I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 392 Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts Sold Separately?!

The sale of tailed beasts is a matter of great importance and cannot be decided lightly.

Furthermore, the "price" for purchasing the tailed beasts needs to be carefully considered by each buyer based on the actual situation of the village.

The purpose of acquiring the tailed beasts is to enhance the overall strength of the village.

But if the village becomes impoverished and in debt because of the tailed beasts... wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?

Using the "Tailed Beast Trade" as a pretext, Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly observed the shadows of several other villages.

The Kazekage and Sunagakure undoubtedly have the lowest demand for tailed beasts.

Luo Sha was even reluctant to get involved in the topic.

The reason is also very simple.

Sunagakure already has a One-Tailed Beast.

One tail is enough.

It's definitely not because the village is poor and can't afford tailed beasts, nor is it because they can't stand other nouveau riche buying and selling tailed beasts...

As for the other three villages...

The Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Stone Village have roughly the same attitude towards pursuing the Tailed Beasts.

The Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure appears to be the most eager to accept the "tailed beast purchase qualification" offered by Konoha.

However, the Hidden Cloud Village has always been extremely persistent in its pursuit of power.

Troy's performance did not arouse Hiruzen Sarutobi's suspicion.

Several Kage engaged in a heated debate over the "tailed beast trade."

Even by mealtime, no specific rules had been agreed upon.

Mifune, the meeting's host and moderator, seeing that it was getting late, suggested that the meeting be adjourned temporarily and resumed the next day.

There are too many major issues to discuss at the Five Shadows Summit, and it won't be over anytime soon.

The Kage who came to attend the meeting were all mentally prepared to stay in the Land of Iron for ten days to half a month.

Upon hearing Mifune's suggestion, the five Kage exchanged greetings and left the meeting room one after another.

The temporary residence of the Konoha envoy group.

As Hiruzen Sarutobi gazed out the window at the Iron Country-style buildings, he recalled the contents of the meeting that had taken place during the day.

After a while, he turned around and looked at Nara Shikaku and Namikaze Minato, who were standing quietly beside him.

These two can be considered Hiruzen Sarutobi's current "right and left hands".

After discussing the contents of today's meeting with his "left and right hands," he also pondered the thoughts of the other villages.

Finally, Hiruzen Sarutobi reluctantly looked at Shikaku Nara and slowly began to speak.

"Shikaku, send the thoughts of Kumogakure and the other villages back to your village."

A sudden inspiration struck Nara Shikaku.

What are you thinking!

Isn't it just that a few other villages want to reclaim their tailed beasts?

ho-

The Five-Tailed King Kokuo is already a member of the Nara clan! Forever and ever, he belongs to the Nara clan!

"Yes."

Nara Shikaku lowered his head and responded.

While despising the Iwagakure ninjas' delusions, he also realized Hiruzen Sarutobi's true intentions.

The so-called "transmitting information back to the village" is actually...

"I'll contact the clan chief right away."

……

Konoha, Kikyo Castle.

"Uchiha Madara and the Tailed Beasts?"

Nara Rinka lay sprawled on the tatami mat in his house, propping his chin up with one hand, lazily watching the old clan chief who had come to deliver the news.

"Is this really all the Five Shadows Summit was about?"

Seeing Nara Rinka's lazy and listless appearance, Nara Kano's lips moved as if he wanted to say something.

But then it suddenly dawned on him that he seemed to do the same thing when he was at home...

That's alright then.

"The Five Kage Summit, to put it bluntly, is just the leaders of five villages getting together to discuss things."

Nara Kano sat cross-legged on the tatami mat and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

"This time it just happened to coincide with the end of the war..."

"Uchiha Madara was an unexpected situation; the tailed beasts are the unavoidable problem."

"It's not just about the tailed beasts, but also the distribution of post-war profits, the handling of prisoners... In short, there will definitely be a lot of troubles afterward."

"Slurp—the deer must be exhausted from all this time!"

Elder, when you "love" your son, could you please refrain from sipping tea?

It looks like they didn't put any effort into it at all!

Nara Rinkazu forced himself to sit up straight and poured himself a cup of tea.

"We don't need to worry about Madara Uchiha's problem. As for the Tailed Beasts, the Third Hokage sent Shikaku back with a message—was he after Koku-oh?"

"He dares!?"

