The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

Given the size of Konoha, the distance from the Konoha gate to the Hokage Building in the center is naturally not short.

The Kirigakure mission, Uchiha Kazuya and others were just walking normally, so the time spent on the road was quite long.

However, this also gave Hanzo enough preparation time. When the Kirigakure delegation arrived near the Hokage Building, Hanzo was already standing there with several elders.

"Hokage-sama."

"Hokage-sama."

In terms of status, Hanzo is equivalent to Kirigakure Mizukage. This time, it was the Kirigakure envoy who saluted Hanzo first.

"Welcome to my guests in Konoha." Seeing this, Hanzo smiled and nodded, and at the same time walked up and shook hands with the leader, Terumiei.

Of course, he also gave Yuan Jiu a look.

"Lord Hokage, before coming here, Lord Mizukage asked me to say hello to you."

Terumiei held Hanzo's hand and said.

"The Mizukage and I haven't seen each other for a long time. How is the Mizukage?" Hanzo asked immediately, remembering that Arashi Minazuki, the first generation Mizukage, seemed not too young at all.

"Thank you for your concern, Hokage-sama. Mizukage-sama is in good health." Terumiei also replied.

The two of them exchanged pleasantries outside the Hokage Building, and then Hanzo said: "You guys have come from a long way, and you must be tired. Why don't you guys take a rest first? In the afternoon, the elder Kazuya will be responsible for negotiating with you.

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As the first foreign village mission that Konoha received after its establishment, the visit of the Kirigakure mission itself was a big event for Konoha.

But what the Kirigakure mission wanted to discuss with Konoha was actually just a small matter.

Therefore, Hanzo was too lazy to negotiate with Terumiei and others in person. He only needed to make a gesture and that was enough.

If he, the Hokage, had to deal with everything, what else would the elder do?

And Terumiei obviously knew this. Their visit to Konoha was not so much to discuss cross-border trade and cross-border escort missions with Konoha, but rather to test Konoha's attitude.

Since Konoha was officially established, Kirigakure has not sent intelligence personnel to the Land of Fire.

Because among the four great ninja villages, the Kirigakure clan who once lived next to the Shimada clan know the strength of Konoha best.

It was precisely because of this that they were afraid of angering Konoha and causing a big disaster, so Kirigakure decided not to send intelligence ninjas to the Fire Country.

But this also led to them being ignorant of Konoha's attitude, and it was obviously not an option to continue like this.

So after thinking about it, Mizukage decided that since the dark one couldn't come, he might as well come to the bright one.

This led to the visit of the Kirigakure mission, and I have to say that Minazuki Arashi had good intentions.

"Since Hokage-sama is so considerate of us, then we have to be more respectful than obey." Terumiei said with a smile.

Hanzo then smiled and said to a ninja standing behind him: "Take Kirigakure's guests down, and tell the people below that everyone should be treated the best."

"yes."

The ninja knelt down on one knee and answered the order, then turned to look at Terumi Rong and others, and said: "Guests, come with me."

The Kirigakure delegation left with the ninjas, but Uchiha Kazuya stayed.

He said to Hanzo hesitantly: "Hokage-sama, this afternoon's negotiations..."

Hanzo glanced at him after hearing this, shook his head, and said casually: "No need to worry, just normal negotiations. As long as it does not harm the interests of Konoha, it's okay to give up some things to Kirigakure."

Hearing Hanzo's words, Uchiha Kazuya immediately understood and said: "I understand, Hokage-sama."

Seeing this, Hanzo also stepped out of the Hokage Building.

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On the other hand, the Konoha ninjas took the six members of the Kirigakure delegation directly to the reception house specially built by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for envoys from other villages.

Of course, in the plan, this guest house is going to be built very luxuriously.

However, due to the current construction progress of Konoha, this guesthouse is a bit crude.

After all, this is an official Konoha building, and all expenses are paid out of public accounts. No one pays for it privately. The construction process naturally has to be based on the plan originally submitted.

"Everyone, you will temporarily live here these days. This hostel has enough room. If you need anything, just ask the people in the hostel." After the ninja brought the Kirigakure envoy here,

, then said.

"Thank you." Terumi Rong heard this and nodded, while looking at the hostel.

"Everyone, please excuse me. I have to return my message to the Hokage-sama, so I'm sorry." Seeing this, the ninja bowed slightly and disappeared into the reception room.

"Elder Rong, I have some personal matters. I need to leave for a moment." After the ninja left, Motojiu said to Mei Rong impatiently.

Terumi Rong also clearly understood that Motohisa was the family he had stayed with for more than ten years, so he nodded and said: "Elder Motohisa can do it himself."

After saying that, Terumi Rong led the rest of the mission into the reception room.

But Yuanjiu dodged and disappeared from the spot.

To be honest, even he himself did not expect that when he was really so close to his family, the excitement in his heart would be so intense.

"Aunt Hitomi...Uncle Chungnian...Hanzo...Genji..."

Yuanjiu was dancing on the roof and chanting.

He lost his father when he was young, and his mother was just an ordinary person. The people who helped him the most on his journey as a ninja were the Hanzo family.

In his early years of practice, Zhongnian was there to guide him and Hanzo. Since he was Hanzo's bodyguard, Hitomi also took care of him a lot in his daily life.

As for Hanzo, he is his real good brother, Genji, and he treats him as his biological brother.

There were many objective and subjective reasons why he chose to stay in the Country of Water. He did not regret it, nor would he completely betray Kirigakure, but it was undeniable that he missed the life in the Country of Fire, the Shimada clan, and the

Hanzo's family.

Motojiu's speed was not slow, and soon he arrived outside the Shimada clan's territory.

Perhaps it was due to his timidity in the countryside that Motohisa, who was originally moving at high speed, slowed down when he arrived outside the Shimada clan.

He suddenly didn't dare to take a step forward.

While patrolling outside the Shimada Clan's camp, he attracted the attention of the ninja guarding the gate, especially the Kirigakure forehead protector on his head, which was even more eye-catching.

In the past, Motojiu was quite well-known in the family, but after so long, the two ninjas guarding the gate were new generation ninjas, but they were not very familiar with Motojiu.

Just when the ninja guarding the door wanted to step forward and ask who he was, a voice suddenly came from behind Yuan Jiu.

"Eh? Isn't this Yuanjiu?"

Yuan Jiu was startled when he heard this, and turned around to look, only to see A Yi coming towards the Chao clan who was giving a favor to Shi Ran.

"Ayi?"

Yuan Jiu looked at him blankly.

"You're here to see Uncle Zhongnian and Aunt Renmei. What are you doing standing here? Come on, follow me."

Ayi looked at Yuanjiu's appearance, suddenly laughed, and pulled him towards the tribe without any explanation.

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