Path of Broken Brotherhood

The daimyo's minds are treacherous, and the shadows are obsequious on the surface, but in the dark, they are also harboring evil intentions... Anyway, in the eyes of the two princes, the eyes are such a situation.

However, the two princes were not foolish enough to confront them directly, but bowed their heads and agreed.

The two people where not aware of the difficulties of eliminating the Akatsuki organization, but under these difficulties, it is not without a chance...

"Very well. -

"Nowadays, the Land of Water's evil party is in power, and the country will be lost. The two highnesses must have been anxious... The two of you rest for the night, and tomorrow, please depart."

The daimyo of the Land of Fire finished thus and simply left the table.

The other Daimyo and Kages also took their leave.

The two princes snorted coldly at the same time, then sought a direction and left separately.

Let's not talk about the Second Prince's side, anyway, after the Seventh Prince left the meeting room, he went straight to Makoto's Hokage office.

"Fifth Hokage-sama, afterward I would like to have a deep talk with you... but before that, please give me a little time..."

"I understand, make yourself at home, Your Highness."

The Seventh Prince nodded his head and hurried towards the outside.

Yagura and Terumi Mei did not leave, and the two took a seat across from Makoto.

Makoto started pouring tea for the two.

It's been a long time since I sat on a familiar plastic chair, and my butt is really not used to it... Damn, Kakashi, I've just been out for a few days, why have I piled up so many paperwork...You damn salary thief, I must find you a perfect wife with big breasts and long legs, and I will torture you to death...

There was no way out, Makoto could only use the Shadow Clone Technique, reviewing documents while chatting with the two Mizukages.

"Your Highness just now was..."

"Went to find an angel investor only." Makoto poured a cup of tea for Terumi Mei, "Those Daimyo's purposely left them only one night, isn't that for this..."

Today's situation was incredibly complicated.

Deep down, the daimyo actually wished that the Land of Water's civil unrest would end sooner rather than later, and that the Six Heavenly Demon King Nagato would be barbecued sooner rather than later.

The average age of the daimyo was not young, and they actually disliked seeing this kind of drama in the same room.

It will make them can not help but associate themselves... Even if they tell themselves not to associate themselves, they can not help...

But on the flip side, as the theoretical supreme rulers of the four major countries, they were actually very happy to see the Land of Water suffer, and preferably have their foundations shaken in this turmoil.

Therefore, in this extremely complicated mood... give you a night, how much angel investment you can pull, it all depends on yourselves.

Nowadays, Konoha is exactly where the major forces gather, as long as you can get a large amount of support, you may be able to immediately change the situation of the two sides facing each other.

However, everyone understands that this kind of support, must be at a huge cost...

One night, one miracle, or... one corpse.

It all depends on the ability of the princes and princesses.

Whoever is more resistant to pressure and whoever can sell the interests of the Land of Water for a better price will become the next generation of the daimyo of the Land of Water.

The daimyo gave pressure and opportunity, it was up to whoever could seize it.

Yagura: "If that's the case, His Highness the Seventh Prince will surely lose."

Makoto and Yagura's judgment was exactly the same.

Even the Seventh Prince himself felt that whether it was his ability to deal with people, his experience in governing politics, and his relationship with important ministers... everything anyway, he was inferior to his brother.

Even subjectively, the Daimyo's feelings towards the second prince are slightly better - now that the first prince has been pawned, the first heir is the second prince.

Really only according to rational logic to judge, he should not and his own brother to compete for that son...

But now the seventh prince had no choice.

He could not convince his own heart to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, nor could he convince the second prince to leave him alive...

But even if it was Stud, he still couldn't beat him - this was the meaning of Kirigakure's support for him.

"As you see it, who will ultimately choose to help him?"

"I can't guess the minds of the Daimyo for a moment, and I can't rule out the possibility that they may have changed their minds temporarily. But if the hidden villages... Iwa is very likely, and Kumo is also possible."

Ever since the marriage between Suna and Konoha, the relationship between the two sides has always been in the honeymoon period. Basically, whenever Konoha made any decision, Suna would follow.

With Konoha not preparing for a large-scale invasion of the Land of Water this time, Suna wouldn't be able to think of it.

But Iwa and Kumo are not so easy to say...

Kumo, because of being provoked by Makoto, the two major internal factions see each other as traitors and could go to war at any time.

Subjectively speaking, Kumo will not make a move against the Land of Water.

But there are capable people in Kumo who might be able to channel this conflict out and explode in the Land of Water.

Internal conflicts turn into wars.

Iwa not to mention, Makoto and Kitsuchi a few times against the game, although each time is to the point, but each time is Kitsuchi's loss.

Kitsuchi is very clear about the huge gap between the two sides on the strength, direct combat is absolutely not win. But... he will have through the Land of Water, the idea of dragging Konoha down is also very normal...

War is like a scythe, constantly harvesting the lives of ninjas, but it also makes this generation of shadow generally younger.

Young people learn things just as fast, consciously or unconsciously, they are learning about Konoha... This is all good.

