13 Sasori: Cool

The next day, Kakashi, who had been instilled with strange knowledge by Makoto, welcomed Chiyo and her party from ten miles away.

He didn't know until he received someone. It turned out that not only Chiyo-baasama came this time, but even Yodaime Kazekage's daughter, Temari, also came.

... Only the dead know what kind of peace negotiating involves a three-year-old girl.

But considering that little Temari probably won't cause any trouble, Kakashi doesn't care.

Kakashi didn't go alone, and Hokage's consultant, Utatane Koharu, accompanied him.

Because Makoto didn't have a wife, she was originally the best candidate. But Makoto didn't choose her in a daze, he would rather choose Kakashi.

This made Utatane Koharu very dissatisfied, but after all, the Sandaime has been supporting Makoto, and Makoto has indeed done an excellent job recently... You can't be a person who throws Konoha in front of outsiders, right?

With such thoughts in mind, Utatane Koharu reluctantly suppressed her dissatisfaction.

In contrast, Chiyo was more enthusiastic.

The two sides exchanged names according to the procedure, and after Kakashi found the Suna party, the two sides joined and walked toward Konoha together.

During this period, Chiyo took the initiative to get close to Kakashi, and even talked about some past events during the Ninja War.

In fact, if the two sides talk seriously, there is really a little subtle origin.

That is Hanzo of the Salamander.

Amegakure is a Hidden Village, but the leader of Amegakure, Hanzo of the Salamander, is a ruthless character. Before Pain grew up, he was once forced into a corner by him.

...Of course, there is also a factor that sticks no matter what.

In the Second Ninja War, Hanzo once fought against Chiyo. In terms of strength, Hanzo is naturally stronger. However, Chiyo cracked Hanzo's poison and found his weakness.

Hanzo was quite unhappy when he was cited for a while.

So the two parties spammed each other with trash talk and gave each other very low-level nicknames.

It can be said that the grudge is deep.

And Konoha's Sannin title actually comes from Hanzo as well.

At that time, Konoha and Ame were at war, and from an overall strategic point of view, Ame had already been defeated. Although Hanzo cannot be taken down, the strategy cannot be changed.

As a result, after this guy gave the title to the three Sannin, who was young at the time, he quickly transformed the fight as if he won.

Both sides hate this guy very much, and when they scold this guy together, affection will naturally come.

Of course, Kakashi knew that this was Chiyo who had nothing to say and was just getting close to Konoha on purpose.

But... it's all good.

A group of people quickly passed through the Konoha barrier and entered Konohagakure.

As soon as Chiyo came in, she felt a certain atmosphere in Konoha – vitality.

If she have to describe it, it is filled with liveliness and everything is competing.

Sunagakure has been fighting for years, its economy is in decline, and its talents are dying. In order to survive, they even had to take the initiative to get rid of lower-ranked missions and take on some very dangerous missions with a bad reputation.

Under such heavy pressure, the sky in the entire Sunagakure seemed to be gray.

Konoha is stronger than Suna, but Konoha has also endured more wars. Although she knew that the Godaime seemed to be very good at making money, in her mind, Konoha's weather should be relatively bleak.

But as soon as Chiyo entered Konoha, she clearly felt the difference.

The cloud of war may still hang over people's heads, but people's eyes are a little brighter than before.

It was the spirit that looked forward to the future.

This is not a result that can be achieved by simple capital injection.

Chiyo was a little curious, so she asked Kakashi.

Kakashi naturally knew everything and said everything.

He already knew that there were some secrets that could not be revealed even if killed.

And some secrets... need to be revealed to outsiders on their own initiative.

Besides, it is almost impossible to hide such a big movement from Konoha to these old ninjas who have been doing intelligence all their lives.

Therefore, Kakashi described Makoto's grand blueprint for Chiyo - two five-year plans.

Although Kakashi himself doesn't know much about the plan of the Hokage, he did stay in the trash can and copies notes.

"Long story short, in Hokage-sama's plan, Konoha will split into two new urban areas. –

"One of them is a commercial area, while the other is a high-tech industrial area...don't ask me what is behind it, there is only a wasteland there currently."

