Super! Tengai Shinsei! Sunagakure Submits!

Above Sunagakure, Land of Wind.

The gale howled, yet it could not stir even the corner of that man's robes.

Tobirama Uchiha floated a thousand meters in the air, coldly watching the densely packed crowd below, like a swarm of ants.

He did not attack right away. Instead, he opened his mouth, and bolstered by immense chakra, his voice instantly rang in every Suna Ninja's ears.

"Ants of Sunagakure, listen carefully."

"Given your suicidal resistance and your lack of awareness as the defeated, I hereby represent Konoha in issuing the final treaty for the disposition of a defeated nation."

"Article One: Kumogakure and Iwagakure shall each pay Konoha one trillion ryo in war reparations."

"Article Two: Unconditionally surrender all Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts to Konoha for safekeeping. From this day forth, you may no longer possess Tailed Beasts."

"Article Three: Reduce your ninja forces. Your standing ninja army may not exceed one thousand."

"Article Four: Acknowledge yourselves as Konoha's vassal state. Each year, you must offer thirty percent of your total resources and mineral output, as well as ten percent of the national treasury."

"Article Five: Konoha has the right to station troops and develop resources within your territory. You may not interfere! Military bases shall be regarded as Konoha territory. Trespassers will die!"

"Article Six: Should Konoha wage war, you are obligated to provide troops. Even as cannon fodder, you will charge at the front."

"Article Seven: Konoha has the right to intervene in your internal affairs at any time, depose or install leaders, and correct your mistakes!"

As soon as those seven terms were announced, the Suna Ninja on the ground froze for a moment before an enormous tide of fury surged into the sky.

However, Tobirama was not finished.

A cruel curve rose on his lips, and his gaze turned even colder.

"As for you, Land of Wind..."

"Since you have wasted my time and still dared to resist stubbornly, I am adding an eighth article."

"The Land of Wind shall pay an additional five hundred billion ryo in war reparations! For every coin short, I will kill one person to make up the difference!"

After a brief silence, Sunagakure erupted with rage several times greater than before.

"You've gone too far!"

A surviving Sunagakure elder's eyes bulged with fury as he pointed at the sky and roared, "Tobirama Uchiha! You're dreaming! Even if I die, even if Sunagakure is wiped out, we will never agree to such terms!"

"That's right! This is humiliation! A trampling of the Land of Wind's dignity!"

"Fight him! He's alone! We have tens of thousands of ninja and villagers!"

"All Wind Release ninja, get ready! Bring him down!"

"Kill him! As long as we kill him, Konoha is finished!"

Anger had clouded their reason.

Incited by the elders, the Sunagakure ninja who had still feared him were now all red-eyed from the utterly harsh treaty.

Since they would die either way, they might as well drag this arrogant Uchiha down with them!

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

"Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere!"

"Puppet Technique: Thousand Needle Mechanism!"

For a moment, countless ninjutsu shot up from the ground.

Dense Wind Blades, kunai, and poison needles converged into a destructive torrent, attempting to tear the figure in the sky to pieces.

The sight was spectacular, as if the entire desert were roaring.

"Oh? Is this your choice?"

Tobirama looked at the crazed ants counterattacking below him. His eyes showed not the slightest ripple, only deep disappointment and contempt.

Every attack seemed to strike an invisible wall when it came within ten meters of him.

Shinra Tensei activated! In an instant, every attack shattered and flew back, unable to even touch the hem of his robes.

"Since you refuse the face I gave you, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"So many people? Think you can wear me down?"

Tobirama sneered as Six Paths Tier chakra within him violently surged.

His Six-Tomoe Rinnegan suddenly erupted with dazzling light.

"Then let me show you what true power is."

"What... despair truly is."

Tobirama did not even form hand seals. He merely slowly pressed both hands downward.

Super! Tengai Shinsei!

Bzzzz!

The previously clear sky suddenly darkened.

It was not clouds blocking out the sun.

Something had covered it.

The Suna Ninja on the ground, who had been frantically unleashing ninjutsu, suddenly sensed that something was wrong. Their attacking hands stopped as they blankly looked up.

The moment they saw it, everyone's souls seemed to freeze.

The clouds split apart, revealing a colossal meteor over a thousand meters in diameter. Burning with blazing flames and carrying a pressure capable of destroying heaven and earth, it was plummeting straight toward Sunagakure!

But that was not all.

Behind the first meteor came a second, then a third...

Dozens of enormous meteors, like the wrath of a god, fell in formation!

The scene was like the end of the world!

"This... this is genjutsu, right?"

The elder who had shouted before dropped his cane with a clatter. His entire body went limp, and his lips trembled so badly that he could not even speak clearly.

"How... how can a person do something like this? He's a god!"