"Iwagakure and Kumogakure... if they enter, it will be troublesome."

Yagura took a sip of tea and frowned.

It was indeed tricky.

But it was precisely because things were difficult that the Seventh Prince was willing to pay more well.

If he had easily succeeded to the throne, he definitely wouldn't be willing to take out so many favors - even though the system of adopting a son was ancient, letting ninjas inherit a prestigious family still caused a huge amount of controversy. If it weren't for the fact that the Seventh Prince was in the wrong situation now, he wouldn't have agreed to it anyway.

If he wanted to win now, he could only be highly bound to Kiri. Through this passing, stabilizing Kiri.

Who let him have no money, no strength and no territory... If even the most basic honor is not given, who is willing to give him a spell.

"Things are indeed not easy to handle... Let's talk about what we should do next."

Makoto took out a high precision map of Land of Water and spread it out in front of the two.

The corners of Terumi Mei's mouth twitched twice, but she ultimately said nothing.

Yagura extended his finger and pointed at a spot on the map.

"This is the royal capital, because it's too huge for the second prince to completely surround, but a partial material blockade is still possible. -

"The population of the royal capital is simply too large, and it usually relies extremely heavily on transportation. Now that it's the middle of winter, the people have already stocked up, which is still better. If we wait until next spring..."

For a city with a population of one million, the daily consumption was an astronomical figure - this was the million in the Land of Water's official records, and it was normal for it to multiply several times if it was really all counted up.

Without enough supplies coming in, it wouldn't take many days for the royal capital to collapse on its own.

The Second Prince didn't even need to block all the major transportation routes.

Because it is already after the fall harvest, the people's homes are more or less a little bit of reserves, coupled with the previous robbery of the nobles... this winter is certainly not a big problem, but what about next year?

The daimyo only let the second prince deal with the Akatsuki organization, but did not let the second prince move the nest - with the character of both sides, surely will not go against the Akatsuki organization.

This time, he was really too hasty in starting the army, a lot of things were not prepared, the soldiers were short on food and supplies, and his morale was low.

But after all, he had the support of the heavyweights.

Supplies from all over the world were coming towards the Second Prince's army camp in a steady stream.

As the money and food continued to come in, the morale of those ordinary legions also began to slowly rebound.

The best option at this time was to rely on the ninja's strong individual combat power to directly launch a decapitation campaign against the Second Prince - but why would they want to go cheap on Iwa or Kumo?

The second prince also knew the power of the ninja's decapitation battle, so since the rise of the army, he always traveled with extreme caution. Not only is there always a large number of ninja masters around to protect, but also often use a double to hide their whereabouts.

Makoto and Konoha are not good at direct action, in this case, if you rely on Kiri to kill, there is a certain probability of failure.

That's all if it succeeds.

If you fail...

At that time, the frightened second prince will definitely seek the help of a powerful ninja village at all costs. Check to the other party, let the other party close their eyes and press zero as they please kind of... They have been busy for so long, and as a result, someone else got the big head?

This is something that neither Konoha nor Kiri can accept.

So unless there is absolute certainty, they will not choose decapitation combat.

And if they fight head on... it is easy to smash the Land of Water.

After all, it is not their own old home, Makoto doesn't care what Land of Water is beaten into.

But Terumi Mei can not.

In fact, the two daimyo this kind of idea is very good.

Two people in charge, more money, more people, more power. Even if one of them accidentally goes down, there's still the other one who can hold on.

For example, if Zhao Da pounces, Zhao Er can immediately step in to prevent the country from being in turmoil.

T/N: Zhao Da refers to 'Emperor Taizu of Song', who was the founder and first emperor of the Song dynasty of China

T/N: Zhao Er refers to 'Emperor Taizong of Song', who was the second emperor of the Song dynasty of China

The shadow of the candle and the sound of the axe don't exist, these two are brothers.

If the two princes can be more broad-minded, they might as well learn from Rome's advanced system of shared rule by several emperors.

There are several emperors, then everyone will not have to fight at all, together for the Land of Water can be... Of course, this is not something that can be said to Terumi Mei.

Terumi Mei still cared about the Land of Water after all.

The current situation is equivalent to the ham being covered with mold. Makoto used the Dubai knife technique to cut the ham.

T/N: dubai knife technique, usually used to cut fruits, is slice a large chunk off to get rid of the skin, even if there are edible products left on the skin

It wasn't that Terumi Mei wasn't heartbroken, but she understood in her heart that in order to preserve the good meat underneath, as well as to avoid having to eat the mat, moving the knife ruthlessly and even hurting innocents couldn't be helped.

But really want to cut the Land of Water into a hell, that is also not what she wants to see... In her heart, the nobles are not the foundation of the Land of Water, but the ninja and the people are.

It is said that the three of them plan for the long term, but with this crappy situation in front of them, the three of them didn't come up with anything too good to do.

Yagura: "You guys, are you really out of ideas?"

"I can't say that, but the current situation is really a bit troublesome."

Makoto rubbed his brow.

