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Three days flew by.

The envoys from the Five Great Nations and the Iron Kingdom also brought the decisions of their respective Daming Mansion.

The issue of tariff concessions will be discussed based on the comprehensive national conditions of each country. This requires professionals from each country to sit down and discuss slowly, and no decision can be made in a short time.

As for the second condition put forward by the Kingdom of Ghosts, the famous governments of various countries agreed, but under the premise of agreement, they must also impose restrictions on debt collectors and wandering witches stationed in the country.

In order to prevent debt collectors from causing casualties during the debt collection process, various countries will dispatch specialized personnel to follow the debt collectors in the Kingdom of Ghosts to supervise them. Debt collectors will also be stationed in the territory of the large and neutral countries, the Iron Kingdom.

, the maximum number of people is five. Similarly, the accompanying wandering witches can only have five people, a total of ten people, who are also subject to supervision by the accompanying personnel.

As for the accompanying personnel of these supervisions, they must be ninjas and samurai from various countries.

Shiraishi also readily agreed to the restrictions on the number of people put forward by various Daming Prefectures and signed the agreement.

Next came the issue of tariff reductions. After Shiraishi asked the relevant government department personnel, he left the negotiation table. After all, he knew nothing about business issues, and he had no idea how much tariff reduction would be appropriate. Furthermore, he

There isn't much time to waste on this kind of thing.

Obtaining the research data on reincarnation techniques from the Lieduo Kingdom and developing a complete reincarnation ninjutsu is what Shiraishi considers to be the most important thing at the moment.

Various technologies need to be developed, but the power of ninjas also needs to go hand in hand and cannot fall behind.

"Huh... we have finally reached an agreement. After the tariff issue is resolved, we need to immediately restrict arms trade with small countries."

Shiraishi returned to the office, took a sip of tea and said.

"But if you do this, you may offend some small countries and affect the reputation of the ghost country, especially those small countries with ninja villages."

Ayane stood aside and said.

"This is something that can't be helped. Moreover, this is not the decision of the Kingdom of Ghosts. The other big countries, including the Kingdom of Iron, are also witnesses and will sign the agreement and make it public. Even if those small countries want to blame, they will also

The other big countries hate the Iron Kingdom together."

Shiraishi didn't care at all.

On the contrary, in this matter, the Kingdom of Ghosts belongs to the persecuted party.

Although the other major powers and the Iron Kingdom also compromised some of their interests with the Kingdom of Demons, this compromise ultimately made Shiraishi feel unhappy.

"This is the disadvantage of living alone. But in this way, it will be difficult for them to dictate to the Kingdom of Ghosts on the issue of arms trade. Although the effect is much worse than expected."

Ayane smiled and said.

According to original expectations, efforts should be intensified to infiltrate various small countries, strive for harmonious diplomatic relations, and actively weaken the military power of the ninjas of big countries to pave the way for future wars.

However, the Kingdom of Ghost still has insufficient foundation and cannot unify the voices of all small countries and reverse the will of the big countries. In addition, the big countries and the Iron Kingdom are highly consistent in their opinions on this matter and strongly oppose the unrestricted arms trade of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Due to these reasons, the Kingdom of Ghosts can only endure it for the time being.

"It's just a temporary compromise. Who knows what kind of obstacles they will cause us in the future. After all, the envoys from other countries haven't caused any problems recently, right?"

Because he had to deal with the envoys from the big countries and the Iron Kingdom, Shiraishi did not have time to take care of the envoys from the small countries. The safety of the envoys from the small countries was left to Ayane to manage. This is also the job of the security team where Ayane is working.

To prevent the farce between Kumogakure and the Hyuga clan from happening again, it is necessary to closely monitor the envoys from various countries at this time.

"Although some envoys from small countries are a little restless, under the supervision of the security team, the overall situation is still under control. I have sent people to warn those envoys from small countries who have ideas. If you don't listen to the advice, I will have no choice but to

Take more extreme measures to make them obedient and there will be no problems."

Ayane thought for a while and said.

Shiraishi nodded, he could understand the difficulties of life in these small countries.

In the battle between big countries, the first ones to be affected are definitely not the big countries, but the small surrounding countries with weak military strength.

The outbreak of several ninja wars also proves the authenticity of this point.

It is precisely for this reason that there are not a few small countries today that crave strong military power.

They do not want their country's lifeline to depend entirely on a big country, but they want their country's absolute independence in sovereignty and territory.

Once big countries find ways to interfere in the internal affairs of small countries, it means disaster will come.

However, it is difficult for small countries to survive, and the situation of the Ghost Country, which has just become the sixth largest country, is not much better.

After the Kingdom of Thunder gets what it wants, it is no longer possible to use them to unite and become a shield for the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The Kingdom of Earth remained silent on the international situation, and the Kingdom of Water stayed in a corner. The two great powers of Fire and Wind united and began to be hostile to the Kingdom of Ghosts. The Kingdom of Thunder, which was the leader of the five great powers, was also secretly building up its strength, and the target of the spear was unknown.

