The Meeting Begins
Land of Rivers, conference city, Hot Spring Inn, corridor.
"I'll go,"
Lin Ke said calmly, the shadow beneath his feet rapidly separating and disappearing from sight at an astonishing speed.
No matter how many times I see it, this is a very convenient technique.
Hatake Kakashi thought to himself, leaning against the wall and opening Make-Out Paradise, saying, "Then, I'll leave the task of guarding to you."
Lin Ke didn't speak, formally entering mission mode, closing his eyes to control the shadows lurking in every corner of the Hot Spring Inn, fully expanding his perception of Chakra, confirming that no one within the Hot Spring Inn's range was using Chakra, then opening his eyes, quietly waiting.
"Click~" The Third Hokage, having changed into a Yukata, walked out of the room, patted Lin Ke's shoulder, and said with a smile, "No need to be so nervous."
"How about changing into some clothes and joining me for a dip in the hot spring? I specifically chose this Hot Spring Inn~"
The Three-Nation Summit was something the Kage needed to consider. For the two guards, Kakashi might need to participate a bit, but Lin Ke just needed to enjoy the pleasure and political assets this trip brought.
"I don't need to, wait—"
Before Lin Ke could finish speaking, his shoulder drooped, Hatake Kakashi smiled and pressed his hand on his arm, saying, "Come on, you need to learn to enjoy life."
"Don't be so serious all the time at such a young age, it's boring."
The Third Hokage—or rather, Sarutobi Hiruzen—was already humming an unknown tune, clattering along in his wooden clogs towards the bathhouse.
Lin Ke didn't refuse, only instructing his shadow to guard the three's rooms, and followed Kakashi to the bathhouse to take a shower, then wrapped in a bath towel, he came to the hot spring.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, little Lin Ke is handsome and has such a good figure," Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile, teasing, "You must attract a lot of girls."
"I think the Sand Ninja Village's Princess Temari is..." Hatake Kakashi even wore his mask and Forehead Protector while soaking in the hot spring, looking quite awkward, sitting next to him and chiming in.
Lin Ke sat down, the hot spring water almost reaching his nose, closed his eyes, and leaned against the edge, ignoring the two adults' boring teasing.
In their recent interactions, the other side of this little old man, Sarutobi Hiruzen, had gradually been exposed, using the telescope on the Hokage Office balcony to peep into the hot spring bathhouse, making some out-of-tune jokes.
Not annoying, I guess.
Hatake Kakashi was even more of an old pervert, Lin Ke had once casually flipped through that beloved Make-Out Paradise in a bookstore.
If I hadn't looked, I wouldn't have known your treasure was so big Having something so big, I'm simply I'll do anything you want Not even for an hour...
Purely a little yellow book, okay? I don't even know why this thing can be sold publicly.
Lin Ke had to maintain his persona on one hand, and on the other hand, he really wasn't interested in being horny right now, silently listening to the two indecent adults discussing some strange content, and after a while, he finished soaking in the hot spring and went out, changed into a new Yukata, had dinner in the restaurant, and was about to send Sarutobi Hiruzen back to his room to sleep when he noticed someone approaching and immediately became vigilant.
"Splash~"
The door of the private room was opened, and an old monk in a Yukata walked in, saying, "Long time no see, Third Hokage."
"It's you, Banzhai," Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled, "I didn't expect even you, a reclusive old fellow, to come out."
The monk named Banzhai shook his head and sighed, closed the door, sat down, and said, "There's no way, the affairs of the Land of Rivers are really serious, the Fire Temple doesn't have enough manpower, this old bone of mine has to come out and move around..."
This Three-Nation Summit was actually initiated by Konoha, but nominally, of course, it couldn't be said that way, nor could they let the Rain Hidden Village and Sand Ninja Village people come to Konoha Village to hold a meeting.
In the end, the Fire Temple took the lead and held it in the Land of Rivers. Don't look down on the Fire Temple as just a temple, it actually has a lot of assets and is a very wealthy temple.
Not only in the Land of Fire, but the Fire Temple is active in many places in the Land of Rivers.
After the war in the Land of Rivers, the monks became more and more active. Today's Land of Rivers' long-obsolete bureaucratic system is far less useful than the Ninja Temple and Ninja Monks.
Because these Ninja Temples are truly extraordinary organizations that control Chakra and Ninjutsu.
Including the Hot Spring Inn they were currently staying in, it was all property funded by the Fire Temple, no wonder Sarutobi Hiruzen told Lin Ke no need to be so nervous.
Banzhai came over to chat with the Third Hokage, roughly talking about the situation of the Three-Nation Summit.
The Fourth Kazekage had already arrived, but the Rain Hidden Village's Salamander Hanzo had not yet appeared. It was said that the Land of Rain seemed to be getting more and more chaotic recently. The news of the meeting was passed on by the Ninja Monks, but it was still hard to say whether he would come.
In fact, if they wanted the Land of Rivers to be peaceful, the important thing was still for Konoha and Sand Ninja Village to nod. No one really cared much about the internally chaotic and closed-off Rain Hidden Village.
If the two great ninja villages pushed away all the missions related to the Land of Rivers' disputes and issued missions to maintain the Land of Rivers' peace, the remaining Land of Rivers Ninja would re-pacify this country, but the time it would take might be long.
In this process, collecting some rewards was also very reasonable. The Three-Nation Summit was to discuss how to divide the rewards that the Land of Rivers could provide. It didn't matter if the Rain Hidden Village didn't want to come.
At worst, some small frictions would occur.
As the organization that took the lead in hosting the meeting, Ninja Temple would naturally get a share of the pie, one way or another.
...
One day later, at the scene of the Three-Country Talks.
"I am Chiriku, responsible for this meeting." The Fire Temple's abbot, dressed in a monk's robe, said, "Now then, the three representatives of the three countries are all present, so the Three-Country Talks will now begin."
"Regarding the Land of Rivers..."
Lin Ke stood behind the Third Hokage, listening and watching quietly.
The Fourth Kazekage was nothing special, having met him twice already. His techniques looked impressive, but his specialty, Quicksand Gold, was far inferior to Iron Sand in terms of hardness and effect.
There was a reason why the Third Kazekage was known as the strongest Kazekage. In Japanese culture, Iron Sand was the highest grade cast iron material in Japan, and weapons made from Iron Sand were touted as being very powerful.
In this context, it would be difficult for Iron Sand in the Naruto World to not be powerful.
Reflecting on reality, the Iron Sand that Lin Ke bounced back with the Spicy Girl's ability last time instantly killed the Third Kazekage's Human Puppet, showing how powerful Iron Sand was.
On the other hand, this was his first time seeing Salamander Hanzo.
He was dressed very tightly, wore a strange respirator even during the talks, and the most outrageous thing was that while the Fourth Kazekage and the Third Hokage each had two guards, this guy had five people standing behind him, all fully armed, giving the impression that he wasn't here to negotiate, but to go to the battlefield.
Did he need to be so afraid of death?
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