Konoha: Uchiha, I can become stronger by causing trouble

After listening to what Hatake Sakumo said, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked Kushina up and down in surprise, and suddenly said: "You have no choice? Although you can't defeat Shukaku with your strength, it should be no problem to suppress him, right?"

"Ahem, there wasn't much chakra left in my body at the time. It wasn't easy to suppress Shukaku with sealing techniques. Plus, the situation on the battlefield was complicated, so it was inevitable that we would be interrupted by the Sand Ninja."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, reluctantly accepting Kushina's explanation, and then asked: "So when were you able to control the Nine-Tails and let it lend you its chakra?"

Kushina frowned and corrected him, "It's too harsh to say that I control it. I regard Kurama as a friend. It's not a big deal to help a friend in need."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned and asked subconsciously: "Friend?"

"Yeah, I thought since I'm going to live with it for the rest of my life, I can't just stop interacting with it forever. Besides, it would be boring for it to stay alone in my body, so I went to see it from time to time, and we became familiar with each other after a while."

Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his eyebrows. Although he was called the professor of the ninja world, he had no experience in this area.

And judging by Kushina's performance on the battlefield, the Nine-Tails didn't seem to have any intention of taking this opportunity to break free from the seal.

It seems that Kushina did the right thing.

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face suddenly froze, and he looked directly at Kushina: "So, what about your first time?"

He understood that the Nine-Tailed Fox could be so quiet at such a good opportunity. There was no doubt that Kushina had already reconciled with Kurama.

Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen mention this, Kushina got angry and immediately pouted and said, "That was the first attempt, but it was interrupted by someone."

"Interrupt?! If someone had been honest with me, nothing would have happened that day!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was also unhappy. Kushina could have directly explained the reason at that time, but she insisted on taking the beating from him for nothing. Who could she blame?

"You have to give me a chance to speak. You looked so gloomy the moment you showed up, as if your son had died."

"you!"

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's nose was almost crooked with anger. He pointed at Kushina with a trembling hand and almost couldn't catch his breath.

He took a deep breath and said, "Kushina, you have to know that it was in the village. If the ninjas below felt the Nine-Tails' chakra without knowing the truth, they would panic! Besides, you didn't feel well, did I hit you a little too hard that day! Do you want to tell me the details of that day here?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen emphasized the last few words, hinting Kushina to stop irritating him.

But after hearing this, Kushina's face froze. Even though there were only five of them now, she still felt a little embarrassed.

In order to prevent someone from spreading the story as a joke, she had to lie:

"I was no longer in control after you showed up that day. You have to know that Jiu Lama is very shy. Of course he would be scared when he saw so many people. This fear made me feel reluctant to control him!"

Anyway, she is already extremely thick-skinned, so it will be fine as long as she doesn't reveal the real reason.

Besides, it’s not her who is embarrassed, it’s just the Nine-Tailed Fox in her body.

She ignored the Nine-Tailed Fox that was already raging inside her body and continued, "Anyway, I don't remember anything at the time. It was all the Nine-Tailed Fox that was in control."

Chapter 192 Hiruzen: Isn't Kushina's son also the Nine-Tails' son?

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After hearing this set of nonsense, not to mention Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo, even Chiga, who knew Kushina's temper, felt his scalp tingling.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting in the middle, adjusted his sitting posture to hide his urge to beat up Kushina.

"Forget it, tell me how you're doing!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Kushina, who was holding her head high with a stubborn look on her face, and was too lazy to dwell on this issue any further.

"Well, not bad!"

Kushina thought about it and gave a brief account of her current relationship with Kurama.

Generally speaking, they are no longer the type who quarrel as soon as they meet. They chat with each other normally and even make fun of each other.

In addition, this time some of the seals were released and Jiu Lama did not take the opportunity to cause trouble, which is already a big step forward.

"Okay, not bad!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that the progress seemed to be encouraging, and he also laughed happily.

Although he has always treated the Jinchūriki as a mascot and kept him in the village without using him.

But if it is a perfect Jinchūriki, it will be different, especially when being attacked from three sides.

A perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is like a timely help.

