Regarding the Six Kage Summit.
Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure, the three major ninja villages, all responded positively.
However, Kumogakure remained silent all along.
Probably because they were still holding a grudge over the war with Akatsuki Village back then, they didn't want to sign the so-called peace agreement, hoping to one day launch revenge against Akatsuki Village.
Even though Akatsuki Village didn't care anymore... those muscle-heads were really petty.
However, from the moment Konoha announced its willingness to use Tailed Beasts as bargaining chips to convene the Six Kage Summit, Kumogakure relented.
To this day, the countdown for this Six Kage Summit had officially begun.
Senju Hashirama held enthusiastic expectations for this summit.
"In the past, we ninjas had many conflicts for various reasons, but that was all because we wanted to protect our respective compatriots and families."
"One day, we ninjas can transcend national borders and ninja villages, help each other, and unite as one."
Facing Senju Hashirama's rather naive vision.
No one would spoil Senju Hashirama's fun at this time, so they let him say those unrealistic words.
Of course.
Uchiha Makoto knew very well in his heart that the Six Kage Summit absolutely could not avoid the several Great Ninja Wars in the future.
He was mostly just following the plot of the original story, going with the flow, and striving for the greatest benefits for Akatsuki Village.
With the convening of the Six Kage Summit, the connections between the many ninja villages in the ninja world would strengthen. Akatsuki Village's influence would inevitably rise to a higher level, and it could also pull more and more countries and ninja villages into Akatsuki Village's trade system.
And putting aside the economic benefits involved in the Six Kage Summit.
Even if war was inevitable in the future, Akatsuki Village must first occupy the moral high ground and possess the righteous cause to crusade against injustice.
—Having a legitimate reason is important at any time.
Senju Tobirama's thoughts were actually exactly the same as Uchiha Makoto's; he didn't believe a word of his big brother's naive talk.
As long as Uchiha Makoto, this naturally evil Uchiha brat, was around, no matter how peaceful the ninja world was, various incidents would definitely occur.
In fact, his thoughts were even simpler.
Senju Tobirama had already given up the idea of using the Six Kage Summit to expand Konoha's influence in the ninja world.
Now for Konoha, the most critical thing was to bury their heads and improve their own strength. Anyway, he knew very well that he no longer had the ability to stop Uchiha Makoto from acting recklessly in the ninja world.... Just let him go harm other ninja villages.
Rather than considering those ethereal things in the future, it was better to think about how much benefit the Tailed Beasts could win for Konoha.
So, on this basis, Senju Tobirama took the initiative to talk about the Tailed Beasts.
"Uchiha Makoto, regarding the Seven-Tails, how much do you intend to give Konoha.... There are only nine Tailed Beasts in the entire ninja world!"
"Ah, I forgot to tell you, Tobirama."
"That day, Makoto brought Madara to our house as a guest. We drank very happily.... I took the liberty of giving the Seven-Tails to Makoto as a reward for calling Madara out, thanking him."
"What? Who let you give it away! Didn't I tell you that the Seven-Tails absolutely cannot be given to Uchiha Makoto for free!"
"I remember, Makoto was drunk and acting crazy at the time; he insisted on having it!"
"He wanted it, so you just gave it?"
Senju Hashirama didn't disappoint Senju Tobirama as usual; the Seven-Tails had already been successfully obtained by Uchiha Makoto for free.
Actually, Senju Hashirama couldn't be entirely blamed.
Uchiha Makoto had specially prepared fine wine and Uchiha Madara to meet Senju Hashirama. With these two things, there was really nothing that couldn't be negotiated successfully.
But this made Senju Tobirama furious enough.
Recently, he was simply too busy. He had to deal with the accumulated official duties alone, write the letter of guarantee, and busy himself with the many affairs of Konoha's reform, which made him completely forget about this matter.
One must know that the Seven-Tails was the only opportunity for Senju Tobirama to openly "blackmail" Uchiha Makoto.
Now, snap, it's gone!
In the end, Senju Tobirama grabbed Uchiha Makoto by the collar in anger, demanding he hand over the Seven-Tails belonging to Konoha immediately.
"...Uchiha Makoto, you are a damn beast!"
"You bastard, hurry up and return the Seven-Tails belonging to Konoha to me!"
"Clearly Konoha has already given you a Two-Tails; don't push your luck!"
