She seemed rather surprised as she said, "Sunagakure appears to be far more prosperous and flourishing than a small country like mine!"
"There are countless more talented people there. How could you possibly need our support?"
Seeing this, the Sand Ninja continued, "That would be meaningless, Your Majesty."
"True, everything you said is correct. But although Sunagakure stands high, a tall tree catches the wind."
"So those despicable Konoha people, to prevent future troubles, actually sent someone to assassinate Lord Third Kazekage."
"And after assassinating Lord Kazekage, that shameless person was severely wounded as well and captured by us on the spot."
Although we had always pursued peace.
"But they have gone too far. For the sake of Sunagakure's honor, we naturally cannot continue allowing them to act so recklessly."
So in the end, our choice was naturally to go to war and seize back what belonged to us.
This Sand Ninja spoke those words with overwhelming passion.
Either he was truly a brainless, die-hard loyalist, or he was an exceptionally clever man.
But since Sunagakure had sent someone like him on an initial visit to Rōran, he naturally could not be the former. The latter was far more likely.
Rōran frowned.
.
The Sand Ninja seemed not to notice this and simply continued, "We are civilized people. How could we tolerate Konoha acting so brazenly?"
"So the purpose of our visit is actually to seek your support."
"Of course, we know your population is small, so we cannot truly ask you to provide manpower,"
""Our request is actually very simple. We only need you to stand on our side when choosing sides.""
"And if possible, we have no strict demands regarding supplies. We merely hope that you can do your
utmost
to help."
Queen of Roran remained silent.
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