Chapter 253 Conditions
Although the battle with Yuki Hiro ended that day, he was not going to attack the other members of the Yuki Clan for the time being.
However, Kaito still stayed in the Land of Whirlpool camp for three more days.
The main thing is to deal with the follow-up matters of this incident.
Yuki Hiro was really lucky. After being sent to the front-line medical team's tent, he was miraculously rescued.
According to the news from the medical team, if he had been sent to the camp any later, there would have been only one person who could have saved him.
As for who this person the medical team is talking about, the people of the Yuki Clan might not want to know.
Of course, although the person was rescued, Yuki Hiro cannot be cured successfully so quickly. At present, he can only lie in the medical tent and receive follow-up treatment.
Ao called two Anbu ninjas to guard Yuki Hiro, and prepared to send Yuki Hiro back to Kirigakure Village to be dealt with by the Third Mizukage after the next batch of ships carrying supplies arrived.
After all, although Yuki Hiro was injured now and Kaito was fine, Yuki Hiro was still charged with the crime of "colluding with outsiders to harm fellow villagers", so it was normal for him to be under surveillance.
Moreover, Ao was also afraid that someone would try to expand the conflict between Kaito and the Yuki clan by secretly harming Yuki Hiro.
So the two Anbu actually have a layer of protection.
Kaito didn't mind it.
What surprised him even more was the attitude of the other members of the Yuki Clan towards Yuki Hiro.
Kaito originally thought that at this point, Yuki Clan would definitely give up on this clan leader and sever ties with him.
After all, although Yuki Hiro is alive now, it is uncertain how the village will punish him, or even whether he can recover from his injuries and continue to be a ninja.
Before the two started fighting, Yuki Hiro once said, "If Kaito wins and kills him, the conflict will be written off and the Yuki clan will not pursue it."
This is also in line with Kaito's understanding of how large clans handle things.
As a result, in just three days, the Yuki Clan sent people to negotiate with Kaito three times.
The first time was when a senior ninja from Yuki Clan on the front line came, and he just wanted to obtain monetary compensation from Kaito not to pursue the matter, but Kaito didn't take it seriously at all.
As a result, the last two times, an elder of the Yuki Clan rushed day and night from Kirigakure Village to the front-line camp to negotiate with Kaito, and the conditions he proposed were also very sincere.
First, the Yuki Clan admitted the attack, but hoped that Kaito would agree that the attack was Yuki Rin's personal behavior and not Yuki Clan's original intention.
Secondly, Yuki Clan is willing to share some of their Ice Style ninjutsu with Kaito as compensation for this incident.
Finally, Yuki Clan promised that they would not take any revenge against Kaito after this incident, and would help Kaito complete three private commissions.
After hearing the last one, Kaito just smiled and didn't care.
This kind of verbal guarantee has no binding force at all. The only reason that prevents the other party from retaliating is that one's own strength is always higher than that of the other party.
The so-called commission was even less useful. It might be okay to ask the other party to run errands, but could Kaito commission the Yuki Clan to assassinate Mizukage?
However, the first two things still shocked Kaito a little.
The Yuki Clan admitted to the attack, which meant that not only they had to give Kaito some compensation, but they also had to give an explanation from the village.
No matter what, Kaito is nominally a ninja who is out on frontline missions, and he also holds the official position of captain of the 2nd Squad of the Flying Unit.
This attack is no longer just a personal grudge between the two parties.
For the village, the Yuki Clan will definitely suffer a heavy loss, and they may even have to sacrifice the clan's senior ninja, Yuki Rin.
To be honest, although Yuki Rin is not very smart, he still has some strength. A Jonin is not an insignificant character in any clan.
Using a moderately powerful Jōnin fighter to exchange for a clan leader who might become a cripple, Kaito was not sure whether the Yuki Clan was gaining or losing money by doing so.
Secondly, Kaito later guessed why the Yuki Clan attacked him this time.
As a result, the other party is now willing to give himself the Ice Style secret technique that is treasured in his clan. This behavior of strengthening the "competing" clan is simply unbelievable.
However, among the ninjutsu sent by the Yuki Clan, there was not their core secret technique 'Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals' and the 'Demonic Mirror Ice Fang Break' that Yuki Hiro later performed to detonate the 'Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals'.
In fact, Kaito is still a little envious of these two techniques.
Although the principle of the 'Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals' is not yet understood, judging from its performance alone, it can even be called the 'Little Flying Thunder God', and a Flying Thunder God that can create 'marks' out of thin air.
But when Kaito made the request, the elder hesitated and finally refused, but he also left a loophole for Kaito.
"If in the future jonin Mirukawa can develop a corresponding level of Ice Style secret technique, the Yuki Clan is willing to exchange secret techniques with you."
Kaito was not too surprised by the Yuki Clan's rejection.
For a ninja clan, secret techniques are the core foundation of their existence, not to mention this kind of secret technique that is exclusive to bloodline limits.
The Yuki Clan's agreement to the exchange was a sign of some sincerity.
As for the secret technique clans like the Ino, Shika and Cho clans that have been friends for generations, Kaito estimated that it was very likely that some of them did not have the other clan's secret technique.
However, since the elder of the Yuki Clan was talking about the 'future', the 'Ice Style: Powder Snow' that Kaito demonstrated in the previous battle was definitely not qualified.
Otherwise, Kaito really wants to switch with the other party.
Anyway, Kaito himself now has an extremely high resistance to cold, so he is not afraid that the other party will obtain this ninjutsu and use it against him.
"Ok."
Kaito did not put on any pretense and this time he directly agreed to the other party's request.
Compared to killing a few ninjas from the Yuki Clan, he might also be punished by the village afterwards for this.
Now that he can get some actual benefits, there is nothing unacceptable for Kaito.
'But is Yuki Hiro so respected in the Yuki Clan?'
The medical team secretly passed the message to Kaito. Before the elder came to his place this time, he went to visit Yuki Hiro first.
In other words, these conditions given to him must have been suggested by Yuki Hiro.
In fact, what Kaito didn't know was that during the past three days, the Yuki Clan had been arguing to the point of going crazy over how to deal with this matter, and it even escalated to a physical fight at one point.
However, the pressure from public opinion, the pressure from the village's top leaders, and the pressure from such a young and powerful person like Kaito forced the Yuki Clan to make a decision as soon as possible.
Only then did they bring up Yuki Hiro's relatively acceptable opinion. However, after this incident, it was estimated that Yuki Hiro would most likely lose his position as clan leader.
Kaito thought about it and decided to remind the elders of the Yuki Clan to prevent them from regretting it later.
"I will only agree with the Yuki Clan's statement when the higher-ups ask me about it. But now that this matter has become a big deal, I can't guarantee how the village will handle it."
The Yuki Clan elder nodded with a heavy expression upon hearing this.
"We expected this, but thank you Jonin Mirukawa for the reminder."
(End of this chapter)