121. Alliance and Promise with Kumogakure.
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After successfully capturing Deidara and Obito, Kaito and his friends used them to enter Kumogakure as negotiating chips. Of course, plus the information that Killer Bee gave the Raikage about the alliance and the help that Kaito and Uta provided, they were welcomed like honored guests, and relations between the villages were established smoothly without problem.
Kumo also recognized their existence as a ninja village and even wanted to invest in their industry and send ninja teachers to help them start their ninja academy.
As for compensation on their part, apart from repairing the damage Misaka caused in the Kumogakure mountain range, there was no other requirement given by the Raikage to Kaito... which surprised him.
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"Raikage-sama, forgive my rudeness but I honestly thought you were gonna be mad at us considering it was my friend attacking your brother."
Surprised by the Raikage's behavior, Kaito couldn't help but ask. After all, based on Original, he knows how much A (Raikage) cares about Killer Bee as his sworn brother.
Raikage was furious when he heard his brother getting attacked, but after getting severely warned by Bee himself and hearing the story from his brother, he chose to follow his brother's wishes to establish a good relationship with Kaitogakure.
Not to mention they actually owe them a favor by rescuing Killer Bee and capturing Akatsuki members. Kumo still has quite a big grudge against them, considering previously one of their Jinchuriki Niibi was already captured by them.
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"Hah! Normally, I would but Bee doesn't see it as a problem, so do I and the rest of Kumogakure."
"On behalf of Kaitogakure, Thank you for your understanding, Raikage-sama."
"No problem!"
Raikage shook his head and explained, "You are a benefactor for Kumo because you helped Bee fight against Akatsuki and even captured them. Naturally, we owe you for that, Son of Yellow Flash."
"Ugh."
"Hahahaha!!"
"Pffft."
Hearing Raikage still insist on calling him with that monicker, Kaito could only smile awkwardly while Aika also giggled behind him. In fact, according to Raikage's information, currently, all of the big ninja village now knows his identity as a bastard son of Yellow Flash... which caused an uproar everywhere.
Kaito didn't expect that even though the technology here was still not well developed, information about it had spread everywhere within a few hours thanks to the spy ninjas who were spread across all the big villages.
At this point, Kaito doesn't even bother to correct anyone else in this world since no one believes his explanation anyway.
He can only blame it on his bad luck and his appearance is undeniably very similar to Namikaze Minato, even compared to Naruto himself who is his actual biological son.
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"Are you okay, son of yellow flash? Why do you seem to hate your father's identity?"
"...Well, just thinking how many enemies my 'father' does has made me feel a bit headache"
Kaito vaguely commented, wondering how wonderful his luck worked. He has no doubt his 'father' has a lot of enemies in this world, especially the ninja from Iwagakure who literally marked Minato 'run on sight'.
Because of this absurd situation, it's obvious his plan to establish a relationship with Iwa needs to be re-planned again.
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"That's understandable, your father does make a lot of enemies during his short life."
"Hahaha... just my bad luck I guess."
Raikage quite understood Kaito's current predicament, then quickly promised, "I don't like your father, and neither some of our elite ninjas... but at least I can guarantee you that Kumogakure genuinely wanted to establish a good relationship with your village."
"Naturally, if another village attacks your village because of your father's reputation, we promise to be ready to help!"
"...That's make me feel a bit relieved." Kaito wryly smiled.
"Hahaha! Cheer up, we are an alliance after all!"
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Although Kaito did realize part of the real reason must be something else (probably fear), Raikage was at least very friendly toward him--- and much more hospitable than Konoha was.
The fact that they also managed to establish a very good relationship and even become allies without any troublesome agreement with Kumo and Konoha marking their mission as successful, made Kaito feel a bit better.
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"Also Kaito-kun, I am also thinking of visiting your ninja village in a few days."
"Sure, but why?"
"I heard there is a lot of interesting stuff in it." Raikage replied and added, "Don't get me wrong, I don't put any spy on your village. It's just word coming from merchants that have visited your village."
Hearing A explanation, Kaito smiled and replied enthusiastically, "Yeah we do! Feel free to visit later. Things might shock you, Raikage-san."
For Kaito who wants to include this world as part of the base world, it would be best if Naruto world technology slowly catches up to them while they also still research what kind of benefit this world could bring to them.
"Then, I look forward to our next meeting, Kaito."
