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As one of the oldest "elders" in the ninja world today, Ohnoki may not have the most outstanding talent, whether in combat or government affairs, but his experience is absolutely rich.

After just a few tentative contacts, Onoki was keenly aware that Konoha had a strong intention to form an alliance.

But behind the intention of forming an alliance, they wanted to cut off a piece of flesh from the Iwa Ninja Village or the Cloud Ninja Village.

For Konoha, it doesn't matter who pays the benefits.

Being able to pocket the profits is the most important thing.

Between villages, there is no emphasis on friendship, everything is based on interests.

Ohnoki understands this very well.

In fact, if we talk about "friendship", Konoha has even less possibility of helping Iwa Ninja Village.

In the past three ninja wars, Konoha and Iwa ninja have always been enemies.

Only by talking about interests can the two sides join forces.

But when he was about to approach Konoha for negotiations, Onoki began to hesitate again.

If you want to join forces with Konoha, you must pay a lot of benefits to give Konoha the opportunity to develop rapidly.

Konoha is already the strongest ninja village in the ninja world. It even withstood the siege of the four major ninja villages in the last ninja war.

Although this is also related to the discord between the four great ninja villages, especially the backstabbing of the Kumo ninja by the Iwa ninja, at least on the surface, Konoha has a one-on-four strength.

Is it really a good thing for the Iwa Ninja Village to continue to provide resources to the opponent and allow Konoha to strengthen its own strength?

Even if Iwa Ninja and Konoha successfully formed an alliance, Onoki never thought that the alliance between Iwa Ninja and Konoha would remain unchanged for thousands of years.

Let alone thousands of years, the possibility of maintaining it for ten or eight years is very low.

If Konoha's strength expands rapidly and it wants to unify the ninja world, how will the Iwa Ninja Village deal with it?

Ohnoki had experienced the era when the ninja village system first took shape, and even personally experienced the terror of a ninja named "Uchiha Madara" who had the ambition to unify the ninja world.

If another ninja Shura comes out of Konoha...

"Ugh."

Ohnoki suddenly sighed, what else can be done now?

Yun Ren kept mobilizing troops and generals, ready to make a move.

This powerful threat is just around the corner.

At least you have to pass the current hurdle before you are qualified to consider the future.

If Iwa Ninja loses in the war with Kumo Ninja, it will have nothing to do with Iwa Ninja Village regardless of whether Konoha unifies the ninja world or not.

On the contrary, if we can join forces with Konoha to defeat the Cloud Ninja Village, how many resources and benefits will the Kingdom of Thunder have in its vast territory?

These will be divided between the two winners.

Even if Konoha were to take away most of it, the remaining ones would be enough to bring the strength of Iwa Ninja Village to another level.

If you think about it this way, even if you may face threats from Konoha in the future, at least for now, forming an alliance with Konoha will be of great benefit to the Iwa Ninja Village.

This is not a multiple-choice question about long-term interests and short-term interests, but there is only one fixed answer.

The only thing Ohnoki can do is to find a way out for Iwa Ninja Village while choosing short-term interests.

With this in mind, Onoki took several guards to the agreed meeting place.

The ANBU of the two villages had already controlled the surroundings so airtight that not even a fly could fly in.

"You stay here."

Ohnoki ordered Huangtu and Deidara, looked at Deidara, and couldn't help but emphasize: "Deidara, don't cause trouble!"

Although Deidara's growth during this period of time, especially in his mentality, has been very obvious.

But in view of past experiences, both Ohnoki and other people in the village were very worried about Deidara.

Perhaps, the only one who trusts Deidara wholeheartedly and thinks that he can do everything well is Ohnoki's granddaughter and Deidara's childhood sweetheart Kurotsuchi.

Ohnoki was certainly aware of Deidara's changes during this period, but some deep-rooted impressions were not so easy to change.

This meeting with Muji is a very important event for Iwa Ninja Village.

Ohnoki didn't want the alliance between the two villages to be ruined by Deidara's troubles.

Hearing Ohnoki's stern warning, Deidara had an angry expression on his face.

He wanted to argue, but thinking of the current situation, Deidara endured it and did not respond, muttering in his heart: "I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"

Seeing that Deidara rarely talked back, Onoki felt relieved a little, and cast a light and heavy rock jutsu, taking only one ANBU ninja and flying slowly into the distance, landing in front of Namikaze Minato.

The meeting place was not in a camp in any village, nor in a crowded town, but in a barren mountain.

