manynovel Chapter 80: Giving Hanzo a hat
Chapter 80: Giving Hanzo a hat
"Giving money to Hanzo the Salamander? Why would you do that?!"
Upon receiving Tetsuya's message, Kakuzu, who had just returned from Amegakure after several days, heard Tetsuya say that he was going to send money to Hanzo of the Salamander, and immediately stood up in a hurry.
"Why should we give him money? What is Hanzo the Salamander? He's a piece of trash who lost all his energy after being chopped down by Izuna. Why should we give him money?"
"It was clearly a win-win collaboration, but that guy still wants to take 70% of the profits. He wants 70% without doing anything! Does that mean we're begging on our knees?"
Seeing Kakuzu's excited expression, Tetsuya said with a smile.
"Sigh, you're absolutely right. Amegakure is their territory. They control the Land of Rain. If we go to their territory to do business, we're practically begging on our knees."
Even so, there are countless people who want to kneel but don't even have the opportunity.
"No! Boss, you weren't like this before!"
Kakuzu was momentarily confused, and he seriously suspected that the Chiba boss in front of him had been replaced.
"You need to stand up straight. With Izuna and two Sharingan eyes, two Susanoo, you're such a tough nut to crack. Why should you kneel down to Hanzo the Salamander?"
"That guy, let alone you two, even if he doesn't summon the salamander, I could still kill him."
Seeing Kakuzu's anxious expression, Izuna couldn't help but shake his head.
"Alright, that's enough. Is it really that fun to tease him like this?"
"Hahaha, Kakuzu, I was just kidding. Although I am indeed giving money to Hanzo the Salamander, I have my own motives."
"Purpose?"
Hearing that Tetsuya said it was a joke, Kakuzu calmed down a lot. He sat down again, picked up the teacup on the coffee table, took a sip of tea to calm himself down, and then asked.
"Boss, do you have a plan that you can explain all at once?"
"Okay, here's the thing."
Tetsuya explained his plan to corrupt Hanzo the Salamander with money, including not only money but also many other tactics. He described how he manipulated the people of the Land of Fire to deal with Hanzo the Salamander.
He simply didn't believe that this warrior, whose spirit had been drained by Izuna, could withstand the tactics those nobles were using.
"When Hanzo the Salamander becomes corrupt and degenerate, then let Yahiko and Nagato take up the banner of justice, stomp Hanzo into the mud, and let them become heroes of the Land of Rain by stepping on Hanzo's head, taking over the Rain Village and the Land of Rain."
"When Yahiko and Nagato take control of Amegakure and the Land of Rain's military, we'll control the Land of Rain's commerce and finances. In the end, won't all the money and wealth we've invested in this country eventually return to us?"
After hearing Tetsuya's explanation, Kakuzu trembled with excitement.
"Brilliant, brilliant! This plan is absolutely brilliant! No wonder you're the boss, to be able to come up with such a plan—to control the economy and thus control the country! This is truly amazing!"
"Alright, Kakuzu, wake up. We haven't even started the plan yet. What are you lamenting about? Wait until the plan succeeds before you start lamenting. Then I'll make you the Minister of Finance of the Land of Rain."
Upon hearing the name of the Finance Minister, Kakuzu immediately stood up.
"Boss, please give me any orders. I am willing to do anything for you, even if it means going through fire and water."
How could he not be excited? That's the finance minister of a country, in charge of the nation's finances. Although the Land of Rain is a small country, it's still more powerful than Takigakure.
Moreover, he believed that with the boss's strength, the Land of Rain was just the beginning, and its future was limitless.
"Alright, alright, let's get down to business. You've already made contact with Hanzo the Salamander, and you'll need to continue to do so, giving him money as appropriate, and the more you give, the more you'll receive."
There's a trick to giving this money; you can't just give it directly. You have to find an excuse to give it to them. Giving it directly makes it seem like you have ulterior motives.
"Give him money slowly, find excuses to give him money, find opportunities where he won't resist or refuse. At the same time, gradually introduce me to him, understand?"
"Boss, do you want to see Hanzo the Salamander?"
Tetsuya smiled and nodded.
"That's for sure. After all, if I don't go and see Hanzo the Salamander in person, how would a warrior from a poor, remote place know what true luxury is, or what true life and enjoyment are?"
As he spoke, Tetsuya's smile grew even brighter, but Izuna and Kakuzu sensed an extremely dangerous chill in his slightly narrowed eyes.
Kakuzu understood that his contact with Hanzo the Salamander and the money he gave him were just a prelude. The moment Hanzo the Salamander made contact with Chiba Boss would be the beginning of his true descent into the abyss.
"Oh, right, take this sealing scroll."
Tetsuya took out a sealing scroll and handed it to Kakuzu.
"Here is a gift I prepared for him. Find a suitable opportunity to give it to him before you introduce me."
What's inside this scroll?
Kakuzu was curious about what gift Tetsuya would give to Hanzo the Salamander.
"You can open it and take a look."
With Tetsuya's permission, Kakuzu opened the sealed scroll, which contained only two items.
One is a pure gold statue depicting Hanzo the Salamander standing majestically on the back of his summoned creature, the Salamander.
The other was a straw hat.
"This! This is!"
When Kakuzu saw these two items, especially the straw hat, his eyes widened in surprise.
There was nothing wrong with the pure gold statue; it was indeed worth some money. However, it was nothing to Kakuzu, who was used to money. What truly surprised him was the straw hat.
The purple conical hat is diamond-shaped, with pure white curtains on both sides. One corner of the front of the hat is also pure white, with the character "rain" written in the center of the white corner.
This is a rain-shadow hat identical to the one worn by the Five Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
It's important to know that the straw hats worn by the Five Great Ninja Villages existed as early as when the ninja village system was first established, when Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi, convened the first Five Kage Summit and set the tone for the ninja world.
Even though several more ninja villages, large and small, appeared later, most of these villages did not have the title of Kage, nor did they have such a straw hat.
There can be many ninja villages, but the Five Kage are only the kage of those five ninja villages.
"How about it? He should be satisfied with this surprise."
Tetsuya smiled.
"Hasn't he always wanted a small country to gain the respect of a great power and hoped to have the same status as the Five Kage? So I gave him a Kage hat. I had it specially made and even chose the purple color, which symbolizes the half-hidden poison in his salamander."