After traveling through time, I became friends with Tsunade

"Luo Sha, is your method really useful?"

The Third Kazekage sat motionless with his head down in deep thought, without even looking up, but he knew who was coming in without knocking at this time.

"teacher!"

Luo Sha's voice came. Unlike his previous arrogance, he now respectfully saluted the Third Kazekage, as if he was apologizing for his previous behavior.

"I know that this method may damage your reputation, but it is enough to convince Konoha that there are conflicts within our Sand Village and that your position as the Kazekage is unstable."

The Third Kazekage frowned and fell into deep thought. After a while, his eyes became determined.

"I don't care about reputation or anything like that. As long as Konoha can give up some of its interests and let us, the Sand Village, get out of the shadow of war as soon as possible, it's no big deal.

After your proposal was passed, the Anbu has caused a lot of commotion among the young ninjas in the village, and Konoha may receive the news in the next two days. But do we really have the strength to start another war?"

"Teacher, we didn't, but Konoha doesn't dare to take risks. We can delay time, but they can't. They are fighting with the Rock Ninja, and now they are eager to get out of here as soon as possible and support the Rock Ninja battlefield."

Rasa said confidently that even if Konoha didn't believe it, they would be forced to compromise.

"Very good, as long as we hold on to this point, Konoha will have no way to do anything to us. Rasa, the Sand Village is lucky to have you!"

Luo Sha, who received the affirmation, felt even more proud.

On the other side, Shikama was also discussing countermeasures with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Hokage-sama, it looks like the Sand Ninja may be stalling for time. We can't wait that long."

Nara Shikama looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had a sad face, and further analyzed the intentions of the Third Kazekage and others.

"I know. We can't delay too long. The Sand Ninja has already admitted defeat. As long as we can't reach an agreement on compensation, there's nothing we can do. After all, we can't start another war."

"teacher!"

"Old man!"

At this time, after Yusuke and Tsunade finished their meal, they learned that something had happened and rushed over.

"You are here."

Looking at his two disciples, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a little better.

"Yusuke! I want to know why you confronted Luo Sha so aggressively today?"

"Teacher, I just can't stand Luo Sha's reckless attitude. What's more, if we let the Sand Ninja off so easily, I will feel sorry for our comrades who sacrificed their lives on the front line."

Anyway, Yusuke is still young, and it is normal for him to be a little aggressive. He just wants to get more rewards from the Sand Ninjas so that the sacrifice of his comrades on the front line will not be so humble.

"But you have to know that the village will not allow another war with the Sand Ninja for no reason, and in order to prevent Ōnoki's counterattack, the camp must support the battlefield in the Land of Earth as soon as possible."

Sarutobi Hiruzen followed Yusuke and the others to analyze the situation. It was impossible that if you didn't give it to me forcefully, the two villages would start fighting again.

"We are afraid, and so are they."

Nara Shikama spoke at the right time.

"Perhaps we can gain a little more benefit from the captured Sand Ninja. After all, they can delay the war compensation, but the Third Kazekage cannot delay the redemption of his own captured ninja."

"Well, I'll do as you say."

The next day, intense negotiations resumed in a tense atmosphere.

"Kazekage, we can agree that you pay half of the three-year mission remuneration and 20% of the mission amount, but in addition, we also need you to provide a batch of minerals free of charge. If you can, sign here." The representative of Konoha put forward the conditions without hesitation.

The Third Kazekage frowned and argued fiercely with the other party, but in the end he had no choice but to compromise.

"Okay, I can agree. But the types and quantities of minerals must be within our tolerance." He took a deep breath, trying to gain more benefits.

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and shouted, "Shikama!"

Nara Shikama responded and stepped forward, handing a document to the Third Kazekage. The Kazekage took the document, looked at it carefully, and found that it was not as harsh as expected.

He handed the document to the people accompanying the negotiation for review, and no one raised any objections. The Third Kazekage signed his name on the document very quickly and stamped it with the seal of the Kazekage.

After signing two identical documents, Nara Shikama picked up another document and said to the Kazekage, "Lord Kazekage, please take a look at how to redeem these 1083 ninjas..."

The Kazekage stared at the document. He knew that the Sand Ninjas were the ones in a passive position. These people had to be taken back no matter what, even at a huge cost.

"Where's Shuji?"

The Third Kazekage took the document and scanned it sharply, but did not find the name he expected to see. He questioned the Konoha representative with obvious anger in his voice.

Nara Shikama looked apologetic and said softly, "Lord Kazekage, I'm very sorry. Your disciple Shusi passed away not long ago."

The Third Kazekage's face instantly turned gloomy. He stared at Nara Shikama with wide eyes in disbelief. The disciple he had trained for so long had just lost his life for no reason. Even if he usually had a good temper, he couldn't suppress the grief and anger in his heart at this moment.

"Konoha, you actually..." His voice trembled slightly, his eyes were red, and he asked Konoha for an explanation.

"Is this how you treat prisoners?" His tone was full of questioning and condemnation.

Yamanaka Yuji stepped forward at this time, and he apologized to the Third Kazekage with a guilty look on his face: "I'm sorry, it was actually the negligence of the ninja who was in charge of watching over Shuji that gave him the opportunity to commit suicide."

The Third Kazekage glared at Yamanaka Yuji and all the Konoha people present. His fists were clenched, and the struggle and pain in his heart were clearly visible. However, after some inner struggle, he finally loosened his fists and sighed deeply.

"Where is his body?" There was a hint of helplessness and resignation in the voice of the Third Kazekage.

"It has been safely kept." Yamanaka Yuji replied.

"Add it!" The Third Kazekage pointed at the prisoner's document with a firm look in his eyes.

Nara Shikama reminded: "Then this is another price."

"Add!" The Third Kazekage answered without any hesitation.

In the end, the Third Kazekage signed the document. In fact, the bargaining chips for the transaction were not excessive, except for Shuuji's matter.

However, in this special period of Sand Village, he may have to run around the desert in the next few years, looking for ore to repay his debts. This undoubtedly adds another layer of difficulty to their already difficult situation, like adding insult to injury.

Nara Shikama picked up the two documents and handed them to Sarutobi Hiruzen. After confirming that they were correct, he spoke to Yamanaka Yuji who was guarding him.

"Yuuji, take the Kazekage and lead them!"

"Yes!"