Naruto: Yes, Uchiha-sama.

Chapter 88 What a coincidence, Lord Madara thinks the same as you!
Hidden Cloud Village...
The First Raikage sat at the head of the table.

He was surrounded by a group of big, dark-skinned guys with piles of "dead muscles" on their bodies. Each of them had an exaggerated physique, which represented terrifying power. In comparison, the First Raikage's physique looked very thin.

But no one dared to speak first.

Because the First Raikage was silent at this time, and his temperament was gloomy, like a low-pressure center. The big guys looked at the gloomy First Raikage and subconsciously held their breath, revealing expressions of fear and respect.

The Hidden Cloud Village is not like Konoha. The people here are tough and like to fight. In order to compete for the throne of the first Raikage, all the people present have been beaten up by the first Raikage sitting in the first seat.

The atmosphere in the conference room was extremely depressing.

"asshole!"

"Do you really think that my Hidden Cloud Village is made of mud?"

The First Raikage was extremely angry, his whole body was flashing with flickering lightning. Along with his anger, his momentum began to rise steadily, and his body, which originally looked shriveled and thin among the group of strong men, suddenly grew larger.

Bang!

There was a sound of clothes tearing.

"Appeared"

"Too strong!!"

Even though they had seen the first Raikage's posture like this more than once, there was still a terrifying look in the eyes of the strong and big guys.

Traditional Kumogakure ninjas constantly hone their bodies and exercise their muscles. Their muscle mass increases dramatically every day, and their stature and strength also continue to grow.

The first Raikage has been practicing the unique secret techniques of the Night Moon Clan. He also exercises and hones his body constantly, but his body shape has not changed significantly. All his strength and muscles are constantly compressed and tightly confined within a range. Only when fighting does he show his original posture.

This secret technique is extremely difficult, and so far only two people have successfully practiced it. One is the founder of this secret technique of the Yeyue clan, and the other is the first generation Raikage.

The purity of the rest is too low and they simply cannot meet the requirements for cultivation.

At this moment, the first generation Raikage is nearly two meters and five inches tall, like a little giant, and the muscles all over his body are sculpted by him like the wonders of nature.

What's even more exaggerated is.

If someone were to look behind the Shodaime Raikage right now, they would see two deep muscle ravines forming the rudiments of the eye sockets—the infraspinatus and teres major muscles tangled and squeezed, fused into two curved cliffs beneath the shoulder blades. The teres minor muscle, nestled in the center, bulged like a bloodshot eyeball, its muscle fibers twisted into spiral iris patterns, pulsing a bloodthirsty dark red with each breath.

This is the hideous face of the evil ghost crawling out of the abyss, manifested in the human world, like a bronze ghost mask sewn into the flesh alive!
"Ghost back!!"

The strong men around all called him that.

"Ah, Konoha, Akatsuki Village"

"One plays the good cop, the other plays the bad cop, they're all birds of a feather!"

The First Raikage's eyes glowed red as he tore the two statements in his hands into pieces.

The compensation terms offered by Akatsuki Village were completely surrender terms. Not only did they want Kumogakure Village to pay more than 100 million taels in compensation, they also wanted Kumogakure Village to proactively send the ninjas of the village to Akatsuki Village for trial and execution. Even he himself needed to go to Akatsuki Village to confess and admit his mistakes.

How is this possible!
He couldn't agree to any of these three conditions!
And Konoha just said nice things: "Correct your attitude, maintain restraint, do not escalate the situation, and propose reasonable negotiation terms."

Konoha Village and Akatsuki Village are allies, and they are allies with a special relationship. Uchiha Makoto is a member of the Uchiha clan, the founding family of Konoha!

How could Konoha not know in advance about the compensation terms proposed by Akatsuki Village?
They are birds of a feather!!

The First Raikage had already seen it all.

Akatsuki Village and Konoha are now playing the good cop and the bad cop respectively, and have no intention of handling this matter properly. They just want to take this opportunity to blackmail Kumo Village!
"Lord Raikage, what should we do now?" said the fair-skinned Jinjiao.

"How to do?"

"Just issue a statement. The Hidden Cloud Village will never accept such unreasonable conditions! Moreover, two Chunins died in the Hidden Cloud Village. Don't Konoha and Akatsuki Village need compensation?"

"Make me a copy exactly as it was in the Akatsuki Village format, and have his so-called light and shadow come to the Hidden Cloud Village to repent and pay compensation!"

"Remember not to bring Konoha with you."

