Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

The situation in Konoha is also dire; they simply cannot find a suitable candidate for marriage.

Kakashi seems to have lost his soul these days, always wearing a stern face, as if his father has died and he's busy with nothing, ignoring everyone.

Asma is another story altogether. Just look at his mother's age; if he were to be forced into a marriage alliance...

That would be like pushing the entire Third Hokage's lineage into a fire pit; no wonder the Third Hokage would be furious.

As for Minato Namikaze, he's already settled down and has no chance of getting involved in this.

Just as everyone was so shocked their jaws nearly dropped to the floor, Hiruko suddenly had a brilliant idea. He slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Why don't we arrange a marriage between the Third Generation Elder and Granny Chiyo!"

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All the groups looked at Beiruhu with surprise.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at Hiruko with a strange expression, his face full of disbelief: "What? You want me to marry Chiyo?"

Good heavens, when we typed a question mark, it wasn't because we had a problem, it was because your idea was ridiculously absurd!

Granny Chiyo was filled with doubt, wondering if Hiruko had gone mad from his research and become completely obsessed.

But Hiruko had his own understanding!

In his view, one of these two people was a senior and highly respected elder of Konoha.

One is a highly respected elder of Sunagakure, whose influence in their respective villages is second to none.

If the two of them could get together, perhaps both villages could be much more peaceful and have less conflict.

Moreover, since neither of them is fertile, there's no need to worry about any problems arising from their children.

Of course, the person who reacted most strongly after Hiruko made this shocking suggestion was the third generation's current wife, Sarutobi Biwako.

And then there's Asma, who suddenly has a stepmother out of nowhere. Who would be happy about that?

Although the current situation does require some sacrifices, Hiruko believes that the Third Hokage will definitely agree after weighing the pros and cons.

After all, the third generation has very few relatives left, and there really isn't a more suitable marriage partner available right now.

However, the others didn't take Hiruko's self-proclaimed "wise" remarks seriously at all.

It's important to understand that if the two sides were to actually form a marriage alliance and engage in multifaceted cooperation, Konoha would have to relinquish some of its ninja missions.

The intricacies of assigning ninja missions are well understood by everyone.

The Hidden Leaf Village has always been worried that the Sand Village ninjas would steal their business and engage in vicious internal competition.

In the minds of traditional ninjas, accepting and completing missions was their only way to earn income.

However, tasks that offer generous rewards and are easy to complete are extremely rare.

Most mission ninjas have to take on various risks to complete their missions.

The situation varies greatly from country to country. Some countries are relatively wealthy, so the tasks they issue are often less difficult, but the rewards are quite considerable.

Jonin from various countries also participate in these types of missions.

However, some small countries, with their sparse populations and limited resources, may even proactively reduce the difficulty of the task and increase the difficulty of its completion in order to maintain their normal operation.

Once both sides open up their mission permissions to each other, Sunagakure will inevitably compete with Konoha for mission resources, which will undoubtedly further intensify the competition among Konoha ninjas.

This plunges the Konoha ninja into an even more serious internal struggle, greatly harming the interests of all Konoha ninja.

If this situation continues to develop, the interests of all Konoha ninjas will inevitably be severely damaged, and some of Konoha's high-ranking officials will naturally not compromise easily.

From the perspective of marriage alliances, this marriage is also impossible to agree to.

After all, agreeing to this would be tantamount to using Konoha's funds to support the ninjas of Sunagakure, which is obviously unacceptable to the Konoha leadership.

However, there are always exceptions.

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If both sides can continue to work together and negotiate actively, a marriage is not entirely out of the question.

However, Minato Namikaze put forward a condition: the daimyo of the Land of Fire and the daimyo of the Land of Wind must both be present to oversee the situation.

Having both daimyo intervene simultaneously doesn't seem impossible, since Konoha hasn't actually invested much in this matter.

Hiruko also attended the final signing ceremony.

After a series of arduous negotiations, both sides finally reached a consensus on their respective interests.

Granny Chiyo slowly stood up, looking at Temari with loving eyes, then gently took her hand and walked towards the direction where Hiruko was.

The little girl Temari was still full of resentment, baring her teeth at Hiruko and looking very angry.

Grandma Chiyo gently advised, "Alright, Temari, stop being so temperamental. He'll be your husband from now on, so don't do anything to make things difficult for your father and the Fourth Hokage."

Upon hearing this, the little girl's head drooped immediately, and her previous tense demeanor vanished without a trace.

