Naruto: This Uchiha is a businessman Chapter 163

The failure of the Five Great Ninja Villages’ allied forces swept across the entire ninja world like a whirlwind, and almost everyone, no matter how remote, heard about it.

Yugakure.

Inside a hot spring, several civilians who were clearly drunk lay in the hot spring, chatting incoherently.

“I… I never thought that the Land of Tea could withstand the allied forces of the Five Great Ninja Villages.”

A plump civilian said:

“I even want to live in the Land of Tea. It’s too unfair here.”

“Who says it isn’t, hiccup.”

Another burly man said:

“My next-door neighbor was just beaten badly today for accidentally offending a ninja from the Land of Earth. Even when it was reported to our village’s higher-ups, no one was willing to speak up.”

“That’s already good.”

A slightly thinner man with a full beard said:

“My wife’s old neighbor, just because she had a beautiful wife, was taken by a ninja from the Land of Lightning, and then it led to a killing spree. Tsk tsk tsk, a family of three, the child and husband both died, only the woman was left, and I heard she went crazy.”

The man shivered all over and buried himself deeper in the water, as if only that could bring him warmth and a sense of security.

“What happened after that? Did no one stand up and do something?”

The plump man asked curiously.

“Tch, what can we do? Even our own higher-ups don’t care about us. They just want to make more money. Do you expect them to care about our lives and deaths?”

The burly man said disdainfully:

“The higher-ups don’t care about the lives and deaths of the people below. Those ninjas from the great ninja villages can do whatever they want here. I really hope the Land of Tea can occupy this place, so we won’t be bullied like this anymore.”

The man murmured, and the others also fell into deep thought. For a time, only the sound of flowing water remained in the hot spring.

Amegakure.

Looking at the newly received intelligence, Hanzō the Salamander fell into a long silence.

He could be considered one of the most concerned people about the battle in the Land of Tea. His thoughts were contradictory; he both hoped that the Land of Tea would win and wanted it to fail.

Ever since the battle he provoked in his youth, which swept across the entire Land of Rain and ended with the Land of Rain’s complete defeat, he had always believed that the Five Great Ninja Villages were invincible.

His spirit of resistance had also gradually sunk.

Therefore, he believed that the Land of Tea, led by Lu Lin, and his own Land of Rain were actually the same; as long as they attracted the attention of the Five Great Nations, defeat would only be a matter of time.

But now, the Land of Tea not only withstood the siege but also achieved a great victory, which made his heart, which had been dormant for many years, seem to beat again. The Five Great Ninja Villages, it seemed, were not as unstoppable as he had thought.

“Land of Tea, Hidden Heaven Village, Uchiha Lu Lin…”

He silently recited a few names, looking blankly at the increasingly prosperous Amegakure below, watching the villagers with smiles on their faces, his eyes gradually becoming firm:

“Even if it’s just to make the villagers live a little better?”

Hanzō’s heart beat more and more violently. He felt that his already old body had once again regained vitality:

“Then let this half-crippled body of mine play its last part!”

The next day, a message spread throughout the ninja world: [The Land of Rain has officially stood by the Land of Tea, advancing and retreating together with the Land of Tea!]

And at the end of this statement, a name was also marked, a name that was once a legend in the ninja world: Hanzō the Demigod of the Salamander.

Facing the defeat in this war, the Five Great Nations each had their own thoughts.

“So, you’re saying that the Land of Tea and Konoha conspired together?”

The capital of the Land of Lightning, the Daimyō’s residence.

The Daimyō of the Land of Lightning held a fan and looked at the current Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure, A, with confusion.

“Yes.”

A nodded, his eyes full of determination:

“Our people clearly saw Konoha’s general commander, Orochimaru, walking with a ninja from the Hidden Heaven Village before retreating.”

“Is that so…”

A Daimyō who could control one of the Five Great Nations and possess most of the country’s wealth, even if he didn’t understand the power of ninjas very well, was definitely a top-notch schemer.

Facing the Raikage’s words, he did not immediately believe them completely:

“So, you only saw the Konoha general commander, but there is no conclusive evidence to prove that Konoha did cooperate with the Land of Tea, right?”

A was not someone with strong limbs and a simple mind. He quickly understood the Daimyō’s meaning and no longer looked as firm as before, but showed a thoughtful expression:

“Perhaps the true situation is different from what we know, but we cannot lose combat power for nothing this time.”

Even if those combat forces were not the main force.

The Raikage silently muttered in his heart.

“Then what do you think we should do?”

The Daimyō noticed the Raikage’s thoughts and followed his words.

“Konoha and the Land of Tea must have a conspiracy, so a large part of the losses from this war must be borne by Konoha!”

As if sensing the Daimyō’s hesitation, the Raikage continued to raise the stakes:

“Didn’t you take a fancy to several treasures of the Daimyō of the Land of Fire? We can add those treasures to the compensation then.”

The Daimyō’s eyes lit up, his heart was moved by the Raikage:

“Good, I will issue a statement now.”

“Wait a moment.”

A stopped the Daimyō and continued:

“We can first discuss with the Daimyōs of the other countries. This way, with four great nations simultaneously pressuring the Land of Fire, they will naturally agree to compensate easily.”

Such a scene was repeatedly played out in the Daimyōs’ residences of the other countries. The matter of the Land of Tea could be put aside for now, but the losses had to be recovered.

At this time, the Land of Fire, still unaware of all this, had its Daimyō looking displeased at the person from Konoha:

“The allied forces of five countries failed to take down the Land of Tea. I am very disappointed.”

Nara Shikaku gave a bitter smile. He didn’t want to come, but… Orochimaru’s defection was too serious. Sarutobi Hiruzen had to deal with things in the village concerning Orochimaru.

“Lord, this time we truly did not expect the accumulated power of the Land of Tea to be so strong.”

“Oh? Has that Uchiha Lu Lin already gained the demeanor of the God of Shinobi from back then?”

He grew up listening to Hashirama’s stories and understood that his family could serve as nobles in the Land of Fire and hold the position of Daimyō entirely because of this God of Shinobi.

If that Uchiha Lu Lin truly had the strength of the God of Shinobi, then what was the point of fighting?