[Naruto] The big battle to transform the image of the patriarch

Because the village resolutely refused to be a vassal to the Nation of Fire, the other party finally compromised intimidated by the powerful power of the ninja, so Mana and the others didn't have to rack their brains to distinguish and memorize those cumbersome official titles and titles, as long as they uniformly called each other "adult" alright.

As Madara said, the substantive conditions have already been negotiated in the previous documents. This time, the daimyo envoys came to the meeting with the mentality of "taking advantage of it, not taking it down", so The conversation between the two parties has been pleasant so far - if the officials of the envoy don't dawdle about key decisions, we can get rid of the word "so far".

"...The reason why our country is difficult to agree with your proposal is because of national stability... You must know that ninjas have been employed since ancient times, and this alliance is self-reliant, which is unheard of; our country has done its best, but you still refuse Proclaiming a minister, this is really contrary to the great courtesy of human relations, we have to express our regret for this..."

Ninjas: ...

"That, Shiina-sama..." Hashirama reminded with a cold sweat.

The official known as Shiina is old and sophisticated, and he has long spotted Hashirama's modest and gentlemanly demeanor, and deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb, and still used the set of squishy teeth.

Feijian's expression changed, and he was about to explode.

"...that's enough." Madara said expressionlessly.

The cold killing intent froze Shiina's body in an instant, and he stood with his mouth gaping open, showing a funny expression.

"Pfft—" Mana deliberately laughed out loud.

Madara's face was gloomy, his eyes were full of contempt, and he said impatiently: "Let's forget about pretending... If this negotiation is regarded as a war, isn't it already obvious who the victor is? It's useless; if you think you can roll around and play tricks because of the pity the adults give to the weak kid, you won't even get the original candy."

His expression and words were like the sharpest sword, stabbing the officer opposite.They all had angry expressions on their faces, but they were afraid of the prestige of the legendary Uchiha patriarch, they looked at each other and shrank their shoulders.

There was a moment of silence in the arena.

"Sen, Senju Hashirama-sama!" Shiina was the first to recover, but he didn't have the courage to face the powerful ninja whose hair looked unreasonable, so he stared at Hashirama and said, "Is this your etiquette! "

Hashirama is a nice person, but he is not weak or stupid.Mana complained secretly.

Sure enough, although Hashirama put his hands on the table and saluted immediately with his head touching his hands, he said decisively: "I'm sorry! Madara actually told the truth, this is really embarrassing for you! I am very sorry , Shiina-sama!"

This time it was Quanna who couldn't help laughing, he gave Mana a wink quietly, Mana blinked and raised her eyebrows, motioning him to see the smile on the face of the head of her family.

"You, you!" Shiina stared angrily.

Feijian coughed lightly, and said, "That's the way it is. So everyone, let's get straight to the point."

Shiina tried to say something, but Madara raised his eyebrows and hummed softly, and he immediately died down, his momentum greatly reduced.

"...The Fire Country agrees to form an equal alliance with the villages formed by Senju and Uchiha." Finally, Shiina compromised and said this crucial sentence.

Mana immediately signaled the clerk to record the sentence in its entirety, and returned a provocative smile of "Uchiha" to the official opposite who glared at her, causing the other party to turn away immediately in fright.

Because the hope of luck was finally ruthlessly shattered, the messenger group headed by Shiina seemed to have suddenly understood what the word "efficiency" was, and simply stated their opinions in a straightforward manner.

"...Nation of Fire promised not to interfere with all the operations of your village," Shiina said, "but we still have to retain some power over your village. But before that, what I want to ask is whether there is any future for your village. Determine the official title and the name of the leader."

Mana, Quanna, and Tomona were all taken aback, as if they hadn't really discussed this.

Unexpectedly, Hashirama replied straightforwardly: "Don't worry about this, Madara and I have already decided, the village will be called Konoha Village, and the leader will be called Hokage."

Hokage...?So this means that the village is still directly linked to the country?Mana thought.

Hearing this answer, Shiina's face turned pale, and finally showed a bit of satisfaction: "Finally, I still know something good or bad..."

The following words are automatically silenced under Madara's eyes.

"...Then," he looked away in embarrassment, "our country requires the right to appoint Naruto. Besides, Konoha Ninja Village can exist independently of the subordinate institutions of the country of fire, but it must still be included in our country's military Power system. That is to say, during the war, Ninja Village can only accept the employment of our country and serve our country loyally; during the non-war period, Ninja Village can only accept the entrustment of our country and the allies. In addition, Konoha must elect twelve As the 'Guardian Twelve Ninja', the elites are always guarding the daimyo."

