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Just as he was about to speak, Sarutobi Hiruzen changed his hesitant attitude and said very seriously:
"Han, Xiaochun, don't mention Danzo's name in the high-level meeting. His case will not be overturned."
Utatane Koharu and Mitomon En were shocked. They hadn't seen such a resolute look on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face for a long time...
Tsunade looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen in surprise. She didn't expect that the increasingly hesitant teacher still had some decisiveness...
What she didn't know was that even if Sarutobi Hiruzen was reluctant to let Shimura Danzo take the blame for him, he didn't dare to disobey Senju Tobirama's order...
"Let Qingshui and Tsunade do this."
Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly exhaled a long breath: "Tsunade, you are now the assistant of the Hokage, and Qingshui is the leader of the Root. You and your disciples will represent the attitude of the village and respond to the other four hidden villages."
"Old man, you are the Hokage!"
Tsunade said dissatisfiedly: "I disagree with your decision to let Qingshui be the leader of the Root. He is still just a Genin of Konoha. Do you want to let him bear the darkness of the village?"
"I understand that you think highly of Qingshui, but the speed of this improvement is still too fast!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled bitterly. Qingshui was certainly not suitable to bear the darkness of the village.
However, the deepest darkness in Konoha's history is within his body, and it needs the environment of the roots to devour Qingshui.
What can Sarutobi Hiruzen do?
He was just a poor Third Hokage who had no ability to resist the Second Hokage.
"Tsunade, I am old now, and the times should be handed over to the young people..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed: "Let's do it this way, I believe in you and Qingshui."
But in Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart, he felt particularly relaxed.
If it was Qing Shui who made the decision, then it could be seen as Tobirama-sensei making the decision...
This way, if there are any problems in the future, it won’t have much to do with him.
After being severely reprimanded by Tobirama Senju, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that the familiar position of Hokage under his butt had become particularly strange and dangerous.
If Aomizu was not too young and not of high enough seniority, Sarutobi Hiruzen would have wanted Aomizu to be the assistant Hokage, and he, as the Hokage, would have served as the final transition and would have just quietly waited for Tobirama Sensei to resurrect.
"If that's what you think, then I promise you, old man..."
Tsunade nodded slowly, stood up and went to Qingshui's house to discuss it together.
The next day.
The four major hidden villages and the Hidden Rain Village, which jointly denounced the movement, received the response written by Qingshui.
[Konoha notifies the entire ninja world:]
Kazekage, Hatake Sakumo is not on a mission, and the conflict that broke out in your tribe has nothing to do with Konoha. We think that instead of messing with Konoha, it would be better for your apprentice to practice magnetic escape and try to mine more gold to feed the entire village.
I heard that the daimyo stopped allocating funds to Sunagakure? But no matter how poor you are, you can't just bite people.
Tsuchikage, if you feel that the excessive number of Iwagakure ninjas is a burden on the economy and you want to reduce the population through war, you can use your own Four-Tails and Five-Tails to eliminate them without bothering Konoha. Of course, we can help as well.
Raikage, I really like the look on your faces after you mastered the Jinchūriki technique, but Konoha has countless secret techniques to deal with the tailed beasts. We welcome barbarians who can only use ninjutsu to experience it. This is a secret technique that your simple brains are incapable of developing.
Mizukage, Konoha welcomes all the ninjas from the Hidden Mist who are dissatisfied with the village to come and live in the Land of Fire. We will treat every ninja who wants to join Konoha with sincerity. We hope that the ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village understand the principle that a wise bird chooses the right tree to inhabit.
Hanzo, who the hell do you think you are? How dare you blame Konoha?
roll!
When this response was sent out, the entire ninja world was in an uproar!
The toughness of Konoha is beyond everyone's imagination...
Tsunade found Qingshui in a dazed mood:
"Qingshui, didn't we say the other day that although we need to take a tough stance, we still need to avoid war as much as possible?"
Qing Shui nodded seriously: "Tsunade-sensei, my wording has been very tactful..."
"Don't you think so?"
Qingshui stared with his beautiful eyes and asked innocently.
First update completed!
The second one is bigger, don't wait
I'm having a hard time writing today. I've only written 5,000 words since 3:20 pm.
Xiaofan may need to sort out the outline
If there is no second update, I will find time to make up for it next week!
Chapter 123: Angry Jiraiya, Responses from Other Hidden Villages
"Qingshui, this can't be considered euphemistic..."
Tsunade had a wooden face. She had thought that the Qingshui Society would understand what she meant and write a diplomatic statement that would be tough enough to prevent the major hidden villages from seeing the true intentions of Konoha, but their overall attitude was still not to start a war.
But Qingshui's response was a reckless response, directly hitting the sore spots and little thoughts of every hidden village...
The Sand Village has no money, the Cloud Village is greedy, the Iwagakure is warmongering, the Kirigakure is in turmoil, and Hanzo has wild ideas!
Tsunade seemed to see the furious looks of the shadows from other hidden villages...
"Tsunade-sensei, it's okay..."
Qing Shui signaled Tsunade to be calm, shook his head and said:
"War will not change because of a few words, and with the psychological quality and scheming of the Kages of the major hidden villages, they will not get angry and do irrational things because of a few words."
