Konoha: Who says that hunters can't play in the ninja world?

Everyone present had a look of having had enough, unable to complain about Jiraiya's teasing. They were so worried that they were ready to go in and rescue people, but in the end, this happened.

Only Kakashi and Shikaku looked at each other, and they saw solemnity in each other's eyes. In the past, they just had a verbal fight with each other, but this time it seemed that they really tore their faces apart and fought. Who knows what tricks the elders who put aside their superficial friendship will use.

"Since you're all here, please come in." A head suddenly popped up from the Hokage's office upstairs and shouted to the crowd below.

"Hi" xx, everyone subconsciously stood up and lowered their heads to respond, because the one who spoke was Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage.

"Wow, I didn't expect Shizune is so popular. She went out to report a message and actually called so many people." Tsunade said with a smile. She was really happy. Even though she knew that she was facing several elders, this group of people still came here. What did this mean? This group of people supported her, Tsunade. To put it bluntly, it has always been an unknown how many people supported her, Tsunade, to serve as Hokage in times of crisis.

The reason he was able to take this position was because of the reputation of the Sannin and his Senju bloodline. Third, there was really no one left in the village, only Kakashi could barely take on the responsibility. The first village in the ninja world, the elite jonin became the Hokage, and it would be a bit light to say it out. Tsunade was the tallest among the short ones.

But now it's different. This group of people are all well-known elite jonin in the village. They almost come here to support her, Tsunade. What is this? This is the direct lineage she earned with her own ability. Thinking of this, how can Tsunade not be happy?

Together with the Ino-Shika-Chou, Inuzuka, Aburame, and Hyuga families, all the small families in the village gathered together to varying degrees and naturally leaned towards the side of the Hokage. Thinking of this, Tsunade felt more confident.

In this case, can we take bigger steps?

"Shikaku, the situation is very good now. Can we take the initiative?" Tsunade asked casually, crossing her legs.

"Well~, if Lady Tsunade wants to speed up the process, she can certainly take the initiative. However, my suggestion is, as always, to boil the frog in warm water." Shikaku pondered for a moment, a wise light flashing in his eyes. He did not offer any constructive suggestions, but was instead a little conservative.

"The elders are clearly weak today. If we take the initiative, we will appear to be taking advantage of the situation and appear to be strong. If we stay the same, it will seem that we are passive, but in fact we have been marginalizing them. However, it will give people the feeling that we are not targeting them, and the Hokage will appear to be very humane. On the contrary, if they jump out to cause trouble, everyone will see their narrow-mindedness and selfishness. The most important thing is that we can afford to wait, but they can't. Time is on our side, and their increasingly aging bodies will force them to make a choice. Either fight to the death or live in shame. No matter which point, we just need to have enough ability to deal with it."

"Well, Shikaku is right." Jiraiya shouted, agreeing with this less drastic way of solving the problem.

"Hmph, those two old guys got a bargain." He snorted, agreeing with Lu Jiu's suggestion.

"Since we are waiting for them to make a mistake, we can't just sit there and wait. The development of the Ministry of Agriculture will inevitably be reported to the Daimyo, and the self-sufficient ninja village will definitely become a thorn in the Daimyo's side. How can we solve this problem?" Tsunade, who had calmed down, had a very accurate view of the problem. This problem, which was almost unavoidable, had become Konoha's biggest problem now.

Konoha wants to get rid of the Daimyo, but the Daimyo will not sit idly by and watch Konoha grow stronger, so the conflict is quite acute.

"This is a very difficult problem to solve. It involves the fundamentals of the other party, and they will not allow others to interfere. The key is that we may not have much time. Since Danzo can bring it up, it won't be long before the Daimyo finds out. We don't have much time to react." Shikaku found that although the situation of internal struggle was clear, the external threat was indeed approaching unknowingly.

"There's really no other way. I have to make a trip." Tsunade didn't want to give up the benefits she had obtained, so she could only talk about it in person.

"Have you ever thought about asking Kazama?" Kakashi asked suddenly.

"What do you mean?"

“…” After Kakashi said this, he realized that he seemed to have talked too much, but since he had already come this far, he might as well just pour it all out.

"How should I put it? Everyone is familiar with Kazama. He is a smart man, but he is not the kind of smart that is completely unpredictable. He is just an ordinary person who is a little smart. However, such an ordinary person often has unique ideas. From his actions and behaviors, I found that he is very different from other children in Konoha Village, both in terms of ideas and practices. This also leads to the fact that he can always come up with some points that we can't see, including ninjutsu and thoughts. Since we can't think of a solution, we might as well see if he can open up ideas from angles we haven't thought of."

"I see. A unique idea? A different way of thinking." Shikaku felt as if he had suddenly been enlightened.

"Shizune, summon the Chunin, Maruboshi Kosuke."

"Hi" Shizune nodded, and then left the Hokage's office. After a while, the lazy Kazama was pressed in front of Tsunade by the Anbu.

"Is there anything that is worthy of Lady Tsunade asking the Anbu to hire someone?" Kazama shook his sore arm. This group of Anbu had no tact at all. How could they just barge in when someone was sleeping and grab someone and leave?

"How about letting you go back to sleep for a while?" Tsunade said in a playful tone. Everyone knew who Kazama was. Even he, the Hokage, envied the way Kazama lived in the tree house.

"I dare not, I dare not. I wonder if Lord Hokage has any advice for me?" Facing Tsunade, it was difficult for Kazama to be strong. At this distance, Tsunade's hammer would hurt too much.

"That's it..." The relationship between the village and the Land of Fire, the relationship between the Daimyo and the Hokage, a series of things poured out and were thrown in front of Kazama, hoping that Kazama could find a way to live a peaceful life that both parties could accept.

"Hmm~, have you ever thought about a win-win situation? Have you ever thought about getting the daimyo on board our ship?" He touched his chin and smacked his lips, as if this was the only way he could accept.

"Tell me more specifically?" Everyone became interested.

"To put it simply, we are the armed forces of the Fire Nation. While we protect the Fire Nation, the Daimyo is also afraid that we will become the only one and cannot be used by him. In this case, why not pull the Daimyo to our side and make him a part of us? Then will he still suppress us? Isn't it just the Ministry of Agriculture? Give the Daimyo one-third of the output and let him help us develop the Fire Nation. How big is the Fire Nation? Once it is developed, wouldn't we get more than what we gave away, and we would also gain a powerful ally."