Chapter 37

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Chapter 37: I Can Hardly Afford to Eat

Uchiha...

When Ryosuke heard that Tokugawa Shigeshige was planning to use Uchiha to evade the negotiations, he felt very strange.

Others may not understand, but he knows it very well.

Nowadays, the relationship between the Uchiha and the village is incompatible. Ever since the Nine-Tails attack, the top leaders' vigilance against the Uchiha has been increasing, and now it has reached its peak.

If this little butterfly had not fluttered its wings and changed something, this competitor might have disappeared in less than half a year.

No one could have guessed that the Uchiha family, a powerful and enduring bloodline family since the Warring States Period, would be nearly wiped out, with only a few little cats left fighting among themselves.

However, Ryosuke has no plans to interfere too much in this matter for the time being, after all, there is still a long time to go.

The important thing now is to fight with the daimyo for the expansion of their interests.

Looking at Tokugawa Shigeshige, who had a bitter face and was shouting that the Land of Fire, had no money, Ryosuke asked softly, "Your Highness Tokugawa, I wonder if the Hidden Cloud Village visited you when they were on a diplomatic mission to the Land of Fire some time ago?"

"The Hidden Cloud Village?"

Tokugawa Shigeshige, who was still pretending, was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I have indeed been here, and I brought some gifts from the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning for me."

He didn't quite understand what Ryosuke meant.

"A gift? That's quite gracious."

Ryosuke smiled and looked at Tokugawa Shigeshige, "In fact... they also prepared a gift for our Konoha Village. They planned to raid our Hyuga clan at night and kidnap people,and use them for research. In the end, we caught them red-handed."

"...Night attack?"

Tokugawa Shigeshige's bitter expression suddenly turned ugly. His stern face was completely different from before. It was absolutely from the heart and no longer pretended.

Because he had not been informed by Sarutobi Hiruzen about this matter.

The Hokage of Konoha and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire are two different power institutions. In most cases, they benefit each other and do not interfere in each other's trivial matters.

Only when important matters are clearly agreed upon among each party will they inform each other.

As for matters like this involving war, Sarutobi Hiruzen should have reported it to him, but the actual situation was that the old guy did not inform him!

Could it be that this old guy is so confused that he really thinks that ordinary people like them don't need to prepare in advance when a fight breaks out? 

The anger in Tokugawa Shigeshige's heart suddenly rushed straight to his head.

But he still had to ask about it. He forced himself to calm down and asked about the war in a serious tone, "Is there going to be another war?"

After something like this happened and they were caught red-handed, there was bound to be another fight.

He was very angry. It had only been a short time since they finally managed to stabilize the situation in the country, but now they were going to go to war again?

Why couldn't these ninjas just stop?

"The Third-Kami asked us, the Hyuga clan, not to make a big fuss and hope to resolve this matter peacefully."

Smiling, Ryosuke picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. "As a condition, we will strive to obtain some benefits for our Hyuga clan as compensation. Currently, the village's advisory elders are negotiating the specific compensation with the Hidden Cloud Village."

"And...a peaceful solution?"

Tokugawa Shigeshige was stunned again, and then he was delighted, "Sarutobi is quite sensible this time. He knows that the current national strength of the Fire Country can no longer support the continuation of the war."

He thought that these barbaric ninjas would start a war again just by being provoked.

But it seems okay now, Sarutobi Hiruzen can still understand the situation.

But the old guy is old after all. If someone broke into the village and caused damage like this in the past, he would definitely send troops to fight back.

Tokugawa Shigeshige heard so much from just one sentence.

Including the changes in the Third Hokage's thoughts and goals as he grew older.

"Do you understand the situation..."

Ryosuke stared at him, "So the daimyo-sama also thinks that when others come to bully us, we take the initiative to seek a peaceful solution. Does this mean that we are sensible?"

The tone was no longer gentle at the right time.

There have also been changes in the name.

"this..."

Tokugawa Shigeshige came back to his senses from his joy and then he remembered that the representative of the biggest victim force in this incident was right in front of him.

"Well... I don't think so. I also think this is too depressing."

He coughed lightly and briefly expressed his opinion.

"Does Your Highness Tokugawa think so? Your thoughts coincide with those of most of us in the Hyuga clan!"

When Ryosuke heard this, he stood up with a snap and said, "You're absolutely right. This is too frustrating."

"Perhaps, we should hurry back now and persuade the Third Hokage to retract this self-humiliating idea, mobilize the ninja army, and start..."

"No, no, no, Master Ryosuke."

His heart, which had just calmed down, suddenly rose again. Tokugawa Shigeshige quickly stood up and walked to Ryosuke, saying to him in a soothing voice, "Although I feel aggrieved, you also know that the current national strength of our Fire Nation really cannot support another war."

"But they, the Land of Lightning, they, the Hidden Cloud Village, are bullying our Land of Fire, bullying our Konoha!"

Ryosuke stretched out his hand and excitedly shook the hand that Tokugawa Shigeshige was about to pat his shoulder, "We in the Fire Country have never taken a step back. Even if we are no longer as strong as we were in the past, I believe that our spirit cannot be lost!"

"From Konoha to Kyoto, all along the way, what I have seen and heard is that all the people are proud to be the citizens of this country. But now the enemy country is so aggressive, do we have to hold back our anger and even take the initiative to negotiate?"

Behind Ryosuke, Souji and Hoshcai, who were still eating, were stunned.

It was the first time they saw Master Ryosuke, who was always gentle and smiling, so excited.

But the words spoken did ignite the fire within them.

Souji swiped the snack in his hand and threw it on the expensive carpet. "Yes! Master Ryosuke, the Hidden Cloud Village is too bullying. Let's go back to the village and let the clan leader persuade the Hokage to retract his previous decision!"

Think about it carefully, those ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village are here to kidnap the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan, which is the main family!

Even if it is a young child, it represents the word Hyuga!

This kind of thing is handled lightly, and there have been many voices of dissatisfaction in the clan.

If we can get the support of the daimyo this time, perhaps the Third Hokage can really change his decision.

"No, no, no, you guys...you guys calm down!"

Tokugawa Shigeshige looked at the dirty carpet, then looked at the three excited people in front of him, and wished that time could go back so that he could retract the words that seemed to be taking sides.

"And I heard that the consultant that Konoha went to the Hidden Cloud Village to discuss compensation didn't seem to get a good result. They kept delaying and didn't give a definite answer."

But at this moment, Ryosuke spoke again, "It's ridiculous that our Hyuga family is so big, and everyone is working hard to defend the country, but now we are being treated unfairly. Some people in our family can't even afford to eat."

"You know what, Lord Tokugawa! I can't even afford to eat!"

As he spoke, he took Tokugawa Shigeshige's hand.

The tension of the emotional expression and the skill of the dialogue left Tokugawa Shigeshige stunned. Although he felt something was wrong, he couldn't tell what was wrong for a moment.

(End of this chapter)

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