Ninja Ice House

We found a secluded private room, and Fusugi Fusui and Terumi Mei sat across from each other.

On this hot day, my clothes stick to my skin, which is a bit uncomfortable. Fortunately, the luxurious private room is air-conditioned, and the cool breeze makes me feel comfortable.

"Master Bu Shui, have you seen me before?"

"I think should not be."

"That's strange."

Terumi Mei couldn't remember when she had interacted with the Furusugi family. Even if it was an unexpected encounter with such a gentle and elegant young master, it was impossible for him to have no impression.

As for fame, the Kingdom of Water is isolated overseas. There is very little news about that archipelago country in the ninja continent, and there are not many famous fog ninjas.

There is a joke that reflects this fact very well.

In the Third Ninja World War, when the Seven Ninja Swordsmen invaded the hinterland of the Land of Fire and were beaten to a pulp by Matt Dai using the Eight Gate Armor Formation, few ninjas could name all of them.

As for the later Momochi Zabuza, it was because he assassinated the daimyo and launched a rebellion that shocked the world, and combined with his previous evil deeds of bloodbathing his compatriots, that he became so famous.

There are also many Kirito ninjas who are not bad in strength, even stronger than "Keijin", but they are unknown because they have not done anything famous in the ninja world.

Strength is stronger than fame, which is obvious in Mist Ninja. Once you meet an expert outside the standard, an unknown person, you will definitely be surprised.

Gushan Bushui didn't want to discuss whether the Kirigakure Village, which was thousands of miles away, was worthy of its name. He asked the waiter to serve a few plates of side dishes and a bottle of wine, skillfully filled the wine bottle and handed it over.

"I won't mention the trivial matters. Miss Terumi's double-blooded successor is still very famous."

"Aren't you being questioned?"

"It's groundless. I've seen Haru Yu and Lin Eoyu Yuri. The mist ninjas I've never even heard of before were so powerful that they had to use Shunshen Shisui to make them retreat."

"That's right. We Mist ninjas are used to being looked down upon by ninjas on the mainland, especially Konoha ninjas."

"It's not always like this. It's because there is too little communication. Just like this year's Chunin Examination, there must be a stage for performance."

Incompatible blood inheritance boundaries are the norm in the ninja world. Terumi Mei breaks people's inherent concepts. It is natural that they will be doubted until they see it with their own eyes or have clear results.

A further example is the bloody elimination of Onoki, the third generation of the Tsuchikage - the Dust Release and Original Realm Peeling Technique. It was created by the second generation of the Tsuchikage, Memu, and passed on to his successors, and it was forged after decades of bloody events.

Terumi Mei, who was in her early twenties, did not have that kind of status. Until she led the rebels to defeat Goju Yagura and successfully defeated the enemy, it was difficult for outsiders to have an intuitive understanding.

"Let's talk about it next year."

The predicament of being out of work is also very obvious in Kirigakure Village. In recent years, there have been really few people who can do anything well. If you reluctantly go out to fight, you will only be humiliating yourself. It is better to hide your clumsiness and look better.

Pouting her lips frivolously, her slightly mature face revealed a hint of a little daughter that had not completely faded away. Terumi Mei changed the topic and said,

"Let's get back to the subject. Lord Mizukage sent me here this time to ask about the intentions of the Kosugi family. Not to mention rebuilding the Country of Whirlpool, which disturbed the peace of the entire East China Sea; also, those guys from the Country of Bears, in

The northern part of the Kingdom of Water picked up a lot of people, but they didn’t even say hello to our Kirigakure Village. Isn’t it a bit arrogant?”

"Do you think about those poor people who are not even ninjas and are no different from refugees?"

"This is not a question of whether they are important or not, but a protest against your Fire Nation's overreaching..."

"All right."

Regardless of whether it is fat or lean meat, even if it is bones and dregs, if it rots in the pot, it belongs to you, and no outsider can touch it.

After taking a few sips of wine, Gu Shan Bu Shui considered his words and hesitated for a while before saying:

"We, the Furusugi family, have accepted the matter of rebuilding the Uzumaki Country. During the Warring States Period for nearly a thousand years, we, the Furusugi Clan, and the Uzumaki Family have been allies. The Uzumaki Country and the Izumo Country are mutually exclusive.

If it weren't for the marriage between Princess Mito and Senju Hashirama, it would be hard to tell the pattern of the ninja world. I also know a little bit about the truth about the destruction of the Uzumaki Kingdom. Of course, it's not to settle old scores, anyway, the dead will not be resurrected, and the living will not be resurrected.