As an old-school ninja who has fought all her life, Chiyo had a hard time trying to make her understand something new.

After being poured into one ear by Kakashi, she could only understand a general idea, so she chose to only ask the question in front of her.

"But, how come everyone seems to be happy?"

"Because... they get work?"

The damage caused by the war to Konoha and the Land of Fire was enormous, and even those who are strong couldn't hold on, let alone the low-level people who barely had anything to rely on.

If it was before, Konoha's choice was to endure.

Sandaime has endured for twelve years.

A true ninja hero.

As long as there is a truce, everything will be fine.

However, earthlings like Makoto will not wait for production and manpower to recover like an old farmer in an agricultural society.

After getting money, he will definitely make trouble immediately.

And so – he started putting the military in business.

No, let Konoha do business.

Konoha covers a huge area, it is more like a small town than a village. But in this small town, commerce is not well developed.

Leaving aside what will happen in the future, at least for now everything is fine.

The reason for this situation is entirely because of the war thinking of previous generations of Hokage.

They are not good at it, and they are not instinctively willing to do business.

For them, being a soldier and getting paid is a matter of course, and thinking about anything else for a second is a crime.

At this time, the commerce in Konoha Village was basically developed by the villagers inside. Not to mention weak, it is still not a system. It can only meet the internal needs of Konoha, and it does not want to develop externally.

With one swift kick, Makoto kicked this outdated rule into the back door.

He not only used the tobacco profits he got to do business but also started a sweatshop as soon as he could, giving full play to the advantages of Konoha's low human rights.

Since the ninja advocates tool theory, then all labor and capital will go to the assembly line to work.

Of course, there are only so many battle ninjas, and it is really not suitable for them to do this – but there are many families of disabled and dead ninjas.

Such people often have a very bad life.

Because of the high death rate of ninjas, it is impossible for Hidden Village to take care of them. Those who have a conscience will be given some pensions, and those who have no conscience... Most of the time, it doesn't even matter whether they have a conscience or not.

Even the Five Great Hidden Villages probably don't have much money after many wars.

Those from a clan can rely on their clans to support them, while those without a clan can only resign themselves to fate.

Now, this group of people was all thrown into sweatshops by Makoto.

It doesn't matter if you work slowly, so work slowly. Anyway, you get three meals a day and a little salary, no one even thought about being lazy.

Don't think about eating well, but it's not a big problem to get full.

Makoto's sweatshop was a big success.

No matter how low the wages are, they are still paid. And because food is the main focus, the workers are all citizens in the village, and there is no problem with housing.

For many citizens who have no food and clothing, this is a good thing.

And the cheap products made by sweatshops naturally attracted many businessmen.

It is true that the Land of Fire is currently in poor condition, but there are only unsellable prices in the world, and there is never an unsellable commodity.

What about Bitcoins?

As long as 50 are sold out, they can still be sold out.

Moreover, there is another invisible benefit of coming to Konoha to trade – you don't have to worry about bandits and robbers along the way.

Even the Somali pirates, known for their boldness, dare not snatch Russian boats.

The people here are doing business with no capital, not the business of the family crematorium.

In the Land of Fire, thieves flocked due to the aftermath of war. Coming to Konoha Trading can solve this big problem, so merchants are naturally willing to come.

Especially businessmen in the military industry.

Konoha itself is not close to any large mines, and its weapon production capacity is relatively limited. The military industry naturally likes to be close to Konoha.

Of course, the above sweatshops do not include children.

Except for the reserve ninjas, one of the current children counted as one, and he threw them all to school.

Not ninja school.

As the cornerstone of Makoto's ambition, Konoha specially invites teachers to teach them general industrial knowledge, not ninja knowledge.

In the beginning, many people disagreed, especially the guardians of the small clans.

But Makoto said he would take care of two of their meals.

So they agreed.

The death rate of ninjas is extremely high these days, ninja families always want to have more children whether intentionally or not. But ninjas consume too much and have talent limitations, so it is impossible to teach all children to be ninjas.

If you really don't have the talent... you can save two meals for the family.

It feels so good to be a prostitute.

All kinds of things, Kakashi said a lot.

Chiyo certainly doesn't understand the feelings of a certain industrial party, and she doesn't understand business, but she is a veteran fighter.

