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  Hokage Tower.

  Majestid solemn! That was the first impression the four-member delegation from Sunagakure had upoering the feren.

  Baki had been dispatched to liaise with the Konoha Ninja Academy regarding the pt of Suna students, leaving the subsequeiations in the hands of the Elders.

  ‘This is Konoha, the advanced and civilized Konoha!’ As a devoted reader of Iki, the Liberal fa Elder held Konoha in the highest regard. He believed that a vilge’s strength could be dised from the smallest details.

  And just look! Look at the arra of this feren! The Liberal Elder was mesmerized.

  Each chair ced with such precision, it was as if they had been aligned using Suna’s own puppet strings, not a single millimeter out of pce!

  and orderly!

  It veyed resped seriousness, representing equality between Suna and Konoha.

  To the left of each seat, a bottle of exquisitely packaged water ced, seemingly a thoughtful gesture aowledging Suna’s value of water. The sight of the crystal-clear, impurity-free liquid within was incredibly cool.

  ‘Ah~ Subarashii~ Praise Konoha!’ The Liberal Elder felt a surge of excitement. Judging by these details, he felt a kinship with the Konoha Elder who had arrahis meeting, believing them to be kindred spirits.

  “Honored envoys of Sunagakure, you should all be briefed on my background, but allow me to introduce myself once more.” Gojo Kaigetsu arrived fashionably te, pulling up a chair opposite the Suna delegation, officially eng the Konoha-Suna treaty discussions.

  “My name is Gojo Kaigetsu, and I will be representing Konoha iiating and signing the ‘Guidelines for Expanding Konoha-Sunagakure Trade’ with you.”

  “Very well.”

  The Liberal Elder, ag as the delegation's representative, perhaps moved by the feren’s ambiance, set aside Suna’s pre-pnned iation points and opted for an impromptu approach.

  He csped his hands, resting his on them, and addressed Gojo Kaigetsu sincerely:

  “I am Kosaka Kaoru, the Liberal Fa Elder of Sunagakure.”

  “Advisojo of Konoha, I have a question for you.”

  “Please, Elder Kosaka.”

  “To be frank, we have signed a ‘Triangur Trade’ agreement with Kumogakure. Through Kumogakure’s base in the Land of Hot Water, they tinuously supply us with defectors from Kirigakure and criminals from within Kumogakure to serve as borers in Sunagakure.”

  “As you know, Sunagakure possesses abundant natural resources, but their development requires signifit iment of manpower, finances, and materials.”

  “Kumogakure provides us with manpower, while Konoha provides us with financial and material resources… Our initial pn was to utilize the first batch of Kirigakure borers provided by Kumogakure to develop the Konoha-Suna trade route.”

  “However, now that Konoha is solely responsible for the trade route, I find myself somewhat at a loss. Given your wisdom, how should Sunagakure utilize these inexpensive Kirigakure borers?”

  The Liberal Elder Kosaka Kaoru subtly omitted aion of human rights viotiarding the Kirigakure defectors. Susavory matters, even if left unsaid, should be uood by someone like Gojo Kaigetsu, whom he sidered a kindred spirit. Speaking with intelligent people saved a lot of breath.

  Upon hearing this, the apanying Suna Elders’ expressions ged. Tugging at Kosaka’s sleeve, one whispered, “Have you gone mad? Why aren’t you following the agreed-upoiation points?”

  “Moreover, this is a secret agreemeween Sunagakure and Kumogakure. How you casually reveal it?”

  Kosaka Kaoru crossed his arms fidently. “Because I believe Advisojo, sitting across from us, is an intelligent man. There’s no need for roundabout talk with intelligent people.”

  “Advisojo isn’t some brute from Kumogakure. He is a man of great wisdom. iating with such a person openly will undoubtedly secure the greatest bes for Sunagakure!”

  “But…”

  “Haven’t you noticed? His expression hasn’t ged at all after I revealed this. It’s as if he already knew about our ‘Triangur Trade’ agreement with Kumogakure.”

  This… was a bluff.

  Gojo Kaigetsu genuinely hadn’t known about this shinobi world version of the “Triangur Trade.”

  Oh, really now! Treating my Kiri brothers like sves, are we?

  The ers of Gojo Kaigetsu’s lips curled upwards. This Kosaka Kaoru was really straightforward, directly treating Konoha as a souraterials” and “finances.”