People should look forward."

"Would the remnants of the Uzumaki clan want revenge?"

It is not something that ordinary forces can do to completely destroy a medium-sized country with good military strength. If you look at the people around you who are watching with eager eyes, you can know who did it.

Kumogakure Village and Kirigakure Village took turns taking action, with the former killing people and stealing goods, and the latter plundering goods. The Uzumaki clan's accumulated wealth in the past thousand years was divided up by the two ninja villages.

It is not clear whether the two major ninja villages have joined forces, but at least they have a tacit agreement to eliminate the allies of the Leaf Village and gain some benefits by the way.

The destruction of the Kingdom of Uzumaki occurred before Gu Shanbu Shui was born, but the robbery of the Uzumaki survivors continued for many years, so that the lucky ones who were alive no longer considered themselves Uzumaki tribe members, and bright red hair became increasingly rare.

Nowadays, the Kingdom of Whirlpool has been completely abandoned, overgrown with weeds, and no longer as prosperous as before. The so-called reconstruction, trying to restore it to its original state, is probably impossible. Without the accumulation of two or three generations, it will be difficult to be self-sufficient.

The Mist Ninja was a little worried about the reappearance of the Country of Whirlpool. In the strategic location of the buffer zone, if a country that hated itself appeared, everyone would have to ask questions.

Don't think that you can get away with what you did back then by hiding your identity. The ninja world is so big, the east coast is vast, and there are only these few companies that can get on the stage. It's not you but you, let alone everyone.

I haven't wronged you.

"I think the truth of this world is not so unreasonable. We must respect the facts and cannot turn a blind eye to what happened. We cannot avoid talking about our previous unhappiness, let alone treat it as if it never happened. But..."

Smiling Gu Shan Bu Shui suggested,

"We must look forward. Peaceful coexistence cannot be achieved by completely erasing existence, or even by strictly guarding against it. Bearing in mind the lessons of the past, preventing tragedies from happening again, and living well in the future is the right path."

"It looks so troublesome."

Terumi Mei actually doesn't like these tortuous activities. What Fusugi Fusui said makes sense, but the results are too slow.

"In most cases, it is indeed much more difficult to solve problems than to solve the people who caused them, so we are always used to taking shortcuts. Arrogance and rashness, coupled with laziness, will inevitably make conflicts worse."

After chewing on Kosugi Bosui's words, Terumi thought for a while and then asked:

"Does Kumo Ninja have no objections?"

"Those hot-tempered guys?"

Gushan Bushui, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, replied,

"They didn't take the Kingdom of Whirlpool seriously, they just sent a few patrols to check it out and then left."

The Kumo ninja have strategic weapons and an unsinkable sea base - Giant Turtle Island. Whether the attack is powerful depends on the specific situation, but the defense is definitely more than enough.

The core interests of the Kumo ninja are around the Country of Iron, the Country of Fields, the Country of Frost, the Country of Taki and the Country of Grass. They go south to compete with Konohagakure for the dominance of the ninja world, and go west to seize the Iwa Ninja territory. The sea territory in the southeast,

It's not the lifeline.

Only the Kingdom of Water, which faces the east coast of the Ninja Continent, needs to compete for strategic locations on the sea.

In order to dispel Terumi Mei's concerns, Fusugi Fusui frankly confessed:

"No one can estimate anything that is too long-term. However, for twenty or thirty years, the country of Whirlpool will not be able to control the situation. After that, it will be left to future generations to worry about. The order of one village and one country in the ninja world is also

It has only been established for more than fifty years, so why should your Kirigakure Village be worried about worries that are far away?"

"I'm not uneasy, just a little strange. If we don't respond, are you going to push the envelope further? If you advance the battle line to the Country of Whirlpool today, won't you be going to take away all the Bloodline Ninjas from Kirigakure Village tomorrow?"

"Come on, don't even give it to me. Our Gushan family is a serious and noble family, why do we need so many unruly ninjas?"

Minazuki is an arrogant family whose pride is not inferior to that of the Uchiha, so they were beaten the hardest. The Kaguya clan with corpse veins is not only mentally ill, but also suffers from severe blood diseases. They have such a group of manic mental patients under their control.

Preventing their out-of-control rebellion requires a lot of effort, and the gain outweighs the loss.

What Gusugi Bosui wants is the Fuma clan that has declined to the point of submission, the fugitive Uchiha who have lost their energy and spirit, the helpless red-eyed Ranmaru and the owner of the mutated ice escape - Shiro, and the ones who are always ready to contribute.

