Suppressing the Hidden Mist

Dark clouds filled the sky with lightning and thunder, and the sea was shrouded in clouds, making visibility extremely limited.

Cold sweat beaded on the foreheads of both the Konoha Ninja and Kirigakure Ninja. They ceased their fighting and began to slowly retreat after separating.

Karatachi Yagura emerged from the water, jumped onto the boat, and observed the situation. With his experience as the Mizukage, Yagura judged that this was a large-scale Ninjutsu cast by a human.

An S-rank ultimate technique, a world-destroying Ninjutsu.

Dark clouds obscured the view, but it wasn't pitch black. Karatachi Yagura activated Chakra to enhance his eyesight.

Yagura noticed the place where Naraku before. There was no longer any Hidden Mist there. The Kirigakure Ninja had all escaped by riding the waves, swimming, or riding Water Dragon, and were already far away from this place.

Yagura simply changed locations to continue fighting. Not only did the Kirigakure Ninja there not come looking for him, but they actually abandoned their other Hidden Mist comrades and ran away.

"Damn it! These people actually ran away!"

Seeing the Kirigakure Ninja who had already fled far away, Yagura felt anger. But even if they hadn't run away, given the current situation and this apocalyptic scene, continuing the fight was pointless.

"Stop! I am Karatachi Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage Kirigakure the Land of Water! Everyone, please cease your fighting!"

Karatachi Yagura channeled his Chakra into his throat, and the sound echoed for hundreds of meters around.

Due to the unusual celestial phenomena, the ninjas of Hidden Mist and Konoha Ninja also relayed the Mizukage's message, hoping that those using Ninjutsu would stop.

"Yagura, now that the die is cast, I'm afraid none of us will survive."

Upon hearing the ninjas relaying Yagura's words, Naraku quickly arrived at the center and met the Mizukage, Yagura. Naraku's words slightly surprised Yagura.

Naraku his hands into hand seals, not daring to let go, but not to infuse the Ninjutsu Chakra, but to control it and prevent it from activating.

The ocean can conduct electricity. With the arrival of the ultimate technique, the Storm Ghost Dragon, it's uncertain how many of the tens of thousands of ninjas fighting here will survive.

"Konoha ninjas retreated 30 kilometers!"

Naraku shouted, controlling his Ninjutsu, and simultaneously ordered the Konoha Ninja to retreat.

"The Kirigakure Ninja retreat thirty kilometers!"

Karatachi Yagura also ordered the Kirigakure Ninja to retreat, then said to Naraku:

"Ninjutsu range of thirty kilometers? That's a powerful Ninjutsu. Stop! Uchiha... Naraku!"

As the leader of a powerful force for many years, Karatachi Yagura maintained his dignity even in perilous situations. He possessed an air of composure that remained unchanged even in the face of imminent collapse.

Given the current situation in the Shinobi World, if Hidden Mist were willing to cease hostilities, Konoha would certainly not be too harsh on them.

After seeing the Kirigakure Ninja flee, Naraku did not use Ninjutsu to kill them.

"The Ninjutsu has already been completed; it's probably not something you can stop just because you want to, Mizukage."

Naraku replied expressionlessly, but a hint of admiration arose in his heart for Naraku, the Yagura guy from the anime. As expected of the Kage of one of the Five Great Nations' ninja villages, he certainly had some skill.

"Uchiha Nara aboard and let's talk!"

Naraku nodded, jumped onto Karatachi Yagura's ship, and stood opposite Karatachi Yagura.

Having Naraku Karatachi Yagura, Byakugan was powerful and must be of high status.

Unexpectedly, this person had not used his full strength in their previous encounter, yet possessed such dangerous and terrifying Ninjutsu.

In this major battle, Karatachi Yagura managed to achieve a mere draw with Konoha, the strongest ninja village, which was enough to quell the internal doubts within Hidden Mist.

Furthermore, Yagura's Water Style technique has been countered, making the outcome uncertain if the fight continues. This is still on the sea; if it were on land, they would probably have been defeated long ago.

The opponent possesses an S-rank ultimate technique, which has been nearly fully utilized and can be released at any time. Judging from the celestial phenomena outside, it must be an extremely terrifying Ninjutsu.

Although Yagura appeared fearless, as someone who had risen to become one of the leaders of the Five Great Nations ninja villages at a young age, how could he allow himself to die so meaninglessly?

"For the sake of peace, let the two nations of water and fire cease hostilities."

Karatachi Yagura said softly, directly proposing a ceasefire and for everyone to return home.

