Except for Danzo, everyone else - whether the third generation or the top leaders - were happy to see this cooperation.
After all, no matter how much they agree on, they won't lose money.
And because it involves the establishment of a large business, the response from the Sand Village is far more positive than expected.
Almost as soon as Yu Yue made the decision, the Third Kazekage personally took action.
'The Kage of a Village Visits', this is a major event for Konoha.
Although many people came to the previous Sugar Syrup Competition, they were only elite jonin who led teams, and it was not an official visit, so the issue of "reception" was not involved.
But Shadow is different.
Whatever the reason, Kage's going to another ninja village is a top priority for both villages.
Therefore, almost the entire Konoha was mobilized.
Those who clean the place clean the place, and those who eliminate evil do so - although there is not much "evil" in the ninja village, the evil is just minor "street fighters".
No matter how big or small, they were all caught this time.
Forget about the word "evil", I don't even see anyone speaking viciously.
Almost the entire Konoha was tidying up the city's appearance, trying to show the Third Kazekage the most prosperous and powerful side of Konoha.
Some areas and streets that are not usually visited have also strengthened patrol and cleaning efforts. Under the leadership of Minato Namikaze, many "small troubles" that have troubled people in the past have also been solved.
The happiness of the Konoha villagers also increased greatly.
——It is true that the eaves leak, the road at the door is uneven, water easily accumulates at the corners, and there are always rats in the warehouse. These minor problems do not affect life.
But solving them will also make people feel refreshed from the bottom of their hearts.
In an instant, the happiness of the Konoha villagers soared to the extreme.
As for the most important store, the Konoha side is preparing to give it a major renovation - not to mention the interior, at least the exterior will be redecorated.
It doesn’t matter if you use expensive decoration materials, as long as the brand stands up.
Although the building where the Ugetsu Store is located cannot be considered dilapidated (after all, Konoha has not been built for hundreds of years), as one of the older buildings in Konoha, and coupled with the fact that it has been neglected for a long time, it is inevitable that it is old.
However, facing Muye's sincere suggestion, Yu Yue decisively refused. She did not ask them to completely renovate the place, but only asked them to help clean up the inside and outside during the night when they were closed.
Some damaged areas on the surface were repaired, and then the road surface was re-paved.
It’s not that the roads here are bad, it’s just that roads far away from the city center are inevitably poorly maintained, so it’s a good opportunity to solve them now.
Although Ugetsu's request was not small, it still surprised Kakashi.
Even looking at Ugetsu with suspicion——
In his understanding, Miss Yu Yue would be letting them off the hook if she didn't let them tear down the house and rebuild it within two days, so how could she just let them clean it up once?
After all, that was Miss Ugetsu.
Miss Ugetsu doesn't even leave them a drop of extra energy and strength every day.
Could it be that someone has impersonated me?
"What's that look in your eyes?"
Noticing Kakashi's gaze, Ugetsu, who was settling accounts, raised his head.
"We don't have any fancy things like class or seniority here. If you have any questions, just ask directly."
The boy didn't expect his attitude to be so obvious, and he looked away in embarrassment, but he still couldn't resist his curiosity.
"So...I said it?"
"Go ahead."
"Why didn't Miss Yu Yue agree to let them renovate the house? It's not like yours...ah, I mean, it doesn't cost extra money anyway, isn't it better to get a new house?"
That was a close call.
Hatake Kakashi swallowed.
I almost spoke my true feelings.
...Ms. Ugetsu probably didn't notice.
Ugetsu: ...It would be strange if you didn’t understand.
It's just that she was too lazy to care about such a small matter.
How can a qualified and magnanimous boss fuss over an employee's verbal slip of the tongue?
Ah, I must remember to tell Shisui later.
Give Kakashi more rotations.
I have time to think about these things. It seems that my work is too easy.
Got to wind him up.
Young people can't be so lax.
While thinking about the arrangements in his mind, Ugetsu did not stop talking and answered Hatake Kakashi's question:
“Have you ever thought about how much business will be lost due to the overall renovation?”
"There are so many things to sort out in the store. How can we handle ? Besides, have you ever seen a century-old store that looks brand new and shiny?"
Of course, the main reason is that Yu Yue feels there is no need to take advantage of this.
It's of course good to be able to get something for free, but there is a time to get it.
She is not on equal footing with Konoha now, and agreeing to it at this time would be a loss of the greater for the sake of the smaller, and would easily make the other party look down on her.
When the relationship between two people is not equal, this is not "freeloading" but "accepting charity". It is equivalent to putting oneself in a weak position that needs to be taken care of.
