Naruto: The Teaching System - 224

Chapter 224: Killer Bee is About to Go to Konoha

At the Konoha reception area in Hidden Cloud Village, Sawada looked speechless and interrupted the bandage-wrapped, chattering Killer Bee beside him.

"You're too noisy—how can the Eight-Tails tolerate you?"

"Ah!" Killer Bee's mouth, which had been moving non-stop, suddenly seemed as if someone had grabbed his throat, unable to speak.

At the same time, the Eight-Tails inside Killer Bee had tears in his eyes, thinking: 'What a kindred spirit!'

"Ya fool~ Sawada, this is art!" Killer Bee, unwilling to accept defeat, ignored the Eight-Tails within him and argued with Sawada.

"To hell with art! I need to rest now!" Sawada rolled his eyes and said with obvious annoyance.

Then he looked at Samui sitting properly nearby and said, "Aren't you busy? Isn't Hidden Cloud Village discussing an alliance with our Konoha? How do you have time to bring him here?"

Samui calmly took a sip of tea and answered, "I'm not needed. Mabui and Dodai-sama are sufficient."

Hearing this, Sawada sighed helplessly.

On the entire second floor of the reception building, besides the genin and their jonin squad leaders, only Sawada was there.

After that day's confrontation between him and Killer Bee, the accompanying jonin and genin also began calling Sawada "sama," just like Shisui.

As for Hiruzen and others, they had already gone to the Raikage Building to discuss alliance matters with Fourth Raikage A.

It was so strange. The Fourth Raikage, who had originally scorned Konoha, completely changed his attitude after Sawada's confrontation with Killer Bee.

He pulled Hiruzen over like he was treating a long-lost friend, which made Rasa and Onoki's faces look like they'd eaten dirt.

"Yo, Sawada, eat up! I have to say, the food your Konoha makes tastes pretty good." Killer Bee picked up the refreshments Sawada had placed on the table and ate them without hesitation.

Sawada sat cross-legged, looking at Killer Bee, his mouth twitching involuntarily. "Hey, are we close?"

How had he never noticed that Killer Bee was so shameless before?

"Yo Sawada we got to know each other through battle Besides, our Hidden Cloud Village is going to ally with your Konoha look forward to it~" Killer Bee ignored Sawada's attitude, his hands constantly gesturing.

"It's not finalized yet. Right now they're just discussing trade routes or resource exchanges. If an alliance truly forms, that'll be months from now." Sawada said calmly.

He wasn't joking—currently Hiruzen and the Fourth Raikage were only confirming cooperation terms. Even though Shikaku had arrived, things were still at that stage.

After all, too many interests were involved, and both the Land of Lightning and Land of Fire were among the most resource-rich countries.

Most importantly, Hidden Cloud Village had two specialty products: cloud beef and cloud sake. These were what dignitaries dreamed of, and many people in the Land of Fire had long desired them.

But Hidden Cloud Village prioritized supply to domestic officials and nobles. Due to hostile relations, Hidden Cloud Village's exports to Konoha were even less than to Iwagakure.

"Don't worry, when Samui goes, I'll go with you too~" Killer Bee, sitting nearby, dropped a bombshell.

Sawada???

Samui noticed Sawada's gaze and rubbed her shoulders somewhat helplessly. Her master indeed couldn't keep secrets.

"This is also part of the cooperation. After all, our Hidden Cloud Village must show sincerity too."

Although she said this, Samui remembered when Dodai had proposed this suggestion in the Raikage Building not long ago. The Fourth Raikage had nearly killed Dodai.

After all, Killer Bee, as the Eight-Tails jinchuriki, was Hidden Cloud Village's main combat strength. Yet Dodai suggested sending Killer Bee to Konoha? This was clearly putting meat on Konoha's cutting board!

However, there was one thing Dodai hadn't said wrong. If Killer Bee went so openly, Konoha really couldn't do anything to him.

After all, if Konoha really wanted to start a war, they wouldn't have just sent troops to Moon Wheel Valley a few times. Besides, if war broke out, Hidden Cloud Village wouldn't be afraid either.

Moreover, Killer Bee wouldn't go alone—the squad assigned to Killer Bee this time wasn't just elite forces.

In reality, Dodai's greater wish was to investigate Konoha's sealing jutsu for sealing Tailed Beasts. After all, Killer Bee's ability to perfectly synchronize with the Eight-Tails wasn't because Hidden Cloud Village's sealing jutsu was superior.

It was purely because Killer Bee himself could cooperate with the Eight-Tails and achieve perfect synchronization.

But what about the future? When would they have such good luck again? After all, there was only one Killer Bee.

After hearing Dodai's reasoning, although the Fourth Raikage didn't want to admit it, he had to agree. After all, he and Killer Bee would eventually grow old and die.

Although he cared deeply for his sworn brother, he couldn't ignore Hidden Cloud Village's future.

Additionally, to make Konoha—no, to make Hiruzen—consider their relationship, the Fourth Raikage prepared to return some goods. These were things they had previously 'exchanged' with Konoha, including a corpse.

Sawada held his teacup, head down, thinking about Hidden Cloud Village's demands from this move.

Between great nations, there were no true allies, only interests. For Hidden Cloud Village to send Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails jinchuriki, to Konoha, they couldn't possibly want nothing in return.

This could only mean Konoha had something Hidden Cloud Village needed—ninjutsu!

Thinking of this, Sawada recalled the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style. Only this would make Hidden Cloud Village willing to take such risks.

After all, the Uzumaki Clan was acknowledged as the strongest in sealing jutsu, and now most of the Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu was in Konoha.

It wasn't that Sawada would think this way—it was simply fact. The strength of sealing jutsu directly affected a village's safety.

Take Sunagakure's Shukaku as an example—such crude sealing directly caused Gaara to be unable to sleep peacefully for over ten years.

Could the people of Sunagakure sleep peacefully? That was the ninja world's acknowledged strongest power, and this power was like a ticking time bomb within their village.

It could explode at any time—did you think you could sleep?

In the reception room, Sawada fell into thought, Killer Bee chattered endlessly, and Samui watched Sawada and Killer Bee.

"Hokage-sama, I think this shows sufficient sincerity. Don't you agree?" Inside the Raikage Building, Fourth Raikage A sat on his newly bought sofa, looking at Hiruzen sitting directly across from him as an equal.

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen couldn't help but chuckle. "Raikage-sama, moreover, some of those items were obtained through unfair demands in the past. Even so, what you're providing now is completely disproportionate to what you're requesting."

Hiruzen's meaning was simple. This wasn't enough—what Hidden Cloud Village offered didn't match the price.

Moreover, as a village's Kage, Hiruzen wouldn't short-sightedly hand over sealing jutsu that could restrain Tailed Beasts for such small benefits.

Rasa had been humble for so many years—hadn't Hiruzen still not softened his heart?