Which country will it point to at the next moment?

Whether he will continue to suppress the Fire Country or target the Ghost Country, Shiraishi doesn't know yet.

Therefore, even if Shiraishi knows the situation of these small countries, he must first consider the position of his own country before talking about others.

Behind the seeming prosperity, there are also crises step by step. If you are not careful, all your previous efforts will be wasted.

Now is not the time to pity these small countries.

The Kingdom of Demons must focus on developing itself and make full preparations for the future war that will determine the Ninja World.

"Next, I have to go to the laboratory to develop new techniques. I have no time to pay attention to external affairs. Those envoys will still be left to you to supervise and make sure there are no mistakes."

Shiraishi packed up the documents on his desk, organized them, and put them aside, planning to go to the laboratory to conduct research on reincarnation.

"Don't worry, with Baiyan here, they won't have a chance to cause trouble."

Ayane answered confidently.

After hearing Ayane's assurance, Shiraishi quickly walked out of the office and headed to the laboratory.

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Konoha, Hokage Building.

In the office, Hiruzen received the documents sent from the Daimyo Palace of the Land of Fire, and achieved results in the arms trade with the Kingdom of Demons, successfully limiting the arms trade of the Kingdom of Demons to small countries.

The future arms trade partners of the Kingdom of Ghosts can only be large countries, neutral countries, and small countries such as Wu Ren Village.

As for countries such as Rain Country, Grass Country, Tang Country, etc., which have their own ninja villages, the Ghost Country will not conduct arms trade with these countries.

Although it was not possible to completely restrict the pace of the Kingdom of Ghosts, it was not easy to achieve this result.

Countries have also made concessions for this, such as reducing tariffs. This has little to do with Konoha. It is an issue that the Daimyo Prefecture needs to consider, so Hiruzen brushed it off when he looked at it.

As for the second condition proposed by the Kingdom of Oni, allowing debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens from the Kingdom of Oni to legally enter the border between the great country and the neutral country, Iron Country, is related to Konoha.

The Daiming Palace of the Fire Country hopes that Konoha Ninja Village will dispatch appropriate personnel to supervise these debt collectors and wandering witches who have legally entered the country, so as to prevent these spies from the Country of Ghost from stealing important information in the Country of Fire, and can promptly

Stop loss.

After reading the entire contents of the document, Hiruzen thought for a moment and said to the surrounding air: "Let Shikaku and Kakashi come over."

Not long after, Jonin squad leader Shikaku Nara and ANBU chief Kakashi Hatake arrived as scheduled.

The two of them walked up to Hiruzen and looked at each other. Shikaku was the first to speak: "Hokage-sama, what's the matter with you coming to us?"

Hiruzen pushed the document in his hand in front of the two of them and let them look at it.

"You all should take a look at this document."

Shikaku and Kakashi lowered their heads slightly and scanned the document handed over by Hiruzen together.

Soon, the contents of the document were memorized by Shikaku and Kakashi, and both of them looked calm and showed no obvious emotions.

"As for the personnel to supervise the debt collectors and wandering witches in the Kingdom of Ghosts, which department do you think is more appropriate?"

After Hiruzen and the other two finished reading, he immediately asked this question, hoping to hear their opinions.

"Recruit from the ninja clan."

Shikaku glanced at Kakashi and then spoke.

As the jounin squad leader, Shikaku had also heard a little bit about the ANBU's investigation of internal spies.

It's not that they don't trust ANBU, but that there is a problem in ANBU now, and no one knows if there are still spies in it. At this time, it would be a coincidence to select a spy from the Kingdom of Ghosts from ANBU, who happens to be with the debt collector and the wandering witch.

Once they hit it off, it was easy to blind the sight of Konoha and the Fire Country Daimyofu.

In addition, civilian ninjas also have certain risks.

If you want to avoid all risk minefields, you can only choose supervisors from the ninja clan of Konoha.

Kakashi had no objection to this, nodded and said: "I agree with Shikaku, the internal purge of ANBU will take several months to be completely dealt with, and there is no way to come up with innocent members to supervise in a short time.

Debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens from the Kingdom of Ghosts. Selecting supervisors from the ninja clan can ensure the security of information to the greatest extent possible."

Given the many problems faced by ANBU today, Kakashi gave the most pertinent advice.

"Since you said so, let's select suitable supervisors from within each ninja clan."

Hiruzen was also inclined to Shikaku's view, nodded and said.

Shikaku continued: "In order to better monitor this group of guests from the Kingdom of Demons, I suggest selecting supervisors from the Hyuga Clan, the Inuzuka Clan, the Aburame Clan and the Yamanaka Clan. These families are very important in intelligence collection.

, he has good abilities in monitoring and tracking perception."

"I'll leave this matter to you, Shikaku. You must convince these ninja clan leaders."

Hiruzen didn't think much about it and decided to let Shikaku handle the matter.
To be continued...