Just then, Hiruko suddenly spoke up, asking with a puzzled look, "Am I going to marry Temari-san?"

The three generations of old men and Chiyo responded matter-of-factly, "Yes, what's the problem?"

"Isn't the princess of Sunagakure and you, the great scientist of the ninja world, a match made in heaven?"

Hiruko stared wide-eyed, her face full of confusion: "Weren't you and the Third Hokage supposed to be engaged in marriage?"

Upon hearing this, the three generations of old men and Chiyo-baba immediately looked embarrassed, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

Hiruko didn't consider himself to be without any moral bottom line, but he never expected that the Third Generation and Granny Chiyo would be so absurd.

Now, if someone were to dump a three-year-old girl on him as his wife, they'd probably be kicked out on the spot if this happened on the original Earth.

Even in this ninja world, this practice is truly bizarre.

However, for ninjas, the interests of the village and their clan are paramount.

With no objections from either side's top brass, Chiyo and Minato Namikaze have signed a contract.

The process was indeed somewhat rushed, but with the war situation gradually easing, a marriage alliance is now inevitable.

Hiruko did indeed have a fondness for Temari, but he liked her as an adult, not the three-year-old girl she was now.

He wondered to himself, what could this little girl possibly do?

Keeping a three-year-old girl around is a waste of food; it's better to let her go back and spend more time with her family, and then go and marry her when she grows up.

So Hiruko simply handed the little girl over to Granny Chiyo, telling her to take her back and bring her back when she grew up.

Although the contract has been signed, it is foreseeable that how much effort the Sand Ninja will put into the cooperation will depend entirely on how much assistance Konoha will provide.

In the ninja worldview, this is absolutely a matter of course.

If you ask someone to do something, you should at least pay them.

The daimyo (feudal lords) would not starve their soldiers, so this was not a problem in itself.

The problem is that if you give them too little, they'll slack off; after all, you get what you pay for.

If they give too much, even Konoha itself can't handle it.

Ultimately, it all comes down to money.

However, Hiruko is not short of money now, because the salt business has been established and Hiruko's modern products have begun to be distributed throughout the ninja world.

Even if Konoha's cash flow is interrupted now, it can definitely survive on those commercial developments alone.

However, if another Sand Village were to join the fray, they might not be able to withstand it, since there are simply too many Sand Village ninjas, and the consumption of resources would be enormous.

Their lack of resources makes them vulnerable to an endless cycle of fighting, becoming poorer and poorer, and fighting even more.

The Land of Fire is extremely wealthy.

To say that all the important figures in the Land of Fire are useless is not entirely true.

The first decision-making error can be attributed to either blindly following opinions or being misled by false parameters without verifying the facts, demonstrating a lack of business acumen.

It would be unacceptable to make a similar mistake a second time.

At least in the liquor industry, the division of power among various parties is relatively clear.

Although this group is somewhat incompetent now, we can't easily turn against them. Let's wait until Hiruko's strength can intimidate the entire ninja world before making any moves.

Hiruko is currently focusing on expanding his factory, for example, producing items that were very popular in his previous life.

Snacks like Coca-Cola, potato chips, canned fruit, and canned beef.

He even wanted to get involved in businesses like gambling.

However, I won't have the opportunity to expand my capital in the short term; war is coming soon.

Everything is proceeding smoothly.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." A gentle voice suddenly sounded behind Hiruko.

Hiruko turned around and saw Minato Namikaze landing not far from him.

“You’re right on time, not long after,” Hiruko replied with a smile.

"Jiraiya-sensei told me a while ago that Hiruko-senpai wanted to learn sealing techniques from me."

I was on a mission at the time, so I had to be delayed.

"If it's just sealing techniques, I believe Orochimaru-senpai can teach me. You're learning from me to systematically learn sealing techniques, right?" Minato Namikaze said gently.

"Yes."

While Orochimaru's side can provide some instruction in sealing techniques, currently only the Third Hokage, the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina are in the village who can systematically teach Hiruko sealing techniques.

"Kushina doesn't object to me teaching Hiruko-senpai the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, but some secret sealing techniques require a special physique of the Uzumaki clan to use."

Besides, she's pregnant now and doesn't have time to come and teach you, so I'm the only one who can do it.

It has to be said that Minato Namikaze truly respected Hiruko, even though he is now the Hokage.

"No problem, thank you!"

"Sealing techniques are a rather complex system, and it takes time to fully master them."