Senju Tobirama knew he was in the wrong first.
So this time, he came with sincerity to negotiate with Uchiha Makoto... Otherwise, he wouldn't have endured for so long.
—His temper toward the Uchiha clan when he was young was anything but mild... and it's just as explosive now!
But Uchiha Makoto's attitude...
Damn it!
The whole time, it was like he was teasing a fool.
And after teasing him, he didn't even buy him melon seeds!
Enduring until now was already Senju Tobirama's limit.
Then, naturally... Senju Tobirama exploded.
This was Uchiha Makoto's office, so using powerful ninjutsu was obviously out of the question.
Shuriken were just right!
Senju Tobirama moved quickly.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Several shuriken clashed heavily.
Without any surprise.
These insignificant attacks were all blocked by Uchiha Makoto.
"You naturally evil Uchiha brat, you've been plotting against me for a long time, and this time too... You are the most evil brat of the Uchiha clan, even more hateful than Uchiha Madara. I knew I shouldn't have come to this place... My brother is also unable to distinguish right from wrong..."
Senju Tobirama took out a few more shuriken, roaring loudly.
He truly felt wronged!
This bastard Uchiha Makoto had been plotting against him at every turn and digging pits for Konoha!
Clearly, he was wholeheartedly dedicated to Konoha!
He didn't want Konoha to fall into the pits Uchiha Makoto had dug!
But he always ended up being the bad guy inside and out.
His originally spotless reputation in Konoha was tainted by Uchiha Makoto, and now he had to come to the Akatsuki Ninja Village to bow and apologize to Uchiha Makoto.
Even...
Senju Tobirama now felt that compared to Uchiha Makoto, Uchiha Madara could be considered a kind person!
At least Uchiha Madara never played these crooked tricks on him like Uchiha Makoto did.
Nor did he play with conspiracies and schemes!
Damn it... Uchiha Makoto, why are you so evil!!
"Tobirama, why are you saying so much?"
"I was just joking with you!"
"I was just making a few jokes with you earlier. I didn't expect your reaction to be so big."
"Looking at you, you want to go back to Konoha right now. If you go back now, then forget about renegotiating the cooperation."
Uchiha Makoto said with a grin, showing no remorse for his "mental bullying" of Senju Tobirama just now.
That playful, joking tone made Senju Tobirama even more furious.
But...
As soon as Uchiha Makoto mentioned renegotiating the cooperation.
Senju Tobirama fell silent.
He had endured so many mental attacks from Uchiha Makoto this time in the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
If he returned empty-handed, wouldn't he have been tormented by Uchiha Makoto for nothing?
The sunk cost was simply frighteningly high.
And Konoha desperately needed this cooperation!
"Damn it..."
"I've been thoroughly manipulated by this naturally evil Uchiha brat again!!"
Senju Tobirama muttered in his heart, then sat down again and began to discuss this cooperation with Uchiha Makoto.
"Due to the foolish behavior of certain individuals in Konoha, a cooperation that could have made both parties happy was ruined, causing the Akatsuki Ninja Village to suffer huge losses. As the Kōkage, I deeply regret this..."
"Wait a minute... Where did your Akatsuki Ninja Village suffer losses?"
If it were just a normal renegotiation of cooperation, that would be fine.
But Uchiha Makoto's opening remarks were full of innuendo and inexplicable statements.
Making Senju Tobirama instantly angry.
Where did the Akatsuki Ninja Village suffer losses from beginning to end?
They clearly made a fortune through his brother's Wood Style, earning at least hundreds of millions by now!
And they gained both fame and fortune!
All the mainstream media newspapers in the Land of Fire were overwhelmingly praising the Akatsuki Ninja Village, almost lifting the Akatsuki Ninja Village and Uchiha Makoto to the heavens.
The Kōkage of the Akatsuki Ninja Village, the sun of the Land of Fire?
Does this naturally evil Uchiha brat, Uchiha Makoto, deserve such a title?
He's the blackest of them all!
Some unscrupulous media outlets even maliciously compared Konoha with them, causing some ninja in the village to start admiring Akatsuki and fawning over outsiders!
So... Senju Tobirama unhappily interrupted Uchiha Makoto's speech.
"Mental damage!"
"Because of Konoha's distrustful behavior, my soul was hurt, so much so that I didn't sleep well all night, and I ate one less bowl of rice for lunch the next day... Most importantly, this has cast a shadow over the alliance between the Akatsuki Ninja Village and Konoha."
