Chapter 395 Ending (2)

In the annex, Shiraishi received envoys from various countries here.

But the envoys he received were limited to envoys from big countries, as well as envoys from neutral countries and iron countries. As for the envoys from other small countries, they were handled by the government, and there was no need for him, the military minister, to come forward in person.

Seeing Baishi, the military leader of the ghost country, finally come forward, the envoys of the great country and the iron country also breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that their entanglement these days is still of some use, and finally forced the other party out to meet.

But what followed was great pressure.

Chiba Shiraishi, before the War of the Land of Wind, can be said to be a ninja with little reputation. Even though Konoha defines it as a dangerous S-class defected ninja, due to the serious lack of data, the information collected by various countries is very limited.

In contrast, Uchiha Ruri and Hinata Ayane, who have a famous background, are more worthy of attention.

But with the end of the War of the Kingdom of Winds, the pair became famous internationally.

The opponent is not only the military leader of the Oni Country, but also the supreme military leader of the Oni Country, and a powerful ninja not weaker than the Five Kages.

They are just ordinary people. Although they know that the other party will not use force in this situation and ignore the rules, they still feel great pressure when they sit down.

Facing ninjas, ordinary people are a little weaker in momentum.

Even if they are in high positions and belong to the powerful class, Shiraishi is not a ninja in the general sense. Just sitting there makes the atmosphere in the room dull.

After Baishi sat down, his face was neither happy nor sad, just like a poker face, without any emotion.

After a brief silence, Shiraishi glanced at the envoys from the big country and the country of iron who were also sitting in his own seat, and then slowly said: "I already understand the purpose of everyone's visit. Therefore, after unanimous consultation between the military and the government, we decided to make some changes to the original conditions and completely abandon the small country market. meaning."

To put it simply, the ghost country can make concessions on the export of arms to small countries, but if countries want the ghost country to sign an arms agreement, they must also give up some interests, compensate the ghost country, and carry out the so-called interest exchange.

"How does the kingdom of ghosts plan to change the conditions?"

An envoy also kept his expression unchanged, as if he had expected this kind of scene long ago, and asked Baishi.

"We will send arms to small countries without ninja villages, but for small countries that have established ninja villages, the ghost country will reject arms transactions."

Baishi glanced at everyone with calm eyes.

Although the military industry has shown its glory, the military power to completely ban ninjas is still slightly insufficient in all aspects.

Moreover, the top leaders of many countries are not fools without brains. Although the power of thermal weapons is very visual, they are still far inferior to ninjas in terms of versatility.

Therefore, ninja military power is still the mainstream of the ninja world. It's just because of some of the proportions that it was replaced by the military industry.

This is also the reason why Shiraishi proposed this condition.

A small country with Ninja Village has certain self-protection power.

Even in the Country of Grass, which is often used as a wall between big countries, there is an official ninja organization like Caoyin Village. It is enough to prove that this country is not useless.

On the contrary, if there is no military power at all, it can only be ravaged and manipulated by a big country.

These small countries without ninja villages undoubtedly have a greater demand for arms from the ghost country than small countries with ninja villages.

Doing so can ease the fierce conflict with the Iron Nation over the arms trade.

Although the military strength of the Iron Country is far inferior to that of the Ghost Country, the attitude of a neutral country is also one of the considerations.

In the future, there may still be places where the Iron Country needs to be entrusted.

Already greatly offended the ninja forces of the five traditional powers, if the neutral samurai group also invests in the five traditional powers, it will surely make the kingdom of ghosts truly isolated and helpless in the international arena.

The Iron Country only needs to maintain the original neutral attitude, which is what Shiraishi needs to do.

Eating alone will inevitably be targeted and suppressed by various countries.

In addition to interests, there is nothing more than favors.

Sure enough, after Baishi gave this condition, the envoys of several countries began to whisper and talk.

Although the condition Shiraishi proposed was a bit beyond their expectations, it was not unacceptable.

A small country without Ninja Village cannot pose a real threat even if it has the weapons and weapons of the Ghost Country.

