Bang, bang, bang-
The remaining snake beasts in Amegakure vanished one after another as the power of the White Snake's scales dissipated.
Akaseki returned to the top of the Tower and retrieved the white scale. It might have run out of chakra, but that was no reason to waste it, was it?
If nothing else, Orochimaru would certainly be willing to buy it...
Seeing Akaseki standing atop the Tower and taking deep breaths, Jiraiya realized what he intended to do. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Amegakure should have no choice but to withdraw from the war now."
"Can we still reconcile?" Akaseki asked, as though the answer were obvious.
Jiraiya said nothing.
Even if Amegakure withdrew from the war, or even agreed to a ceasefire with Konoha, Hanzō and the other Rain Ninja would surely still hate Konoha with a passion. As for the fact that they had attacked everywhere and started the war themselves, they had naturally forgotten all about that.
Konoha had never expected to turn Amegakure into another Kusagakure or Takigakure...
Because Hanzō was still alive, and Amegakure had only one Hanzō. More than half the village's fighting strength rested with him alone. As long as he refused, no amount of pressure on Amegakure would accomplish anything. If Hanzō truly abandoned all shame and kept opposing Konoha, even wiping out Amegakure would not solve the problem!
Thus, as long as Hanzō lived, Amegakure could keep festering here.
Since reconciliation was impossible anyway, and Konoha had no chance of occupying Lingering Rain Mountain, Akaseki did not mind taking things even further! After forming hand seals, he slammed both hands onto the ground...
Swamp Release: Swamp Realm: Advent!
Akaseki used his large-scale Swamp Release again, this time continuously pouring in chakra to expand the swamp realm.
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