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

The liberal elder became excited. From these details, he felt that the Konoha elder who arranged all this was the same type of ninja as him.

"My fellow messengers from Sunagakure, you should all have information about me, but I will introduce myself again."

Gojo Keizuki arrived late, pulled out a chair and sat directly opposite the Sunagakure delegation, officially starting the negotiations on the "Musan" treaty.

"My name is Gojo Keizuki. Next, I will negotiate and sign the "Guidelines for Expanding the Scale of Trade between Konoha and Sunagakure" on behalf of Konoha."

"So, very good."

The liberal elder who served as the representative of the delegation was perhaps moved by the layout of the conference room, and he put aside the negotiation matters that had been originally planned in the Sand Village and started an impromptu negotiation.

He put his hands together, held his chin, and spoke sincerely to Gojo Jieyue:

"I am Kaoru Kosaka, the liberal elder of Sunagakure."

"Gojo Counselor of Konoha, I have something I want to ask you."

"Oh, Elder Xiaoban, please speak."

"To be honest, we have signed a triangular trade treaty with Kumogakure. Through Kumogakure's base in Hot Spring Country, we are continuously provided with runners who escaped from the Land of Water, as well as criminals from Kumogakure Village, as laborers for our Sand Village."

"As you know, our Sand Village has abundant natural resources, but they require a lot of manpower, financial resources, and material resources to develop."

"The Hidden Cloud Village provides us with manpower, and the Hidden Leaf Village provides us with financial and material resources... The original plan was that after the Hidden Cloud Village sent us the first batch of Water Country workers, we would take them to develop the Musha trade route."

"But now this trade route is under the full responsibility of your Konoha. I am a little overwhelmed for the moment. With your wisdom, how should we in Sunagakure make use of this group of cheap Water Country laborers?"

Some obscure jargon that disregarded the human rights of the people of the Land of Water was naturally concealed by the liberal elder Kaoru Kosaka.

Even if he didn't say anything about this, Gojo Jieyue, who was considered to be of the same kind, would naturally understand. Talking to smart people can save time like this.

Upon hearing this, the elder from Sand Village who was traveling with him changed his expression, and pulled on Kaoru Kosaka's sleeve and whispered:

"Are you crazy? Why don't you negotiate according to the agreed terms?"

"Besides, this is a secret treaty signed between Sunagakure and Kumogakure. How can we expose it so casually?"

Kaoru Kosaka crossed his arms and said confidently, "Because I believe that the counselor sitting opposite me, Gojo, is a smart person. There is no need to beat around the bush when talking to a smart person."

"Advisor Gojo is not a barbarian from Kumogakure. He is a man of great wisdom. Having a heart-to-heart negotiation with such a man will definitely help us gain the greatest benefit for Sand Village!"

"But……"

"Didn't you notice? His expression didn't change at all when I said this. It was as if he had already guessed what was going on between us and Kumogakure's Triangle Trade."

This statement... is false.

Gojo Kegetsu certainly didn't know about this beforehand. What is this "Triangle Trade" Ninja World version?

Good, good, good! You really want to use my Kirigakure brother's Runto as a slave, right?

The corners of Gojo Kegetsu's mouth curled up slightly. This guy named Kosaka Kaoru was really straightforward. He directly regarded Konoha as "material resources" and "financial resources".

But as the scientist said, "forces act mutually." In his eyes, Sand Village is also a source of "financial resources."

However, when it comes to "Triangle Trade", Gojo Jieyue has a lot of ideas.

Gojo Jieyue shook his head, his face serious: "Mr. Kosaka, Sunagakure is just our Konoha's business partner, but Kirigakure is our comprehensive strategic partner."

"The elders of our village, Danzo, have been appointed as Konoha's ambassadors to Kirigakure to maintain the friendship between our Konoha and Kirigakure."

"Helping you come up with a plan to use the Run people of the Water Country? This... I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

"Kirigakure is a sister village of our Konoha. In principle, your proposal makes it difficult for me to implement." Gojo Jieyue looked embarrassed.

"This..." Kaoru Kosaka blinked and quickly responded, "We in Sunagakure can do the same! Konoha can send elders to our Sunagakure to witness our friendship!"

"Also, if the suggestions proposed by Lord Gojo can bring more benefits to us Sand Village, we are willing to share the profits with Konoha!"