Once this perception is established, even if Konoha regards himself as the 'protector' or even the 'ruler' and is available to her at any time, it will be difficult for her to refute.
If you're just seeking shelter, then there's nothing wrong with that - it's even a good thing.
But Yu Yue didn't want a low-level status where she couldn't survive without someone to protect her.
What she wanted to do was to be on an equal footing with these people.
Besides, it’s not like she will be unable to run the business if she doesn’t renovate.
But these are issues on another level and have little to do with ninjas like Kakashi.
Kakashi nodded along with the first few sentences, because they made sense, but he was confused by the last sentence:
"A century-old store?"
Did he remember it wrong or is Miss Ugetsu crazy?
He clearly remembered that this shop had only been in Konoha for a few years.
That's even after factoring in the time when it was still a humble little shop.
If we only talk about Miss Ugetsu, it would be even shorter.
Not to mention it’s a century-old store, it’s just a little better than Man Yue.
Yu Yue looked at Hatake Kakashi and shook his head, and couldn't help but said earnestly: "Kakashi, you can't just look at the surface when you look at things."
Hatake Kakashi: ...What else? What else do we need to see? Bones? That's necessary too.
He really couldn't understand the inevitable connection between these three things: "a century-old store", "Yuyue Store" and "one should not just look at appearances".
“We need to look at things in the long term and think deeply. Is there any century-old store that didn’t start from the first year?”
...Of course, everything started from the first year.
But what does this have to do with the 'century-old store' you mentioned?
"But what does this have to do with what we are talking about?" The silver-haired boy often felt out of place because he could not keep up with the thinking of other people in Yuyue Store.
Yu Yue said confidently: "Of course, it matters a lot. We are now building a century-old store from scratch. Although this is only the first year, we can also say that this is a century-old store.
The founding year is the first year!"
The boy's face beneath the mask was shocked.
——Is this all right?
Is this still a way of understanding?
But she hadn't finished her words yet:
"Everything we do now is groundbreaking for Yuyue Store and the world, and will have historical significance in the future."
"Each project is also a brand new project that can bring changes to the world. Look at the work we are doing now. Which one is not very popular? This proves that as long as we work hard and operate diligently, we can create new sales miracles again and again."
“Is there no hope for a store like this to become a century-old store?”
Kakashi: Of course there is.
"As someone who can participate in this and has the opportunity to create a century-old store from scratch, aren't you excited? Don't you think you should work harder and strive for this goal with your own hands?"
Excitement is excitement.
But if he continues to overwork himself like this, even if he doesn't go to the battlefield, he may not see the day of his fiftieth anniversary.
The boy showed dead fish eyes. He felt that he really had to bear too much burden that did not belong to this age.
No, or he shouldn't have questioned it in the first place.
The boy thought so, but in the end he did not say anything more about this matter, but returned to the original topic.
"So you keep this old look on purpose?"
"How can this be called old? This is called having a sense of history and showing the traces of the passage of time."
The way Ugetsu looked at Hatake Kakashi was like a teacher looking at a student who couldn't be taught no matter how hard he tried.
There is even a bit of compassion in the care.
Can you speak?
How can a businessman not even speak correctly?
"It is necessary to have this feeling so that we can better negotiate with customers from Sand Village and even the world. Stores with history make people feel more at ease - after all, a new store often represents a time period, which will give people the feeling that it has no foundation."
Kakashi was amazed. He never expected that a shabby store exterior could make her speak so eloquently.
Based on this eloquence alone, he had no doubt that 'Yu Yue Store' could become a century-old store.
It’s hard to say whether other stores are new or old.
But for Miss Yu Yue, the new and the old don’t make any difference, right?
After all
Even if she was given a shop that was just built yesterday, she could still convince people with her supernatural rhetoric.
Teenagers sometimes feel this way:
If speech skills could also be rated, and Miss Utsuki said she was A, then no one would dare to say they were S - perhaps compared to ninjutsu of the same level, the impact of Miss Utsuki's speech was more powerful.
After all, ninjutsu is used.
Miss Yu Yue's rhetoric will only continue to ferment and spread with the passage of time and the promotion of the product.
So terrifying.
The silver-haired boy only thought for two seconds before he decided that it was not his turn to worry about Miss Yu Yue. It would be better to start work earlier and finish earlier.
The boy is ready to go to work.
However, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a pair of eyes full of stars.
"Kai?"
Why are you here? And with that expression?
The boy who was called was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
"Ms. Yu Yue said it very well!"
"It's amazing! It's a century-old store!"
He danced and looked at his 'enemy'.
