The Invisible Assassin of Konoha

Chapter 187 Rikimaru's Selfishness

In today's battle that lasted several hours, Konoha has won the final victory, even if it was only a miserable victory, it is still a victory.

As the victor, Konoha's side is naturally qualified to decide how to deal with the captured Iwanin. There is no need to persuade them to surrender like now, as long as they swarm up and take them down.

It's just that Nara Shikahisa and the others didn't do that, because there is the commander-in-chief of Iwagakure. This person is definitely a heavyweight in Iwagakushi Village. If he can be caught alive, he can definitely win against Iwagakushi Take advantage when hiding.

For this purpose, Nara Shikahisa indulged the other party and agreed to the other party's conditions.

Seeing that the people on Konoha's side agreed to his terms, Li Tu immediately laughed.

"I want to meet someone, that ninja in your village named Fujiwara Rikimaru. I want to have a fair duel with him. As long as he can beat me, I will unconditionally agree to surrender."

Nara Shikahisa suddenly showed surprise. He originally thought that the cracked soil would make some other requirements, such as not treating the captives badly, or some other conditions of preferential treatment.

But he didn't expect that the other party didn't put forward such a condition at all, but wanted to meet Rikimaru and fight against Rikimaru, which was really beyond his expectation.

Is Rikimaru already so famous in Yanyin Village?So much so that the commander-in-chief of Iwanin would rather give up other conditions and have a duel with Rikimaru?
Of course, he didn't think that this was just a simple duel, and he even wondered if it was Iwanin who wanted to use this opportunity to attack Rikimaru and destroy their Konoha genius.

"I can't decide this matter. I'll go to ask Hokage-sama and Fujiwara Rikimaru you want to see now. Only after they all agree, can I agree to your request."

Ritsuto nodded. Although he didn't know who Shikuku Nara was, he was obviously not Tsunade, one of the Konoha Sannin who hosted this time, nor Hokage. For a genius like Fujiwara Rikimaru, he definitely didn't have the commanding power .

He does not have the capital to negotiate now, so he can only rely on his own identity to make this request. He can lose this war, but even if he fails, he must think about the future of the village.

That boy named Fujiwara Rikimaru, he must find a way to solve it, otherwise this person will definitely become the biggest enemy of the village.

Nara Shikahisa soon met the Third Hokage, and at this time the Third Hokage and Tsunade were listening to the reports of their subordinates.

This war can be described as extremely tragic. It is the most serious loss of Konoha in the past ten years. The number of ninjas lost is more than half of the number of ninjas lost in the second Ninja World War.

Such casualties directly destroyed more than one-fifth of Konoha's strength. What kind of tragic victory is this?
The shocking numbers made both Sandai Hokage and Tsunade look pained, especially Sandai Hokage, who foresaw how tragic this war would be.

But when he really saw the result, he was still gasping for breath, almost making him breathless.

Ever since he ascended to the position of Hokage, has there ever been such a tragic casualty?

He felt that it was all his fault, that it was his misjudgment that caused such serious consequences.

At the same time, he was a little thankful. Fortunately, at the last moment, the large army in Shayin Village suddenly retreated, which gave them a chance to turn defeat into victory.

If the large army in Yinsha Village hadn't retreated at that time, it's really uncertain who will win and who will lose.

"It's all my fault."

When Sandai Hokage sighed, Nara Shikajiu came over and told him what happened just now.

The third generation suddenly frowned: "He really proposed this condition?"

Tsunade, on the other hand, snorted coldly with disdain: "The defeated general, what qualifications do you have to raise conditions? According to me, there is no need to pay attention to his request if you directly take them all down."

She was extremely passive in this battle, because the gap in personnel was basically suppressed, that is, Konoha's determination to die was able to resist the Yansha coalition for such a long time, if she had no faith , has already collapsed.

So she only has killing intent towards Iwanin, even before she didn't want to keep alive, but she was stopped by the third Hokage, who believed that the interests of the village should be put first instead of venting the anger in her heart .