"Well, prejudice! A gentleman's word is as good as his tail."

Gojo Jieyue spoke very quickly.

Whether it is profitable or not, it is redundant.

What he cares about is the little money from the Sand Village profit? What's more important is that he can send elders to the Sand Village to witness the friendship!

Elder Mitomon...it's decided to be you!

"After that, we will send Elder Mitomon, who is in charge of infrastructure construction in Konoha, to help guide you in the exploitation of resources in Sunagakure and to witness the friendship between our two villages."

"Oh, that's good. What do you think?"

Kosaka Fumio felt puzzled. Did this advisor Gojo have some strange and beautiful view of the natural environment of their Sand Village?

The environment of Sunagakure and the humid Kirigakure are two extremes. In both cases, it is difficult for outsiders to live there for a long time unless they have great perseverance.

But since the other party took the initiative to bring it up, Fumio Kosaka didn't say much and continued to ask Gojo Keizuki for his opinions on "Triangle Trade".

"Hey, I have an idea!" Gojo Jieyue raised a finger level with his temple.

Swish-

Gojo Jieyue took out a pen and drew a straight line between the two closest points in the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, and then connected the point on the edge of the Land of Wind to the village of Sand Village.

Kaoru Kosaka stood in awe. Although she didn't know why she was like that, she looked very stiff at the first glance.

"This is the trade route we will build in the future. Konoha and Sunagakure will exchange materials and goods."

"From a geographical point of view, after the trade route is built, Sunagakure wants to maximize its profits by selling goods directly to us in Konoha."

"Our Konoha market is huge, we have a good attitude towards foreign investment, and most importantly, we have money and we never default on our payments."

"If it were those gorillas in Yunyin, you might want to take the Yunyin flowers that Yunyin earns and take them home as soon as you leave."

"Lord Kosaka, let me ask you, what ninjutsu does Sunagakure have that are secret techniques that other ninja villages don't have."

Hmm? Weren't we talking about business? Why did we suddenly get to the military?

Kaoru Kosaka was stunned for a moment, but quickly replied: "We in the Sand Village have many secret techniques, but if we talk about the secret technique that is absolutely unique in the entire ninja world, I'm afraid it is only... Puppet Control Technique!"

Kaoru Kosaka was full of pride in his words.

This is the reason why the Sand Village, despite its shortcomings, still stands tall among the top five villages in the Ninja World. There are only a few secret techniques that allow ninjas to fight across levels, and puppet manipulation is one of them!

Puppet manipulation is a ninjutsu developed by the Second Kazekage, Shamon, during his military reforms.

Using chakra strings to control puppets to fight, the top puppeteers of the Sand Village can even attach chakra strings to the enemy's puppets or even humans.

If you want to know the strength of a puppet ninja, you can simply judge by the number of puppets he controls.

The puppeteer can install hidden weapons and mechanisms on the puppet to suit his own fighting style.

Because the development time was too advanced, it has become very difficult for other ninja villages in later generations to replicate the puppet manipulation technique.

To develop such a versatile ninjutsu, the right time, right place, and right people are all essential. Even Konoha's ninjutsu master Tobirama couldn't replicate the puppet technique.

"How many puppeteers do you have in Sunagakure now?"

"Ok?"

Kaoru Kosaka became alert and refused, "This is a military secret. I'm sorry I can't tell you. Advisor Gojo, please tell us your ideas."

"Alas, good intentions are not rewarded. I wanted to help you guys in Sunagakure with your predicament, but you refused to even tell me how many puppeteers there are in your village."

Gojo Jieyue shook his head in disappointment, but still said kindly: "Everyone here is one of us, so I won't hide anything——"

"Why not just transform Runto from the Land of Water and the criminals from the Hidden Cloud Village into puppets?"

Kaoru Kosaka: ???

hiss--

Kaoru Kosaka took a deep breath of Konoha's cool air without any sand in it, and felt his heart beat slower.

But Gojo Jieyue did not stop and continued:

"Look, the reason why the resources of Sand Village cannot be developed is because the labor cost is too high?"

"It's so hot in this weather. Not to mention the laborers who made money through the Triangle Trade, even ordinary villagers from your village would not be able to stand staying in the desert chakra mine for a long time."

