Naruto, aspiring to become a well-known figure in the ninja world

In addition to the good news that Kirigakure will soon be included in the Greater Kumogakure Co-Prosperity Sphere, the successor to the Two-Tails Jinchuriki has also been chosen. The two are Bokuto, an old-school jonin from Kumogakure, and a very trustworthy person.

"Yunyin~it's getting better and better. If the old man in heaven could see it, he would definitely be very happy." Ai Rushi thought.

But at this moment——

Two hurried footsteps were heard outside the house.

Ai looked up and saw that one of them was Atsuyi, Samui's younger brother and a senior Chunin who had become a close confidant of the Raikage because of his sister. The other was the anonymous little Kara, a messenger for the advisory group.

Raikage Ai raised his hand and decided to use the words he learned from the book vividly: "I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious, speak one by one. Atsuyi, you speak first."

Atsu wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Lord Raikage, something terrible has happened... The water ghosts from the Hidden Mist Village have actually signed an alliance contract with Konoha!"

"It's so difficult, Tiemei!" Ai's body suddenly jumped up from his seat, as if red steam was rising up on his dark face, and he slapped the desk in front of him and smashed it.

A feeling of humiliation surged in his heart, and he turned to look at Little Kara: "What about you? What news did you bring?"

"This..." Little Kara swallowed nervously: "Elder Yafu asks you to go to the conference room now to discuss the decision-making of the village after the alliance between Kirigakure and Konoha."

Volume 72: Please, can you please not stick to the gender card?

"what is this?"

The Raikage conference room fell into deathly silence. Everyone stared at the copy of the "Komigure Treaty" in their hands, which was stamped with the seals of Konoha and Kirigakure. No one could explain what it meant.

"This doesn't make sense. Did those crazy people in Kirigakure take the wrong medicine?"

"They didn't even send an envoy to contact us in Kumogakure, but directly signed this kind of treaty with Konoha."

"Are we in Kumogakure so hated?"

It would have been fine if it was just an alliance between Kirigakure and Konoha, but the treaty also included Kirigakure's solemn statement to Kumogakure.

It is said that they will impose sanctions on the Hidden Cloud Village in various fields including economy and culture, and investigate the assets of the citizens of the Land of Lightning in the Land of Water... Fortunately, the Land of Water itself is a closed country, and the assets of the Hidden Cloud Village of the Land of Lightning in the Land of Water are not that many.

But putting aside the question of money, don’t they in the Hidden Cloud Village have any respect?

It was equivalent to giving Kumogakure a loud slap in the face in front of all the villages in the Ninja World, making Kumogakure lose all face in the Ninja World.

The Great Cloud Village Co-Prosperity Sphere plan collapsed before it even started? The Raikage died before he could even start his business... Ai's breathing began to become rapid, and a copy of the "Kumigiri Treaty" was held in his hand, becoming more and more twisted.

Ai feels sad!

They also worked hard to establish a base in Yuyin Village, but Konoha attracted all the high-quality refugees and left a bunch of water ghosts who increased the crime rate to their Kumogakure.

Let's put this aside for now. If we can win over Kirigakure and bring it into the Greater Kumogakure Co-Prosperity Sphere, it will be worth paying a little price. In the short term, it will be a loss, but in the long term, it will definitely be a profit.

But... Kirigakure ran away with a heartless man and joined Konoha, the same place that had abused him thousands of times.

"Elder Yafu, in your opinion, how should we deal with this now?"

The elder Yafu had kept his eyes closed since Ai entered the meeting room. Only then did he slowly open his eyes and utter an unexpected statement:

"The alliance between Kirigakure and Konoha... may not be a bad thing for us."

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"Why do you say that."

The Great Elder Yafu spread the "Muwu Treaty" on the table and pointed to the clause "Investigate the property of the citizens of the Thunder Kingdom in the Water Kingdom".

"The Third Ninja War has just ended, and the military budgets of each village are at a historical low. At present, there is no need to worry about a large-scale Ninja War breaking out."

"Kirigakure is issuing this clause to sanction us financially. Don't they know how much property we have and how much damage they can cause?"

"No, they knew it better than anyone else. But they published it anyway, just to save face."

"In this case, we will give them a taste of their own medicine and expel all the industries of the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village. Using such a tough attitude to fight back can at least save the face of the village."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the elders nodded in agreement.

Now everyone has stopped fighting! The Third World War had just ended, and it would be difficult to accumulate enough power to launch a large-scale ninja war in a short period of time, so local ninja wars and such "sanction wars" became the mainstream.

Since it is impossible to overturn the table through ninja warfare, we have no choice but to go to the card table and accumulate chips of our own village step by step to consume the chips of the enemy village.