He finished these conditions in one breath, paused, discouragedly gave up the false price, and chose to directly reveal the horses and horses: "In exchange, our country will allocate a corresponding budget to Konoha Ninja Village every year. And the contributions you ninjas have made to the country It is also converted into military merit, and the country will reward individuals and award honorary medals."

This is indeed a very sincere guarantee.Several representatives of Konoha thought about the general conditions, but their expressions softened.

"The rewards for ninjas are directly folded into the village's budget." Madara spoke succinctly, touching his fingers and placing them on the table in the shape of a tower—everyone else sat upright on their knees, "The country of fire must not cross the wood Leaves contact with ninjas alone."

The envoys on the opposite side suddenly burst into annoyed humming. Shiina didn't dare to look directly at him, but stared at the hands on the table that were extremely rude in his eyes, and said sternly: "This is a national honor! It's just a ninja with no status..."

"...That's why I said, don't be ashamed of the hypocrisy." Madara's cold voice was filled with clear impatience.

Shiina looked up at his expression, flinched as if she had been stabbed, and immediately forced herself to calm down again.

The officials next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and recklessly shouted: "Master Senju Hashirama! Is this your attitude towards state officials! You actually let the Uchiha clan speak, can we think that the Senju clan has completely surrendered? Yu Uchiha..."

"My lord," Mana cut off his words with a half-smile, "Let's forget about this kind of low-level provocation? If you talk nonsense, maybe someday you will encounter some misfortune?"

"You...!" The other party blushed.

"Please don't make wild guesses about Konoha's internal affairs!" It was Toikama who said immediately afterwards, "The alliance between Senju and Uchiha is very stable, and you don't need to worry about this country of ignition!"

His tone was severe.

Since Togama as Senshou immediately expressed support for Mana as Uchiha, the other party had no choice but to bow his head resentfully.

Madara's eyes switched between Tomagama and Mana for the second time today.

He frowned imperceptibly.

"...The old man understands." Shiina finally gave in completely, "Just do what Konoha said."

"Master Shiina!" The young official who spoke rudely was excited.

"Okay, Asakura," Shiina waved her hand, mockingly said, "The other party is obviously more terrifying than wolves but still calls themselves a 'little ninja'. Know the time."

The nobleman, who was old in the officialdom, couldn't help stepping on the bottom line to sarcasm, but he was still timid after all, and changed his tone: "For specific budget issues, Konoha needs to submit a budget plan as required. The most important issue now is It should be Hokage's candidate, that's right."

Mana's eyes froze, she met Quanna's eyes calmly, and then looked at Madara and Hashirama together.

Surprised expressions appeared on their faces.

Shiina obviously understood something from this accident.He lifted his spirits and seemed to have finally come to the field he was good at.

"The old man also understands," he said in a slow and hateful tone, "in the past years, the current patriarch of the ninja family directly decided the next candidate. After all, this is an internal matter of the family, and outsiders should not Inquiry..."

The waiter in the house brought tea, lowered his head respectfully, and replaced everyone with new hot tea silently and quickly.The simple and glossy teacup was replaced silently, and the heat was rising.

For a while, only Shiina's voice was heard in the meeting room.

Mana really wanted to interrupt him, but she didn't have the qualifications.The other party is the chief of the envoy group and the important minister of the Fire Nation. As the representative of the daimyo, the only people who have the right to talk directly with him are the two patriarchs Madara and Hashirama.This is why the others were relatively silent just now.

In Mana's plan, the election of the leaders of Ninja Village is of course entirely up to them, and has nothing to do with the Fire Nation.Originally, she wanted to wait until the envoys had left to personally propose a democratic election to Madara, and after approval, Uchiha would formally propose it to Senshou, so that Uchiha's attitude would be higher invisibly.But today, two accidents in a row taught her what "the plan cannot keep up with the change": the first one, after being caught by Fei Jian, played this card in advance in order to save the situation; Why did you just talk about this issue at the meeting so loudly? !

What about non-interference in internal affairs? !

... No, she should have thought of it just now!It should have been thought of when the other party proposed to retain the state's right to appoint Hokage!

Sure enough, the other party continued to say in that slow tone: "...But, since Hokage is to be appointed by the Fire Kingdom, this matter is not completely an internal affair. Although, our country will not actually interfere with which party is responsible for it. The person to lead Konoha, and the requested right to appoint only means that after Konoha informs us of the candidate, the daimyo will personally issue a document to announce it to the world. Although we are ashamed to admit it, we also know that this is purely for the sake of The 'virtual right' to preserve our country's reputation..."

