Chapter 390: Naruto and Raikage 1

After the information transaction was over, the few people in the Hokage's office who still had smiles on their faces immediately became serious and earnest.

"Hokage, I came to Konoha, in addition to obtaining information about the perfect Jinchūriki, I also want to do something important. I think you should have thought of it."

It's better to talk about alliances as soon as possible.

The Third Raikage had no intention of hiding anything and directly expressed his intention to form an alliance.

"Raikage."

The Third Hokage thought for a moment and said, "Your intention was mentioned to me by Shizuka when I returned to the village. Coincidentally, I just happened to be planning to form an alliance with your village."

"It looks like the alliance talks between our two villages will go very well."

The Third Raikage smiled.

The Cloud Ninja Village wanted to find a reliable and powerful ally. Coincidentally, Konoha also thought so. This could be considered a perfect match.

Originally, the Cloud Ninja Village had no plans to form an alliance.

After all, the strength of the Cloud Ninja Village itself is already strong enough, and forming an alliance does not make much sense for them.

However, as Konoha's strength became stronger and stronger, the Third Raikage began to take this issue seriously.

Before the First Ninja World War, Tobirama Senju wanted to form an alliance with the Kumogakure. Why can't Konoha form an alliance with the Kumogakure now?

Both villages are strong, and the Sand Village has become a half-brother of Konoha. The most important factor is that the two villages are too far apart geographically. The saying "make friends with distant ones and attack nearby ones" applies in any world.

In the absence of direct conflict of interests, the alliance between the two villages can only be a situation of strong alliance.

The Third Raikage said:

"The Fire Country is rich in resources and has good business development. Our Cloud Ninja Village is not bad either. After the alliance, we can cooperate in many aspects, whether it is military or economic, which will benefit both villages."

This is also the fundamental reason why the Third Hokage and others prefer the Cloud Village.

By combining with the Iwagakure, Konoha needs to drive the development of the Iwagakure in turn. However, it is different with the Kumogakure. The two sides can cooperate with each other and neither side needs to rely on the others.

It's enough to have the Sand Village lagging behind. If the Iwagakure is also dragged into it, I can't imagine what will become of Konoha's economy.

As for the threat of war?

The Third Hokage and others do not think that there is any village in the current ninja world that would be willing to start a war with the Cloud Village.

Therefore, the Third Hokage simply ignored the threat of war.

"The rich resources can drive the commercial development of the Cloud Village. The alliance between Konoha and the Cloud Village can definitely take the military and economy of both sides to a higher level."

Talking about this, the Third Hokage, who had originally had a gloomy face, couldn't help but smile.

There are too many benefits to forming an alliance with the Cloud Village, otherwise Senju Tobirama would not have gone to the Cloud Village in person to seek an alliance. It was a pity that he was unlucky and ran into the Gold and Silver brothers who launched a coup.

Without these two brothers staging a coup, even if a Ninja World War broke out, it would never come so early.

Konoha's losses wouldn't be that serious.

"But the alliance between Konoha and Kumogakure might stimulate other villages. This is something we need to pay attention to."

Mizutomon En gave a small reminder to the two leaders who seemed to like each other more and more the more they looked at each other.

Alliances are good, but you also need to consider the impact of alliances.

Not to mention the Sand Village, the Iwagakure and the Mist Village will definitely be greatly stimulated.

"Your concerns are correct, but I feel that an alliance between two villages, even if it stimulates other villages, will not change anything."

The Third Raikage was very confident about this:

"The Sand Village can barely be considered as being on Konoha's side. The internal fighting in the Mist Village has not yet ended. Judging from Konoha's war potential, will Ohnoki dare to attack us?"

"What the Raikage said makes sense. The Sand Village is not our enemy."

The Third Hokage gave Minato a reassuring look, and then continued: "Excluding the Sand Village, I don't know how long the internal fighting in the Mist Village will last. The Rock Village alone will definitely not dare to provoke us."

The strength of the Iwagakure is quite good. If it directly fights against the strongest of the two ninja villages, Konoha and Kumogakure, the Iwagakure will definitely be beaten to tears.

The Third Hokage believed that as long as Ōnoki was not stupid, he would endure it even if he felt uncomfortable.

"Hahaha, the Hokage is right."

How much the Third Raikage disliked the Third Hokage in the past, how much he likes him now. This old guy is so good at handling things.

You have feelings, I have intentions, it's hard for the alliance between the two villages to go wrong.

Let’s hope so.

Mizuto Menen nodded and didn't say anything else to spoil the mood.

But his eyes subconsciously looked towards Jingyi's position.

Jingyi's seat was empty.

He did not attend today's meeting.

The reason was that he was very busy and there were too many things that the Anbu needed him to deal with, so he would not attend the high-level meetings. All discussions would be handled by the Hokage's office.

Be it the matter of the perfect Jinchūriki intelligence or the alliance between the two villages, Hinata Shizuka was too lazy to get involved.

"I hope I'm just being overthinking."

The alliance between the two villages cannot be determined by just a few words from the top leaders sitting together. For the next period of time, the Third Raikage will need to stay in Konoha until the two villages become true allies.

During this period, the two sides will hold multiple rounds of negotiations.

"Didn't you go to the meeting?"

After finishing dealing with matters at the Konoha Hospital, Tsunade returned home. When she opened the door, she saw Shizuichi lying on the sofa reading a book, and she immediately showed a surprised expression.

She knew that the village was going to form an alliance with the Cloud Ninja Village.

But Tsunade didn't want to get involved in these things. She was too lazy to participate and wanted to earn some extra pocket money. So she went to the Konoha Hospital to report every day, just because she was worried that the Third Hokage would pull her to sit in the conference room.

Tsunade dodged it herself. What she didn't expect was that Jingyi was still resting at home at this time.

"I didn't attend."

Jingyi raised the book in her hand and said, "I told them that there are many things in the Anbu that I need to deal with personally. As for the alliance, they can discuss it themselves."

"So, your busy life is to stay at home and read books?"

Several black lines appeared on Tsunade's forehead.

Your reason is a bit ridiculous.

"I bet the old man knows you're hiding out at home and resting."

Isn't this obvious?

Shizue rolled her eyes at Tsunade.

In fact, the Third Hokage hoped that he could attend the meeting, but was rejected by Jingyi. The two villages formed an alliance, and the meetings would take many days. Jingyi's throat would get inflamed from all the arguing every day. It would be crazy for him to attend such a meeting.

Wouldn't it be better to just stay home and rest?

If all else fails, I could go to the Anbu to handle some official business.

As for how to negotiate, just let the F4 group do it freely.

In addition to being lazy, Jingyi also doesn't want to take the blame.