Chapter 52 Decapitation Operation (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!)
Uzushio Village Building, Meeting Room.
"The Fire Country hopes to further sign a free trade agreement with our Uzushio Country to eliminate trade barriers and promote the free flow of goods, technology and personnel."
The faint moonlight shines on the brown-black conference table. A middle-aged man sits at the main seat of the conference table and carefully glances at the others present and says, "What do the elders think?"
One of the elders glanced at him helplessly and sighed, "Toruya, you are now the great name of the Uzushio Country. Before asking us, let us hear your thoughts first."
"Ah?"
Hearing this, Uzushio Toruya blinked and said with his neck shrunk, "I am young and inexperienced now, so I will listen to the elders."
He said it very modestly, but he couldn't help sighing in his heart.
‘I would rather not have the position of daimyo that I exchanged for my daughter, but this is not something I can decide…’
When he thought of Kushina living in a strange foreign land as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and when he thought of Kushina crying like a little girl when she left him, Uzumaki Toru couldn’t help but feel distressed and helpless.
But in front of these clan elders who were grandfathers, there was really no room for refusal and resistance
I just hope that Sarutobi Hiruzen can keep his promise and take good care of Kushina so that she won’t be bullied by others.
“In that case, then reply.”
At the same time, the other people talked in a low voice for a while, and finally nodded and said: “Now that the war is so fierce, although it is unlikely to affect us, it is beneficial for both of us to reach an agreement with the Fire Country.”
“After all, our Uzumaki Country and the Fire Country have always prospered together and suffered together. This is an agreement that has been upheld since the Warring States Period.”
Hearing this, the other clan elders nodded in agreement.
In the eyes of these high-level officials, Konoha and the Uzumaki clan can be said to be as close as brothers.
Not only because of the relationship between Mito-sama and Hashirama-sama, even the most outstanding Kushina Uzumaki in recent years was sent to Konoha at the request of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
After all, Mito-sama is considered to be long-lived even in Uzushio Village.
Konoha hopes that Kushina can succeed Mito-sama as the second Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the top leaders of the Uzushio Country also hope to consolidate their friendly relations with Konoha.
"Please take a look at this."
At this time, Uzumaki Toru suddenly put a form on the conference table.
"What is this?" Everyone was stunned for a moment, picked up the form, but frowned.
"The daimyo of the Fire Country said that the caravan we sent before was affected by the turmoil, and some weapons and supplies seemed to be lost. I hope we can make up for that part as soon as possible..."
Hearing the words of the daimyo, the expressions of the elders were not very good.
"The loss of supplies is just an excuse. It's obvious that he wants more."
One of the elders suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "We don't have much supplies now. If we give them some..."
Seeing that several elders were dissatisfied, Uzumaki Toru also hurriedly tried to smooth things over and persuaded them with a smile: "You don't know that the daimyo of the Fire Country has been succeeded by Yuan Shixiu. It's better not to cause trouble at this time."
"Yuan Shixiu, the youngest son of the old daimyo?"
Hearing his words, several elders frowned and talked about: "That old guy actually abdicated at this time and replaced him with a little kid. No wonder he is so greedy..."
After a long time of noisy discussion, Uzumaki Toru kept trying to smooth things over. At the end of the conversation, his forehead was covered with sweat.
"Then let's do this. Tetsuya, you send someone to negotiate and give them 10% higher than the selling price."
The elder of the clan knocked on his cane and said in a deep voice: "Just give the new daimyo a face. You can't hurt the relationship between the daimyo."
The Uzumaki clan does not have a strong combat power. It relies more on physical skills, perception and sealing techniques. In fact, only a few people can become ninjas, and there are not so many people to form an intelligence department.
Before the Second Shinobi World War breaks out completely, it is necessary to manage the relationship with the Fire Country and use the intelligence system of the Fire Country and Konoha. Only in this way can they continue to develop with peace of mind.
Given the distance between them and Konoha, if there is any unexpected situation, the Anbu will only need one day to rush over.
At that time, no matter which big country it is, don't think about breaking their defense, and they will be exhausted to death.
"Then I'll stop here for today."
Uzumaki Tetsuya stood up, bowed slightly to the elders present, and whispered: "Thank you for your hard work, elders. If there is any new news, I will notify you separately. Now please enjoy the Mask Festival."
"We are all old bones. What is there to enjoy? Let the young people have fun." The elders waved their hands, laughed at themselves, and got up and left.
After the elders left, Uzumaki Tetsuya exhaled a breath and walked to the window to look at the busy downtown in the distance.
Although it was late at night, the lights were still on.
Those people were surging like ants, forming a slowly rotating black flow of people on the street.
But at this time.
Boom! !
A loud noise came from far to near in an instant, and the whole building was shaken.
The window in front of Uzumaki Tetsuya was buzzing and vibrating, and spider-web-like cracks appeared in the sound of clicking, splitting the confused face reflected in the glass into multiple parts.
As an ordinary person who doesn't know ninjutsu, Uzumaki Tetsuya's first reaction was to crouch down and defend himself, just avoiding a piece of glass fragments.
After confirming that there was no follow-up aftermath, he stood up with the help of the window sill, sweating all over, and looked up at the distance outside the window as if facing a great enemy, and said horrifyingly: "What happened?"
I saw that countless birds were startled and flew up, a large piece of black smoke surged from a distance, and the orange-red fire illuminated half of the sky.
"The armory where the detonating talismans were stored exploded?" Uzumaki Tetsuya muttered to himself, but soon shook his head, his expression became horrified, "No, no, that direction is..."
"The commercial street where the mask festival is held!!"
Just as he felt a chill in his heart, the door of the conference room was pushed open.
The elders who had left came in again in a panic, and beside them were several tense-looking ninjas from Uzushio Village. They were relieved when they saw that Uzumaki Tetsuya was fine.
"Daimyo, and all the elders."
A ninja walked out, his face was a little ugly, but he still comforted: "Some accidents have happened. Please wait here for a while. We have people going to rescue."
"So, what happened?" Uzumaki Tetsuya's body trembled slightly, and he opened his eyes wide and said, "Is it an accident, or... an attack?"
If someone attacked Uzushio Village, then they are too brave!
Also, why did no one warn from beginning to end? When did the defense force become so weak?
"Please don't worry, all the ninjas are coming, they won't..."
Before Uzumaki Tetsuya got an accurate answer, several elders and ninjas changed their faces, turned their heads and looked out the window with a serious expression, saying: "Someone is coming!"
Hearing this, Uzumaki Tetsuya subconsciously turned his head and looked, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
I saw that a white mist suddenly surged out from the outside, and buildings were gradually submerged until their building was covered, filled with a solemn and cold atmosphere.
Judging from the ninjas' fearful expressions, it was obviously not a naturally generated fog.
"Could it be..." Uzumaki Tetsuya's eyes twitched, "Is it coming for us?"