Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 316 Peace Talks End (Third Update, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Both Kanakawa Ju and Ao were very satisfied with this.

In terms of money and supplies, Kirigakure made significant concessions, but the other gains still far exceeded their expectations.

The assignment of tasks to several small coastal countries also carries the connotation of vassalage, although the ninja world does not have a clear concept of vassal states; rather, it is more about influence.

Similarly, it's not that ordinary people in these countries can't entrust missions to other ninja villages; it's just that missions assigned by the upper-ranking daimyo and nobles are prioritized for Kirigakure. Following this pattern, the common people at the bottom naturally tend to favor Kirigakure as well.

This would be a significant blow to Konoha's control over the seas.

On the other hand, the shadow technique that Tachibana Kenkawa wanted was also firmly rejected by the other party.

However, Tachibana Kenkawa didn't have high hopes for this matter to begin with.

Konoha now dares not force the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to hand over their clan secret techniques.

Otherwise, these three clans wouldn't have needed to resort to rebellion; simply expressing dissatisfaction or slacking off could have led to the collapse of the Konoha front.

On the contrary, the "Book of Sealing" was originally just something that Tachibana Kanagawa added casually.

Surprisingly, Hiruzen Sarutobi actually agreed in the end.

It's true what they say, "The son sells his father's land without a care in the world."

Although the "Book of Seals" that Konoha gave to Kirigakure will inevitably be abridged.

However, Jianchuan Ju, as if reciting a menu, rattled off more than a dozen forbidden techniques from the "Book of Sealing".

They also stated that if Konoha wanted to breach the contract, Kirigakure would consider whether to terminate the contract.

This led Hiruzen Sarutobi to even begin to suspect that there might be a mole within Konoha's upper echelons.

It should be noted that some of the forbidden techniques mentioned by Tachibana Kenkawa have not been learned or mastered by anyone since they were included in the "Book of Sealing". Unless someone has actually seen the "Book of Sealing", it is impossible for others to know about these techniques.

However, Kirigakure itself was well aware that forbidden techniques were forbidden because they were either extremely difficult to learn or had strict conditions for execution and huge side effects.

Therefore, even if a copy of the "Book of Seals" is obtained, it only replenishes the village's reserves.

It remains to be seen when it will actually be available.

As for the last point, the so-called alliance between the two villages.

This was added only at Hiruzen Sarutobi's insistence.

Originally, Tachibana Kenkawa's opinion was simply to sign a ceasefire treaty.

However, even though it was eventually changed to an alliance, the impact was not significant.

It's even less likely that Kirigakure would help Konoha send troops just because of the simple word "alliance".

Even on the Cloud Village side, given the future strategies of Tachibana Kenpachi and Elder Yuanshi, they will not choose to take the initiative to attack.

With the peace treaty officially concluded, Tachibana and Ao, along with three people from Konoha, left the front-line command tent.

Of course, Hiruzen Sarutobi cannot be returned just yet.

However, just as they stepped out of the tent, they saw several Hidden Mist ninjas dragging a cart full of corpses dressed as Konoha ANBU members, heading into the distance.

"Lord Jianchuan! What is Wuyin trying to do?!"

Upon seeing this, Tsunade immediately glared angrily at Tachibana Kanagawa in front of her.

After more than ten hours of heated debate, the Konoha members realized that this excessively young brat was the true leader of the Hidden Mist front.

Naturally, everyone turned to Jianchuan Ju for an explanation after this happened.

Tachibana Kanakawa had been with them the whole time, so of course she didn't know exactly what had happened.

However, he didn't pay too much attention to it.

These corpses were definitely not Konoha ninjas among the prisoners. Although there were a few Konoha ANBU among the prisoners, it was impossible for them to have been imprisoned for several days and still wearing masks.

Tachibana Kanagawa simply waved his hand and summoned a Kirigakure ninja who was transporting a corpse.

"Kaneki, come here. What's going on?"

The one-eyed squad leader immediately jogged over when he saw Jianchuan Ju calling him.

However, upon arriving, he first glanced at the three people from Konoha beside him, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

"Lord Jianchuan."

"It's okay, just tell me what happened."

Upon hearing this, the ninja named Kaneki spoke somewhat nervously.

"These people attempted to infiltrate the camp last night to cause damage, and many of them were carrying a large number of explosive tags. However, before they could carry out their plan, they were discovered and killed by Lord Kisame Hoshigaki, who was on duty."

"Lord Kisame's idea is to send him to the interrogation room first to see if we can get any information from his corpse."

This statement came out.

It was now Tachibana Kanagawa's turn to look at the three from Konoha with a half-smile.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was also somewhat troubled upon hearing this. Helplessly, he walked to the cart containing the corpses and lifted the mask off one of the bodies.

However, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned to Jianchuan Ju and Qing and said.

"I can confirm that this is not a Konoha ninja."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju nodded and asked casually.

"I've heard that Konoha has an organization called Root, which seems to have the same appearance as the Anbu?"

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head firmly upon hearing this.

"Root is also part of Konoha, but these people are not members of Root."

"All right."

Tachibana Kenkawa did not pursue the matter further.

In fact, the peace talks have been basically finalized, so it doesn't matter whether these people are Konoha ninjas or not.

Furthermore, Tachibana Kenkawa himself felt that these people were most likely ninjas from other villages who wanted to disguise themselves as Konoha ninjas to sabotage the peace talks.

However, to everyone's surprise, the other party actually had the audacity to infiltrate the Mist Shadow Camp directly.

It seems they're underestimating Wuyin.

However, this is also why Tachibana Kanagawa insisted on setting the peace talks at the Uzushima camp.

Firstly, it puts some pressure on Konoha to negotiate, and secondly, it prevents anyone from coming to sabotage the negotiations.

Having already come this far, he didn't want to create any more complications.

Then he said to Kaneki, who was standing next to him.

"Alright, go back to what you were doing."

After the ninja left, Tachibana Kenkawa turned to look at Tsunade and the other person.

"Since the matter is settled, I won't see you off."

"Next time we meet, we should be allies. I really look forward to peaceful exchanges with an excellent medical ninja like Tsunade-senpai."

However, Tsunade, who was on the other side, looked at Tachibana Kanagawa, who had a gentle smile on her face, but only snorted coldly and did not reply.

On the contrary, Koharu Utatane nodded politely to Tachibana Kanagawa before walking out of the camp with Tsunade, guided by a Kirigakure ninja.

Seeing this, Tachibana shook his head and chuckled, then said to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was watching the two of them leave.

"Hokage, has Tsunade-senpai always been this kind of person?"

Sigh, I can't save any drafts at all.

I'm going on a business trip tomorrow, and I originally wanted to keep some drafts on hand just in case.

However, the connection between this chapter and the previous chapter is so strong that I can't even accept the idea of ​​separating them.

I might as well add an extra chapter.

Ugh, it's so hard to build up a stockpile of drafts!!!

(End of this chapter)