"Looks like it'll still take quite a while!"
Golden light slowly drifted away from his shoulders. Chiba slowly opened his eyes, then let out a sigh.
It had been three days since the Peace Alliance negotiations ended—in other words, three days since Minato Namikaze had given him leave. Aside from handing over his work on the first day of his break, he had spent the past two days wholeheartedly training in the Forbidden Jutsu, striving to improve himself and returning to his usual state of constant training.
Over these three days, he had also used what little time he had outside of training to inquire about how the village had been doing since his leave began.
After all, the coming peace was of vital importance and would directly affect his training plans. Although he now had autonomy over his missions, if war broke out, then even with that autonomy, he might not have enough time to train and prepare for the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
Of course, everything in the village had gradually gotten back on track during this time. Word was that the Land of Earth had already sent an official letter, and the Third Tsuchikage would soon dispatch representatives to formally finalize the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Once the terms were settled, the agreement would be signed.
They might not necessarily form an alliance, but once the ceasefire agreement was signed, the ceasefire itself would be set in stone.
Now that the preliminary peace treaty had been signed, even if Iwa wanted to pull something, as long as Konoha held that treaty, it had nothing to fear from Iwa's schemes—unless Iwa was willing to disregard its national credibility and fight to mutual destruction.
Moreover, with the experience from these Peace Alliance negotiations, the Konoha High Command had drawn up