Ninjas are not only used for frontal combat, but also for assassination and espionage, they can also be used to threaten the growth of small countries, but these things cannot be communicated publicly.

The small country of Ninja Village, which has lost the supply of arms from the ghost country, cannot expand its military power violently, nor can it threaten the status of a big country, making them have a strong resistance to the big country.

"Of course, the arms and weapons sold to the small countries in Wuren Village will only sell the first-generation standard weapons for the time being, and the new weapons will not be sold to these small countries for the time being."

Those first-generation standard weapons were originally only weapons that were initially eliminated by the military of the Kingdom of Ghosts and are rarely used today.

Selling these obsolete weapons to the small country of Wuren Village can also dispel the suspicion of the ghost country in a short period of time, and also allow the ghost country to maintain high financial returns.

"What assistance does the ghost country need from us?"

A messenger asked.

The previous concessions were made by the Kingdom of Ghosts. They, who are also big countries, cannot let the Kingdom of Ghosts suffer in vain, otherwise it will be detrimental to the international balance.

"Reduce tariffs on the country of ghosts. In addition, debt collectors and wandering witches from the country of ghosts are allowed to legally enter the regions of big countries and neutral countries."

Shiraishi stated these requirements unceremoniously.

In the past, debt collectors and wandering witches from the Kingdom of Ghosts were unable to enter the Great Country, and they rarely entered the Country of Iron.

Every time you enter, you have to go through strict review, and your actions are also greatly restricted.

Many times, some debtors who avoid debt problems hide in the regions of the five major countries, and it is difficult for debt collectors to collect debts because they will be restricted by the ninjas of the major countries.

After all, it is the chassis of other big countries, and the country of ghosts should also consider the issue of territorial sovereignty, and dare not interfere too much.

"The first condition is acceptable, but the degree of tariff reduction needs to be discussed. As for the second clause..."

What are the natures of debt collectors and wandering witches? As high-level officials in the country, they naturally know what role these people play in the kingdom of ghosts.

"The Ziyuan Flower Chamber of Commerce has accumulated a lot of debts that have not been paid off. Many of those who owed money have hidden in the big country, making it impossible for debt collectors to successfully collect debts. I think this condition is very reasonable."

"Since this is the case, there is no need to bring the Wandering Witch Maiden together..."

"The Wandering Witch is good at medical ninjutsu, and the debt collectors are likely to have conflicts with the debtors during the debt collection process. The Wandering Witch can provide medical support to the injured debt collectors in time. Or can you represent your country and assume the medical responsibility of our debt collectors?"

Baishi asked lightly.

Baishi's words directly made all the messengers slightly speechless.

Although they know that debt collectors and wandering witches are stuffed into their country, it must not be based on the above reasons.

Espionage work is the real purpose of Ghost Kingdom.

But the Kingdom of Ghosts only needs to kill this point, and it is difficult for them to refute.

"My conditions are only two points. If you agree, we will immediately sign an arms restriction treaty for small countries. If it is not possible, the country of ghosts can only decide the future arms market of the ninja world in its own way."

"About this matter, can you give us a moment to think about it?"

A messenger asked, and the other ninjas expressed the same meaning.

Tariff reduction is a necessary condition, but to legally stuff debt collectors and wandering witches from the ghost country in their country, you need to think carefully, and you can't make a hasty decision.

"Okay, is three days enough?"

Baishi considered it and gave a time limit.

The envoys didn't make things difficult for Baishi, they nodded and agreed.

"In this case, let's negotiate in three days."

Baishi also heaved a sigh of relief.

But this is just the beginning. To what extent the tariff reduction will be, it still needs a lot of lip service. However, there is no need for him, the military chief, to negotiate in person on matters such as tariff reductions, and will be handed over to specialized personnel to negotiate with various countries.

"Also, there is one more thing that hasn't been said yet."

Before everyone was about to leave, the messenger from the Kingdom of Wind suddenly spoke.

"Oh, what's up?"

Standing up, Baishi frowned slightly, and looked towards the envoy of the Kingdom of Wind.

The other party raised his head and looked at Shiraishi, and said, "About the fact that the Kingdom of Bears became a subsidiary country of the Kingdom of Ghosts..."

