It's unclear if Akame's intervention scared Danzo.
Danzo didn't even mention the deaths of his subordinates, instead, he stared at Zhong Chen with a gloomy expression.
"Hmph, I'm here to negotiate. Just state your conditions."
"Indeed, our Sunagakure also wants to know your conditions."
Chiyo, who had been silent, spoke up as well when she saw things getting on track.
"Easy to say. Your Konoha is a big family with a big business. Just give me 50 billion Ryo, and I'll release them."
"As for Sunagakure... you're so poor, I won't make it hard for you. 49.9 billion Ryo will do."
"Oh, I'm such a good person."
After Zhong Chen finished speaking, he even shook his head contentedly, as if he had made a huge concession.
"50 billion!!!"
"49.9 billion!!!"
"Why don't you just rob us!!!" * 2
Chiyo and Danzo, quite uncharacteristically, shouted the same sentence.
"What do you mean? Aren't I robbing you?"
After speaking, Zhong Chen looked at the two with a wronged expression.
Chiyo looked at Zhong Chen like this, took a few deep breaths, and after calming herself, said seriously:
"I'll be frank. With that much money, even if we sold all of Sunagakure, we wouldn't be able to come up with it."
"Let's talk about more realistic conditions. As long as they're not too excessive, I'll agree on behalf of Sunagakure."
"Alright, I'll consider it respecting the elderly and caring for the young. Two conditions!"
He held up two fingers and wiggled them in front of Chiyo's eyes, then continued:
"First, Sunagakure pays 1.5 billion Ryo as ransom."
"Second, acknowledge Rainbow Country as the sixth great nation of the Shinobi World, Rainbow Ninja Village as the sixth great ninja village, and acknowledge the leader of said ninja village as the Rainbow Shadow!"
"What!!! You're really not from Iwagakure?"
When Chiyo heard the first condition, she thought Sunagakure could probably scrape it together even if they had to sell everything.
But when she heard the second condition, she immediately felt that things were somewhat beyond her expectation.
She hadn't expected the other party to not be Iwagakure, but a newly established ninja village.
This was probably going to cause a massive earthquake across the entire Shinobi World.
"Didn't I say so from the beginning? It's just that you didn't believe me."
"How about it? Just these two conditions. Will you accept them or not? If not, I'm going to tear up the ticket..."
Zhong Chen's tone carried a hint of threat, but Chiyo thought about it and then said:
"I agree on behalf of Sunagakure. The declaration can be issued immediately, but we need time to raise the money."
"Alright, I'll give you five days."
"Okay."
Zhong Chen watched as Sunagakure's business was settled, then turned his head back to Danzo's gloomy old face.
"As for Konoha, I won't swindle you. 5 billion plus the declaration. Agree, and go back to get the money. Disagree, and wait to collect Jiraiya and the others' corpses."
"You... Why is Sunagakure only 1.5 billion, but we have to pay 5 billion!!!"
Zhong Chen looked at the indignant Danzo and said with an expression of course:
"Isn't this for the sake of your First Ninja Village's prestige! If your Konoha were the same as Suna, wouldn't that devalue you?"
"Don't you agree, Elder Danzo of the First Ninja Village!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's words, Danzo nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood. This was too much bullying.
What kind of prestige is worth so much money? If anyone could give me 3.5 billion, I wouldn't mind groveling to him.
"3 billion..."
"4.5 billion..."
"3.5 billion..."
"4 billion..."
"3.5 billion..."
"4.5 billion..."
"Why are you still raising it?"
"Say one more word, and I'll raise it again!"
"You... 4 billion. Take it or leave it. If not, just use Jiraiya and the others as fertilizer."
"Deal!"
After Zhong Chen finished speaking, he stared at Danzo with a cheeky smile, as if to say, thank you, old friend Danzo, for the 4 billion Ryo reward.
"Hmph, you'd better keep your promise, otherwise, Konoha will show you what the First Ninja Village is capable of."
Danzo finished speaking, stood up, and left the conference room with his subordinates without looking back.
Watching Danzo's retreating back, Zhong Chen made a mischievous face and mimicked Danzo, saying:
"'Otherwise, Konoha will show you what the First Ninja Village is capable of.' Bah, what nonsense. Do you think I'm easily scared?!"
"Why don't you go to the Commercial Street and ask around how famous my name, Overlord Zhong, is!"
Chiyo looked at Zhong Chen, who was acting like a child playing, and couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahaha, it seems you don't like that fellow Danzo either. Since things are settled, I'll go back to raise money first."
After saying that, Chiyo stood up, nodded slightly to Zhong Chen, and then left the conference room with the Sunagakure ninjas.
"Oh, Chiyo, that old woman, is actually so polite. That's not scientific."
"It's all because of you, you bad guy. She's probably afraid you'll suddenly go back on your word, after all, the future of Sunagakure has been completely swept up this time."
"If these people were all killed by you, Sunagakure might well fall out of the ranks of the Five Great Ninja Villages."
Kochou Shinobu had also figured out the situation of the Five Great Ninja Villages during this time, so she directly told Zhong Chen the reason.
"So that's how it is. I should have asked for more."
"..."
As Konoha and Sunagakure successively issued declarations, Rainbow Ninja Village became completely famous throughout the Shinobi World.
A little-known village was suddenly recognized as the Sixth Great Ninja Village by two great ninja villages simultaneously.
This was no small matter, but a major event that could change the entire Shinobi World's landscape.
Kirigakure, Mizukage's Office
"Rainbow Ninja Village? Could it be a ninja village established in Rainbow Country?"
"Could it be that Kumoki and the others didn't die in a shipwreck, but died in Rainbow Ninja Village!"
Yagura Karatachi looked at the intelligence report sent back by the intelligence personnel on the table, and his face instantly became extremely grim.
Because he discovered a huge threat that had grown right under his nose.
"Someone!"
Swish... A ANBU instantly appeared and knelt on one knee:
"Mizukage-sama!"
"Send people to Rainbow Country to thoroughly investigate this Rainbow Ninja Village. This is the top priority!"
"Yes!"
Iwagakure
"Sixth Great Ninja Village? Rainbow Shadow? Did I acknowledge it?"
"Go, issue a declaration saying that our Iwagakure does not acknowledge the existence of the Sixth Great Ninja Village and the Rainbow Shadow!"
The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki of the Two Scales, floated in front of the conference table and said loudly with disdain.
At the same time, the Third Raikage also made the same decision as the Tsuchikage.
Subsequently, news spread throughout the Shinobi World that two great ninja villages did not acknowledge it.
For a time, the entire Shinobi World's situation became unpredictable due to the sudden rise of Rainbow Ninja Village.
At this moment, all ninja villages, large and small, were waiting for Kirigakure's declaration, but Kirigakure seemed to have not received the news, showing no movement at all.
"Bad guy, Kumogakure and Iwagakure don't acknowledge your Rainbow Shadow, huh..."
Kochou Shinobu sat on the sofa, teasing him with a smile.
"Hmph, they don't acknowledge it? In a couple of days, I'll let them know what a meteor shower is..."