novelhk Chapter 74 The New Agreement
Chapter 74 The New Agreement
After reuniting with their teacher Jiraiya, the three members of Team 7 boarded the large ship that originally belonged to Kirigakure and began their journey home.
Not only were the three members of Team 7 on board, but three merchants from the Land of Waves were also on the ship.
"From now on, the Land of Waves can issue missions to Konoha and Kirigakure without worrying about any retaliatory actions from the regular ninja villages," Akimichi Torifu said to the merchants of the Land of Waves.
Akimichi didn't mention being tricked or ambushed before.
After all, this kind of conflict is not something that the people of the Land of Waves can decide; they will still be the employers in the future.
"By the way, we've already sent your ship back to the Land of Waves, and we've also completely destroyed the pirate stronghold marked on the mission map," Jiraiya emphasized.
"Thank you so much! As expected, the ninjas of Konoha are the most reliable! From now on... please take care of us!" After this experience, the merchants from the Land of Waves clearly trusted the ninjas of Konoha even more.
After all, those guys from Kirigakure...
Not only were most of the pirates from Kirigakure, but they also almost always took him hostage and coerced him!
After calming down the three merchant representatives from the Land of Waves, Jiraiya and Akimichi Torifu also inquired with Team 7 about the events that had occurred at the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools in the past few days.
after that……
Akaishi vividly described to Jiraiya-sensei and Jonin Akimichi the stories of "One Fire Breaks Through Eight Waters," "Bravely Rescuing Ranmai," and "Outwitting Kaguya"...
"Of course, it was also thanks to Minato discovering the enemy, and Ranmai... who carried me on a tactical relocation," Akaishi added at the end.
Jiraiya: ...
Good grief, did you think Minato was your telescope, Ranmai was your mount... that they were all your invincible accessories?
Lanwu glared at him in response, while Shuimen just smiled and remained silent.
Jiraiya rubbed his head, and after roughly figuring out the truth, asked Akaishi, "Are your eyes really okay?"
"Yes, his eye power has recovered to about 80%, but he is injured." Akashi nodded.
"That's good... I'll ask Tsunade to treat you again when we get back." Jiraiya was finally completely relieved.
Lan Wu bit her lip at this moment.
Speaking of this, Lan Wu didn't have time to complain about Chi Shi's subtle writing, but was even more eager to return to the village as soon as possible... to ask her cousin for medical ninjutsu!
The reason Lan Wu hadn't mastered medical ninjutsu before was certainly due to her lack of talent, but...
It's not that she lacks the talent to learn medical ninjutsu; in fact, Tsunade always wanted to teach Ranma—even if it only healed herself, it would still give her a better chance of survival.
It's just that Lan Wu's talent in medical ninjutsu... or rather, her talent in "Yang Release Chakra Transformation" is not as good as her talent in Water Release Chakra Transformation, so she has never paid much attention to medical ninjutsu.
However, after gaining real combat experience, especially this kind of "battlefield experience," Lan Wu suddenly realized that what Tsunade said made sense!
Jiraiya and Akimichi then inquired further with Akaishi about the details of how he returned the corpse to Kirigakure.
"I see. He died at the hands of his own teammates, and they were yelling things like 'You bastards from the ninja clan'..." Jiraiya wanted to say "Well done," but then he thought that Akaishi was too Uchiha-like and not positive enough, so he swallowed his words and changed his words to "It's good to maintain respect for the enemy as well."
Seeing that Jiraiya-sensei was feigning ignorance, Akaishi didn't expose him, but couldn't help asking, "Jiraiya-sensei, did you and Jonin Akimichi encounter an ambush?"
"Yeah, so... anything can happen to a ninja on a mission. I and Torifu were careless this time too." Jiraiya didn't hesitate to use himself as a negative example.
"Then... how did you and Jonin Akimichi escape and even meet the Mizukage?" Akaishi asked curiously.
Jiraiya looked up at the sky and said, "We've been ambushed... but the ambush wasn't strong enough."
Akaishi:……
and so……
The most important thing for a ninja is, after all, to be strong enough!
"We discovered that among the ninjas lying in ambush on us, besides the known rogue ninjas from Kirigakure, there were some who didn't seem to be rogue ninjas..."
"Actually, we didn't actually see the Mizukage. It was only after we captured them and searched their memories in the mountains that we activated the 'Water Mirror Technique' seal left by the Mizukage. Through this seal, we made contact with the Mizukage."
As expected, although Yamanaka Inoichi was only one year older than Akaishi, he was already able to directly search the target's memories!
Akaishi estimated that among those ninjas, there should be beings similar to the "Hidden Mist Village Anbu," with cursed seals left by the Mizukage in their minds. This served two purposes: firstly, to prevent leaks, and secondly, because of the effects of the "Water Mirror Technique," they could use these seals to connect with the Mizukage in reverse.
The "consensus" that Akimichi Torifu and Jiraiya mentioned earlier was not just empty talk...
Although they couldn't directly reach an agreement with the Mizukage, their status was more than enough to achieve a preliminary consensus. They also understood Konoha and the current situation.
For Konoha, at this moment, they can actually achieve their strategic goal by "expanding their influence" and show Iwagakure and Kumogakure that Konoha is still the strongest village!
As for Sunagakure...
There's no point in having any hope; those destitute people are already desperate for money.
However, a full-scale war with Kirigakure would not be in Konoha's interest, so the current situation is just right.
Unless Kirigakure breaks the agreement and goes to war, a new peace agreement will be reached with Konoha based on this initial consensus.
"Jiraiya-sensei, what is the current situation in Kirigakure? Do you know who that Kōtachi is?" Akaishi asked curiously.
"Just go ask Yamanaka, it's not some kind of classified information," Jiraiya said after looking at Akimichi.
Clearly, the intelligence was obtained by Yamanaka Inoichi during his search.
Jiraiya and Torifu must have had other things to discuss, so the two went into the cabin. Then, the entire Team 7 looked at the mountain with curiosity.
Despite the previous ninja war with Kirigakure, Team 7, lacking intelligence gathering capabilities, is still unaware of what has happened.
Seeing the three people looking at him, Yamanaka, remembering Jiraiya's parting words, didn't hide anything...
"The Land of Water is now basically like the Warring States period before the Hidden Villages existed. The Third Mizukage is only nominally in charge of Kirigakure and still serves as the leader of the ninja in the Land of Water."
"However, in reality, various regions began to fight each other frequently, organized by clans. Kirigakure was basically populated only by commoner ninjas, and there were also frequent disputes between Kirigakure and the various clans."
"Kokuro Genkura is a newly emerging powerful clan leader in the Land of Water. Unlike other ninjas, he calls on commoner ninjas and clan ninjas to live in harmony, which has won over many clans. Many commoner ninjas in Kirigakure also support him. It is said that he is about to become the Third Mizukage."
"But if that 'Mizukage' really had such a magnanimous heart, the Land of Water wouldn't be the way it is now, right?" Yamanaka said with a hint of sarcasm at the end.
This operation was carried out by Kokuju's subordinates. The rogue ninja who was recruited also joined Kokuju. However... Yamanaka activated the cursed seal left by the Mizukage in one of their minds, which shows that the Mizukage was quite wary of him and even sent someone to infiltrate.