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You insist that I cut off my own flesh for you?
In this situation, how can I cut your losses?
I still owe Konoha two billion in war reparations, not to mention they want all the ninjutsu from our village. What sincerity do you expect from me?
Our Iwagakure village suffered a crushing defeat. In order to fight against Konoha, we are determined to join forces with you. What other tricks could we possibly pull?
Right now, what worries me is that you guys are causing trouble, not that I'm going to cause trouble.
Like I said, don't tell me so much.
Now we need the sincerity of your Sunagakure village.
Seeing this, Luo Sha got straight to the point.
"Tsuchikage, as you know, Sunagakure has always been facing financial difficulties. Right now, we're truly on the verge of starvation. Do you think it's possible to..."
I know you, Onoki, are very angry, so I'll get straight to the point. I need some financial support, and I hope you can provide that, right?
That's reasonable and shouldn't be considered excessive.
Before Rasa could finish speaking, Onoki interrupted him, saying, "Get lost! How could I possibly give you money? The entire ninja world knows that Iwagakure owes Konoha two billion yen. Where am I supposed to get money from you?"
"How should I know? Anyway, I can't live without money." Luo Sha said, "I don't want to hear these words. Anyway, you can't not arrange money for me."
"What do you mean 'can't live without'? How am I supposed to provide it for you? Besides, isn't our Iwagakure village struggling?" Onoki grumbled, the old man with a fiery temper.
“I don’t know how difficult things are for you, but now that we’re getting involved, we need to strengthen our military, and that requires money.”
Rasa's expression was serious as he reiterated, "Military competitions require money, and Sunagakure is notoriously poor. You can't just not help us with the money, can you?"
Without money, you can't do anything.
Upon hearing this, Onoki became even angrier, gritting his teeth as he said, "If you don't have money, you'll have to find it yourself. Don't forget that Iwagakure still has compensation funds to pay. You can't just conjure up money with a few words, do you understand?"
Is it because you don't want to pay?
It's because we don't have money.
If we were rich, why would we be in this situation?
Rasa remained calm and offered his explanation: "Tsuchikage, the problem is that you want to bring together the four of us ninja villages, right? Mutual assistance, it's true that Iwagakure is currently facing financial difficulties, but what about the other ninja villages?"
Upon hearing this, Onoki couldn't help but sneer repeatedly, saying, "The treaty that Kumogakure signed with Konoha is even worse than that of Iwagakure. Although the compensation is less than ours, the country's economic industries have basically fallen into Konoha's hands, and most importantly, half of the mission revenue has been lost. Tell me, how can Kumogakure still have any money?"
Hidden Cloud Village?
They have no money whatsoever.
They're even worse off than Iwagakure.
Besides, the Hidden Cloud Village is currently rife with internal strife, with right and wrong locked in a fierce power struggle. Tell me, what are we supposed to do? While I, Onoki, am no saint, I know it's impossible to get money from the Hidden Cloud Village, and as for the Hidden Mist Village…
Whether or not we can form an alliance is another matter; even the discussions themselves are problematic. It's not that I haven't sent people to negotiate, but the response has been lukewarm, and I don't know what that means.
"As for Kirigakure, you know the situation better than anyone else, so how are you going to get the money? You can't scrape together much unless you're willing to pay whatever you want, then I'll scrape together some for you."
Onoki definitely hopes to form an alliance and truly cooperate against Konoha, so he has left room for maneuver in this regard. He can raise the money for you, it's up to you whether you want it or not.
If you don't want it, then forget it. If you do want it, we'll try our best to get it; it's up to you.
Luo Sha is in a dilemma right now; he definitely needs the money.
It's not that it's unnecessary, but to put it simply...
Raising money is really tough.
But you can't just refuse something you don't need; you have to have it.
I'm short of money, I absolutely have to.
"We're short of money here, so we urgently need it. Any amount is fine with us. Otherwise, how are we supposed to carry out military development?"
Ninja tools cost money, such as explosive tags, kunai, shuriken, etc., especially since they involve our Sand Village's specialty—puppet techniques, right?
They all cost money; they're all expensive and not cheap.
"Sure, is there anything else?" Onoki was only thinking about finalizing the alliance as soon as possible, so that both sides could share resources and cooperate closely in military matters, especially in the development of military technology.
Doesn't the Hidden Cloud Village have some developments in this regard?
Our four ninja villages have conducted thorough research and invested a significant amount of funds in this area to see if we can improve the overall strength of the ninjas.
It's impossible to advance through the righteous path, so we must look to the unorthodox path.
There's nothing I can do. No matter how you improve your strength, you'll never reach the level of Bai Mu and the others. They're not even in the same league. Nothing you do will work. The only thing you can do is try to improve your strength through external means.
"No, our main difficulties are money, and water resources, etc. Economic development is not good, and we need money to alleviate it..."
"So having money is fine, but we absolutely cannot lag behind militarily. We must develop as quickly as possible, otherwise it will be hard to determine when Konoha will launch a war."
