Chapter 484 Unequal Negotiations

As soon as Minato Namikaze led the ninja troops to the border, they met Chiyo and Ebizo who came to visit them.

Chiyo and Ebizo's hearts sank when they saw Namikaze Minato personally leading the ninja troops.

If Minato Namikaze, the Hokage, leads the team personally, the nature of the situation will be completely different.

Namikaze Minato crossed his arms, looked at Chiyo and Ebizo with an arrogant look and said, "Why are there only the two of you? Did the Sand Ninja hide behind you and let you two come here to lure us?"

Chiyo said to Minato Namikaze: "Fourth Hokage, there is no ambush. The two of us are here to negotiate with Konoha on behalf of the Sand Village!"

Namikaze Minato said coldly: "Negotiation? What do you think the two sides have to discuss now?"

Ebizo explained to Namikaze Minato, "I believe that Hokage is aware of the whole story. Our village's Kazekage Rasa was assassinated by Konoha's rebel ninjas Orochimaru and Chiba. Then Orochimaru disguised himself as our Kazekage to deceive the ninjas of our village and attacked Konoha. Our Sand Village is actually a victim. There is no need for both sides to go to the point of war.

Once Konoha attacks the Sand Village, the other three major ninja villages will definitely take action, which may very likely trigger the start of the Fourth Ninja World War. This would be a loss rather than a gain, so we hope that the Hokage can put the overall situation first.

We, the Sand Village, are willing to compensate Konoha for this action, and both parties can discuss a plan."

Namikaze Minato said to Chiyo and Ebizo with a cold face: "It is indeed as you said, as long as Konoha attacks the Sand Village, the other three major ninja villages will definitely take action, but the premise is that they have enough time, as long as they have one month to capture the Sand Village, then there is no need to worry about all this.

I'll tell you straight out. If you fail to capture the Sand Village within three weeks, we will release the tailed beast Shukaku. Don't forget, your Sand Village's Jinchūriki is still in our hands. This means that your Sand Village has completely lost the way to compete with us, Konoha.

But if you want to negotiate, just declare surrender, and then I will negotiate with you. I'll be frank, we in Konoha don't want your compensation, we don't care about the little things in your Sand Village, we want your Sand Village to become a subsidiary ninja village of Konoha Village, and let our Konoha ninjas station in Sand Village!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

When Chiyo and Ebizo heard that Namikaze Minato wanted to make the Sand Village a subsidiary of Konoha, they immediately shouted that it was impossible.

Both of them looked at Minato Namikaze in horror. They didn't know what Minato Namikaze was thinking. He actually wanted to make the Sand Village a subsidiary of Konoha.

After all, the Sand Village is one of the five major ninja villages.

Nara Shikaku and the others behind Minato Namikaze also looked at him with an incredible expression.

Making the Sand Village a subsidiary of Konoha would be like asking for their lives.

Namikaze Minato looked at Chiyo and Ebizo indifferently and said, "Since you don't agree, then there is nothing to discuss. You two know the current situation of Sand Village better than I do. Your Daimyo of Wind Country has been cutting your funding and asking you to disarm. When the Third Ninja World War ended, most of the compensation paid by your Sand Village as the defeated party was offset by gold sand.

Now that Rasa is dead, your funding will definitely be a problem, and the total number of ninjas in the Sand Village is not large to begin with. This group of Sand ninjas who attacked Konoha this time are enough to cause you serious damage.

Moreover, the number of elite jonin in the Sand Village is pitifully small, and there is a huge gap in combat power between them and our Konoha.

What's more, there is no Kazekage in the Sand Village now. Do you two old guys think it's possible to lead the Sand Village to resist our Konoha's ninja troops? I said one month, which is a conservative estimate. In my opinion, it may take 15 days to break through the Sand Village.

I have given you another chance now. If you surrender, the Sand Village can still retain its current strength. If the Sand Village does not surrender, then after I capture the Sand Village, I will carry out a major purge of the Sand Village, and the end of your Sand Village will still be to become a subsidiary of Konoha.

I have another piece of news for you. I have sent a team of ninjas to control the Daimyo of your Wind Country."

Chiyo and Ebizo looked at Minato Namikaze in shock: "Minato Namikaze, how dare you do this! You are violating a taboo! Country against country, village against village, it has been like this since ancient times. You are going to attack the daimyo directly like this, are you crazy?!"

Neither of them had expected that Namikaze Minato would be so bold as to send ninjas directly to attack the daimyo of their Wind Country.

In the relationship between the five major countries and villages, the country with the daimyo at the top will provide financial and material assistance to the ninja villages within its territory.

In contrast, although the ninja village is managed by the Kage and has independent administrative power, it must provide military force to the country to defend the country.

Although the country has an army, it does not directly participate in the struggle between ninja villages. The relationship between the two sides is more like a cooperative coexistence.

The role of the daimyo is not only to provide economic support, but also to lead and organize the country's production and commercial activities to ensure that the basic living needs of the people are met, which is quite important.

After all, in a country, a ninja village is only a small area, the Kage only manages a village, while the daimyo needs to manage the entire country.

Although the Kage is the supreme leader of the ninja village and is responsible for military and strategic decision-making, the Daimyo, as the supreme leader of a country, controls the country's economic lifeline and people's livelihood development. The two complement each other and jointly manage the country.

Therefore, there is an unwritten rule that ninja matters should be resolved in a ninja way.

However, Namikaze Minato, the Hokage of one of the five major ninja villages, openly and directly broke this unwritten rule and violated this taboo. Therefore, future wars will most likely involve a direct surprise attack on the daimyo and become a war to defend the daimyo.

Namikaze Minato said in a cold voice: "So what? What I hate most now are those old conventions! Breaking taboos is completely irrelevant to me, I just need to achieve my goal!

As long as we can conquer you, these won't be a problem! Calculating the time, we should be able to control your Wind Country Daimyo tomorrow morning. By then, we can make your Daimyo announce whatever we want. How many people in the Sand Village, who should be in a panic now, will join you in resisting us?

I hope you guys can hold on to the end, because compared to you surrendering on your own, I hope to beat you into surrender and completely break the backbone of your Sand Village!"

After hearing what Minato Namikaze said, Chiyo and Ebizo were extremely disappointed. Is this Minato Namikaze really the tolerant and kind Hokage as rumored by Konoha?