Naruto: People are in Konoha, the system arrived 20 years earlier Chapter 169

“How is this possible?” Onoki’s heart refused to believe this outcome.

Ten thousand ninjas, even if they were ten thousand pigs, they would have dragged the Third Raikage to his death by now. How could they all be wiped out?

Onoki fell silent.

At this moment, Huang Tu stood up, his voice urgent, “It seems we need to quickly sign a truce agreement with Konoha.”

Everyone else also reacted, and the 岩忍 (Stone Ninjas) who had previously held hawkish views also changed their minds.

“That’s right, if this news reaches Konoha, they might not agree to our truce agreement at all.”

They had originally thought that they still had their basic forces, and at worst, they could drag on with Konoha until their comrades on the front lines returned, and then launch a counterattack.

Now, forget about it. It’s all gone.

After a while, everyone looked at Onoki, waiting for his final decision.

Feeling everyone’s gaze, Onoki slowly shook his head, then sighed.

“It seems it’s too late to sign the agreement tomorrow. Get ready, we’ll depart in a bit.”

After speaking, Onoki slowly walked out of the meeting room, each step heavy, unable to see the future of Iwagakure.

Ten thousand Iwa ninjas, this pained him more than losing one hundred million Ryo.

After all, population was an irreplaceable resource; once gone, it was gone.

After Onoki finished his instructions, Huang Tu rushed to draft the agreement with his assistant and to inventory the village’s operating funds.

However, what they didn’t expect was that Konoha already knew about their defeat on the front lines.

All of this was thanks to the long-range communication technology that Hayato and his team had developed.

Two hours passed quickly. Huang Tu and his assistant arrived at the Tsuchikage’s office with the documents.

After gently knocking on the door and waiting for a response, the two walked in.

The Tsuchikage’s assistant stepped forward and said, “The agreement has been drafted. Please review it, Lord Tsuchikage.”

After speaking, he handed over the scroll in his hand.

Onoki took it expressionlessly, unrolled it, and read it carefully.

After this period of buffering, Onoki had recovered. The village was still there, and he couldn’t collapse.

Everything could start anew.

After a long while, Onoki nodded silently. There was nothing wrong with the agreement. Then, he looked up at Huang Tu.

“Have the village’s funds been tallied?”

Huang Tu nodded gravely, “The liquid assets total seventy-six million one hundred and fifty thousand Ryo.”

He had even rounded down some of the smaller figures, deliberately reporting only a whole number.

Hearing this answer, Onoki couldn’t help but get another headache.

It was roughly what he had initially estimated. Of course, he couldn’t pay out all of these funds, otherwise, how would the village operate afterwards?

“It seems we really have to compensate with land,” Onoki scratched his head, speaking with a troubled expression.

After a while, he exhaled frankly.

“Forget it, at worst, we’ll just snatch it back later,” Onoki shook his head helplessly.

Iwagakure must not be destroyed in his hands.

Snatch? That’s right, snatch! He was broke now, but in a while, he could target some smaller countries, gather a wave of funds, and develop again.

Suddenly, a gleam returned to Onoki’s eyes.

“In that case, we can reduce the financial payout and exchange for more land,” Onoki muttered softly.

He then changed the payment amount on the scroll from sixty million to fifty million and added a piece of land as compensation.

He also specifically chose some land that had small countries separating it from Konoha.

“I’ll give you the land, but whether you can hold onto it is not my problem.”

He could then hire a third party to attack and reclaim these lands. This way, he would pay thirty million less.

He truly was a genius.

After making the changes on the scroll, he handed it to his assistant.

“Go, redraft it according to my modifications,” he instructed.

The assistant silently took it and left the Tsuchikage’s office.

Only Huang Tu and Onoki, father and son, remained in the room.

Seeing his old man regain his spirits, Huang Tu felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

“Huang Tu, the village will enter a very difficult period next. I hope you are mentally prepared,” Onoki looked at Huang Tu with a serious expression.

Huang Tu also nodded sincerely, “No problem, I’m ready!”

Onoki nodded with satisfaction. He only hoped that Huang Tu wouldn’t cause any more trouble for him.

Don’t get kidnapped again, otherwise, I really won’t have money to ransom you.

Not long after, the assistant arrived with a freshly drafted agreement.

Onoki glanced at the key points, then put away the scroll and stood up.

“Let’s go, accompany me to Konoha,” Onoki said, then walked out of the room first, with Huang Tu and the assistant following closely behind.

Without wasting much time, Onoki found the place where Jiraiya and his team were stationed.

After a brief announcement, Hiruzen came out, looking at Onoki in surprise.

“What’s going on? Wasn’t it supposed to be tomorrow?”

Onoki forced a smile uglier than bitterness, “This is also so you don’t have to suffer waiting here. One day earlier or later is the same.”

Hiruzen chuckled, “For us, it’s all the same.”

However, since Onoki was in such a hurry, he wouldn’t make things difficult for him. Getting this sorted out early might allow Jiraiya and his team to support the Land of Lightning sooner.

He planned to spread out the attacks in this war!

Soon, Onoki was led by Hiruzen into a large tent camp.

The leaders of both sides sat facing each other. Onoki gestured to his assistant with his eyes, telling him to hand the scroll to Hiruzen.

Hiruzen took the scroll and unrolled it, examining it carefully.

Upon seeing the parts of the transaction terms that differed from what was previously discussed, Hiruzen merely frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed.

Using land to offset the debt was relatively cost-effective for him.

The Land of Earth was unlike the Land of Wind; the land in the Land of Wind was truly a “chicken rib”—tasteless to eat, yet a pity to discard.

The land in the Land of Earth was relatively fertile and had high market value.

Although it was still some distance from Konoha, they could rent it out if they didn’t use it, and he believed that some small surrounding countries would be very happy to do so.

Both sides had their own calculations and were very satisfied with this truce agreement.

“Okay, I have no problem with this,” Hiruzen said with a smile after reading it.

Hearing Hiruzen say this, Onoki breathed a sigh of relief, leaning back in his seat instead of forward.

“If there are no problems, then let’s sign,” Onoki said softly.

Then came the signing time for both parties. After everything was settled, the two shook hands.

“Happy cooperation.”

“Happy transaction!”