Furthermore, if Kushina can really achieve mutual understanding with the Nine-Tails and even establish a bond with it, then Konoha will not have to worry about the Nine-Tails going berserk for decades.

Even in the future, if the Jinchūriki needs to be replaced, Kushina's descendants can be chosen.

And Kyuubi might choose to accept it.

After all, in a sense, Kushina's descendants are equivalent to the Nine-Tails' descendants. And they grew up in front of them!

Humans are not plants or trees, so how can they be heartless? This may also apply to all intelligent creatures.

Seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen was in a good mood, Kushina hurriedly asked tentatively: "Then Third Hokage, can I leave the village at any time without the surveillance of the Anbu?"

“No, not when you’re not in full control”

Sarutobi Hiruzen said without thinking, then felt that the wording was inappropriate and might cause a rift between Kyuubi and Kushina, so he changed his words:

"Until you and Kurama have complete mutual trust, you cannot leave the village. I will even need to increase the number of Anbu members to follow you at all times to protect you!"

"Ah? Add more people? Third-generation old man, are you deliberately seeking revenge against me?"

When Kushina heard this, she immediately became furious. Why was she trying so hard to reconcile with Kurama?

Isn't it just to be able to enter and leave the village freely?

Unexpectedly, the restrictions became even more severe.

Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could explain, Chiga stopped Kushina who was about to stroke Sarutobi Hiruzen's beard and said, "Teacher Kushina, I'm afraid you still have to listen to the Third Hokage this time!"

Upon hearing this, Kushina looked at Chiga in confusion and asked, "Why?"

"This battle has completely exposed your identity as a Jinchūriki to the ninja world."

"Before this, perhaps ninjas from other countries might hesitate to carry out assassination plans against you because they are not sure whether you are a Jinchūriki or not, but now..."

Chiga looked at Kushina helplessly and said, "Your price at the underground bounty house may be more than five times mine!"

Compared to Kushina's previous comfortable life in the village, she has now interrupted this life herself, and what awaits her are assassination ninjas sent by various countries.

"what?!"

Kushina was also stunned when she heard this. When she exposed her identity, she really didn't consider this issue.

"Do you understand now? I have been hiding your identity because I hope you can have a peaceful life in Konoha Village."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said earnestly: "So, during this period of time, you have to stay in the village. Until you and Kurama really trust each other, I will consider whether to let you go out."

"All right!"

Although Kushina was a bit willful and overbearing when facing the Third Hokage, she would listen to him as long as he had reasons and evidence.

"But I want my disciple Qianhe to go back with me."

Kushina was afraid that Sarutobi Hiruzen would disagree, so she added, "This will speed up my friendship with Kurama."

Sarutobi Hiruzen just thought that what Kushina said was bullshit. How could a member of the Uchiha clan make any contribution in this matter? After all, on the Nine-Tails's hate list, the Uchiha clan was definitely at the top.

He just thought that Kushina cared about Chiga.

And this is just a small matter. After this battle, the Kingdom of Wind will inevitably choose to cease fire. He immediately waved his hand and said: I approve!

Besides, the tigress at home has long missed her youngest son Asma.

She had been whispering in his ears day and night, and now she was taking this opportunity to let her youngest son go back.

Seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed, Kushina smiled and looked happy.

After dealing with the matter regarding the Nine-Tails, Chiga was ready to tell what Chiyo had said at the beginning.

Then Chiga repeated to Sarutobi Hiruzen what he had said to Chiyo.

After listening to this, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked in surprise, "Are you saying that she can persuade the Fourth Kazekage to help us attack the Land of Earth?"

"Yes!"

Qianhe nodded, and then said: "The premise is that we need to conceal the cause of death of the Third Kazekage."

"Hide the cause of the Third Kazekage's death? Is it that easy?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little confused and kept thinking in his mind.

"Perhaps the cause of the Third Kazekage's death is a scandal to the Sand Ninjas, and it is easy to implicate Chiyo and Ebizo!"

Qianhe didn't want to say too much. After all, resurrecting the dead was too unbelievable for the current ninja world.