What Kirigakure can do, they at Kumogakure can do too!

Ma Buyi, the secretary who was listening in, reminded: "Water Country and Mist Hidden Village still have a lot of properties here. If we drive all their people back... how are we going to fill this gap?"

The Land of Water has many industries in the Land of Lightning, such as the more famous "Ninja Fish Farming" and "Sword Forging Factory". If they were all driven out, it would still have a certain impact on the needs of the local indigenous people of Kumogakure.

"Regarding this point..." The corner of the Yafu Great Elder's mouth outlined a wisdom arc: "In my opinion, the Kingdom of Soup can completely become a substitute for the Kingdom of Water. There are also the Iron Kingdom, Bear Kingdom, Craftsman Kingdom, Flower Kingdom along the coast... Although their specific craftsmanship is definitely not as good as that of the Kingdom of Water, they are not useless."

"This will completely fill the vacated market, and we can even take advantage of our large village to gain more profits."

"The same goes for exports. Let's sell our products from Kumogakure to these small countries!"

"In this way, Kirigakure's economic sanctions against us will not only not harm our Kumogakure's interests, but will even allow us to surpass the past!"

The words of the Great Elder Yafu seemed to clear away the fog that shrouded everyone's hearts, and the blue sky was revealed after the clouds were cleared away, and their frowns immediately relaxed.

The conference room was filled with heated discussions again: "Great! This is a great idea!"

"If we want to drive out the industries of these big countries in peacetime, we are afraid of the risks. Since it is Kirigakure who brought this upon themselves, we can't blame Kumogakure."

"The water ghosts of Kirigakure would never have thought that the sanctions against us would actually help us."

Ai clasped his hands around his chest and slowly exhaled a breath of foul air.

He is no longer the same Ai as before. After Elder Yafu made his suggestion, he also thought of other strategies:

"Elder Yafu, you just said 'give someone a taste of their own medicine', right?"

"Hmm? I did. Is there anything wrong, Yondaime?"

"I was thinking, since Konoha has chosen to form an alliance with Kirigakure, we can do the same with Kumogakure. But we won't have to ally with those water ghosts in Kirigakure and those people in the Land of Earth..."

"You mean, the Sand Village!"

As we all know, Kumogakure and Sunagakure do not share a border, and there is a huge Konoha in between. From a geographical point of view, the relationship between Kumogakure and Sunagakure has always been good, and there have been no major conflicts.

Even when they were besieging Konoha and fighting against their common neighbor, the Land of Earth, there was still a lot of cooperation between the two villages.

Previously, due to the long distance between them, Kumogakure did not give top priority to uniting with Sand Village, but now it seems that the time is ripe.

[Form an alliance with Sand Village to create a military and economic community and establish a united front against the common enemies Konoha and Iwagakure]

This is Ai's plan!

Although the Third World War is over, the relationship between Sunagakure and Konoha has eased slightly. But the pain caused by the past can never be healed! Isn't it because of "making the enemy feel the same pain" and "the hatred accumulated from generations" that the ninja world is still in chaos today?

As long as they are reasoned with and appealed to their emotions, the hatred in the hearts of the Sand Village people will soon be elicited.

The elder Yafu looked pleased and said, "Not bad, not bad, Ai. You now make me believe that even if I die tomorrow, you can still manage the village well."

"That's the truth! Our Great Kumogakure Co-Prosperity Plan has not failed. With the introduction of businesses from those small countries and their gratitude, only one important large ninja village has joined."

"Sunagakure is the final link in the plan!"

"While we are in contact with Sand Village, we must also take the opportunity to destroy the relationship between Konoha and Kirigakure. It would be best if their alliance breaks down!"

"It's difficult to do this, but we have already planted a chess piece deep in Konoha, so it's not difficult to do this."

Ai's biceps trembled. At this moment, it seemed that even his muscles had the ability to think: "Elder Yafu, are you talking about Samui?!"

"But Samui is just an ordinary person in Konoha. Even if he is placed next to Gojo Jieyue, it will be difficult for him to have an impact on Konoha's Omura Saku, right?"

"On this point, Ai, you haven't observed it carefully enough."

Elder Yafu raised his old finger and used the Great Wilderness Prisoner's Heaven Finger, pointing at the line "Mei Terumi enters the Hidden Leaf Village to study."

"There is a strategy in the Thirty-Five Stratagems that can be applied to today's incident—"

"Honey Trap!"

The Raikage was confused and rubbed his head: "But...hasn't Samui been assigned to approach Gojo Jieyue?"

