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

Chapter 408 The Five Kage Summit Ends!

Time flows like water, passing by quietly.

Uchiha Shisui's daily activities took place near Konoha Hospital, where he was responsible for secretly monitoring Uchiha Obito's living conditions.

In the underground research institute's prison, Han painstakingly studied the secret technique of "Corpse Demon Sealing," intending to master it as soon as possible.

Yecang trained hard day after day, sweating profusely, his mind and body constantly being bombarded with new knowledge.

Nara Ranka was living a carefree life at the Kikyo Orphanage, eating chicken during the day and taking medicine at night.

Everyone has a bright future.

On this day, in the Land of Iron.

The Five Shadows Summit, which lasted for nearly half a month, has finally come to an end.

The five village leaders, each with their own followers, returned to their respective homes and went to find their mothers.

The plans and strategies discussed at the Five Kage Summit were taken back by the Kage of each village.

Leaf.

After a long and arduous journey, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions returned safely to the village.

After a short rest, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Shikaku Nara to summon the Nara clan patriarch from his boudoir to the Hokage Building.

Several days have passed.

Nara Rinka stepped into the Hokage's office once again.

Looking at the other person's calm and relaxed expression, Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose face still bore the marks of time, couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He devoted himself to the Land of Iron, striving for the benefit of Konoha, and often found it difficult to close his eyes before dawn.

But this kid is fine, carefree and relaxed, seemingly without any worry or concern about what happened with Orochimaru and Danzo.

How so?

They truly live up to their reputation as Nara ninjas.

Upon seeing Nara Rinka arrive, Nara Shikaku, who was standing beside Sarutobi Hiruzen, immediately nodded to him.

Nara Rinka returned a glance to his own people, then looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"My lord, you've worked hard."

Nara Shikaku's lips twitched slightly.

Chieftain, what you're saying sounds rather strange.

Hiruzen Sarutobi subconsciously stroked his goatee, feeling a strange sensation in his heart as well.

However, considering the many things that had been agreed upon at the Five Kage Summit, Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed this strange feeling in his heart.

"Lan Gui, I've called you here because there are some things I need to discuss with you personally."

Hiruzen Sarutobi began to explain calmly and unhurriedly.

The things he mentioned were nothing more than a few specific issues.

Ebizo of Sunagakure.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure.

There's also the Eight-Tails from Kumogakure and Killer Bee.

As for the other issues, such as "the Five-Tails of Iwagakure" and "the Steam Ninja," Hiruzen Sarutobi, knowing Nara's attitude of seeking glory, was unwilling to provoke him on this matter.

Things like "forming a joint perception force to search for the Land of Hot Springs" and "building a multinational joint prison within the Land of Grass" are not things that Nara Ranke needs to know right now.

Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't mentioned either.

"Let the Third Hokage deal with Ebizo of Sunagakure personally."

Nara Rinka's eyes flickered slightly as he recalled the Flame Fan he had recently retrieved from Uchiha Shisui.

"However, there is one thing: I gave Ebizo's personal ninja tool, the ninja fan that can enhance the power of wind release, to someone else."

Ebizo also has a ninja fan?

Oh, right, that old man seemed to have a big fan...

Why didn't we hear this intelligence when we captured Ebizo?

Hiruzen Sarutobi's lips twitched, and he guessed the reason in his heart.

It's likely that the fan fell into Nara Rangatsu's hands a long time ago... but we've never seen him use Wind Release!

strange!

"Sunagakure is willing to pay a certain price to redeem Ebizo from us."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded slightly, pretending not to have heard Nara Ranke mention the fan-shaped ninja tool.

"However, Sunagakure's resources are not very abundant, and it is rumored that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind intends to reduce Sunagakure's military spending..."

"They need some more time to raise the funds."

Sunagakure naturally hopes that Konoha can release Ebizo immediately.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi isn't stupid.

Not to mention that Sunagakure gained no advantage or was in a superior position on the front lines of the battlefield.

Do you want Konoha to release people for no reason?

Stop daydreaming!

Nara Rangke expressed his understanding of this.

He learned a great deal about the Five Kage Summit from Shikaku Nara.

During the Third Shinobi World War, every village suffered losses.

Because of Nara's victory, Konoha gained a certain advantage in all aspects of the main battle.

Logically speaking, Konoha could use this Five Kage Summit as an opportunity to extort a large sum of money from the other four villages.

In other words, it means making the other four villages pay war reparations to Konoha!

However, the other villages subtly united on this issue, rejecting Konoha's demand for compensation.

After the Five Shadows Conference, the villages only signed a ceasefire agreement.

However, Konoha did not gain any advantage in terms of war reparations, but it gained advantages in other areas.

There's nothing we can do about it; Konoha has enough cards to play.

"Ebizo", "Seven Ninja Swords", "Eight-Tails"... these are all cards in Konoha's hand.

Other villages that want to obtain these items must pay a price to Konoha.

As for seizing treasures from Konoha through war...

All three wars have already been fought.

Each village has a sufficient understanding of its own overall capabilities.

Attack Konoha?

What a load of crap!

Then the only option is to trade those "cards" from Konoha through political negotiations.

The reason why Sunagakure redeemed Ebizo is precisely this.

Money in exchange for the person.

"I wonder how long it will take Sunagakure to raise the funds; this village is just too poor..."

"I hope there's more time; Yekura is still making progress..."

Just as Nara was pondering this.

Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke again.

"The village intends to exchange it for the [Thunder Blade - Fang] from you."

The seven ninja swords of Kirigakure each have very distinct abilities and characteristics.

The famous Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist all made their names by relying on their individual ninja swords.

However, it must be admitted that...

Even among ninja swords, there are distinctions of superiority and inferiority.

Nara Rinka confiscated the [Ookado Samehada], [Souvenirana Hiramekarei], and [Nagatoki Sewing Needle].

The remaining four knives.

The [Decapitation Blade] has no special abilities other than being a bit hard and being able to repair itself.

The blunt sword, Helmeppo, even made Hiruzen Sarutobi wonder if it was just a filler sword from Kirigakure...

【Exploding Blade Droplets】 has a very distinct ability.

However, Konoha happens to possess a high-level summoning technique called [Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags].

The [Exploding Blade Spray] technique held very limited appeal for Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Only the [Lightning Blade - Fang] remains, which still has some use and can enhance the strength of Lightning Release ninjas.

After some consideration, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to exchange the [Raiden Kiba] from Nara Rinkazu.

As for the remaining three ninja swords, they were returned to Kirigakure.

Nara Rinkazu was not surprised by Hiruzen Sarutobi's request, and he looked at Nara Shikaku beside him.

"Brother Shikaku, you should know the location of those four ninja swords. I'll leave this matter to you."

Nara Shikaku nodded in agreement.

At the end of the conversation, Hiruzen Sarutobi twirled his beard.

"Lan Gui, can you really extract the Eight-Tails from the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure without harming him?"

"It's worth a try."

Nara Rinka said calmly.

"What are the thoughts of the Hidden Cloud Village?"

"Kumakuya... their decision is a bit strange."

Seeing that Nara Rinkazuki hadn't gone into details, Hiruzen Sarutobi dropped the matter.

"Kumakure intends to redeem Killer Bee from us first, rather than the Eight-Tails."

(End of this chapter)