For a ninja, the terrain doesn't pose much of a hindrance.

Meeting in an inaccessible barren mountain is much safer than a trivial trouble.

Especially when there are no third-party witnesses, both parties are happy to choose such an environment.

If the conversation breaks down and a fight begins, there is nothing to worry about.

Namikaze Minato arrived one step earlier than Ohnoki, but he didn't have to wait long.

Of course, with Namikaze Minato's character, even after waiting for a long time, he would not show any impatience on the surface.

"Onoki-senpai, long time no see."

Namikaze Minato said hello first and did not mention the negotiation. Instead, he chatted with Onoki: "Oonoki-senpai seems to be in good spirits. Is there any happy event recently?"

happy event?

More like a funeral!

Onoki secretly cursed, but on the surface he said with a smile: "Iwa Ninja Village and Konoha are about to become allies. Isn't this the greatest joy?"

"Ha ha……"

How could Minato Namikaze be willing to fulfill such an agreement easily?

He immediately changed the subject and said: "Senior Onoki, please stop joking. Yesterday, the envoy from Yun Ninja Village just sent us a letter..."

This is not only to change the subject, not to let Ohnoki take advantage of his words, but also to put pressure on him.

It can't even be said to be implied, but nakedly "expressed".

Although it happened only a short time ago, the conflict between the Kumo ninja and the Iwa ninja is no secret among the major forces that are still in the country of Yu.

If you are willing to investigate, it is not difficult to conclude that the conflict between the Iwa ninja and the Kumo ninja has reached the point where it is about to break out, and it would not be surprising even if they start fighting immediately.

Although it is difficult for outsiders to obtain the most detailed information in such a short period of time, for example, Namikaze Minato is now very curious about whether the Kumo ninja's claim that Rabbi Riki, the Eight-Tailed Jinchuriki, was abducted by the Iwa ninja, is true, or is it just for the sake of An excuse to start a war.

But no matter what, the two villages are on the verge of war and may start fighting at any time. This can't be wrong.

At this time, although Konoha believes that it is more in their own interests to form an alliance with the Iwa Ninja Village, it does not prevent them from using the Cloud Ninja Village to put pressure on the Iwa Ninja.

If Onoki's "sincerity" really fails to meet Konoha's requirements, it is not impossible to turn around and help Kumo Ninja to attack Iwa Ninja.

Again, the relationship between the Great Ninja Village has never been about friendship, but everything is based on interests.

Not to mention, Konoha and Iwa Ninja don't have much affection to talk about.

This is not the "war" where the five major ninja villages allied forces against the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki.

Ohnoki naturally understood Namikaze Minato's pressure.

If he couldn't even see such obvious words, Onoki wouldn't be worthy of sitting in the Tsuchikage's position.

"Damn it, the people of Konoha are really evil!"

Onoki cursed inwardly.

But after all, he is a "veteran politician" in his age, and Onoki manages his emotions quite well.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Onoki took out a scroll and handed it out: "These are the alliance conditions prepared by the Iwa Ninja Village. Please take a look at it, Lord Hokage."

Namikaze Minato didn't pick it up, but glanced at the ANBU next to him.

The latter took the scroll and checked it carefully to make sure there were no traps on the scroll before handing it over to Namikaze Minato.

Although Namikaze Minato was confident enough in his own strength, he didn't think Ohnoki would really do anything stupid in this situation.

But in this situation, as Hokage, it is the most basic responsibility and obligation not to take risks rashly.

He took the scroll, which contained a list of terms.

But it’s not complicated to sum up simply.

Generally speaking, it mainly agreed on the alliance between Konoha and Iwa Ninja Village, and after the two parties formed an alliance, they must first launch an attack on Cloud Ninja Village and the Kingdom of Thunder. They even had rough requirements for the amount of troops they would dispatch.

In terms of the division of interests, Iwa Ninja Village stated that it will transfer about one-tenth of the task entrustment of Iwa Ninja Village from the Land of Earth to Konoha.

In addition, no matter how much profit both sides gain from the war against Kumo ninja, Konoha can get [-]% of it and have half of the right of first choice.

The last item, simply put, is that when selecting trophies, Konoha can give priority to [-]%, then the Iwa ninja chooses [-]%, and the remaining [-]% belongs to Konoha.

With this way of dividing the spoils, Konoha's actual benefits are slightly higher than the "[-]%" ratio.