Rasa was genuinely uncertain and felt a deep sense of panic. Despite the alliance with Konoha, a military alliance or something similar, it was essentially meaningless to him; it was like a blank sheet of paper.
Chapter 242 Luo Sha: It's not that I'm doubting you, it's that I'm asking if you can do it.
"Hmph, that's fine then."
Onoki was very satisfied.
As long as it works, everything is fine.
What I'm afraid of is that it won't work out. However, we still need to discuss the specific plans and unite with two other ninja villages, but we still have the general direction.
"Let me give you some advice. If we want to train ninjas now and develop the geniuses in our respective villages, this path is very difficult to follow. No matter how talented they are, they can't beat them."
Onoki bluntly stated that this was impossible, so they had to find another way.
Upon hearing this, Rasa frowned and blurted out, "Tsuchikage, aren't you being too pessimistic?"
You're the Tsuchikage, how can you be so pessimistic? What the hell, does Uchiha Hakubaki put this much pressure on you?
"pessimistic?"
Onoki couldn't help but sneer. He thought that Rasa's ignorance was like a frog in a well, completely ignorant of the immensity of the world. What level did he think the people in their village could reach?
Jonin?
This is already a very bad mistake.
Yes, he's a genius, a true genius.
However, for Jonin to face Bai Mu and his group is to be given away for free; they are simply easy targets. Only Kage-level strength has the potential to stand in front of those people, understand?
Yes, the Jonin was instantly killed; it was a gift from Chunbai. Only a Kage-level expert is qualified to fight him.
That's right, they have the qualifications, they are qualified to fight with them.
Onoki didn't want to admit it, but that was the truth.
Denying it won't change anything; the facts are the facts.
It cannot be changed, it is impossible to change.
"This isn't pessimism, it's the truth. We simply can't compete with Uchiha Hakubaku... Oh, I don't mean just Uchiha Hakubaku, but also the women around him."
Do you think it's just Uchiha Hakumu?
No, it's not just Uchiha Hakumu, but also the women around him; they are all very dangerous people.
"woman?"
Rasa was taken aback for a moment, but then he realized what was happening and frowned, saying, "Those two women who use Ice Release?"
Is it great?
It's just ice-style ninjutsu, it's not like it's uncountable, so what's so scary about it?
"You're really arrogant. I'm not so optimistic." Seeing Rasa's reaction, Onoki couldn't help but shake his head and say.
Honestly, that's too optimistic, and also arrogant.
This Fengying is still too young, and more importantly, he has never encountered a strong person. His level is really not good enough. He can only be described as overestimating himself.
"Earth Shadow, let's not talk about that for now. Anyway, if you're going to talk about development, how are you going to develop it? What are you going to research?" Seeing this, Rasa decided to put aside that matter for now and talk about the development you wanted to pursue.
What were we researching again?
This needs to be explained clearly; I can't be left completely confused, can I?
"The Hidden Cloud Village has done a lot of research on ninja tools. I have some materials here, including experimental data and results. Our two villages can gather a group of high-level talents to conduct experiments and see if it works. In particular, we need to mass-produce them to strengthen our military power, especially to improve the strength of ninjas. If self-cultivation is not enough, we have to rely on external tools to improve them, especially for genin."
Onoki explained his intention: he hoped to combine the strength of multiple factions to develop more powerful ninja tools and improve the overall strength of the ninja village.
Especially for genin, as long as they are equipped, they will see an improvement, which is crucial.
Luo Sha found it unbelievable and wondered if this thing of yours was reliable.
"Tsuchikage, it's not that I doubt you, but is this even feasible?"
Don't I believe you?
It's not really a concern, just a worry.
“I know what you mean.” Onoki understood immediately, knowing that the other party did not believe him, but that was not surprising, as he himself had some doubts.
However, according to the intelligence obtained from Kumogakure, they are secretly researching a so-called chakra cannon, which is obviously a breakthrough in weaponry that they began to seek after the deaths of the two Raikage.
If we can't win through normal means, then we'll have to resort to technological means.
In fact, the technology of the ninja world cannot be ignored, especially after the Fourth Shinobi World War, when a relatively peaceful period began. Civilian technology developed very rapidly, with various technologies emerging one after another. So it is not true to say that it could not develop because there was no talent in this field. On the contrary, it can be said that there was a great abundance of talent, but only a lack of support.
Now that Kumogakure has been crippled and Iwagakure is in a similar state, both are seeking breakthroughs and looking for another path to enhance their strength, so the path of technology has naturally been chosen.
"But I can tell you, there is absolutely no problem with that."
Onoki was very confident and extremely serious.
This is absolutely true.
completely fine!
Luo Sha: "..."
It sounds so good, but I still feel like it's all just hype. And you say you're gathering a group of top talents to develop so-called high-tech weapons, but the problem is that the time, energy, and money invested are probably immeasurable...