Chapter 289: Akaseki Truly Was the Strategist Heaven Bestowed Upon the Uchiha Clan!
"In the end, we can only snatch a few missions..." Akaseki shook his head, somewhat dissatisfied.
Although Akaseki looked down on Madara Uchiha, he felt that Madara's original idea had not been entirely without merit—if the First had let Madara go fight back then, then stepped in as the good guy afterward and brought more ninja villages under his wing, perhaps the situation would have been better.
As for now...
Whether in terms of strength or circumstances, there was no longer any basis for annexing a major ninja village. Even if they won, at most they could only take over part of its mission territory.
"That's probably how it is. Recently, the armies of the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind have basically stopped fighting normally. They've likely reached an understanding and accepted Sunagakure's defeat." Gongzhi Jiu gave a derisive laugh.
Normally, although the outcome of wars between great nations depended mainly on the ninja, ordinary armies would still provide support behind the front lines and occupy key points along supply routes.
But now, the Land of Wind seemed to have simply surrendered. It was not even pretending otherwise, and it had apparently already prepared the terms for Sunagakure's defeat—nothing more than relinquishing control over missions in those small eastern countries, perhaps even handing some domestic missions over to Konoha.
In that case, those small countries whose mission territories had been carved away would effectively become "near-vassals of the Land of Fire."
Moreover, if missions within the Land of Wind were opened to Konoha, it would mean accepting Konoha ninja operating normally within designated areas of the Land of Wind. In other words, it meant accepting a certain degree of influence from the Land of