Jiraiya tried to persuade him: "Peace is Yahiko's dream."

Nagato growled, "Yahiko was killed by the ninjas from your Konoha Village. You have no right to mention Yahiko's name!"

Jiraiya lowered his head and said, "I only found out about Yahiko's situation when I set out. I'm really sorry that I couldn't protect you."

"But the mistakes made by Konoha Village will never change the fact that peace is Yahiko's dream. Shouldn't the best way to make up for him be to realize his dream?"

"For Yahiko's dream, I hope you can go to the Fire Country to attend this meeting."

Nagato said impatiently: "It is enough that I promised peace. There is no need to go to your Konoha Village's territory and participate in some meaningless meeting. It is meaningless!"

"Teacher Jiraiya, your mission is complete, go back."

After saying that, Nagato disappeared on his own.

Strangely, Jiraiya did not show great disappointment, but rather inexplicable surprise and not-so-obvious confusion.

"Everything Uchiha You said actually came true. So now I just need to wait outside the Hidden Rain Village, and that's all?"

“This is incredible…”

"But I can only trust him now. If he hadn't told me about Yahiko, I'm afraid I would have completely messed things up as soon as I opened my mouth here."

Yes, just when Jiraiya was leaving Konoha Village, he was blocked by Uchiha Yu's wooden clone.

Fortunately, Uchiha You did not make things difficult for Jiraiya. Instead, he told him about Nagato, Yahiko and Konan, especially the relationship between Yahiko's death and Shimura Danzo.

Uchiha You finally warned Jiraiya: "For the sake of peace, you must first admit your mistakes when you arrive at the Hidden Rain Village, and you must not shirk the faults that belong to Konoha Village."

"Senior Jiraiya, no matter how disgusting what Shimura Danzo did is to us, no matter how much we oppose him, when he did this, he was representing Konoha Village."

"So these things were done by Konoha Village. Konoha Village is responsible for Yahiko's death."

"You have to tell Nagato that we know we are wrong, so we are working hard to correct our mistakes, all for the sake of peace."

At this point, Jiraiya was already in tears, and said in grief: "I understand, I believe Nagato will agree."

Uchiha You sighed and said, "I have to admit, Senior Jiraiya, you are an excellent ninja teacher, but not a qualified master."

"You know almost nothing about your students. Nagato will not agree to everything. He will accept a very fair contract, but he will not agree to come to the Land of Fire and participate in the Military Alliance."

"You know the role of the Military Council. If there is no powerful ninja who can influence the ninja world, the role of this meeting will be at least half lost."

Jiraiya couldn't believe what Uchiha Yu said. In his impression, Nagato should still be that shy and obedient child who had no opinions of his own and would believe whatever he said.

"Haha, Chief Uchiha is overthinking. I believe Nagato will agree."

Uchiha You sneered: "Whatever you say now, you will know when the time comes."

"Let me remind you that you must never say that Yahiko's life should not be wasted. You can only say it's for Yahiko's dream."

"Finally, don't worry if it doesn't work. Someone will convince Nagato."

"You just need to wait outside the Hidden Rain Village for a while."

"Remember, just wait. Don't do anything unnecessary and lose your last hope."

The result was just as Uchiha Yu had expected. After Jiraiya admitted his mistake and said that Konoha Village was now actively making up for the mistakes it had made in the past through actions, Nagato calmed down and agreed to accept the peace contract.

But he was very resistant to going to the Fire Nation.

Many years ago, Yahiko took him to the wasteland to rescue Konan, which resulted in Yahiko being killed by Hanzo. Nagato subconsciously resisted going to a place arranged by others.

When Nagato left Jiraiya behind, returned to his room, and sat in his chair, the familiar environment and the accustomed chair eased his emotions a little.

Then the person he was most familiar with walked in and said, "I think you should accept Jiraiya-sensei's conditions and go to the Land of Fire to take a look."

