The Thousand Faces of Konoha's Weird Man

38Politics is a compromise

"Tell me about it"

At the same time, in a different place, Kujo Kunimitsu also said the same thing. The target of the complaint was that wretched little man. It seemed that his identity was the intelligence officer of the Fire Nation's envoy.

"I don't think Konoha will agree to our request." The wretched man expressed his opinion hesitantly.

"Of course they won't agree." Kujo Kunimitsu's matter-of-fact answer made the wretched man a little confused.

Are you looking for trouble when you still make those powerless demands when you know you will be rejected? Increasing Konoha's funding only to get nothing in return is like throwing money into the sea. Do you hear the sound?

"My request is so excessive, unless the Third Hokage is a fool," Kujo smiled knowingly at the thought, "Even if he is really a fool, his think tank will not agree to my request."

What request did Kujo Kunimitsu make?

In fact, just from the perspective of the Fire Country, asking Konoha for help in terms of human resources, the twelve guardian ninjas of the Fire Country have become a thing of the past. The battle between Kazuma and Sarutobi Asuma directly led to The original daimyo's protection system collapsed.

In recent years, Konoha has directly taken over the protection work of the daimyo, and no longer allows the daimyo to recruit ninjas of unknown origins. Depending on the situation every year, the Hokage will organize a team of about ten jounin to ensure the safety of the daimyo, and they will rotate every once in a while. And in order to reduce the pure changes in the thinking of these ninjas, their mission has also become quite pure. It is enough to protect the daimyo.

These ninjas have almost no contact with people other than the daimyo, and are only responsible to the Hokage. This method ensures ideological unity, at least does not cause internal consumption, and prevents Kazuma's tragedy from happening again.

There are advantages and disadvantages. The lack of internal competition mechanism and the injection of fresh blood from the outside will directly lead to the overall reduction of the level of other types of armed forces in the Country of Fire, except for the Daimyo guards.

This situation is quite common. Nowadays, the cannon fodder genin of the Fire Country, or those who are called miscellaneous soldiers, cannot even recognize the classification of ninjutsu, because the people around the daimyo who know these things will not give it to the people below. Popular science. The same is true for Konoha. What kind of stupid ANBU training system is it that can train ANBU that even the first and second generation Hokage don't recognize? And this kind of ANBU can actually serve as a protector by the Hokage's side. At work, in Hiruzen Sarutobi's selection of ANBU, is the only "ability" option left to be loyalty?

Therefore, based on this, Kujo Kunimitsu made a request to Konoha to arrange for some ninjas with special skills to train the daimyo's samurai and hold an open class on "How to Deal with Ninjas in War."

Of course, this request has been reasonable and reasonable up to this point, and there is nothing excessive about it.

But the problem arises in the list drawn up by Kujo Kunimitsu

"The Uchiha family has been destroyed. Uchiha Sasuke is the only one left in Konoha's hands. It is completely impossible to get him out of the Hokage's sight." Kujo Kunimitsu's first candidate was Uchiha Sasuke, although He doesn't have the identity of a ninja yet, but his reputation as a genius has long been known. He can collect a lot of relevant information without any means at all.

"The Hyuga clan has always been a family that is free from the center of Konoha's power. Hyuga Hizashi is a qualified leader, at least much smarter than Uchiha Fugaku. Not to mention that Konoha Yun does not allow the secret of Byakugan to be exposed in danger In such a situation, even that guy Hinata wouldn't want to have anything to do with me. He sees the situation too clearly." The attitude of the Hyuga family was clearly expressed when Kujo Kunimitsu visited Hinata and Hinata. It is clear that since Hyuga Hizashi's accident, the Hyuga family's attitude towards external forces has been very clear. As for knowing the other party's attitude but still insisting on the need for an experienced Hyuga family member to lead the team, he naturally has his purpose.