Sandai did not listen to his disciple's suggestion, but asked Nara Shikahisa: "Shikaku, what do you think?"

From Tsunade's report, he knew that Nara Shikahisa performed very well in this war. He also wanted to focus on training the most outstanding young man of the Nara clan. The Nara clan has always been the most determined of the Hokage clan. followers.

Shikahisa Nara obviously thought about it before coming here, so he answered directly.

"From a personal point of view, I would not agree to such a request. That Iwanin obviously knew that he was desperate, so he wanted to drag Riki to be buried with him. His intentions were extremely sinister."

The third generation nodded: "You are right, the other party obviously has this plan, what else?"

Nara Shikahisa changed the subject: "But if I analyze it from the perspective of the village and the country, I will agree to such a request. This person is obviously an important person in Yanyin Village. Even if we are still fighting with Yanyin, sooner or later There will be an end, if after the war is over, this person and those captives of Yan Yin will definitely be able to gain the upper hand in the negotiations with Yan Yin."

"Hmph, the war is still going on, so it's ironic to start thinking about post-war negotiations now?"

Tsunade's disdainful cynicism was obviously very dissatisfied with these words.

However, the Third Hokage was very satisfied with Nara Shikahisa's analysis, and admired in his heart that he is indeed a genius of the Nara clan.

In fact, he was also thinking this way at this time, he has lived for more than 50 years and is used to the chaos, war and peace in the ninja world.

Although all of this is inseparable from strength, since the five major countries and the five major ninja villages have stabilized, no matter how fierce the fighting between the parties is, it will eventually return to calm, and there will never be a shortage of post-war negotiations.

If you can control the important people in Yanyin Village, Konoha will definitely have the upper hand in future negotiations.

"Have you figured out the identity of that person?"

Nara Shikahisa replied: "I figured it out, it is said that it has a great relationship with their Dokage, and their status in Yanyin Village is very high."

After thinking about it seriously, Sandai finally decided: "Okay, I agree. Before that, I need to ask Riki for his opinion, and send someone to call Riki."

"Go and talk to him, I'm leaving first." Tsunade stood up, greeted him, and left.

When Rikimaru was called over, he was still a little strange. After the war, he followed the others to clean up the battlefield, to see if there was anything that slipped through the net.

It's just a pity that the third generation ordered that if Iwanin is found alive, he must not execute him privately, so he can only look at those Iwanin without any means.

When the third generation sent someone to call him, he was checking his harvest from this war.

After handing over the four-tailed Jinchuriki Laozi to the third Hokage, he followed other Konoha troops to fight against Iwanin. Using his own ability, he killed many Iwanin and gained a lot of experience and money.

Now his level has reached the seventeenth level, and his money has reached more than 800. In one war, he got more than 3000 money. It is definitely a big harvest. You must know that this is the beginning of the third ninja world war. There will be more opportunities in the future.

After listening to Nara Shikahisa's words and Sandai's analysis, Rikimaru himself was also very surprised.

Is that how you hate yourself?

It's already on the verge of death, and those rock ninjas are still thinking about themselves?

His thoughts are the same as those of Sandai and Shikahisa Nara. That Iwa Shinobi named Cracked Earth is absolutely uneasy and kind, and wants to drag him to be buried with him.

Should I agree to it?

He had never fought against the other party before, so he didn't know the strength of the other party, and the other party obviously had the will to die, so he would be at a disadvantage no matter how he fought against the other party at this time.

It stands to reason that not agreeing is the correct choice. After all, he doesn't know what means the other party has, but the other party clearly knows his ability, but still makes such a request. Obviously, he has a certain amount of confidence.

For a rock ninja who can only be defeated but not killed, risking his life to fight is not worth it.

Yes, that's right, the meaning of the third generation is very obvious, to save the other party's life; but if he doesn't kill people, he won't gain experience. This kind of useless thing is really not worth doing.

but.

