Konoha's traitor master

Chapter 204

Ninja Alliance Building

Aoba's words broke the silence in the conference room, and some envoys from small countries couldn't help but start talking.

Aoba's straightforward attitude made them suspicious.

There is no doubt that this proposal is aimed at Konoha.

Konoha participated in every ninja war, and each time the war was fought on multiple fronts.

The reason lies in the vast land owned by the Fire Nation, which is the foundation of the Fire Nation's prosperity and also leads to the Fire Nation's long border.

The role of trap tactics in defense was thoroughly demonstrated in the Third Ninja War, so all countries thought that Konoha would definitely not give up this tactic.

But Aoba agreed very simply.

"Konoha very much agrees with the proposal to ban the use of trap tactics. After all, Konoha has always been the party forced to defend during the Third Ninja War of Konoha." Aoba made a sincere expression and put Konoha in the third place.

The blame for the large-scale use of traps in the Sub-Ninja World War was placed on a few 'attackers'.

Then he quickly switched to a serious expression and began to change the topic: "But this proposal is too crude."

"It's just that simply stipulating not to use trap tactics on a large scale in war is too ambiguous. We can discuss the specific details now."

"For example, are they not allowed to be used in all wars, or are there regulations on the scale and nature of wars?"

"How many traps are used can be called mass use."

"In addition, should regulations be made for the use of traps during non-war periods, etc."

"I think these issues should be discussed clearly before voting, what do you think? Speaker Luo Sha." Aoba flashed a sneer at Luo Sha in front of him.

It is not that simple to achieve your goals through the Ninja Alliance.

In fact, Konoha's top brass had discussed Rasa's plan.

Rasa's purpose aside, regarding the question of whether to ban the large-scale use of traps, Konoha's top brass actually prefers that all countries should ban it together.

In terms of 'internal causes', the most critical point is that the Kingdom of Fire is currently deeply poisoned by the legacy of traps, and the traps on the battlefield of the Kingdom of Water during the Three Wars have not yet been completely cleared.

What's more realistic is that Konoha can't afford to spend money now.

Prices are rising as countries rush to buy trap materials.

Even during the four-nation talks, the countries discussed and decided not to continue panic buying and drive up the prices of related supplies.

But not ‘rushing up’ does not mean not buying. Due to merchants’ ‘insufficient production’, the current prices are still quite astonishing, and trap tactics have become veritable ‘krypton gold tactics’.

During the Third Ninja War, Konoha relied on its intelligence advantage to prepare a large amount of relevant materials in advance, but in the later period, Konoha's finances almost collapsed.

In the end, I owed a huge loan with a term of 10 years to support myself.

The interest paid out in each installment now is enough to make Tsunade gnash her teeth.

This is the reason why many of Aoba's unconventional policies can be successfully implemented in Konoha, because these new policies can bring money, such as family offices and disabled people's associations.

This was also the reason why the third generation readily abdicated the throne at that time. He had absolutely nothing to do with the loan.

In short, Konoha cannot afford to fight a war using trap tactics now.

The ‘external cause’ is that the war between Konoha and Kumogakure Village gave Konoha’s top brass more confidence in the village’s strength.

From the perspective of conventional armies, if the Third Ninja World War was a victory of intelligence and borrowing money, then this war with Kumogakure Village was completely dominated by hard power.

This time the number of troops sent by the two sides was the same, and the top management of Konoha was actually very satisfied with the balance of power.

Because in terms of reserve forces, Konoha's population has always been its biggest advantage.

In addition, in terms of high-end combat power, among the younger generation, after Minato and Aoba emerged, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki Kushina stood up again and suppressed the Two-Tailed Jinchuuriki of Kumogakure Village on the battlefield.

This means that the generation after the three ninjas, that is, the Minato generation, there are at least three ninjas in Konoha who have reached the level of "shadow".

This only counts the young Kage who have shown strength on the battlefield, and does not include unstable factors such as Uchiha Fugaku. Therefore, the confidence of the entire Konoha senior management in Konoha's combat power can be said to have reached its peak.

They are very confident that they can maintain the 'peace' of the ninja world in the future with this strength.

In peacetime, the benefits of the trap tactic of ‘krypton gold’ are not that great.

Therefore, Konoha fully supports the restriction of trap tactics on all countries.

However, even if Konoha's attitude is to promote a complete ban on trap tactics, Aoba will not follow Rasa's plan.

After Luo Sha awakened, she became very thoughtful.

But the number of various meetings Aoba has held is beyond what Luo Sha can imagine!

Luosha's eyes narrowed slightly, but he remained calm on his face: "I very much agree with Councilor Konoha's opinion. Then regarding the above issues, everyone can speak freely."

He knew his purpose had been seen through.

His purpose in pushing the Kawa Country and the Grass Country to put forward this proposal was not only to open up the trade routes between the two countries, but more importantly, through this proposal, he showed his authority as the Speaker of the Alliance to the other small countries.

By the way, I want to discredit Konoha a little bit and give Konoha the label of not caring about the life and death of civilians.

But Aoba's behavior was tantamount to seizing the initiative of the entire proposal, easily throwing off the hat of Luo Sha, and demonstrating Aoba's professionalism in thinking about the problem.

When following up on the plans proposed by other small countries, it is very likely that they will consider asking "professional" Qingye to help improve them.

It seems that this time is still the stage for this young man from Konoha, Luo Sha thought in his mind.

However, he is now a person who can afford to lose, and he quickly adjusted his mentality.

He is only in his twenties and has no lack of patience.

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after the meeting

Yahiko returned to the embassy of the Land of Rain with a heavy heart.

Today's meeting failed to reach an agreement on banning trap tactics. After Aoba started it, various countries participated in the discussion.

In fact, it is not only the Land of Rivers and the Land of Grass that are harmed by traps, but also various small countries that have always been regarded as the battlefields of big powers. In fact, they have always suffered from it.

Yahiko himself feels this the most. Civilians in small countries, especially those living on the border, basically need to master some simple trap identification techniques since childhood.

Otherwise it will be difficult to live and grow up.

"But..." After Yahiko sighed, the determination in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"The future of the small country really lies in the Ninja Alliance, Nagato, our decision is correct!"

"But Jiraiya-sensei is too difficult to deal with." Yahiko's expression quickly fell again.

One of his confidences in coming to Konoha was Jiraiya's high-level relationship. He did not expect that Jiraiya's path would be completely blocked.