Chapter 187 Negotiation
It was not until the evening of that day that Shiba Kiyokawa, who had been working hard for half a day, appeared again.
Then he was rewarded by Chihiro.
"The Daimyo of the Land of Grass died. Three of the four Grass Ninjas who went there died. The Grass Ninja leader also died. The remaining one had no intention of returning. After the mission was over, he seemed to want to flee to the Land of Earth. We killed him halfway."
Shiba Kiyokawa nodded and smiled happily.
"I didn't expect the Daimyo's guards to be so powerful. It saved us a lot of trouble. Then we will spread the rumor as planned and spread the news that the Daimyo of the Grass Country died at the hands of a Grass Ninja."
The Daimyo of the Land of Grass died at the hands of the Grass Ninja, and afterwards, the Akatsuki organization would formally annex the Land of Grass and abolish the Grass Village under the pretext of helping the Daimyo to avenge his death, thus occupying this land with full justification!
They will move the inventory of Kusagakure Village, and the surrendered and screened Kusagakure ninjas will also be moved to the Land of Rain.
As for the remnants left after the screening and the remnants who were unwilling to leave, they were all labeled as traitors and regarded as accomplices in assassinating the daimyo. They were all executed, which served as an explanation to the daimyo of other countries.
In this way, Akatsuki's actions will no longer be flawed in legal terms.
Although this excuse is crude and lame and anyone with a discerning eye can see through it, so what?
Just like what Shiba Kiyokawa said to Ōnoki when he asked for the money for the Kannabi Bridge project not long ago -
Steamed buns? Are you dissatisfied?
When you have the power in your hands, even the worst excuses are justice!
Even Shiba Kiyokawa himself did not expect that this justice would soon come in handy.
A few days later, when Iwagakure was defeated again at the city of "Hefei" in the Land of Fire, they had no choice but to turn to the Akatsuki organization again.
Before the meeting, they sent me a letter saying that they planned to discuss the payment for the Kamnobi Bridge project.
However, they never expected that the Akatsuki organization did not stay there and wait for them, but instead pursued its own ambitions.
So when the day of the formal negotiation meeting came, Ōnoki had one more task to shoulder.
"Shiba Kiyokawa, before we came here this time, the Daimyo of the Land of Earth specifically asked us to investigate how the Daimyo of the Land of Grass died! Do you have anything to say about this?"
Shiba Qinghe said calmly: "What do I need to say? Isn't the truth of the incident clear?
The Kusagakure Village was unable to make ends meet, so their leader, together with several jonin in the village, took a risk and killed the daimyo of their country.
This level of information should be easily found by your village's Anbu. Do you really have to ask me to say it again?"
Ohnoki stood up on the chair angrily and slammed the table, "You're talking nonsense! How can Kusagakure Village be unable to make ends meet? They have always been employed by our Iwagakure!
After you stopped the reconstruction of the Kannabi Bridge, they were the ones who helped us deliver supplies to the front line. We clearly paid them for the mission! How could the Kusagakure Village be so short of money that they would take the risk of assassinating the daimyo? ! "
Shiba Kiyokawa looked at Oonoki with a smile.
Of course he knew this truth.
Not long ago, he personally led a team to wipe out all the Grass Ninja teams that had left the village to carry out missions within the Land of Grass. Naturally, he knew that they were helping Iwagakure transport supplies.
There are even many supplies from the Iwagakure that were supposed to be shipped to the front line now lying quietly in the warehouse of the Akatsuki organization.
But, so what?
Shiba Kiyokawa threw the dirty water back fearlessly: "Oh? Lord Tsuchikage, are you exposing that you hired these traitorous ninjas to assassinate the Daimyo? So the mastermind behind instructing them to kill the Daimyo of the Land of Grass is you, Lord Tsuchikage?"
Ohnogi's chest rose and fell violently, and he blew his beard and glared at her again, "You are making up stories! Now most of the Grass Country has fallen into your hands, and you still want to argue that you didn't do anything to the daimyo?" "So what? Before that, the Grass Village was employed by your Iwagakure Village. I can also say that you are the first suspect. Mr. Tsuchikage, are you sure you want to pester us to the end on this matter?"
At the end of his speech, Shiba Kiyokawa placed his hands in front of his chin, interlaced his fingers, and covered his mouth and nose. His sitting posture and eyes revealed a strong threat without disguising it.
After all, the so-called "truth" is just a necessary means to calm the situation.
The decisive factor is still the comparison of strength between the two sides!
Iwagakure was unable to defeat Konoha several times, but the Akatsuki organization was able to defeat Konoha's army twice in a row.
Ohnoki had no choice. He no longer had any capital to be arrogant. He even had to worry about what would happen if those crazy people in Kumogakure gave up the tough bone of Konoha one day and turned around to seek revenge on him first.
Moreover, after the Akatsuki organization completely abolished the Kusagakure Village and took over almost the entire Grass Country, the Iwagakure became even more dependent on Kannabihashi!
In the past, when the bridge was not repaired yet, he could rely on hiring grass ninjas to temporarily relieve the supply pressure.
But now, even this last road is blocked.
Seeing that Oonoki had calmed down and his expression was becoming increasingly ugly, Shiba Kiyokawa couldn't help but smile even more happily in his heart.
"Why don't we talk about the reconstruction of the Kannabi Bridge?
When the battle just ended, I reminded Mr. Tsuchikage to pay the project fee when we were on the mountain, but you insisted on delaying payment. Now I have some new plans and ideas for the reconstruction of this bridge. Do you want to take a look?"
Ohnoki glared at him. "What are you up to? What's the difference with the new plan?"
"The bridge deck will be stronger, the traffic performance will be better, the load-bearing structure will be more reasonable, and the material stress will be..."
Before he could finish his nonsense, Ohnoki interrupted him: "Say something we can understand!"
“The point is, the budget amount needs to be increased by 20%”
Ohnoki flew up in anger, "You are taking advantage of the situation!!"
Shiba Qinghe still maintained an elegant and decent smile: "Who told you not to pay the money when you were in the mountains? If you drag it on, if Kumogakure attacks, I might have to come up with a third plan."
This one sentence almost made Ohnoki so angry that he had a heart attack.
Huang Tu also glared at his father, "You want so much money, you have to give us something, right?"
Shiba Qinghe thought about it and smiled, "How about I give you a few grass ninjas who can 'assassinate the daimyo'? You can take them back to your daimyo in the Land of Earth to give an explanation?"
See, this is where "justice" comes in handy!
Ohnoki laughed in anger, "You have abolished the Kusagakure Village, and you have taken all the people back to the Land of Rain. Where are the Kusagakure Ninjas now?"
"As long as Lord Tsuchikage needs it, it's available."
Most of the Grass Ninjas were recruited and taken away, but those scum who had bullied Uzumaki Kaoru in the past would not be let off just because they surrendered.
Soon, a deal was struck.
Thus, justice was once again demonstrated in the Kingdom of Grass!
(End of this chapter)
