16 years old, fourth generation Mizukage

Chapter 228 The Beginning

"Master Hokage, we have just received a request for help from the Land of Frost."

In Hokage's office, a slender female Anbe suddenly appeared, and sent a well-sealed letter to Namikaze Minato, who was browsing the scheduled terms of the new round of agreement signed by Konoha and Kirigakure, and said in a deep voice said:

"According to the intelligence personnel who received the letter, there have been some unusual changes in the situation in the Frost Kingdom recently. Because the village has no time to take care of others, we haven't sent people to investigate yet, but this letter came out. The client of the letter is a Fire Nation businessman who has cooperated with Konoha Hidden Village many times. He judged that there might be some connection between the two, so he worked overtime to send people to this village, hoping that You have seen it yourself."

"Is it the Kingdom of Frost?"

Minato Namikaze put down the draft terms that he had read most of the time in his hand, took the letter from the female Anbe, opened it and browsed it carefully, Minato Namikaze's brows that were originally stretched suddenly suddenly It twisted into a serious and old-fashioned "Chuan" shape.

He turned his head and handed the request for help to Shikahisa Nara next to him, motioning for the other party to take a look, and then turned his head to look at Jiraiya, who came here to see the result because he heard that the negotiation was coming to an end, with a serious tone said:
"Mr. Jiraiya, did you tell me before that in the next period of time, although the Land of Thunder and the Land of Earth will not launch a large-scale war against us again, they will use some other methods to fight against us?" Means to sanction Fire Nation and Konoha, to curb our recovery speed?"

"It was Nagato who talked about this topic with me when he left Konoha."

Jilai also heard Namikaze Minato's implication, his expression was startled, and he immediately asked:
"What's the matter, do you mean that Yunyin's people have already started to attack the country of frost?"

"The letter did not mention Yun Yin, but said that a group of powerful wandering ninjas of unknown origin attacked their caravan and killed all the Konoha ninjas who were supposed to escort the caravan back to the Land of Fire. Then the Land of Frost Recently, I don’t know what went wrong, and some discordant voices started to appear inside. They are worried that without ninja guards, they may not be able to transport the caravan’s goods back to the country of fire, so I hope we can send a A batch of ninjas to meet them."

Namikaze Minato shook his head, and simply repeated the content of the appeal letter to Jiraiya, and after listening to the content of the letter, Jiraiya couldn't help but frowned, bit his finger and said:

"Wandering ninjas that suddenly appeared? This is really a good enough excuse... It can be real wandering ninjas and rebellious ninjas, or members of the 'root' organization that have disappeared, or even those who have taken off their shields. Uh, the ninjas of Yunyin Village, but as long as we can't find corresponding evidence, they must be wandering ninjas."

"More than that, the letter also mentioned that there are several other caravans from the Fire Nation who were trapped in the Frost Nation just like them, but their scale is relatively small, unlike this one that sent for help. Like a large caravan, it has the ability to directly contact Konoha."

Shikahisa Nara put down the appeal letter in his hand, with a serious expression on his face:
"The Land of Frost is a country that merchants from the Land of Fire must pass through when they go to the north. Commodities from various countries in the north can basically be traded in the Land of Frost. If you want to transfer large-scale goods from the Land of Thunder If they return to the Nation of Fire, the Nation of Frost is the best route for them to save costs... If there is chaos in this country, it will still have a great impact on the merchants of the Nation of Fire."

"Then Lujiu, do you think there is any relationship between the changes in the Frost Kingdom and Yun Yin?" Namikaze Minato pressed his fingers together, and asked his advisor very seriously.

"If it was at another time point, I might judge it to be an internal problem of the Frost Kingdom. After all, their ninja village has been suppressed by Konoha and Yunyin's business all the year round, and their strength has not been able to develop. If they encounter the Frost Kingdom If there is such a thing as the name change of the country, maybe they will come out and fight for a greater right to speak for themselves..."

Nara Shikahisa spread his hands, with a helpless expression of "I'm not a fool":

"However, if such a thing happened under the current situation, if there is no shadow of Yun Yin, I would never believe it."

"That is to say, Yunyin has already started to fight for the ninja village in the country of frost, trying to win them over to his side, right?" One word, "For the price, use the entrustment that Konoha can't accept for the time being?"

"Probably."

Shikahisa Nara sighed, and looked at the agreement on the table that he had participated in the whole process of negotiation with complicated emotions, "It seems that it is not just a giant like Kirigakure that is eyeing the mission resources that we have in Konoha's hands." ..."

"In that case, small ninja villages like grass ninja village may also be attracted by the trend?"

"Although Yan Yin and Yun Yin will definitely take the bulk of the resources stolen from Konoha, but the remaining ones should also allow the ninja villages in these small countries to eat well."

Ji Lai also stroked his white hair, half helplessly half gratefully said:
"The number of ninjas who can still go out to perform tasks in Konoha has dropped to less than one-third of what it was before the attack. Such a big cake is definitely enough for those little ninjas who are caught between us and other big countries to survive. The village is crazy about it... Fortunately, the country of rain is now the base of 'Akatsuki', rather than still being ruled by Hanzang's Yuyin village, otherwise, they definitely wouldn't mind launching another war against us."

"'Akatsuki' ah..." Mentioning this name, Namikaze Minato's expression eased a little. He looked at the map hanging in Hokage's office and said with a wry smile: "With them, at least Kusanagi Village is Those who dare not wage war against us, Sand Yin and Yan Yin want to fight across the border, and they must have scruples about Nagato's strength..."

"Sagakushi is more than just being scruples." Jiraiya smiled, and said a little proudly: "In the eyes of the fourth Kazekage, Nagato's deterrent power is probably not much worse than Kaguya Rei's." …With him around, it would be easier for Sand Yin to talk a lot.”

"That is to say, Sand Yin's position is the worst, and it's just neutral, and won't fall to Yan Yin and Yun Yin?" Nara Shikahisa asked with some surprise.

"It should be? After all, they don't have the strength to fight for hegemony in the ninja world, and there are quite a few conflicts with the 'root' organization. As long as neither side initiates a war against them, maintaining neutrality should be their long-term strategic choice. .”

Jiraiya's answer made Nara Shikajiu feel relieved, but when he saw the ninja world map in Hokage's office, he couldn't help but smiled wryly:

"If Yanyin and Yunyin really intend to use this method to suppress Konoha, then we really got a covenant with endless troubles from Kirigakure... That Mizukage-sama has already expected it What about all this?"

"probably."

Namikaze Minato took a deep breath, and said firmly: "However, Konoha is not a village that can be easily defeated... The life and death wars that swept through the ninja world have not been able to defeat us. Konoha has passed down the fire from generation to generation. How can the will be so easily changed by the suppression of foreign enemies and the temptation of 'allies'?"

"Well, Minato is right, Konoha's will of fire is not something that can be easily changed."

Jiraiya looked at Namikaze Minato with firm eyes, and expressed his agreement with a gratified smile.

　Let's still catch up, eh
　　
　
(End of this chapter)