Naruto: The Strongest Sage

The two of them were so busy that they had to wait for the next battle.

Aoba did not continue to provoke Jiraiya, and left with Tsunade.

After a while of dizziness, Tsunade was surprised to find that she had returned to Konoha.

"Is this Flying Thunder God?"

"Yes, Kakashi knows how to practice Flying Thunder God. It took me a while to recover."

"You can only recover after being teleported for hundreds of kilometers at a time?" Shizune was directly stimulated by Aoba.

"Long-distance teleportation is nothing. The real strength of Flying Thunder God should be the continuous instantaneous flash jump in the battle. Even use Flying Thunder God to transfer other people's ninjutsu attacks.

I can't do it yet. Even when teleporting, I will feel dizzy. These are all manifestations of Flying Thunder God not being able to practice well."

Aoba remembered that after Minato Namikaze was impure in the later period. He was even able to use Flying Thunder God to transfer the Tailed Beast Ball in mid-air, even the Seeking Truth Ball, and joined forces with the second generation, and played with unlimited heavenly hand power, which was really a bit outrageous.

Tsunade did not lose her composure too much, but took the lead and walked into the Hokage's office directly. Here, Kakashi and Shikaku were having a headache about the reconstruction of Konoha.

When Tsunade walked in, both of them were stunned for a while.

"Tsunade-sama, you... are back." Shikaku also breathed a sigh of relief. He actually didn't want Aoba to be Hokage. The main reason was that Aoba gave him too much oppression. Whether it was personal strength or political ideas, they were one level higher than the previous generations of Hokage, and he was afraid that he couldn't handle it.

"Okay, thank you two for your hard work while I'm away. I came back this time to run for the fifth Hokage of Konoha. Time is running out, let's get started right away."

..............

A day later, a major news spread throughout Konoha. The village was going to elect a new Hokage. The first candidate has already appeared, that is, the former Princess Senju, Lady Tsunade.

According to preliminary surveys, less than a day after the announcement of the news, Tsunade's support rate has exceeded half.

In fact, there is no need for an election at this time. But in order to ensure that Tsunade's promotion is flawless, the necessary procedures must be followed.

Konoha's jonin class still voted. Finally, Tsunade's position as Hokage was determined.

The first thing Tsunade did when she took office was to appoint Aoba as the Hokage consultant to assist him in dealing with Konoha's problems.

"Tell me what is the most important thing now?"

"It is the negotiation with Sunagakure. Their envoys have been waiting here for many days. But we have been dragging them down. After all, it is best for you to complete this matter."

"You guys always have so many ideas. Okay, get ready and start the negotiation with Sunagakure tomorrow."

"No problem. But the word negotiation needs to be changed. Because the current Sunagakure is not worthy of negotiating with us."

In Konoha's official guesthouse, Gaara and the other two are discussing.

Temari and Kankuro have gradually adapted to Gaara's changes in the past few days.

The other party is no longer as violent and sensitive as before. Instead, he has become calm and even has a strange sense of maturity.

Aoba's words to Shukaku at the time shocked Gaara greatly.

But what made Gaara what he is now is mainly because Shukaku and Gaara reached a reconciliation.

In other words, Gaara now only needs a little time to practice to become a perfect Jinchūriki.

But this is not the key point. The key point is that Shukaku can use his long life experience to make up for Gaara's shortcomings and make him mature like he is now.

This is actually very cruel to Gaara. Because it is equivalent to depriving him of part of his youth. But it is also the fortune of Sunagakure. Because Gaara at this time is qualified for the position of Kazekage.

"Konoha has already selected the fifth generation Hokage. If nothing unexpected happens, we don't have much time in Konoha."

Temari and Kankuro are still a little familiar with this rational style of Gaara.

"Will Konoha let us go so easily?"

"It will definitely. Whether you believe it or not, Konoha does not need hostages like us now. The problem is that no matter what, as the defeated party, we need to pay something."

"Are you referring to war reparations?"

"...With the economic conditions of our Sunagakure, I'm afraid we can't afford it."

Gaara's words directly made Temari and Kankuro autistic. That's right, Sunagakure is too

Poor. When Luo Sha was in power, he could at least use magnetic escape to dig gold.

After Luo Sha died, even that little bit of gold was gone. Although Sand Village is still one of the five major ninja villages, the internal economic situation is on the verge of collapse.

This is also the reason why most people in Sand Village agree to start a war. Using war to divert conflicts is not a new operation. The only problem is that they lost!

Hokage's office.

"Before the formal negotiations, let's do a negotiation rehearsal. Lady Tsunade, what conditions do you think we should put forward to Sunagakure?"

"What else can we do? Compensation, supplies, even secret techniques, and the hostages can also be considered."

"The traditional method. Senior Shikaku, what do you think?"

"We have an absolute advantage, and in this negotiation, we are basically in a crushing posture. So, I feel that we can go deeper. For a long time, Konoha has been coveted by other ninja villages.

In several ninja world wars, we have been fighting alone in most cases. Perhaps with this opportunity, we can have an additional ally.

Of course, ally is the official term. According to my understanding, Sunagakure has been seriously injured this time. Although our Konoha has also been damaged. But we now have the top combat power of Aoba, and the return of Lady Tsunade. The overall strength has not decreased but increased.

So, I think we can play a little bigger. In the name of alliance, let Sunagakure directly become our vassal."

Kakashi and Tsunade were shocked by Shikaku's words. Turning another of the five great villages into a vassal. This kind of operation has never been part of Konoha's foreign policy.

However, the people present were not of the Third Generation's personality. Especially Tsunade, although she was a woman, she had a strong personality and was definitely a hawk.

Shikaku's statement actually suited her taste.

"Tell me about your plan in detail."