The First Raikage had a really bad temper.

But he didn't lose his mind.

It is okay to attack the Akatsuki Village, but Konoha should not be involved unless absolutely necessary.

The Hidden Cloud Village is not yet strong enough to defeat Konoha and Akatsuki Village alone. If Konoha wants to pretend to be the good guy, then let him pretend to be the good guy.

The Hidden Cloud Village concentrates its firepower against the Akatsuki Village!

Compared to Konoha, Akatsuki Village is easier to control. Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama of Konoha are both well-known strong men in the ninja world. Although Uchiha Makoto's strength is well-known in Akatsuki Village, he is still unknown in the ninja world, a stray dog ​​on the roadside, with no outstanding achievements.

Of course, you should choose the softest persimmons.

Although this behavior made the First Raikage somewhat disgusted, he certainly wanted to take Konoha with him, but because of his lack of strength, he could only avoid the limelight for the time being.

For the Hidden Cloud Village.

This is a necessary sacrifice for me as the Raikage.

"What if Konoha and Akatsuki Village investigate?" Ginkaku, who had darker skin, also asked.

"This is their blackmail. As long as we take equal countermeasures, the Akatsuki Village will definitely retreat!"

"Hmph, are they going to start a war against the Hidden Cloud Village just because of a few Chunins? At worst, we'll fight them to the death. We'll fight them with our own strength and block their attacks with our own earth!"

The First Raikage didn't care about the pursuit of Konoha and Akatsuki Village at all.

This is bluffing!

Konoha just wants to use Akatsuki Village as a pawn to exert extreme pressure and blackmail in the front. If Kumogakure Village is weak, Konoha and Akatsuki Village will become more and more aggressive, while Kumogakure Village will be firm and take equal countermeasures.

Akatsuki will be at a loss. This matter is a common conflict like those in the Warring States period, and it won't escalate to war because the losses outweigh the gains. Konoha, as the mastermind behind it all, will also back down and order Akatsuki to change their tune, only then will there be a chance to resolve this matter properly.

"Lord Raikage is wise!!"
The First Raikage broke down the essence of the whole thing and told it to the strong and big guys present. They listened with fascination and looked as if they had suddenly understood.

As expected of Lord Raikage!
Not only are his muscles better trained than theirs, he also possesses extraordinary political skills.

The future of Yunyin Village is promising!

Akatsuki Village.

"Why do you all think I'm bluffing? You don't really think the Akatsuki Village doesn't dare to start a war, do you?"

Uchiha Makoto looked at the statement from the Hidden Cloud Village and grinned. He had already begun to confirm the final war supplies.

The ninjas who had endured the high-intensity ninja battles of the Warring States Period had considerable experience in this matter. Each of them basically had a fixed set of templates that could be used as a ninja village combat plan after some rough modifications.

But on this basis.

Uchiha Makoto added a lot of things into it. The money of the ninja clan was hard-earned, and adhering to the spirit of saving as much as possible, most of them advocate simplicity, avoid unnecessary expenses whenever possible, and spend money wisely.

But Uchiha Makoto didn't care about that.

Add money!

Fill it up!
The wartime supply chain system that he had spent so much money on was not built in vain. Everything that the ninja could use was fully prepared.

This is how funds should be spent.

Especially at such a critical moment.

This is the first war that Uchiha Makoto has forcibly launched against all odds. He must win big. This is a battle to establish his prestige!
If they lost the battle, or if the ninja clan suffered too much loss, even if Uchiha Madara was there to support him, Uchiha Makoto would most likely have to abdicate and apologize.

After giving all the orders that needed to be done today, Uchiha Makoto looked at the time.

Two visitors are about to arrive today.

Shinji Uzumaki and Setsuna Uchiha, one is the patriarch of the Uzumaki clan and the other is the messenger of Konoha. I don’t know whether they had discussed it in advance or it was just a coincidence, but they both agreed to meet with me this afternoon.

The two arrived at the Light and Shadow Building almost one after the other, with no more than ten minutes in between, so Uchiha Makoto simply entertained them together.

"You two have come from far away, I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person!"

"Cheng, long time no see" X2
Although Uchiha Makoto had guessed their purpose, he knew that both of them were lobbyists trying to persuade him, which was contrary to his own purpose.

However, Uchiha Makoto greeted the two of them warmly.

After all, Uchiha Setsuna is a member of his own clan, and Uchiha Makoto had killed members of the Senju clan with him in the same trench before, so they could be considered comrades-in-arms who had killed people together. According to the plot line, Uchiha Setsuna will also launch a just trial against Senju Tobirama and restore order to Konoha.