"On the contrary, they saw Konoha's unusual attitude. When the short-lived anger subsided, they would definitely start to think about where Konoha's confidence came from and why it showed an attitude it had never shown before."
"Compared to words that are strong on the outside but weak on the inside, being more extreme can actually buy the village more time to prepare for the war."
Tsunade frowned, she felt that Qingshui's thinking was very unconventional, but surprisingly made some sense.
But even so, Tsunade still held her forehead and sighed: "Qingshui, I may have some problems with the root. After you get there, you become so arbitrary..."
Qing Shui smiled and said, "Tsunade-sensei, Uncle Hiruzen told me that the darkness of the root can temper my heart as a ninja. If I want to reach a higher level, this is an indispensable part."
"Since I want to shoulder more responsibilities and protect the people around me, this is what I should experience."
"A gentle attitude is good for those around you, not for your enemies..."
"Isn't that right, Tsunade-sensei?"
Tsunade pursed her lips, looked at Qing Shui who exuded confidence, sighed softly, and nodded slowly.
She had been thinking that as a teacher, she would protect Qingshui, at least until he grew up...
But Qingshui's strength and intelligence were improving too fast, to a level that Tsunade had never seen before.
Sometimes, when an apprentice is so talented, the master may feel helpless.
"Qingshui, what should we do if a war breaks out?"
Tsunade's eyes were deep: "The gap in strength is inevitable. Since the First Ninja World War, Konoha has maintained its peace for too long, ignoring the secret development of other hidden villages, which has widened the gap."
"As a village that once produced the Shura of the Ninja World and the God of Ninja, there has always been a saying in the Ninja World that if Uchiha Madara and my grandfather had not fought among themselves, the other four hidden villages would have been razed to the ground long ago..."
"The fear of Konoha from other hidden villages will never disappear unless they have sufficient strength."
Tsunade looked a little heavy. Although the wealthy ancestors of Konoha had brought a rich foundation to the village, it also had side effects.
Just as she said, the entire ninja world is grateful that Hashirama Senju is the God of the Ninja World.
In the ninja world, almost everyone thinks like Uchiha Madara. Since there is already an overwhelming gap in strength, just let the enemy obey. No one will talk about peace...
Otherwise, isn't that a mental illness?
Even if we want to talk about peace, it will be after we are unified and become one family, and we can discuss it behind closed doors.
Only Hashirama Senju, despite the overwhelming gap in combat power, inexplicably chose the method of negotiation, and even distributed the nine tailed beasts to each village, hoping to use the power of the tailed beasts to maintain the military deterrence between the villages.
I really don't know whether he looked down on the talents of other ninjas and thought that the other ninjas would not be able to deal with the tailed beasts, or whether his thinking was too naive...
The most crucial thing is that the civil war between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha caused the two gods of Konoha to disappear together, and their unattainable martial arts value dropped and returned to the level of mortals.
From the perspective of other hidden villages, only Konoha, which has the Uchiha and Senju clans, has the possibility of a new Senju Hashirama or Uchiha Madara appearing in the future.
But if a new ninja god appears in Konoha, will his mind still be like that of Senju Hashirama?
It’s highly unlikely!
Although all the hidden villages respected Hashirama Senju's strength, almost all ninjas were not impressed by his ideas of mutual understanding and peace.
When Hashirama Senju put forward this theory at the first Five Kage Conference, the reason no one laughed was simply because he was so good at fighting.
Therefore, if the other hidden villages do not want to become vassals of Konoha, they must first get rid of Konoha, the only place where the God of Ninja has a chance to appear. After that, everyone will be on the same level and it will all depend on their own abilities.
In short, kill those who might be cheating first!
Even if Konoha is not rich in resources and located in a sacred land, the oppression brought by the ancestors and the current abjection will make this village a target of fire in the ninja world...
This is a legacy issue from history.
"Fear will never dissipate, Tsunade-sensei, but people can be hurt..."
The two exchanged glances, and Qing Shui understood her thoughts: "Although the combined forces of the other hidden villages are far greater than Konoha, in fact, we don't have so many enemies to fight."
Tsunade frowned in confusion as she listened to Qing Shui's answer.
"For a corps, when does the loss rate reach a level that will affect its combat capability?"
Qing Shui said slowly, revealing an inexplicable smile: "If it is a samurai in the Warring States Period, the battle loss rate will reach 30% and it will collapse. Ordinary ninjas are probably in the same state."
"Even the elite troops of the five hidden villages would lose their will to fight if their casualties reached more than 50. The death toll that exceeded their tolerance limit would make most of them lose their faith in fighting and become defeated soldiers."
Tsunade nodded thoughtfully.
She was the same back then.
The death of relatives and friends will certainly bring anger to people, but if the companions around them die one after another, the unspeakable feeling of suffocation will almost engulf everyone's heart, and only a few ninjas can survive.
Not all ninjas in the ninja world are Uchiha. Strong emotional stimulation can lead to darkening, but it is more likely to lead to mental collapse.
"A ninja corps, assuming it has 3,000 people, then even if we mobilize enough elites, the number of Jonins will not exceed 200, and the whole corps will still be composed of Chunins and Genins."
"Jounin is not easy to kill. After all, he has a mature ninjutsu system, but chunin and genin can be killed easily as long as they have appropriate ninjutsu and appropriate tactics!"