Nagato raised his head, looked at the newcomer and said, "Konan, can I trust Master Jiraiya? Will Konoha Village really not ambush us again?"

Konan smiled confidently: "Nagato, we are no longer the weaklings we were before. What kind of ambush in the ninja world can hurt the two of us?"

"You are the strongest in the ninja world, Nagato who calls himself a god!"

Nagato was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter: "You are right, I am the strongest. Now only my enemies are afraid of me, there is no reason for me to be afraid of them!"

"It's just that our Akatsuki organization has its own peace plan. There's no need for us to participate in Konoha Village's peace plan, right?"

Xiaonan asked: "Nagato, can your ultimate weapon plan be completed now?"

Nagato shook his head and said, "No, the final weapon will take a long time to prepare and cannot be implemented now."

Konan said: "In that case, why don't we follow Konoha Village's plan first?"

"If they hadn't lied to us, at least peace would have come a few years earlier. If they had lied to us, we wouldn't have lost anything."

Nagato raised his hand and scratched his brow to relieve the pressure from his swollen eyes. He used this action to concentrate his attention and think carefully.

After a long time, Nagato still hadn't made a decision, so he asked, "What do others think?"

While he was thinking about the problem, all members of Akatsuki arrived.

Kakuzu shook his head indifferently and said, "I only believe in money, not peace. I will do whatever the leader decides."

Black Zetsu smiled and said, "Angel-sama is right. When there is no way to start the final weapon, it is a good idea to follow Konoha Village's plan."

The newly joined Scorpion said, "What a boring peace. Let's do whatever you say, Chief."

Nagato shook his head. The new Akatsuki organization was different from the past. It was not composed of idealists, but focused more on strength.

The only ones who can really provide help and advice in decision-making are Konan and Black Zetsu.

He couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and it was difficult to decide whether to go to the Fire Nation.

[If only Yahiko were still here, he would definitely make the right decision without hesitation. ]

[If Yahiko were faced with today's situation, what decision would he make? ]

[Haha, is there any need to think about this? He will definitely be very happy to decide to go to the Fire Country to see if he can increase the possibility of peace. ]

At this time, Xiaonan persuaded again: "Nagato, I will go to the Land of Fire with you."

"If the Leaf Village dares to lie to us, we will kill them all!"

Nagato's resistance to Konoha Village was ultimately due to the psychological trauma caused by Yahiko's death. When he thought about what Yahiko would do, his resistance began to waver.

Konan's repeated persuasion completely cleared away Nagato's hesitation and made him make a decision.

A few minutes later, at the gate of the Hidden Rain Village, Nagato, Konan and Jiraiya met.

Jiraiya was naturally ecstatic, with an expression that said "I was right about you" all over his face, and he wanted to hug Nagato and cry.

Nagato coughed lightly and explained, "For Yahiko's dream, I decided to go to the Land of Fire with Konan to see what the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village is doing this time."

"If he can really bring peace, I can accept it, but if not, I will not be polite."

…

Xiaonan's words of persuasion were indeed what she thought in her heart, but the fact that she could say this at this time was arranged by someone with ulterior motives.

Uchiha You expressed his intentions very directly in the Divine Court.

He believed that with his and Konoha Village's efforts, the mainstream of the ninja world was no longer war but peace.

He hoped that the Hidden Rain Village would accept peace and that Nagato would not be the last leader who could start a war.

"The Military Federation that Konoha Village is about to establish will be the most important authority in the ninja world. It will at least be able to dominate wars and peace in the next ten years."

"Nagato is a powerful ninja who is capable of waging war on his own. The Military Federation needs his membership, and he can also achieve peace in the ninja world through the Military Federation."

Uchiha You patiently explained to Xiaonan that the principle of the Military Federation is to recognize violence, make clear the position through open dialogue, and thus effectively restrain violence.

Making Xiaonan understand why publicly expressing one's stance and purpose can effectively restrain violence and reduce war almost drained Uchiha Yu's brain.

This stubborn girl's brain is not flexible at all.

