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Chapter 91 Isolating Amegakure? Wrong! It's Konoha that's isolated!
In Amegakure Village, a high platform has been erected in the empty square in front of the Amegakure Building.
As if to coincide with this important day, the rain-hidden village, which had been shrouded in dark clouds, finally cleared up. The sky was cloudless, and the sun hung alone in the sky, shining on the earth.
Today is destined to be an extraordinary day. Not only are the people of Amegakure waiting for the upcoming inauguration ceremony, but unexpectedly, representatives from Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure have also come.
Konoha originally planned to unite with the other major ninja villages to isolate and exclude Amegakure. However, to everyone's surprise, Iwagakure and Sunagakure completely disregarded Konoha's attitude and chose to attend Hanzo's ceremony.
The reason is quite simple: compared to the Land of Fire, which is rich in resources and has fertile land, the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind are relatively barren.
The Chiba Trading Company, relying on the important transportation hub of the Land of Rain, transported and sold products from other countries to the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, allowing these two countries to use goods from other countries as well.
Furthermore, due to the Chiba Chamber of Commerce's unique operating model, the foreign specialties sold to the two countries are not too expensive, and their country's specialties can also be entrusted to the Chamber of Commerce to be brought back to the Land of Rain for sale, which has brought great benefits to both countries.
Instead of following Konoha in suppressing and ostracizing Amegakure, it would be better to continue doing business with Amegakure and the Chiba Merchant Guild.
After all, it's about making money, so there's no shame in it.
Especially the Land of Wind, they're so poor they can barely afford to eat. The titles and honors of the Five Great Ninja Villages are utterly worthless.
As for Kumogakure, they simply sent representatives to join in the fun after hearing that people from Sunagakure and Iwagakure had come.
Furthermore, they had heard that a prominent figure from the Chiba Trading Company would be appearing, and the Raikage hoped that the Chiba Trading Company could also expand the trade routes in the Land of Lightning.
They didn't send anyone to the last Hidden Mist Village, since they were too far away, isolated overseas, and such a lively scene had little to do with them.
Directly below the platform were the VIP seats, where representatives from Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure sat, and next to them sat Chiba Tetsuya, the representative of the Chiba Trading Company.
Representing Sunagakure was none other than Chiyo, a top elder of the village.
Iwagakure also sent out the son of the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, a 20-year-old young ninja named Kotsuchi.
The representative of Yunying Village is Tu Tai, the village's strategist.
Granny Chiyo and Tetsuya were acquainted. Tetsuya had personally visited Sunagakure when he was developing trade routes there, and had met Chiyo.
"Haha, no problem, no problem. In business, harmony brings wealth."
"President Chiba is so generous, hahaha, then I will thank President Chiba on behalf of Kazekage."
"Oh, Elder Chiyo, you're too kind. It's a mutually beneficial matter, no need to thank me."
Chiyo's old face was almost wrinkled like a chrysanthemum. She had closed another big deal, and the money earned from this transaction would help the village with some of its cash flow.
Although Huang Tu is a young man, he is honest and simple, and seems a bit dull.
Onoki sent him out to toughen him up and help him overcome his reticence, but clearly, this was not something that could be changed so easily.
Unless you approach him to talk to him, he won't say another word.
"Chairman Chiba, it's an honor to meet you. I am Tsuchidai from Kumogakure."
After Tetsuya and Chiyo finished discussing business, Tsuchida took the initiative to strike up a conversation.
"Oh, so it's the Tsuchida brothers from Kumogakure. I've heard so much about you. I've long heard that you are the strategists of Kumogakure. I didn't expect that the Raikage would send you out as his representative."
When Tsuchikage heard Dojita praise himself as the strategist of Kumogakure, Tsuchikage was somewhat pleased.
After all, flattery will get you everywhere, and everyone likes to hear a few nice words.
"Haha, President Chiba is joking. I was just giving Lord Raikage a couple of ideas. I'm hardly a strategist."
President Chiba is certainly well-informed; even a nobody like me has heard of him.
"Haha, Brother Tutai, you're too modest. How could someone as outstanding as you be an unknown nobody?"
"Alas, President Chiba, I am truly a nobody."
Tu Tai waved his hand and quickly changed the subject.
"President Chiba, actually, our Raikage sent me here for two reasons. One is to attend the Amekage's inauguration ceremony, and the other is that he hopes I can have a chat with you."
"Oh, Lord Raikage wants to have a chat with me? Does Lord Raikage also have an interest in doing business?"
"Yes, our Raikage is quite interested in doing business. He even said that he particularly admires people like Chairman Chiba who have expanded their business throughout the entire ninja world. He hopes that I can have a good chat with you to see if Chairman Chiba will have the opportunity to do some business with the Land of Lightning and our Hidden Cloud Village in the future."
Tetsuya was somewhat surprised. Weren't the people of Kumogakure supposed to be a bunch of bandits? They could just rob whatever they wanted, so why would they be thinking about doing business?
Wait a minute? It seems I've misunderstood them. It seems that what the Cloud Shadow Village likes to steal are members of ninja clans with bloodline limits.
The two started chatting, and Tsuchida began to introduce Tetsuya to the specialties of their Land of Lightning.
For example, strong liquor, beef...
However, due to the unique geographical environment of their Land of Lightning, which only borders a portion of the entire Shinobi World continent, they can only produce and sell most of their goods domestically.
If the Chiba Merchant Guild were willing to send a caravan into the Land of Lightning, their products from the Land of Lightning would likely be very popular in the ninja world.
Tetsuya also began to think about it seriously.
The two idiot ninjas he planted in Kumogakure didn't send back any messages, which means that the Raikage didn't have any particular ideas about his Chiba Trading Company and probably just wanted to do business with him.
Doing business with Kumogakure doesn't seem to be a bad thing; there's still a lot of profit to be made.
"No problem. Since the Raikage has extended such a warm invitation, I will personally lead a delegation to visit the Land of Lightning once I am done with my work. I hope the Raikage will not find it inappropriate."
"Hahaha, absolutely not. As soon as this matter is over, I will go back and tell Lord Raikage the good news. I believe our Lord Raikage will definitely welcome him with open arms."
With a few cannon salutes and fireworks, the band began to play.
That concludes the casual conversation; the inauguration ceremony has officially begun.
After a brief formality, Hanzo of the Salamander stood on the high platform in front of everyone and received the Rainkage hat presented by a highly respected elder of Amegakure. Excitedly, Hanzo put it on and officially announced that he had become the Rainkage of Amegakure.
At that moment, he felt like he had reached the pinnacle of his life. Although he had been wearing the straw hat before, wearing it on this occasion felt completely different from wearing it normally. It was simply amazing.