The Fifth village Hokage:Uchiha Douhuan

Chapter 231: Uchiha Douhuan: Do They Take Me for commoner?

"The Kara Organization?" Naruto scratched his head, puzzled. He had heard of the Akatsuki organization; his good big brother Deidara was working there now. But he really didn't know what the Kara Organization was.

"It doesn't matter if you can't find it. You just need to remember that such a thing exists," Uchiha Douhuan said.

"I understand," Naruto nodded.

"Alright, scram now," Uchiha Douhuan waved his hand at Naruto. "When the day the war begins arrives, come back early. Don't make your comrades wait too long."

"Okay, goodbye, Teacher," Naruto nodded, then turned and left.

Uchiha Douhuan watched Naruto's back disappear over the horizon before picking up Sasuke and heading back.

To reduce the impact of Naruto's departure from the village, Uchiha Douhuan hadn't even alerted the village's Anbu when he came out.

After returning to the village with Sasuke, Uchiha Douhuan took the boy directly to Tsunade's place.

Tsunade was startled when she saw the injured Sasuke. With Uchiha Douhuan currently having no children, Sasuke, as his disciple and the young clan leader of his clan, was basically the crown prince of Konoha. Who would dare to injure him like this?

After Tsunade examined Sasuke's body, she frowned slightly, "The damage to his chakra pathways is a bit severe. He'll need some time to recover. It seems he overdrafted his chakra at high load for too long. As for other injuries, there's nothing major. Who did this?"

"Your grandnephew," Uchiha Douhuan said with a shrug.

"My grandnephew..." Tsunade was stunned for a moment by this address before reacting, "Naruto?"

"Who else could it be?" Uchiha Douhuan said with his hands spread.

So it was the former crown prince who did it. Then it's fine.

"That's not right. Where is that kid? Given their relationship, even if it was an injury from sparring, he should have brought this kid over long ago," Tsunade said, somewhat puzzled.

"That's a long story," Uchiha Douhuan said. "But, in short, your grandnephew has followed Jiraiya's old path."

Hearing this, Tsunade instantly became nervous, "He went peeping at the women's bathhouse? And got caught by Sasuke, and then the two fought?"

Uchiha Douhuan was speechless upon hearing this. So this was the image Jiraiya had in her heart.

"Not that. It's just that kid Naruto left the village. Sasuke went after him, then the two had a fight, and that's how it is," Uchiha Douhuan said.

"Left the village? His wings have grown stiff, huh? Where is he?" Hearing this, Tsunade decided to teach the other party a good lesson in her capacity as his grandaunt.

"I didn't catch up to him when I arrived. He had already left," Uchiha Douhuan said, shaking his head.

"Who did this kid learn from..." Tsunade hadn't finished her sentence before she became a bit embarrassed by Uchiha Douhuan's strange look.

Who did he learn from? Didn't the root of Hokage's disciples wandering the world instead of staying in the village start with you three?

"My situation is different!" Tsunade, feeling a bit awkward under Uchiha Douhuan's gaze, argued.

"So, how do you plan to handle this matter?" Tsunade asked, changing the subject.

"How else to handle it? Handle it quietly, of course. Issue a rogue-nin wanted notice for this kid, but just make the bounty symbolic," Uchiha Douhuan said. "Then in a few days, send Jiraiya out to guide his training."

"I'll leave this kid to you. I still have to go wrangle with those officials from the Land of Lightning," Uchiha Douhuan said, then turned to leave Tsunade's residence. At this moment, Neji and Hinata, having received Karin's message, also rushed over.

"Teacher," Neji first greeted Uchiha Douhuan after entering, then saw Sasuke on the hospital bed and was greatly alarmed, "Sasuke?"

Hinata, on the other hand, searched the room for a long time but couldn't find any sign of Naruto and stood frozen on the spot.

"Teacher, has Naruto been found?" Neji asked hurriedly after confirming that Sasuke was alright.

"No," Uchiha Douhuan shook his head. "By the time I arrived, Naruto had already left."

"Damn it! If I had known, I would have gone with Sasuke," Neji said, gritting his teeth with some unwillingness.

"You guys take care of Sasuke first. I still have to go out and discuss the follow-up matters of the recent military conflict with the envoys from the Land of Lightning. We'll talk about other things tonight," Uchiha Douhuan gently patted Neji's shoulder, then turned and left the Senju clan compound, heading for the Land of Fire's Royal Palace.

When Uchiha Douhuan arrived at the Royal Palace, the court assembly had already been in session for some time. After Uchiha Douhuan announced his arrival, he then walked into the court.