She knew very well the difference between a warrior with light in his eyes and a warrior with empty eyes.

The latter is only a machine.

And the former... the potential is endless.

There were many excellent young people with great potential in Sunagakure before, but they are all dead now.

The cruelest war has polished off their fighting spirit and yearning for the future, making them look like the walking dead.

The conditions Makoto gave cannot be said to be good, but at least it gave hope to the ninjas.

Let them know that their Hidden Village will not give up on them even if they are disabled or dead. Their children will still be able to live.

Let them have hope for the future... even if it's just a little.

In the dark ninja world, even such a little bit of warmth is irresistible.

As strong as Senju Hashirama, he couldn't protect his two younger brothers and let them die early. But now...

Chiyo has experienced vicissitudes of life, so she naturally knows the power of this kind of emotion.

Not only that, relying on the situation in front of her and the current situation of Suna, Chiyo began to think about whether everything could be replicated in Sunagakure... but she soon realized that this might not be possible.

It is not to say that there are no old, weak, sick, and disabled in Sunagakure, nor does it mean that Sunagakure has no determination to change the status quo. It is really that the natural conditions of Suna were too bad.

The Land of Winds is really either wind or sand, and there are no other specialties. Even if they wanted to learn from Konoha and start a business, their innate conditions would not allow it.

Not to mention anything else, the deadly wind and sand made the cost of road maintenance easy to skyrocket.

Even if Kazekage and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind are willing to cut their waists and pay the money... where will they get the money.

Money is the same as high math grades, if you don't have it, you don't have it, and it's useless to be brave.

It's not that Sunagakure doesn't want to change, it's that they can't even find the direction of change.

The background of Konoha and the Land of Fire is too deep, no matter how many times they are attacked, they can climb up again from the ruins.

Population, land, genius, secrets... Konoha is like a giant beast, and people can't breathe under the pressure.

However, as long as Sunagakure receives a heavy blow, it will fall into the dust forever.

"There will always be a way... The children will definitely find a way out for Sunagakure in the future. Before that, we couldn't let the situation go bad..."

Thinking of the current situation of Sunagakure, Chiyo's expression darkened immediately.

Temari saw all the changes in her expression.

The little girl clenched Chiyo's old hand as if she wanted to pass on her strength to her in this way.

Feeling the girl's concern, Chiyo's expression slowly relaxed.

"They're all good children..."

Kakashi saw all the small movements of the two, but he didn't speak.

Unknowingly, a group of people came in front of the Hokage tower.

"I'm going to report to Hokage-sama now, please wait a moment."

... ...

Not long after, Chiyo brought Temari and met Makoto.

Along with him, there was the Sandaime of Hokage accompanying.

As for the others, including Kakashi, they all left very consciously at this time.

This will be a relatively private meeting.

– Although Makoto still couldn't figure it out, why did Chiyo-baasama take Temari here... Does she represent the Yondaime as the eldest daughter of the Yondaime Kazekage?

I guess so.

If they came then they came, think of it as meeting the famous supporting actress of the future in advance... Cute is cute, and the little girl's baby voice makes people want to pity her, but apart from her natural fair skin and wildness that cannot be concealed, there seems to be nothing special.

Even for Lolicon, three years old is still too much.

Makoto quickly gave up on his observation of Lolis, gave her a glass of honey water, let her drink and play, and then joined the formal discussion with Chiyo.

This was the first time he actually met Chiyo.

By the average age of a ninja, she was very old. She wore a bonnet on her head and a scarf around her neck, and even her eyes were always half-closed, like many good old ladies.

However, Makoto knew that even after twelve years, she would still be alive and well, and could even save Gaara's life... This is not an easy opponent to fool.

The atmosphere of the discussion was good for a while, starting from the Sandaime, the two sides scolded Hanzo together for half an hour, laughing and laughing all the way.

During the conversation, both sides roughly understood each other's intentions.

Chiyo did intend to form an alliance with Konoha – although on the eve of the possible alliance with Iwa, Suna chose Konoha instead of Iwagakyre. It is indeed a bit strange, but what people think is not important, the key is how they do it.

Konoha naturally would not reject this rare ally.

