt that he had failed somewhat in his role as Hokage.

When something happened in the village, he couldn't think of a single solution.

"Fortunately, I'm not all alone."

"Should we consult the old man or Minato later?"

Just as Jiraiya was wondering who to ask for help, an ANBU ninja appeared in front of him.

"Lord Hokage, someone downstairs is looking for you. Should you have him come up?"

"Who's looking for me?"

Jiraiya was strange. Those who knew him well knew that he was usually very approachable. If someone wanted to see him, they could just come to his office; there was no need for someone to announce their presence.

He said his name was Nagato.

"What did you say?"

Jiraiya: Σ(⊙▽⊙「a

(End of this chapter)