"Hmph, this was given to me by the Hokage. Unless you bring the Eight-Tails or Nine-Tails to exchange with me..... I even settled the reform plan for you, staying up for several days and nights, and I haven't even charged you overtime pay!"
"Big Brother, you're just standing there motionless, what are you trying to do? Hurry up and say something for me."
Uchiha Makoto didn't care about Senju Tobirama's threat at all.
Since Chōmei the Seven-Tails was already in his hands, how could it be easily taken back by Senju Tobirama?
Unless Senju Tobirama brought the Eight-Tails or Nine-Tails to exchange.
Even so, Senju Tobirama wanted to call for outside help, but Senju Hashirama decisively chose to play dead.
He really didn't want to get involved in the matters between Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Makoto.
Moreover, it was just a mere Seven-Tails. In the future, he still had to count on Uchiha Makoto to help him call Uchiha Madara out.
Senju Hashirama was very clear in his heart about which was more important!
....
After finishing the last meal in Konoha, Uchiha Makoto left Konoha with his subordinate Akatsuki ninjas.
Compared to when he came, he returned fully loaded.
After a long journey, surrounded by Akatsuki Village ninjas, the Hikarikage finally returned to his loyal Akatsuki Village.
Considering that this was indeed a long trip away from home, and he had left behind Uzumaki Tsubaki who had just given birth not long ago, he didn't return to his post immediately but chose to stay at home for a few days.
It was already very late, but the lights in the room were still on.
Seeing his brightly lit little nest, a warm current surged in Uchiha Makoto's heart. Before entering the door, the incredibly familiar aroma of food wafted to his nose—all his favorite dishes.
"I'm back!"
With the joy of returning home, Uchiha Makoto pushed open the door.
Without a doubt.
He received an extremely warm welcome from his family.
Uzumaki Tsubaki, a kiss.
Cute son, also a kiss.
And the Two-Tails cat... hmm?
Let's forget about that one; petting it twice shows attitude!
After that, Uchiha Makoto took out the teapot containing Chōmei the Seven-Tails.
According to the agreement, the Two-Tails cat had to help him persuade Chōmei the Seven-Tails to join Akatsuki Village and pay chakra on schedule!
"Wow, Uchiha Makoto, you guy, you really caught Chōmei back."
"Don't say things detrimental to Tailed Beast unity."
"I didn't catch a Tailed Beast; I asked for this from Konoha."
"Chōmei is left to you. In the future, it can be considered a companion for you."
The Two-Tails cat knocked on the teapot.
There was still a seal personally placed by Senju Hashirama on the teapot, so Uchiha Makoto wasn't afraid that the Seven-Tails would break the seal.
Originally, because the Seven-Tails had been beaten up and imprisoned, it was very resistant to communicating with humans.
But after hearing the familiar voice of the Two-Tails cat, it stuck its head out.
Among the Tailed Beasts, except for having an average relationship with the Nine-Tails, the rest got along pretty well.... The Nine-Tails just relied on its good fate of being allocated more chakra to do whatever it wanted!
So the two Tailed Beasts could be considered to have met an old acquaintance in a foreign land.
After resolving the Tailed Beast matter, Uchiha Makoto could finally focus all his energy on Uzumaki Tsubaki.
Since she got pregnant, the two hadn't been intimate for a long time.
Of course, the same went for Uzumaki Tsubaki.
Eat first, bathe first, or... eat... her.
The two quickly returned to their room.
Naturally, Uchiha Makoto spent these few days in his own bed, and it was quite hard work.
Although he did enjoy it at first, Uzumaki Tsubaki was an Uzumaki clansman after all. Uchiha Makoto, having been running around outside for months, was already an exhausted army, while she was waiting at ease for the fatigued enemy!
And never underestimate a woman's "jealousy." Uzumaki Tsubaki knew very well that many people in Akatsuki Village were eyeing the Hikarikage.
—If the small head is defeated, it naturally won't affect the big head (decisions/work).
So... back to work.
Finally, Uchiha Makoto returned to his familiar office.
As expected, the office was piled high with documents like a small mountain, so Uchiha Makoto could only use Shadow Clones to speed up.
After quickly processing a large pile of affairs, Uchiha Makoto finally made up for the mess left behind during his absence.
Overall.
Akatsuki Village had entered the right track over these years. Although there were still many deficiencies, it could already operate normally for months relying on the system and institutions, and no major blunders occurred during the period.
Various plans of Akatsuki Village were advancing step by step according to Uchiha Makoto's planning.