"I can actually participate in this as a member... It's really..."
He was so excited that he could hardly speak.
"Really! What an honor!"
When I think about the sweat and hard work that went into this, when I think about how all my efforts will be rewarded and become a brick of a century-old history, I feel really happy.
Might Guy's blood boiled.
"Kakashi! Let's start working on it today!"
"ha?"
What does it mean to start working hard today? When do they usually not work hard?
"No, not today, start now!"
Might Guy said this, grabbing his nemesis's hand and rushing out like a fly.
"Let's go! Let's boil 300 kilograms of syrup first, then pack 300 kilograms of blind boxes and make 300 kilograms of milk tea...ah, does the orphanage need help too? Let's go help after get off work!"
There are 24 hours in a day! There is no shortage of things to do!
Kakashi: ???
Why did he have to hear it?
"Come on."
I could still hear the girl's cheerful encouragement behind me.
Looking at the gate of Konoha from afar, the Third Kazekage
I feel mixed emotions.
He never imagined that one day he would come to Konoha to discuss a job commission related to the Sand Ninja.
If someone had said this a few months ago, he would have thought that someone was maliciously mocking the decline of the Sand Village and sent the person out to eat sand and dust to wake up his brain.
"You are here."
Looking at the Third Kazekage and his companions who came from afar, Namikaze Minato and several companions behind him who were welcoming them at the gate bowed together.
The Sandaime Kazekage's gaze passed over the man in front of him.
There are ninjas like this whose one person is enough to change the level they occupy, and each ninja village has a list.
From the ninja who just went out to the shadow of the highest leader, they all know them by heart.
"Thank you for coming to pick us up."
"No." Namikaze Minato smiled, and said kindly and enthusiastically, "Thank you for coming from afar. Please follow me in and settle down."
"Hokage-sama has been looking forward to your arrival."
"Hokage-sama is very thoughtful." The Third Kazekage looked at everyone, "We are here for the cooperation that Scorpion mentioned. May I ask where Scorpion is now?"
Although Scorpio contained a lot of information in the letter, for things like this, it is inevitable that there will be omissions when there is no face-to-face conversation.
He would rather have the discussion after Scorpio had given a thorough explanation.
Of course he knew that Scorpion had accepted the research and development commission from Yu Yue Store.
Although Scorpion's recent performance has been unsatisfactory and has always caused complaints from many people in the village, this one incident alone is enough to add points.
After all, this is equivalent to them snatching a business from Konoha, which is enough to shut up those who say that Scorpion Heart is no longer in the Sand Village.
However, the Third Kazekage did not take this matter too seriously in the past. He thought it was just an ordinary task and it would be over after it was completed.
"Master Scorpion's words..."
When Scorpion was mentioned, Minato Namikaze's originally perfect expression changed for a moment.
Although it was only a subtle change, the Third Kazekage and his followers were all elites who had experienced many battles, so they naturally would not fail to notice it.
It seems there is indeed a problem.
The Third Kazekage saw this and smiled tactfully:
"Why, is it Scorpion who caused trouble for you guys?"
"If that's the case, then I apologize on his behalf. Young people are full of youthful vigor, so please bear with me."
Although he said sorry, his eyes became sharper.
The followers behind him were all veterans of the battlefield. When they noticed the change in Fengying's aura, they all became tense. If there was any unexpected situation, they would immediately burst into action.
"…No, that's not the problem."
The curve of Minato Namikaze's mouth almost fell off. After all, this matter was really... unprecedented.
"It's just that Master Scorpion... uh, said he wanted to go into seclusion, so he sealed the workshop, so we don't know what the current situation is..."
They really have no experience.
The Third Kazekage also fell silent after hearing this.
——This sounds like Scorpio’s style.
When he was in the Sand Village, he hated being disturbed by others.
It’s not like we haven’t sealed off houses before… No, it’s been done quite a lot.
The hostility in the eyes of the Third Kazekage faded a lot. If that was the case, it was no wonder that the people of Konoha were so upset.
"I understand. Please take us to resettle first. I will take care of Scorpion's matter."
"Thank you for your cooperation."
Minato Namikaze also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Miss Ugetsu said, "The R&D staff are under time pressure and have heavy tasks. If you don't want to be disturbed, don't disturb them," they are elites from other villages after all. If they are sealed like this (even though he sealed himself), they won't be able to hand over the people and won't be able to explain to the people of Sand Village, right?
Now the Third Kazekage understands and promises to solve the problem.
It was a great help to them too.
It would be best if the Sand Village ninjas could solve their own problems.