"Not really~" Elder Yafu said with an unfathomable look on his face: "What if at this time, Samui took advantage of her and told Gojo Jieyue that this ninja from Kirigakure bullied her, flirted with her, and seduced her?"

"??? But according to the records, Mei Terumi is a female ninja, right?"

"Hey, is it really necessary to be so strict about gender? All we want is for Samui to be humiliated by Mei Terumi. It doesn't matter whether this is true or not. As long as Gojo Jieyue believes it, we'll succeed!"

"The point of this plan is that Samui needs to provoke Terumi Mei without leaving any trace. Don't make it too obvious, or else the effect of the honey trap will be greatly reduced."

"As long as Mei Terumi can't control her emotions, this honey trap will be half successful."

"What about the other half?"

"The other half... is naturally Gojo Kegetsu, who used his authority to humiliate Mei Terumi, thereby destroying the relationship between Konoha and Kirigakure. After all, your young ninja came to your village to study and was bullied. This is simply shitting on Kirigakure's neck!"

"As long as they still have a bit of ninja blood, they will definitely come into conflict with Konoha!"

boom--

The light of wisdom seemed to bathe Ai, and he suddenly became enlightened.

After Elder Yafu's advice, my mind was immediately broadened and my perspective on the problem was no longer so one-sided.

Ai said to himself, "Yes, if it were another ninja, he might have endured it for the sake of the village, at least not at this point in time when the alliance contract was just signed."

"According to the intelligence Samui has been sending back for a long time, Gojo Jie Yuehao is undoubtedly the kind of lecherous, incompetent, and trashy Chunin who became the village advisor through nepotism."

"With the support of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, he becomes more and more unscrupulous. How much power he can use to humiliate the young ninjas of Kirigakure depends entirely on how much anger Samui brings to him."

The eyes of the Yafu Great Elder became more and more relieved: "That's right. The greatest evil of human nature is to make things difficult for others within the scope of one's own minimal power."

"A little impatience can ruin a great plan? This kind of thing is not even within the consideration of a ninja like Gojo Kegetsu. He squanders his power recklessly. Fortunately, there is no such ninja in our Kumogakure, otherwise I would have to clean up the mess myself."

"Gojo Jieyue may not actually do any substantial harm to Meimei, but given his personality, what he did was enough to disgust her for a while."

The Great Elder Yafu clicked his tongue and shook his head, as if he felt a little regretful about his perfect plan: "It's a pity that Mei Terumi is not a male ninja, otherwise it would be completely perfect."

"Whether Gojo Jieyue believes it or not, we must save face for Samui."

In the conference room, there was another heated discussion, but this time Ai did not respond.

Ma Buyi, holding the file bag, felt a chill deep in his heart.

Although they had long realized that the essence of a ninja was to be a tool to complete a mission, the village elders spoke without any human touch at all... completely disregarding the psychological feelings of these female ninjas.

This kind of village is really team-oriented, but I can't feel any human touch at all...

Ma Buyi lowered his eyes, feeling a little lost for a moment.

Because of the side effects of the telepathy technique, she could feel some of what was happening to Samui.

"The quick tongue", "the one who is good at it"... She could vaguely feel these feelings of shame, and even a trace of inexplicable strange emotions!

They are living people, not pure emotionless tools that exist only to complete tasks!

"Mabuyi! Mabuyi!"

The dissatisfied voice of the Yafu Great Elder in his ear brought Ma Buyi back to reality: "Hey... I'm here! Great Elder, what's wrong?"

"You were distracted in such an important occasion. Go back and reflect on yourself." Elder Yafu began to teach him a lesson: "When you can contact Samui, remember to hand over the task to her as soon as possible."

"She is a key part of the Great Cloud Village Co-Prosperity Sphere plan. It can be said that the success or failure of the plan depends on her alone!"

"Only success is allowed, no failure is allowed!"

"After you succeed, Samui will return to the village and I will personally present her with our Kumogakure Aruba Medal!"

“Will it be delivered?”

"Yes! Great Elder."

Ma Buyi was startled, but still accepted the task.

But his heart was getting colder. The mission was successful, based on the premise that Samui was humiliated, and he would get the Aruba Medal after returning to the village. But the elder cleverly omitted the second half of the sentence -

'If the mission fails, what will happen to Samui?'

"Can she still return to Kumogakure?"

Ma Buyi was silent.

She didn't dare to think about it any further. This was a topic that she couldn't even think about. She was afraid that if she thought about it any further, her faith would become impure and her position would become unsteady.

As for the task description for my best friend, what should I say? Which part should I omit? Which part should I artistically process? Which part should I add?

If she was just a tool in the village, these should not have been something she considered.