After the Third Raikage and the others left, everyone else came over to Kazuki.
"Do you think they'll agree?" Hiruzen looked out the window, watching the Third Raikage, Third Kazekage, and Kitsuchi leave.
"They should agree." Kazuki said with profound eyes.
"The Kazekage is a very ambitious person, and because of the Land of Wind's barrenness and Sunagakure's situation, if there's an opportunity, he will definitely not let the Daimyo off."
"Sunagakure is too poor, they usually have to be very frugal. Konoha even has intel that the Third Kazekage has been running to the desert to dig for gold from time to time over the years. Magnet Release is simply too suitable for that."
"With your ability, mastering Magnet Release is very easy. Why don't you just extract all the gold dust in the desert directly?" Tobirama looked at Kazuki with a hint of grandeur.
"If the Third Kazekage can't dig out gold dust anymore, then can't we force him to deal with the Daimyo? As long as the Kazekage can't help but make a move, then the other villages will also have no choice but to make a move."
"Indeed, this is an overt scheme." Kazuki smiled noncommittally.
"As for Magnet Release, I can certainly master it. If I wanted to, it wouldn't be impossible to use Magnet Release to assassinate the Land of Wind Daimyo. At that time, Sunagakure, even if they don't want to make a move against the Daimyo, will have no choice but to."
Kazuki's words made Nawaki, Tsunade, and the others gasp.
As expected, ordinary people cannot become Hokage, a Kage must be a bit ruthless.
"It just depends on how the Third Kazekage chooses." Kazuki folded his arms and sneered.
"If he doesn't want to be graceful, I can give them grace."
Hiruzen took a deep puff from his pipe. "So be it. We still have many tasks after this."
Hiruzen had gradually transitioned power to Kazuki. He had no intention of being a supreme emperor, nor did he want to create conflict with Kazuki over these matters.
Kazuki is a strong Kage. As long as he doesn't make mistakes, Hiruzen will support Kazuki.
What's more, his teacher, Tobirama, also seemed to be supporting Kazuki.
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Kazuki becoming the Fourth Hokage, and the Land of Fire Daimyo handing over his and the Land of Fire's authority to Konoha, or more accurately, to Kazuki, quickly caused a huge uproar.
Daimyo from countries like the Land of Water, Land of Earth, and Land of Lightning all expressed dissatisfaction with Kazuki and the Fire Daimyo.
Not to mention the Daimyo of these great nations, even the Daimyo and nobles of smaller countries condemned Kazuki's actions.
The Fire Daimyo could only repeatedly state that he felt he couldn't manage the Land of Fire well and wanted to hand over power to the true deity, Kazuki. Unfortunately, this was more or less a drop in the bucket.
The Daimyo could accept handing over his power to Kazuki, but those nobles could not accept giving up their power. Not just power, but also their wealth. It could be said that Kazuki's actions clearly struck at the jugular of these people. It would be strange if they could accept it.
They constantly incited their subordinate citizens to question Konoha, and even a large number of samurai launched rebellions.
After all, samurai belonged to the Daimyo's system. Ever since the Ninja era phased out the samurai system, samurai had relied on the Daimyo to survive.
Once the Daimyo and nobles were completely gone, what would happen to these samurai?
Therefore, samurai stood up one after another to resist Konoha's rule.
The Kage of the other villages remained silent on this matter. Some were gloating, while others wanted to see how Kazuki would resolve this issue.
If Kazuki could truly resolve this matter, then they could also make a move against their Daimyo.
What Kazuki could do, they could also do.
After all, Kazuki had already attracted most of the hatred. Not only the samurai from the Land of Fire, but also the Daimyo and nobles from other villages were all dissatisfied with Kazuki and Konoha, even showing signs of wanting to declare war on the Land of Fire.
For a time, Kazuki's bounty kept rising. In less than a week, Kazuki's bounty price directly rose to 5 billion ryo, and it seemed to be still rising.
During the Second Great Ninja War, Kazuki's bounty was only around 1 billion.
This was partly because some people were intimidated by Kazuki.
However, Konoha's actions soon exceeded everyone's expectations.
Before Kazuki even moved to conduct a massacre, Mikoto, Nawaki, Minato, Rinka, and others led Konoha's ninjas and quickly dealt with the main force of this rebellion.
The samurai kept by the Daimyo and the tens of thousands of samurai working for the nobles quickly quieted down when faced with these ninjas.
No one expected that Konoha would suddenly have so many Kage-level powerhouses. And this was without Kazuki, Hiruzen, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and other powerhouses making a move.
As for Jiraiya and the like, they were directly ignored. After all, during the Second Great Ninja War, Jiraiya's achievements were not even as good as Nawaki's and Minato's. At least Nawaki and Minato were quite formidable in the Land of Water.
Although there were still many people causing trouble afterward, such small-scale rebellions were not a big deal for the current Konoha.
No one expected that Konoha would take over the Land of Fire in just half a month. After another two months, Konoha had completely assimilated the Land of Fire.
Konoha then carried out reforms in the Land of Fire. The Land of Fire was not only managed militarily by Konoha, but also politically, economically, and culturally.
Konoha's actions made the other villages' eyes light up. The first to act was the Third Kazekage. He didn't even need Kazuki to act personally, the Third Kazekage just did it.
There was no other way, it was because the Third Kazekage didn't want to make a move against Konoha.
After Kazuki did something so rebellious, the Land of Wind Daimyo wanted Sunagakure to declare war on Konoha, but how could the Third Kazekage dare?
Therefore, the Land of Wind Daimyo once again cut the budget, how could the Third Kazekage accept that?