Of course.

Regarding the third topic on the first day of the meeting, the villages failed to reach any agreement. In other words, all four villages held negative opinions on whether this topic should exist.

So after arguing for a while, the meeting was suspended.

Seeing the people from the other four villages leaving one after another, Senju Hashirama sat calmly on the wooden chair. Then, he turned his head and asked his little wife standing behind him: "Hoshi-chan, are you tired of standing all the time? Come on, sit down for a while.

Sit down and take a rest."

Qianju Tojian: "..." You don't want to ask me?

Senju Hashirama blinked: Hi, anyway, it’s not the first time for you to stand up, Tobirama.

Senju Tobirama almost laughed out of anger.

The second-generation Tsuchikage Mu and Ohnoki who left last: "..." The latter couldn't help but turned around and glanced at Senju Hashirama. He and his teacher were beaten by Uchiha Madara. It was already a psychological shadow on him, and it may continue.

That life, even if his grandfather, who was the first Tsuchikage, personally enlightened him, even if Uchiha Madara was dead, it would have no effect at all. But now, he felt that he might have one more psychological shadow -

This Hokage-sama who used to be so kind and generous is now quite aloof.

Is the world of the strong so complicated and fickle?

And the weak are so powerless.

Sure enough, strength and weakness are the most basic rules of this world...

"I think," the girl said without much politeness, sitting down in the seat where the second Mizukage had just sat, "they won't agree to this easily."

"They will agree." Senju Hashirama replied with a smile, "Because Konoha doesn't want anything extra, it just wants to take back the dominance that I voluntarily gave up during the first Five Kage Conference."

He originally thought that this was an "adult game" and that even if no one was supervising, everyone would maintain order spontaneously and consciously.

But now he knows that he was wrong. This group of ninja villagers are actually no different from children who need supervision and education. If they are not careful, they will act like overly ignorant children and want to test dangerously on the edge of the rules.

"Some things..." Qianju Tobirama shook his head, "It's easy to give up, but it's hard to get it back." Each village has been established over the years, and as they develop and grow, their ambitions have gradually grown.

.And, to be honest, in his opinion, the current system of villages in various countries has limitations and many problems. Money and resources are also in the hands of a small number of people. In order to seek more benefits, some villages have already turned their attention to

They surrendered to the remaining villages - what better way to plunder and make money than in war?

In this case, they will not be willing to be "regulated".

"But," Senju Hashirama folded his sleeves and said with certainty, "none of them dares to initiate a war." Unless they are determined to "fight to the death," they will compromise sooner or later.

"What if they unite?" the girl asked.

"I hope..." Senju Hashirama pondered for a moment, then looked sideways out the window and said softly, "It's best not to. This is an absolutely wrong decision." He hates war, but he will never escape.

war.

"Soga..." The girl was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "By the way, I'll pick up the Nine Lamas."

"Yeah." Senju Hashirama nodded with a smile, "Go ahead, leave early and come back early."

"Okay." She also nodded, and then, in front of the two brothers, used Flying Thunder God.

Otherwise?

You can't use divine power, right?

Anyway, she also carved the coordinates of the Flying Thunder God in the Kingdom of Spring, so it's not a big problem.

After arriving in the Kingdom of Spring, she took the opportunity to check the barrier outside the courtyard. Although the man locked inside had been very cooperative, she knew from the first moment she saw him that he was definitely not a peaceful person.

, this intuition made her never relax her vigilance on the most critical matters. After all, there are still many innocent citizens in this country.

Then, she stepped in and shouted——

"Nine Lamas, and me, and some people, I'm coming~"

"Hoshi-chan~" Kyuubi ran out of the house and jumped up.

Following closely behind was her wooden body. The latter smiled and said, "Here you come, body." Then he decisively "cut himself off from the world" and returned to her body.

Immediately afterwards...

Well, no more.

It is absolutely impossible for a big black cat that is too proud to go out to greet its "owner". Don't even think about it.

It was only because people went out of their way to see him, not because he went out of his way to pick them up.

Fortunately, she was used to this and didn't mind it.

"Hoshi-chan, Hoshi-chan, how did the conversation go?" Kyuubi asked eagerly.

After the girl was stunned for a moment, she still answered the question that the little orange fox in her arms was most concerned about: "About the final payment... Yunyin Village, Kirigakure Village and Iwagakure Village didn't get too entangled, and after a few words

, he readily expressed his willingness to settle the matter before the end of the year.”

"...soga." Kyuubi lowered its head in disappointment. Of course, it also knew that each village was unlikely to let go of the tailed beasts it had acquired, but it still secretly held a small expectation.