But Chiyo refused to take the initiative to propose an alliance.

The Sandaime gave Makoto a look, and then smoked on his own.

Makoto returned the Sandaime with a clear look of his own.

Just like that, whoever says they want it first loses.

Even if forced by the situation, Suna Village is also a village of great patience, and it also needs to save its reputation.

Compared with being desperate and finally having no choice but to form an alliance with Konoha, it is still more pleasant to be listened to during Konoha's three visits to the thatched cottage.

After being cut off from the funds by the Land of Wind, the morale of Sunagakure is already low enough, and the good news is really needed.

Makoto understands their feelings very well, but as Hokage, his first responsible person will always be Konoha.

After pondering for a while, Makoto began to apply pressure slowly.

"I already fully understand why you came. –

"It's good that you can fully understand." Chiyo knew before departure that Konoha was unlikely to refuse. Now that she has received Makoto's official confirmation, she immediately felt a little relieved, "I'm not afraid to tell you, but Suna's current situation is a bit... If Konoha can provide some support... that would be great."

It's really shameful to say this, but Chiyo is already in her dozens of years old, she doesn't care whether she is ashamed or not, she just hopes to get some help from Konoha.

After all, they are all allies... It is impossible for Konoha not to give anything, right?

Makoto didn't think that there was anything wrong with Chiyo's request, and Konoha was almost unable to hold on, let alone other Hidden Villages.

If Makoto hadn't put too much pressure on the opponent, he was afraid that if he didn't suppress at this time, he would never have another chance, and the two Kage would have a brain twitch to think about starting a war at this time.

From a certain point of view, it was Makoto himself who raised the difficulty of the battle.

However...

It is due to give some necessary support to allies.

But they can't give it away like this.

"Indeed, I also understand Suna's difficulties." Makoto looked seriously into the eyes of Chiyo, "But you must have inquired about my situation before leaving. –

"When Minato became Hokage, he was already criticized. But Minato still has a steady record, and I...you know, no matter what I do, it's okay if I succeed, but if I fail, it's easy to be criticized by the big clans. Speak."

"So... what do you want?"

Chiyo remained motionless, just asking for the price.

"I want the Ichibi Shukaku."

"No! Absolutely not!"

It wasn't Chiyo who spoke, but little Temari.

"The Ichibi Shukaku is a treasure of the village, and it must not be given to outsiders!"

"Temari..."

"Baasama... can't... only this matter, absolutely not!"

As the little girl said this, her eyes were already filled with tears, obviously, she was very anxious.

Looking at her appearance, Makoto probably guessed the reason - at this time, Gaara has already become the Jinchuuriki of the Ichibi?

The timeline of many plots in the original work is not clearly stated, and even if it is clearly stated, there are still butterfly effects and various contingencies.

For example, Minatsuki, who was supposed to die, escaped from the Land of Water by herself.

But judging by Temari's appearance, it should be right.

The three-year-old girl may not understand the righteousness of the family and the country, but at least she knows that if she is forcibly pulled out of the tailed beast after becoming Jinchuuriki, her brother Gaara will die.

The girl has been very quiet, but after hearing what Makoto said, she couldn't help it anymore.

She even glared at Makoto angrily.

If she didn't know ninjutsu yet but would have to arrange a Great Sickle Weasel for Makoto.

Makoto didn't intend to get angry with a little girl – and he never planned to get Shukaku from the beginning.

This is just a foreshadowing for later requirements.

When faced with a proposal of the level of "Bad out of the sky" or "Do you think there is something wrong with my head", a proposal of "Very bad" is not so dazzling, and it is even acceptable.

This kind of tactic has been tried and tested... except for Donald Trump and Tatsuki Fujimoto.

These two are too free.

Shukaku is the foundation of Suna, plus Gaara's life, Suna won't agree even if you kill Chiyo-baasama.

Chiyo's original kind expression immediately turned cold.

She hugged Temari into her arms, comforted her gently with her palm, and at the same time did not forget to look at Makoto coldly.

"Godaime, we have come here with sincerity!"

"Sorry. I didn't think of it... Maybe I lacked consideration."

Makoto apologized and made a second proposal.

