"Chief, news has arrived from the front—"
"Danzo Shimura not only released all the hostages, but also threw in quite a bit of rations for them to take back to the Hidden Rain Village."
Inside the Hidden Rain Village office, Amemura reported excitedly.
To be honest, he had never expected that Shinobi of Darkness to actually back down.
That man was known for being despicable, forceful, and radical in his actions.
Making him compromise had never been an easy task.
But when he remembered who his own chief was, Amemura no longer found it strange.
After all, the man before him even dared to kill nobles...
"Additionally, Konoha has sent a diplomatic letter."
With that, Amemura respectfully handed over a letter.
"Oh?"
After briefly examining it, Jingū Kiraku opened it at once.
"Heh, it seems those nobles of the Land of Fire have finally become afraid."
After reading it, Jingū Kiraku gave a disdainful sneer.
The contents of the letter were simple enough: something along the lines of, "When two nations go to war, do not harm nobles or kill civilians"...
In short—
Please stop bombing the capital.
In exchange, Konoha would abandon its plans to massacre the city and would not harm the civilians of the Land of Rain.
Jingū Kiraku was not particularly surprised by this.
Ever since the One Country One Village System had been established, those noble lords had become truly superior beings.
Whether civilians or shinobi, no one dared show them the slightest defiance.
Much less threaten their lives!
Even when the First Shinobi World War broke out later, it had remained limited to conflicts between shinobi.
Those noble lords had barely been affected at all and had no idea what fear even was.
When death truly appeared before them, every last one of them