Land of Fire border.
Shinobi Alliance temporary Conference Room.
The representatives of the major shinobi villages were still gathered here.
But in the Ninja World today, Konoha was probably the only shinobi village left.
After all, even among the great nations, only the Land of Fire remained.
"Haah..."
Ōnoki could not help but sigh. "It seems Wave Country's true strength far exceeds our imagination."
None of them had expected two great nations to surrender within a single day.
But what surprised them even more was that Wave Country had stabilized the internal situations of both nations in such a short time.
"Third Tsuchikage... I heard that after Wave Country occupied Iwagakure, not only did they refrain from burning, killing, and looting, they even planned to build roads, houses, schools, and hospitals for the village. And as long as people surrendered voluntarily, they would not only be spared, but would also be given priority in job assignments after the war..."
Kitsuchi spoke quietly beside Ōnoki, but despite his low voice, everyone around him heard every word clearly.
Ōnoki's heart trembled at those words, but his expression suddenly turned stern. He slapped the other man on the head. "Where did you hear such bewitching nonsense?!"
"This came from the village intelligence department, and it used Iwagakure's special cipher."
Kitsuchi held his head, looking somewhat helpless.
For a moment, Ōnoki did not know what to say. After a long silence, he said, "I never expected Wave Country to decipher Iwagakure's cipher in a single day."
Everyone wore strange expressions.
Only Dodai silently raised his hand. "Kumogakure received the same news."
"..."
The others' expressions became even stranger as they all turned to look at Chiyo.
Chiyo found it oddly amusing. For some reason, everyone seemed to have developed a strange sense of ease