Things had come to this point, and the third generation naturally would not let anyone be unhappy at this time, so he agreed immediately with a stroke of the pen.
He also reminded Minato Namikaze that if the people of the Sand Village started fighting among themselves, he should remember to persuade them.
So the Third Kazekage and his followers followed Minato Namikaze without any hindrance to the house that was temporarily requisitioned as a joint workshop for Orochimaru and Sasori.
Just as Minato Namikaze said, there were puppets and detonating tags placed outside the house.
He looked like "Don't get close to me" and "If you want to die, try this."
"This is..."
Namikaze Minato looked at the Third Kazekage implicitly.
“…Excuse me.”
The Third Kazekage said this as he activated his Kekkei Genkai.
The blood limit of the third Kazekage: magnetic sand can be freely controlled by iron
Things containing iron can be used to extract the iron content even in sandy soil or empty land.
"Magnetic Style: Giant Sand Iron Needle!"
He used a giant iron sand needle to destroy the nodes of the puppet, and then wrapped the detonating talisman with iron sand to forcibly prevent the detonating talisman from exploding, thus opening the passage to the workshop.
"Okay."
He said, walking forward to open the door.
But before he could touch the door, it was opened from the inside.
A long-haired man with a gloomy face made way for him knowingly .
"Come in."
"Orochimaru of the Three Ninjas..."
The Third Kazekage revealed the name of the visitor.
"It is an honor that Master Kazekage knows my name."
Orochimaru spoke respectfully, but his expression was indifferent.
With him leading the way, they soon arrived at the center of the workshop.
One was emptied of all the messy things, leaving only a strange-looking machine in the middle. The appearance of the machine was a little different from the usual ones, but that was not the point. People soon turned their attention to its composition.
There are conveyor belts and a lot of things that look like gears of different sizes.
As for other tall and short things that look like jars or boxes...that are beyond their cognition.
"You guys are here?"
The scorpion standing in front of the strange machine showed no signs of being angry at being disturbed - it was fortunate that they arrived just after it was completed. If it had been before it was completed, the scene would definitely not have been so peaceful.
The reason why Scorpion closed the workshop was not only because he didn't want Orochimaru to leave before it was completed, but also because he didn't want to explain to anyone.
Even if the people from Konoha wanted to help out with good intentions and kept asking about the progress.
But in Scorpio's view, technology is something that you either know or don't know.
If you can't do it, even if a hundred more people come, it will only cause more trouble. It's better not to come from the beginning.
After all, even if there are a hundred trash, they are still trash.
"Scorpion, why are you..."
The Third Kazekage could not directly protect him in front of the people of Konoha no matter what.
——It’s just like when the school calls parents, the parents always have to scold their children at the beginning.
But Scorpio obviously didn't buy it.
“It’s basically finished.”
“This is what you were talking about…
…a machine that makes the moulds for the ‘dream bag’?”
“The production part, to be exact.”
Scorpio doesn't like this kind of imprecise expression.
“As for the production of raw materials, we still have some difficulties to overcome.”
Orochimaru followed closely and began to explain.
After all, he had contributed a lot to this, so Scorpio was not angry at him for interrupting him.
"At this stage, we plan to divide the production of the dream bag into two parts. One part is the preparation part you see now." Scorpion continued. "The other part is the production of raw materials."
"Raw materials still need to be made?"
The Third Kazekage frowned.
If this part is added, wouldn’t it be troublesome?
Is this really possible?
Scorpion's face fell.
Orochimaru also showed an expression that said, 'That's why it's difficult to communicate with uneducated people.'
But no matter what, the other party was still a Kazekage, so his disdain only flashed across his face, followed by a faint business smile.
"After all, it is a fine product, so of course there are requirements for the raw materials."
Having said that, Scorpion's expression became serious.
He interrupted Orochimaru and spoke himself:
“Although the process is relatively complicated, there are still many difficulties to be overcome and areas that need to be simplified. However…”
Scorpion said this, looking up at the Third Generation with a rare serious expression.
"One of the ingredients of the material is sand."
"Oh, Sunako..." The Third Kazekage was not very interested in this, so he just said it casually at first, but then he realized the weight of these words.
"Wait, Sand?"
"You mean the common kind we see, sand?"
There's sand all over the ground outside the village?
The Third Kazekage understood the meaning almost immediately.
For the Sand Village, sand is a no-cost business.
It's not that they can have as much as you want, they can even give away tons of it for free.
If this could really happen...
For the Sand Village, that would be a long-term business that would make a lot of money and could even be passed down from generation to generation.