There will be many opportunities for them to cooperate in the future!

And Shinji Uzumaki.

Needless to say, the relationship between them is worth 38.6 billion taels.

Uchiha Makoto poured each of them a cup of hot tea. This time there was no unnecessary greetings and they both chose to get straight to the point.

"Makoto, regarding the compensation terms that your Akatsuki Village has proposed to the Hidden Cloud Village, the Hokage believes that they are too harsh. For the sake of the situation in the ninja world and for the sake of peace, the Hokage hopes that you will make concessions and resolve this matter as peacefully as possible."

"Yes, Makoto, you are being too reckless in this matter. Regarding the compensation clauses, I've seen the strength of the Hidden Cloud Village. I've also heard that it's a large ninja village that dominates the entire Land of Lightning. There's no benefit in making enemies with them."

Uchiha Setsuna spoke out his purpose, and Uzumaki Shinji supported him.

"I know exactly what you said, but I did it on purpose. This war, if we don't fight it today, will happen in the future. Since it will happen sooner or later, we might as well fight it sooner rather than later. Besides, our Akatsuki, Konoha, and Uzushinobi are allies. Now it's three ninja villages against one, and the advantage is on my side!"

Uchiha Makoto spoke his mind and expressed his views on the future of the ninja world. Sooner or later, conflicts would arise among the ninja villages due to friction in missions, which would lead to war. It would be better to take advantage of our strong strength to eliminate and weaken the ninja villages that dared to offend as much as possible.

Uchiha Setsuna was silent.

He also participated in the emergency meeting that day. Uchiha Makoto's views were exactly the same as Madara-sama's, except that Madara-sama's approach was more extreme. He directly planned to destroy other ninja villages in the ninja world and eventually unify the ninja world!
Shinji Uzumaki had a pensive expression. He had to admit that Uchiha Makoto was right, but the cost of launching a war was too high. Even if the Uzumaki clan was greatly helped by the Akatsuki Village, they would have to think twice. After all, war is not just about burning money, it also requires the deployment of ninjas to fight.

If Akatsuki Village wants to start a war, and Konoha can keep up, then the Uzumaki clan will definitely follow suit, but Konoha's attitude is
"Although Senju Tobirama has issued a gag order, you are not an outsider... er."

Uchiha Setsuna subconsciously glanced at Uzumaki Shinji standing beside him. After the meeting that day, Senju Tobirama not only issued an order to cover their mouths, but also instructed the ninja representatives attending the meeting not to disclose the content of the meeting, especially Uchiha Madara's "big words." However, Uchiha Makoto is a member of the Uchiha clan, so it's okay to say it.

Uchiha Makoto noticed this and added, "Uzumaki Shinji is not an outsider either, just say whatever you want."

"Then I'll be honest. Madara-sama and you have the same opinion, but Hokage-sama disagrees. The two of them even had a big argument at the meeting. After all, the Uchiha clan still doesn't have as much say as the Senju clan in Konoha. So if you insist on going to war with the Hidden Cloud Village, Konoha probably won't send troops. If you, the Akatsuki Shinobi Village, fight the Hidden Cloud Village alone, not only will the outcome be uncertain, but you will also suffer heavy losses!"

Uchiha Setsuna spoke the truth. The Senju clan has always had the final say in Konoha. Although the Uchiha clan is also the founding family of Konoha, it does not have the final decision-making power.

Hashirama Senju had already made his attitude clear that day. Konoha would never start a war because of this matter. At most, they would help Uchiha Makoto when Akatsuki Village could no longer hold on, but the final outcome of Akatsuki Village would definitely not be satisfactory.

Uchiha Makoto just smiled, he had already expected this result, then he looked at Uzumaki Shinji, who was feeling quite uncomfortable now.

If the Konoha boss doesn't follow, then what will happen if the Uzumaki clan follows.
But luckily.

Uchiha Makoto withdrew his gaze after a few seconds. He did not let Uzumaki Shinji make a decision immediately.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on. Akatsuki Village will definitely win!"

"Cheng, are you really not considering it anymore?"

"This involves the future of your Akatsuki Village!"

Uchiha Setsuna and Uzumaki Shinji were still trying to persuade him, not wanting Uchiha Makoto to do anything stupid out of anger.

"It seems that you have some misunderstandings about the strength of Akatsuki Village."

"Do you know what money power is?"

(End of this chapter)