However, Homura Mitokado had no choice but to admit that this truly did not harm Konoha's interests. Instead, it brought Konoha massive benefits.
With this compensation, Konoha's strained finances would be greatly eased, and the pressure on the other three battlefields would also be reduced significantly.
It was just that…
"With this much compensation, aren't you worried Kumogakure will bear a grudge against Konoha and start another war in the future?"
In the end, Homura Mitokado could not hold back and looked at Akira and the others as he asked.
Although they had already expected this, Shikaku and the others still revealed a trace of disappointment on their faces.
So the Third Hokage really was preparing to continue his high-level appeasement policy, sacrificing Konoha's interests in exchange for so-called "peace"!
It was simply disappointing to the extreme.
"Hah!"
When Akira heard this, he immediately sneered. "Do you think that if we act like you did during the Second Great Ninja War, Kumogakure won't bear a grudge against Konoha? Do you think they won't go to war with us again when the opportunity is right?"
"Then tell me, where did this war come from?"
He could see it now. This guy's brain had a hole in it. Otherwise, how could he ask such a stupid question?
"You…"
Homura Mitokado was rebuked so hard that he felt deeply aggrieved, yet he could not refute him at all.
"Stop standing there going 'you, you, you'… hurry up and go sign the alliance agreement!"
Akira waved his hand impatiently. "I really suspect your brains are full of shit. You actually naively believe that relying on some absurd philosophy of valuing peace can bring peace?"
"If it were really that simple, the First Hokage would have succeeded in obtaining peace long ago. There wouldn't have been the First Great Ninja War, the Second Great Ninja War, and the current Third Great Ninja War!"
"Do you even understand? Interests are the root cause of war."
"Unless everyone in Kumogakure dies, or Konoha ceases to exist, ambition will drive them to launch wars again and again in the future. You can't even understand such a simple truth. Where do you get the face to become one of the village's higher-ups and serve as an adviser?"
"Hurry up and go sign the agreement! Just looking at you annoys me!"
What kind of thing was this?
A brain was a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, he did not have one.
Homura Mitokado: "…"
He felt so aggrieved he could hardly stand it, but he could not refute anything. He could only hold in a belly full of anger and leave with Nara Shikaku to find Kumogakure's envoys and sign the agreement.
After they had gone far away, Sakumo finally smiled and rubbed Akira's head. "Haha! I didn't expect you, brat, to have thought through the problem so thoroughly! I'm afraid no one in the entire ninja world sees things as clearly as you do!"
"Indeed!"
Minato also nodded in agreement. Then he looked at Akira and asked, "Akira-kun! Since you understand it so clearly, do you have a way to completely eliminate war?"
After saying this, he looked at Akira expectantly.
He wanted to receive a satisfactory answer.
Sakumo was the same.
Akira looked at the two of them speechlessly and spread his hands. "Yes! More than one, actually!"
"Oh? Please explain in detail!"
When the two heard this, their eyes lit up, and they quickly pressed him.
Akira continued, "First, possess absolute strength. Mm! At the very least, strength surpassing the First Hokage. Then use your own power to unify the ninja world and form a single united nation. With absolute force suppressing everything, and the world unified, naturally there will be no more war!"
When Minato and Sakumo heard this, they immediately frowned.
How difficult was that?
But why did one need to surpass the First Hokage?
Back then, with the First Hokage's strength, he should have actually had the ability to unify the ninja world, right?
"Second, use economic means to bind all nations and all ninja villages together, making it so that no village can do without the others. Make the cost of war something they cannot bear. In the end, with everyone intertwined and interdependent, war can also be avoided."
"Third, similarly possess enough power to suppress the entire ninja world. There is no need to unify it. You only need to intimidate the entire ninja world with absolute force and forbid war."
Understand the nuclear deterrence warning.
Minato and Sakumo directly ignored the first and third methods because, from the current perspective, those were the most difficult.
Instead, they were more interested in the second method and felt that it was more feasible. They immediately began asking about the specific details.
For example, what economic binding was, how to carry out economic binding… and so on.
Akira was idle anyway, so he began talking at length with them.
In truth, he was only discussing theory on paper. If he were really asked to do it himself, he probably would not know how.
However, he came from an era of information explosion after all. Having seen much, heard much, he naturally understood many things.
Although he did not know exactly how to implement them, he understood the principles. So he organized these ideas together and explained all of them to Minato and Sakumo.
The two listened in fascination, and their eyes became brighter and brighter.
It was as though they had seen a path toward peace in the future ninja world.
The signing of the alliance agreement progressed very quickly. It was completed in barely half an hour.
After that, Homura Mitokado and the others did not plan to leave. Instead, they chose to stay behind and prepare to receive the compensation supplies.
On the other hand, Akira and Sakumo set off from the Kumogakure battlefield that very same day.
Sakumo headed for the eastern battlefield against Kirigakure, while Akira returned to Konoha.
Before leaving, Minato, Shikaku, and the others came to send them off.
"Take care on the road!"
They bid farewell.
Akira nodded and took out three Flying Thunder God short swords, handing them respectively to Sakumo, Minato, and Shikaku.
"Could this be…"
Sakumo looked at the short sword in his hand with a surprised expression, then raised his head and looked at Akira.
Akira nodded affirmatively. "Flying Thunder God short swords. If you're in danger, Teacher, Big Brother Minato, you can inject chakra into these short swords. I'll sense it and rush over to support you."
"As expected!"
Sakumo looked enlightened. Immediately after, he threw his head back and laughed. "Haha! You brat, when did you learn the Flying Thunder God Technique? You actually didn't tell me!"
As he spoke, he pretended to reach out and slap Akira on the shoulder, unable to hide the joy in his heart.
"It's actually the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Shikaku also looked at Akira in surprise. "You've even mastered this Ninjutsu? Did Minato teach you? Is there anything you don't know?"
Minato shook his head after hearing this. "It wasn't me who taught him! Akira-kun received it as a reward from Lord Hokage after killing the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and repelling Kirigakure's attack!"
"Oh, right!"
At this point, Minato looked at Akira and asked, "How did you make it so that injecting chakra lets you sense it? Can you teach me?"
Even now, he was still using the clumsy method of giving others two Flying Thunder God kunai. If one was destroyed, he could sense the disappearing spatial coordinate.
Compared to Akira's method, that was clearly much more outdated. Akira's approach did not require losing a Flying Thunder God kunai every time and could be used repeatedly.
When Akira heard this, he smiled and replied, "This is very simple. You just need to add this and that into the sealing formula… do it like this and like that, and it will work!"
"It's basically a trigger-type alarm. Pretty simple!"
After hearing this, Minato immediately came to a realization. "So that's how it works! Akira-kun, you really are a genius. You could even think of this. I've learned something! Thank you!"
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