Chapter 244
The moment Maki saw Lunie, he felt a sense of relief.
God knows what kind of pressure he has been under during this period of time! In the project of cooperation between the two major countries, the nobles are fighting for their interests as much as possible at the negotiation table, while the Sand Village is in some trouble.
Because apart from prospecting and searching for dragon veins according to the method customized by Lu Nie and others, they can't do much more for the time being.
Wood Release, sealing techniques, and environmental transformation.
What made the Sand Ninja feel awkward was that after successfully creating an oasis and proving the feasibility of the plan, the project leader simply abandoned a large amount of work and disappeared.
Next, the leader who was responsible for solving the sealing technique and restraining the dragon vein power also left after solving the initial problems.
This resulted in the fact that although the project mission was still ongoing, everyone in the Sand Village from top to bottom, including the nobles of the Wind Kingdom, were somewhat nervous.
After all, the interests involved are so huge that those nobles wish that Lu Nie, the person in charge, could be stationed in the Kingdom of Wind.
Although the environment in the Kingdom of Wind is a bit harsh, the oasis that has been created can be given to the other party to live in first.
Of course they couldn't affect Luna, so Luosha was under pressure.
It was okay when Rokune left earlier. After all, he had already dealt with all the matters on hand and planned everything. Even without him, the Sand Ninjas would be able to do well under the leadership of Rosa.
But Lu Nie disappeared for too long, and except for occasional inquiries about progress, he never set foot in the Kingdom of Wind again.
After that, there was no news at all. Even when communicating with the Hokage, the only reply he got was that Shikagawa and Kushina were both carrying out a top-secret mission.
So Luo Sha also felt at a loss. The pressure from the daimyo and the nobles was too much for him to bear. After all, even in the early stages of this plan, the Wind Kingdom had already invested a lot of manpower and money, and even the nobles had already distributed the benefits with the Fire Kingdom.
In this situation, even for Luo Sha, it would be difficult to change anything except to keep going. After all, the various ninja clans in the village, as well as the economy, all depended on the money brought by this plan to survive.
In the end, Rosa had to call Maki back, and gave him the identity of the Wind Country Environmental Transformation Plan Liaison Ambassador to Konoha, asking him to stay in Konoha for a long time and wait for Luna to show up.
Now that he had finally seen Lunie, the pressure that had accumulated in Maki's heart finally eased a little.
"This is a long-term project that will take at least ten years. I can't be stationed in the Land of Wind. The same goes for Kushina-senpai. The Kazekage knows this."
After listening to Maki's words, Lu Nie patiently explained to him.
"Lord Kazekage is under too much pressure." Maki defended Luosha with some empathy. As a jonin, he has been under a lot of pressure during this period, not to mention Luosha who is facing those nobles and daimyo directly.
"I can understand that, but it only makes sense for me to take people there after we have found and identified the new dragon vein node." Lu Nie spread his hands.
"Lord Kazekage understands this, but what he means is that he hopes Konoha can appoint a person of sufficient weight to be stationed in the Kingdom of Wind. The two countries will serve as each other's envoys." Maki bowed and pleaded. If the Sand Village has a long-term Konoha envoy group stationed, then the Sand Ninjas can throw those nobles to the Konoha envoy group to deal with.
At least there is a Konoha envoy delegation headed by a heavyweight figure who can more or less relieve some of the pressure for the Kazekage.
"Is that so?" Lu Nie pondered for a moment and gave Maki a strange look, "Didn't you make a request to Master Orochimaru?"
"The Hokage didn't reject it, he just put it aside. He said it was something you should be responsible for and decide," Maki replied quickly. While speaking, he also felt a little sad about how much Orochimaru valued Luna.
This involves a huge chain of interests. For any leader who is able to be responsible for such an unprecedented large-scale task, the bonus to his qualifications will be extremely terrifying.
This is really paving the way for Lu Nie to be trained as the fifth Hokage!
Maki was feeling emotional and paying more attention to Lunie.
"No problem. After discussing with Sensei Orochimaru, we will definitely send a few sufficiently powerful envoys to the Sand Village." Lu Nie nodded.
"In addition, as you and Lord Kazekage had discussed, I am leading a team this time and also bringing a few talented children from the Sand Village."
After getting Lune's consent, Maki felt a little relieved. He found that Lune's attitude towards the Sand Village had not changed much. He stepped aside and pointed to a few children in the corner of his room and introduced them to Lune.
"Sealing technique?" Lu Nie immediately understood what Maki was talking about. He had promised Luo Sha that he could train a group of ninjas for the Sand Village who could control the energy of dragon veins and were good at this kind of sealing technique.
The few kids in Maki's team are obviously the first batch of candidates who have been carefully selected. If the results are seen, there may be a second batch later.
"Yes! In addition, according to the agreement, you can also select some children to go to the Sand Village with Konoha's envoys to learn the Sand Ninja's puppetry. Under the cooperation of both parties, we will open the Sand Ninja's puppetry secrets to Konoha's exchange students to a certain extent."
Maki nodded seriously.
Puppetry is a ninja skill unique to the Sand Village. Although there are some ninjas in the ninja world who are good at puppet ninjutsu, when it comes to the systematic training of puppet ninjas, the position of the Sand Village in this regard is as unique as Konoha's dominant position in the medical system!
In order to reveal some of the puppet secrets to the ninjas of Konoha, even to the Kazekage, Rasa had to spend a lot of words and effort.
This kind of communication between the two villages on secret techniques is the first time since the establishment of the Ninja Village! If the interests involved were not large enough and the two were not bound together deeply enough, Luo Sha would not dare to make such a decision.
"Konoha will not set up traps and thresholds in the Dragon Vein Sealing Technique." Lu Nie heard the hidden meaning in Maki's words and assured him.
"In addition, regarding the sealing of the tailed beasts and the control of their power, I will also cooperate with the Sand Ninja under certain conditions when needed in the future as agreed. For example, the supply of the Spiritual Suppression Stone!"
"Thank you very much!" Maki bowed again to express his gratitude. As someone who had participated in the Loulan mission with Lu Nie, he certainly knew what the Soul-Suppressing Stone was. He had also seen how the Soul-Suppressing Stone restrained and suppressed the power of the Tailed Beasts.
The only pity is that those spirit-suppressing stones did not survive the battle.
(End of this chapter)