I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 745 He talks a big game of righteousness, but his heart is set on business.

"How did it go? What did they say?"

Inside the Hokage's office, Tatsuma and Tobirama appeared. Tatsuma glanced at Tsunade, who was fast asleep on the table, and then turned his gaze to Tobirama Senju. Tobirama Senju's face darkened, and he asked Shizune, who was busy and overwhelmed.

Shizune looked up amidst her busyness and saw that it was the two people who had arrived. She was momentarily at a loss for what to do. She wanted to greet them, but then she noticed Tsunade's drunken state and wanted to wake her up.

At the same time, she had to answer the questions posed by Tobirama Senju. After a flurry of activity, Shizune finally managed to sort out her thoughts. First of all, Tsunade didn't need to be woken up.

After all, it's difficult to wake Tsunade when she's drunk and asleep. If you do wake her, she might act crazy and be grumpy, which would probably only make her look worse. Besides, whether Tsunade is awake or not has absolutely no impact on the village's administrative or diplomatic work.

After calming down, Shizune first bowed to the two of them before saying, "I have already sent letters to other villages and ninja organizations, but their responses have not been positive."

In particular, Kumogakure and Iwagakure directly refused our request to collect blood samples from their past Kage and powerful ninjas. Kirigakure and the Fire Temple, among other organizations, declined on the grounds that they did not want to disturb the rest of their ancestors or that they could not find samples.

Sunagakure agreed, but they didn't leave any records, so we'll have to find them ourselves. However, after checking the records, I think the only ones we can find are Chiyo and Sasori, since they died not long ago.

Even without special preservation, some samples can be collected. Of course, they said that Lord Orochimaru might have a sample of the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, but I haven't confirmed this information with Lord Orochimaru yet.

"snort!"

Tobirama Senju snorted with dissatisfaction and disdain, and Tatsuma shook his head, saying, "They still don't believe our claims, not even..."

Tatsuma paused for a moment and said, "Even if Madara Uchiha really comes back to life, they will probably think it's a conspiracy by our Konoha, or even a plan devised by you, Second Hokage, to weaken them."

Tobirama Senju pursed his lips and said, "Apart from Madara Uchiha, the others are possible."

Upon hearing this, the two exchanged knowing smiles. Although their reason for giving the other ninja villages was to resurrect those strong individuals first in order to avoid being exploited by the Eye of the Moon Project organization led by Obito Uchiha.

But both Tobirama and Tatsuma harbored malicious intentions, even if those ninja villages were truly willing to hand over the senbei's blood sample so that Orochimaru and Tobirama could undergo reincarnation.

Tatsuma and Tobirama wouldn't allow these people to act completely freely, because they are both Hokage, and both are extremely qualified Hokage, so their actions would definitely prioritize Konoha.

Although they are currently waving the banner of the greater good of the ninja world, once ninjas from other villages are reincarnated, these people will have to benefit Konoha.

If they were allowed to act freely, the former Kage or legendary ninjas of their respective villages would certainly favor their own, which is unacceptable to Tatsuma and Tobirama.

Therefore, it's not that the others are too short-sighted to refuse; it's just a decision made after analyzing and weighing the pros and cons, especially for Tobirama Senju.

Furthermore, even those like Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju could not predict just how powerful Madara Uchiha would be after his resurrection.

Even Hashirama Senju's attitude was that if Madara Uchiha dared to be resurrected, he would solve this problem for the ninja world, and he did not think that Madara Uchiha would cause a truly fatal blow to the ninja world.

This is something that Tatsuma cannot explain, nor can he convince anyone else.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, the power that the ninja world can currently integrate must be far greater than that of Uchiha Madara. So although they value it, they are not yet willing to give everything.

In this situation, neither desecrating their predecessors nor handing control over to Konoha, which was originally their enemy, is acceptable to them.

"Is this something I can say?"

Shizune stared blankly at the two of them, her filter shattering. After all, in her eyes, apart from Tsunade, who was an irresponsible Hokage, all the other Hokage were dutiful, kind, and benevolent.

But why do these two look like the mastermind villains from a movie? It must be my imagination! I've been working too much overtime!

Tatsuma didn't try to guess what Shizune was thinking, and said, "Shizune, arrange for someone to go to Sunagakure and bring back the samples they found. As for Lord Orochimaru..."

If he finds it troublesome, tell him that if he doesn't cooperate, the village will have to arrange for someone else to learn the Impure World Reincarnation, or I or the Second Hokage will do it for him.

"Huh? If others also learn the Impure World Reincarnation technique, wouldn't Lord Orochimaru have even more reason not to intervene?"

Shizune asked, puzzled. Tatsuma shook his head and said, "Lord Orochimaru is very important to the village, especially to its future, but right now, he doesn't have many bargaining chips."

This is also why I arranged for Shikaku and the others to thoroughly liquidate the village's assets. Lord Orochimaru's heart cannot be at peace until he has received the money.

He was indeed tired of the mundane work, but he also knew it was one of his few bargaining chips, his bargaining chips with the village, so he would delay, but he would absolutely not allow anyone else to take his place.

"I'll give him a slight threat, but the deadline is only from now until Shikaku finishes liquidating his assets. If there's any other work that needs Orochimaru's help with, please mention it as well. He won't let the village down."

Tobirama nodded, agreeing with Tatsuma's statement. In fact, what Orochimaru could do, Tatsuma and Tobirama could also do, but in the current situation, everyone was busy, and it was clearly not acceptable for Orochimaru to just wait to get a share of the pie.

Effort and reward are not necessarily proportional, but only proportional effort and reward can convince the masses. Tobirama can agree to Tatsuma's decision to allocate a large amount of village assets to Orochimaru, but Orochimaru must make an equal contribution.

This is also for the benefit of the rest of the village. Right now, Tatsuma and Tobirama are there, and they can suppress those voices, but once the two of them leave, they are very likely to target Orochimaru.

Orochimaru certainly won't lose anything, but he might leave in a fit of anger, perhaps even taking a large amount of the village's resources with him, which would be detrimental to Konoha.

Therefore, Tatsuma's arrangement was not only for a specific current matter, but also for the future, and Tobirama naturally supported such an arrangement.

Seeing this, Shizune nodded, feeling a little expectant, since she had never played the game of bullying others with her power before.

Although Tsunade was previously known as one of the Legendary Sannin, Shizune lived like a rat in the street while following Tsunade. Now that she has the support of two Hokage, Tatsuma and Tobirama, Shizune is eager to see what it feels like.

Shizune efficiently went to arrange the affairs, while Tatsuma looked at Tobirama and said, "Second Hokage, in the next few days, you may need to take the lead in the village's affairs."

Where are you planning to go?

"I suppose I could wander around the Land of Water and experience the scenery of another ninja world."

Tatsuma stood with his hands in his trench coat pockets, looking at the setting sun outside the window. Tobirama Senju squinted at him for a moment, then smiled and said, "Alright, cherish the time."

"I will arrive before the battle."

(End of this chapter)