  But as a certain stist once said, “For every a, there is an equal and opposite rea.” In his eyes, wasn’t Sunagakure also a source of “finances”?

  However, speaking of “Triangur Trade,” Gojo Kaigetsu had plenty of ideas.

  He shook his head, his expression serious. “Elder Kosaka, Sunagakure is just a business partner of Konoha, while Kirigakure is our preherategic partner.”

  “Elder Danzo of our vilge has already been appointed as Konoha’s ambassador takure, statiohere to maintain the friendship between our vilges.”

  “Helping you devise strategies to exploit Kirigakure defectors? That… would be inappropriate.”

  “Kirigakure is like a sibling vilge to Konoha. In principle, your proposal puts me in a difficult position.” Gojo Kaigetsu feigned a troubled expression.

  “This…” Kosaka Kaoru blinked, quickly responding, “Sunagakure do the same! Konoha dispat Elder to our vilge to witness our friendship!”

  “Furthermore, if Elder Gojo’s suggestions bring greater bes to Sunagakure, we are willing to share the profits with Konoha!”

  “Good! It’s a deal! A gentleman’s word is his bond.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu spoke rapidly.

  Profits and such were sedary.

  Was he ed about the paltry sum Sunagakure would share? The important thing was the opportunity to send an Elder to Sunagakure to “witheir friendship”!

  Elder Mito… it’s decided, it’s you!

  “We will subsequently dispatch Elder Mito, who oversees infrastructure development in Konoha, to assist and guide Sunagakure in resource extra and to withe friendship between our two vilges.”

  “Ah, this… very well. Then, about ygestion?”

  Kosaka Kaoru felt a twinge of unease. Did this Advisojo harbor some strangely rosy perception of Sunagakure’s natural enviro?

  Suna’s enviro and the humid Kirigakure were por opposites, both challenging for outsiders to ehout exceptional willpower.

  However, since Gojo had offered, Kosaka Kaoru refrained from enting further, tinuing to press for his advi the “Triangur Trade.”

  “Ah, I have an idea!” Gojo Kaigetsu raised a fio his temple.

  Swish, swish-

  Gojo Kaigetsu pulled out a pen, drawing a straight liween the closest points of the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, then eg a point on the edge of the Land of Wind to Sunagakure.

  Kosaka Kaoru looked on with respect, unsure of the meaning but sensing a certain rigidity in the lines.

  “This is the trade route we will stru the future, eg Konoha and Sunagakure for the exge of materials and goods.”

  “Geographically speaking, ohe trade route is established, Sunagakure will maximize profits by selling goods directly to Konoha.”

  “Our Konoha market is vast, our attitude towards fn iment is favorable, and most importantly, we are wealthy and never default on payments.”

  “With those uncivilized apes in Kumogakure, you’d probably end up with ‘what’s Kumogakure’s is Kumogakure’s,’ and you wouldn’t be able to take a single ryō home.”

  “Elder Kosaka, let me ask you, what usu does Sunagakure possess that no other vilge has?”

  Hmm? Weren’t they discussing trade? Why the sudden shift to military matters?

  Kosaka Kaoru was taken aback but quickly answered, “Sunagakure has ma teiques, but if we’re talking about a jutsu absolutely uo our vilge, it would have to be… Puppet Mastery Jutsu!”

  Kosaka Kaoru’s voice was filled with pride.

  This was the reason why Sunagakure, despite its shortings, remained among the Five Great Shinobi Vilges. There were very few teiques iire shinobi world that allowed ninjas to fight across ranks, and Puppet Mastery Jutsu was one of them!

  It utilized chakra strings to trol puppets in bat. Top puppeteers of Sunagakure could even attach chakra strings to enemy puppets or even people.

  A puppet master's strength could be easily judged by the number of puppets they trolled.

  Puppeteers could equip their puppets with hidden ons and meisms to plement their fighting style.

  Due to its early development, it was incredibly difficult for other vilges to replicate Puppet Mastery Jutsu.

  Developing such a versatile teique required the perfect vergence of timing, location, and people. Even Tobirama Senju, Konoha's master of jutsu development, couldn't replicate it.

  “Houppeteers does Sunagakure currently have?”

  “Hmm?”

