The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

Perhaps everyone was curious about the outcome of the Five Shadows Conference. Not to mention half an hour, almost a quarter of an hour later, the seven elders who stayed in the village rushed to the Hokage's office one after another.

"Hokage-sama."

"Hokage-sama."

"..."

Everyone saluted Hanzo one after another.

When Hanzo saw that everyone was here, he did not continue to wait, but said in a concise and to the point: "Since everyone is here, then take a seat."

After all the elders were seated, Hanzo immediately took out the agreement signed by the Five Kage Conference from his ninja bag, passed it to Hashirama who was sitting on his left side, and said: "Everyone, please pass it on and read it first.

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So, except for Hanzo, Madara and Genji, the remaining seven elders took the agreement and read it over.

Gradually, surprise appeared on everyone's eyebrows.

Even the always resourceful Tobirama, or the calm and self-possessed old man like Senju Takeoka, or Uchiha Kazuya, couldn't help but widen their eyes.

It's not that everyone is not calm enough, it's because the agreement reached at this Five Kage Conference is unheard of in the entire known history of the ninja world.

The 20 billion in funds obtained from selling the tailed beast was nothing more than that. After all, everyone had already learned the news one day in advance.

What really scares the elders is the standing Five Kage Conference and the series of political and military agreements derived from it. This is also the focus of the diplomatic system of the Five Ninja Villages.

For example, the diplomatic system established between the five great powers is a mediation mechanism with in-laws as the medium. In essence, it is just a peacemaker.

Moreover, now that the famous governments in various countries do not control military force, the so-called mediation of conflicts is actually a dispute over face among noble lords.

In comparison, the diplomatic system established by the five major ninja villages is like the difference between children playing house and gangsters joining forces.

After the last elder read it, Hanzo put the agreement back and said at the same time: "Since everyone has finished reading it, let me say two things first."

Holding out two fingers, Hanzo continued: "First of all, you may also see that the key to the Five Shadows Conference system is to support the big countries with the power of small countries, so as to avoid wars between big countries. Therefore, next, the village will

We need to recruit enough younger brothers around us."

"But Hokage-sama, how should we conquer those small countries?" Kurama Canglan, the new advisor elder, asked at the right time.

Hanzo said with a faint smile: "It's very simple. As long as we help the ninja clans in small countries to jointly build villages and join the Five Kage Conference, we can have enough influence on these small ninja villages, and then pass

These small ninja villages maintain influence on those small countries."

"What about our goal?" The person who spoke this time was Katsumoto Shimada, the elder in charge of the Commercial Department.

After pondering for a moment, Hanzo said: "...there are four tentative targets: the country of Sichuan, the country of tea, the country of fields and the country of Taki."

After listening to Hanzo's words, all the elders began to think deeply.

The Country of Tea is easy to say. The Country of Tea is located on the peninsula at the southern tip of Konoha. It has only one neighboring country, Konoha, and is also far away from any other big country. It is reasonable for Konoha to get the Country of Tea easily.

The country of Tian is in a similar situation. It is located in the north of Konoha and is separated from other surrounding large countries by at least two small countries. It can be said that it is naturally within Konoha's sphere of influence.

But the country of Kawakawa and the country of Taki are not that simple.

The country of Kawakawa is located between Konoha and Sunagakure, and the country of Takino is located between Konoha and Iwagakure. Both countries are considered sacred places. If Konoha wants to get it, it must let the two major ninja villages give up.

"Hokage-sama, what should we do if Sunagakure and Iwagakure fight?" Uchiha Kazuya asked.

As the elder in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has a relatively strong say when it comes to foreign affairs.

Hanzo heard the words but shook his head indifferently, and said calmly: "We have many small countries between Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure. In addition to the country of Kawakawa and the country of Taki, there are also the country of grass, the country of birds, and the country of rain. The Country of Bears, the Country of Bears, etc. We only captured two small countries, which already gave face to the two major ninja villages."

Listening to Hanzo's words, the other elders couldn't help but sneered.

This is not how the account was calculated.

Kawa no Kuni and Taki no Kuni are the richest among this group of small countries, and their areas are also relatively large.

Although the other small countries are not ungrateful places, there is still a certain gap between them and these two countries.

However, the elders did not refute Hanzo.

Konoha's current strength significantly exceeds that of other ninja villages. Although the Five Kage Conference system has determined that Konoha is no longer suitable to threaten other ninja villages easily, but correspondingly, other ninja villages must also recognize Konoha's interests.

On the cake of the ninja world, it is natural for Konoha to take the biggest piece.

And in fact, there is no way Hanzo plans to conquer so many small countries.

The main reason is still Kirigakure.

There are only four small countries between Konoha, Kumogakure and Kirigakure: Moon Country, Yu Country, Whirlpool Country and Wave Country.

Among them, the country of Wave is too small and there is no possibility of establishing a ninja village.

Due to the special relationship between the Uzumaki Kingdom and the Senju clan, he became Konoha's younger brother early on.

In this way, even if Konoha does not intervene, there are only two younger brothers that Kumogakure and Kirigakure can compete for, namely, the Country of Moon and the Country of Yu.

Although the Kingdom of the Moon is good, its territory is not large and its output is limited. Therefore, the only hen that lays golden eggs is the Kingdom of Tang.

Kirigakure and Kumogakure are equally powerful, but considering that Moon Country and Yuno Country are adjacent to Kumogakure, and are separated from Kirigakure by a long stretch of sea, Hanzo feels that Kumogakure has a high probability of success.

As a result, Kirigakure is likely to lose everything under the Five Kage Conference system.

This is a bit troublesome.

And since Hanzo is planning to puppet Kirigakure, that means raising a dog and giving him a few meat bones from time to time. If Konoha doesn't share some benefits with Kirigakure and forces Kirigakure to lower his head, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles.

So after much deliberation, Hanzo decided that it would be better to form a structure similar to a lion pride with Kirigakure.

Generally, a lion pride will consist of one lion, two king lions at a time, and a group of female lions.

Hanzo's goal is to become the highest Lion King from Konoha, followed by Kirigakure.

The four small countries that Konoha captured were responsible for supporting the "lionies" of the two major ninja villages.

As a result, Konoha naturally has to be "greedy".

While thinking about it, the expression on Hanzo's face did not fluctuate, and he said calmly: "Okay, the issue of small countries will be solved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Mission Department and the Logistics Department. If you have any troubles, let me know. Now we Let’s talk about the second thing…”