Red sand dust

Although Daimaru is a newly promoted Jonin, his popularity is still quite high.

I can't say that he is a household name in Sand Hidden Village, but at least he is well-known among ninjas. After all, he controls the air combat troops and holds many official ninja quotas.

Even in Konoha Village, Daimaru was barely considered a figure. His identity as a jounin was not convincing enough, and with the aura of being the founder of the air combat unit, he was really more famous than many senior jounin.

Of course, the person who impressed Daimaru most was probably the Iwa-nin. The executioner, whose hands were stained with the blood of countless Iwa-nins, should have been on the must-kill list long ago. Maybe the bounty on the black market bounty house had already been posted.

Hundreds of thousands or millions?

Maybe there is a group of bounty hunters waiting to harvest Daimaru's head in exchange for money.

Sarutobi Asuma, who calmly drank half of the drink Daimaru gave him, saw that Daimaru didn't move his chopsticks to eat the barbecue and didn't care, so he asked calmly:

"Do you support accepting purchases from our Konoha Village?"

"Of course! As long as the price is right, there is no reason to refuse!"

Daimaru replied matter-of-factly.

Money can't buy everything, but wing armor is definitely not one of the things that cannot be traded.

Not to mention puppet-type ninja tools, even tailed beasts can be bought and sold. Kazekage, the first generation of Sunagakure Village, wanted to trade tailed beasts for land, but was rejected.

"That's good!"

Sarutobi Asuma nodded,

"As long as you are willing to sell, I am afraid that things other than the transaction will affect the result..."

The bearded man said with a wry smile, picked up the wine glass, took a big sip, and then sighed and said,

"I was walking on the streets of Sunagakure Village wearing a Konoha ninja forehead protector, and the looks around me were really uncomfortable..."

"It's normal. Last year, I had almost the same feeling in Konoha Village..."

Now it's settled, the Hokage Sandaime has just passed away. It was a friendly exchange in name, but in fact the one-tailed Jinchuuriki Gaara and Daimaru and his team were hostages, but they were looked down upon by many Konoha villagers.

Almost a year has passed, and the resentment between the two villages and the scars after the war have not been completely healed. However, except for those whose family members died in the "Konoha Collapse Plan", most of the villagers have become very peaceful.

Konoha Village is okay, it barely has the grace of a strong person. The Suna Ninja who have been defeated many times are not that grand. Now that they have just defeated the Iwa Ninja, and when their spirits are high, they are too close to the Konoha Village, who has a lot of resentment. I always feel uncomfortable.

Of course, this kind of temporary thought will go away as quickly as it comes. After a while, it will probably become normal.

"Wars always kill people, and the resentment after the war is even more troublesome..."

Daimaru smiled, asked the waiter for a glass of water, drank a few sips to moisten his throat, flew back quickly, and discussed with several elders for a long time. In such a dry season, his throat was almost smoking.

"The Sandaime of Hokage is dead. Although it was not directly caused by the Suna ninja, it still has something to do with it. However, the Asuma jounin doesn't seem to resent us very much..."

"As you said, of course you will not take the revenge of killing your father lightly, but you are also victims of being deceived. The object of resentment should be Orochimaru, not Suna Ninja, but..."

The bearded man seemed to recall some past events and continued with a complicated expression,

"As a disciple of my father and one of the legendary 'Three Ninjas', Orochimaru has made great achievements for the village. Our group of Konoha ninjas basically listen to the Konoha White Fang, Golden Flash and 'Three Ninjas'. 'Having grown up with the legends of 'Orochimaru', even if they are already rebellious ninjas, Konoha ninjas still have complicated feelings towards 'Orochimaru'..."

"Understandable!"

Alongside Tsunade and Jiraiya, Orochimaru was once part of the "Konoha Spirit" inheritance. I don't know how many young ninjas admired them and targeted them. Even after defecting for many years, the touching taboo His genius and former glory have not faded in the hearts of the new generation of Konoha ninjas.

This is a hero that can only be found in Konoha Village where geniuses abound. The background of Sunagakure Village is much worse. The Third Kazekage who once had hope to reach this level died inexplicably. The genius Red Sand Scorpion disappeared. The one on the edge is the second generation Samana who has been dead for many years and established the pattern of Sunagakure Village.

As for the controversial Kazekage fourth generation Rasa, he may be an excellent leader with talent and courage, but since he has failed, he naturally loses his persuasiveness.

"If you think about it, Sunagakure Village really lacks heroes! Perhaps, the reputation of "Red Sand", who formed an aerial combat unit at a young age and defeated Iwa ninjas by killing them step by step, may be much greater than I imagined! After all, the village is short of capable "heroes" worthy of praise! 』

Daimaru, who was thinking like this, temporarily suppressed these thoughts in his mind and asked curiously:

"You asked for the wing armor, and we agreed to sell it. It is actually a good thing for both villages. However, just buying it is not a long-term solution. The puppet itself is not a cheap ninja tool, and the wing armor is quite expensive. Sorry. Let me put it bluntly, no matter how rich Konoha Village is, it cannot afford to squander it..."

"This is not something I should consider. Tsunade-sama and several elders made the decision. As for the reason, I am not very clear..."

"That's it!"

Daimaru chuckled and shook his head.

The bearded man who came from the Hokage family is certainly not lacking in political wisdom, but it is not necessarily true if he is not willing to use his brains for these things.

When he was young, he was so arrogant that he had a falling out with his father, who was the Hokage. He ran away from home willfully and worked as a guardian nin for many years. It can be seen that this bearded guy is not a conformist guy.

"Hopefully we all get what we want!"

As he spoke, Daimaru stood up and prepared to leave.

"There will be many opportunities to interact with each other in the future, see you later..."

"Well! Thank you for the wine..."

"You're welcome!"

Daimaru drank all the water in the cup, turned around and left, waved his hand, opened the windproof curtain and walked out.

"It's not easy! She would rather spend a lot of money to buy winged armor to train aerial combat ninjas. It seems that the aggressive elder advisors put a lot of pressure on Tsunade..."

As an ally of Sunagakure Village, the Konoha ninjas did not have an urgent need to defend the air combat troops in a short period of time. If it were not for some accidents, it would be unimaginable that there would be such a deal.

Of course, it is also possible that the purchase of the wing armor is just a pretense, but has another purpose, such as strengthening cooperation, diplomatic manipulation, increasing the bargaining chip to win over Kirigakure Village, etc.

The specifics can only be realized slowly in the future.

Looking up at the sky, it was still early. Daimaru adjusted his direction and walked towards the "Daimaru Workshop" that he had not visited for a while.