The Sandaime Kazekage's entire body tensed with excitement.
He didn't need to think much to see the benefits that the Sand Village would gain from it.
"Really?"
"scorpion
My Lord, is what you are saying really possible?"
The other people from the Sand Village also became excited.
Can sand be used as material?
Can sand be sold for money?
This is unbelievable and too much preferential treatment for the Sand Village.
"It's just that at present, there are still many technical difficulties in its specific implementation."
It is certainly a good thing to reduce material costs, but it is meaningless if the process costs are too high.
Scorpion, as a technical worker, said this in a matter-of-fact way. But the people in the Sand Village only remembered the words "Sand can be used as materials" and "Sand can also make money".
"It doesn't matter. If it's Master Scorpion, there will be no problem!"
"Yes! Technical matters! Nothing can stump Lord Scorpion!"
The people of the Sand Village may not like Scorpion's personality, but no one disapproves of his skills.
The same is true now.
scorpion:"……"
So he hated dealing with these laymen who didn't understand technology.
You don't know anything yet you still have expectations.
It won't help and will only cause trouble.
Even though it was just a 'possibility', the Third Kazekage couldn't help but look forward to it when he saw the new benefits of the Sand Village.
Is it because of this that the Sand Village is constrained in every way and lacks supplies that they want to be?
Of course not.
Because they are poor.
The poor natural environment requires them to obtain various supplies at a higher cost.
It is true that they have some methods to refine gold dust to exchange for money, but not everyone has such technology. In addition, the daimyo of the Wind Country also intends to reduce the budget of the Sand Village...
The Third Kazekage felt a headache when he thought of the news he had received.
Now that he finally sees something good, of course he is happy.
It is true that no one knows what the final outcome of this 'Dream Bag' business will be, but even a little bit of money is worth it. Given the current situation of the Sand Village, they have no right to despise it.
They are not like Konoha, which has a large fortune and abundant resources.
For them, Yu Yue's commission was probably like a remote area with nothing and no sense of existence suddenly finding out that a company was going to invest and set up a factory.
It was a pure surprise.
Of course, that requires the green light.
Even if they really don't make any money, they haven't paid too much anyway.
Plus a 'Konoha people come
Our reputation as 'commissioned cooperation' can fool many people.
Now that the Daimyo of the Wind Country knows about this, he will probably reconsider his decision.
So during the negotiations, the Third Kazekage behaved very generously and magnanimously.
Yu Yue had originally prepared several persuasion plans, but in the end, none of them were used.
This made her somewhat uncomfortable.
There's even an awkward feeling of punching cotton.
But no matter what, it is better to save trouble than to cause more trouble.
She was still quite satisfied.
On the contrary, the Third Hokage couldn't stand it anymore.
That's really generous.
Whatever you say is what it is, it's almost like giving it to you for free.
Are you really the shadow of the village?
Keep it to yourself.
You 'll make impossible for others to talk.
The Third Hokage's worries were not unreasonable.
After all, if the Kazekage gives so many preferential treatment and support, then Konoha, as Miss Ugetsu's hometown, cannot be worse than what the Third Kazekage gives, right?
But if we really give it according to the strength of the Third Kazekage, then the degree of freedom will be too high.
Apart from anything else, Danzo will definitely not agree.
However, the Third Kazekage not only refused to listen to the advice, he even thought that he could continue to increase his efforts.
As for the Third Hokage's kindness, he was very considerate and said:
"It's okay. I know that your Konoha family is big and has a lot of ninja affairs. It's really difficult to give too many people and discounts."
The Third Hokage and the elders nodded.
That's right, after all, we are Konoha founded by the 'God of Ninja', with a large family and a lot of work to do. It's not that they don't want to, but it's really hard for them to spare the time.
It’s good to understand, long live understanding.
However, the Third Kazekage changed the subject:
"But it's different in our Sand Village. We have a professional team of puppeteers. When manpower is insufficient, we can use puppets to work. Unlike living people who may be affected by their status, puppets are more stable and can be used safely in various repetitive tasks."
???
Sarutobi Hiruzen began to feel that something was wrong, and he squinted his eyes at the Third Kazekage who was still speaking.
"So Ms. Ugetsuki, are you interested in opening a shop in our Sand Village?"
The Third Kazekage even managed a smile that could be described as kind on his stern and serious face.
"I heard that Miss Ugetsu is also going to make ninja's 'hero eggs'? We have many heroes in the Sand Village as well."
Yu Yue opened her eyes wide:? She hasn't even opened her mouth yet, and the authorization is already in front of her?
There is such a good thing?!