"Run! Run!"

Desperate screams tore through their throats.

The courage to fight to the death that they had possessed only moments ago instantly collapsed.

So many people?

Before that meteor shower covering the heavens, what difference was there between tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of ants?

"Stop them! Use the Barrier Team, hurry!" someone cried.

"Stop my ass! How are we supposed to stop that?"

Rumble...

Before the meteors even fell, their terrifying wind pressure arrived first.

Sunagakure's iconic One-Line-Sky Canyon instantly collapsed. Countless buildings were crushed flat like paper, the ground began to crack, and sandstorms raged through the air.

BOOM!!

The first meteor struck the ground.

The earth trembled.

A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

Then came the second, the third...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The unending explosions sounded like the wail of the world.

Shockwaves swept outward. Wherever they passed, houses, rock walls, and ninja trying to resist were instantly pulverized, leaving not even scraps behind.

In barely ten seconds, all of Sunagakure had become a living hell.

Tobirama Uchiha floated above the smoke and dust of the explosions, arms folded across his chest. Like a demonic god passing judgment upon the world, he coldly watched the devastation below.

There was no mercy in him.

This was war.

And this was also a display of power.

A long while passed.

The dust gradually settled.

The once-prosperous center of Sunagakure had become an enormous crater.

All around it were ruined walls and devastated survivors.

Of the tens of thousands of people, more than half were now dead or injured!

The remaining half were all wounded, their eyes hollow, utterly terrified senseless.

Their spines had been forcibly broken by those meteors.

"Now, who else wants to wear me down?"

Tobirama's voice rang out again, calm yet like the whisper of the Death God.

The surviving Suna Ninja trembled all over. Quite a few collapsed to their knees and burst into tears.

Resist?

What could they use to resist?

That man only had to move a finger, and they would all be gone!

"I surrender! I'll accept every condition! Stop killing us! Please, don't kill us!"

An elite jonin's mental defenses completely crumbled. Throwing away his weapon, he frantically kowtowed.

Once there was a first, there was a second.

"I surrender too! Konoha will be our master from now on! We'll be dogs! Just don't kill me!"

"Waaah... it's too terrifying..."

More and more Suna Ninja discarded their weapons, trembling as they crawled out of the ruins and knelt before Tobirama in the sky.

Fear had defeated their so-called dignity.

"Very good."

Tobirama gave a slight nod and pointed toward an open patch of ground in the distance.

"If you want to live, get over there."

The crowd began to move.

Large groups of Suna Ninja scrambled and crawled toward the designated area, terrified that if they were too slow, the killing god above would send down another meteor.

However, there were still some diehards.

Most of them were remnants of the hawkish faction from before. Watching their comrades surrender, the fear in their eyes twisted into madness.

"Bastards! You cowards! Traitors!"

A blood-covered Suna Ninja squad captain picked up a kunai and glared viciously at his surrendering comrades.

"You've disgraced the Land of Wind! Since you don't dare kill Tobirama Uchiha, I'll kill you traitors first, then go die!"

"Kill them! Clean house!"

"I'd rather die than be Konoha's dogs!"

There were roughly several hundred of these diehards. Knowing they were doomed, they turned and charged at the unarmed surrenderers.

The surrenderers were horrified. They wanted to resist, but it was already too late.

"Killing people in front of me?"

Tobirama frowned slightly, and his right eye slowly turned.

"Did you get my permission?"

Amaterasu!

Boom!

Without any warning.

Pitch-black flames suddenly ignited across the bodies of those several hundred diehard ninja who were charging forward.

"AAAAAHHHH!!"

Their miserable screams instantly echoed through the sky.

The flames could not be extinguished, clinging to them like maggots on bone. In the blink of an eye, several hundred elite ninja were burned to ashes.

They did not even get a chance to resist.

Black flames flickered, reflecting off the pale faces of the surrenderers.

Watching the comrades who had just tried to kill them vanish into ash, their fear deepened further, and their awe of Tobirama Uchiha reached its peak.

The scene fell completely silent.

The remaining ten thousand or so survivors knelt neatly on the open ground, not daring to raise their heads.

Tobirama slowly descended.

Even though the scorched earth beneath his feet was blazing hot, he walked upon it as if it were level ground.

He swept his gaze over the trembling prisoners, a satisfied, cold smile curling across his lips.

"Looks like after removing the hard bones, the rest can still understand human language."

He walked to the front of the crowd and casually kicked aside the remnants of a weapon left behind by Amaterasu.

"Since you're already kneeling, kneel properly."

"From today onward, the Land of Wind is Konoha's backyard."

"Who agrees? Who objects?"

Object?

The people who had objected just now had already had their ashes scattered. Who would dare object now?

"Very good."