This Naruto is a player

Both she and Ebizo's intelligence channels have verified that Naruto Uzumaki is capable of defeating the First and Second Hokage, and even defeating fifty strongmen of Sunagakure with a single blow!

Thinking of this, she raised her head, and a sharp light shot out from her cloudy old eyes, making the person who made the suggestion feel pained and even more chilled.

"Go to war with Konoha? Fine! Go and kill Naruto Uzumaki!"

Chiyo's voice wasn't loud, but it abruptly stopped the man's raging anger. His face drained of color, his lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Huh? I'm fighting Naruto Uzumaki?

This ninja had seen that newspaper before, that figure dancing lightly in the air, that fleeting, world-destroying dust escape technique.

He's just a Sand Village Jonin?

How about you fight with your head?

Upon hearing Chiyo's words, not only did the ninja's mind instantly calm down, but the commotion in the conference room also quieted down in an instant.

Yes!

Even a fully-fledged Sunagakure might not be able to defeat Naruto Uzumaki, let alone a Sunagakure that has lost most of its power.

They were completely powerless to resist!

Chiyo looked around the deathly silent room, and despair overwhelmed her like a tidal wave.

Konoha wanted 10 billion, and they had no choice.

They don't even have the right to bargain.

"Hey!"

She sighed inwardly, wondering how Sunagakure had fallen to such a state.

When she was young, Sunagakure was one of the Five Great Hidden Villages. And now? An ally of Konoha?

No, puppets!

"Dig up all the gold dust that Rasa secretly buried before his death and sell it." Chiyo's voice was as dry as sandpaper.

"Lady Chiyo, that...that's still far from enough!" The elder in charge of finances said, his voice trembling with tears.

"Not enough? Let's look again! Let's see what else we can salvage from Sunagakure to exchange for money!" Chiyo glanced at him. "This is the only way we can show our sincerity."

Chiyo felt humiliated as soon as she said those words.

Her hatred and resentment towards Konoha were hard to resolve throughout her life, but now that she's about to be buried, she has to go through this ordeal.

She already found it hard to accept an alliance with Konoha, let alone now having to kneel down and beg Konoha to cut her flesh a little less.

She took a breath, her voice trembling with suppressed frustration, "Now it's not about what Konoha wants, but about what we have!" Miraculously, she calmed down by the last sentence.

I guess I've accepted reality!

As soon as she finished speaking, she glanced at everyone in the conference room.

Because of the attack on Konoha, almost half of the elite troops were lost, and most of the people here were at a semi-retired age, just like me.

Gee

Look at this house in Sunagakure, and then look at the endless stream of monsters appearing in Konoha.

An unprecedented sense of despondency made her feel as if all her strength had been drained away.

"Go down and see if there's anything you can exchange for money!"

"Yes!" ×N

After a deathly silence, the crowd filed out silently, their expressions a mixture of anger, despair, and numbness, to carry out this utterly humiliating order.

Once only the siblings remained in the meeting room, Chiyo's carefully constructed aura crumbled instantly, and she slumped back in her chair.

"Information. The reason for Konoha's change of heart?" Her voice was exhausted.

Ebizo silently handed over another note:

"Sister, here~ this is the intelligence that came back with the Flying Eagle." Ebizo handed over a slip of paper.

Chiyo examined the results carefully.

"Naruto Uzumaki? Did that old bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi change his mind again after he entered the Hokage Building this morning? It seems like he did the same thing last time?"

Chiyo didn't really understand the relationship between these things.

But suddenly, an absurd thought seized her—

This so-called "fine" is not intended to replenish Konoha's treasury at all; it's more like Hiruzen Sarutobi is using the entire wealth of Sunagakure to negotiate with that boy.

She couldn't understand!

She prided herself on being knowledgeable and experienced in many wars, but she had never seen a ninja bargain with her own village.

Naruto Uzumaki was the first!

But if it weren't for bargaining, why would Hiruzen Sarutobi use Sunagakure prisoners as leverage to repeatedly threaten and raise prices?

In an instant, Chiyo began to ponder what benefits Sunagakure could gain from this.

A moment later she was disheartened.

Sunagakure was simply too poor; they had absolutely no bargaining chips.

Even the position of Kazekage, is it more attractive than that of Hokage?

Or, try a different approach.

A glint of light, like a piercing ray of light breaking through the fog, suddenly burst forth in Chiyo's cloudy old eyes.

How about we cut out the middleman and talk to Naruto directly?

Chapter 150 Naruto Goes Home

Naruto didn't care what Chiyo was thinking!

At this moment, Naruto was sitting on the edge of the Fourth Hokage Rock, enjoying the breeze and gazing idly at Konoha.

His expression was rather melancholy.

There's no other reason than that he, Naruto Uzumaki, had nowhere to go!

He was in high spirits just now, intending to visit Sasuke and Sakura, but the two were engrossed in studying mathematics together.

Seeing this, Naruto didn't want to disturb them, so he just glanced at them from afar and left.

Let's postpone the party until tonight.

With no hope of reuniting Team 7, Naruto wanted to find Choji and Shikamaru for a meal, but he had just run into them at the door; the two of them had just left to carry out a mission.

Naruto had originally thought that since he had nothing to do in the village, he could accompany the two of them for a stroll and a chat.

Besides, he can fly back at any time with the Thunder God technique, so what's there to be afraid of?

Then, thinking of Team 10 and Ino, Naruto promptly dismissed the idea.

As for Class 8?

There wasn't a trace of chakra in the village; they must have gone out on a mission long ago, just like Team 10.

"Where am I going?" Naruto muttered to himself, looking down at the uneven houses below.

"How about we go and have a chat with Kakashi-sensei?"

"Where is Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto instantly sensed that Kakashi-sensei seemed to be by the river, and next to him, there was a familiar chakra.

Is it Sister Huahua?

Oh? Kakashi is actually strolling around with Hana-chan?

Naruto's eyes lit up, and he seemed eager to see what was going on.

Suddenly, Naruto's expression changed slightly, and his attention turned to a certain spot behind him.

Whoosh!

A tall figure suddenly appeared in the area under surveillance. He had silver hair and his face was lightly painted.

"Naruto! I've been looking everywhere for you these past two days! I haven't seen you in the village!"

Jiraiya's unique voice rang out from behind, his voice filled with confusion.

"So it's a pervert, cough cough, so it's Jiraiya-sensei." Remembering that Jiraiya paid the down payment, Naruto promptly changed his tune.

He turned his head with a smile and saw Jiraiya, whose eyes had turned into beady green eyes upon hearing the word "lecherous".

"I went on vacation these past two days, so I'm not in the village," Naruto explained with a smile.

"Vacation?"

Jiraiya was quite surprised, and suddenly thinking of the sordid things in the village, he chose to avoid the topic altogether.

"Pack your things and come out with me."

"Going out?"

This piqued Naruto's interest, as he was quite bored.

"Where are we going, Jiraiya-sensei?"

"I'm going to see a stunningly beautiful woman!"

A stunning beauty?

Naruto blinked. "Such a good thing?"

He looked Jiraiya up and down with a puzzled expression. His attire was the same as always, unchanged, but the feeling was different.

This old man is actually wearing perfume?

Gee

A stunningly beautiful woman? Could she be having a rendezvous with an old flame?

Then Naruto realized something was off. Why would she bring him along on her rendezvous with her old flame? To be a third wheel?

With this in mind, Naruto tentatively asked, "Jiraiya-sensei, is it okay if I don't go?"

"No!" Jiraiya refused firmly.