"I've overdrawn too much of Kiba's diplomatic power this year, and I've basically reached my limit. If I go straight down again, I'll definitely eat the encircling net... The problem now is really still money, isn't it?"

Purely counting the battle power, Kiri was not lacking. The real trouble was that Terumi Mei was afraid of dragging the other two hidden villages into it as well.

Undoubtedly, the focus of the next work was how to obtain more money.

Without talking about beliefs, brothers came out to do the work of licking blood from the mouth of the sword for the sole purpose of the words money and power.

In terms of power, the promises of the two princes were basically all at one level, which was nothing to talk about. But in terms of money...

The second prince's state is much better than the seventh prince, but it doesn't mean that he has money - his old man would have been able to live for another ten or twenty years, and his old brother doesn't look like he will die suddenly in the middle of the day, even if he has that heart, he won't start to prepare for it at this point in time.

Even if he had that heart, he wouldn't start preparing at this time. The important ministers support the support, but also won't take out the old capital for him to use.

What kind of employee works for a company and then has to subsidize the company?

This is not true anywhere.

So...

"I thought you said you couldn't touch Konoha's money anymore?"

"Yes, it's true that it can't be touched anymore. It's not that Konoha doesn't have any money, it's that it can't be touched... But His Highness the Seventh Prince can solve it himself."

"Solve it yourself, how?"

The situation in the royal capital right now was bad.

Even though the people of the royal capital were relatively stable as of now, it didn't solve the matter of the Land of Water's treasury being robbed.

-If it's not resolved, civil servants all over the Land of Water won't be able to pay their salaries next year!

This could really be the end of civilization in the Land of Water.

Think about the salary cuts in the Land of Fire last year.

In order to solve the pay cut incident, Makoto put... Well, it was Makoto who made such a big commotion...

All in all, how to solve this matter, the two princes secretly have a headache. Now where is there any money...

"You are right. But you and I are not good at deciding this matter... After all, we have to wait for His Highness the Seventh Prince to return. -

"Maybe, he has already gotten strong support and doesn't need us to worry about anything at all?"

Everyone knew that the probability of this possibility was really slim. But the two Mizukages also knew that the solution Makoto came up with has more or less a side effect...

So everyone fell silent and quietly drank their tea.

The three kages waited for five hours until it was almost dawn, and only then did His Highness the Seventh Prince, who was full of tiredness, return.

As soon as Terumi Mei took a look at the other party's expression, she knew that things were yellow, but she still stood up and asked with concern.

"You..."

"No need to ask." The seventh prince's face was full of bitterness, "I'm afraid I don't have the talent to become a daimyo..."

It looked like not only did the Seventh Prince fail to negotiate things, he might have even been ridiculed.

Makoto did not mean to despise him - after all, with his life plan, he was supposed to have no connection to the throne. Now that he was sort of rushed onto the shelf, he was still able to fight his way through and face off with his own old brother, which was already very good.

What he had to face was the guy who stood at the peak of power in this world.

Makoto; "So, are you planning to give up?"

The Seventh Prince raised his head and looked at Makoto.

"Never."

Very good, very spirited.

Makoto didn't ink a word and directly stated his thoughts.

"In a nutshell, Your Highness, when you weren't around just now, we also came up with three methods. It's just that each of these three methods has its own advantages and disadvantages, and we don't dare to specialize in them, so..."

"Speak quickly!"

Hearing Makoto say this, the Seventh Prince's originally dark eyes cleared up, as if he had grabbed onto some backbone.

-Makoto's terrible reputation was completely on a par with his money-making ability!

"It's like this, I've divided it into the upper, middle, and lower strategies. Please don't make a decision yet, stop me for a moment to finish them. -

"The upper policy, is to raise the price of residential water by one or two. -

"The middle policy, there is a money printing factory in the royal capital anyway, so we might as well issue some currency in a small overdose for a temporary emergency. -

"As for the next strategy... please make your highness ready to die in battle, we will go to war with your highness directly with the rebels!"

The three approaches, indeed, had their own advantages and disadvantages.

But the one that Makoto most wanted the seventh prince to choose was, of course, the middle policy.

Slightly overshooting a little bit, sprinkling water, it doesn't matter.

The Seventh Prince hesitated for a moment, then firmly looked at Makoto.

"I don't have the talent for it, and my mother never wanted me to become the head of a country. But the legend of the Godaime Hokage-sama is known to me. -

"I'm sure you'll be able to turn something rotten into something magical... Although I can't figure out what the point of you doing this is... but since this is your idea then... -

"I choose the top idea!"

... No one in their right mind would choose the upper policy, right? How did you pick the top policy? Is it that the center policy doesn't look good enough?

...Well, this guy is a little transparent, raised as a scum, it's true that he doesn't know how to do concupiscence... But like a salted fish, even if he doesn't know the principle, he still knows to hug the big brother's thigh...

What do you care about him, copying the big brother homework is it.

So...

"Wise judgment, Your Highness, let's start increasing the water bill now!"