Pakura roared furiously.
"We of Sunagakure were just crushed by Shinra Tensei! Our casualties are devastating!"
"Dealing with one rampaging One-Tail is already hard enough, and you want us to take on the Two-Tails too?!"
Granny Chiyo's face darkened as well. The veins on the hand gripping her cane bulged as she prepared to retort.
But Minato gave her no chance to speak.
He suddenly raised his head, his gaze piercing into their pupils like sharp blades, and dropped a bombshell powerful enough to drive the entire shinobi world mad.
"After the war, both the One-Tail and the Two-Tails will be kept by the Land of Wind!"
Dead silence.
Only the howl of the gale remained over the ruins.
The angry curse on Pakura's lips was forcibly lodged in her throat.
In that instant, Granny Chiyo's aged eyes, once blazing with fury, erupted with an intensely greedy light.
The One-Tail had originally belonged to Sunagakure. Taking it back was only natural.
But the Two-Tails... that was Kumogakure's strategic nuclear weapon!
If the Land of Wind could control two tailed beasts at once, it would not only instantly make up for the gap in combat power left since the Third Shinobi World War—it could even leap to become the strongest of the Five Great Nations on paper!
Watching the changes in their expressions, Minato's lips curled into a cold arc as he raised the stakes.
"On this matter, Konoha will stand on the same front as Sunagakure."
"When Kumogakure pressures and condemns you, Konoha will bear it with you!"
Buy one, get one free.
And after-sales service included.
The offer was too heavy—heavy enough to make any politician completely lose their mind.
Profit was always the fastest cure for erasing hatred.
Granny Chiyo and Pakura exchanged a glance.
Each saw that