This indeed made Uchiha Makoto very gratified.
However, annoying things are always unavoidable.
Regarding agriculture...
Compared to the past, spring this year came later than in previous years.
Clearly, it was already the beginning of spring, but under the influence of rolling cold waves across the ninja world, the wind and snow that should have completely subsided were still raging.
If this continued, it would inevitably affect the farming for the whole year.
This was a major event that would affect the entire ninja world.
Originally, this actually had nothing to do with ninja villages, after all, ninjas didn't rely on farming to eat. But Akatsuki Village had already intervened in the agricultural industry of the Land of Fire. It was impossible for Uchiha Makoto to just wash his hands of it.
This was a good opportunity to take advantage and expand agricultural influence.
But the problem lay here...
Even if Akatsuki Village really wanted to intervene, in the face of the mighty power of nature, especially in a world like the ninja world where natural energy was abundant and the energy level of disasters was magnified many times, the power of ninjas seemed somewhat too insignificant.
Moreover, the Land of Fire was still dominated by a small-scale peasant economy. Facing such natural disasters, the vast majority of ordinary people were basically powerless and could only sit and wait for death.
The most critical thing was that under natural disasters, man-made disasters would inevitably follow closely.
Even if the ninja village reacted quickly and made predictions in advance, allowing the nobles of the Land of Fire to prepare and purchase grain in advance across the ninja world, the price of grain would undoubtedly still skyrocket.
For those pests.
If ordinary people died, they died. Anyway, they were like chives; after being cut, they would grow back again next year.
For thousands of years, it has always been like this.
But this opportunity to make money didn't come every year.
"I can only try my best to avoid man-made disasters and purchase enough grain in advance."
"If those nobles don't act like humans.... taking the opportunity to kill a few can be considered eliminating harm for the people. As for the land under their names... slurp...."
"This is all for the Land of Fire!"
Uchiha Makoto thought this in his heart, then continued to process the documents.
Just then, Banmu (Board Wood/Itagi?), the big shot of the Akatsuki Village Scientific Research Center, knocked on the door of the Hikarikage's office.
Seeing the visitor.
A smile instantly appeared on Uchiha Makoto's face, and he warmly invited Banmu to sit down.
Banmu was a tech otaku.
The technological development of Akatsuki Village over these years was almost inseparable from his figure.
"Banmu, long time no see. It's rare for you to walk out of your laboratory."
"Lord Hikarikage, there is something I must ask for your help with."
"What are you saying? We are old friends; if there is anything, please speak directly."
"Regarding... the Stone of Gelel... I remember I once mentioned it to you, Lord Hikarikage. It is a stone containing powerful chakra. Just recently we discovered its traces. It is buried and sealed in a place in the Land of Wind...."
"After the survey by the intelligence squad, the range of the vein is extremely huge, specifically concentrated in..."
"This is a crystal stone obtained after Uzumaki clansmen used sealing jutsu to undo a small part of the seal and refined it."
Uchiha Makoto took the crystal-clear, gem-like blue stone from Banmu's hand.
He could feel the astonishing energy contained in this stone. Even Uchiha Makoto was startled; this really shocked him a bit.
Soon, Uchiha Makoto recalled the intelligence regarding the Stone of Gelel in his mind.
In the movie, those guys who invaded the Land of Wind clearly didn't even know what chakra was, but their ancestors established a unique super-ancient civilization relying on the Stone of Gelel. After that, they created wells that never dried up, livestock that grew overnight, and crops that bore fruit continuously. Then, just like ordinary cliché stories, such a great empire broke out into an unprecedented war because of the Stone of Gelel and finally fell apart.
Hiss.... If the vein of the Stone of Gelel is controlled by Sunagakure, then the entire Land of Wind will take off on the spot.
"Where is the map... show me the specific location of the vein."
"When you acted, Sunagakure didn't discover it, right?"
"Don't worry, Lord Hikarikage. This is a no-man's-land rarely visited by people. No one is willing to survive in such a cruel environment..... And the news of this vein was obtained by our Akatsuki ninjas in a village overseas."
"And now no one knows this news anymore completely."
"That's good."
"What a pity. Why did Sunagakure build their village right on top of Akatsuki Village's chakra vein!"
Uchiha Makoto had a face full of helplessness.
In all fairness, he had no interest in that barren land of the Land of Wind.
But now... wherever there is chakra, Akatsuki ninjas will breed endlessly!
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