"Why should I help you?"
Yuuki's words immediately silenced the three.
This was an internal matter for their Hidden Mist Village, unrelated to Konoha.
Not to mention, it was their invasion of the Land of Fire in the first place, even if the war was initiated by the controlled Mizukage.
They couldn't possibly say, 'You see, I'm also a victim, so we should unite.'
What would that make them, the Avengers?
If playing the victim didn't work, then only benefits would.
After exchanging glances for a while, Mei Terumī spoke again.
"If Lord Yuuki is willing to help us, Hidden Mist is willing to sign an alliance with Konoha and become allies!"
Yuuki heard such an odd condition and really wanted to know how thick their skin was.
Without a sound, Yuuki merely glanced at the three, then at the hundred or so remaining soldiers outside the camp.
The meaning was clear: was Hidden Mist sure it wanted to form an alliance with Konoha, or was it asking Konoha for targeted poverty alleviation?
Mei Terumī was still young after all, and her face was slightly flushed at this moment.
Then Yuuki spoke again, "From another perspective, you should be Hidden Mist rogue Ninja now, and it's your Mizukage who wants to kill you!"
The three's expressions grew even uglier, as, according to the Ninja World, they were indeed rogue Ninja who had betrayed the Mizukage.
"So, if I help you, I'd also have to help you overthrow the Mizukage. Before that, essentially none of your promises can be fulfilled!"
The three's gazes became even dimmer. Not only could their identity issues prevent them from making effective promises, but even if there were no issues, Hidden Mist truly had nothing left to offer.
Looking at their expressions, Yuuki nodded in his heart.
That's more like it. Begging for help means acting like you're begging. Hidden Mist still held value in his eyes, not on a military level, but on political and economic levels.
Feeling he had suppressed them enough, Yuuki spoke again.
"It's not impossible to help you, but it depends on how much you can pay."
The three's eyes immediately lit up.
"Please tell us, Lord Yuuki."
"You have also realized the current situation. Let me introduce myself again: Konoha Commander, Uchiha Clan Head."
"I can help you resolve your current predicament. What I want is very simple. First, as Konoha's Commander, I need you to send the Six-Tails Jinchuriki to Konoha!"
"That's impossible!!!"
Before Mei Terumī could speak, Ao directly refused.
"Lord Yuuki, this is too insincere, isn't it? How could we agree to such a condition?!"
Yuuki's smile vanished, replaced by a cold sneer.
"Hmph! Aren't you the ones being insincere? In terms of ownership, your Six-Tails was given to you by our Konoha's First Hokage after he captured it."
"Furthermore, as a weapon of war, by holding onto the Six-Tails, is Hidden Mist planning to invade the Land of Fire again in the future?"
"Finally, as for your self-preservation, didn't we leave the Three-Tails for you?"
"Who is truly being insincere!?"
After hearing this, the three exchanged glances for a while, but Konoha reached a unified opinion.
Finally, Mei Terumī asked, "Lord Yuuki, may we be allowed a moment to discuss?"
"Please do."
Yuuki made a gesture of 'feel free' and let the three go to a corner to discuss.
Meanwhile, the Tailed Beast Ball that Yuuki had pushed back along its original path appeared in Obito's sight.
Seeing the Tailed Beast Ball flying towards him, Obito was first startled.
Are there other Tailed Beast nearby???
However, he immediately realized that this Tailed Beast Ball looked familiar, like the one that had missed its target earlier.
Obito didn't know who had thrown it back, but he began to doubt the power of the Tailed Beast Ball.
This wasn't the first time Obito had experienced a Tailed Beast Ball being redirected by someone.
At this moment, the Tailed Beast Ball's inner voice was, 'I didn't want this either! You have no idea what I've been through!'
The Tailed Beast Ball's flight speed was not slow. Obito directly controlled the Three-Tails to condense another Tailed Beast Ball.
Then, the two Tailed Beast Balls collided in mid-air, creating a violent explosion.
The shockwave caused the Three-Tails to move slightly, but it had no effect on Obito.
"Uchiha Tomoki, huh?"