"Mizukage, you invaded the Land of Fire, slaughtered Land of Fire people and ninjas, and now you think you can just stop with a single sentence? I doubt it's that easy."

Naraku couldn't help but ask a question in response to Karatachi Yagura's words.

Several Anbu stood behind the Mizukage; they were his trusted subordinates.

Naraku was followed by Uchiha Inabi; the others had been caught up in the chaos of the battle and were running towards the shore with the retreating Konoha forces.

"I just don't want bloodshed and ninjas to fight for nothing. You don't want to end the war, do you want to continue fighting with Hidden Mist?"

Naraku coldly looked at Karatachi Yagura in front of him, and found that this Fourth Mizukage was capable of taking things in stride and was indeed a person of importance.

"The Kirigakure Ninja killed civilians and ninjas must pay 50 billion yen in compensation, which Konoha will use to comfort the fallen ninjas."

Furthermore, Konoha Hidden Mist signed an alliance treaty, agreeing to a non-aggression pact and a defensive alliance, with both sides supporting each other. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Naraku said in a deep voice that the asking price of 50 billion was a bit high, Naraku made a show of demanding an exorbitant price. At the same time, he proposed an alliance treaty that could eliminate the threat from Hidden Mist in the east and greatly benefit Konoha.

"Your Ninjutsu is extremely dangerous. Don't test it anymore. Hidden Mist will give you a maximum of 10 billion ryo and sign a non-aggression pact. As for the alliance treaty, I need to go back and discuss it."

Karatachi Yagura's words are simple and clear.

Naraku pondered to himself, "Non-aggression pacts are basically nonsense. Every ninja war has a non-aggression pact, but in the end, we still end up fighting to the death."

Regardless of whether they would truly support and help each other, forging an alliance treaty would be a huge boost to Naraku's reputation and equally beneficial to Konoha's situation.

"Konoha is a peace-loving ninja village. One hundred billion is not enough to compensate the fallen ninja; at least four hundred billion is needed. The alliance treaty is beneficial to both sides. Does the Mizukage lack sincerity?"

Naraku persisted, continuing his explanation.

"Hahaha, Uchiha Nara, can you really make decisions on behalf of Konoha?"

Karatachi Yagura couldn't help but burst into laughter. As the Mizukage and the leader of Kirigakure, one of the Five Great Nations, it wasn't that he looked Naraku, but rather that he was inquiring about Naraku's status and position.

"As the leader of the Uchiha, I still hold some sway over Konoha..."

Naraku frowned. Naraku understood what Yagura meant. Images of the four high-ranking officials of Konoha flashed through Naraku's mind, and he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

As Yagura questioned, Naraku really couldn't guarantee the support of the Group of Four.

"You are the leader of the Uchiha. Very well, the Uchiha are a great clan in the Shinobi World. My Kirigakure in the Land of Water is also aware of the Uchiha's reputation."

If you cannot represent Konoha, then the non-aggression pact is enough to be considered a remarkable achievement for you.

If you want to establish a defensive alliance treaty, it would be more appropriate to sign it as the leader of the Uchiha.

"As for funding, let's not waste time. We have a maximum of 20 billion; any more and Hidden Mist has no chance. We can only fight a bloody battle."

A strange light flashed in Karatachi Yagura's eyes. In the darkness, Yagura couldn't resist sowing discord.

"Alright, it's a deal then. Let's establish a non-aggression pact Konoha Hidden Mist! I, Uchiha, and you, Karatachi Yagura, will establish a defensive alliance! However, the matter between Uchiha and Hidden Mist must remain a secret."

Naraku expressionless at Yagura's words, but inwardly he breathed a sigh of relief. Two hundred billion ryo—this was an unprecedented negotiation victory since the Third Hokage took office.

"Hahahaha! Fine! A private treaty it is. The reputation of the Uchiha Kirigakure is isolated. I will recruit some Uchiha elites to serve me!"

Yagura readily agreed, but with one condition.

"Very well, thank you for writing it!"

Naraku's hands remained in the Hand Seals, controlling the Ninjutsu. If he were to accidentally misuse it, even Naraku himself couldn't guarantee his survival under this Ninjutsu.

Many Shinobi World clans Hidden Mist, Naraku could use an alliance treaty to recruit some powerful ninjas from the Land of Water to serve him.

For example, the Kaguya Clan and the Snow Clan. Ice Release ninjas are somewhat useful, Naraku wants to recruit some of them.

Yagura thought the same way. The Land of Water was not a monolithic entity; it was home to many different factions. Yagura needed some powerful ninjas to assist him, and the Uchiha's reputation was known to all.