Volume 1 Chapter 435 The sky is falling but there is a tall man to hold it up
The storm was calmed, even if it was only temporary, but for the Third Hokage, it was enough.
Some things cannot be settled with just a few words, such as the burial of fallen ninjas and the payment of pensions, which is a huge project.
It will take a huge expenditure to fill these two big holes.
Even if the villagers' attention is diverted, the outbreak will still occur after a certain period of time.
The Third Hokage didn't care about all this because he had already selected the candidate for the Fourth Hokage.
He will abdicate and give his position to Tsunade as soon as the war is over and Konoha enters a period of stable development.
When the news reached the front battlefield, many people were dumbfounded.
Compared to the villagers who are easy to fool and control, the ninjas on the battlefield are not that stupid.
The reasons that can be used to convince the villagers cannot convince them.
"The old man really dares to play."
Jiraiya touched his nose with a wry smile, his eyes filled with helplessness and anger.
What kind of bullshit reinforcements are there? Konoha doesn't need them at all. As long as the war with the Sand Village is over, Konoha, which is fighting on a single front, is not afraid of wasting time with the Mist Village. On the contrary, it is the Mist Village that will not be able to outlast the war.
We should demand war reparations instead of asking for allies and reinforcements, which are totally unreliable.
What is even more speechless is that all the supplies consumed by the reinforcements have to be provided by Konoha.
Oh my god!
The old man fell into the illusion of old lady Chiyo?
Otherwise, why would he agree to such an outrageous condition?
Compared to Jiraiya, Orochimaru is calmer:
"The old man wants to end the war as soon as possible. Konoha needs enough time to recover and heal the pain and weakness caused by the war. However, these conditions are indeed a bit excessive."
This was the decision of the Third Hokage, and Orochimaru couldn't say anything.
What he cared about was how to arrange the reinforcements when they arrived.
The old woman Chiyo is not an easy person to get along with.
When reinforcements arrive, how to accommodate them remains a problem.
Letting them fight to the death with the Mist Village would make people think that Konoha did it on purpose.
Orochimaru deliberately sent the ninjas of the Sand Village to their deaths.
Placing them in a camp or a safer area would be redundant.
The people of the Sand Village are happy, but Orochimaru is not.
What if the people from the Sand Village take the opportunity to spy on us? Why would we need reinforcements if we have placed them in a safe area? Can't Konoha even dispatch a thousand reinforcements?
It's just nonsense.
“How do you house these people?”
Jiraiya actually had a gloating smile on his face.
He had no way to change the decision of the Third Hokage. So why worry so much? Let it be whatever it wants. If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up.
So, with this mentality, Jiraiya began to watch the show.
It is not easy to place these reinforcements.
If you are not careful, it will cause conflict between the two villages. If you don't use him/her, Konoha will suffer a huge loss.
It just doesn't taste right anyway.
"I will apply to go back to the village to rest, and you will handle the matters on the battlefield!"
Orochimaru gave Jiraiya a sidelong glance.
"roll."
When Jiraiya heard this, he immediately became unhappy:
"You were the one who fought tooth and nail to grab a position with your seniors and came to fight this war. Now you want to abandon your burden and run away, leaving me to carry it? No way."
"I am warning you."
Pointing at Orochimaru, Jiraiya shouted:
"If you dare to leave, I will run away and go to various countries to collect intelligence and materials."
"idiot!"
Orochimaru chose to ignore Jiraiya.
"Forget it. It's your business how to arrange it. I'm too lazy to care."
Since Orochimaru didn't want to say, Jiraiya was too lazy to ask more questions, for fear of pushing him too far. If he really managed to get Orochimaru away, he would be in big trouble.
After leaving the headquarters and returning to the rest tent, Jiraiya sat cross-legged on the ground, resting his chin with one hand, gently rubbing his stubble-covered chin with his index finger and thumb, muttering to himself:
"Old man, you made a stupid move. Even if you calm the anger of the villagers, it will only be temporary. This is not a long-term solution."
If the anger of the villagers is appeased, will there be no more births?
As the war continues, some people with ideas and opinions put forward different views, and the mentality of those who are convinced by the Third Hokage will still change.
Those whose family members have been sacrificed and whose lives have become difficult because of the war don't think this way.
They will blame it all on the Third Hokage.
In the original work, it was precisely because of these factors that the Third Hokage decisively abdicated, although it was only a nominal abdication.
It’s a pity that Tsunade is not Minato. If Minato becomes the Hokage with an empty title, he will only become a figurehead, but Tsunade will not.
She can take all the power of Hokage into her own hands.
After abdicating the throne, you still want to be the emperor emeritus and give orders?
This kind of thing would never happen to Tsunade.
Tsunade would not allow such a thing to happen.
After the Third Hokage abdicated, he could participate in village affairs as the former Hokage, but he could not jump out and interfere in everything.
"teacher."
A golden light flashed, and Minato appeared in the tent. Even though Jiraiya had long been accustomed to Minato's elusiveness, he still couldn't help rolling his eyes and complained:
"I say Minato, can't you just walk in?"
How scary it is that he suddenly appeared like this.
“Because it’s faster this way.”
Minato blinked, looking innocent, as if he had done nothing wrong?
The teacher seemed to be in a bad mood.
"Teacher, what happened?"
"See for yourself."
Jiraiya took out the scroll with his records and threw it to Minato. He didn't know how to evaluate the Third Hokage's amazing move.
Minato opened the scroll and began to read it, and soon his delicate eyebrows were tightly furrowed.
"Teacher, why is it that we in Konoha are the victors, but the terms of the negotiation give me the feeling that we are the losers?
Such conditions should not be agreed to. War reparations are compensation that the losing party should pay.
The war was initiated by the Sand Village, so we can't blame Konoha for being greedy."
"The Sand Village voluntarily gave up the war. The core of the peace talks is Luo Sha. Luo Sha can be handed over to them unconditionally, but the war reparations should not be erased, and there are also reinforcements..."
Minato became more and more speechless. The reinforcements from the Sand Village have arrived, what should he do with them?
The Mist Village is fighting Konoha with all their might like crazy. As long as they go to the battlefield, the Sand Village's reinforcements will surely suffer heavy losses, and then people will think that Konoha deliberately sent the reinforcements to their deaths.
Since they are reinforcements, they must go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. We can't just keep them in the camp or protect the rear, right?
What's the purpose of such reinforcements? Konoha is not so difficult that it can't even spare thousands of ninjas.
Good job!!
Minato exclaimed, "Wow, Konoha still has to bear all the expenses of the reinforcements. These are not reinforcements at all, they are a bunch of big guys."
Minato said that he couldn't understand the Third Hokage's actions.
“Ahahaha…”
Jiraiya smiled and scratched his head, and as he smiled, his smile turned bitter:
"So I don't understand the old man's thoughts. Maybe he is eager to end the war. Alas."
"Forget it, let's not talk about these unhappy things. Have you submitted your task?"
"It has been submitted. I can return to Konoha tomorrow after I pack up my things."
As he grew older and his strength steadily increased, it was easy for Minato to return to Konoha, even if he had to take Nawaki with him.
If the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up. Minato didn't quite agree with the things that the Third Hokage had done, but he didn't worry too much about it.
Because this is not something he should worry about.
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