Chapter 145 Representing the Hokage

The third generation's injury was not serious, so he woke up the next day. However, according to the master of the medical center, the third generation needs to recuperate for a while with his current body.

However, at this moment, the third generation's ward was very lively, and basically one ward was full of people.

The identities of these people were not small. Most of them were at the level of jonin, and the ones standing in the front were the kind of well-known jonin. The two consultants, Mito Kado En and Utatane Koharu, and the leader of the root, Shimura Danzo, were in the front.

At this time, the two consultants were arguing with Shimura Danzo, and the content was about the handling of the three people in the Sand Village.

The two consultants' opinion was that in order to avoid the occurrence of war and the decision of the previous generation to divide the tailed beasts equally, the three people should be returned to the Sand Village, but some benefits could be obtained from it.

But Shimura Danzo disagreed. He thought that it would be better to kill the three people directly, and then the one-tail would find a way to extract it directly. If the Sand Ninja wanted a war, it would just use the one-tail to fight, so as to prove the strength of Konoha.

Then the two sides began to argue endlessly, which made the third generation on the hospital bed rub his temple helplessly.

And those senior ninjas seemed to be used to it, and this scene seemed to happen frequently.

"Ahem..." At this time, the third generation finally couldn't help it and coughed twice.

After all, the third generation was still the Hokage, so both sides of the debate snorted coldly, gave the third generation a face, and didn't continue.

After the third generation saw that the scene had finally calmed down, he spoke, "Xia Li had reported to me about this matter before, and I also basically discussed some countermeasures with Xia Li. My current body is not convenient to say too much, so, Xia Li."

The third generation also waved to Xia Li, and Xia Li also came to the side of the third generation.

"You come and say it for me." The third generation said with a smile.

"Okay, Mr. Third Generation." Xia Li nodded.

And this scene made everyone who saw it startled. What this meant was actually very obvious. Some senior ninjas couldn't help but look at Danzo.

Some of them had inquiring eyes, some had a little mockery, and some even gloated.

Jiraiya, who had been leaning against the window with his eyes closed and his arms folded across his chest, couldn't help but open his eyes at this time and looked at the third generation in surprise.

Danzo's face was very bad at this time. He looked at the third generation and said, "Hiruzen, he is only 13 years old this year!"

"Hehe, I know, I'm just not in good health, so I asked Xia Li to help me talk about things." The third generation said with a smile, as if it was really that simple.

"Humph!" Danzo snorted coldly and didn't know what to say.

The two consultants looked at Xia Li carefully, and they also felt that Xia Li was quite suitable. First of all, he was Jiraiya's apprentice, and his identity was no problem.

Then his strength was also very strong, and he played a crucial role in this plan, and it is conceivable that he will become even stronger in the future.

However, they also felt that Xia Li... was a little too young, and Konoha should not let people of this age take on that important task.

Xia Li also looked at the surrounding jonin at this time. There were many familiar faces, such as Hinata Hiashi, Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, Yamanaka Inoichi and other representatives of various families.

However, Xia Li did not seem to be nervous and went straight to the point. "I believe everyone knows who I am, so I will not introduce myself. Then I will represent the Hokage to talk about what Konoha needs to solve next.

Before talking about the problem of the Sand Ninja, we must first talk about Konoha's current reputation. Although the counterattack this time was done very well, the Chunin Exam held by Konoha was undoubtedly a failure.

And no matter what the reason is, it is a blow to Konoha's reputation, and all countries will inevitably doubt Konoha's strength.

For this reason, it is necessary to show Konoha's strength to all countries, so later We will also have to work hard for everyone to take on more B-level and above tasks, and please ensure that the success rate is guaranteed to improve efficiency.

As for the grouping, especially the jonins are in groups of two to three, and they can deploy the chunin and genin of their own team. The jonins are in groups of one to two, and they can also deploy the chunin or genin in their own team.

So, everyone will be busy next, start accepting tasks and complete them beautifully, contribute to everyone's Konoha, and overcome this difficulty together. "

Xia Li said the first point, but no one objected. I saw that many jonins also nodded and agreed with this point.

Especially for those jonins born as civilians, these tasks are still very important to them. If the tasks are reduced in the future, then their income and resources will undoubtedly decrease sharply, and they naturally agree with this.

After seeing that no one objected, Xia Li continued.

"Then, regarding the Sand Ninja, the Third-generation Master's idea is to avoid wars between villages as much as possible."

"Hmph, so pedantic! Do you think they will be grateful if you forgive them this time? They broke the covenant this time, so they can break it again next time!" Danzo snorted coldly.

The two consultants' eyes lit up, and they looked at Xia Li with satisfaction. Although it was the Third-generation Master's opinion, it was Xia Li who said it.

"Don't be impatient, I haven't finished what I said yet." Xia Li looked at Danzo and said directly without giving Danzo a good face.

"You!"