"...I'm sorry." The girl took off her shoes and stepped on the floor of the house with the little fox in her arms. Then, she slowly knelt down on the floor beside the door and lowered her head and said, "Well, Ninth Lama, now, what can I do for you?"

What do you do?"

Strictly speaking, this incident was not her fault.

After all, when she fell from the sky, the agreement on the tailed beasts had been fully reached, and the Nine-Tails was also controlled by Uchiha Madara and committed a "heavy crime" in Konoha. In fact, if she hadn't reached a contract with her,

, it may not have the freedom it does now, let alone show its truest character to so many people.

The reason why the tailed beasts were captured cannot actually be said to be Senju Hashirama's fault. This is inseparable from the conflicts they have had with humans for several years and the inherent impression they have brought to humans. This man's original intention is also

I just hope that we can eliminate hidden dangers in the ninja world and further maintain its stability and peace.

By now, the situation of "the five major villages are evenly matched, and there are tailed beasts in every village" has begun to take shape, and it is really difficult to change. However, even so, she still asked——

Nine Lamas, what can I do for you?

Not for anything else, just because this little orange fox was the first friend she made after coming to Konoha, just because it was still willing to be friends with her even though it was clearly suffering from the Mangekyo Sharingan, just because

It is willing to help her keep a secret and even invite her to travel together in the future...

So she didn't ask this question as "Mrs. Hokage", but as herself.

"..." After Kyuubi hesitated for a moment, he finally couldn't resist the "devil's voice" echoing back and forth in his heart. He raised his head and said, "Hoshi-chan, can you help me...save everyone? I

I don’t want them to become jinchūriki and be imprisoned in tiny human bodies from now on. That would be too miserable... Hoshi-chan, help me!”

Uchiha Madara in the room raised the corner of his mouth little by little: Oh, you said it? So, how will you answer? Kid, will you plead or even resist your "dear husband" for the sake of this beast?

He knew very well that no matter how deeply his old friend loved a woman, he would not be able to resolutely go back on his word and ask for all the tailed beasts back just because of her plea, so this matter was basically unsolvable.

He wanted to see what kind of expression this kid would show after being rejected. Well, he wanted to see it very much.

However, at the same time, he knew very well that his heart was still waiting for something else...

Then--

He heard the girl reply decisively: "Okay, I'll help you save them."

"Really?!" Kyuubi suddenly showed an expression of joy, "Are you willing to beg Senju Hashirama for me?"

But the girl showed a puzzled expression: "Why...ask him? He won't agree, right?" Moreover, this request will only make Hashirama embarrassed, right?

Kyuubi: "..." Huh?

"The essence of this matter is twofold -" the girl raised two fingers, "First, to help you rescue the other tailed beasts; second, it will not cause any essential damage to Konoha. Right?" In other words,

, we must help the Nine Lamas, but we must not harm Konoha's interests.

"...Yes." Kyuubi thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right."

"Then let's take advantage of the Kage meeting in each village to steal the tailed beasts out." The girl gave a thumbs up, "As for the balance, I will pay it to Konoha for each ninja village that has lost its tailed beast. In this way, there is no

A world where no one is harmed is achieved!”

Kyuubi: "???" After being stunned for a moment, it murmured: "No... every village has been hurt..."

"Are you sure you want to take care of them?" the girl asked. Anyway, she didn't have a good impression of those villages. Besides, rescuing the tailed beasts can be regarded as "doing something for heaven", right? I really wait until they are made into jinchūriki, no matter what.

It's too miserable for the tailed beasts and the jinchūriki.

Originally, even if the Nine Lamas didn't plead, she had been considering whether to do something, but now, it was a matter of course!

Jiuwei was stunned for a moment, and then decisively raised his thumb with his paw: "Fuck them!"

So one person and one animal happily reached a consensus.

Sometimes many things seem unsolvable, but in fact, they are just a matter of changing your thinking.

Yes, it is true that Senju Hashirama cannot overturn the established agreement, so why must he overturn it? Can't we start with others?

and……

To put it nicely, "each village has tailed beasts, so its strength is balanced" and "each village has no tailed beasts, so its strength is balanced" are equivalent to "100=100" and "10=10". Anyway, they are all balanced. And

Konoha has always scored 1000 points and has always been higher than them, so it’s not a big problem, right?

To put it bluntly, since each village has lost its nuclear weapons, the coefficient of using this to cause trouble for Konoha in the future has naturally dropped a lot. For Konoha, this may not be a problem.

bad thing.
To be continued...