"This is a private matter between the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Country of Bears. It is also the decision of the new daimyo of the Country of Bears. It has nothing to do with a third country. We have no reason to explain it to outsiders."

Shiraishi answered calmly.

"But"

"Does the Kingdom of Wind intend to continue ceding land to the Kingdom of Ghosts? Although it is just a useless desert, we will uphold the principle of not rejecting anyone who comes."

The envoy of the Kingdom of Wind wanted to say something, but was blocked by Baishi's words, and there was a hint of warning in his eyes.

The envoy of the Kingdom of Wind turned blue and pale for a while, and finally sighed without saying anything.

The envoys from other countries also had different expressions and wanted to say something, but in the end, like the envoys from the Kingdom of Wind, they had a very tacit understanding and did not decide on the Kingdom of Ghosts in this matter.

Three days passed in a flash.

The envoys of the Five Great Nations and the Iron Country also brought their decisions from their respective Daming Houses.

The issue of tariff reduction will be discussed according to the comprehensive national conditions of each country. This requires professionals from each country to sit down and discuss slowly, and there is no way to make a decision in a short time.

As for the second condition proposed by the Kingdom of Ghosts, the daimyo governments of various countries agreed, but under the premise of agreeing, they must also restrict the debt collectors and wandering witches who enter the country.

In order to prevent debt collectors from causing casualties during the debt collection process, various countries will send special personnel to follow the debt collectors in the ghost country for supervision. In addition, the maximum number of debt collectors stationed in the territory of the big country and the neutral country of the Iron Country is five. In the same way, the accompanying wandering witches can only have five people, ten in total, and they must also be supervised by the entourage.

As for the entourage of these supervisors, they must be ninjas and samurai from various countries.

Shiraishi also readily agreed to the restrictions on the number of people proposed by the famous houses of various countries and signed the agreement.

The next step is the issue of tariff concessions. After Baishi asked the relevant government department personnel, he left the negotiating table. After all, he knows nothing about commercial issues, and he is completely blank about how much tariff reduction is appropriate. Besides, he didn't have much time to waste on such things.

Research data on reincarnation technique obtained from Lituo Kingdom, and thus develop a complete reincarnation ninjutsu, is what Shiraishi thinks is the most important thing right now.

Various technologies need to be developed, but the power of the ninja also needs to go hand in hand and cannot be left behind.

"Huh... Finally, the negotiations have been settled. Next, the tariff issue is resolved, and the arms trade with small countries needs to be restricted immediately."

Baishi returned to the office, took a sip of tea and said.

"However, doing so may offend some small countries and affect the reputation of the ghost country, especially those small countries with ninja villages."

Ayane stood aside and said.

"This is impossible. Moreover, this is not the decision of the Ghost Country. The other big countries, including the Iron Country, are also witnesses. They will sign the agreement and make it public. Even if those small countries want to blame, they will hate the other big countries and the Iron Country."

Baishi didn't care at all.

On the contrary, in this matter, the kingdom of ghosts belongs to the persecuted party.

Although the rest of the great powers and the country of iron also compromised some of the interests of the kingdom of ghosts, this kind of compromise ultimately made Shiraishi feel uncomfortable.

"This is the disadvantage of eating alone. But in this way, it will be difficult for them to dictate to the Kingdom of Ghosts on the issue of arms trade. Although it is much worse than the expected effect."

Ayane smiled and said.

According to the original expectations, we should intensify efforts to infiltrate small countries, strive for harmonious diplomatic relations, and take the initiative to weaken the military power of ninjas from big countries to pave the way for future wars.

Unfortunately, the country of ghosts is still unable to unify the voices of all small countries and reverse the will of the big countries due to insufficient foundation. In addition, the big country and the country of iron have a high degree of agreement on this matter, and they strongly oppose the unlimited arms trade of the country of ghosts. Limited by these reasons, the Kingdom of Ghosts can only endure it for the time being.

"It's just a temporary compromise. Who knows what they will stumbling us in the future. Having said that, the envoys of other countries haven't had any problems recently, have they?"