How could the third generation not think of things that he could think of. Since he thought of it, he still called him over, which shows a problem, the attitude of the third generation.

The third generation definitely agreed to such a request, so they called him here and asked his opinion.

Thinking of this, Riki's heart turned cold. It's not that he was dark in his heart, but that the actions of the third generation were too easy to make people imagine.

He himself is not from this world, and he does not agree with Konoha's will of fire as much as other Konoha ninjas. He is a selfish person.

If he was a native who had inherited the will of the fire, he would readily agree, and even thanked Hokage for giving him the opportunity to serve the village.

But the question is, are you realistic to expect a selfish person to take risks for the good of the village?
Riki is self-centered and centered on his relatives and friends. If it is for relatives and friends, he will definitely not hesitate. It is not that he does not have the spirit of sacrifice, it depends on who the target is.

But just for the benefit of the village, those so-called bargaining chips put himself at risk. He felt that it was not worth it, very not worth it.

He is not great, and he does not want to be a great person, because the fate of great people is often full of tragedies.

As a selfish person, Rikimaru is unwilling to become great.

It's just that it's all his own thoughts.
In the eyes of the third generation, he obviously has a good impression of him, and thinks that he will be a person who takes care of the overall situation, so the third generation hopes that he can agree, and also hopes that he can win.

He didn't know whether the third generation had confidence in himself and believed that he would be able to win the cracked soil, or other reasons.

But there is one thing he can be sure of, that is, the third generation put the interests of the village above his life safety.

Perhaps in the eyes of people like the third generation, the interests of the village are above all else, just like in the original book, Namikaze Minato sacrificed for the village, but he was under pressure and allowed the son of a hero to become a hated person. demon fox.

As a rational person, this feeling made Riki very uncomfortable.

"Okay, I promise."

Riki agreed, it is impossible for him not to agree, the three generations have already shown it so clearly, can he not agree?
Before he has absolute strength, he still has to compromise when it's time to compromise, not to mention, he does have confidence in himself.

The Third Hokage laughed: "Okay, with Rikimaru's ability, you can defeat the opponent without pressure. You still have to be careful, the opponent may have some special means."

"Ah."

"No matter what the result is this time, I will remember you as an S-level mission."

Rikimaru was a little satisfied with this, the reward for an S-rank mission was quite considerable, as expected, there would only be rewards if you put in the effort.

"There is a problem. The other party obviously wants to kill me, so I may not control well and kill him."

The third generation laughed: "If such a thing really happens, then it's no wonder you, you can fight him at ease, and don't have any psychological burden for the rest."

"Let's go and meet that guy for a while."

The Third Hokage took Nara Shikohisa and Rikimaru towards the location where the Iwa Shinobi were.

Rikimaru and the others soon arrived at their destination and saw a group of Iwanin surrounded by Konoha.

"Master Cracked Earth, that is the leader of Konoha Hidden Village, the third generation of Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi."

A rock ninja who had seen three generations fighting four-tailed Jinchuriki on the battlefield before reminded him in a low voice.

"The third Hokage?"

Li Tu just glanced at San Dai, and then landed on the young man next to San Dai, and recognized him at a glance.

"He is Fujiwara Rikimaru, it seems that Konoha's Hokage agreed."

Heartbroken, after seeing Sandai Hokage and Fujiwara Rikimaru coming together, he knew that his plan had worked, and whether he could succeed in the future depends on how he operates.

"How about it, do you agree to my conditions?" Li Tu asked knowingly.

The Third Hokage took a puff of smoke, and said lightly: "You Yanyin took the lead in provoking the war this time. I should have executed all of you invaders, but God has the virtue of good life. So many people have died in the war. I hope to see more people sacrificed, so I will reluctantly consider your conditions;

But you can't rely on your empty words, let us agree to your conditions, at least let us see your sincerity. "

"This old thing from Konoha is really hypocritical."

Seeing the three generations with a kind face, Li Tu sneered in his heart, very disdainful, how could he not see what the other party was planning?
(End of this chapter)