After all, some scarce resources have a price but no market, and their value is relatively fixed, but they cannot be bought with money.

Of course, it won't be too high.

Generally speaking, if this covenant is implemented in accordance with it, once the war against Kumo Ninja Village goes smoothly, Konoha will be able to get a lot of benefits.

But if the war doesn't go well, Konoha's benefits will be limited.

If it were in "normal times", such a covenant would be consistent with the costs paid and risks taken by both parties.

But now...

Iwa Ninja Village is much more eager to form an alliance than Konoha, so naturally it has to pay more benefits to satisfy Konoha's appetite.

Namikaze Minato was never a soft-hearted person.

The so-called gentle sunshine is all internal.

But when it comes to the outside world, Namikaze Minato has never been gentle.

On the contrary, "cruel" is a better description.

After all, he gained his reputation by killing people in the war. How could he be as "great and upright" as shown in the original work?

After pondering for a moment, Namikaze Minato stretched out his hand, and a little chakra gathered at his fingertips, leaving ink marks on the scroll.

"I hope the conditions can be modified in this way."

Namikaze Minato handed the scroll back.

Ohnoki didn't pick it up either, but just like Namikaze Minato did, he asked the ANBU beside him to check it carefully before taking the scroll from the ANBU's hand and looking at the contents inside.

Every shadow has the consciousness to sacrifice for the village.

But every shadow also understands that his own safety is not only related to himself.

Caution is not a choice, but a necessary responsibility.

Namikaze Minato made many changes in the treaty, mainly in terms of interests.

Namikaze Minato acquiesced to the two sides joining forces to attack the Kumo ninja, and made almost no changes. He only asked the Iwa ninja to dispatch more troops to increase the chance of victory.

But in terms of dividing interests, Namikaze Minato is almost like a lion.

Not only did it change the "distribution of spoils after breaking through the Cloud Ninja Village" from sixty-four to seventy-three, but it also required Konoha to have "absolute priority."

It even demanded that before the two parties formally signed an alliance but before launching a war against the Kumo ninja, the Iwa ninja village must pay a large amount of materials to Konoha to "compensate for Konoha's war losses."

These include hundreds of millions of cash, massive kunai, shurikens, detonating charms and other regular consumables.

In addition, Namikaze Minato also severely cut the "lifeblood" of Iwa Ninja Village and asked Iwa Ninja Village to entrust a quarter of the tasks to Konoha.

Don't look at this last item, it's just increased from "one-tenth" to "one-quarter", which looks like it's just more than doubled.

But once the restriction of "coming from the land of earth" is removed, this cannot be the case.

Although the Iwa Ninja Village relies on the Earth Country to survive, the mission commission is for the entire ninja world.

Of course, in some hostile countries, such as the Land of Fire and the Land of Thunder, basically no one would go to Iwa Ninja Village to entrust tasks.

But just the small countries surrounding the Earth Kingdom are enough to make the Iwa Ninja Village make a lot of money.

These small countries combined have many more commissions than the Earth Kingdom.

Konoha was about to move a quarter of the way at once, which could be said to cost Ohnoki his life.

Seeing Namikaze Minato's revised conditions, Ohnoki even had the urge to give up the negotiations and face the threat of Kumo Ninja Village alone.

According to Namikaze Minato's conditions, if he really agreed to it, even if he won the battle, at most it could only be said to have made up for the loss of the Iwa Ninja Village. Not to mention making much money, he had already made a wedding dress for Konoha.

just in case……

Although the possibility is very low, if they lose the battle, Iwa Ninja Village will not only have to suffer a serious loss of vitality, but also have to consider whether it can maintain its status as a great ninja village.

But Konoha will not lose money no matter what. If it wins the war, its huge profits will definitely allow Konoha to rapidly expand in strength in the next few years.

This was of course Namikaze Minato's purpose.

Taking advantage of the conflict between the Iwa Ninja Village and the Cloud Ninja to obtain as much benefit as possible for Konoha is his "job" as the Hokage.

But Ohnoki wouldn't be able to agree to such an excessive request even if his brain was kicked by a donkey.

The two sides began to argue fiercely over the specific terms of the covenant.

When the argument reached its peak, the ANBU next to him almost thought the two were going to fight.

But soon, the two quickly reached an agreement near the bottom line, and then moved on to the next one.

After negotiating for a full day and night, Ohnoki and Namikaze Minato finally signed their names on an "informal agreement" tiredly.