Naruto Puppet Master

"Then what do you want to talk about this time?" asked the Third Hokage who came back to his senses.

"Before I say anything, please take a look at what this is?" After saying that, Amber Liu took out the secret realm in the box from under his loose windbreaker.

Under a surge of chakra, the originally dark outer wall of the box gradually became transparent, revealing the fine lines inside. Just as the Third Hokage and others were puzzled, a beam of light shot out from the transparent outer wall of the box. A ray of light and shadow was reflected on the sand in front of the person.

I saw a frog circling and crawling in a maze in the projection on the sand.

"How is this possible?" the Third Hokage said in disbelief.

"It's Jiraiya." Orochimaru said in a low voice.

Others don't know, but as the two closest people to Jiraiya, how could Orochimaru and the Third Hokage not know Jiraiya's common transformation.

In addition, others previously thought that Jiraiya had hid in the spiritual world to cultivate, but Orochimaru and the Third Hokage knew that Jiraiya had lurked into the giant puppet to collect information, but now there is no doubt that Jiraiya I'm afraid it has fallen into the hands of the other party.

"That's Jiraiya." Hinata Hizashi and Uchiha Fugaku, who were originally puzzled as to why the Sand Ninja played a frog, were both physically and mentally shocked after hearing Orochimaru's words. Apparently, they had also completely Didn't think of this possibility.

"Without the psychic technique, Jiraiya, the most unreliable among the three ninjas, was able to hide it from me. How strong will the other two, especially Orochimaru, the leader of the three ninjas, be? Let's see. I came here to re-confirm the true strength of the Sannin." Uchiha Fugaku was wary.

"What a great Jiraiya. Although I didn't try my best to see him, but even so, he was able to hide it from the eyes of so many eyes of the Hyuga family present." Hinata and Hizu thought with a shudder in his heart: "Even if there is no pass, The strength of the Spiritual Jutsu Sannin cannot be underestimated!"

"Maybe some of you don't know what this little frog is?" Kohakuryu said lightly: "But I think the Third Hokage must know what this is!"

"Yes, I do know. I wonder what you want to do by arresting my incompetent disciple?" The Third Hokage said solemnly: "Although I care about my disciple, if you think you have captured my most incompetent disciple, Just threaten me."

"Then I can only say that you made a wrong calculation. As a ninja, dying in the execution of a mission is the fate of a ninja. Even I myself was already ready to welcome fate at any time the moment I became a ninja, let alone Just a disciple, I believe he is mentally prepared." The Third Hokage said decisively.

"Although I admit that I want to save him in my heart, I will only find a way to do it on my own. Even if I fail, I will never betray other companions or use the interests of the village to exchange the chance of my disciple's life." He said at the end. The Third Hokage looked at Kohaku Ryu and said firmly: "This is my duty and will as Hokage."

"We are willing to serve the Hokage-sama." After hearing the decisive and firm words of the Third Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hizashi and other ninjas immediately expressed their loyalty with admiration on their faces.

Only Orochimaru looked sideways at the tall figure of the Third Hokage without saying a word.

"Although I have already made this judgment and know that this is your negotiation skills, teacher, the disciples can still hear the tone in your words. I am afraid that Konoha will always be the most important in your heart. Facing Konoha's You really won't give in for the sake of your interests!" Orochimaru thought with a slight chill in his heart.

Looking at the Konoha ninjas below who were quite united, Kohaku-ryu's three pairs of eyes rolled and he noticed that only a small half of them did not mean what they said, while most of the others were really moved by the Third Hokage and inspired them.

"Haha, blind passion not only seems stupid, but also comes and goes quickly. Only the passion that has been baptized by time and tested by disaster can be called will." Amber Liu secretly mocked.

Although he despised the behavior of the Third Hokage in his heart, Kohakuliu would not say it out loud, but said calmly: "You guessed it right, Jiraiya, this is the bargaining chip I prepared."

"But I don't need you to betray Konoha's interests, let alone hurt other Konoha ninjas. I just want you to send someone to do something that has nothing to do with Konoha." Before the Third Hokage could refuse, Kohaku flowed Then he said.

"Hmph, if it were not to harm Konoha's interests, would your Sand Ninja Village need us Konoha to do it? You can do it yourself." The Third Hokage did not believe Kohaku-ryu's words at all.

