The invitation from Whitebeard not only stunned the eight-year-old Fu, but also the group of people in Takigakure Village, including the leader of the Takigakure ninjas.
No one expected that this legendary man would make such an invitation to a girl.
Whitebeard actually wanted Fu to join the Whitebeard Pirates, he actually wanted Fu to become his daughter?
Fu was stunned, her little face full of shocked expression.
Even her sunny and sociable personality, at this moment, was a bit overwhelmed.
"Eh? Eh? Eh?" Three consecutive "ehs" are enough to show how confused Fu is now.
She couldn't help but raise her head and look at Whitebeard in a daze: "Grandpa Whitebeard, you... you said you want me to be your daughter?"
"Gurara! Yes!" Whitebeard laughed loudly: "What? Little brat, are you going to refuse me?"
Whitebeard's last question had a bit of a joking tone.
Fu's big amber eyes widened.
The legendary big pirate Whitebeard wants to take her as his daughter, wants to invite her to join the Whitebeard Pirates...
If it were someone else, the first instinctive reaction would be to refuse, after all, the word "pirate" doesn't sound very glamorous, and Whitebeard is wanted by the entire ninja world!
Joining the Whitebeard Pirates, doesn't that mean being an enemy of the entire ninja world?
The risk factor is too high, isn't it?
But the person being invited is Fu, Fu not only has no intention of refusing, but also has a desire to try.
"Whitebeard..."
The leader of the waterfall ninjas, Hisen, couldn't help but want to say something, but the words that were about to come out of his mouth were blocked back by a look from Whitebeard.
"Little brat, you should let her make the decision, not you make the decision for her."
Whitebeard's brief words scared Hisen into a cold sweat.
He immediately shut up, not daring to say a word.
"I'm willing! I'm willing! I'm willing!!!" Fu was so excited that her little face turned a bit red, she shouted: "I'm willing to be Grandpa Whitebeard's daughter, I'm willing to join the Whitebeard Pirates!!!"
After shouting this, she showed a silly smile: "Hehehe... this way, I can be friends with many people, right? Isn't it easy to have a hundred friends then?"
"Should I set my goal a bit bigger, to make a thousand friends in this life, not a hundred friends..."
Among Whitebeard's many sons and daughters, Fu is definitely one of the few who agreed so readily.
For Fu at her age, she hasn't really realized what it means to join the Whitebeard Pirates.
Fu simply thinks that by joining the pirate crew, she can have many friends.
Fu also simply thinks that being invited to join the pirate crew by someone she admires is her greatest honor.
Yes, she, who has heard some stories about Whitebeard in Takigakure Village, has a sense of admiration for Whitebeard.
"Gurara!!!"
After hearing Fu's words, Whitebeard's laughter echoed throughout Takigakure Village: "You're very spirited! But are you still going to call me Grandpa Whitebeard? You should call me Pops! Silly daughter!"
Whitebeard's address to Fu naturally changed from "little brat" to "daughter".
Fu quickly corrected herself: "Pops!!!"
This inexplicable development left the ninjas in Takigakure Village a bit confused.
What's going on...
The uninvited Whitebeard Pirates ran to their Takigakure Village, just to take their village's Jinchuriki as a daughter?
And the Jinchuriki foolishly agreed?
Ah, this!
"Tsk tsk... It seems that the Seven Tails were easily taken down by us!" Kisame grinned and laughed: "There was no fight throughout, not even a verbal conflict, it was so easy that it was a bit unusual!"
When they were hunting the Two Tails and Eight Tails, they fought one big battle after another, causing a lot of terrain to be destroyed.
Now that the Whitebeard Pirates have come to Takigakure Village to hunt the Seven Tails, compared to the previous two times, it's so easy that it's a bit unbelievable.
"Isn't this quite good?" Kakashi, with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a small book, casually said: "It's very peaceful to solve things, if the future is like now, then gathering the Tailed Beasts is quite easy."
Kakashi quite likes this method of solving problems without force.
Of course, he also understands that this is precisely the reputation that the Whitebeard Pirates have gained from conquering so many opponents with force, which led to what just happened.
