Chapter 52 52 The war resumes

"Hmph! I didn't say that, but we have lost so many people, and we need everyone from the four tribes to give us an explanation."

Shimura Keizo is not a fool. As long as he uses his brain a little bit, he can figure out that there is no benefit to the four northwest tribes from killing Shimura and them.

Even if it's for food, that batch of food was originally intended for them, so it doesn't make sense.

What's more, Shimura Ri, who has quasi-kage-level strength, has no ninja of his level among the four tribes who can face him head-on.

What Keizo Shimura wants now is compensation.

It was enough to cover the "compensation" of more than two dozen Jonin who had lost their lives.

The four elders present were all old foxes in their sixties, and they had vaguely guessed Shimura Keizo's true thoughts.

But they can’t take it out at all!

They had just spent a large sum of money to redeem the prisoners captured by Uchiha not long ago.

Do we still have to spend a huge sum of money to deal with Shimura Keizang?

What's more, the Uchiha side has prisoners of their own clan, and they can barely accept it if they have to spend money to ransom them.

In their view, Shimura Keizo's behavior was more like asking for a high price.

I don’t know what you’re talking about at all. Is there really a death in your family? Even if someone is dead, I didn’t kill him. Why should I give you money?

Thinking of this, the elders of the four tribes and the guarding ninjas who came with them all had gloomy faces, and the atmosphere fell into dead silence for a while.

"Please, Chief Shicun, please stay temporarily in Liang Town and let us discuss it for a day."

Elder Watanabe spoke in a deep voice.

Shimura Keizang thought for a while and said: "Okay, I will wait for the answers from the four of you at this time tomorrow."

After speaking, Shimura Keizo stood up and led his people out of the room.

"That's unreasonable!"

Elder Saito punched the wooden table with a loud bang. The wooden table that had already been slapped turned into sawdust this time.

"It's really too much,"

Elder Watanabe tried his best to remain calm, but his eyes were full of anger, "Do you think our people can kill their people?"

"How can it be!"

The other three elders replied in unison.

"Although we are in charge of logistics, if we are going to attack the ninjas of the Sarutobi Shimura clan, for such a big thing, wouldn't the clan leader not inform us in advance?"

Elder Feng Mo asked rhetorically.

Others nodded in agreement.

Elder Onikawa said disdainfully: "I think that bastard Keizo Shimura just wants to rip us off!"

Elder Watanabe frowned and gritted his teeth, "Now our four clans have just experienced a defeat, and the new clan leader has not yet been elected. If we go to war with the Sarutobi Shimura clan again at this time... the consequences will be disastrous..."

It was a great blessing among misfortunes to redeem the captives from Uchiha.

But even so, it is impossible to compete with the Sarutobi and Shimura clans.

"What should we do? We can't really compensate them, right? How much will it cost?"

The wrinkles on Elder Onikawa's face were knitted together.

Judging from Shimura Keizang's attitude just now, I'm afraid they won't give up until they empty out the little savings they have.

"Of course I can't give it to you."

Elder Watanabe replied without hesitation, "To satisfy the appetite of a brat like Shimura Keizo, we will definitely spend all our savings. By that time, I will also become the target of other ninjas."

"Watanabe, what do you mean?"

The other three people turned around and said.

"war,"

Elder Watanabe gritted his teeth and uttered one word.

Although his answer was expected, it still shocked everyone in the room.

With their current strength, dealing with the Sarutobi and Shimura clans would be like knocking an egg against a stone.

"Listen to me first, we have no chance of winning this war."

Elder Watanabe gestured to his guard, who understood and handed over a scroll.

Elder Watanabe changed the table and opened the scroll, which turned out to be a map.

Elder Watanabe pointed to the tribes of Sarutobi Shimura and the tribes of their four tribes respectively, and explained: "Look, Shimura, the tribes of the two Sarutobi tribes are far away from us. It will take five jounin to come here." For genin, it may take more than ten days, and if we transport food and other supplies, it will take even half a month."

"If Shimura Keizo and the others want to start a war, they will definitely come all the way to fight us. The geographical location is advantageous to us."

"Of course, this does not bring us any hope of victory. It only serves as a delay. We have to waste them."

"Consume them?"

Elder Onikawa frowned.

"Yes, we are going to fight a war of attrition with them. You just heard that Sarutobi Shimura and his two clans seem to have lost a lot of high-end combat power, so their combat effectiveness has also been weakened. It is just a war of attrition, so we still fight It’s worth it.”

Elder Saito took over, "That is to say, taking advantage of the time of fighting a protracted war of attrition, find other ninja clans for reinforcements?"

"Yes, this is our only way out, do you have any opinions?"

Elder Watanabe turned his attention to the other three elders.

The three old men shook their heads without hesitation.

Anyway, to compensate Keizang Shimura for such a large sum of money would basically mean waiting for death.

It's better to fight them. If you win, you can get a large amount of supplies. Maybe the clan strength will be enhanced by then!

…

The next day, same time.

Shimura Keizang led Shimura's ninjas to the room where yesterday's negotiation was held again.

But what awaited him was not the flattery of the fourth elder and a large amount of money as compensation, but the indifference of the other party and a letter of disapproval!

Shimura Keizo and others were shocked and couldn't help but became furious, and almost tore the letter of challenge into pieces.

"You, you are so brave. The small tribes on the northwest border dare to declare war on our Shimura and Sarutobi tribes!"

Shimura Keizang originally thought that the other party was at most bargaining with him, asking for a reduction in compensation.

I didn't expect that the other party was so good at playing, so he just threw a challenge letter at him.

Hearing that they were called "small clan", the ninjas from the four clans were also annoyed and almost couldn't help but fight with each other.

Elder Watanabe raised his hand to stop the irritable guard behind him, but his tone did not give Shimura Keizang any face, "Chief Shimura calls us a small clan, so why don't you call us in person to see how strong the small clan is? ?”

Now that you have decided to fall out with the other party, there is no need to save face.

Shimura Keizang's veins burst out with anger, but since Liang Town was still within the opponent's sphere of influence, there was a high risk of surprise in attacking here. In the end, he suppressed his anger, trembled his body, and sneered: "Watanabe, Saito, Wind Demon, Ghost River...hehe, hahaha..."

"Okay, that's great! Then let's find another way to compensate! Use the lives of all four of your tribes to compensate!"