After all, in the eyes of the Third Hokage, if there is a ninja village that Sand Ninja Village hates the most in the ninja world, then Konoha Ninja Village is definitely the object of hatred that Sand Ninja wants to eat its flesh, drink its blood, and extract its bones.

Especially now that the two giants of the Sand Ninja, the Red Sand Scorpion and the Red Sand Invincible, are said to have parental blood feuds with Konoha, the Third Hokage simply cannot believe any suggestions from the Sand Ninja, let alone the clones of the Red Sand Scorpion. what was said.

As for a cherished thing like trust, the third generation of Naruto believes that it is not too late to solve the problem of trust within oneself first, and then consider external brainwashing expansion!

Therefore, the Third Hokage would never believe that Kohaku-ryu would kindly make such a simple request. No matter how you look at it, it looks like there is a conspiracy.

Although I didn't expect that the Third Hokage would directly refuse without even listening, but with the wisdom of Kohaku-ryu and Scorpion, how could he not know how bad the relationship between Konoha and Sand Ninja would be after the two turned against each other again? !

Kohaku Ryu, who has truly come into contact with all the political secrets and historical documents of the Sand Ninja, clearly knows that the Sand Ninja Village and the Konoha Ninja Village are definitely two major forces that have a long-standing hatred. Originally, it was just because of the superficial relationship. The covenant and external pressure have suppressed the hatred. With the war between the two again, unless one of the two sides is completely beaten to the ground, it is absolutely impossible for the two sides to come to the negotiation table. of.

Because once they take action, the countless sand ninjas and Konoha ninjas under both sides will never agree to let go easily (especially the sand ninjas who harbor hatred). The hatred between the two sides has accumulated to a point where they must be divided. Down to the point.

If Konoha is completely victorious in the end, then although the Konoha Ninja Village as the winner cannot destroy the Sand Ninja due to the interference of other Ninja Villages, it will inevitably bully the Sand Ninja with more stringent peace negotiation conditions. Village, replacing the former hatred with the proud contempt of the winner.

As the losing party, Sand Ninja Village will inevitably be defeated.

Konoha has completely broken its backbone, and it will no longer be possible to challenge Konoha. Naturally, it will no longer be looked upon by Konoha. The value of its existence is just a piece of meat on Konoha's plate that can be eaten at any time.

And if the Sand Ninja Village wins, it will be even more complete. The rich Fire Country will prompt the Sand Ninja Village to pursue Konoha at all costs, and at the same time, they can directly occupy the land of the Fire Country and make it their own. .

Therefore, Kohaku-ryu already knew that the Third Hokage would definitely refuse at first, so Kohaku-ryu was already fully prepared on the way here.

"I know that the Third Hokage will definitely not believe it. If it were me, I would not believe an enemy." Kohaku Ryu said calmly.

"Yes, I don't believe how you would consider us! You said it won't harm Konoha. Are you just making an excuse to send my disciples back?" The Third Hokage said loudly: "If you really If you want to join us in Konoha, just come directly. We in Konoha have always welcomed anyone who yearns for peace in Konoha. There is really no need for you to do these things."

As the third-generation Hokage who has been on the battlefield for a long time, he will never forget to dig holes for the enemy at any time. As the Hokage who has been in power for many years, the third-generation Hokage Sarutobi Sasuke is more aware that catching wind and shadows is not something only officials can do, and he has higher requirements for confidentiality such as confidential information. It was even more serious among the ninjas. At least his old partner was very good at this kind of thing.

Once you are involved in something like that, the investigation will be frivolous. Without complete and irrefutable evidence, it is basically difficult to overturn the case.

"Haha, it seems that the Third Hokage has misunderstood!" Kohaku Ryu said with a smile: "And what I want to say is that all the sand ninjas here are my subordinates. Except for the Fourth Hokage, they will obey me unconditionally. It’s an order, you don’t need to use any tricks at all, because it won’t work at all.”

"Huh, I'm just sincerely inviting you. If you don't want to, forget it." The Third Hokage said with a cold snort.Although it was discovered, the Third Hokage's plan was not a conspiracy but a conspiracy. It depends on whether Kohaku-ryu has any political opponents.

Seeing the Third Hokage, who was so stubborn, Kohaku waved the box in his hand and said, "Why don't the Third Hokage listen to my conditions first! Even if it's just for him, there's no harm in hearing it."