The powerful mermaid clan.

Even the Kurama family is regarded as foreign aid in the position of Kosugi Bosui, and in the future it is hoped that they can be recruited as retainers similar to Togakushi and Yasukawa.

If there is a breakthrough in biotechnology research in the future, we can also think of ways to work on corpse veins.

Other than that, only the first-generation cells are worth looking forward to.

"Master Bu Shui's words are really impeccable. The Wind Demon Clan is trying to make a move in the Kingdom of Water, so they want to push them all away?"

"That's not the case. After all, I recruited you here, so I won't deny it. It's just that it's a normal intercourse between people, and it doesn't mean to target anyone."

The development of the ninja world is very strange, because the existence of ninjutsu provides extremely high production capacity, directly bypassing the bloody primitive accumulation of capital, cross-regional colonization and large-scale slave trade do not exist, driving out those unarmed civilians

The efficiency of doing heavy work is really low. Hiring a ninja and using a few ninjutsu can make Gaoxia go out of Pinghu Lake and the natural chasm become a path.

To put it bluntly, ordinary people can't even pick up trash compared to a fledgling genin team.

Therefore, it is obvious that attracting ordinary people in large quantities is not cost-effective.

What Gushan Bushui needs are talents, not just individuals.

On this point, most of the forces in the ninja world actually have similar views.

"I also believe that you don't have any evil intentions, but if you are caught out of bounds, you won't be able to save your face..."

To put it bluntly, vanity is still at work. The dignified residents of the Water Country don’t even want to stay in their own country. They would rather go to a small country with poor mountains and rivers like the Bear Country to “suffer”. From the Daimyo of the Water Country to the Mizukage, everyone feels

Very embarrassing.

"That's it!"

Gushan Bu Shui lowered his head slightly, thought for a while and said,

"It is definitely not possible to ask us to stop. After all, Hansaki has not done anything bad. It is neither human trafficking nor smuggling. It is just a normal welfare payment. As for those refugees who yearn for a life in the Ninja Continent, it is even more difficult to find

There is nothing wrong. It is not advisable to cut off contact directly, it is against humanity. However, I can save the face of the Kingdom of Water..."

Gu Shanbu Shui paused as he spoke and continued to explain:

"Later, I will ask several coastal countries to set up ambassador-level offices in your place and issue 'labor certificates' and 'visit relatives' visas to local people. Those with time limits are not considered abandoning the country. As for whether they are willing to go back,

That is another matter. At the same time, the Kingdom of Water can also send people to visit the mainland to do similar things. If there are comings and goings, it will seem much normal. In this matter, our Gushan family

You can decide to reach a formal agreement with the Kingdom of Water, and everyone will follow suit in the future."

"This seems feasible."

After listening, Terumi Mei nodded in agreement,

"In peacetime, there are more and more exchanges between countries. It is indeed necessary to establish formal rules to avoid disputes."

"This is just the beginning. There are still many things that need to be dealt with in the future? For example, consular jurisdiction, tax agreements, extradition treaties, etc., we must slowly keep up."

"I don't know about this, let the Daimyo worry about it."

Mentioning specific matters, Terumi Mei waved her hands impatiently.

"Although I don't fully understand what you said, I will report it to the Daimyo and Mizukage exactly as they are, and will continue to follow up..."

"Oh? Then let's do it Miss Terumi. It's hard to get along with this bad old man. There must be something like a generation gap, hehe..."

Not to mention the extremely old-fashioned Qing, the last opponent Chun Yu was also a strict guy, gentle on the surface, but actually not very easy to talk to.

"Master Bu Shui, you really made a somewhat embarrassing request. This kind of matter needs to be weighed by the superior before a decision can be made. I am just a pathfinder. Specific matters still need to be discussed by professionals."

"It's all the same. Ms. Terumi thinks I will discuss the specific terms one by one with those scholars who are proficient in law and ethics? Give me a rough idea of ​​what you want to achieve and how to do it. You must let others do it. In the end, I will sign and agree."

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This is true for many things. If the boss really wants to do everything, he will be exhausted. With so many talented people of all kinds under his command, he will not be just doing nothing.

"The Land of Fire is a good place, and it feels pretty good. I haven't been to Inaba and Yuki Island yet. I heard that the 'King of Fighters' challenge is very lively. If I have the chance, I want to go there."

"It's a pity that I missed it this year. Please come early next year. I will have people receive you then, and I will make Miss Terumi feel at home."

"With your kind words, I'll stop here today. Thank you for your candor."