This Naruto is a player

Naruto took it all in, but his heart remained completely unmoved.

With so little money, it's already a favor that we didn't call you three old men!

He maintained his previous principle: he never set the conditions himself, but instead let the three of them do so.

If he's not satisfied, he'll reject it!

Until you are satisfied!

With this in mind, in order to continue applying pressure, Naruto dropped another bombshell.

"I went out for a walk to clear my head and took the opportunity to visit the Land of Lightning. I happened to arrive just in time to find them in the midst of a terrible disaster! Tsk tsk, it was truly a pitiful sight!"

He changed the subject, "And then, the village elders cried and wailed, clinging to my legs and refusing to let me leave! They said..."

'Lord Naruto! Please stay and become our Raikage!'

'Only you can save Kumogakure!'

At this point, Naruto's gaze fell once again on the three skeptical men. "I said no, how can I, a ninja from Konoha, become the Raikage of Kumogakure?"

"But they offered too much money!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had only dared to believe 10% of Naruto's words, was instantly thrown into disarray.

He exclaimed in surprise, "You agreed?"

"Ahem, not for now. I just said I'd think about it when I get back!"

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Naruto!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi earnestly advised, "There's something you might not know. When your mother was little, she was kidnapped by the Hidden Cloud Village. If your father hadn't discovered it in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable!!!"

As he said this, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared intently at Naruto's expression with his cloudy old eyes.

He believed that this blood feud with his mother was enough to make any hot-blooded young man realize his mistakes!

However, Naruto didn't seem to care at all.

Even the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, a playful curve as if he had discovered something interesting.

"Oh? I know about that!"

As the three people opposite him froze in surprise, he slowly added:

"But I forgave them a long time ago!"

Chapter 148 Let Sunagakure suffer a little more!

Naruto was not lying.

This trip to the Land of Lightning resulted in the disappearance of the Raikage A from Kumogakure, and the capture of both the Two-Tailed Nekomata and the Eight-Tailed Gyūki.

He did it all himself.

Therefore, Naruto generously forgave Kumogakure for this minor grudge for the time being.

As for the future?

At the very least, we should ask the person involved.

We'll talk about it when we see our biological parents.

Moreover, this argument was used to threaten Konoha.

Naruto gazed leisurely across at the three Konoha elders, whose hair was completely white.

Konoha!

The number one ninja village in China only gives its top ninja such a meager settlement allowance? Are you kidding me?

The moment Naruto uttered those words, even Hiruzen Sarutobi, with his composure, couldn't help but change color.

The faces of the other two advisors instantly turned so gloomy they could drip water.

A sense of oppressive tension suddenly began to build in the small, dimly lit room.

Naruto didn't care about the emotions of the three people opposite him.

Seeing that the three were stunned by his words, he immediately dropped another bombshell.

"For my mother's matter, the Hidden Cloud Village has already compensated me with 100 million taels and promised me an additional 2 billion taels if I accept their invitation."

Observing the three people whose expressions were gradually changing, Naruto spoke slowly and helplessly.

"So, old Hokage, it's difficult for me to get things done with this little bit of money!"

Naruto abruptly dropped those words.

The three had doubts about the numbers and their authenticity, but had no way of verifying them.

Moreover, the three of them knew better than anyone the current situation in the Land of Lightning; it was practically on the verge of collapse. If they were elders of the Hidden Cloud Village, they would undoubtedly want to buy Naruto away if given the chance.

Upon seeing this, the three exchanged glances, and they saw the answer in each other's eyes.

They dared not gamble at all.

The Land of Lightning is rich!

Although the Land of Fire and Konoha Village have a large population, their economy still lags behind that of the Land of Lightning.

Two billion taels of silver, and that's just the compensation?

The three of them were a little hesitant to even think about Naruto's appetite.

"Sigh!" Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed deeply.

They were wrong during those two days of preparation!

You've placed your bet on the wrong thing!

Naruto's antics were initially thought to be due to the Hokage vote that day, with Hiruzen Sarutobi believing that Naruto cared about power and resources.

Therefore, among the conditions they offered, they granted almost all permissions to ensure that Naruto could enjoy the resources that a Hokage could enjoy without being a Hokage. However, they did not expect that what Naruto valued was not these resources, but money.

Unexpected!

Naruto initially thought that the 1.5 billion ryo was just a bonus, enough to get by, but he never expected that Naruto would see it as the main course!

Two billion taels!

Although it's a huge difference from the 50 million ryo that Danzo was blackmailed with, the nature of the money is different, and Konoha can come up with it.

However, judging from Naruto's attitude, what he wants is far more than that!

"Cough cough."

After the three whispered among themselves, Hiruzen Sarutobi coughed, took the pipe out of his mouth, and interrupted the other two's discussion.

"Naruto, how much do you want? Give me a number! The village will do everything in its power to provide it."

Gee.

Naruto didn't want to answer, but when he saw Hiruzen Sarutobi's aged face, his heart softened.

Time seemed to have turned back to when I was three years old, by the campfire on the back hill.

Nearly ten years have passed, and the old man seems to have aged considerably.

“Hmm,” Naruto pondered, having already made up his mind.

“At least three digits!” he said.

Naruto had actually planned to use this money long ago. No matter how much he got, it was all for the purpose of legitimately purchasing the land in the Land of Wind.

So it wasn't that he was exploiting Konoha, but rather that he was estimating the value of that desert, which covers an area of ​​about 5000 square kilometers and contains approximately 1000 billion barrels of crude oil underground.

He had never bought land before and didn't know the price.

In short, the more money the better!

"Three digits? In the hundreds of millions?" Both consultants couldn't help but gasp in astonishment!

This money is enough to fight two wars!

Seeing the expressions on the three people's faces, indicating that they found it hard to accept, Naruto decided to give them time to think about it.

"You can consider it. I need to give you an answer from the Land of Lightning within five days. Just give me your answer before then."

"Well then," Naruto smiled slightly, "I'll be going now!"

The words had barely left his mouth when—whoosh!

With a flash of golden light, Naruto, who had been lounging on the opposite sofa, vanished without a trace.

"Flying Thunder God!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained unfazed, but the other two advisors, even though they already knew that Naruto had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, were seeing it for the first time and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

This ability to appear and disappear without a trace is extremely rare, and it is the ability that made the Fourth Hokage famous.

Naruto's display of this skill before leaving served as a reminder to them and emphasized his importance.

"Sun Slayer!"

The bespectacled elder, Mitokado Homura, looked intently at Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked, as if seeking confirmation, "About the Land of Lightning."

"it is true."

Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled heavily, his mind far from calm.

Others may not understand what this event in the ninja world signifies, but this old man who has experienced three major battles knows it perfectly well.

Is Konoha ready?

His gaze fell on the empty sofa opposite him, and the image of Naruto with blond hair and blue eyes flashed through his mind.

Konoha is probably ready.

He put the pipe back in his mouth, took another puff, and slowly exhaled a smoke ring. "The Fourth Raikage, A, is dead; the Two-Tails Jinchuriki is dead; and the Two-Tails Cat was taken away by Obito Uchiha. These are all verified pieces of information. As for…"

Before he finished speaking, all three understood what he meant.

Whether what Naruto said is true or not is completely unverifiable!