Departure

At this moment.

Everyone could tell that the war should end!

The Land of Rain, which once fought three countries alone, had now fallen into a state of exhaustion.

Years of war had plunged the resource-scarce Land of Rain into civil war.

The country was in chaos.

It was impossible to sustain the Amegakure any longer!

Thinking about the Leader of Amegakure, the Half-God of the Ninja World—Hanzo of the Salamander. After seeing the God of Shinobi dead, the Asura of the Ninja World's grave overgrown, and the Second Hokage of the Five Great Ninja Villages gone, he thought it was his era as the Half-God of the Ninja World, wanting to elevate the Land of Rain to the position of the Sixth Great Ninja Village.

He started with high spirits, but in the end, he discovered… he couldn't win!

Now, he couldn't surrender even if he wanted to, and he couldn't not surrender if he didn't want to. He was stuck in limbo, waiting for an opportunity.

After all, surrendering so easily would not only disgrace his reputation as the Half-God of the Ninja World but also incur massive reparations~

It wasn't until the battle with the Sannin later that he got his chance!

He didn't want to surrender; he simply acknowledged the younger generation of shinobi and didn't want such outstanding seniors of the ninja world to sacrifice themselves so easily on the battlefield.

So, this is giving Konoha some face. I won't kill the future of Konoha. Can we just stop fighting?

Then.

The war between the Land of Rain and Konoha ended just like that!

After a batch of royalties was deposited into the account, the treasury of the Land of Grass finally looked much better. They shouldn't be short on money for a while.

However, the Land of Grass still needed a stable source of income.

It was fine for now, but to become strong in the future, the investment needed would be astonishing!

"A batch of food will arrive in a few days! Arrange for someone to receive it then!" Kusana arranged the matters.

Then.

He took the items Kana had purchased before leaving, completed today's orders, and asked, "Where is Mujie?"

"Lord Mujie departed last night!" Kana hesitated for a moment and said, "Since Lord Mang was busy last night, I didn't disturb you! Lord Mujie said that if there are no problems, Lord Mang can also prepare to depart!"

Meanwhile.

Just as Kusana here inquired about Mujie's situation, on the other side… Konoha also received a message from Mujie!

"Knock knock~"

A series of knocks on the door, and without a moment's pause, the door was directly opened!

"Hiruzen, the Kusagakure side…"

Mitokado Homura walked in with a frown, his face solemn, and as he was about to speak.

A sound of fumbling reached his ears!

As soon as he looked up, he saw Hiruzen bending down, carefully picking something up… a book?

Then.

He quickly hid it and pretended nothing had happened, saying, "How many times have I told you! How many times! Knock before entering! I'm studying here! And you just barge in! This is seriously interfering with my study quality!"

"…"

They had been partners for decades, who didn't know who?

What kind of book was it, did he not know?

Did he see the landlady or Teacher Hyuga Kiyoshi?

Did he really think I hadn't seen it?

Mitokado Homura looked at him with disdain in his eyes, but his face showed admiration and emotion as he said, "No wonder you could become Hokage, Hiruzen. Teacher must have chosen you because you loved to study and didn't put it down even after graduation! As for us? We're different! We graduated, and it's been so long since we studied, we haven't even touched a book! Unlike you! You're so disciplined!"

After speaking, he quickly moved on to the main topic.

"The representative from Kusagakure has arrived at the border of the Land of Fire. The news from there is that they also want to agree to Konoha's demands, but the Land of Grass is rebuilding, and the village is short on manpower and ninjas, with weak strength, making it impossible to participate!"

"As expected~"

Hiruzen didn't seem surprised by Kusagakure's choice. The entire ninja world knew… Kusagakure and Konoha were allies, but they were also flirting with Iwagakure, selling Konoha's intelligence without hesitation.

A fence-sitter!

Absolutely no Ninja Virtue!

This time, seeing the Land of Grass rebuilding, they were checking Konoha's attitude towards Kusagakure and whether they were leaning towards Iwagakure, after all, the border of the Land of Grass bordered the Land of Fire!

If there were any accidents, they could prepare in advance!

"Fine! Anyway, the war is about to end, so it doesn't matter whether Kusagakure participates or not. Let Orochimaru and the others advance and quickly end the battle with the Land of Rain, while also having Dan guard the defense line with Sunagakure! Orochimaru will quickly go to support them after he's done!"

"Hey, I haven't finished speaking yet! Kusagakure said that although their conditions are harsh, as Konoha's ally, how could they stand by and do nothing? Therefore, they are prepared to contribute their strength, but they only hope that Konoha will support their reconstruction efforts!"

"……Speak plainly!"

"It's… money!"

Meanwhile.

Land of Rain.

At the same time.

The Half-God of the Ninja World also received a letter from the Land of Grass.

[Konoha's power is too great, and they are forcing the Land of Grass to attack the Land of Rain with them. This is not the will of the Land of Grass.]

[The Land of Grass and the Land of Rain have always been neighbors, and have suffered oppression from the great nations! We should unite and watch over each other!]

[Therefore, we only need thirty million!]

[As long as it's thirty million! The Land of Grass will station troops on the border and will not step into the Land of Rain!]

Direct and clear, Hanzo of the Salamander was left in silence.

How could such a weakling like the Land of Grass dare to threaten their Land of Rain?

Even if Amegakure wasn't one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, its strength was still far beyond that of a mere fence-sitter!

"This is blatant blackmail! A mere Kusagakure dares to provoke us, Amegakure! Leader, let's take care of them!"

"That's right! Let them know how powerful Amegakure is!"

However.

Compared to the angered Rain Ninjas, Hanzo of the Salamander fell silent.

That's right.

He didn't want to fight anymore!

He had proudly initiated a war, only to discover… not only Konoha, but Amegakure couldn't even defeat Sunagakure!

The only one they had managed to defeat was the Land of Iron above them.

But that was completely useless!

They gained no benefits and only threw the Land of Rain into chaos!

Therefore, it couldn't continue like this!

After a moment.

Hanzo of the Salamander shook his head and sighed, "Fine, tell Kusagakure! Five million! They are only worth five million! This is already far beyond an S-rank mission! If they don't agree, Amegakure will surrender to Konoha, and then…" he let out a cold laugh, "we will declare war on Kusagakure!"

As he spoke.

He shook his head again with a bitter smile.

He never thought that one day he would be threatened by a fence-sitter like Kusagakure!

He had long heard that Kusagakure made a living by playing both sides and selling intelligence to various villages. Seeing it today… it was indeed true!

The next day.

After seeing the message sent back by Mujie, Kusana couldn't help but sigh.

The Land of Grass… it had a reason for offending all the surrounding countries and making all the ninjas detest them. Mujie had truly played the fence-sitter role for Kusagakure to the fullest!

Upon receiving Mujie's message, Kusana immediately infiltrated the Land of Rain.

The poisonous smoke on the outer perimeter of the Land of Rain couldn't stop him, and he soon arrived at the location mentioned in the intelligence.

However.

Looking at the little loli with the light blue-purple dango-like hair lying motionless on the ground not far away, Kusana fell silent.

Had he…

Arrived too early, or too late?!

This is a construction novel! This is the version! The lazy fish discovered that after not writing for three months, his state is almost gone! So, let's start a familiar construction book!

As for the pirate one… I'm sorry, I overestimated myself and couldn't find a point to insert it, so I was in a daze the whole time!

Newcomer, new book, hope those who can read it will support it more!

The early stages of foreshadowing will probably be quite boring, but the lazy fish will try his best to write it well!

The synopsis and title have also been changed, and they should be refreshed tomorrow!