Shisui sighed: "The Seven Tails Jinchuriki is a very optimistic little girl! Although I can't see what she looks like, but from the tone of her speech, I can tell that she hasn't been discriminated against or isolated from a young age."
"Isolation must be more or less there, but that kind of isolation has not evolved into cold violence." Konan said expressionlessly: "This village's method in dealing with Jinchuriki, is quite good."
Konan's mood is complicated.
The Seven Tails also fell into the hands of the Whitebeard Pirates, which means that the Whitebeard Pirates now have four Tailed Beasts in their hands.
Nine Tails, Eight Tails, Seven Tails, Two Tails, ..
Of the nine Tailed Beasts, the Whitebeard Pirates occupy four alone.
Konan is even contemplating... Should their Akatsuki organization change their initial strategy?
Should they not use the Tailed Beasts to make the ninja world feel pain?
Otherwise, won't they have a head-on conflict with the Whitebeard Pirates in the future?
If there is a conflict in the future, can the Akatsuki organization beat the Whitebeard Pirates?
...
Whitebeard added a daughter, which is definitely a big event worth celebrating with a banquet for the Whitebeard Pirates.
So, the Whitebeard Pirates directly invited the entire Takigakure Village to hold a grand welcome banquet.
Anyway, the current Whitebeard Pirates are very rich.
The most important thing is that the pirate crew is holding a banquet in Takigakure Village, and the protagonist of the banquet is the Jinchuriki of Takigakure Village.
So, should Takigakure Village also add some financial support for this banquet?
"Leader... this..." An elder from Takigakure Village watched a group of pirates eating and drinking freely in the village.
He hesitated, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate? What if other ninja villages see this scene, wouldn't they suspect that our Takigakure Village is colluding with pirates?"
He looked at the ninjas and civilians in his village and found that some of them had actually joined the banquet under the influence of the pirates.
This made the elder from Takigakure Village twitch at the corner of his mouth.
What is this?
What's going on?
"Is there... a better way than 'standing by'?"
Hisen sighed heavily, "Are you asking me to say in front of Whitebeard that the Jinchuriki can't be his daughter?"
After hearing these words, the elder from Takigakure Village didn't know what to say.
If the leader really did this, I'm afraid that Takigakure Village and the Whitebeard Pirates would not be "living in harmony" as they are now, but would start a war between pirates and ninjas.
The last Kumogakure Village that fought with the Whitebeard Pirates and suffered a defeat, I'm afraid they have not recovered yet!
Hisen murmured, "The situation in the ninja world is changing! Three of the five major villages have been defeated by the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Whitebeard Pirates have stirred up the situation in the entire ninja world with their own power. I'm afraid it won't be long before the situation in the ninja world will change."
"In the past, no matter how many ninja wars occurred, our Takigakure Village could stay out of it by taking advantage of its special geographical advantages and watch other ninja villages fight each other."
"Now it's different, the Whitebeard Pirates can come directly to our Takigakure Village, which means that the geographical advantage is gone."
"If we don't seize the opportunity to welcome the new changes in the ninja world, I'm afraid Takigakure Village will not be able to keep up with the new era."
Hisen is after all a leader of a ninja village.
He tried to look further into the future, and he already had a little plan in his heart.
Hearing his analysis, an elder from Takigakure Village couldn't help but ask, "Leader, what do you mean?"
Hisen said, "What do you think... would be the situation if our Takigakure Village were to rely on the Whitebeard Pirates?"
The elder from the waterfall ninjas was dumbfounded, "Rely on the Whitebeard Pirates?"
In that case, wouldn't their village become a vassal of the Whitebeard Pirates?
A ninja village becoming a vassal of a pirate crew...
Isn't that a bit upside down?
Hisen seemed to guess what the elder was thinking, and he explained, "Don't forget, although they are called the Whitebeard Pirates, they are not pirates in the traditional sense, there are Whitebeard Pirates."
Hisen took a deep breath, and a hint of fear and dread of the Whitebeard Pirates flashed in the depths of his eyes.
"Whitebeard has Kirigakure Village, Kusagakure Village, or even Kumogakure Village under him! This is a huge creature that controls three ninja villages!"
