Chapter 253
Nagato finally met his senior brother Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru who became the Hokage of Konoha.
When he first met the other party in the Rain Country, the murderous aura and coldness that the other party carried have always been fresh in his memory.
If it weren't for Sensei Jiraiya who stood up at the beginning, perhaps the lives of the three of them would have ended on that day.
But this time, Orochimaru gave him a completely different feeling. Although he still looked a little cold, he didn't have the same fear as before, as if he was facing a giant snake.
Perhaps it was because his strength had become strong enough that he was immune to the opponent's pressure.
It is also possible that he represents the Hidden Rain Village and Konoha's collaborators, which is different from his original identity and position.
But what is more realistic is perhaps that Orochimaru himself has undergone changes over the years that he is not aware of, which has led to subtle changes in his chakra perception.
If he wasn't sitting in the Hokage's office handling affairs, then Orochimaru, who even had a bit of a gentle quality, would have conflicted with his impression of Orochimaru to the point that he thought he was a fake. It was Orochimaru disguised by a ninja using the transformation technique.
The two men signed a new cooperation agreement on behalf of the two ninja villages of Konoha and Amegakure. Konoha Village hired the ninjas of Amegakure Village to protect the precious mineral deposits of the Land of Fire in the Land of Rivers.
Kakuzu participated in the entire negotiation with Konoha. There was no other way. Although Yahiko and the other two had grown a lot, if Nagato was left alone, Kakuzu would not be surprised to be sold out by Orochimaru and the Konoha gang, and would even be grateful to them.
What surprised him was that although Konoha was indeed very stingy when it came to the rewards and final benefits of the mission, throughout the entire process, he did not see any traps in the conditions listed by Konoha.
Not to mention between villages, even between merchants, this kind of fair and honest cooperation, in his long life, Kakuzu had never seen many cases. The most he saw was betrayal.
It was precisely because he had seen too much and experienced such betrayal that the feelings and persistence of Yahiko and the other two particularly touched him, making him look at the three of them differently and with a higher regard.
Overall, although the goal of the Hidden Rain Village was not truly achieved this time, it did alleviate the urgent financial crisis.
Especially Kakuzu, who has an additional powerful blood heart in his chest.
He wanted to pick two more, but according to Lu Nie's theory, if multiple blood hearts were fused into his body, it might cause a certain burden on him, causing his strength to decline. And the current blood heart was not perfectly compatible with the two hearts he already had in terms of properties.
The good news is that this situation is not impossible to improve. Wood Release Bloodline Heart can take his body and chakra to a higher level, so as to achieve the effect of bearing and supplying more Bloodline Hearts. Lu Nie also promised that in the future, he would customize two Bloodline Hearts with properties that perfectly match his.
But since he was already here this time, in order to avoid having to travel thousands of miles from the Rain Country to the Fire Country because of the problem of heart replacement next time, Kakuzu directly took away three replacement hearts.
He only needs to use the nutrient solution that Lu Nie sold him to maintain the activity of these blood hearts. In terms of shelf life, Jiao doesn't have to worry about their atrophy and disease for at least ten years.
Nagato and his friends and the Hidden Rain Village got what they wanted.
Orochimaru and his companions as well as Konoha also gained something.
The money accumulated from the sale of Rain Ninja Healing Talismans was quickly spent in these few days. The merchants who received the intelligence in advance and rushed to Konoha Village with goods also returned with a full load.
The Rain Ninja who traveled thousands of miles to Konoha Village to do business became the most lovable business partner in the eyes of these businessmen.
They only needed to deliver the goods in Konoha Village, and the money and goods were settled. They even saved the step of hiring Konoha ninjas to escort the goods to the Rain Country for trading. Although they still had to pay a considerable amount of commercial taxes to Konoha, they still made a profit overall.
Some small merchants with outdated information have witnessed the extravagant spending of the Rain Ninja in the past few days. While hating themselves for not carrying enough goods, they have approached Kakuzu of the Rain Ninja to build a relationship with him, trying to find out what the Hidden Rain Village still needs. They will immediately purchase it from other places and then send it to the Hidden Rain Village for trading.
In general, the Hidden Rain Village has really made a big splash in Konoha these days, and has also benefited a lot from the merchants and businessmen of all sizes in Konoha. Even the Sand Ninja stationed in Konoha Village know that the Hidden Rain Village and Konoha have made a lot of big deals in the past few days.
But they could only watch.
Because what the Hidden Rain Village lacks, the Hidden Sand Village also lacks! For example, food and various precision instruments!
Just kidding, at least the Hidden Rain Village may still be able to sell water to the Wind Kingdom, but it is difficult for them to find special products that can be sold in large quantities to the Rain Kingdom.
Even for things like poison, the environment of the Rain Country is no less than that. In terms of making toxins and detoxification, the Sand Village can only be said to be more complete than the Rain Ninja system.
I am really envious.
In the past, when the relationship was not so close and the interests were not so solid, after knowing this, the Sand Ninja would more or less get involved and ruin things.
At least the Sand Ninjas were still envious of the goods purchased by the Hidden Rain Village. That is to say, the Sand Ninjas' finances have improved again with the cooperation of the Dragon Vein Project, otherwise the impoverished Sand Ninjas would have robbed them no matter what.
His own Kage has no respect for his own people and uses his bloodline to go to the desert to pan for gold to subsidize the village expenses. Who would care about the reputation and consequences of the ninja world?
At least Luo Sha, who received the information passed back by Ye Cang, threw it aside after reading it.
It was not just the major ninja villages that became famous during the Three Wars. During the Ninja World War, the intelligence and information about the three people, including the demigod Hanzo, the Kirigakure Anbu Karatachi Yagura, and Yahiko, who protected the normal development of the Rain Village under the pressure of the Rock and Cloud Ninjas, were quietly killed. All of them were placed on the desks of the five major ninja village kages.
It is not worth offending the other party while you are recuperating.
Especially now that Luo Sha is fully focused on the Longmai project.
After a few days of bustling, Konoha Village did not quiet down. Instead, it seemed like it had become the commercial center of the ninja world.
The gathering of a large number of merchants and the accumulation of goods made Konoha Village seem crowded for a moment.
The third generation was urgently invited by Orochimaru from the Konoha Ninja School, and began to replan and expand the region and area of Konoha with the heads of the major ninja clans of Konoha.
It just so happens that the barrier also needs to be re-established, so we can solve it all at once.
The more merchants there are, the more goods are traded, and the more people there are in the village, which are mostly beneficial to Konoha now.
As for the relocation of residents and reconstruction of buildings, there were no obstacles due to the casualties from the previous Ninja World War.
The ninja clan, who owns a large number of Konoha land deeds, naturally would not raise any objections.
(End of this chapter)