"How about this? Why doesn't the Land of Wind cede part of its territory to the Land of Fire. If the Daimyo speaks, the people in the village will have nothing to say."

Blue veins began to appear on Chiyo's forehead.

Even the old hand that was placed on the chair was grasped violently.

A chair made of the finest wood immediately squeaks under pressure.

"The Daimyo of the Land of Wind, he... he will not agree! –

"Please change your proposal."

With all her strength, Chiyo suppressed her temper.

This proposal is absolutely impossible to pass.

For the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, it is better to rebuild a new Sunagakure.

Seeing that Chiyo and little Temari were reaching their limit, Makoto finally revealed his real purpose.

"Then... how about a marriage?"

"Marriage?"

"Yes, Marriage."

Even in the world of Naruto, marriage is a common way for major political forces to connect with each other.

Makoto himself is also a product of marriage.

Judging from the following plot, Sunagakure is barely qualified as an ally until the Konoha Crush plan.

Especially after Gaara came to power.

Marriage and alliance between the two parties is actually a better choice.

But Makoto was afraid that Chiyo would refuse.

No way, who made Makoto have a low reputation?

Konoha's interior is okay, but abroad... who the hell are you.

There is no such problem when the Sandaime does it, but the Sandaime have already made up their minds to hand over power.

He retired.

As the senior, Sandaime can help, but when it comes to real harrowing problems, Makoto has to do it himself.

Otherwise, Makoto would never be a real Hokage.

And from an execution point of view, there are currently no good marriage candidates from Suna. Makoto thought about it, only Chiyo-baasama herself.

Others either have an insufficient family background, or their methods are not flexible enough to adjust the relationship between the two parties.

You can't marry Temari, can you?

She's only three years old.

In fact, there are not many good candidates here in Konoha.

Kakashi is still a big child.

Either let Asuma go... Considering Chiyo's age, this is making Asuma's line die, and the Sandaime will fight him to the death.

Makoto himself is single, but all of Makoto's achievements are bizarre, no one in the palace can bear it.

He no longer wishes to get married.

That being the case...then let the Sandaime marry Chiyo-baasama.

One of the two is a former Hokage, and the other is highly respected in Suna. Both of them have a strong influence in their respective villages. If these two people combine, presumably both villages will feel at ease.

Moreover, the two of them are not fertile anymore, so there will be no other twists and turns.

Just have to sacrifice the Sandaime... But this is a necessary sacrifice, and the Sandaime will understand.

Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law should be dead at this time, and the only relative left is Sasori... but Sasori doesn't care anyway.

There couldn't have been a more perfect marriage match.

With Makoto's calculations like this, Chiyo's expression eased a little.

At her age, many things have been let go. She cares more about the survival of the village than those false titles.

Chiyo was lost in thought, neither Makoto nor the Sandaime forced her. After pondering for a long time, Grandma Chiyo set out her own terms.

"If you want to get married, it's not impossible... But we, Suna, are also a Hidden Village. And if I do this, even my mission, I need to bear huge pressure for the village... I need a dowry."

Ask the price all over the sky, and pay back the money when you land.

It's normal.

Makoto nodded.

"Please speak."

"I need Konoha's Scroll of Seals."

"No can do."

Konoha's Scroll of Seals is not one scroll, but a room.

The reason why there are so many is that Nidaime is too good at writing.

The Nidaime has a stern face, but he is very rebellious in nature. When he goes crazy, Orochimaru is nothing but a stinky brat.

It's okay to specialize in Kinjutsu, and I don't know how many human experiments have been done – of course, enemies were used for those experiments. After Konoha was established, those experiments never happened again.

In the Scroll of Seals, there are the Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God Technique) and Edo Tensai (Impure World Reincarnation).

The actual degree of completion of these two techniques is mediocre, not as good as that of a normal pharmacist, but it is difficult to conceal the cruelty of them... There are many similar techniques in the Scroll of Seals.

Among them, there is even the experience of the Shodaime's Senjutsu practice.

That's what was truly priceless.

However, the Sandaime didn't know Sage Mode, and the Yondaime who could learn it rushed to death early, and abruptly wasted this treasure.

Such a treasure cannot be concealed by Suna.