"???"
Uchiha Makoto grinned.
His first few sentences were purely to disgust Senju Tobirama, but the last sentence was indeed true.
Strictly speaking.
The Akatsuki Ninja Village had indeed suffered mental damage in this aspect. Konoha's distrust had caused a crack in the alliance between the two villages, and as the Kōkage, he had also suffered psychological trauma... It was just that those cold banknotes had warmed Uchiha Makoto's hurt soul again.
.... I'll endure... I'll endure... Endurance is to be open-minded and to withstand!
Senju Tobirama felt that Uchiha Makoto was the scum of the earth.
He had made up his mind that sooner or later he would make Uchiha Makoto regret it!
Anyway...
Senju Tobirama chose to remain silent again, and Uchiha Makoto continued.
—Since it was established that the Akatsuki Ninja Village was a victim, the rest was to compensate the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
"In view of these egregious acts... but considering that the First Hokage's Wood Style did play an indelible role, and considering the long-standing alliance between Konoha and the Akatsuki Ninja Village, the Akatsuki Ninja Village is willing to renegotiate cooperation with Konoha. As for the profit sharing ratio of the cooperation, I think a ninety-ten split is reasonable. The Akatsuki Ninja Village takes ninety percent, and Konoha takes ten percent!"
Uchiha Makoto revealed his true intentions. He had talked so much just to get the lion's share of the profit distribution.
Is a ninety-ten split reasonable?
Of course not!
But this is a necessary part of the negotiation process.
"Impossible!!"
"If Konoha only takes ten percent, wouldn't we be begging on our knees?"
Senju Tobirama could endure anything, but he absolutely could not endure this.
It concerned Konoha's interests!
Konoha could not just take ten percent under any circumstances!
This bastard Uchiha Makoto is simply pushing his luck!!
"If you think so, then I have no choice."
"Back then, Konoha and the Akatsuki Ninja Village had a fifty-fifty split, but there was no way. Because of you, the opportunity was lost. Tobirama, you have to understand, now you are begging me to cooperate again!"
"Stop talking about this. Without my brother's Wood Style, there would be no business at all. Believe it or not, we can part ways, and Konoha can start its own business!"
"Hmph, do you think Senju Hashirama is as untrustworthy as you?"
"I see it clearly now. You are relying on my brother's benevolence and honesty to be so unscrupulously arrogant!"
"That's right, you are very correct. Who told the world to be like this? Good people always have guns pointed at them!"
"And without Senju Hashirama in Konoha, are you sure you can really deal with me?"
Uchiha Makoto controlled the initiative throughout, his tone aggressive, practically riding on Tobirama's face.
"You naturally evil Uchiha brat!"
Senju Tobirama gritted his teeth.
There was no way.
Everything Uchiha Makoto said was the honest truth.
It was impossible to make an honest person like his brother part ways with Uchiha Makoto.
The last sentence was even more heart-stabbing.
Leaving aside Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, these two were the cheats of the ninja world... Senju Tobirama asked himself, he was not weaker than others in his life, and he had always handled the Uchiha clan with ease. Why did he happen to meet this shameless bastard Uchiha Makoto, who suppressed him everywhere!
If without his brother... could he deal with Uchiha Makoto?
Senju Tobirama really had no confidence in his heart!
"Although my brother is a bit naive, he is not a fool... Ten percent is absolutely impossible!"
"Forty percent! And... Uchiha Makoto, if my negotiation fails this time, next time my brother will come with me."
Senju Tobirama hardened his heart, calmly threw away his integrity, and chose to bring out Senju Hashirama again.
What's wrong with using the tiger's skin to scare the fox?
It's all for Konoha!
"Tch~"
Uchiha Makoto still didn't budge.
"Thirty percent!"
"This is the final bottom price. I can't go back and report with twenty percent!"
Senju Tobirama chose to take a step back. For Konoha, thirty percent was already the final bottom line.
"Ha~ No."
"Hey hey hey, Uchiha Makoto, I absolutely cannot make any more concessions!"
"Hmm... thirty percent... is still too much, but for the sake of Senju Hashirama, I agree. But I signed a three-year contract with Senju Hashirama, so for the first year, your Konoha takes ten percent, the second year twenty percent, and the third year thirty percent. After that, it returns to normal... I value the spirit of the contract very much!"
"You don't want a scandal in the ninja world where the First Hokage takes the lead in violating the ninja code and tearing up the mission contract, do you?"