"Even if you want to exploit them, you don't have the ability to do so, right?"

The eyes beneath the black satin seemed to have the ability to see through people's hearts, and the words immediately touched Kosaka Fumio's heart.

"But, my friends from Sunagakure, how come you forgot your best secret technique? The above problems are no problem at all for puppets!"

"Even if there is a possibility of malfunction caused by overheating of the puppet, we can import some water resources from our Konoha and use it to cool the puppet at the critical moment."

"This……"

Kaoru Kosaka had to admit that he was moved!

The free and hedonistic faction has always been good to its own villagers, rather than being kind to outsiders.

The Sand Village is never merciful nor soft-hearted, otherwise they would not have gone to Konoha to find Gojo Kegetsu to discuss how to make the most of this group of cheap labor.

Originally, in Kosaka Fumio's conception, there were factions in the attitude towards foreign workers. They from Sunagakure belonged to the radical faction, while Gojo Kegetsu should be the conservative faction.

After all, Konoha is too developed, and it keeps talking about the Will of Fire every day.

But! It was only after coming to Konoha that I saw the true face of Gojo Kegetsuki.

This guy is such a conservative, but he is afraid that they, the Sunagakure, are too conservative.

The most that a puppet master of Sunagakure would do is transform his ninja enemies into puppets as trophies.

Gojo Kegetsu, on the other hand, killed everyone regardless of whether they were ninjas or not. He turned the village's criminals and the unprotected and lawless Runren into puppets...

Is this something a human could come up with? Is this something a legitimate successor to the Will of Fire should say?

Even the most extreme plan proposed by the Sand Village seemed so mild compared to Gojo Kegetsu's proposal, as if it was proposed by an angel.

This is a bit too extreme.

There was a hint of inexplicable fear in Kosaka Fumio's eyes when he looked at Gojo Kegetsu.

A guy like this would be fine as an ally, but what if he were an enemy... What if Sunagakure was defeated? What would happen to the villagers of Sunagakure by this guy?

I’m afraid all the men will be transformed into puppets, and all the women will become “puppets”.

Kaoru Kosaka hesitated and said, "This kind of thing... in principle it is possible, but that means that no matter whether it is from Kumogakure or Kirigakure, or even from within our own Sand Village, there will be people who will stand up and oppose it."

"It's really against the harmony of nature!"

"whispering sound--"

Gojo Jieyue spread his hands and shook his head helplessly.

Sure enough, I still couldn’t pass.

If this is passed, regardless of the feelings of those guys who have been transformed into puppets, a huge blame will definitely be put on the heads of Kumogakure and Sunagakure.

At that time, Konoha will stand up as the messenger of justice and point fingers at Kumogakure from the highest moral point of view. Then Konoha's external reputation will rise again.

What? You said the plan was proposed by Konoha?

Please, Konoha has always been a peace-loving country. Don't put all the blame on Konoha, okay? You have no evidence.

And there is one more thing, if Gojo Jieyue remembered correctly, there would not be many puppeteers in the Sand Village. And there is a limit to the number of puppets that can be controlled.

Geniuses like Scorpion have a limit of 100 people. Sand Village leader Chiyo has a limit of 10 people.

Once the Sand Village uses its puppet-control quota on ordinary laborers and lacks experience in controlling combat puppets for a long time... the Sand Village's military strength will be like losing a leg.

Although Kaoru Kosaka did not approve the proposal put forward by Gojo Kegetsu, Gojo's words still gave him great inspiration.

He tentatively said: "The puppeteer can attach chakra strings to these cheap laborers."

"When they don't work properly, I whip them hard with chakra threads."

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"When they don't work properly, I whip them hard with chakra threads."

"Just attaching chakra lines without transforming the puppet and then controlling it will be much better for the village's reputation and the burden on the puppeteer."

Kaoru Kosaka talked to himself, as if he had opened the door to a new world.

Yes! The laborers from outside the area are ****, and Sunagakure just needs to make sure they don't die from overwork... They can even lower their bottom line a little, so it doesn't matter if a few of them die!

As for whether they will spread the news after their "sentence" is over and they leave Sand Village...

The Sand Village does business between villages and employs its own native people from the Land of Wind. The words from a few laborers without human rights cannot have any impact.