Even if marriage with Suna is really important.

"Phew... I naturally know the value of the Scroll of Seals, but since the marriage between the two villages caused Sunagakure to bleed, then show some sincerity."

Chiyo exhaled a foul breath, and her muddy eyes gradually became sharp.

"Otherwise, as allies, we can open some ninja missions to each other. It is convenient for both parties to complete the missions, and it can also enhance mutual trust. –

"Of course, those classified missions will not be involved."

This sounds like nothing. After all, ninjas do have transnational missions. If they can get help from each other in each other's territory, it will be extremely beneficial to the mission.

However...

"After the opening, how should the ninja's reward be divided? This is really inappropriate."

It is said that it is the distribution of ninja rewards, but in fact, several people know that Makoto is afraid that Suna will play introversion and compete with Konoha for business.

For traditional ninjas, accepting and completing missions is the only way for them to make money.

However, the number of missions with high rewards and easy tasks has been very small. Most of the time, ninjas are taking risks.

But there are differences from country to country.

Because the Land of Fire is richer, the rewards for tasks of the same difficulty are often a bit more – the bastards like Suna, because the country is small and the people are poor, in order to maintain expenses, they even made the initiative to downgrade the mission.

Once the two sides open each other's missions, Suna will definitely compete with Konoha for missions.

Once the involution is formed, Konoha Ninja will inevitably complain.

This involves the fundamental interests of all the ninjas in Konoha, and they will never compromise.

From Hokage's point of view, it is impossible to agree.

I really agree, isn't that just taking my own money to support other people's ninjas...

"Chiyo-baasama, we are talking about this matter very seriously, and we have shown our sincerity. I hope you will be more sincere!"

"Sincerity? Konoha's so-called sincerity means that you don't want to give anything?"

Chiyo's face became colder.

Makoto narrowed his eyes and refused to budge.

After persisting for a while, Chiyo finally became short of breath and took another step back.

"It's not impossible to get married...but I need the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind to witness the marriage at the same time."

Two Daimyo witness marriage at the same time?

This... doesn't seem to be impossible.

After all, Konoha didn't actually pay anything.

It's just that, after Chiyo married in, she would have too much power.

After all, she is already strong, and after twelve years she can still solo with Sasori – even with a pendant, Sakura.

After getting married with the two Daimyos serving as witnesses, it means that the Sandaime can never be insulated from her. If he really wanted to divorce her, he would have to slap both Daimyos in the face at the same time.

In this way, it is bound to further increase her voice in Konoha.

But considering her and the Sandaime's age...

Wait!

Makoto stopped thinking and looked at Chiyo.

Chiyo also stared at him.

"Hahahahaha..."

Sandaime laughed lightly and was the first to applaud.

Exactly the same.

The two used the same words.

Chiyo and Makoto were relatively silent, but after a while, they still laughed together and clapped their hands.

Sandaime: "Chiyo, you are really energetic."

Chiyo also smiled and replied: "Sandaime, your heir is also very interesting."

... Although the process is a bit strange, since everyone has thought of one place, it is a good thing after all.

An ally with a good leader is always better than an ally with an impassive leader.

Suna is indeed not strong, but it is still a great Hidden Village. The rotten ship still has three kilograms of nails. Such a little strength may be the key to turning the situation around.

Makoto stood up and seriously bowed slightly to Chiyo.

"Thank you for your trust. Regarding the dowry, I will send someone to prepare it immediately. I will never let Sunagakure down. This will definitely be a decent wedding."

"Hm..."

Chiyo didn't argue at this time.

She looked at Temari with loving eyes for a long time and finally pushed Temari towards Makoto - the little girl was still baring her teeth at him.

"Okay, Temari, stop making trouble... from now on, he will be your husband. –

"Don't do anything that would embarrass your father and Suna."

After listening, the little girl lowered her head.

There was no such tense atmosphere as before.

This is...

"Ah, I'll marry Temari-san?"

"That's right. What's the problem? Suna's princess, isn't it a good match for you, Hokage?"

The Sandaime and Chiyo-baasama looked very natural.

"Isn't the marriage between you and the Sandaime?"

Sandaime's and Chiyo's faces immediately turned green.