With the information about the Kusagakure ANBU brought by Nagase and the three captured Kusagakure ninjas, Minato quickly dispatched the ninjas and issued an ultimatum.
Either the Kusanagi pay Konoha a sum of money and then sign a new treaty of peace and mutual assistance, or Konoha declares war on the Kusanagi.
The Grass Ninja leader was well prepared for this. After all, leaking the information was also part of the plan. After pretending to hesitate for two days, he chose to pay money and sign a new alliance of peace and mutual assistance with Konoha.
However, although compensation is required, the specific amount needs to be discussed carefully. After the discussion, the covenant can be signed.
Nagase is also a member of Konoha's negotiation team, and not an ordinary member, but the deputy leader of the negotiation team.
It was not easy for him to become the deputy team leader. Minato almost had a quarrel with the top management to get it.
At first, Minato said that Nagase would be the deputy leader of the negotiation team. Sandai asked with some doubt:
"Who is Nagase?"
Minato considered his words and said, "He is the new leader of the ANBU team. He was the one who got the information about the Kusagakure ANBU this time. He is very capable and can definitely take on this position."
The Sandai thought about it and asked the Anbu to get Nagase's information.
The Sandai looked at Nagase's profile and frowned, "Minato, the person you recommended is not very good. First of all, he is too young, only 23 years old, and he is only a Chunin.
The number of completed tasks and their levels are too few. I have only completed five B-level tasks, and never completed A-level or above. I am afraid I am not up to the task due to my lack of experience."
(The S-level mission has not been completed yet)
Minato looked into the eyes of the Third Hokage and said firmly: "Youth is not a problem. I am only 23 years old. You still believed in me and let me inherit the position of Hokage.
Moreover, although Nagase's ability cannot be guessed based on that piece of information, he has extraordinary power."
Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked his moustache, seeming to think about Minato's words.
In fact, he just saw in the information that Nagasawa and Minato seemed to have a close personal relationship, which made him think of some bad things.
He was still very optimistic about Minato, but he felt that Minato was too young and needed his help.
Seeing that the Sandai was still hesitating, Minato said calmly: "I, Namikaze Minato, guarantee with my own character that Nagase is absolutely capable of serving as the deputy leader of the negotiation team."
Seeing that the usually gentle Minato was like this, the Sandai didn't say anything further, and Nagase was finally appointed as the deputy team leader.
However, the position of negotiation team leader was finally recommended by the Konoha high-level officials and then elected by voting.
However, as everyone knows, there are only five real high-level officials in Konoha now, two Hokage, two advisors, and one elder.
The two consultants are fellow students of three generations and are old supporters of three generations. Rounding off three generations, one person can represent the entire senior management.
Therefore, the leader of the negotiation team is basically selected by the third generation.
However, the third generation did not recommend any strange candidates. He recommended Nara Shikaku, who had just become the lord of Nara.
Nagase had no objection to this. When it came to using your brain, you could always trust the people of the Nara clan.
However, Danzo actually appointed someone as deputy team leader, which made Nagase a little alert.
He felt that something bad was going to happen as long as Danzo got involved.
If he wasn't afraid of the bad impact, he could just rush into Root's headquarters and beat Danzo to death with one punch, so that he wouldn't have to do any tricks.
But if he did that, he would probably become a traitor right there.
If it were in the past, you could just be a rebel, it didn’t matter, it was a different life wherever you went.
But now he is bound to Konoha, and improving Konoha's prosperity will allow him to gain rewards and increase his strength.
So he had to look after Konoha, become a high-ranking official in Konoha, and change Konoha.
No matter how powerful Danzo is, he is still a high-ranking figure in Konoha. You cannot kill him directly without any reason, or kill him openly.
But now Nagase doesn't really care too much about Danzo. After all, his strength is there. No matter how many tricks you have, I can break them with one punch.
It’s just that Danzo in his previous life left a very bad impression on him, so he would be very happy if he could put some obstacles in Danzo’s way.
Just when Nagase was thinking about how the Kusagakure ninja would retaliate against Danzo, the Kusagakure ninja delegation also arrived in Konoha and the two sides began their first negotiation.
In a room dedicated to negotiations, Konoha and Kusanagi sat on either side of a rectangular wooden table.
Nara Shikaku was the first to speak out: "This time, the actions of the Kusagakure Village brought us huge losses, and it almost led to the deterioration of the relationship between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth, and also hurt the outstanding ninjas of Konoha..."
The Kusanagi negotiation team was speechless after hearing what they heard. A special jonin with three chuunins could cause huge losses to Konoha
But after all, they were the weaker party. Although he wanted to complain, the Kusanagi negotiation team leader just frowned and waited quietly for Nara Shikaku to finish speaking.
After Nara Shikaku finished listing the Grass Ninja's crimes, the Grass Ninja Team Leader said, "We are also very sorry for what happened. We are willing to compensate Konoha for its losses. We hope that the Fire and Grass countries can restore their former relationship."
His meaning was very simple, that is, stop talking and just give me a quote.
Nara Shikaku smiled and said, "Konoha also hopes to restore a friendly relationship of peace and mutual assistance with the Kusanagi. All it takes is for the Kusanagi to pay 10 billion ryo to make up for Konoha's losses."
The smile on the Kusagakure leader's face froze. Although he knew that Konoha was not really determined to give 10 billion taels, but was leaving room for the Kusagakure to bargain, he still wanted to curse.
It's just such a trivial matter, but he asked for 10 billion taels. You know, issuing the lowest-value S-level task only costs 1 million taels, and what are the S-level tasks
All of them are state secret missions, even including inviting other countries to join the war.
Ten billion taels is enough to send out ten thousand S-rank missions, which is worth hundreds of Asumas. Even if all the Grass Ninjas were emptied, they might not be able to take it out. The Grass Country is not considered wealthy.
"The Kusagakure ninjas are poor. I'm afraid they can't come up with that much money to compensate Konoha. They can only come up with 100 million ryo." The Kusagakure ninja leader started crying poor.
The general meaning is that 10 billion is too much, and one hundred million will be enough.
The smile on Nara Shikaku's face also disappeared. Wow, you cut the price by 99% directly. Even the aunties in the vegetable market can't bargain as well as you.
"Konoha doesn't want to ask for too much, but Konoha suffered heavy losses this time. One hundred million is just a drop in the bucket and can't make up for the losses at all." Nara Shikaku said.
You want to give only 100 million taels? That's wishful thinking. You have to pay more.
The leader of the Kusagakure Ninja team said with difficulty: "Then why not just give 200 million taels? It's not that the Kusagakure Ninja don't want to compensate, but the Kusagakure Ninja are too poor."
I’m poor, can you make do with 200 million
ps: I was tortured by my roommate's snoring last night. I was so sleepy.