As soon as Shiina was proud, the set of polite tunes came out again, and then of course swallowed it back under Madara's gaze.

"...In short!" He said angrily, "Since it involves the honor of our country's daimyo, Konoha must guarantee the minimum strength and character of Hokage candidates!"

……coming.Mana's lips moved, but finally she bit her lip angrily and said nothing.

Had to say nothing.

"So, Shiina-sama means...?" Hashirama looked around and asked seriously.

But Mana noticed that he and Madara had a very short eye contact.

It would be great if I could open Sharingan... She suddenly thought that she didn't see exactly what emotion flashed across Zhuoma's face just now.

"There must be a set of open procedures as a guarantee!" Shiina said, "That is to say, the way of democratic elections."

……really.Mana let out a sigh of disappointment in her heart, but then pulled herself together.

It's okay, that's fine.Looking at it from another perspective, there are many advantages to having this matter brought up by the officials of the Fire Nation... She immediately accepted the reality and began to think about the possible impact of this matter on the future.

"But..." Hashirama frowned and hesitated for some reason.

"Brother! This is what it should be..." Tobima whispered to him.

Mana leaned slightly towards Madara, turned her head and whispered to him: "Brother Madara, what do you think...?"

Madara withdrew his gaze from Brother Senshou, looking a little annoyed for some reason, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.Under Mana's perplexed gaze, he nodded at her, and then simply ended Hashirama's questioning.

"That's it, Hashirama," Madara said. "At the end of the day, elections are a fair method."

He accentuated the pronunciation of the word "justice".

"Madara! I..." Hashirama paused and smiled wryly.

But he was a man of great determination.After confirming Madara's meaning, he quickly made up his mind and said to Shiina: "In this case, we will take this way."

After the meeting, the members of the envoy expressed wittily that they had urgent matters and had to leave immediately, and then hurriedly wanted to leave with the paperwork.

As one of the high-level officials, Mana and Senju Tamitsu are responsible for sending the officials to the door of Konoha.Quan Nai was responsible for collecting a series of agreements signed at the meeting just now, and disappeared like a wind with a clerk holding a large stack of documents.

"Brother Ban, what's wrong with you?"

While the group of troublesome officials were still dawdling, Mana stood beside Madara and asked in a low voice.

"……nothing."

"But you seem to be in a bad mood." Mana pursed her lips, skillfully tugged at his sleeves to act coquettishly, "Speaking of which, is Hashirama-sama stupid again? Or did Tobima do something nasty again?"

He also skillfully reached out and patted the top of her head, and said, "Mana, are you the only one who can guess the two of them?"

There was a slight smile in his voice, but there were still deep thoughts and other inexplicable emotions in his eyes.

If it weren't for being in the "public place", Mana would definitely be soft-spoken; but she was already waiting for her to lead the way there.

"It's cleaned up so quickly at this time!" She glared at the group of people with hatred, puffing up her cheeks unwillingly.

"Go." Madara said, raising her hand to signal her to let go of the sleeve she was holding.

Mana still looked at him with puffy cheeks.

"Manna!" He frowned and raised a stern look.

The girl's eyes clearly read: I am not afraid of you.

look at each other.

Madara suddenly reached out and poked her cheek.

"Hey Madara-san!" Mana covered her face, "I'm not a balloon!"

Madara made a mocking expression: "So you know it too, Mana."

"...Then I'll go first." Mana said helplessly when she heard Senshou Daguang's urging.

Unexpectedly, Madara said suddenly: "That's good. If you tell me what happened between you and Tobi today, I'll tell you what I'm thinking."

...!

He watched Mana's reaction.

As soon as this sentence came out, a flash of surprise flashed in Mana's eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he became too deliberately calm, turned his eyes slightly to the left, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "What did you say, it has nothing to do with Tobuma... Ah, I have to hurry over! Goodbye, Big Brother Madara!"

After saying that, Mana kept smiling and walked away quickly.

Between Thousand Hands.

He stood there and said the name silently twice.

... Tsk.

Madara bowed his head in thought for a few seconds, and decided to find Hashirama who had left the field first.

Instead of everyone being suspicious in their hearts, it is better to speak clearly.

"You said Hokage? How could you be so messy?!" Tomona reprimanded his elder brother unceremoniously, "The most you can do is recommend Madara as a candidate for Hokage! Appointed by village vote and daimyo!"