Uchiha Makoto's target in mind was actually a seventy-thirty split.
But he wanted to grab a bit more, using the contract signed with Senju Hashirama as a shield.
Don't underestimate this ten or twenty percent share; it was all in the unit of billions.
How much revenue could Konoha ninja generate for Konoha's finances by working themselves to death for a year?
"You win."
"I agree to this condition!"
Senju Tobirama thought for a moment and finally agreed to Uchiha Makoto's request.
He was also afraid that the negotiation with Uchiha Makoto would collapse... Although he said that if it collapsed this time, his brother would come with him next time.
But in reality, how could it be that simple!
If he went back after the negotiation collapsed, that guy, his brother, might even blame him for not apologizing properly to Uchiha Makoto, causing the negotiation to break down.
And this shameless guy Uchiha Makoto would definitely talk nonsense when he saw his brother again... In the end, he would probably be the one hurt.
Damn it, at that time, in front of his brother, if he had to apologize to Uchiha Makoto again.
Just thinking about such a scene, Senju Tobirama felt difficulty breathing.
So.... going back after a collapsed negotiation would really be hard to explain!
This was already the best condition he could strive for at the moment.
"Then it's a deal."
Uchiha Makoto said this while pressing a button on the table.
An ANBU ninja quickly walked in and took out a pre-prepared contract draft, which only had a few blanks left. Then Uchiha Makoto wrote down the conditions agreed upon with Senju Tobirama in the blanks and quickly drew up a complete cooperation contract.
However, Uchiha Makoto kept an ace up his sleeve.
He specifically added a condition regarding Senju Hashirama in the contract.
The cooperation between the two parties was established on the basis of Senju Hashirama's technical investment in Wood Style. Now that Senju Hashirama was still alive, Konoha had Wood Style, but if one day Senju Hashirama died... tsk tsk tsk... Wood Style would cease to exist!
Then on what grounds would Konoha take away thirty percent of the profits!
Reasonable... very reasonable.
Uchiha Makoto handed the drafted complete contract to Senju Tobirama with a smile.
"Tobirama, sign it."
"Uhm...."
Looking at Uchiha Makoto's smiling expression, Senju Tobirama's anti-Uchiha radar responded quickly.
This feeling, damn it, feels like there's a pit again!
Then... he looked at the contract. The contract was more than a dozen pages long, densely packed with words.
Very long, very cumbersome, and many were clichés and circular talk, as well as obscure long and difficult sentences that didn't seem like something a human could write.
And this fatal condition was hidden in the long and difficult sentences of clichés and circular talk.
Where had Senju Tobirama ever seen such a life-threatening thing for a ninja?
Ninja battles were often decided in an instant, so they always acted decisively, and this habit was well preserved in daily work, not yet polluted by the cumbersome bureaucratic system of the Land of Fire.
Uchiha Makoto, on the other hand, had absorbed some of the essence.
So... Senju Tobirama subconsciously looked at the conditions written in the blank space, which were indeed the conditions agreed upon by the two just now.
"Why is this contract so troublesome!"
"The Akatsuki Ninja Village's business is not just cooperating with your Konoha alone—how many wealthy merchants and nobles outside are breaking their heads trying to get in? The volume of this business is right here, and the people and things involved are naturally intertwined. Precisely because of this, responsibilities in all aspects must be considered thoroughly, and these contents must also be written clearly into the contract. Is it bad to make the clauses more detailed? I don't want to waste time arguing with your Konoha in the future because of some ambiguity."
Uchiha Makoto spoke with righteous indignation.
Because the situation was indeed so.
Such a big business, involving the trade of the entire agricultural industry of the Land of Fire, with intertwined people and things, responsibilities in all aspects must be considered thoroughly.
This reason was very sufficient, and Senju Tobirama couldn't find any fault with it.
But he still felt something was wrong, inexplicably panicking!
"Tobirama, are you going to sign or not? If not, let Senju Hashirama come and sign."
"After signing the contract, if your Konoha is short a single penny, just let Senju Hashirama come to the Akatsuki Ninja Village to find me!"
"Really troublesome!"
Uchiha Makoto began to put pressure on Senju Tobirama.
And hearing Uchiha Makoto's "magnanimous" voice.
Senju Tobirama couldn't help but start to think he was being too sensitive...
Could it be because he had been mentally attacked by Uchiha Makoto several times today?
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