Konoha's Day

After sorting out his thoughts, Shikaku said: "It's actually very simple to make Sunagakure and Iwagakure cease fighting."

"First of all, the current situation of Sunagakure is very bad. They definitely don't want to continue fighting with us in Konoha. If I guess correctly, the messenger of Sunagakure seeking peace should have arrived in Konoha."

"As long as we agree to Sunagakure's request for peace, the situation will become a war between Sunagakure and Iwagakure."

"In this harsh climate environment, as the attacking party, Iwagakure would not be able to win unless he had several times the power of Sunagakure. Therefore, when Konoha stopped the war against Sunagakure, Iwagakure He will retreat."

"However, after being almost beaten to his hometown, Sunagakure probably won't let him go."

"The battlefield will probably be moved to the Bird Country between the two."

Tenten nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, as long as Konoha withdraws, it is meaningless for Iwagakure and Sunagakure to continue fighting. However, people are all emotional. Even if Sunagakure's senior management can look at the problem rationally and choose to stop, But the anger of the people below needs to be extinguished. Moreover, the Kingdom of Wind has almost been conquered, and the daimyo may not be willing to let it go."

"Yes, that's the difficulty of the problem, but that was after Konoha retreated."

Shikaku took the topic and continued: "The current situation is that Sunagakure doesn't know that we don't want war. Now they are eager to sue for peace. The initiative is in our hands."

"As long as we negotiate with the other party's envoy, we can add the condition that Sunagakure must cease war with Iwagakure."

"I would have forgotten this if you didn't tell me. Not only can Sunagakure and Iwagakure cease fighting, but you can also make them betray Akatsuki. At least you can use this to kill one or two members of the Akatsuki team."

Tiantian tapped his head lightly and suddenly realized something.

"But what if Iwagakure gives up and wants to continue fighting?"

"No, a war without benefits cannot happen, unless it is a situation like Sunagakure where the country is almost destroyed. And even if Iwagakure can't think of continuing the war with Sunagakure, we can send envoys to threaten us. As long as we don't cease the war, we can Let’s unite with Sunagakure to attack Iwagakure. This way there will be no chance of a war.”

"Well, that's true, but" Tiantian hesitated.

"In this way, you will almost offend the other party. If you want to launch a five-kage negotiation to deal with Akatsuki, you will basically not be able to succeed."

Lu Jiu continued to add: "If you want the other four shadows to participate in the five shadow talks to deal with Akatsuki together, you must either let them see that such an action can be profitable, or let them realize the danger of Akatsuki, and it cannot be too small. In addition, There is no other way.”

Tiantian lowered his head and pondered, thinking about the pros and cons of Shikaku's countermeasures. After about ten minutes, he sighed: "Let's do it this way. Do you have a specific action plan?"

Tiantian had to admit that Lujiu's method was already the best, at least she couldn't think of a better strategy.

"Well, first we have to wait."

Just as Shikaku was about to reveal his action plan, a member of the Intelligence Department broke in.

"Lord Hokage, there is an urgent message from Konoha."

As he spoke, he presented the scroll in his hand.

Hayate went down and took it, checked it up and down, and handed it over to Tiantian after finding no trap techniques or anything like that.

"Um"

After the other party nodded, Tiancai finally opened the scroll and read it carefully.

About half a minute later, Tiantian closed the scroll and said with a smile: "Things went more smoothly than expected."

"Is there any good news?" Shikaku asked.

"Um"

Tiantian nodded and said: "Sunagakure's peace envoy has arrived in Konoha. The other party has shown a low profile and is willing to compensate our losses in this war in exchange for a truce."

"I see. In this way, whether it is a condition of betraying Akatsuki or asking for a truce with Iwagakure, the other party will easily agree."

After all, Konoha's losses this time were not small. Although overall there were not many casualties, the economic losses were particularly serious. The villages were half destroyed, the border cities were damaged by the war, and the military supplies allocated by the army were not small figures.

If you are willing to spend such a high price in exchange for an armistice, the two additional insignificant conditions are trivial.

but

"If Hokage-sama must initiate the Five Kage Conference to deal with Akatsuki, I don't think we can ask for compensation from Sunagakure."

"why"

"Sincerity."

Shikaku paused as he spoke, collected his thoughts and continued: "Sagakure, like other countries, has little interest in conquering Akatsuki. For them, doing so is thankless. Only by showing sincerity to the other party can it be done. OK."

"Well, you are right, then I will do as you say."

Tenten thought for a while and agreed to Shikaku's suggestion, then added: "There is also good news."

"Kirigakure sent a messenger and wanted me to participate in the Five Kage Talks on the first day of next month."

"what"

The people below were confused.

Shikaku was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses and asked: "The Mizukage wants to initiate the Five Shadows Conference, why?"

"Discuss how to deal with Xiao."

"This"

Several people looked at each other, and after a while, Yamanaka Haiichi asked: "Has the Akatsuki organization done anything worthy of their attention in Kirigakure's territory?"

"The messenger of Kirigakure didn't say anything, but hum."

Tiantian looked at everyone mysteriously and smiled: "But I know the reason, but this kind of thing should not be spread too much, otherwise Kirigakure will lose face."

"Hokage-sama, with all due respect, the more we can prove Akatsuki's danger at this time, the more likely we are to initiate the Five Kage Conference against Akatsuki. Therefore, this is not the time to consider face, not to mention we are not the ones losing face."

Hearing this, Tiantian fell into deep thought, and after a moment he muttered: "You are right, maybe I should announce Xiao's power and purpose, although people in other countries will not believe it, and it may also cause harm to myself. It’s a chaotic situation, but at least it will make them wary of Akatsuki.”

"Then, send an order back and agree to Sunagakure's truce agreement, and the other party will not have to compensate for the losses of this war, but they must have a truce with Iwagakure and betray Akatsuki."

"At the same time, I promised Kirigakure's envoy that I will attend the Five Kage Conference on the first of next month."

"Yes."

The order was passed and the entire camp began to operate. Because of the distance, Shikaku suggested sending people directly to Sunagakure to negotiate with Iwagakure at the same time.

Tian Tian accepted this suggestion and asked Shikaku to arrange manpower to do it.

"The next step is to wait for news."

Tiantian sat at his desk and thought carefully about whether there was anything he had missed. At this time, an intelligence officer broke into the account again.

"Sorry, Hokage-sama, Kumogakure's large army is marching towards the Kingdom of Yu. The Kingdom of Yu cannot resist and sent an envoy to the village to ask for help."