In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 193 Negotiation
"The Third Master is right."

No matter what the leader answers, it will definitely not be wrong.

"War is a political means, negotiation is also a political means. For Konoha, if the cost of negotiation is less than that of a war, then Konoha will agree."

"As for the range of this price, there are two scenarios: victory and defeat. If Konoha wins, how much will Konoha gain in the end? If Konoha loses, how much will it lose? If Konoha thinks it has a greater chance of losing, then it will naturally be willing to pay more. As for whether this bottom line can be reached, it depends on the specific process of the negotiation."

The Third Kazekage nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

"Keep talking."

Qingshui had no choice but to continue:
"Konoha's goal is to prevent the outbreak of war, but we don't know what the bottom line is. If we want to gain enough benefits in the negotiations, we should also set our own bottom line and goals. If the bottom line is approached and the goal is not achieved, peace talks will not be achieved. As for what our bottom line and goals are, it depends on what we need now and what the enemy has."

"The Land of Fire is rich in resources and has a developed business. As long as the request is not too much, Konoha will definitely agree to a certain amount of materials and funds."

"Then there is the territory and the share of missions. This is the foundation for a ninja village to survive. Konoha has already given up some areas in the previous war and reduced its sphere of influence. If we press them step by step in this regard, they might prefer to fight. I think as long as we retain an appropriate buffer zone, we can stop while we are ahead."

At this time, an elder asked:
"In that case, wouldn't the benefits we can obtain be very limited?"

"No, Elder Yanjie, we are just exchanging a part of our benefits for the benefits we need more."

The Third Kazekage asked immediately:

"Then what do you think our Sand Village needs most right now?"

"Sealing technique."

The long paragraph of preparation before Qingshui is just for these three words.

The Third Kazekage was silent for a moment. He didn't expect Shimizu to give this answer, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that sealing techniques were indeed what the Sand Village lacked most right now.

At the beginning of its establishment, Sand Village was among the top five ninja villages in terms of sealing techniques due to its research on the spell on Shukaku.

However, later on, the Uzushio Village was destroyed, and its accumulation of sealing techniques was divided up by the major ninja villages. Each village reaped a great harvest, except for the Sand Village, which entered the market late and did not even get a sip of hot soup, let alone meat, which led to its backwardness in this regard.

The current One-Tail Jinchuriki, Furufuku, is quite old and weak, and it seems clear that he won't be able to suppress the One-Tail for many more years.

The Sand Village does need powerful sealing techniques to prepare for the next generation of Jinchūriki.

If they could cultivate a Jinchūriki who could stably control the power of the tailed beasts, then the Sand Village would not be so easily cut off in the number of Kage-level strongmen.

"Luo Sha, what do you think?"

The Third Kazekage asked Luo Sha again.

"Third-hand teacher, I...I think what Shimizu Jonin said is right."

Luo Sha felt that what Qingshui said made sense.

He could only think of gaining as much benefit as possible in the negotiations, but his thoughts were far from being so detailed.

Seeing Luo Sha's appearance, the Third Kazekage remained expressionless, but a trace of disappointment flashed across his heart.

Whether it's knowledge or ability, I've been outdone by my juniors...

"Then do as Qingshui said. Qingshui, Ye Cang, if you feel there is anything wrong or want to add something during this negotiation, please speak up when the time comes."

The Third Kazekage waved his hand and said, "Yes, Lord Third!"

Qingshui and Ye Cang immediately saluted.

In the field, several elders seemed to have noticed something and exchanged secret glances with each other.

At the same time, Shimizu also synchronized his memory with the incarnation of the DC world, asking him to find a negotiation expert in the shortest time possible.

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Demons destroy the world.

In a cleaned-out house.

Qingshui dropped a drop of ghost blood collected from Yuhu into the culture medium, and then used the fluorescent light at the side to shine on it.

A faint blood mist rose up, gradually withered into ashes, and disappeared into the air. The blood drops were also slowly getting smaller.

"Fluorescent lamps can also have a certain effect on upper-rank ghosts, but considering the recovery speed of upper-rank ghosts, it is difficult to kill them with the strength of fluorescent lamps."

Qingshui took out another magnifying glass and placed it under the fluorescent light.

The light converges, the light intensity rises, and the evaporation rate of the blood drops increases rapidly.

"It takes about 1.4 seconds, which is 1.2 seconds faster than the original fluorescent lamp and 0.7 seconds slower than under sunlight conditions. The light intensity does have a great impact, but the larger factor should be the wavelength composition."

"Mixed with a certain amount of orangutan fine sand in the phosphide and mercury vapor on the inner wall of the fluorescent lamp, it does make the spectrum of the fluorescent lamp more continuous and closer to sunlight, but it should not be excessive, otherwise it will affect the intensity of the light. The ratio should be within the range of..."

While Qingshui was taking notes on the experiment, he looked at another five-test tube.

Inside the test tube, a piece of meat was lying there quietly.

This was cultivated by him using his own blood and a drop of Douma's blood. It possesses powerful immortality. Neither the Sun Blade nor the sunlight can destroy this piece of flesh, forcing Shimizu to seal it with a sealing technique.

Fortunately, the blood content of Muzan inside is very small, and the nutrients it can absorb from the outside world are limited. He also sealed it in time, otherwise it would be hard to say what would happen.

This is also one of the reasons why Qingshui is eager to obtain high-level sealing techniques.

Because relying solely on his own level of sealing skills, the seal might become ineffective in a few years, and it would be too troublesome to maintain the seal every few months.

"My blood is fused with ghost blood, so it is indeed not afraid of sunlight, but my blood will also face a serious ghost phenomenon, and will unconsciously devour all the blood around it. It can be predicted that if I use ghost blood now, I will probably become like those ghosts, with my body mutated and my personality becoming cruel. Most importantly..."

Qingshui put down his pencil, opened the window and looked at the starry sky outside.

"If you want to become a demon, you must use Muzan's blood, but this will make you controlled by Muzan. Although Nezuko in the original time and space overcame the influence of sunlight and Muzan, I am not willing to take the risk. If I am really controlled by Muzan, that would be troublesome."

There is a solution, actually.

In the original work, Shinobu Kocho and Tamayo developed a drug that can turn demons back into humans. This means that humans and demons can be transformed into each other, and in the process of demons turning back into humans, those negative factors will definitely be stripped away.

If we can master the production method of this medicine and study it, there is still hope.

(End of this chapter)