Because he has to deal with the envoys from the big country and the Iron Country, Shiraishi has no time to take care of the envoys from the small countries. The safety of the envoys from the small countries is entrusted to Ayane, which is also the job of the security team that Ayane belongs to.

To prevent the farce of Yun Yin and the Hyuga clan from recurring, it is necessary to closely monitor the envoys of various countries at this time.

"Although the envoys of some small countries are a little restless, they are still under control under the supervision of the security team. I have already sent people to warn those small country envoys who have ideas. If I don't listen to the persuasion, I can only take extreme measures to make them obedient and there will be no problems."

Ayane thought for a while and said.

Baishi nodded, he can understand the difficulties of life in these small countries.

The struggle between big countries is definitely not the big country that is affected first, but the small countries with weak military forces around them.

Several ninja wars broke out to prove the authenticity of this point.

It is precisely because of this that there are not a few small countries that yearn for a strong military.

They do not want to completely rely on the lifeline of their country to a big country, but hope that their country will be absolutely independent in terms of sovereignty and territory.

Once a big country tries to interfere in the internal affairs of their small country, it will mean disaster.

But the survival of the small country is difficult, and the situation of the ghost country that has just become the sixth largest country is not much better.

The Kingdom of Thunder gets what it wants, and it is difficult to use it to unite and become a shield for the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The Land of Earth remains silent on the international situation, the Water Country is in a corner, and the Fire and Wind Powers unite to start hostile to the Ghost Country. The Thunder Country, which has won the head of the Five Great Nations, is also secretly accumulating strength. It is not known which country the spearhead will be directed at the next moment.

Whether to continue to suppress the Land of Fire, or to target the Land of Ghosts, Shiraishi does not know.

Therefore, even if Baishi knows the situation of these small countries, he must first consider the position of his own country before talking about other things.

Behind the seemingly prosperity, there are also crises every step of the way. A little carelessness will lead to the wastage of previous efforts.

Now is not the time to show mercy to these small nations.

The Kingdom of Demons must concentrate on developing itself and make full preparations for the future war in the Dingding Ninja World.

"Next, I'm going to the laboratory to develop new techniques. I don't have time to pay attention to the outside world. Those messengers are still under your supervision. Don't make any mistakes."

Baishi packed up the documents on the desk, organized them, and put them aside, planning to go to the laboratory to conduct research on reincarnation.

"Don't worry, there are supercilious eyes, they have no chance to make trouble."

Ayane answered confidently.

When Shiraishi heard Ayane's assurance, he quickly walked out of the office and headed for the laboratory.

Konoha, Hokage Building.

In the office, Hirizhan got the documents sent from the Daming Mansion of the Land of Fire, achieved results in the arms trade with the Oni Nation, and successfully restricted the arms trade between the Oni Nation and the small country.

The future arms trade targets of the Kingdom of Ghosts can only be big countries, neutral countries, and small countries in Wuren Village.

As for the countries that have their own ninja villages, such as the country of rain, the country of grass, and the country of soup, the country of ghosts will not conduct arms trade with these countries.

Although it failed to completely limit the pace of the ghost country, it is not easy to achieve this result.

And countries have also made concessions for this, such as reducing tariffs. This point has little to do with Konoha, it is an issue that the Daming Mansion needs to consider, so Hizun skipped it when he looked at it.

As for the second condition proposed by the Oni Nation, it is related to Konoha to allow the debt collectors and wandering witches of the Oni Nation to legally enter the border of the big country and the neutral country Iron Nation.

The Land of Fire Daimyo Prefecture hopes that Konoha Ninja Village will send appropriate personnel to supervise these debt collectors and wandering witches who have legally entered the country, so as to prevent these spies from the Kingdom of Ghosts from stealing important information in the Land of Fire and stop losses in time.

After reading all the contents of the document, Hirizan thought for a moment, and said a word to the surrounding air: "Let Shikaku and Kakashi come over."

Not long after, Nara Shikahisa, the Jnin squad leader, and Hatake Kakashi, the head of Anbu, arrived as scheduled.

