In the blink of an eye, another two years passed.
Shiraishi Yoshijo remained in Butterfly Habitat Valley, basking in the sun every day and going out every few days to do his duty with Reika. His life could not have been more comfortable.
While he lived comfortably, someone else was having a very uncomfortable time.
Reika had given him a great deal of intelligence, but the information concerning Peach Country left Shiraishi Yoshijo with deeply mixed feelings.
Ever since he left, Peach Country had publicly announced that the Emperor had been assassinated, pointing the finger directly at the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning.
Naturally, Kurotsuchi and Miki refused to admit to such a thing. They instead accused Peach Country of deliberately massacring their citizens.
That had indeed been the truth, but in reality, whoever had the bigger fist had the right to speak.
A full-scale war erupted.
When Shiraishi Yoshijo left, he had taken nothing with him. The foundation he left Nianze was exceedingly abundant.
There were hundreds of billions in assets in the imperial treasury, countless experts in the Anbu and guard corps, over a million armed troops, not to mention Shiraishi Yoshijo's secret scientific research results.
Yet after the war dragged on for more than half a year, it ultimately became a crushing defeat for Peach Country.
Nianze had originally intended to conquer the Land of Earth first, but who did not understand the principle that when the lips were gone, the teeth would grow cold? The Land of Lightning openly formed an alliance with the Land of Earth. Beyond that, the Land of Water and the Land of Bears secretly aided the Earth-Lightning alliance.
Even with advanced weapons and equipment, it was still impossible to defeat an alliance of two great nations so easily.