Mayuri's card from Naruto

Chapter 79 Diplomatic Mission

In the land of fire.

The leader of the Kumogakure envoys looked at the man from Konoha Village who came to greet them and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You're the one who's going to entertain?"

"After all, I have the most dealings with your Kumogakure." Namikaze Minato smiled sunnyly, as if he didn't hear the complex emotions in the words of Rui, the son of the Third Raikage.

"Humph." Rui snorted coldly, but didn't say anything. Although his personality is similar to his father's, irritable, overbearing, unscrupulous and decisive to the extreme. But for talented and pleasing people, he maintains considerable patience and respect.

After fighting with Minato Namikaze several times, he naturally gained his respect because he felt the balance of life and death every time.

Konoha asked Minato Namikaze to lead the team to welcome them, obviously to intimidate them.

Boring means!
Rui secretly spit in his heart. He didn't intend to conflict with Minato Namikaze, he knew very well what his mission was.

"Yo yo, seeing Minato Namikaze again, my brother's face was sour, shouldering a heavy responsibility and having to swallow his anger, I was silent on the side..."

An abrupt voice with a strange rhythm sounded among the Cloud Ninja envoys. Rui's face turned furious, and he turned around and yelled, "Shut up, Bi!"

"My brother was furious and told me to mute myself..."

Kirabi in the crowd was holding a small notebook in one hand and a pen in the other, writing something on paper, mumbling to himself. From time to time, he would draw a horizontal line on the paper with the tip of the pen, immersed in his own world.

Looking at his crazy look, Rui felt a little embarrassed and had no mood to argue with the Konoha welcoming group led by Minato Namikaze. He lost his momentum.

For a moment, the two teams that were at loggerheads with each other relaxed their tensions in silence.

The friction between Kumogakure and Konoha on the border has lasted for more than a year, almost two years, and the ninjas of Konoha all have hatred for Kumogakure. The situation just now was like a powder keg, and everyone's spirits were tense.

The Konoha and Kumo ninjas were divided into two teams, and they continued their journey in silence. Finally, before dark, they arrived at the gate of Konoha Village.

After Minato completed the registration and certification for the Cloud Ninja delegation, he led the Cloud Ninja delegation into the village.

"Hokage-sama is waiting for you." Namikaze Minato said to Rui who was walking side by side with him.

"Then let's meet him first, and give him the peace documents." Rui said while observing the Konohagakure.

As they walked on the street, the pedestrians around them suddenly became quiet and looked at them, especially at him who was leading the group.

Rui could easily sense the anger and malice contained in those eyes, but he still followed Minato Namikaze with a calm expression.

He had seen this kind of gaze of fear and hatred many times in the past few years, especially in the past two years. From the people of Sunagakure, Amegakure, and Konoha.

As long as they are not from the Hidden Cloud Village, he doesn't care.

"Senior Tangdong, please take them to stay. I will take Rui to see the Hokage." Namikaze Minato said to Akimichi Tangdong behind him.

Akimichi Doto nodded and led the way for the Kumogakure envoys.

In the Hokage's office in the Hokage Building, Rui met the Sandaime Hokage, who was called the Ninja Hero by the Ninja World.

Considering the short life span of most ninjas, the Third Hokage, who showed some signs of aging, did not give him the feeling of the legendary ninja hero, but rather a feeling of a gentle old grandfather.

What made him feel alert and threatened from the bottom of his heart was the one-eyed old man who was wrapped in bandages, leaning on a cane, and standing silently behind the Third Hokage.

Shimura Danzo! The Darkness of Konoha!

As the information about Konoha characters he had read before coming here, there was information about Shimura Danzo, who was also a difficult character that he needed to pay attention to.

"Can't Kumogakure withstand the attacks of Sand Village and Iwagakure?" Danzo Shimura spoke with a mocking tone.

"Is this a show of force?" Rui did not answer Danzo Shimura's words, but looked at the Third Hokage.

Although this is an excuse in the plan, it is also a fact.

Even Konoha would feel pressured when facing more than two large ninja villages, not to mention that Kumogakure, in addition to Sand Village and Iwagakure, also has conflicts with Konoha.

Rui knew that it was meaningless to argue with Shimura Danzo on this topic, so he did not respond to Shimura Danzo's words.

"Of course not. Being able to make peace with Kumogakure and live in peace is good for both countries. It's too late today. Let's talk about the terms of the peace tomorrow.

Minato, you will entertain the son of the Third Raikage." The Third Hokage accepted the document from the Hidden Cloud Village, first spoke to Rui in a gentle official tone, then turned to Minato Namikaze who was standing beside him.

Rui nodded. He had originally thought of stalling for time. As for letting Minato Namikaze entertain him, even though he seemed careless, he understood that another meaning of entertaining was surveillance.

It doesn't matter. He, as the head of the diplomatic corps and Kirabi, was put on the surface to attract attention in the plan.

After Minato Namikaze and Rui left, the Sandaime Hokage and Danzo Shimura opened the scroll of Kumogakure's documents first.

The two men frowned when they read the densely packed contents in the scroll. Then one of them remained silent while the other became even angrier.

"This is too much!" After reading the peace terms on the scroll, Shimura Danzo said grimly. "It seems that Kumogakure has no real intention of negotiating peace! They just want to buy some time to ease the tension. Let the ninja troops go out, and the Root will take action in secret!

At least let the Raikage of Kumogakure understand his current situation with Kumogakure."

"We can talk." Facing Shimura Danzo's rising anger, the Sandaime Hokage gave an answer that made him look sideways.

"Huruzen!" Danzo Shimura narrowed his eyes. He was considering whether to stop Hiruzen now, or let the stubborn Hiruzen lose his reputation because of this incident and then he would come out to clean up the mess.

"I know that Kumogakure is asking for too much, and Konoha will never agree to these conditions!" The Third Hokage lit up his pipe that was filled with tobacco, his face a little blurred in the smoke.

"But we can talk. Even if it's just to give Konoha one more day of peace and preparation for war, we can talk."

"Do you want to stabilize Kumogakure and wait for them to lose?" Danzo Shimura clenched his fingers around the cane in his hand.

"If peace is possible, then of course we should strive for it. We can selectively agree to some of these conditions," the Third Hokage corrected, tapping the open scroll on the table with his pipe.

……

The next day.

In the conference room of the Hokage Building.

The advisory group and jonin of Konoha, and the envoys of Kumogakure sat on both sides respectively and began a war of words over the conditions in the document.

In the end, the first negotiation ended with the son of the Third Raikage exploding in anger and destroying a solid wood table. He stormed away with the delegation, and the two sides parted ways unhappily.

(End of this chapter)