The Five Kage Summit Ends

The Five Kage Summit conference room.

"Correct. We will allocate the Bijuu according to their strength. But there's a price you have to pay, after all if we give it away for free, you'd think we have ulterior motives."

Ars represented Hashirama speaking, as Madara was not fit to negotiate.

"Not free?" Hashirama turned his head to see Ars, he intended not to charge a penny.

"Of course, even if we give it away for free, they might not want to accept."

"What Ars said is true, you better keep quiet, Hashirama."

Madara was annoyed because Hashirama really intended to give Bijuu away for free!

"Ugh."

After being scolded by Madara, Hashirama fell into depression. He didn't show the dignity and majesty of the Hokage at all.

(Fortunately, this negotiation was not left to Hashirama. Otherwise, it would be too detrimental to Konohagakure Village.) Ars thought while observing the reactions of the other Kage.

Then he mentioned the price that must be paid by the Kage to get Bijuu.

Money is the main resource a country needs to develop. Konohagakure Village was just founded, and required a lot of capital. In addition, Konohagakure Village did not lack natural resources, so Ars chose to exchange the Bijuu for money.

Hearing how expensive the Bijuu he caught was, Hashirama was stunned and wanted to lower the price, but Madara held him back.

Ars actually replaced Hashirama as a negotiator.

Even though the price was high, the Kage listened quietly. They are supported by big countries, and the amount of money is still within their scope.

"In our village, there is a shrine guard who keeps sealing Bijuu for generations. Since we already have one, we don't need it anymore."

The First Kazekage refused Konohagakure Village's offer.

The other Kage didn't interrupt and let him talk until the end.

"In return, we want compensation, for the sake of joining this agreement."

"How?"

"What do you want?" the First Raikage asked without changing his facial expression.

"Our country is surrounded by sand. Because of that, we would like to ask Konohagakure Village to share a bit of its fertile land with us, instead of giving us Bijuu, and other countries only need to hand over 30% of the price of your Bijuu to us."

After the First Kazekage completed his condition, it angered the other Kage.

"Don't play games, Kazekage!" The First Raikage said this with his face red with anger.

"What---?!" The First Tsuchikage pounded the table.

"You've gone too far, Kazekage!" The First Mizukage glared.

"Calm down, Madara. Let the Kazekage finish his sentence."

Hashirama hastily calmed Madara, who had activated his Sharingan.

How could Madara not be annoyed? His territory wanted to be taken by other countries, and he couldn't wait to slay the First Kazekage.

Under the Kage and Madara's wrath, the First Kazekage remained calm, but his two bodyguards stood guard in case of conflict

.

"I won't sign this peace treaty unless you agree to my terms!"

"My country is in a barren desert!"

"It's only natural to use our Bijuu powers to our advantage in the treaties of the other four great nations!"

The First Kazekage remained firm on his terms.

"The four of us can join forces and destroy the Land of Wind (Kaze no Kuni)!" The First Mizukage was blatantly threatening.

The atmosphere in the conference room was very tense.

The Five Kage Summit, which was originally discussing a peace treaty, has now turned into this.

*BAM*

Hashirama broke the silence by hitting his head on the table.

"What---!"

Madara wanted to stop his friend's embarrassing behavior, but Ars waved his hand while shaking his head

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"Leave this to him." Ars said in a low voice.

Madara pondered for a moment and chose not to interfere.

On the other hand, the other Kage looked at Hashirama.

"It's true that we never got along in the first place. But each of us has done our best to protect our lineage and clan."

"Even so, perhaps, time has not given us many choices. And now, today, even if all five nations gather, I don't know when we can be like this for how long, or whether we can survive or not."

"But I have a dream, if one day in the future, there is a time when all of us Shinobi can work together and help each other in one heart, without thinking about differences."

"That's... My dream for the future."

Without lifting his head from the table, Hashirama spoke sincerely.

"Hashirama…"

Madara didn't expect their childhood dream to be realized by Hashirama.

(Hashirama does have the charisma of a leader) Ars thought.

"I ask you to take the first step towards that dream starting today!"

"So please, please, please… For the sake of our descendants. Now is the time to let go of all the suffering, pain, and frustration we endure as Shinobi and move towards our true dream!"

Hashirama's words were so sincere that they touched the other Kage.

...

The Five Kage Summit ended with the five major countries agreeing to a peace treaty.

Hashirama allocated the Bijuu he captured to the other Kage except for the First Kazekage, who refused to buy it.

In fact, the First Kazekage also wanted a Bijuu, as an Ichibi (One-Tail) owner, he knew how powerful a Bijuu was as a tool on the battlefield. But there was no other choice, Sunagakure Village was too poor, so he chose the fertile land over the Bijuu.

Kirigakure Village bought Sanbi (Three Tails) and Rokubi (Six Tails). Iwagakure Village bought Yonbi (Four Tails) and Gobi (Five Tails). Kumogakure Village bought Nibi (Two Tails), Shichibi (Seven Tails), and Hachibi (Eight Tails).

As for the strongest Bijuu, Kyubi (Nine Tails) remains the property of Konohagakure Village.

Even though the First Raikgae wanted to buy the Kyubi, Madara refused without Hashirama's approval. He didn't want Konohagakure Village to be the only village that didn't have a Bijuu.

After the Five Kage Summit concluded, the other Kage became curious about Ars' background.

Hashirama agreed to give the First Kazekage the fertile land on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind. But the other Kage refused to give 30% of the money from the price of the Bijuu they bought.

Just when the situation was deadlocked, Ars appeared and paid all the money the other Kage owed to the First Kazekage.

Not only the Kage, but Madara and Hashirama were shocked by Ars' wealth, which could rival that of a large country.

The Five Kage Summit ends well.

...

Then Ars carried Madara and Hashirama into the air under the gaze of the Kage and his bodyguards.

This is at the same time a demonstration of his strength, so as not to have bad intentions towards Konohagakure Village.

"Wow, Ars, you are so rich. Where did you get that much money?"

When there were only the three of them, Hashirama asked the question he had been holding back.

Even though he was silent, Madara also looked curious

"Don't be too surprised. I have lived more than 800 years in this world. Of course my accumulated wealth is very bountiful." Ars said lightly as if it were no big deal.

"I see… Considering you've lived that long, it's no surprise you've amassed a lot of wealth." Madara nodded in understanding.

"Thank you, Ars."

"Why are you suddenly thanking me, Hashirama?"

"Thanks to you, everything went smoothly. Without you, the other Kage don't want to pay 30% of the money from selling the Bijuu to the Kazekage. Your generous act has brought about peace!"

Hashirama marveled at Ars' magnanimous attitude.

"I hope so too..." Ars muttered softly.

He knew this peace treaty would not last too long. After all, the human heart is probably the hardest thing to see in this world.