Chapter 277

Even if the conditions offered by the Cloud Village were generous enough, Bee still didn't think the Fourth Mizukage before him would easily accept Bee's conditions.

The reason was also very simple; it was a chaotic world, and everywhere except the Land of Water had become a mess.

The so-called pulling one hair affects the whole body; if Bee were in the position of the Fourth Mizukage, he wouldn't easily get involved in the chaos of the ninja world.

Once the Fourth Mizukage agreed to intervene in the war between the Rock and the Cloud, he would likely be implicated by the situation and drift with the tide into the chaos of the entire ninja world.

By then, this intervention war would likely become the fuse for a series of subsequent major wars.

So Bee was prepared for Mizunuki Ryosuke to bargain.

Although what Bee reported just now was the bottom-line price of the Cloud Village, the current situation made Bee already prepared to "break the bottom line."

In fact, if Mizunuki Ryosuke bargained, Bee would instead feel fortunate.

Because this meant that things were still negotiable.

There is a saying that things that can be solved with money are not things.

What Bee feared most was Mizunuki Ryosuke directly refusing; because once that happened, it meant it wasn't a problem of "price."

The whole thing would suddenly become "things that cannot be solved with money."

As Bee's voice fell, the atmosphere in the air immediately became a bit tense.

Even Samui and Toroi beside Bee didn't dare to breathe.

Because they also knew that perhaps the moment that decided the fate of the village was right now.

Bee's eyes stared at Ryosuke's face without blinking, trying to see his attitude toward this matter from the other party's face.

But Bee was destined to be disappointed; even if he looked with longing eyes, he couldn't see even a trace of emotion from this young face.

After about three seconds, Mizunuki Ryosuke suddenly smiled gently.

"Okay, I agree."

Just six words, but they made Bee's expression go from tension to surprise, and then from surprise to sudden realization.

"You, what did you just say?"

"Can you say it again? I didn't hear it clearly."

Bee was suddenly startled and asked subconsciously.

Because Bee felt that it must have been his ears that deceived him.

He recalled the difficulty of seeking to see Mizunuki Ryosuke earlier; Bee concluded that he must have heard wrong; Mizunuki Ryosuke, as the Fourth Mizukage, could not have agreed to his request so lightly.

Bee's reaction was obviously also in Ryosuke's expectation, so he didn't get angry, but said it again seriously.

"The request of the Cloud Village, I represent the Mist and agree."

Seeing the surprise on Bee's face, Mizunuki Ryosuke's expression also became solemn, and the aura belonging to a shadow of a country erupted.

Everything indicated that he was not joking.

After learning the result, Bee's first reaction was not to thank Mizunuki Ryosuke, but to turn his eyes and look at Samui beside him with a complex look.

Compared to the smooth sailing right now, Bee couldn't help but compare it to the "various difficulties" of the Mist before.

What exactly made the Mist's attitude take a 180-degree turn?

The look Bee gave Samui already had a hint of depth.

Everything, obviously, didn't need to be explained too much.

"Although Samui looks destined to only 'be the mistress,' she seems to have some status in the heart of the Fourth Mizukage."

"Otherwise, things shouldn't have gone so smoothly."

"It seems that being fond of beauty and having soft ears are the 'weaknesses' of this Fourth Mizukage before me; it seems I need to take note..."

Mizunuki Ryosuke obviously didn't know yet that he had already been labeled as "lecherous" and "henpecked."

Bee said secretly in his heart, and his eyes gradually returned to calm from the initial shock.

This was, of course, because he had "found the answer" from Samui.

And Mizunuki Ryosuke on the side saw Bee recover from the shock so quickly, and just secretly sighed: "As expected of the future Fourth Raikage, his mental quality is indeed extraordinary."

"Sure enough..."

And on the other side, the silent ninja Toroi sighed secretly in his heart, looking back and forth at Samui and Mizunuki Ryosuke with eyes that said "I have already seen through everything."

"Thank you, Lord Mizukage!"

"The Cloud Village will never forget the kindness of the Mist!"

Saying is saying, and making trouble is making trouble.

Although Bee thought that their group had achieved their goal by relying on "nepotism," on the surface, for the sake of the face of the two major countries, the Cloud Village still needed to make the appearance it should have.

From this moment on, in Bee's heart...

The "relationship" between Mizunuki Ryosuke and Samui naturally belonged to the kind of underground relationship that "both sides tacitly approve" but "will not expose."

Because if it spread out that the great Cloud Village actually relied on a woman to win the support of the Mist, this would undoubtedly be extremely ugly.

And from then on, unless necessary, Bee naturally wouldn't proactively mention this "hidden" relationship.

"No need for this; the Cloud and the Mist are allies."

"When an ally is in trouble, the Mist will definitely lend a helping hand."

Mizunuki Ryosuke said easily; the matter had been achieved, and as an official figure, he naturally had to say some decent words.

Hearing Mizunuki Ryosuke's "high-sounding" words, the corner of Bee's eye twitched slightly.

After the "joke" just now, Bee had once again witnessed the "helping hand" of this Fourth Mizukage.

But what Bee didn't notice was that a trace of sharp light flashed in Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes.

Taking action against the Rock was something Mizunuki Ryosuke had planned in his heart early on.

And from the moment Bee stepped into the Mist, he had been suffering from Mizunuki Ryosuke's calculations.

To lead the Mist toward the position of the hegemon of the ninja world, relying solely on economic trade and vertical and horizontal alliances was useless.

These could only lay the foundation for the Mist as the hegemon of the ninja world; what the Mist truly had to rely on was still strength.

Just look at the Leaf to know that the status of the hegemon of the ninja world is all "fought out" in reality.

As the first battle for the rise of the Mist, which had been weak for many years, Mizunuki Ryosuke naturally chose the Rock.

First of all, the Rock is the Mist's mortal enemy for many years, and there is a deep-seated hatred between the two villages.

Mizunuki Ryosuke launching a war against the Rock would condense the hearts of the Mist to the greatest extent, and the enthusiasm for war in the Mist would reach an unprecedented high.

Secondly, dealing with the Rock almost had no worries for the Mist.

Mizunuki Ryosuke didn't have to worry at all that after this battle, the Rock would make a comeback.

The reason was also very simple; the Mist and the Rock are located at the ends of the ninja world; between the Land of Water and the Land of Earth, not only is there a major country like the Land of Fire, but there are also seven or eight large and small small countries and a vast ocean.

In the future, it would be basically impossible for the Rock to launch a large-scale revenge.

To talk about the origin of the hatred between the two countries, it was actually a farce.

After the end of the First Ninja World War, the two countries that had launched a war against the Land of Fire together actually fought fiercely on the territory of the Land of Fire because of uneven distribution of spoils, finally leading to the fall of both sides' Second Shadows.

And such a scene, wanting to replicate it, was undoubtedly extremely difficult.

If the two countries wanted to confront each other head-on on the territory of the Land of Fire again, do you really think the Leaf's ninjas don't exist?

Now is different from then; at that time, the four major countries jointly launched a war against the Land of Fire, and the Leaf at that time, in order to deal with the Cloud and the Sand, let the Mist and the Rock fight among themselves.

Now the situation in the ninja world has long been different from the past; the Leaf would never sit by and watch the Mist and the Rock break out into conflict on the land of the Land of Fire...