Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 67 Bargaining Chips

At the Konoha camp, Yagura, protected by Kisame and watched by Konoha ninja, stepped into the command center.

Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze was already waiting for him.

Upon seeing him arrive, Minato rose from his chair and pointed to the spot in front of him.

"Lord Yagura, please have a seat."

"Um."

Yagura nodded, glanced at Hyuga Yu to the left and behind Namikaze Minato, then subtly looked away, sat down at the "negotiation table," and spoke first: "How is the Third Hokage now?"

"We will naturally treat him with courtesy," Minato said with a smile. "After the peace talks, we will send him back to Kirigakure."

After saying that, Minato said no more, not mentioning the other captured people from Kirigakure, but just quietly looking at Yagura, as if waiting for him to speak first.

"Don't try to gain any advantage at the negotiating table. Negotiations between ninja villages are about strength. We are the losers; arguing based on reason will only put us at a greater disadvantage. The most important thing is to use facts and benefits to get the other side to back down and preserve the village's foundation."

Recalling Master Yuan's words of experience, Yagura relaxed his hand under the table, abandoning the idea of ​​probing, and stared at Minato. "Konoha won beautifully this time, but the strength they displayed was too great, which will further arouse the fear of other ninja villages."

"I hope Konoha can return the two tailed beasts to Kirigakure, and then Kirigakure and Konoha will become allies and fight side by side."

Minato shook his head. "The alliance is just a piece of paper. You think you can take back the Tailed Beasts without any proof? Lord Yagura, you're not that naive, are you?"

Kisame.

Yagura glanced back at Kisame behind him, who understood and handed him a document and a scroll.

Yagura took it and placed it in front of Minato.

Seeing this, Minato squinted and picked up the document to read it.

The letter contained only a few words, and Minato finished reading it in just half a minute, his brow furrowing slightly. "Is the content of this letter true?"

Yagura replied, "Her body is in the scroll next to it. You may examine it, Hokage."

Minato frowned even more deeply and subconsciously handed the document to Hyuga Yu beside him.

From this detail, Yagura saw Minato's trust in Hyuga Hare, and couldn't help but lower his eyes slightly, saying, "This is the advance payment; you should need it, right?"

This statement seems to be addressed to Minato, but it also sounds like it was said to someone else.

Hinata Yu had already finished reading the letter and nodded to Minato, "It's true that the Fourth Kazekage's prestige at the time was insufficient to suppress Sunagakure."

Upon hearing this, Minato looked at the scroll with a dark expression.

Is this the fate of the heroes of Sunagakure?

As one of the strongest shinobi in Sunagakure, he was betrayed by the village and handed over to Kirigakure for disposal... Now his corpse has become a bargaining chip, how pathetic.

Seeing that Minato's expression was somewhat unpleasant, Yagura understood his feelings and, in order to avoid affecting the peace talks, took the initiative to explain:

"After Sunagakure lost the Third Kazekage, both Kirigakure and Kumogakure launched attacks against it. Pakura's Scorching Release technique caused great damage to 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 that they hand over Pakura. That was originally just a way to disgust Sunagakure. In fact, the pro-war faction never wanted to stop the war. Who knew..."

At this point, Yagura sighed.

Who knew that the Fourth Kazekage and the Sunagakure leadership would actually hand over Pakura to them for disposal?

When he learned that a powerful figure with prestige and strength sufficient to serve as a Kage had been handed over to an enemy country, he felt a chill in his heart.

Sunagakure was not yet at its wit's end. Pakura became a hero of Sunagakure because she effectively blocked the attack of Kirigakure.

For the sake of peace, they crippled their military strength to resist enemy countries... No wonder Sunagakure has always been the weakest of all ninja villages.

That's really filthy.

Upon hearing Yagura's words, Minato suddenly felt very lucky.

When he needed support the most, his teacher, his wife, the Third Hokage, Fugaku, Hyuga Hare, and others stood behind him.

Even Orochimaru, his senior and fellow rival for Hokage, took a step back.

Because of them, he was able to steadily make his way through the political maelstrom without getting caught up in it and turning to ashes.

Thinking of this, Minato felt a warmth in his heart, and his smile became even brighter as he said to Yagura, "We are both very lucky."

Yagura paused for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"Yes...we are very lucky."

Kisame once asked him how he persuaded Master Yuan to provide support.

Actually, he didn't try to persuade him; instead, he sought help from the elder.

As a participant in this war, he recounted the dangers that continuing the war would pose to Kirigakure, hoping that the elder could help him stop the Third Mizukage.

He never imagined that Yuan Shi would personally step onto the battlefield to stop the war.

It was Master Yuan who shielded him from all the discontent, pushed him into this position, and secured the opportunity for peace talks.

He is said to be the acting Mizukage, but as long as this peace talks can help Kirigakure regain some of its strength, the position of Fourth Mizukage will be his.

"You are the future of the village. If I don't give you the position of Mizukage, do you expect me to take it? You're the first person to ask me for help, showing your loyalty to Kirigakure. That's enough. If there are any matters you can't handle, I'll teach you."

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

"That letter doesn't prove anything, but the body is different. In order to study the Scorching Release and to gain more benefits from Sunagakure in the future, Pakura's body was well preserved, and we can still find many problems from the body."

Yekura died without having engaged in any combat; she was ambushed and killed, a fact that can be discerned from her body.

Not to mention it can also extract memories.

While it's impossible to bring down the Fourth Kazekage, who is gradually gaining a foothold, it's still possible to make him pay some price as a bargaining chip.

such as……

"If you want to profit from the Five Kage Summit by taking advantage of Kumogakure and Iwagakure, it will be much easier with Kirigakure and Sunagakure on Konoha's side, right?"

Upon hearing this, Minato glanced at Hyuga Yu beside him and said with a smile:

"It seems you have some good assistants."

"It's an elder," Yagura corrected. "It seems you're satisfied with this gift."

"The price as an advance payment is acceptable, but if we want to get the Tailed Beasts back..."

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

"The Hidden Mist Village still remembers the price paid for the Tailed Beasts during the first Five Kage Summit. I can buy them back for double the price, and I will also compensate Konoha double for the damages they suffered in this war. You may retain the Tailed Beasts until all this money is paid."

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

Minato raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Okay."

Yagura appeared much more relaxed. "I will initiate the Five Kage Summit in five months, inviting all the hidden villages. Where should we hold it? The Land of Iron?"

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

(End of this chapter)