"This matter, after my thorough consideration, is actually not impossible..."
"But then again..."
Lin Ran's gaze turned shrewd as he looked at the two of them, smiling like an old fox.
Tanaka Ken'go immediately understood and nodded:
"I understand, I understand!"
"How could we not understand these things?"
"Please rest assured, Great Hero Lin, all our promises will be fulfilled one by one..."
Saying this, Tanaka Ken'go took out a map from his spatial storage device:
"This is a map of the entire Sakura territory. Apart from the imperial land marked on it, you can choose anything you wish."
"As for the army, there is also relevant information and reference materials on the back of the map. Taking a million troops is also not a problem!"
Lin Ran waved his hand:
"These things aren't that important for now..."
"What I want is all the other stuff."
Tanaka Ken'go was taken aback, but still spoke:
"Great Hero Lin, please tell us..."
Lin Ran smiled, directly took out a scroll from his soul ring, and stuffed it into Tanaka Ken'go's hand:
"Here, this is what I want."
Tanaka Ken'go and Chizuru Ginbyaku's faces immediately contorted.
Good heavens! This Lin Ran...
It seemed he had already planned this all along, even preparing a list of what he wanted in advance...
Moreover, with his thick skin, he could actually hand them the paper without a blush, which was utterly outrageous.
If they had known from the beginning that Lin Ran had everything prepared, why would they have been beating around the bush for so long!
With a torrent of unspoken curses in his mind, Tanaka Ken'go tremblingly took the paper from Lin Ran and placed it in front of himself and Chizuru Ginbyaku. They both looked at it together.
The moment they looked, their eyeballs nearly popped out.
Their three national treasures: Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, Yasakani-no-Magatama, and Yata-no-Kagami.
Their five great sacrificial artifacts: Tsukuyomi-no-Tamashii, Amaterasu-no-ISEKI, Susanoo-no-MIKOTO-no-Kame, Izanagi-no-TSUCHI, and Izanami-no-IZUMI.
Besides these extremely precious and almost indispensable items, Lin Ran also set his sights on ordinary materials, demanding countless things like Hundred Refined Iron, Energy Crystals, and so on...
In short, this long, dense list of demands was practically a blueprint for emptying the entire Sakura national treasury.
"This, this, this, this..."
Tanaka Ken'go began to stammer.
He had expected Lin Ran to make an outrageous demand, but he had never imagined that his demand would be this perverted!
Although these things were not coming out of their own pockets, how could the Kannaguji agree?
But with Lin Ran's perverted conditions, if they really forced themselves to accept them, the Kannaguji would likely tear them apart.
Chizuru Ginbyaku also wore a pained expression:
"Lin... Great Hero Lin..."
"We... we are genuinely sincere in coming to negotiate with you..."
"But... but your... your conditions... are truly... truly..."
Lin Ran interrupted her with a smile:
"It's not that difficult to accept, is it?"
"To be fair, apart from the most basic materials which might seem a bit excessive, the other items shouldn't sting at all..."
"After all, those things, in your hands, don't serve any purpose. They are purely decorative."
"What's there to be reluctant about?"
Lin Ran's smile was cunning.
Tanaka Ken'go felt his blood pressure rising step by step, but he suppressed the urge to vomit and continued:
"Great Hero Lin..."
"Firstly, these so-called basic materials you are requesting are not really basic. They are all advanced materials."
"Secondly, the quantity of materials you are requesting is astonishingly large, far beyond what we can afford..."
"And most importantly..."
At this point, Chizuru Ginbyaku took over from Tanaka Ken'go:
"Most importantly, our Sakura divine artifacts, even if truly useless in our hands, cannot be casually given away!"
"They are symbols of our Sakura!"
"From our standpoint, it might not be impossible to give these things to Great Hero Lin..."
"But for our Emperor, he would absolutely never agree to this!"
Although Chizuru Ginbyaku's tone was relatively calm, her expression was extremely agitated.
Clearly, those items were not entirely useless in their hands.
At least for people like them who practiced divine arts, it was certainly the case.
So Lin Ran yawned and said comfortably:
"Oh? Is that so..."
"Then I don't think we have anything else to discuss!"
Saying this, he pulled Luo Qingyan and stood up, about to leave without looking back.
This immediately made Tanaka Ken'go and Chizuru Ginbyaku anxious.
Good heavens, this guy isn't willing to budge at all!
They had only mentioned it briefly, and Lin Ran was already threatening to flip the table. How could they negotiate any further!
Logically speaking, if they were in charge of this matter, they might have just told Lin Ran to shove it and refused to negotiate!
But due to the strict orders from the Kannaguji, no matter how disgusted they felt, they had to grit their teeth and accept it.
The two of them quickly rushed forward to stop Lin Ran, offering smiles and apologies:
"Not at all, not at all, we must talk!"
"That's right, that's right, Great Hero Lin, there's no need to get agitated. There are always ways to solve problems."
"It's like this... as long as we both have sincerity, we can always reach an agreement!"
Despite the torrent of unspoken grievances in their hearts, Tanaka Ken'go and Chizuru Ginbyaku forced smiles, feeling incredibly wronged.
Lin Ran didn't actually intend to leave. After a perfunctory struggle, he sat back down, looking nonchalant:
"My conditions are non-negotiable. Whether you accept them is up to you..."
"If you want to say anything else, then don't waste everyone's time!"
Upon hearing this, Tanaka Ken'go and Chizuru Ginbyaku's expressions became even more constipated.
They opened their mouths, wanting to say something, but had no idea where to start.
Just then, a hidden door at the back of the secret room suddenly opened, and a voice called out from behind:
"If these are truly all the conditions, I agree!"