Chapter 60: I Know You're in a Hurry, but Calm Down

  After receiving the letter from 'Kamishiro,' the Third Kazekage immediately sent a ninja to summon Ebizo and Chiyo for a discussion.

  After Ebizo and Chiyo arrived at the Kazekage Building, Chiyo asked, "Third Kazekage, what's the urgent matter that you summoned us here so hastily?"

  The Third Kazekage handed the letter from 'Kamishiro' to Chiyo and Ebizo.

  After reading the contents of the letter, Chiyo and Ebizo instantly became very serious.

  Ebizo asked, "Is this letter sent back by the undercover agent you sent in Konoha, Third Kazekage?"

  The Third Kazekage nodded and said, "That's right. What do you two advisors think about this letter?"

  Chiyo asked cautiously, "Is it possible that this intelligence is fake? For example, did your undercover agent in Konoha hear false information? After all, the possibility of cooperation between Iwagakure and Konoha is not very high."

  The Third Kazekage took out another letter and handed it to Chiyo and Ebizo. "This letter was sent the day before yesterday. It's from ōnoki. He wants to use the pretext of Konoha's attempt to seize the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai ninjas to cause trouble for Konoha.

  ōnoki hopes to Unite with our Sunagakure. When he starts trouble with Konoha, Sunagakure should immediately respond and then jointly attack Konoha. To show his sincerity, ōnoki will send us a batch of military supplies.

  However, I don't really trust that cunning old fox, ōnoki. I pnned to tell you about this after his military supplies arrived in Sunagakure."

  Ebizo picked up the two letters and examined them carefully.

  Ebizo analyzed seriously, "Based on just these two letters, we can't determine which one is true. However, comparatively speaking, I think the information obtained by our undercover agent is more reliable.

  First of all, the retionship between Iwagakure and Cloud Hidden Vilge is very poor. Although ōnoki is very covetous of Konoha's resources, if Hiruzen Sarutobi takes the initiative to cooperate with ōnoki and promises him some benefits, there is indeed a certain possibility of cooperation between them.

  If they cooperate, then our Sunagakure, which is located behind them, will be their心腹 trouble. They're worried that when they dispatch their ninja forces to attack Cloud Hidden Vilge, we'll unch a Sneak Attack on them.

  So, there's a high possibility that they'll lure us out and directly deal a heavy blow to us, forcing us to withdraw from this war."

  The Third Kazekage angrily spped the table.

  This ōnoki really doesn't py fair. He actually pns to deceive our Sunagakure and unch a Sneak Attack on us.

  Although we also deceived Iwagakure before by not giving them the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai ninjas, it doesn't count as deception if we don't get caught!

  Just as the Third Kazekage was about to say something, Ebizo interrupted him.

  Ebizo then said, "Third Kazekage, I know you're in a hurry, but calm down first. This is just a guess for now. After all, it's possible that our undercover agent got the wrong information. ōnoki might really want to cooperate with us to attack Konoha."

  Ebizo's sudden suspense - building made the Third Kazekage not know whether to be angry at ōnoki or not.

  In terms of fighting, the Third Kazekage was a pro.

  But in terms of strategy, ten of him couldn't compare to Ebizo.

  Knowing his own limitations in smarts, the Third Kazekage asked humbly, "So, in Advisor Ebizo's opinion, what should our Sunagakure do?"

  Ebizo fell into silent thought. Chiyo picked up the teacup and sipped gently. She left this kind of thing to her younger brother to figure out since she wasn't good at it.

  After a while, Ebizo said, "The war hasn't officially started yet, so we mustn't make a mistake. Whether ōnoki really wants to cooperate with us or not, we can't cooperate with him.

  If ōnoki wants to send supplies, we'll accept them all. Let him say whatever he wants. Anyway, he won't send ninja forces into the Land of Wind to attack us. He, ōnoki, has to swallow this bitter pill.

  However, we can't let Konoha have it easy either. In case our undercover agent's information is wrong and ōnoki really wants to cooperate with us, then Konoha will have survived a crisis.

  Third Kazekage, write a letter to Konoha now. Say that Iwagakure wants to cooperate with Sunagakure, but we don't want to break our alliance contract with Konoha, so we've rejected a promised batch of military supplies from Iwagakure. Then, highlight the matter of Kamishiro."

  The Third Kazekage immediately understood what Ebizo meant. "Advisor Ebizo means to extort a batch of military supplies from Konoha, right?"

  Ebizo nodded. "That's right. If we cooperate with Iwagakure, it'll be a disaster for Konoha. So, Konoha will definitely give this batch of military supplies to avoid a crisis. It's a good deal for Konoha to pay a batch of military supplies to resolve a danger.

  If Konoha intends to cooperate with Iwagakure, as long as we don't get tricked, they'll have no way to deal with us, and this whole thing will just fizzle out. To prevent us from taking the initiative to cause trouble for Konoha after we find out about this, Konoha will also have to come up with a batch of military supplies to keep us quiet.

  Moreover, it's a fact that Konoha snatched the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai that we promised to Iwagakure. They're in the wrong.

  So, no matter what, Konoha has to give us this batch of military supplies."

  At this time, Chiyo, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up. "No matter what Iwagakure and Konoha's pns are, we'll benefit, and our Sunagakure is in an absolutely safe position. It's really a good pn. Since the war hasn't started yet, if we make a mistake, we won't be competitive when the war begins."

  So, Third Kazekage, I think Ebizo's proposal is really good. You should think about it carefully."

  The Third Kazekage drummed his fingers on the table, deep in thought.

  Ebizo's proposal was indeed excellent. No matter what tricks Iwagakure and Konoha might have up their sleeves, they won't be in trouble, and they'll get two batches of supplies for free.

  Moreover, the Third Kazekage had quite a bit of faith in Kamishiro's intelligence.

  After all, in his st letter, Kamishiro said that he had completely gained Minato Namikaze's trust. Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, also didn't suspect his identity. He was currently trying to win Jiraiya's trust, and his undercover agent mission was going very smoothly.

  So, it was highly likely that the intelligence Kamishiro had obtained was true.

  How cunning ōnoki is!

  He even used Kamishiro as an excuse to cause trouble for Konoha?

  Didn't he even think about whether Kamishiro was on their side? How shameless!

  The Third Kazekage immediately wrote a letter and sent five Sunagakure ninjas to deliver it in person.

  After resolving the matter, the Third Kazekage let out a long sigh of relief.

  Thank goodness Kamishiro's intelligence arrived in time. Otherwise, once Iwagakure's supplies were delivered, he might really have united with ōnoki to attack Konoha.

  If Iwagakure and Konoha really united, it would be a big problem to draw them out and deal them a heavy blow.

  The Third Kazekage was increasingly convinced that sending Kamishiro to Konoha as an undercover agent had been a very wise decision.

  Next, all he had to do was wait for the military supplies from Iwagakure and Konoha to arrive.

  It's really great to get something for free!