This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Mifune patted his chest and assured everyone righteously, his words sounded as sincere as they could be.

If Mizunoe Ryosuke had not known the inside story in advance, he would probably have had some trust in Mifune, who looked upright.

"What the hell is going on!"

With Mifune's explanation, more and more questions arose.

The confused Kusa ninja representative continued to ask.

"The 25% share of weapons obtained from the Kirigakure auction was originally intended to be given to the Insect Country and the Bird Country as compensation."

"Nothing"

"Since the two representatives are no longer here, there's no way to deal with this 25 percent share."

"So I've decided that Kirigakure will bear the auction premium and sell these weapons to everyone at an average price."

"Even if it's Kirigakure's responsibility towards the two nations of Bird and Insect."

After saying that, Mifune said no more and looked at Mizunoe Ryosuke on the other side.

"Humph!"

In response to this, Mizunoe Ryosuke snorted coldly, looking as if he could not deny it.

Upon hearing this, all the members of the small countries looked at each other in disbelief, unable to believe that happiness came so suddenly.

Some small countries that had only purchased a small amount of weapons because the prices were too high all looked happy.

They never expected that there would be such a dramatic ending.

As for why Kirigakure took on the "responsibility" of killing the envoys from Insect and Bird, the benefits ultimately fell on them.

Who cares about these?

Who would choose to refuse the benefits that are delivered to your door?

Compared to the weapons share I just bought at almost double the price, isn’t the weapons share allocated now at an average price better?

Didn’t you see that even big countries like Kirigakure and Land of Fire had to pay high prices to buy their weapons?

Now that they can divide up the interests that originally belonged to the Insect Kingdom and the Bird Kingdom, what is there to be unhappy about?

Of course, no one would be so stupid as to jump out and say that this is unfair to the Insect Kingdom and the Bird Kingdom.

"Are you all satisfied with the handling of the Iron Nation?"

Mifune asked knowingly, looking fair and just.

"So good!"

"Yeah!!!"

"As expected of Lord Mifune of the Land of Iron, you are so fair!"

""

The representatives of the small countries who just realized what was happening nodded repeatedly, their tone and attitude suddenly changed, and they were like two different people.

Anyone who says no at this time is definitely a fool.

No one really thinks that the representatives of these small countries will stand up for the two unlucky guys from the Insect Kingdom and the Bird Kingdom who have been shattered into ice chips, right?

The reason why they had used the incident of these two unlucky guys to attack Mifune was simply because they did not want their own interests to be affected.

Mifune's decision at this moment is a perfect interpretation of what it means to be "generous to others".

The interests that originally belonged to the Insect Kingdom and the Bird Kingdom were divided among the people, perfectly shutting up the gossips of the people.

When what happened here gets out in the future, all the small countries will only scold the Insect Country and the Bird Country for their presumptuous attitude and lack of appreciation.

Because they have also eaten the "blood of the people" of the Insect Kingdom and the Bird Kingdom, and have become the common beneficiaries of this benefit, they will naturally not spit out the fat meat in their mouths for the so-called "fairness and justice".

At this point, the matter had a happy ending.

The small countries divided up the weapons that Kirigakure had "worked so hard" to win, and Kirigakure also paid the difference for everyone.

The Iron Nation sold out all the weapons at nearly double the price and made a fortune.

Even the Fire Nation, despite paying double the price, still managed to get a sufficient share of weapons among its vast army.

Although Kirigakure was punished and could not obtain this batch of weapons, it was able to obtain the next batch of weapons from the Land of Iron, thus achieving its goal.

But is this really the case?

At this moment, Tsunade, who was sitting beside, looked at all this with admiration, her eyes full of smiles.

Whenever Tsunade looked at Ryosuke Mizunoe beside her, there would always be a look of surprise in her eyes.

Everything was exactly as Ryosuke Mizunoe had expected. At this moment, Tsunade was completely convinced of Ryosuke's plan.

All the small countries were simply played around by Mizunoe Ryosuke.

As if she remembered the feeling of lying in Ryosuke's arms in the side room, Tsunade's fair and delicate face flashed an unnatural blush again.

Time goes back to one hour again.

At that time, Tsunade, Ryosuke and Mifune were still discussing in the side room.

"Mister Mizukage, what else do you have to say?"

Mifune asked Mizunoe Ryosuke with a somewhat gloomy expression.

Since Mizunoe Ryosuke has completely shifted the blame, the Iron Country has to shoulder all the responsibilities and make sacrifices to appease the doubts of the small countries.

"It's not really a question of teaching."

"I just want to achieve a win-win situation for you, me, the Fire Nation, and the small countries."

Mizunoe Ryosuke felt the soft body of Princess Tsunade in his arms and spoke slowly and calmly.

"Four wins?"

Mifune asked in confusion, his brows furrowed.

Everything in the world is interconnected; if someone gains, someone else loses. There are no so-called "win-win" outcomes.

But now that things have come to this, Mifune doesn't mind hearing what the young man in front of him calls "four wins".

"Let's first talk about this first win, that is, how the Iron Nation should "win."

Mizunoe Ryosuke said with a smile, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

"please say."

Seeing that Mizunoe Ryosuke's expression did not seem fake, Mifune sat up straight and looked at Mizunoe Ryosuke with a serious look.

"Under the current situation, it's actually very simple for the Iron Nation to 'win'."

"In the next auction, Tsunade and I will cooperate with you to raise the price of the weapon."

"Raise the price of weapons high enough so that the Iron Nation can reap sufficient benefits."

Mizunoe Ryosuke spoke slowly, the depth in his eyes containing a meaning that Mifune could not understand.

