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Chapter 9 Win-Win

He was told he would meet with the Cloud Village delegation in the afternoon, but Tobirama did not do so.

He simply sent Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura to receive them, while also explaining that he had an unexpected matter to attend to and that they would meet again in a while.

Tobirama Senju did this in order to buy time.

If he's determined to stall for time, it's quite simple.

The next day, he had someone take the delegation from Kumogakure to wander around Konoha. Whatever they wanted to eat, they ate; whatever they wanted to buy, they bought; and Konoha paid for everything.

This made the not-so-wealthy delegation very happy, and they all started a shopping spree.

However, this little trick only delayed things for three days.

The people who are sent to Konoha are generally of very high caliber.

Three days later, seeing that Konoha had no intention of negotiating peace, the members of the delegation stopped going shopping and began to get anxious.

The Hidden Leaf Village in the Land of Fire, with its vast territory and abundant resources, can hold out, but the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning cannot.

As the leader of the group, Tebao felt that things couldn't continue like this, so he decided to wait on the Second Hokage's usual route to and from work, determined to get a definite answer.

Fortunately, Tobirama Senju already knew they would take this action, and he actually used the Flying Thunder God Technique to commute to and from get off work.

I opened my eyes and realized, oh dear, I'm in the Hokage's office.

I closed my eyes, and oh dear, I'm home!

Tobirama Senju: If you're so capable, then keep waiting for me on the road, you idiot!

Two more days passed in this way.

Tie Baoyi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, jumping up and down.

Every day Konoha delays, the Hidden Cloud Village suffers one more day.

"Captain, how about we make a big scene and force the Second Hokage to meet us?"

There were still capable people in the mission.

Seeing that Tobirama Senju was avoiding them, they pressed him to come out and meet them.

"Oh? What are your plans?"

"We can do this first, then this."

"Okay, I'll leave this to you."

"no problem."

The sixth day since the Cloud Village delegation arrived in Konoha.

I don't know where in Konoha it started, but rumors began that Konoha didn't care about the ninjas on the front lines at all. Kumogakure came for peace, but Tobirama Senju, the sixth brother, just hid and didn't show up.

To secure his position as Hokage, he disregarded the deaths of ninjas on the front lines and chose not to pursue peace.

Are the lives of Konoha ninjas so worthless?

That's right, the method chosen by the Cloud Hidden Mission was to spread rumors.

It has to be said that rumors are always a powerful tool, no matter the time.

At this stage, Konoha Village doesn't have as many civilian ninjas as it does in later periods.

The vast majority of the ninjas who went to the battlefield were from the Konoha clans.

Some clever people knew that this was a rumor spread by the Cloud Hidden Mission.

However, most people believe that rumors, even if seemingly baseless, may not be entirely unfounded.

They thought that only by weakening the ninja clans could Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, sit securely in his position.

The only reason to blame Tobirama Senju is that he wasn't as strong as his older brother.

If he were that strong, would he need to care about the opinions of these ninja clans?

Are you dissatisfied?

He truly served with thousands of hands.

Besides spreading rumors, the Cloud Village delegation also played the emotional card, distributing leaflets everywhere, saying that if a peace agreement was signed soon, the ninjas could go home sooner.

The cherry blossoms in Konoha Village are about to bloom, and the Konoha ninjas want to go home to see them!

"These guys really went to great lengths to meet me."

In the Hokage's office, Tobirama Senju looked at the flyer in his hand and smiled contemptuously.

"So, teacher, when are you going to see them?"

"It's okay, let's delay for two more days. We need to make them think that they forced me to meet, rather than that I went to meet them voluntarily. That way, we can make exorbitant demands at the negotiating table and continue to stall for time."

"Understood."

Two more days passed, and the major families in the village began sending people to gather information.

Knowing that these people were starting to get restless, Tobirama Senju had no choice but to meet with the Cloud Village delegation "helplessly".

"Let me first state our bottom line: we will decide the time, and the location must be Konoha Village. Only if these two conditions are met can we continue the talks."

As soon as I sat down in the conference room, I heard Konoha's outrageous conditions.

The people of Yunyin were naturally not going to agree.

You decide the time?

This is not something that cannot be discussed.

However, holding the negotiations within Konoha Village is absolutely unacceptable.

Put yourself in their shoes; Konoha certainly wouldn't feel comfortable sending the Second Hokage to Kumogakure either.

Therefore, the two sides focused their arguments on the location of the negotiation and began to argue their points.

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The Konoha side went from being tough at the beginning, to softening later, and finally to compromising.

We talked for a full ten days about the location.

"At this rate, we should be able to finalize the location for the negotiations by tomorrow."

"Ha, that's all thanks to the commander's excellent eloquence."

"Haha, the credit doesn't belong to me alone. When we get back to the village, I'll ask for credit for each and every one of you."

Laughter and cheerful conversation filled the inn where the Cloud Hidden Mission was staying.

The atmosphere in the Hokage's office was quite relaxed.

"They must be very pleased with themselves now, having managed to get us to compromise on the negotiation location in just ten days."

Despite saying this, Shimura Danzo's expression was one of disdain.

"They got the result they wanted, and we accomplished our plan to buy time. What do you call that? That's called a win-win situation."

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained calm; he even had the energy to joke around.

"Hiruzen, when did you become so hypocritical? You call this a win-win situation?"

"Danzo, you're too old-fashioned. How is this not a win-win situation?"

Tobirama Senju also believed this was a win-win situation.

However, this differs from what Hiruzen Sarutobi said.

He believed that, in addition to successfully buying time, he also learned about some destabilizing factors within the Konoha ninja clans.

Every single family that came to him to inquire about information a few days ago has been added to his little notebook. Once this matter is over, he will settle accounts with them properly.

Look, Tobirama Senju won twice, so how is that not a win-win situation?

He didn't explain to the two of them. Seeing that Hiruzen and Danzo were about to start arguing, he immediately raised his hand and said, "Alright, stop talking for now."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the light screen will be here soon."

The moment Tobirama Senju finished speaking, a light screen appeared directly in front of the three of them.

"Hehe, it seems my guess was right."

"The official review video on the screen is shown once a month."

"If there are any bonus videos, the screen will reappear about two weeks after the official review video."

Having correctly guessed the pattern of the light curtain's appearance, Tobirama Senju was somewhat pleased with himself.

Fortunately, he adjusted his mindset quickly. After a slight smile, he began to watch the images on the screen seriously.

Hi hi hi~

(End of this chapter)