He had wanted to give his village a better life. But not only had he failed, he had also provoked a terrifying demon.
Did Sunagakure even have a future? Rasa wasn't sure.
But he soon shook his head. "Getting everyone out alive is already a good thing. As for what comes next, we'll deal with it when the time comes."
Rasa couldn't think of any better way to console himself, so he could only say that.
His state of mind was still unstable. After all, he had just gone through something so terrifying. Anyone else might not have been able to bear it.
He was already more resilient than most. An ordinary ninja would have gone mad or become a fool by now.
"Sunagakure's days ahead are going to be difficult."
But there was no shirking responsibility for what had happened. It was all the result of Rasa's stubborn insistence.
The fact that these thirty thousand people had survived was already a stroke of luck.
"Lord Kazekage... who was that just now?"
Rasa's trembling aide came over and helped him to his feet.
"I don't know... In an instant, he turned all thirty thousand of you into crystal. That's not something a human can do! He's a god... a true god."
The ninjas listened to Rasa, their hearts filled with fear.
Their army of thirty thousand should have been unstoppable, securing a suitable place for Sunagakure to live.
But now, they had been wiped out in a single attack.
If Lord Kazekage hadn't set aside his dignity and begged, they would already be dead.
"Lord Kazekage, you've suffered!"
All thirty thousand knelt before Rasa and spoke as one.
Rasa himself, however, was overwhelmed with shame. If he hadn't coveted the Land of Rain, none of this would have happened.
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