This was the only person Obito could think of who could send the Tailed Beast Ball back, although Obito couldn't figure out how Yuuki had done it.
Then Obito controlled the Three-Tails to head in the direction of the Konoha camp.
"We cannot hand over the Six-Tails. Although the Six-Tails was captured with the help of the First Hokage, it has always lived in our Land of Water!"
"But what use do we have for a Jinchuriki now? With that person around, the Tailed Beast shouldn't be of much use. If that's the case, it's not impossible to give it away."
"If we give it away this time, it's gone forever! We will become the sinners of Hidden Mist!!!"
"If we don't solve the problem of Mizukage-sama, whether our Hidden Mist even exists in the future will be a question!"
"..."
After a period of discussion, Mei Terumī finally made the decisive call.
"Alright, no more discussion. Let's hand over the Six-Tails. As long as Uchiha Tomoki is alive, having the Six-Tails or not means nothing to us."
"And after Uchiha Tomoki dies, as long as no such strong individual appears again, the ownership of the Tailed Beast will still be determined by individual strength!"
"Therefore, we can agree to this."
When the three found Yuuki again, they expressed their agreement.
Yuuki nodded with great satisfaction, "Very good, then I will state the second condition."
The three were immediately taken aback. Was one Tailed Beast not enough???
When did Konoha become so greedy? Had the world changed?
"The second condition is simple: Hidden Mist must persuade the Daimyo of the Land of Water to allow the Uchiha Clan to engage in commercial activities in the Land of Water. Of course, these will be legal commercial activities."
"And then, if one day you gain control of Hidden Mist Village, I hope that the Fifth Hokage Mizukage will maintain consistent actions with the Uchiha in the future."
Yuuki was now also beginning to plan for the future. While demanding the Jinchuriki was to give Konoha an explanation, the conditions he sought for the Uchiha were Yuuki's true purpose.
To be honest, the combat power of the Tailed Beast, apart from the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tailed, was basically at the level of a bystander; Yuuki didn't think much of them.
The later conditions were partly to expand the Uchiha's influence. Yuuki was very much looking forward to seeing a scene of Shisui fans in the Land of Water.
As for Hidden Mist and Uchiha acting in unison, that was Yuuki's plan for when he became Hokage.
Once he became Hokage, it would become Konoha and Hidden Mist acting in unison. As for why not make Konoha and Hidden Mist act in unison now...
The current Hokage was still Hiruzen Sarutobi. Giving him a Tailed Beast to make him happy was enough; it was better to keep the rest for himself.
After hearing Yuuki's conditions, the three clearly breathed a sigh of relief.
These were considered normal conditions. The three didn't discuss; they simply exchanged glances for a moment and then agreed directly.
Yuuki's face was once again full of smiles as he looked at the three.
"Then, people of Hidden Mist Village, happy cooperation!"
Then the three left the camp and returned to the Hidden Mist Ninja squad.
Might Guy, who had been following along, witnessed the entire negotiation between Yuuki and the three.
After the outsiders left, Might Guy once again showed his gleaming white teeth.
"Yo! Turning enemies into friends, helping Hidden Mist, this is youth!!!"
Yuuki looked at the excited Senior Kai, feeling a bit speechless.
Why did Senior Kai not harbor hatred towards Hidden Mist, and why was he so happy about helping them?
Might Guy was, after all, a Konoha Jonin. Perhaps he was very careless about certain issues, but his intelligence was absolutely fine.
Might Guy put away his playful face and asked somewhat seriously.
"Lord Yuuki, unilaterally agreeing to Hidden Mist's conditions, Hokage-sama on that side..."
Might Guy didn't finish, but his meaning was clear.
Yuuki was very happy that Might Guy was actually concerned about him. This was the result of his hard work over many days.
As for Hiruzen Sarutobi's opinion, Yuuki didn't think it was important. This time, he was going to act first and report later!
After all, for Konoha, our Hokage-sama would ultimately choose to accept.
Yuuki smiled, saying very easily, "Senior Kai, don't worry, there won't be any problems."
Then Yuuki looked out at the clear blue sky outside the camp.
Tuzi Ge, I'm really looking forward to our first meeting!
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