"As for the Nara clan, they have always been the Hokage's assistants. With their intelligence, they should easily be able to see through my tricks. He will definitely advise the Hokage to ignore our requests." The Nara clan can be said to be the Senju Jian. Evergreen since the village, after two generations of Senju, two generations of Sarutobi and Hiruzen Sarutobi became the top leaders twice, their power has been growing and growing, and they have completely established a foothold in the Hokage's office. He is even directly responsible for the cultivation of medicinal materials in Konoha, which is a strategic material. As long as he holds this trump card in his hand, even if Konoha changes, the status of the Nara clan will still be unshakable.

"As for the few remaining small fish and shrimps, they are all guys that the attendants randomly inquired about. They may have some special talents in some aspects, but in fact, they are just props I use to disturb the third generation's sight."

"Then what exactly does Kujo-sama want?"

"All I've ever wanted is that guy. Do you know what it's called?" As if knowing that he couldn't get an answer from this wretched guy, Kujo Kunimitsu directly asked and answered himself, "This is politics, this is compromise."

At the same time, in a different place, Sarutobi Hiruzen got the same answer as Kujo Kunimitsu.

"We cannot meet this request." The Third Hokage sighed dejectedly, "Both Uchiha and Hinata are the cornerstone of Konoha. The cost of losing control is too high. I believe that the two of them are not willing to see them. Get out of our control. What's more, Konoha owes them too much about Hizashi. Even if Hizashi is willing to give in, I will not allow such a thing to happen."

"But the Fire Nation's appetite this time is a bit too big." Listening to Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, Mito Katoyan also frowned, and his words were a little angry, "Even if it's Shikaku that This kid, who is also an important brainpower in Konoha, how could he just leave the village for a few months so casually?"

"We shouldn't get hung up on these details. We first need to figure out whether this request was made by the Fire Nation or whether it was the personal wish of Lord Nakagami." It was a woman who was thinking in the exact same direction as the two men present. Different, "According to Asuma's original report, Kujo Kunimitsu seems to have participated in Kazuma's assassination of the daimyo. It's just that we don't have evidence to prove that. So, we need to treat this matter carefully." "

"No matter what conspiracy he has, it is enough to ensure that the ninjas we send are trustworthy. What's more, his request is very reasonable. We and the Country of Fire are always there to help each other. It is also our important responsibility to help them understand the ninjas. , at least some fewer people will die in the war." The third generation always has this compassionate look. If he were not strong enough, he would have died many times on the battlefield, but having such teammates is undoubtedly quite With a reliable existence, at least you don’t have to worry about being abandoned.

Of course, luck is also a very important aspect. At least there are no amazing talents in the same period in the three generations. This allowed this guy who maintained a relatively close relationship with everyone to assume a leadership position, except of course, Danzo.

Faced with possible conspiracies, or the conspiracies that can be seen now, Sarutobi Hiruzen's response plan is to remain unchanged in response to changes.

"So what exactly are we going to do?"

With a stroke of his pen, Sarutobi Hiruzen checked off some names on the roster: "Hinata, Uchiha, and the Nara family cannot take this risk. We will select those with outstanding abilities from the remaining people, and then recommend a few more. Characters who have outstanding abilities and are loyal enough to Konoha will go to the Country of Fire together. I will ask the ANBU to inform the Konoha Guards of the Country of Fire, and we can act cheaply when necessary."

Politics is about bargaining. Now Sarutobi Hiruzen has kicked the ball back to Kujo Kunimitsu. As long as there is enough time, Hiruzen doesn't mind kicking the ball on this issue for two or three years. By then, he may not even be the Hokage. , naturally there is no need to consider this annoying problem.

"In this way, I can really feel at ease." Koharu agreed with Hiruzen Sarutobi's approach. He did not reject the other party's reasonable request, but also controlled everything in his own hands. This is a sign of political maturity. His many years of experience in high positions have made Sarutobi Hiruzen accustomed to considering issues from the level of the Hokage, "Men Yan, you are responsible for checking the information of other people on the list, and I will filter it. Manpower that can be mobilized in the near future.”

Although they are older, the three of them are still not slow in their movements. Soon, the ANBU waiting outside the third generation's office sent everyone's information.

Mito Kadoyan, who was looking through the information and working hard, suddenly let out a sigh.

ps: I almost forgot to thank my brother for the tip. I am an old reader. I changed my pen name and you can still find me. I am so touched.