Chapter 696 Transaction!

Konoha Village!
It is already afternoon.

It takes a long time to chase, so it will naturally be much faster to come back.

"Master Tang Ping!"*2
Shen Yue Chu Yun and Gang Zitie would naturally not seek death by performing a "business-like" identity check, but would instead greet respectfully.

However, when they saw the bandages on Tang Ping's body and his pale face, their expressions changed instantly.

Because they simply couldn't believe that the famous 'Purifying Flame' was actually injured like this.

Fortunately, no matter how curious they were, they had no intention of asking the reason.

No wonder he can be a door god, he is really smart.

After entering the village.

Dou Ping went to the Hokage Building to hand in the task as soon as possible.

Since I received the mission from Jiraiya, I naturally have to find him to hand it in.

However, when he arrived at the Hokage's office, he found that Jiraiya was not the only one there.

Tsunade, Shikaku, Utatane Koharu and Mitomon En were also there, as if they were waiting for him.

"Thank you for your hard work on this mission, but your injury..."

Jiraiya first praised him, and then when he wanted to ask about the process, he saw that Dohei was dying and looked like he would collapse at any time, and he didn't know whether he should continue asking.

"Ahem... It's okay, I'm not going to die, I just need to rest for a few years!"

Tang Ping coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood and spoke in a bad tone, his eyes like a knife sweeping over everyone present.

Faced with his rude gaze, even Utane Koharu, who liked to confront him head-on, did not react.

Wrong!

After Izumi, Yamama Koji and others returned to the village first, they figured out the mission and knew that Dohei was ambushed by Danzo, the two major ninja villages and the nobles.

The fact that they were able to carry out such a precise ambush was naturally related to the leak of Tang Ping's intelligence.

From this point of view, Konoha felt guilty because it was because they tricked Douhei into doing this.

If it were ordinary people, they would not bother to explain even if they were in the wrong, or ask the other party to produce evidence.

But Tang Ping is not an ordinary person!

Not only does he control the castle tower with thousands of registered ninjas, but he is also a top-notch expert himself and does not need any evidence at all.

"Senior Jiraiya, there are too many coincidences in this mission. Shouldn't we investigate who leaked my information?"

Tang Ping made his request straight to the point.

He has the qualifications to make Konoha give him an explanation.

I almost got killed while carrying out my mission for the village, so it is completely reasonable for me to ask for an explanation.

It would be abnormal if you don’t want that!

So even Tang Ping didn't actually mind this ambush.

After all, through this ambush he already knew that the daimyo and the nobles were preparing to join forces with several major ninja villages to attack the castle tower.

This information alone is worth the price of admission.

But even if you don't care, you still have to pretend.

If Tang Ping acted like he didn't care at all, everyone would know there was something wrong.

"this…"

Jiraiya was a little embarrassed.

Because he was not sure who leaked the information.

But what is certain is that the person is in the office, otherwise he would not be able to know the information and connect with Danzo.

He actually suspected the two advisory elders!
Because of their relationship with Danzo, even if the other party is now a traitor, it does not mean that there is no secret contact.

No, there will definitely be contact.

Therefore, this matter really cannot be investigated too deeply. Once it is investigated, it may eventually be traced back to these two people.

"This is an accident!" Tsunade, with her arms crossed, broke the awkward atmosphere and continued, "It should be that Danzo's remaining subordinates saw you leaving the village and passed on the information!"

She was completely speaking with her eyes open.

What else can we do? We can't just turn against each other, right?

Well, at this time, she didn't know that the Fire Nation envoy was discussing the "fire extinguishing plan" with Jiraiya and others, and thought that there was room for easing the situation.

"Yeah…"

Dou Ping's eyes were full of suspicion. When several people thought he was going to get angry, he suddenly changed the subject and said:

"Then I want to hire some people to serve in the castle tower. Here is the list. What do you think, Lord Hokage?"

He took out the scroll as he spoke.

This list was selected by the castle tower's intelligence department with great effort. They are people who can integrate into the castle tower but are not above Konoha's bottom line.

