Over on the other side!
Tang Ping looked at the group led by Asuma and Kakashi standing before him, their eyes fixed firmly on him, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
It seemed they had finally caught on.
And that meant this poaching operation was over.
Although the gains had far exceeded his expectations, people were greedy. Once they gained something, they wanted even more.
He had not expected the haul to be this great either.
Fortunately, they had made ample preparations, and there was not much luggage to carry, so they had been able to handle it.
If he had been given another week, he could definitely have poached every talent he had his eye on.
Konoha was now setting like the sun, while Blazing Sun Country was rising like the dawn. Anyone with a brain knew which side to choose.
There was one point that absolutely could not be overlooked.
Blazing Sun Country had originated from Konoha. Tang Ping himself had once been part of Konoha, and even the Tenshukaku was located within the Land of Fire.
For Konoha people, defecting to Blazing Sun Country was practically the same as choosing a faction, so the psychological hurdle was extremely easy to cross.
If it had been another shinobi village, do you think they would have found it so easy to defect?
Konoha might have been beaten senseless by Blazing Sun Country, but beneath the villagers' and shinobi clans' hatred was also a sense of pride.
See that? Those are our Konoha shinobi!
They felt honored by association!
That was more or less the mindset.
And as Konoha weakened while Blazing Sun Country grew stronger, that mindset became increasingly powerful.
Konoha's true legacy lay in Blazing Sun!
Yes, that trend had already emerged.
Hadn't the Senju and Uchiha,