Nara Kano glared, adopting an even more furious posture than when she had just been feeling sorry for her son, but it vanished in an instant.

"King Mu belongs to our family."

"The Nine-Tails and the Three-Tails have been sealed away."

"In my opinion, the Third Hokage probably wants to sell the Eight-Tails. And the reason he sought your opinion is probably because the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is your prisoner."

As the previous Jonin squad leader, Nara Kano spent many years with Sarutobi Hiruzen and had a deep understanding of his personality.

While analyzing the reasons, Nara Kano also casually analyzed why Sarutobi Hiruzen had this tendency.

The sheer number of tailed beasts poses too great a potential risk, and the war will result in severe losses...

"These are roughly the reasons."

"Kirabi and the Eight-Tails..."

Nara Rinkazu held a teacup in his hand and glanced at the old clan chief.

"Elder Chief, what's your opinion on this matter?"

"What can I say?"

Nara Kano rolled her eyes, not wanting to make her presence known on such a peculiar issue.

"I'm neither the clan leader nor the Hokage. You make the decision yourself!"

If we consider Nara Kano's true intentions, he would prefer to resell the Eight-Tails.

Leaving aside all the reasons I just analyzed.

Most importantly, Nara Kano knew that his own Nara Forest also "imprisoned" a Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

The Hidden Cloud Village only has two tailed beasts in total.

Eight tails and two tails.

They're all in Konoha now.

There isn't a single one left in Kumogakure!

If we could take this opportunity, we could sell the Eight-Tails back to Kumogakure.

Then Kumogakure owns the eight tails.

Kirigakure has six tails, Iwagakure has four tails, and Sunagakure has one tail.

Apart from the strongest village, Konoha, the other four villages have once again formed a "Tailed Beast Balance," and this balance is even more even than before.

This "one superpower and many strong powers" world order is definitely beneficial to the overall situation of the ninja world.

The First Hokage probably distributed (sold) the seven tailed beasts he captured to other villages for the same reason.

of course.

This is merely Nara Kano's personal opinion.

He had no intention of interfering with his family's new patriarch's decision on such matters.

"The reasons given by the third generation do sound quite reasonable."

Nara pondered for a moment while admiring the cassia tree.

"In principle, I do not object to selling the Eight-Tails back to Kumogakure."

For Nara Rinka, the greatest value of Killer Bee and the Eight-Tails Gyūki probably lies in the "Eight-Tails Chakra".

As for the rest...

The Nara Raikage looted almost all the secret techniques of Kumogakure.

There aren't any useful scrolls dropping from Killer Bee anymore.

The same principle applies to the eight tails.

Tailed Beasts may seem very powerful, but strictly speaking, their abilities are actually quite limited.

Besides the Tailed Beast Ball, the Eight-Tails Gyūki also possesses abilities such as spitting ink and flicking tentacles.

Nara Langui had absolutely no interest in it.

Let's just make use of it!

but.

It also depends on how much Kumogakure and Hiruzen Sarutobi are willing to pay in the "Eight-Tails deal".

If the offer is too low, Nara Rangsuke wouldn't mind keeping Killer Bee locked up in Konoha's prison for life.

Human Jinchūriki are not a major consumer of resources.

Even if Killer Bee were locked up in prison for the rest of his life, it would just be another mouth to feed.

The old clan chief was unaware of Nara Rinka's true thoughts. Upon hearing the latter's words, he assumed that the other party also understood the significance of the "Tailed Beast Balance Strategy."

"Should I reply to Shikaku now?"

"Okay, no problem. Please ask the old clan chief and Brother Shikaku to tell them that Kumogakure wants the Eight-Tails back, but they'll have to pay extra!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing."

Nara Rinka thought for a moment, and before the old clan chief could get up, he spoke again.

"Could we sell the Eight-Tails and its Jinchuriki separately?"

Ok? ? ?

Several question marks appeared on Nara Kano's forehead.

How else can these Jinchūriki be sold separately?

Sell an arm today, and a leg the day after tomorrow?

"Elder, I don't think I mentioned this to you before? Didn't I capture Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, before?"

Seeing the old clan chief's bewildered expression, Nara Rinka quickly realized his doubts and hurriedly explained.

"Later I freed King Mu from Han's body."

"But Han didn't die directly from this; he's still alive and well."