Fortunately, Nagato is still alive, and she is still a person who can be persuaded, and she has not become unyielding in the end.

In the end, Uchiha You achieved his goal, and Konan agreed to emphasize Yahiko's dream when she was alone with Nagato after Jiraiya arrived.

Xiaonan couldn't help but wonder: "I just need to say this? Doesn't teacher Jiraiya know how to say it?"

Uchiha You said affirmatively: "Just mention Yahiko's dream, Jiraiya will definitely tell you, but what he says is useless, and may even make Nagato explode."

"After all, one of the root causes of Yahiko's death was Danzo Shimura of Konoha Village."

"Me, Jiraiya, the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru, and even Tsunade who was not involved at all, are all born as Konoha ninjas. We have no right to say anything about Yahiko's death."

"In the entire ninja world, you are the only one who can talk about Yahiko's dream without arousing Nagato's reflexive hatred, but remind him that Yahiko's dream is peace."

Uchiha You said seriously: "The peace for the next ten years is up to you."

Xiaonan looked at Uchiha You and suddenly said, "If I can't convince Nagato, are you going to take action against Nagato and the Hidden Rain Village?"

Uchiha You was stunned. He didn't expect that Xiaonan's intuition was so sharp, so he said without hiding anything: "Yes, I attach great importance to achieving peace as soon as possible. I hope that the ninja world can calm down as soon as possible."

"Nagato is a very powerful ninja, and his Samsara Eye is also a very powerful bloodline limit, but because of this, he also has the ability to destroy peace alone."

That’s all Uchiha You has to say, there’s no need to say anything else.

In short, with the inclusion of the last powerful ninja, the joint meeting of military leaders concentrated all the military forces in the ninja world.

This conference included the five major ninja villages, as well as small and medium-sized ninja villages such as the Hidden Rain Village, the Hidden Frost Village, the Hidden Star Village, the Hidden River Village, the Hidden Grass Village, the Hidden Taki Village, and the Hidden Stone Village.

It also includes non-ninja village armed forces such as the samurai of the Iron Kingdom, the snow ninjas of the Snow Kingdom, and the priests of the Demon Kingdom.

Only the rebel ninjas, wandering ninjas, and wandering samurai from various ninja villages would not accept it, and not long after the meeting began, it was announced that these unrestrained and chaotic forces would be wiped out.

According to Uchiha Yu's suggestion to Orochimaru, the Joint Conference of Military Leaders has the power to declare war on a country. Once the vote to declare war is passed, all countries must send forces to participate in the war and try to end the war quickly with an overwhelming advantage.

At the same time, permanent directors were established, consisting of the five major ninja villages, and each of the five major ninja villages had a veto power.

In addition to the five directors, there are three observers, namely the Hidden Rain Village, the Land of Iron, and the Hidden Taki Village.

The Iron Country has a large number of samurai, and is one of the strongest armed forces after the five major ninja villages.

The Takigakure Village has a tailed beast, and has been inheriting the Jinchūriki for a long time.

The Hidden Rain Village is not only an observer, but Nagato was also granted the "special veto power", which gives him the same privileges as the five major ninja villages.

When the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru made this point, many people were shocked.

This is the Military Alliance’s principle of recognizing violence.

All the participants discovered that as the designer and convener of the meeting, Konoha Village did not leave any privileges for itself, but instead shared power with the five major ninja villages and three major observers.

As the victor of the Third Ninja World War, this kind of restraint is simply inconceivable, but it also makes people feel the sincerity of the Fourth Hokage.

Orochimaru gained huge reputation and credibility because of this. Although everyone found it incredible, they all agreed that Orochimaru was indeed selfless.

In the detailed negotiations that followed, no one stood up to express strong opposition as long as it did not directly involve their own interests.

They all believed that Konoha Village had no ill intentions and there was no need to suspect that there was any sinister purpose behind their proposal.

The agenda of the Military Alliance went very smoothly, and all the establishment work was completed in just two months.