Whether Sarutobi Hiruzen believed it or not was one thing, but he would have to explain later how he knew about this forbidden technique. Chiga really didn't want to make up excuses or anything, it was too troublesome.

"Well, in that case, Sakumo, please accompany me tonight."

Sarutobi Hiruzen also thought this was the reason. Moreover, if the Fourth Kazekage could be persuaded to attack the Land of Earth together, it would be a very bad thing for Konoha with no benefits.

However, if the deal is reached, Sarutobi Hiruzen will have to bear the blame for killing the Third Kazekage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't care about this. He thought that by taking the blame he could gain the ally of a big country and ease the situation on the battlefield, which was completely acceptable.

At worst, the blame can be put on Shimura Danzo. Even though his old friend may not be very capable in other aspects, he is good at taking the blame.

That night, with the time and place provided by Chiga, Sarutobi Hiruzen went to the appointment accompanied by his guards and Hatake Sakumo.

With two top fighters there, even if this deal is just a trap, the other party will not be able to keep Sarutobi Hiruzen and Hatake Sakumo.

To be on the safe side, Sarutobi Hiruzen also brought Chiga along.

As for the reason, those who understand will understand.

I won’t go into detail about the specific transaction content.

Chiyo's action was also to allow the resurrected Scorpion to appear freely in the Land of Wind, so after making sure that Sarutobi Hiruzen would issue a gag order to those who knew about it.

She will also try her best to persuade the Fourth Kazekage to assist Konoha in attacking the Land of Earth.

And it was also on the third day after the transaction with Chiyo.

The Fourth Kazekage sent an envoy to give Sarutobi Hiruzen an invitation letter: to negotiate a ceasefire agreement at the border of the Fire Kingdom one day later, and to form an alliance to fight against the Earth Kingdom.

It's just a ceasefire, not a surrender.

The Wind Kingdom will not sign a surrender agreement just because of a failed battle.

You must know that once the Wind Country chooses to surrender, the price it will have to pay will be extremely heavy. Not only will it have to pay a huge amount of money to Konoha, but it will also have to sign an extremely unequal treaty. This is unacceptable for the current Wind Country.

Although the party proposing this armistice agreement was the weaker party, the price paid was within the acceptable range of the Wind Kingdom.

He was so active during World War II, and coupled with his geographical location, it can be said that the entire ninja world is almost his enemy.

Under such circumstances, Konoha would definitely agree to such a plan.

Three days later, with both sides heavily guarded, the Third Hokage and the Fourth Kazekage began negotiations on a ceasefire agreement.

From the moment the two sat down, the atmosphere was tense.

When facing the Fourth Kazekage who had the same status as him, Sarutobi Hiruzen kept calling him "younger than me" and implying that the Fourth Kazekage was a little bit inferior to him in seniority.

The Fourth Kazekage was not to be outdone, and bluntly said that the old man should not run around aimlessly. If he accidentally bumped into something and died one day, people would think that he, the Kazekage, had killed him.

Chiga, one of the guards, stood behind Sarutobi Hiruzen and listened for a long time. What he heard was all meaningless nonsense, and he suddenly started to cough.

After most of the day, the two had begun to discuss the contents of the armistice agreement. Sarutobi Hiruzen did not have any changes to the proposed agreement, but just added one more clause at the end.

"I need to add one more rule. The Sand Ninja must retreat to Luoye Castle in the River Country. At the same time, the number of ninjas stationed in the River Country must not exceed 300!"

Luoye City is very close to the border of the Kingdom of Wind.

The Sand Ninja had already occupied the entire River Country when they invaded Konoha. How could they give up most of River Country at this time?

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Kazekage slammed the table and flatly refused, "What? Impossible!"

"This must be added, otherwise the Fire Nation will never let it go!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was also very strong. After all, his side was the one that was victorious, so of course he could let him decide the conditions.

"Old man, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

The Fourth Kazekage said this.

As the Fourth Kazekage finished his words, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly froze. The guarding ninjas standing behind the two of them involuntarily moved forward slightly, ready to pounce on the other side's shadow at any time.