"Raising prices is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs."

"Although we gained benefits, we damaged the reputation of the Iron Nation."

"Coupled with the previous incident involving the envoys from the Insect and Bird nations, I'm afraid this will further inflame everyone's anger."

"How can this be considered a 'win'?"

Mifune shook his head, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes. He had expected Mizunoe Ryosuke to offer some brilliant ideas, but he hadn't expected such a short-term solution.

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"it's not true."

Ryosuke smiled and shook his head, denying Mifune's idea.

"If it weren't for Tsunade and I, price gouging would really be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs."

"But now with the entry of Kirigakure and Konoha, everything is different."

Mizunoe Ryosuke said this lightly, which made Mifune's expression more confused. He frowned and stared at Mizunoe Ryosuke, waiting for Ryosuke's further explanation.

"Admiral Mifune, have you ever heard a saying?"

"It's called this time and that time."

"The ninja world is in turmoil right now. Under such circumstances, weapons are already in short supply, so price increases are inevitable."

"Whether it's the Fire Nation or the Water Nation, as large nations, there are inherent contradictions between them and small nations, and they are destined to never be on the same level as these small nations."

"Tsunade and I raised the price at the auction. The small countries will only blame us, not the Iron Country."

"No one would have thought that the Water Nation and the Fire Nation, both major nations with strained relations, would collude in advance."

"There are even some small countries that think 'auction' is the fairest form of payment."

Mizunoe Ryosuke said this leisurely, but after hearing that, Mifune did not relax at all.

After hearing what Ryosuke said 733, Mifune did not reject it. As the planner of this auction plan, he certainly knew that everything Ryosuke said made sense.

Under normal circumstances, if a big country was willing to act as his "backup", he would be overjoyed.

But as Ryosuke said, this is a different time. With the affairs of the Bird Country and the Insect Country in mind, if Mifune still wants to drive up the price, he will probably incur public outrage and attract attacks from all the small countries, tarnishing the reputation of the Iron Country as a "neutral country" in the ninja world.

Looking at Mifune who remained silent, Mizunoe Ryosuke also knew the crux of the problem, so he didn't pay too much attention to it, but continued to speak slowly.

“The problem is back to square one.”

"That's how to deal with the Bird Kingdom and the Insect Kingdom."

"Someone has to give in at this point."

"What if I say that Kirigakure is willing to give up this opportunity to purchase weapons?"

Mizunoe Ryosuke spoke slowly, but this time his words made Mifune's expression change drastically, and his face was full of disbelief.

"what?"

"Are you joking, Mizukage-sama?"

Mifune looked at Mizunoe Ryosuke in disbelief, his eyes full of surprise.

After all, in Mifune's eyes, Mizunoe Ryosuke's words and actions at this moment can be described as "inconsistent."

Without knowing Ryosuke Mizunoe's purpose, Mifune made a major misjudgment, which resulted in Mifune being unable to understand Ryosuke's words and actions at this time.

In Sanchuan's eyes, all the envoys from other countries who came to the Iron Country at this critical juncture were counted as one.

The purpose is only one thing - to expand armaments to guard against possible war at any time.

Because of this, Mifune didn't even discuss with Kaguya Yuuta, who was previously the Kirigakure ambassador, and directly concluded that the Kirigakure ambassador was coming to purchase weapons.

After all, other than this, Mifune could not think of any reason why the envoy from the Land of Water would come to meet him.

Afterwards, Ryosuke killed the envoys from the Kingdom of Birds and the Kingdom of Insects in public.

The Iron Country could have used this as an excuse to impose "sanctions" on Kirigakure to calm the anxiety and suspicion of the small countries and appease them.

Given the strength of the Iron Country, this sanction will certainly not be a means of "blood debt with blood" or "force and economic coercion".

There is only one thing the Iron Country can do, and that is to stop selling weapons to Kirigakure as a "punishment" and "sanction" for Kirigakure killing people in public.

As long as the Iron Country can take action, the small countries will not have any objections.

After all, as long as the Iron Country can prove that it has the ability and qualifications to counter the big powers and make the big powers abide by the "rules" of the Iron Country, the small countries will naturally regain their trust in the capabilities of the Iron Country.

As for the Iron Country itself, it certainly did not really want to impose sanctions on Kirigakure. Mifune just wanted an excuse to maintain the Iron Country's reputation as a "permanently neutral country" and at the same time appease a number of small countries.

To achieve the effect of "treating everyone equally": "Look, even a big country will be punished for killing people in the Iron Country, so you can rest assured."

Even before coming, Mifune had already thought about it. In order not to offend Kirigakure, the Iron Country could sell certain weapons to Kirigakure in a secret way to meet Kirigakure's weapons needs.

Kirigakure is in the wrong, and even a big country cannot force trouble on the Iron Country because of this.

But who would have thought that Mizunoe Ryosuke's "loyalty and righteousness debate" directly blocked all of Mifune's reasons, and let Kirigakure take the position of "righteousness" instead.

If they can't argue, there will naturally be no such thing as "sanctions".

The Iron Country has lost its reason and "righteousness" to sanction Kirigakure. Without righteousness, how dare the Iron Country casually provoke Kirigakure, the Water Country which holds the status of one of the "Five Permanent Members of the Ninja World"?

Also, because the Iron Kingdom is unable to sanction Kirigakure, it is unable to appease all the small countries, which naturally leads to dissatisfaction and suspicion in the hearts of the small countries.

As the Fourth Mizukage, Ryosuke Mizunoezuki wanted to make a "loyalty and righteousness debate" simply because he didn't want the interests of Kirigakure to be harmed.