The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

What happened in the distant Fire Kingdom did not affect the situation in the Water Kingdom.

Under the control of the Shimada clan, the alliance, the Terumi clan and the Daming Prefecture, representatives from several parties soon sat together.

As for the location of the negotiations, it is the capital of water.

Because the war was in full swing, the three clans of the alliance only sent one elder to represent the clan in order to prevent the Ghost Lantern clan from taking advantage of the situation.

As for the Terumi clan, Terumiei went into battle in person, accompanied by an elder.

Since the negotiation place was in the Water City, the daimyo naturally appeared in person. Of course, the person responsible for the specific negotiations was still the daimyo.

Hanzo didn't know what these people were talking about.

He is just a middleman, responsible for bringing the three families together and serving as a witness. He does not participate in the specific discussions.

However, judging from the expressions of the representatives of the three parties when they came out of the first day of discussions, the Daming Palace and the Alliance seemed to be relatively proud of themselves. As for the Terumi clan... I'm afraid they suffered a small loss.

Thinking about it, the alliance, as the protagonist of this negotiation, naturally takes the initiative.

As the official institution of the Kingdom of Water, Daming Mansion also has its own advantages.

Only the Terumi clan, in everyone's opinion, is just here to pick up bargains.

If the Minazuki clan hadn't insisted on bringing the Terumi clan into the alliance with the idea of ​​not pushing their ready-made combat power to the enemy, the Mikigaki and Kaguya clans wouldn't even want to talk to them.

In the end, although the alliance agreed to the Terumi clan joining the alliance, the interests and status of the three original alliance clans also had to be maintained. This time, even the Minazuki clan would not help them.

Naturally, the benefits that the Terumi clan can reap are just leftovers.

"Clan leader, what do you mean by the Minazuki clan? We are stronger than the Mikigaki and Kaguya clans. Are the conditions they gave us just to send us away to beggar?"

As soon as they returned to the resting place arranged by Daming Mansion, the elder who accompanied Teru Meirong couldn't help but say.

Although the negotiations were asking for high prices and then paying back the money, the conditions given by the Minazuki clan were... too low and a bit exaggerated.

If such a condition is agreed to, the Terumi clan will only have 50% or 60% say in the alliance with Maki and Kaguya, but they will have to bear the same combat obligations.

From such conditions, they could guess that the upper limit of the conditions given by the Minazuki clan would not be very high.

Terumi Rong's face was also a little gloomy, but he could barely keep his composure and said: "Don't be impatient yet. This is only the first day. Let's try it out again."

On the second and third days, as the negotiations progressed, the Daming Palace and the Alliance had basically finalized a cooperation plan, but the Terumi clan and the Alliance were in a deadlock.

After the third day of negotiations, Terumiei returned to his residence, took a deep breath, and said to the elder beside him: "No need to wait any longer, please contact the Shimada clan."

The elder nodded and said: "I understand, clan leader." After saying that, he couldn't wait to walk out. Apparently, he was fed up with the alliance's aggressiveness.

As the coordinator of this negotiation, Hanzo temporarily stayed in the Water Capital on behalf of the Shimada clan.

However, he was not at his residence at this time, but was invited to the Daming Mansion by the daimyo.

"Lord Hanzo, you really have everything on your mind..."

When the daimyo saw Hanzo, he said with something like a smile but not a smile.

Hanzo's expression was a little unnatural.

He had long thought that the daimyo might want to talk to him.

So as early as when the negotiations started, Hanzo told Motojiu who came with him that he would notify him when the results of the negotiations came out, and then Hanzo disappeared.

Therefore, every time the daimyo sent someone, Motojiu would only say that Hanzo was not here.

There was no one who could make the decision, and there was no use talking to others. Although the Daimyo was a little unhappy, there was nothing he could do.

But Hanzo also knows how to measure things.

If you do it for one day, you can't say anything. If you do it for two days, you can tolerate it. If you do it for three days, that's a bit too much.

Therefore, on the third day, Hanzo had no choice but to return to the residence arranged by the daimyo.

So there was this scene in front of me.

Hanzo smiled and said: "The Daimyo is joking. I'm just practicing around the Water City. What's going on, Daimyo? I heard that the negotiations between you and the alliance are going well."

Hanzo pretended to be confused.

The daimyo secretly cursed for being cunning, and could only put a smile on his face, saying: "I invite you to come here this time because I have something else to say. I wonder how the nobles have considered my last proposal?"

how?

Hanzo couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The family's intelligence personnel have yet to find out the results of their investigation.

Not to mention that the chief elder and several elders were still objecting, Hanzo would not dare to agree hastily even if the senior officials unanimously approved it.

However, this reason must not be made clear to the daimyo.

So Hanzo had no choice but to say to the daimyo: "The family is still considering it. If there is a result, I will inform the daimyo as soon as possible."

The reason was a bit lame, but the daimyo didn't seem to care. Instead, he said with a smile: "The nobles must hurry up. I got news that the chief of the Uchiha clan and the chief of the Senju clan died together on the battlefield two days ago.

Now, I think the nobles will also start planning."

This time, it was Hanzo's turn to be shocked.

Although the Shimada clan also has spies in the Land of Fire, there is still a gap compared to the Daming Mansion.

The names of the five major countries have been passed down to families for who knows how long, and they are intertwined with each other.

They don't pay attention to ordinary news, but Shui Daiming can learn about this kind of news immediately.

"Thousand-Armed Buddha, and Uchiha Tajima..." Hanzo was completely stunned at this time.

Seeing Hanzo's stunned expression, a trace of satisfaction flashed in the daimyo's eyes, and he continued to say to Hanzo: "So the nobles must seize the time, opportunity waits for no one."

After saying that, the daimyo turned and left.

As the daimyo left, Hanzo, who was standing where he was, also came back to his senses.

Hanzo can also guess two points about the daimyo's thoughts.

I just think that this is a good opportunity for the Shimada clan. The Shimada clan will definitely be eager to return to the Land of Fire, so that the Shimada clan can make a decision as soon as possible.

Hanzo just wanted to laugh at this.

After all, the daimyo has never experienced a real war, and most of his understanding of the fighting situation between the ninja clan comes from imagination.

It seems that being high-minded but short-handed is a common problem among creatures like daimyo.

This is the case even in later generations, like the Daimyos of the Land of Fire. Even though they don’t understand it, they know how to lie down.

I will fully support Konoha and I don't care about anything else.

This is pretty good.

I'm afraid that some daimyo don't know how to lie down, and just thinking about operations will end up screwing up their own ninja village.

If the Shimada clan returns to the Land of Fire now, they will undoubtedly be regarded as taking advantage of the situation by the Senju and Uchiha clans.

It will inevitably be targeted by both groups at the same time.

Anyway, Senju Buddhama and Uchiha Tajima are dead and will not be resurrected if they wait for a while, so the Shimada clan has nothing to worry about.

Shaking his head, Hanzo also left here.

Although there is no rush to return to the Land of Fire, the Shimada clan's original plan is about to change.

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