"My apologies, Your Highness. Something urgent came up in the village," Uchiha Douhuan said, coming to the position where he, as the Grand Minister, should stand, and immediately bowed slightly to Minamoto Miyuki on the throne, apologizing.

"What is Teacher saying? Please rise quickly," Minamoto Miyuki, upon seeing this, hurriedly jumped down from the throne, came before Uchiha Douhuan on his short legs, and helped Uchiha Douhuan up. "Teacher not only has to worry about national affairs every day but also has to guard Konoha's safety as the Hokage. It's naturally understandable to be a bit busy. How would I dare to blame Teacher?"

"Thank you, Your Highness," Uchiha Douhuan took the cue, considering the matter of his lateness closed.

"Where are the envoys from the Land of Lightning who came to negotiate?" Uchiha Douhuan turned his head, scanned the court, and asked.

"Reporting to the Grand Minister, the envoys from the Land of Lightning have not yet arrived," Miura Kazuo said at this time.

"Not here yet?" Uchiha Douhuan frowned.

Logically, the negotiating envoys from the Land of Lightning should have been present when the court assembly began today. But now he had already been late for nearly half an hour, and they still hadn't arrived?

But just at this moment, the sound of an announcement came from outside the court.

"The envoys from the Land of Lightning request an audience with His Highness the Daimyō."

Minamoto Miyuki on the throne, upon hearing this, although somewhat annoyed by their late arrival, still ordered them to be let in.

However, after this group of Black envoys from the Land of Lightning entered the hall, they wore an arrogant expression. Those who knew would think they were here to discuss the return of their own prisoners. Those who didn't know would think they were here to sign an unconditional surrender.

"Greetings to His Highness the Daimyō of the Land of Fire," after this group of envoys entered the hall, they ignored a group of Land of Fire ministers including Uchiha Douhuan, just simply bowed to Minamoto Miyuki. Then the leader took out a document from his robes and handed it to the eunuch below the throne.

"Your Highness the Daimyō, regarding the issue of this military conflict, the ministers of our Land of Lightning have already discussed it before coming. If your esteemed country has no objections, you can sign this contract."

This eunuch, after receiving the document, first looked back at Minamoto Miyuki. Seeing him signal with his eyes to give it to Uchiha Douhuan, he then turned and came before Uchiha Douhuan, handing the document to him.

Uchiha Douhuan, who had taken the document, hadn't even started reading when a somewhat piercing voice sounded.

"This is a state letter personally signed by the Daimyō of my Land of Lightning. Is it not somewhat against etiquette for your country to have your Hokage open it?" this Black ambassador said sarcastically.

Miura Kazuo, not far from Uchiha Douhuan, saw this posture and understood that the other party was probably here to find fault. He immediately spoke out, "The Lord Hokage of our Land of Fire is also the Grand Minister personally appointed by the former emperor. The former emperor entrusted that before His Highness personally governs, all national affairs are to be handled solely by the Grand Minister. It's just opening your state letter, what's improper about it?"

Uchiha Douhuan ignored the other party's provocation. Just a bunch of jumping clowns. They lost on the battlefield and thought they could regain some face this way?

However, after Uchiha Douhuan scanned the agreement drafted by the Land of Lightning, he was instantly enraged. Although he had guessed that the other party might not have much sincerity at the beginning of the negotiations, the conditions they offered were completely treating him like a fool.

A limited security action recently occurred between the Cloud Village and the Leaf Village, resulting in approximately 1,000 Cloud ninjas being detained in the Leaf due to operational failure. To restore regional normalcy, both parties should engage in consultations on subsequent matters.

The Lightning Party, upholding its own position, proposes and advocates the following agreement:

Article 1: Symbolic Compensation

1.1 The Lightning Party, based on "good-neighborly considerations," agrees to pay the Fire Party a one-time compensation of: Ten Hundred Million Ryō exactly.

1.2 Payment Method: To be compensated with the physical commodity of Huiyun ore, a specialty of the northern mountainous regions of the Land of Lightning. Konoha must bear the high costs of transportation and refining itself.

1.3 Payment Deadline: To be paid in installments within ten years from the date of signing this agreement.

Article 2: "Ransom" of Prisoners of War & Lightning Party's Exemption from Liability

2.1 The Fire Party shall immediately and unconditionally release all approximately 1,000 Cloud prisoners of war.

2.2 As "humanitarian compensation" for the "meager expenses incurred by the Fire Party in managing the prisoners of war," the Lightning Party agrees not to pursue any claims for "any unintentional physical or mental harm" that may have been caused to the prisoners of war during their detention.

Article 3: Determination of War Responsibility

3.1 Both parties confirm that the recent conflict originated from a series of "unfortunate, complex, and difficult-to-attribute-to-a-single-party misunderstandings and intelligence failures."

