After that, dissenting voices emerged endlessly, and those who wanted to agree either feared Rasa's power or, seeing that the tide had turned, wisely kept silent.
In the end, the entertaining suggestion put forward by Kusagakure was directly scrapped.
Subsequently, there was another round of whispers, and various suggestions were continuously put forward.
For example, the Land of Earth being equally divided among eighteen countries.
Without exception, the great nations would certainly not suffer such a loss; 'why should you small nations be on equal footing with us?' they thought.
Another suggestion was to divide it into five large sections, with the four great nations each taking one, and the remaining section being shared by the other fifteen nations.
This was Rasa's suggestion, and the small nations universally opposed it.
At that time, Mei Terumī and Darui did not state their positions first but looked towards Tomoki.
After Tomoki expressed his opposition, Hidden Mist and Kumogakure also successively voiced their objections.
One morning, three hours passed, and suggestions were proposed one after another, only to be scrapped and become a thing of the past.
With so many people, each with their own stance, reaching a unanimous agreement was almost impossible.
Gradually, everyone understood that if this situation continued, they would discuss until the end of time without reaching a conclusion.
As time went on, more and more gazes began to turn towards Tomoki, and the sound of everyone's discussion gradually diminished.
Tomoki, seeing that it was about time, took the initiative to speak.
"Since you all can't discuss any results, why not look at the plan proposed by Konoha!"
After that, Tomoki waved his hand, and more than ten people came forward, holding stacks of documents, which they distributed to everyone present.
This familiar scene made Darui feel extremely annoyed.
The last time he saw such a scene was when Kumogakure came to Konoha for peace talks with the Military Police Force after their defeat, and it was that very negotiation that set Kumogakure on the path of working to pay off its debts.
How could a scene like yesterday's not evoke strong emotions in Darui?
And many others, seeing this scene, had their previously lowered guard raised to the highest level once again.
Konoha was indeed prepared early!
Everyone flipped through the documents in front of them; what first caught their eye was not how to divide the Land of Earth, but a short essay.
The article had been specially polished, with very refined wording, and every word accurately conveyed its intended meaning.
After a shallow but direct discussion of the essence, a conclusion was reached.
"This meeting is a meeting among Ninja; for a Village, the most important things are money and resources."
"This plan is formulated based on maximizing the Village's profits."
"Therefore, the first principle to follow is that Iwagakure will be handled independently by the Village, while for the Land of Earth, resources belong to the Village, and land and population belong to the nobles."
The opening was Tomoki's way of reminding everyone present: 'You do have your respective countries behind you, but don't forget, you are Ninja!'
At today's meeting, everyone present is both in competition and in cooperation, and the Daimyō behind you are both supporters and your enemies.
No matter what benefits the Daimyō behind you have promised, what others give is ultimately not as good as what you hold in your own hands.
Everyone, stop thinking about the Daimyō's missions; it's time to start thinking for yourselves.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed, and many people secretly cast their gazes towards Tomoki.
This Hokage's intentions are certainly not simple; before, our perspective was too narrow.
Many people, after retracting their gazes, looked at each other; if everyone present could cooperate fully, it might not be impossible.
Turning to the second page was a resource distribution map detailing the locations of various resources in the Land of Earth.
This made the eyes of everyone present light up, and they all began calculating something in their minds.
The dense legends, each point representing countless raw materials for weapons and endless amounts of money.
To put it bluntly, a Village, except for the great Villages, is truly just a Village.
With a small footprint and not many people, a slightly larger resource point in the Land of Earth would be enough to sustain a small Village.
The leaders of the Villages are all Ninja, not engaged in production, and the residents of the Villages also all hope to become Ninja and rise above others.
Given the opportunity to become a Ninja, no one would be willing to farm.
Even if they genuinely wanted to farm, there would be no land for them to cultivate.
Villages are typically located in remote and dangerous areas, firstly for safety, and secondly, it is a deliberate choice by the nobles.
Thus, with a small amount of money and negligible food, the Villages would become dependent on the nobles and fight to the death at the nobles' command.
The land and resources of the Ninja World are all controlled by the nobles, and the Ninja are accustomed to being their enforcers.
Initially, when faced with the vast Land of Earth, they were still constrained by their mindset as enforcers.
But with Tomoki opening their minds, thoughts that would not have appeared before began to emerge.
Many leaders of small Villages were already planning to move their entire Village after gaining control of a small piece of land.
About half an hour later, everyone had closed the documents in their hands.
The document, from beginning to end, described the richness of the Land of Earth; all sorts of dazzling things made these villagers' eyes glaze over.
However, even at the very end, it did not explain how the Land of Earth should ultimately be distributed.
Seeing that everyone had put down their documents, Tomoki smiled and asked.
"Everyone, what are your thoughts after reading this?"
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