"It's a pleasure to meet you too!"
Raikage quickly offered his hand which Kaito quickly accepted, signaling the end of their friendly negotiation.
However, Aika who had watched the conversation silently from the side quickly cut in and reminded Kaito of one thing he wanted to accomplish here.
"Kaito... Did you forget about Obito matters?"
"Ah...!!"
Kaito who was reminded by Aika quickly nodded in panic and yelled, "Damn, I almost forgot about him!"
*Sigh*
"Even though you are the one who wants to save him..."
Aika complained while folding her arm, "I honestly didn't know what you wanted to do but if you changed your mind then it's okay."
"No, I am not! Believe in me, Aika!"
"Hmmph."
"...Obito? Who is that?"
Meanwhile, Raikage who heard their short conversation can't help but be curious about what they want to talk about.
"Umm, about that, Raikage-sama. I want to ask you to let our village interrogate and punish the masked man from Akatsuki."
Hearing Kaito's request, A raised his eyebrow and commented, "Masked man... Is he one of your 'friends', Kaito? How about Deidara?"
Naturally, Raikage quickly assumes that the masked man's name who should be 'Obito' is someone Kaitogakure knows quite well enough to make a such request to him.
Like the identity of Kaito and his friends, no one knew where the masked man in Akatsuki came from before so A thought that he might be one of Kaito's friends.
Unlike Deidara, who is quite famous because he is a fugitive former student of the Tsuchikage Raikage is naturally aware of his identity.
"Uhh..."
Realizing Kaito had trouble answering (or lying), Aika quickly took over and replied instead, "His name is Obito. We know him quite well and because of that I believe it would be easier for us to interrogate him."
"As for Deidara from Iwa, we don't have any connection with him so feel free to do anything with him."
Hearing their reason match up with his assumption, Raikage only nodded slightly and stated, "Then, It's okay... as long you promised to share the information you got from him related to Akatsuki."
"Naturally."
After that, Raikage and Kaito ended their friendly meeting and promised to meet again in a few days to provide the information they had about Akatsuki after the interrogation.
On top of that, Kaito also promised to bring Raikage to their village to show all of their commodities to initiate trading between villages.
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After coming out of Raikage's office, Aika immediately praised him, since unlike in Konoha, she barely helped with anything in negotiation this time.
Not the mention the result of the negotiation is really good, and they managed to become friends with Kumogakure.
"Good job on handling this negotiation, Kaito."
"Um thanks, it was unexpectedly easy."
Kaito nodded and then said, "I mean, they didn't make any difficult demands for us and seem to want to be friends with our village."
"That's true, I don't doubt they must have some sort of intention we don't know."
"I can see that, but I think the major reason for their attitude must be Killer Bee warning them."
"True, but I think another reason must be your reputation as the son of 4th Hokage gives you a lot of influence, and reputation throughout this world."
"Aika, please..."
"Pffft..."
While Aika bantering with Kaito, Killer Bee who waiting for them not far away from the building quickly greets them with his rap.
"Yo, Kaito, and Aika together, are you done meeting with my brother? How was it? He doesn't make it difficult, isn't it? Yeah!"
"...Bee-san."
Kaito quickly greeted him back reluctantly while holding a cringe and asked, "Did you wait for us?"
"Yeah! After all, you guys are my friends and obviously, I am here to entertains."
"...Thanks, Bee-san. Where are the others though?"
Looking at no group members besides Killer Bee alone waiting for them, Aika can't help but become curious.
"Spreading around, exploring on their own! But don't worry son, our ninja also followed them on! Yeah!"
Killer Bee answered and then pointed at himself confidently, "So, where do you want me to go, babe? I know every inch of this village, and I can be your guide, free for mileage! Yeah!"
Hearing Bee's question, Kaito looked at Aika and she quickly gave a nod, allowing Killer Bee to lead the way and become their guide for a short time.
Unfortunately, they can't explore it for so long, because they want to return before the dark. As leaders of the village, both Aika and Kaito still have a lot of work to do and naturally can't leave for too long.
Only a few members decide to stay, like Erina and Yuu who want to explore Kumo further. Anyway, in a few days, Kaito going to come back to this village, and he can pick them all up later alongside Raikage who wants to visit their home.
Naturally, while returning Kaito didn't forget to bring still unconscious Obito (with the help of the system) with him back to the village too, since his plan to change the direction of this world would require his help.
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