"Yes! Sarutobi-sensei, if you refuse directly, we will have no choice but to continue the war. Why don't we talk first, and maybe we can find a chance to talk to Jiraiya." Orochimaru said.

"Yes, if you can talk to Jiraiya, maybe you can get some useful information!" Thinking of this, the Third Hokage nodded and said loudly: "Then please tell me your conditions! What is the difficulty? Only then can you allow us Konoha ninjas to do it on the condition of releasing Jiraiya."

"For some reasons, we need some people. These people will become sacrifices in a ceremony. We have already decided on the candidates, but it is always troublesome for us to do it, so we come to you."

"As long as you Konoha can find all these people and hand them over to us within ten days and bring them to the designated place to complete the ceremony, then this deal will be considered complete."

"I will release Jiraiya when the ceremony is completed." Kohakuliu said calmly:

"Who is there?" The Third Hokage asked with a frown.

"This is the list." Amber Liu dropped a scroll and said.

There was a "pop" sound. When the third Hokage results scroll was opened, he saw that it was densely filled with countless names. It was estimated that there were at least three or four hundred people.

"Asshole, this is impossible." The Third Hokage, however, after a quick scan, he saw a few familiar names and immediately refused.

Orochimaru stepped forward and stood behind the Third Hokage and looked around, only to see that under the densely packed names above there were also important signs such as their respective positions, positions, or reputations.

"This is this?" Orochimaru said in surprise.

"Sir, are we from Konoha?" Uchiha Fugaku stepped forward and asked.

Although Uchiha Fugaku knew that he should not interrupt, as a member of the Bloodstained Family, what he fears and hates most is someone peeking into the bloodstained boundaries of his family, and there is no doubt that the Sand Ninja is now able to use the Hyuga clan and Uchi The bloodstained limits of the Bo clan.

Therefore, as the future leader of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help but ask.Even though the Third Hokage had just refused, he was still afraid that the Sand Ninja really asked to send some Uchiha clansmen to participate in some inexplicable ceremony, which meant that the Sand Ninja Village was already peeping at his blood chakra.

Also worried about this is Hinata Hizu. Hyuga Hizu doesn't believe that there is any bullshit ceremony that can make the sand ninja make such a big concession and let go of a shadow-level powerhouse to his mortal enemy Konoha. In his opinion, that's It's probably just an excuse, and what can be exchanged with a shadow-level powerhouse must be an extremely cherished treasure in addition to another shadow-level powerhouse.

"In addition to the tailed beasts in Konoha, the only treasures that can be called treasures are the blood stains of each family, except for the inheritance of the past Hokages." Hinata Hizu secretly said anxiously: "The tailed beasts are Konoha's only weapons of war. It is absolutely impossible for Hokage-sama to hand it over, and the inheritance of past generations of Hokage is the foundation of Konoha, and it is impossible for the third generation of Hokage to hand it over."

"There is absolutely no way these sand ninjas don't know this, let alone just Jiraiya. Even if the Hokage is defeated and captured, they can't exchange the two things with Konoha. After all, if the Hokage doesn't have one, he can still choose. But those two treasures are indeed unique, and if you lose them, you can never get them back."

"Therefore, Hinata Hizashi believes that the sand ninja is most likely to only look at the countless bloodstains in Konoha."

"Although it can't be all of them, it's not necessarily impossible if the sand ninja wants less, especially now that the sand ninja has most likely obtained the power of the Byakugan and Blood Ring Eyes."

"Without the situation where things are rare and valuable, Konoha's top management will most likely give up the interests of Hinata and other Bloodstained families with the idea that since Konoha has already been lost, they don't care if they lose a little more." Hinata and Hizashi suppressed their anxiety. In his heart, he quietly waited for the Third Hokage to answer Uchiha Fugaku.

"Originally, I thought it would be a ninja from Konoha, but I didn't expect it to be the case. There are many names written on it that even I don't know who they are." The Third Hokage shook his head and said, "But there are only a few of them that I know. But they are all important officials of the Fire Country and extremely famous people from all over the country."

"I think the other people I don't know should be similar people. If you touch them, you are making enemies of the Fire Country, and you are making enemies of the Fire Country's name." The Third Hokage said solemnly.