Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 67 Bargaining chips

In the Konoha camp, Yagura, under the protection of Kisame and the watchful eyes of the Konoha ninjas, stepped into the command center.

Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze was already waiting for him.

Seeing him coming, Minato stood up from his chair and pointed to the position in front of him.

"Mr. Yagura, please take a seat."

"Ah."

Yagura nodded, glanced at Hinata Yu who was behind Namikaze Minato on the left, then calmly looked away, sat down at the "negotiation table", and spoke first: "How is the Third Generation now?"

"Of course we will treat him with courtesy." Minato smiled and said, "After the peace talks, we will send him back to Kirigakure."

After saying that, Minato said no more, and did not mention the other captives of Kirigakure. He just looked at Yagura quietly, as if waiting for him to speak first.

"Don't think about gaining any advantage at the negotiation table. Negotiations between ninja villages are based on strength. We are the losers. Arguing with reason will only put us at a greater disadvantage. The most important thing is to use facts and interests to make the other party give in and preserve the foundation of the village."

Thinking of the Master's experience, Yagura relaxed his hands under the table, gave up the idea of ​​probing, and stared at Minato, "Konoha won beautifully this time, but the combat power it showed was too strong, which will further arouse the fear of other ninja villages."

"I hope that Konoha can return the two tailed beasts of Kirigakure, and then Kirigakure and Konoha will become allies and advance and retreat together."

Minato shook his head, "The covenant is just a piece of waste paper. You want to take back the tailed beast without any evidence. Lord Yagura is not that naive, right?"

"Kisame."

Yagura looked back at Kisame behind him, who understood and took out a document and a scroll and handed them to him.

Yagura took it and placed it in front of Minato.

Seeing this, Minato narrowed his eyes and picked up the document to read it.

There were not many words on it. It was a letter. Minato finished reading it in just half a minute. His brows slightly furrowed. "Is the content of this letter true?"

Yagura replied, "Her body is in the scroll next to it. You can check it, Hokage-sama."

Minato frowned even deeper and subconsciously handed the document to Hinata Yu beside him.

From this detail, Yagura saw Minato's trust in Hinata Yu, and he couldn't help but lower his eyebrows and said, "This is the advance payment, you should need it, right?"

These words seemed to be spoken to Minato, but also seemed to be spoken to someone else.

Hinata Yu had already read the contents of the letter and nodded to Minato, "It's true that the prestige of the Fourth Kazekage at that time was not enough to suppress the Sand Village."

Hearing this, Minato looked at the scroll with dark eyes.

Is this the fate of the Sand Village hero?

As one of the strongest men in Sunagakure, he was betrayed by the village and handed over to Kirigakure for disposal... Now his body has become a bargaining chip. It's really sad.

Seeing that Minato looked a little unhappy, Yagura could understand his feelings. In order to avoid affecting the peace talks, he took the initiative to explain:

"After Sand Village lost the Third Kazekage, we, Kirigakure and Kumogakure, launched an offensive against it. The Burning Release Ye Cangru caused great damage to our Kirigakure on the battlefield."

"Later, the Fourth Kazekage took the initiative to propose peace talks. The condition proposed by the pro-war faction in our village was to let them hand over Ye Cang. That was originally just a statement to disgust the Sand Village. In fact, the pro-war faction did not want to stop the war at all. Who knew..."

At this point, Yagura sighed.

Who would have known that the Fourth Kazekage and the Sunagakure high-level officials would actually leave Ye Cang to them for disposal.

He felt chilled when he learned that a strong man with the prestige and strength to serve as a shadow was handed over to the enemy country.

The Sunagakure has not reached the end of its rope. The reason why Ye Cang became the hero of Sunagakure is that she blocked the attack of Kirigakure very well.

For the sake of peace, they have to dismantle their own military power to resist the enemy country... No wonder Sand Village has always been the weakest of all ninja villages. How dirty.

Hearing what Yagura said, Minato suddenly felt very lucky.

When he needed support the most, his teacher, his wife, the Sandai, Fugaku, Hinata Hane and others stood behind him.

Even Orochimaru, his senior who was also his rival for the title of Hokage, took the initiative to step back.

Because of them, he was able to move forward steadily step by step, without being trapped in the whirlpool of politics and turning into ashes.

Thinking of this, Minato felt warm in his heart, and his smile became brighter, and he said to Yagura: "We are all very lucky."

Yagura was stunned and nodded slightly.

"Yeah...we're lucky."

Kisame had asked him how he had persuaded the Master to offer his support.

In fact, he did not persuade, but sought help from the elder.

As an eyewitness of the war, he spoke of the dangers of continuing the war to Kirigakure, hoping that the elder could help him stop the Third Mizukage.

He never thought at that time that Master Yuan would personally go to the battlefield to stop the war.

It was Master Yuan who blocked all the dissatisfaction for him, pushed him to this position, and obtained the opportunity for peace talks.

Although he is the temporary Mizukage, as long as this peace talk can regain some foundation for Kirigakure, the position of the Fourth Mizukage will be his.

"You are the future of the village. If the position of Mizukage is not given to you, do you want me to take it? You are the first one to ask me for help. It is enough that you care about Kirigakure. If there are any matters that are difficult to handle, I can teach you."

Thinking of the elder's words, Yagura smiled and said in a deep voice:

"The letter doesn't prove anything, but the body is different. In order to study Scorch Release and gain more benefits from Sand Village in the future, Ye Cang's body was preserved very well. We can still find many problems from the body."

Ye Cang had never experienced any battle before his death. He was killed by a sneak attack, which can be seen from the body.

Not to mention the ability to retrieve memories.

Although it is impossible to bring down the Fourth Kazekage who has gradually gained a foothold, it is still possible to make him pay some price as a bargaining chip.

such as……

"In the Five Kage Conference, you want to profit from Kumogakure and Iwagakure. With Kirigakure and Sunagakure on Konoha's side, it will be much easier, right?"

Hearing this, Minato glanced at Hinata Yu beside him and said with a smile:
"It seems you have some good assistants too."

"It's the elder," Yagura corrected, "It seems you are satisfied with this gift."

"It's a good price as an advance payment, but if you want to get the tailed beast back..."

Yagura interrupted, "One! We in Kirigakure only need to retrieve one tailed beast."

"Kirigakure still remembers the price of buying a tailed beast in the first Five Kage Tournament. I can buy one back for double the price, and I will double the compensation for the damage to Konoha in this war. You can keep the tailed beast until the money is paid."

"But I hope you can release... Mei Terumi first!"

Minato raised his brows and nodded, "Okay."

Yagura was obviously much more relaxed. "I will initiate the Five Kage Tournament in five months and invite all the major hidden villages. Where will the venue be? The Land of Iron?"

Minato shook his head, "No, the Five Kage Tournament will be held in... the Land of the Rain!"

(End of this chapter)