3.2 The Lightning Party explicitly refuses to admit that its actions constituted "aggression" or to bear "primary responsibility."

Article 4: Agreement Validity and Signing

4.1 This agreement shall take effect upon the signing and sealing by the representatives of both parties and shall be regarded as the "final, comprehensive, and unalterable solution" to this incident.

4.2 The Fire Party must sign this agreement and execute the prisoner release clause within twenty-four hours, otherwise the Lightning Party will consider the Fire Party to be "deliberately undermining peace" and reserves the right to "take all necessary measures in response."

Not to mention how ridiculous the unconditional release of those 1000 prisoners was in this draft contract, even the one billion ryō in compensation mentioned by the Land of Lightning was a figure devoid of any sincerity. One billion ryō? And it was to be paid off with the Land of Lightning's famous mineral garbage, Huiyun ore?

Who in the entire ninja world didn't know that although these Huiyun ores could be refined into chakra metal, both the purity and the quality of the refined chakra metal were far inferior to the chakra metal ores from the Land of Iron and the Land of Waterfalls? Yet, the Land of Lightning officially priced this ore extremely high. In other words, if this one billion ryō in compensation were paid with ore, it would at most be worth about three hundred million.

In Uchiha Douhuan's previous life, even Li Hongzhang would have had to think twice before signing this kind of contract. Besides, if Uchiha Douhuan remembered correctly, it seemed their Konoha was the victor of this war!

To be able to sign this kind of treaty after winning a war, Uchiha Douhuan felt that besides that scum of humanity, Generalissimo Chiang, he couldn't find anyone else.

So, facing this contract, Uchiha Douhuan only felt greatly insulted.

"It seems your Land of Lightning is very eager to start an all-out war with our Land of Fire," Uchiha Douhuan said coldly, putting down the document and sweeping his gaze over these several envoys from the Land of Lightning.

"What does Lord Hokage mean by this? Our Land of Lightning has come with sincerity," this Black envoy said, holding his head high with arrogance.

"Alright, alright. So your sincerity is three hundred million worth of mineral garbage, is that right?" Uchiha Douhuan said with a cold laugh. "Go back and tell your Daimyō and Raikage to wait for our Land of Fire's declaration of war. As for those thousand-plus prisoners, don't worry, I'm not a cruel person. My Land of Fire is planning to develop a cotton plantation in the south recently. Just have them go there as forced labor to pay back the losses caused to my Land of Fire in this military friction."

Actually, Uchiha Douhuan had overlooked one thing. That is, of the Cloud troops that clashed with Konoha at the border this time, besides the thousand-plus who were captured, the only ones fortunate enough to escape back to the Cloud Village were A and Killer Bee. But now, the two of them probably hadn't woken up yet. So, the court of the Land of Lightning and the people left behind in the Cloud Village were not clear about the specific situation of that battle and could only speculate based on common sense.

According to their thinking, if their Cloud Village suffered such heavy losses, Konoha's situation should not be much better, just like the situation Sarutobi Hiruzen encountered during the Third Great Ninja War. Therefore, having tasted success once with Sarutobi Hiruzen, they were now being so aggressive. If they knew the true situation on the battlefield, they probably wouldn't have the guts to present this contract to Uchiha Douhuan.

"Your Highness the Daimyō, do you also plan to do this? Once our two countries go to war, it will be the Fourth Great Ninja War," the Land of Lightning's envoy turned to look at Minamoto Miyuki, trying to bypass Uchiha Douhuan and directly pressure Minamoto Miyuki.

"If it's war, then it's war! My Land of Fire has never feared war!" How could Minamoto Miyuki tolerate this? In his mind, for daring to kidnap his good brother, Konoha should have launched an all-out attack that very night to make the Land of Lightning pay the price. It was only after Miura Kazuo painstakingly persuaded him for a long time that this child didn't cause trouble for Uchiha Douhuan from the rear. And now the other party was being so provocative, so Minamoto Miyuki's response was also simple and direct, "Men, first execute these few to consecrate our war banner!"

"Hmph, before coming to the Land of Fire, we were already prepared to die for our country! The great army of my Land of Lightning will avenge us!" The leader of these Black ambassadors had a look of readiness to die.

This expression made Uchiha Douhuan laugh in anger: Are you trying to pull that Han dynasty envoy act on me?

Just as the samurai guarding the palace gate were about to come in and drag these few Land of Lightning envoys away to be beheaded, another announcement came from outside the palace: "An emergency ambassador from the Land of Lightning requests an audience with His Highness the Daimyō and the Grand Minister!"

(End of chapter)

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