The discussion in the conference room had abruptly turned into a fight. It was hardly logical, but Ronglin had never been one to act according to logic.
Since the initiative was in his hands, everything would be decided by him. Sunagakure had no standing to say no!
If everything could be settled with a few empty words, why had they waited until now? Did they think they could just become his lackeys?
Unfortunately, Konoha had no need for little followers right now.
It was not that Konoha had become so powerful that it could completely disregard Sunagakure. Rather, even if they wanted followers, they could not pick fence-sitters like Sunagakure.
Ronglin could easily imagine it: once Sunagakure overcame its current crisis, would Rasa, who had always resented him, still obediently listen to him? There would probably be plenty of arguments to come.
If Rasa had truly swallowed his pride and begged him, Ronglin would not have minded letting him cling to his thigh and taking him along for the ride. But Granny Chiyo had come instead of the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa. And they still claimed he lacked sincerity?
Where was their sincerity, then? The Kazekage stayed at home while they sent an old woman to negotiate with him. Was that not shameless?
Setting aside who had come to negotiate, Sunagakure and Rasa's credibility in Ronglin's eyes was already below zero. What was there left to discuss?
Followers?
Rather than becoming his followers, they would be better off offering something real.
Sunagakure was poor, but the Land of Wind controlled plenty of mineral resources that Ronglin coveted. That was Ronglin's true objective.
As for talk of following Konoha's lead, they could save it. If they wanted to be followers, they could find someone else. Konoha had no need for people like