And the effect is very obvious.

Just three months after the establishment of the Military Federation, the ninja world had completely calmed down.

Especially in the Land of Fire, not to mention the rebellious ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village, even the bandits who robbed the roads have been cleared out, reaching the level of safety seen in the legendary period of the first Hokage.

This situation was ridiculed by the Fire Nation nobles.

"The Fourth Hokage is really from a commoner background. He doesn't even know how to be restrained and moderate. He cleared out all the bandits. What will the Konoha Village eat?"

"My guards only fought against a few ignorant businessmen, and only killed five, six, seven or eight of them, and then the Konoha ninjas rushed out and killed all my guards!"

"This is outrageous! This is a samurai raised by a noble!"

"I've encountered this too. Even though there were no survivors to issue the mission, the Konoha ninjas came out to kill people. It's really abominable."

"I didn't mean to kill anyone. I just sent people to make those untouchables pay taxes, but they, the Konoha ninjas, killed all my people. It's really unreasonable."

"The Konoha ninjas also said that it was wrong for us to collect taxes in advance. Bah, isn't it because their Konoha Village needs money for the war that we collect taxes in advance? We have no choice."

"That's right, that's right. Every time there's a war, we only collect taxes a few years in advance. It's been three wars, and we've only collected taxes for 75 years from Konoha. How is that excessive?"

"That's right. Orochimaru actually asked us to pay him all the taxes we have not paid for many years. How can this be justified?"

"Orochimaru probably thinks he is the first or second Hokage, so he dares to do such a ruthless thing!"

"We must teach him a lesson and let him know how powerful the nobles are!"

"Right! Teach him a lesson!"

Who would have thought that at this moment, a blind little noble actually asked:

"But...how are we going to teach the Hokage a lesson?"

"My samurai and ninja all said they would never go against the ninja of Konoha."

“…”

[Whose idiot is this? How can you ask such a practical question? ]

[Don't we know that we can't fight the Hokage head-on? ]

In the awkward situation, an old noble with white hair laughed loudly: "We and Konoha Village are one family. How can we fight and kill each other as a family? We must be reasonable."

The other nobles immediately echoed:

"Yes, yes, yes, let's be reasonable, we must be reasonable!"

"You're absolutely right, we are reasonable!"

"In the final analysis, Konoha Village spends too much money, and we have no choice but to collect more taxes, so the fact that we have collected more taxes has nothing to do with us!"

If it was the Third Hokage who yearned for aristocratic life, the story would basically end here.

After all, the Third Hokage aspired to be a noble, and was unwilling to fall out with the nobles. As long as the nobles had a reason to make things difficult, he would express his understanding.

But the Fourth Hokage was different. He was born into the lowest commoner class.

He has no yearning for the nobility, and his impression of the nobility is rubbish, not even as good as the Second Hokage.

The worst thing is that Orochimaru, the Hokage, will settle the score!

He easily figured out that the taxes collected by the nobles were 70 times more than the money paid to Konoha Village.

It's just 70 times, but he dared to suspect that the nobles were corrupt. This is totally unreasonable.

Don’t tax collectors evade taxes? Don’t lower-level officials evade taxes?

How can all the blame be put on the nobles?

This makes no sense!

Unfortunately, the Fourth Hokage came to the Fire Capital and handed the evidence to the Fire Daimyo, successfully arousing the Daimyo's anger.

[This is totally unreasonable. You bastards have quietly taken away ten times more money than a great name like me. Ten times more!]

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether Daimyo is angry or not. He is just a chapter used to cover up the shame in the end.

When the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru arrived at the Fire City, the ninjas of Konoha Village, under his orders, had already launched the most thorough investigation of the various nobles and the businesses controlled by them.

When he used evidence to infuriate the Fire Kingdom's Daimyo, the nobles had already been purged and their properties confiscated. When he left the Daimyo's mansion, there were no nobles left in the Fire Kingdom.