The two of them walked in front of Ri Zhan, they both looked at each other, and Lu Jiu took the lead in saying, "Master Hokage, did you come here for something?"

Hi Zhan pushed the document in his hand in front of the two of them, letting them watch it.

"This document, you all have a look."

Shikahisa and Kakashi lowered their heads slightly, scanning the document Hirizan handed over together.

Soon, the content of the document was memorized by Lu Jiu and Kakashi, both of them were very calm and did not show obvious emotions.

"About the personnel who supervise the debt collectors and wandering witches in the country of ghosts, which department do you think is more appropriate to dispatch?"

Ri Zhan waited for the two of them to finish reading, and immediately asked this question, hoping to hear their opinions.

"Mobile from the ninja."

Shikaku glanced at Kakashi, and then said.

As for the fact that the Anbu is investigating internal spies, as the squad leader of the Jonin, Shikajiu has also heard a little bit.

It's not that they don't trust Anbu, but that Anbu has problems now, and no one knows if there are any spies in it. At this time, if it is a coincidence that the spies of the kingdom of ghosts are selected from the Anbu, they will hit it off with debt collectors and wandering priestesses, and it will be easy to blind Konoha and the Daming House of the country of fire.

In addition, civilian ninjas also have certain risks.

If you want to avoid all risk minefields, you can only select supervisors from Konoha's ninja.

Kakashi has no objection to this, nodded and said: "I agree with Shikahisa's opinion. It will take a few months to completely deal with the internal cleansing of the Anbu. In a short period of time, there is no way to bring out innocent members to supervise the debt collectors and wandering witches in the kingdom of ghosts. Selecting supervisors from the ninja can guarantee the security of information to the greatest possible extent."

Based on Anbu's current problems, Kakashi gave the most pertinent suggestion.

"Since you have said so, let's select suitable supervisors from within each ninja."

Hi Zhan is also inclined to Lu Jiu's opinion, nodded and said.

Shikahisa continued to speak and said: "In order to better monitor the guests from the ghost country, I suggest selecting supervisors from the Hyuga clan, the Inuzuka clan, the Yume clan, and the Yamanaka clan. These families have good skills in intelligence collection, surveillance, and tracking perception."

"I will leave this matter to you, Lu Jiu, and you must convince the patriarchs of these ninja clans."

Ri Zhan didn't think much about it, and planned to let Lu Jiu handle this matter.

"Yes, I will deal with this matter as soon as possible, Hokage-sama."

Lu Jiu nodded solemnly.

It is not a problem to convince the oil woman, Inuzuka, and the three tribes in the mountains. He has a very close personal relationship with the patriarchs of these three ninja clans, and the average number of supervisors drawn from each family is only two or three. Presumably, as the patriarchs, they will not be stingy in this regard.

The only difficulty lies in convincing the Hinata clan.

After the Uchiha clan died out in Konoha, the Hyuga clan is the well-deserved No. 1 wealthy family in Konoha, and it is also the most profound among the major ninja clans.

The most important thing is that he and Hinata Hyuga, the current patriarch of the Hyuga Clan, have a normal relationship, limited to the extent of greeting each other when they meet each other, other than that, there is no more in-depth communication.

"Hyuga Clan?"

Kakashi said at this moment.

"What, Kakashi, do you have another proposal?"

Lu Jiu asked curiously.

"No, I just want to say that the white eyes of the Hyuga clan are very good at surveillance. I believe there is no one more suitable for this job than the Hyuga clan. If the Hyuga clan agrees, this task can be said to be foolproof."

"Yes, but convincing them is not an easy job, and I can only do my best."

That being said, Shikahisa's face is full of confidence, which shows that he has great confidence in persuading the Hyuga clan.

Seeing the confidence on Lujiu's face, Kakashi also smiled and said:

"Then I wish you good luck. Anbu still has a lot of important things to deal with. If there is nothing else, I will leave first, Hokage-sama."

"I'm sorry, Kakashi, Anbu's affairs must be dealt with as soon as possible."

"yes."

Kakashi nodded, turned and left.

(end of this chapter)