"What do you mean by me? I am speaking on behalf of the Third Generation, and you, who did not even take action in this plan, should be the one who has the least right to speak at this time, right? Why don't you ask who here did not take action or let their subordinates take action in this plan?" Xia Li looked at Danzo, with a cold look in his eyes, and interrupted directly.

To be honest, now is not the most suitable time to turn against Danzo, but Xia Li really doesn't want to give Danzo a good face. If the other party doesn't jump out, he won't bother to pay attention. Now that he jumps out, if it's true, he won't say a word more!

"You!!" Danzo clenched his teeth, and then felt the eyes of the people around him. If Xia Li didn't mention this matter, then they wouldn't know or say anything.

But at this time, Xia Li actually put this matter on the surface, and suddenly those people looked at Danzo with a different look.

Facing such a look, Danzo could only bring out the argument of protecting Konoha's roots to get by, but it was not easy to continue to give any more advice.

The third generation smiled bitterly. He naturally knew that Xia Li had asked him to ask the root for help before, but was rejected. It seemed that Xia Li was very dissatisfied with this.

In fact, not only Xia Li, but even the third generation himself was a little disappointed. It turned out that it was right not to give the position of Hokage to Danzo.

Seeing that Danzo stopped talking, Xia Li continued to speak.

"However, although it cannot cause a war between Konoha and Sand Ninja, whether for the face or interests of Konoha, Sand Ninja cannot be easily forgiven."

Hearing this, the two consultants frowned, but Danzo's example came first, so they did not immediately refute anything, but chose to continue listening.

"First of all, the One-Tail must be returned to the Sand Ninja. After all, if we keep it, we will not only become enemies with the Sand Ninja, but we also have the strongest tailed beast, the Nine-Tail. This will cause panic in other ninja villages. So the One-Tail must not be kept no matter what, and must be returned to the Sand Ninja as soon as possible."

Hearing this, the two consultants' faces eased a little, but Danzo's face darkened. But what if he felt that what Xia Li said made sense? It must be false, and it was all the idea of ​​the Third Generation.

"So it stands to reason that the One-Tail must be returned, but we can't just give it to the Sand Ninja. The Sand Ninja must agree to one of our conditions, that is, the Sand Ninja must agree to destroy Orochimaru's village, the Sound Village, no, it should be said that this is not a village at all."

"Didn't you say that you want to avoid war? How can you avoid it in this case?" Utatane Koharu asked directly after hearing this.

"I'm talking about the war between villages, and Konoha and the Sand Ninja will not recognize the existence of the Sound Village. Since it was established by Orochimaru, it will take a lot of effort to get rid of the reputation of the village.

What's more, in the recent Chunin Exam, many daimyos were also affected by Orochimaru, so they would be willing to cooperate, so the Sand Ninja finally destroyed only a base of a rebel ninja who bewitched them."

Xia Li said, looking at the two consultants and asked, "Excuse me, do you have any questions?"

After looking at each other, Koharu Utatane and En Mitokado looked at each other and didn't say anything. In this case, it was equivalent to destroying a base of a rebel ninja, which was acceptable. They nodded together to indicate that there was no problem.

In addition, Xia Li's attitude towards them reminded them of Xia Li's attitude towards Danzo just now, and their favorability increased immediately. However, Danzo's face over there became darker. This difference in treatment was too obvious.

In fact, Xia Li didn't have much affection for the two consultants, but he had already offended Danzo, and it would be a stupid move to offend the two consultants again. Now he could only try to win over one group and suppress another group.

After seeing that they were fine, Xia Li continued, "Also, the gains from destroying the rebel ninja base should be divided 60% to 40%, with Konoha 60% and Sand ninja 40%."

"Will the Sand ninja agree to this?" Mitomon Yan asked. He agreed to this, but it felt a bit unrealistic.

"Well, of course not, so we have to mention the compensation for the Sand ninja torn up the covenant first. As far as I know, the Sand ninja is in a bad economic situation now. As long as their village can't come up with this compensation, it won't be difficult to get them to agree to this. If I wasn't afraid that they would jump off the wall, I would want all the gains."

As he said this, Xia Li also showed a regretful look, which made the ninjas over there scalp numb. They all felt that this was definitely not a simple master, and they must not offend him, otherwise it would be very troublesome. He holds grudges and... is a bit greedy.

Mitomon Yan nodded, as if thinking about the feasibility, and didn't say anything more.

"Finally, there is one more point, that is, the Sand Ninja suffered a lot of losses this time, so their combat power is also seriously lacking, so we will also provide a ninja to help in this war of extermination.

And his mission is not only to help, but also to show the power of Konoha, so the power of this ninja needs to be as strong as possible, and it is best to show an unmatched power in this extermination operation, so that when they want to tear up the covenant again, they will be afraid of this ninja.

And the choice of this ninja..."

Before Xia Li finished speaking, he was interrupted by Danzo.

Obviously, Danzo also had his eyes on this mission. After all, no matter how you look at it, this mission is a good opportunity to turn from darkness to light, and Danzo couldn't help but be tempted.