CHAPTER 521: CHAPTER 521 DECISION AND INFLUENCE

Chapter 521 Decision and Influence

Although Shimura Danzo’s speech was forced back by Jiraiya and the other two, what he said was not unreasonable.

Utatane Koharu on the side also began to persuade him.

"Minato, don’t forget, you are the Hokage!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole office immediately fell into silence.

Even Mitokado Homura, who originally wanted to propose whether to negotiate with Kumogakure to change the time, immediately gave up the idea of saying anything else.

After a long silence, Namikaze Minato’s face was covered with a sunny and warm smile again.

"Yes, I am Hokage, and this is my job."

After saying this, Namikaze Minato suddenly felt a little stuffy in his chest, as if he was about to lose something.

However, thinking that it might be because he would miss the birth of his child, Namikaze Minato finally suppressed the discomfort in his heart.

Seeing Namikaze Minato make a decision, some people sighed secretly, and some people breathed a sigh of relief.

In the end, it was the Jiraiya who spoke again, pointing to the letter and changing the subject.

"Why did Kumogakure want to ask the Mizukage to witness the peace talks this time?"

Although Jiraiya usually didn’t have much contact with political affairs, and could even be said to be deliberately avoiding them.

But he still had some basic knowledge.

In this kind of negotiation between the two villages, the other party asked an outsider to come as a witness.

Wouldn’t that simply make Konohagakure and Kumogakure inferior to Kirigakure?

Even Jiraiya had heard from his own disciples about the performance of the Mizukage at the Five Kage Talks.

But this kind of behavior with a bit of weakness was not something that the Raikage he knew would do.

"Perhaps they want to put the truce with Kirigakure on the table? It seems that there has been no truce agreement between Kumogakure and Kirigakure."

As Utatane Koharu spoke, her voice became smaller and smaller, and her tone became more and more hesitant.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also directly denied this speculation without any politeness.

"It’s impossible. Speaking of the armistice agreement, haven’t Iwagakure and Kumogakure also never signed it?"

"If Kumogakure really wants to take this opportunity to negotiate together, it’s impossible to leave Iwagakure alone, right?"

In fact, the situation between Kirigakure, Iwagakure and Konohagakure is different.

Although there is no formal peace talk with Kumogakure, the battle between the Kirigakure, Iwagakure and Kumogakure Village has essentially ended.

If the two villages have no other demands and want to force the other party to pay a price, then even if there is no treaty, no one will care.

Moreover, on the surface, Kirigakure and Konohagakure are allies.

How desperate must Kumogakure be to bring in another Konohagakure ally who doesn’t get along with them to reduce their initiative in the negotiations?

"Next will be a full ceasefire. Maybe those Kumogakure barbarians are taking the initiative to show their support to Kirigakure? I heard that Kirigakure Village has been doing very well in maritime trade recently."

After saying this, although Mitokado Homura himself didn’t quite believe it, after all, there was no intelligence, and there was no point in everyone’s guessing here.

After briefly revealing it, he took the initiative to continue.

"It’s not certain whether the Mizukage agrees to be a witness, so let’s first confirm the conditions that we may encounter during this negotiation."

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"I’ll go, of course. I want to see what tricks Obito can do if I go."

Kaito threw the document in his hand aside and gave a positive answer to the question of the elder Genji.

Although he had previously guessed that Uchiha Obito might take action against the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki this time, Kaito wanted to witness the peace talks between Konohagakure and Kumogakure.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank Kumogakure for giving us such a step. Such opportunities that can enhance the political status of Kirigakure are never too many."

Kaito opened a document with the words "Proposal for the Construction of the Sea Mist City Ninja Academy" and continued with a smile on his face.

"Elder Genji, don’t worry. The things on both sides this time don’t have much impact on us. Naturally, we have to choose the method that is more beneficial."

Who knew that when the elder Genji heard Kaito’s words, he sighed deeply.

"Mizukage-sama, I’m not worried about the plan, but you’ve just returned to the village and you’re going out for days. You don’t look like a Mizukage at all."

As he spoke, Elder Genji stared at the pile of documents on Kaito’s desk, sighing again.

After realizing what Elder Genji wanted to say, Kaito scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Uh~ Hehe~ Isn’t there Ao-sensei to accompany you, Elder?"

"And I didn’t expect this kind of thing. It probably won’t happen so often in the future."

"Look, the application submitted by Minister Harusame is really appropriate. Haha. Haha."

Looking at Kaito holding the documents, looking embarrassed and at a loss, Ao, who was still working hard on the side, couldn’t help but show a hint of laughter on his face.

In fact, for the entire Kirigakure, Kaito’s existence is more of a spiritual symbol to control the general direction of the policy.

In fact, the implementation of the following work is more of the responsibility of Ao and Elder Genji.

This is why Kaito had plenty of time to train his disciples and beat up Hoshigaki Kisame and Momochi Zabuza.

However, even if there is less work on paper, he is still the Kage of a village.

Many proposals and even decisions still need Kaito to make the final confirmation.

The Five Kage Talks took only ten days, and a lot of documents had piled up that needed to be handled by Kaito in person.

That’s why the elder Genji suggested that Kaito should just ignore the peace talks between Konohagakure and Kumogakure, or send other people as representatives to serve as witnesses for Kaito, the Mizukage.

Of course, the elder Genji also knew that this matter was beneficial to the village.

In fact, he only mentioned it in passing. Seeing that Kaito did not agree, he would not argue more about it, and instead followed Kaito’s topic to talk about the new Academy.

"In fact, it seems a little too early for the Sea Mist City Academy. Although the Academy enrollment scale in the village has expanded a lot, but..."

After several days of busy work, Kaito finally finished most of the work at hand.

But even so, he can’t rest and relax.

Apart from daily training and teaching, some more important tasks also require him to assign people to handle them.

Moreover, there is a more important "minor operation" today, which requires him, the Mizukage, to come forward in person.

Kaito just did a simple stretch, after saying goodbye to the elder Genji and Ao.

Kaito strode towards the direction of the research institute.

(End of this Chapter)