Meanwhile, in Secret Meeting Hall No. 2.
"Phew..."
Sitting in the chair behind the conference table he had barely left these past few days, Chiba leaned back against it as though all strength had been drained from his body and let out a long breath.
It's finally over. Now I can finally get some proper rest.
That thought crossed his mind.
Crackle!
Crackle!
Behind him came the sound of burning flames.
At that moment, amid the flickering firelight behind him, an Anbu Ninja and the female ninja assigned to attend to Chiba's daily needs—the one Minato Namikaze had arranged to supervise his meals and sleep—were tossing scroll after scroll, document after document, and sheet after sheet covered in writing into a burning brazier.
This was also Chiba's precautionary measure to destroy the evidence. After all, the papers, documents, and scrolls in his possession were filled with plans for how to scheme against Iwa. If Iwa got hold of them by accident, the situation could undergo a massive reversal.
After all, such scheming between nations would be an enormous act of betrayal. Iwa would then have every excuse to slander Konoha and deny the validity of the peace terms that had already been signed.
In other words, if Iwa obtained these things, it could denounce Konoha as shameless and oppressive while tearing up the signed peace terms. Afterward, it could unite every force it possibly could and launch a campaign against Konoha, inflicting tremendous losses and perhaps even stripping Konoha of its status as the victor.
Therefore, these had to be destroyed now. That way, Iwa would have no possibility of denying the terms it had already signed, and Konoha could wait without worry for the Third Tsuchikage to obediently renegotiate and sign a ceasefire agreement.
Once the Third Tsuchikage signed