  Kosaka Kaoru became wary, refusing to answer. “That’s cssified information, I ot disclose it. Advisojo, please share your idea.”

  “Sigh, no good deed goes unpunished. I’m trying to help Sunagakure resolve its predit, and you won’t even tell me houppeteers you have.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu shook his head in disappoi but tinued kindly, “Since we’re all friends here, I’ll be upfront-”

  “Why not transform the Kirigakure defectors and Kumogakure criminals directly into puppets?”

  Kosaka Kaoru: ???

  Hiss-

  Kosaka Kaasped, a breath of sand-free Konoha air catg in his throat. He felt his heart skip a beat.

  But Gojo Kaigetsu tinued, uerred. “Look, isn’t the reason Sunagakure’s resources remain undeveloped due to the high bor costs?”

  “In this scorg heat, let alohe borers acquired through ‘Triangur Trade,’ even your own vilgers ’t endure w in the desert chakra mines for extended periods, right?”

  “Even if you wao exploit them, you wouldn’t be able to, correct?”

  His eyes, beh the bck blindfold, seemed to possess the ability to see through people, hitting the nail on the head.

  “But, my friends from Sunagakure, why have you fotten your own specialty? These problems are ent for puppets!”

  “Even if there’s a risk of malfun due to overheating, you simply import water resources from Konoha to cool them down when necessary.”

  “This…”

  Kosaka Kaoru had to admit, he was tempted!

  The Liberal fa alrioritized their own vilgers, not showing mercy to outsiders.

  Sunagakure was not known for its passion or leniency; otherwise, they wouldn't have e to Konoha to sult with Gojo Kaigetsu on how to maximize the utilization of these inexpensive borers.

  Initially, Kosaka Kaoru had assumed there were different approaches to handling fn borers. Sunagakure beloo the radical fa, while Gojo Kaigetsu should be part of the servative fa.

  After all, Konoha was highly developed and stantly preached about the Will of Fire.

  However! Only after arriving in Konoha did Kosaka Kaoru witness Gojo Kaigetsu’s true nature.

  This guy was indeed a servative, but he was afraid Sunagakure was too servative.

  At most, Sunagakure puppeteers transformed their defeated ninja enemies into puppets as trophies.

  Gojo Kaigetsu, oher hand, didn't discriminate. Regardless of whether they were ninja or not, he suggested turning criminals and rightless, unprotected defectors into puppets…

  Was this something a human could ceive? Were these the words of a true ior of the Will of Fire?

  Even the most extreme proposals put forth by Sunagakure paled in parison to Gojo Kaigetsu’s suggestion, appearing as gentle as a proposal from an angel.

  This was simply too extreme.

  A hint of inexplicable fear crept into Kosaka Kaoru’s eyes as he looked at Gojo Kaigetsu.

  Such a person, as an ally, was fine, but as an enemy… and if Sunagakure were to be defeated… what would bee of their vilgers at the hands of this man?

  He feared all the men would be turned into puppets, and all the women would bee… “puppets.”

  Kosaka Kaoru hesitated, stammering, “Such a thing… in principle, it’s possible, but there would be opposition from both Kumogakure and Kirigakure, and even from within Sunagakure.”

  “It’s too inhumane!”

  “Tch-”

  Gojo Kaigetsu spread his hands, shaking his head in mock disappoi.

  As expected, it didn’t pass.

  If it had, setting aside the feelings of those transformed into puppets, a massive amount of backsh would undoubtedly fall upon Kumogakure and Sunagakure.

  Then, Konoha could step in as the savior, pointing fingers from a moral high ground, further boosting its reputation.

  What? You say Konoha proposed the pn?

  Please, Konoha has always been peace-loving. Don't try to pihing on Konoha without proof.

  Moreover, if Gojo Kaigetsu remembered correctly, the number of puppeteers in Sunagakure was limited, and there on the number of puppets they could trol.

  If Sunagakure used their puppet trol capacity on ordinary borers, their long-term ck of experien trolling bat puppets would severely weaken their military strength.

  Although Kosaka Kaoru hadn’t accepted Gojo Kaigetsu’s proposal, his words had sparked an idea.

  He said tentatively, “Puppeteers could attach chakra strings to these inexpensive borers.”

  “If they don’t work hard, we whip them with the chakra strings.”

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