What he didn't know was... Orochimaru is now a captive of the Whitebeard Pirates, and Otogakure, which was created by Orochimaru, is also a vassal of Whitebeard in a certain sense.
That means the Whitebeard Pirates actually control four ninja villages!
Hisen paused, then continued, "Tomorrow, call a meeting of all the Jonin and all the Patriarchs of the ninja clans in the village, and let everyone decide the future of our Takigakure Village together."
"Yes, leader!"
...
Meanwhile.
On the other side.
"Sasuke, Naruto, Haku, Karin, Ino, Hinata, Neji, Kimimaro, Shikamaru, Chouji, Sakura... hehehe..."
Fu has never been as happy as she is today, she made eleven friends of her age in one day.
They can't even be called friends anymore, they are family!
"Fu, what does the Tailed Beast inside you look like?" Naruto has always been curious about the Seven Tails inside Fu, he asked eagerly: "Can you use its power?"
Hearing Naruto's question, Fu shook her head frankly: "Not yet, every time I want to talk to the Seven Tails, it ignores me."
Fu was not discouraged at all, she clenched her little fist and said with determination: "But I believe that one day I will be good friends with it!"
Sasuke on the side reminded: "If you know what it likes, maybe you can establish a bond with the Tailed Beast inside you."
The reason why Sasuke has a good relationship with the Tailed Beast is simply because the Two Tails, Matatabi, inside him has a really good temper.
He made such a suggestion because Sasuke thought of Kakashi.
In Sasuke's eyes.
Kakashi and the Eight Tails, are both unscrupulous people and unscrupulous Tailed Beasts.
I wonder if the Seven Tails inside Fu also has this kind of unscrupulous hobby?
"What does the Seven Tails like..." Fu nodded seriously: "That's a good suggestion! Thank you, Sasuke!"
She hooked Sasuke's arm and showed a sunny trust: "Hehe... you are my best friend!"
Sasuke twitched at the corner of his mouth, he was a bit overwhelmed by this sociable and familiar person.
Sasuke quickly pulled his hand out of hers and stood behind Naruto without leaving a trace.
Using Naruto as a shield.
...
The next day.
Early morning.
All the Jonin, Patriarchs of the ninja clans, and higher-ups of Takigakure Village held a secret meeting.
The content of the secret meeting was naturally to discuss the two topics of "Whitebeard Pirates" and "The future of Takigakure Village".
During the meeting, Hisen, the leader of the waterfall ninjas, expressed some of his thoughts from yesterday, causing everyone to be shocked.
No one expected that the leader would actually want to cling to the Whitebeard Pirates.
But if you think more about it...
It's not impossible.
Bowing to the Whitebeard Pirates is not something to be ashamed of, they are just a small ninja village, isn't it normal for a small ninja village to bow to a huge creature?
The Whitebeard Pirates have defeated Kirigakure Village, Kumogakure Village, and Kusagakure Village, and even made Konohagakure Village dare not say a word.
Bowing to such an existence is not unacceptable.
The situation in the ninja world is indeed changing a lot, if they can grab the leg of the Whitebeard Pirates, maybe in the future of changing winds and clouds, they can get a share of the pie?
Takigakure Village can no longer be at peace with the world.
Yes... To Hisen's surprise, a large majority of the people in front of him thought there is nothing wrong with his idea.
Only a small part of the people had some objections, but the resistance was not too intense.
When Hisen proposed to decide by vote.
The number of votes in favor of Takigakure Village joining the Whitebeard Pirates reached forty-seven percent.
The number of votes against it was only twenty-one percent.
The rest of the people cast abstention votes.
In the end, Hisen, the leader of Takigakure Village, gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision to face Whitebeard himself.
So...
"Whitebeard, this is a decision made by our Takigakure Village about the future of the village!" But when Hisen faced Whitebeard, his courage and spirit instantly vanished, and his tone was inevitably a bit humble.
Hisen took a deep breath and said seriously: "Whitebeard, please let Takigakure Village become a vassal ninja village of the Whitebeard Pirates!"
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