The people on the list, if they were in Konoha, would be considered as helpers who were not talented enough to be admitted to Konoha Ninja School, and whose connections were not good enough to be accepted. If it was before the castle tower sucked blood, Konoha would not care about these people at all, and they could leave if they wanted to.

Because in Konoha they still have a chance to become ninjas, but if they leave Konoha they will have no chance at all.

But since the appearance of the castle tower, these people have new choices.

At least they can apply to enter the ninja school or receive ninja training in the castle tower.

The castle tower provides a full set of resources!
However, as a price, one has to work for the castle tower for a few years after graduation.

It is precisely because of these reasons that the number of ninjas in the castle tower has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

There is no need to worry about others taking advantage of your resources for free.

Let’s not talk about how high the probability is. After all, during the training process, various tests and the will of the scorching sun are constantly instilled.

Even if a freeloader monster really appears, the castle tower will hunt it down.

With a few measures, this situation can be basically eliminated.

Now, the castle tower has more than enough resources, but there are not many people with chakra talent.

That's why he keeps sucking Konoha's blood.

"No, absolutely not!"

Before Jiraiya had finished reading, Utane Koharu beside him was already furious.

Thousands of names!
It didn't really matter to Konoha, as the chances of them becoming ninja in the village were zero.

The problem is that once these people go to the castle tower, they can all become ninjas, which is unacceptable.

Jiraiya frowned and took a glance, and found that there were only a few ninjas there, all of them were from the declining small ninja clans.

Except for 'Tiantian' who looked somewhat familiar to him, all of them looked unfamiliar.

"As the Hokage, I cannot force the villagers to leave the village!"

Jiraiya stated his position.

Even if the Hokage needs to bear the darkness, he can never trade the villagers.

"How can you be sure that these people don't want to go to the castle tower?"

Dou Ping glanced at the two advisory elders and Shikaku with a mocking look.

Everyone on the list dreams of becoming a ninja, but there is no chance for them in Konoha. However, the chances are very great in the castle tower.

The problem is that after the Hokage discovered that the castle tower was sucking blood, they took measures and did not allow these talented villagers to leave.

Absolutely inappropriate!

It was because Danzo was too powerful and his moves were too ruthless, otherwise he could not be stopped at all.

Becoming a ninja is the dream of all the people in the ninja village. Now that there is finally this path, someone is blocking it. How can people not be angry?

The two advisors and Nara Shikaku all knew about this, but instead of stopping it, they secretly helped.

Because they don't want to see the castle tower continue to grow, restricting these people from leaving the village is equivalent to cutting off the nutrients for the castle tower's growth.

That's why Tang Ping looked at them, which was equivalent to mocking his hypocrisy.

You keep saying you want to protect the villagers, but is this how you 'protect' them?

Obviously, none of them had the courage of Danzo, and none of them dared to look directly at Dohei's gaze.

"Even if that's the case, the village won't agree to trade its villagers!"

Tsunade's emotional intelligence certainly allowed her to see the trick, but she still shook her head.

It sounds like she flatly rejected Tang Ping's transaction conditions, but in fact she agreed, but hinted at another way of transaction.

"Then if they want to 'migrate' to another place, will the village interfere?"

Tang Ping changed his way of saying it.

That is, let these people migrate 'voluntarily'.

"Tsunade!"

Utane Koharu called Tsunade's name anxiously.

But Tsunade ignored her and simply nodded and replied:
"Konoha will not interfere with the migration of ordinary people. As for those Genin, they can go through special procedures!"

It was already a good deal to use this condition in exchange for Tang Ping not pursuing the matter of information leak.

Otherwise, since he has suffered such serious injuries because of the village, it would be strange if he didn't take the opportunity to get angry, and then he would only pay a greater price.

All I can say is that Tsunade is indeed decisive enough.

The transaction was successfully completed.

Tang Ping did not mention the matter of the village leaking information again. He just gave a brief report on the mission and left.

But after he left, the office became lively.

(End of this chapter)