"...But," Hashirama looked at his angry younger brother with a headache while sitting behind his desk, trying to explain his thoughts, "I hope Madara can become Hokage, because..."

"Brother!" Feijian was helpless and annoyed, "The problem is that this is not the era of my father! You have heard it, even the officials of the Fire Nation want to use a democratic method to elect Hokage!"

"……but……"

"And even if Uchiha Madara becomes a candidate, he will definitely not be elected!" Tobima turned to Hashirama to analyze the situation, "The main credit for the creation of the village lies with you, big brother, which everyone knows! This point, no matter Uchiha Mana can't erase this fact..."

"Mana?" Hashirama asked in surprise, "Does this have anything to do with Mana?"

Tomona sighed and felt a bit of a headache: "It's not important... Well, Uchiha Mana has long expected that Hokage will be elected in a democratic way, and for Uchiha Madara to be elected Hokage, that guy has already done a long time Time to prepare."

"Is that so?" Hashirama lifted his spirits and smiled, "Isn't that great! If that's the case, Madara may become Hokage..."

"Brother!" Feijian snapped, "This kind of thing is not allowed!"

"Don't be like this!" Hashirama also became strict, "The Uchiha clan is also the founder of Konoha, and has also made great contributions to the construction of Konoha..."

"..."

"...Didn't you also see that?" Hashirama said earnestly—almost to the point of earnestness, "People in the village also respect Madara."

Togama and Hashirama looked at each other—the latter's gaze was very determined.

"...Brother," he finally chose to say, "haven't you heard the rumor?"

"……what?"

"The more Uchiha hates, the stronger the pupil power... This is the essence of Sharingan." Tomona said in a calm tone, "Who knows what tricks they will come up with in the future?"

He paused, a look of memory flashing across his face.

"...Although what Mana said is not unreasonable," he suddenly changed his tone, "but to be on the safe side, the position of the first generation of Hokage still cannot fall into the hands of Uchiha Madara."

Hashirama heard Mana's name for the second time.

"...What exactly did you say to Mana before?" He wondered, "Tobima... Wait, you didn't tell Mana what you said just now, did you? The more you hate the pupil, the stronger your power will be?!"

"...I said it." Tokama recalled a moment, and said frankly.

"..." Hashirama was stunned for a while, "So what did you guys say?"

"Is this very important...?" Tomona frowned, and compromised under Hashirama's persistent gaze, "Okay."

He recounted his conversation with Mana as concisely as possible.

"...As I have warned you, brother," Tomona concluded, "Uchiha Mana is not a simple character."

"I think what Mana said makes a lot of sense!" Against Tomona's speechless gaze, Hashirama showed a hearty smile of "getting to meet a friend", "As expected of Madara's younger sister! Sure enough, if Madara becomes Hokage, she will be able to protect Muki well. leaf!"

despair--

A sound so subtle that no one can detect it.

Hashirama stood up abruptly.

"...Brother?"

Hashirama hurried to the window and pushed it open.

The wind blows the leaves and leaves, and the birds rise and fall.There is nothing unusual about the peaceful scenery.

"There was someone outside just now... Tobima, you know who it is." Hashirama said solemnly.

"I don't know, I didn't condense Chakra just now..." Feijian was impatient at first, and said without thinking, and then realized after a while, and said bluntly, "Brother, don't change the subject!"

"Teima..." Hashirama smiled wryly.

"...No matter what," Tomona decided to give up the impossible task of persuading Big Brother, "Hokage still has to go through an election to decide. Next, I will try my best to help Big Brother run for Hokage..."

"You don't need to..."

"Brother! This is not only your own business!" Tobuma said seriously, "I don't think anyone else can be qualified for the position of Hokage except you, Big Brother! This is a major event related to the development of the entire village!"

"..."

"Besides," he said, "I believe Uchiha Mana has the same determination on this point... Uchiha Madara is not facing a situation that requires your sympathy; on the contrary, thanks to Mana, he is now It has become our strongest opponent."

Hashirama stared at the scenery outside the window in silence.

"...Brother, do you have any questions?"

"No... that's it."

small theater:

Hashirama: "You won't tell Mana what you said just now, will you? The more you hate the pupil, the stronger your pupil power will be?!"

"...I said it." Tokama recalled a moment, and said frankly.

some years later.

Bashirama patted his younger brother who was still single on the shoulder, and said sadly: "Teijian, since many years ago, my brother actually predicted...you probably won't be able to marry a wife, Toikama: ...shut up." big brother.