"Bang!"
Another table split down the middle.
The Fourth Raikage's face was furious.
"Konoha is utterly outrageous!"
"How could they make such outrageous demands?!"
He knew that after the war, Konoha would inevitably demand an exorbitant price.
But when he actually saw the list Konoha had sent, the Fourth Raikage still couldn't help losing his temper.
If they really paid the war reparations Konoha had listed, Kumogakure wouldn't recover in ten years—not even in fifty!
"They already have Killer B!"
"And they still want us to send the Two-Tails over as a hostage?!"
"Utterly shameless!"
"And all those secret techniques and forbidden jutsu they're demanding from Kumogakure..."
The Raikage gritted his teeth.
"Why not just hand over every single one of our jutsu?"
"Why bother listing them all?!"
On top of that, some of the things Konoha had included in its demands made the Fourth Raikage uneasy.
The Heavenly Transfer Technique and Turtle Island, for example, were closely guarded trump cards of Kumogakure, yet Konoha had named them precisely.
The Fourth Raikage felt a chill of belated fear. Starting a war with Konoha had truly been reckless.
The Kumogakure Jonin beside him exchanged glances, then tried to reason with the Fourth Raikage.
"Demanding the sky and settling for something lower is just how war negotiations work."
"Lord Raikage, there's no need to get so angry..."
"We're still negotiating..."
"Exactly. Naturally, we can't agree to many of Konoha's outrageous demands."
"We'll argue our case as best we can!"
The Fourth Raikage fell silent for a moment, then finally sighed. For a moment, the young Fourth looked almost old.
That was true in principle, but the Fourth Raikage knew that the losing side in a war had little room to bargain.
They could negotiate over these terms, certainly, but whatever Kumogakure ultimately