A Formal Declaration of War Against Konoha, to Avenge Lord Kazekage; Captain, There's a Survivor Here

Sunagakure, Central Square.

A crowd stood atop the distant high platform.

Chiyo stepped out from the crowd.

She stood on the hastily erected high platform, her aged face looking especially grim amid the windblown sand.

Behind her,

Rasa stood with his arms crossed, his cold eyes sweeping over the Sand Ninja army assembled below.

Chiyo's withered fingers slowly unfurled a bloodstained Scroll.

Her hoarse voice, amplified by Chakra, rang throughout the village.

"Lord Third Kazekage's murder has been fully investigated!"

Thousands of Sand Ninja in the square held their breath at once.

"Konoha spies used despicable means while Lord Kazekage was inspecting the border..."

Chiyo's voice suddenly rose.

"They used a sneak attack to drive a poisoned blade through his heart!"

"What?!"

The square instantly erupted.

"Damn Konoha Ninja! They actually killed our Lord Kazekage!"

"Lord Third Kazekage died at the border for Sunagakure! How despicable!"

"Konoha is truly vicious! Lord Third Kazekage was such a good man!!"

"..."

The young ninjas' eyes reddened as they pounded their chests and began shouting.

"Warriors of Sunagakure!"

Chiyo's voice spread across the entire square through Chakra, now filled with tremendous force and incitement.

"Today, we stand here.

Not to invade, but to take revenge!"

She abruptly unfurled a bloodstained Scroll bearing the unmistakable handwriting of the Third Kazekage.

"This is the secret letter Lord Kazekage left behind before his disappearance.

In it, he stated that Konoha's spies had already infiltrated our upper ranks!

Those people murdered our Kazekage and sought to divide our village!"

An enraged roar erupted from the crowd.

Pakura stood at the very front of the ranks, her brows slightly furrowed.

Konoha spies?

They had assassinated the strongest Third Kazekage in history?

How could that be possible!

Pakura did not believe it at all.

But with the crowd so