"The Third Kazekage is absolutely right."
No matter what the leader said, it was certainly correct.
"War is a political tool, and so is negotiation. For Konoha, if the cost of negotiating is less than waging a war, then Konoha will agree."
"As for the scope of this cost, it depends on whether they win or lose. If Konoha wins, how much profit will they ultimately gain? If Konoha loses, how much will they lose? If Konoha believes their chances of losing are higher, they will naturally be willing to pay more. Whether we can reach their bottom line depends on the specific negotiation process."
The Third Kazekage nodded frequently as he listened.
"Continue."
Qingshui had no choice but to continue:
"Konoha's goal is to prevent war. Their bottom line is still unknown. If we want to gain enough benefits in negotiations, then we should also set our own bottom line and goals. If our bottom line is approached, and our goals are not met, then peace talks will not succeed. As for what our bottom line and goals are, that depends on what we need now and what the enemy has."
"The Land of Fire is rich in resources and has a developed economy. A certain amount of resources and funds, as long as it's not an exorbitant demand, Konoha will definitely agree to."
"Next are territory and mission quotas. These are the fundamentals for a ninja village's survival. Konoha has already given up some areas and reduced its sphere of influence in the previous great war. If we press too hard on this, they might prefer to fight a war. I believe that as long as we maintain a suitable buffer zone, we should know when to quit while we're ahead."
At this moment, an elder asked, "In that case, wouldn't the benefits we can obtain be very limited?"
"No, Elder Iwasuke, we are simply exchanging a portion of our interests for interests that we need more."
The Third Kazekage immediately followed up with a question:
"Then what do you believe Sand Village needs most right now?"
"Sealing Jutsu."
Qingshui's lengthy preamble was all for these three words.
The Third Kazekage was momentarily silent, not expecting Qingshui's answer. But upon careful consideration, Sealing Jutsu was indeed what Sand Village lacked most at the moment.
At the beginning of its establishment, Sand Village's Sealing Jutsu was among the top of the Five Great Ninja Villages, relying on the study of the Shukaku's curses.
However, after Uzushio Village was destroyed, its accumulated Sealing Jutsu knowledge was divided among the major ninja villages. Each village gained a lot, but Sand Village was late to the scene. Not only did they not get any meat, they didn't even get a drop of hot soup, which led to their backwardness in this area.
The current One-Tails Jinchuriki, Bunpuku, is also quite old and physically weak, and it looks like he won't be able to suppress the One-Tails for many more years.
Sand Village truly needed powerful Sealing Jutsu to prepare for the next generation of Jinchuriki.
If they could cultivate a Jinchuriki capable of stably controlling Tailed Beast power, then Sand Village wouldn't face such a generational gap in Kage-level power.
"Rasa, what do you think?"
The Third Kazekage asked Rasa.
"Teacher Third, I... I think Jonin Qingshui is right."
Rasa felt that Qingshui's words made a lot of sense.
He could only think of trying to gain as much as possible in the negotiations, but his thoughts were nowhere near as detailed.
Seeing Rasa's expression, the Third Kazekage remained impassive, but a hint of disappointment flashed in his heart.
Both his insight and ability were surpassed by a junior younger than him...
"Then we'll proceed as Qingshui suggested. Qingshui, Pakura, if you find anything inappropriate or need to add anything during these negotiations, you can speak up then."
The Third Kazekage waved his hand and said.
"Yes, Lord Third!"
Qingshui and Pakura immediately bowed.
In the room, several elders seemed to have caught on to something, exchanging subtle glances.
At the same time, Qingshui also synchronized his memories with his DC Universe Avatar, instructing it to find a negotiation expert as quickly as possible.
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Demon Slayer World.
In a cleaned-up house.
Qingshui dripped a drop of Demon blood, collected from Gyokko, into a culture medium. He then brought the Fluorescent Lamp beside him over and shone it onto the blood.
A faint mist of blood rose, gradually withering into ash and disappearing into the air, while the blood drop slowly shrank.
"Fluorescent Lamps can have some effect on Upper Rank Demons, but considering the recovery speed of Upper Rank Demons, the intensity of Fluorescent Lamps makes it difficult to kill them."
Qingshui then took out a magnifying glass and placed it under the Fluorescent Lamp.
The light converged, increasing in intensity, and the evaporation rate of the blood droplet rapidly increased.
"It took about 1.4 seconds, 1.2 seconds faster than the original Fluorescent Lamp, and 0.7 seconds slower than under direct sunlight. Light intensity indeed has a significant impact, but the greater contributing factor should be the wavelength composition of the light."
"Mixing a certain amount of Scarlet Ore Iron dust into the phosphors and mercury vapor within the Fluorescent Lamp indeed makes the lamp's spectrum more continuous, closer to sunlight. However, it shouldn't be overdone, or it will affect the light's intensity. The proportional range should be..."
As Qingshui recorded his experiments, he looked at another test tube.
Inside the test tube, a chunk of flesh lay silently.
This was cultivated using his own blood and a drop of Doma's blood. It possessed powerful immortality; neither Nichirin Blades nor sunlight could destroy this chunk of flesh, forcing Qingshui to seal it with Sealing Jutsu.
Luckily, the amount of Muzan's blood in it was very small, and it could only absorb limited nourishment from the outside. Qingshui had also sealed it in time, otherwise, it was hard to say what might have happened.
This was also one of the reasons Qingshui urgently craved high-level Sealing Jutsu.
Because relying solely on his own Sealing Jutsu proficiency, the seal might fail within a few years, requiring maintenance every few months, which was too troublesome.
"My blood, when fused with Demon blood, can indeed resist sunlight, but my blood would also undergo severe demonization. It would unconsciously devour all surrounding blood. It's foreseeable that if I use Demon blood now, I'd probably become like those Demons, with my body mutating and my personality turning brutal. Most importantly..."
Qingshui put down his pencil, opened the window, and looked at the starry sky outside.
"To become a Demon, one must use Muzan's blood, but this would put me under Muzan's control. Although Nezuko in the original timeline overcame the effects of sunlight and Muzan, I'm unwilling to gamble. If I were truly controlled by Muzan, that would be real trouble."
There were, in fact, solutions.
In the original work, Kocho Shinobu and Tamayo developed a medicine that could turn Demons back into humans. This meant that humans and Demons could be converted between each other, and during the process of a Demon returning to human form, those negative factors would surely be stripped away.
If he could master the method of making this medicine and study it further, there was still great hope.
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