Land of Fire border.
More than half a day had passed.
Yet the air inside the temporary camp seemed frozen solid.
Yugito Nii gripped the pen in her hand tightly.
Her body trembled slightly as she stared at the Scroll on the table.
Across the negotiating table.
Shikaku Nara leisurely held a teacup and gently blew away the foam on its surface.
Fugaku Uchiha stood to one side.
A pair of scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly spun in his eye sockets.
"Lady Yugito."
"Please sign."
A moment later.
Shikaku Nara pushed the Scroll forward slightly.
Yugito Nii bit through her lip, blood trickling down her chin.
After a round of negotiations.
The terms had finally been settled.
Six billion ryo in cash.
Two Chakra Ore mines located along the border.
Along with ten secret Lightning Release technique Scrolls of A-Rank or higher.
That was the price Kumogakure had to pay.
Refuse?
That terrifying Wood Golem would likely march straight through the Land of Lightning.
Yugito Nii closed her eyes.
The pen tip moved across the Scroll.
Every stroke felt as though it were being carved into her bones.
"Kumogakure admits defeat."
"Hand Lord Raikage and Killer B over to us."
Yugito Nii threw down the pen, her voice frighteningly hoarse.
Seeing this.
Shikaku Nara smiled and put away the Scroll.
He gave the Anbu outside a signal.
A and Killer B were carried inside.
They were still unconscious, and their auras had weakened to the extreme.
The Kumogakure shinobi's eyes reddened.
They hurried forward and carefully lifted A and Killer B.
"We will remember Konoha's hospitality."
After leaving behind that token remark.
Yugito Nii led several hundred defeated remnants away in disgrace.
"Shikaku."
"The Fifth Hokage's methods are truly chilling."
Watching the Kumogakure army vanish beyond the horizon.
Fugaku Uchiha closed