War

Since the plan was settled, Danzo lightly patted Darui's shoulder.

The unconscious Darui groggily woke up.

The dungeon he had imagined didn't appear; before his eyes was still that familiar battlefield, and Yugito was lying powerlessly beside him.

At this moment, Yugito didn't have the arrogance and vigor she had before, appearing somewhat helpless and timid.

What she feared wasn't the surrounding Konoha, but Darui's gaze.

Yugito was very clear that because of her momentary carelessness, this entire front line had completely collapsed.

"The Two-Tails Jinchuriki Yugito has been captured! Your commander-in-chief has also been taken!"

"Lay down your weapons, seal your Chakra and surrender, we will absolutely not harm you!"

"We do not wish for conflict and war, as long as you surrender, the war will end, and we will send you back to Cloud Village!"

According to the slogans Danzo had prepared in advance, after Yugito and Darui surrendered, ninjas led by Root proclaimed these words on the battlefield.

On one hand, it was to make the Cloud Ninja lose their will to resist and reduce casualties.

On the other hand, it was to control the population.

However, even though they didn't take action, there were many Konoha ninjas who didn't want to miss this opportunity to earn war merits.

Mito Hiroichi led many families galloping on the battlefield. Because the main force had been captured, the morale of the Cloud Ninja team was low, while his side was in its prime.

Perhaps because he was the first to stand up, many small families, and even medium-sized families, were faintly leaning towards him.

And as time went on, the team gathered around him grew larger and larger.

The main force of the Cloud Ninja had already been taken away by Samui the moment Darui was captured.

Most of those who remained on the battlefield were commoner children, or ninjas with low strength who were not favored.

"Mito Hiroichi! Danzo-sama ordered that if the Cloud Ninja surrender, you must not kill them!"

Seeing Mito Hiroichi disregarding the Cloud Ninja's pleas for mercy and leading his team to wield the butcher's knife, Ryoma came to his side to warn him.

Mito Hiroichi's expression changed.

But under the support of the grand team behind him, he said forcefully, "This is war! Not child's play! Maybe one day the Cloud Ninja you let go here will attack your descendants."

"Well said!"

As soon as Mito Hiroichi finished speaking, he heard Danzo's familiar voice.

The entire battlefield was separated by a path, and Danzo, followed by Shisui, walked directly from the other side of the battlefield towards them as if they were strolling in their backyard.

Shisui carried Yugito and Darui, one in each hand.

And the two of them could only lower their heads and close their eyes in humiliation.

Lacking strength and Chakra, facing the gazes of the surrounding Cloud Ninja, they now wished they were dead.

"Danzo-sama."

Ryoma respectfully greeted, also stepping aside to follow behind Danzo.

The once tough and proud Mito Hiroichi, who had been as cocky as a rooster, drooped his head. Danzo's shadow over him was too heavy.

His own uncle held a high position and great power, but when he came to the battlefield, Danzo directly knocked his uncle down with one punch. Even the Hokage couldn't negotiate and had to obediently return to the village.

Dominance, power.

Mito Hiroichi was both envious and afraid.

"What you said is very good, perhaps these people may raise their blades against Konoha again in the future." Danzo swept his gaze over the Cloud Ninja who had already given up resistance and surrendered.

Mito Hiroichi's face lit up with joy, and he asked, "Then what do you mean?"

The Cloud Ninja who had given up resisting lowered their heads one by one, pricking up their ears to listen quietly to Danzo's words.

But many people were secretly gathering their strength.

"Tie them up." Danzo glanced at Mito Hiroichi and said indifferently.

The joy on Mito Hiroichi's face froze.

The Cloud Ninja's movements of gathering strength also stopped.

"Why?"

He didn't understand Danzo's meaning, "Didn't you just agree with what I said?"

"I do agree with your point of view."

Danzo coldly swept his gaze over the team behind Mito Hiroichi, not suppressing his voice at all, and said loudly, "But this is the battlefield, and I am the commander-in-chief. I don't need to explain every decision I make to you or anyone else. All you need to do is execute it."

"Do you understand?" Staring at Mito Hiroichi, Danzo asked word by word.

"Understood."

Mito Hiroichi nodded with an ugly expression.

"Very good."

Danzo nodded with satisfaction.

The entire battlefield was being cleaned up. With the two main forces captured, the entire Cloud Ninja team was like a headless fly, beginning to fall apart.

"Most of the Cloud Ninja have already retreated. They are very fast, and we couldn't catch up." Fugaku and A Kai said somewhat dejectedly.

After arriving at the battlefield and confirming Danzo's safety, the two of them immediately led their teams to counterattack the Cloud Ninja.

Unfortunately, most of the Cloud Ninja were only thinking about retreating and didn't entangle with them much.

"Having those two is enough. These small soldiers are just a few chips, it doesn't matter." Danzo comforted with a smile.

The Cloud Ninja, on the other hand, turned red with embarrassment when they heard Danzo call them chips, but not a single one wanted to stand up and resist.

The moment they surrendered, their backs had already bent.

Unless someone leads them to resist again, Danzo really doesn't think much of these people.

Darui struggled hard to commit suicide, but he didn't have any strength.

He didn't want to become a burden to the Raikage and the Cloud Village.

"Ryoma, take a few people to the Land of Lightning to scout for information, and by the way, deliver a letter to the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, telling him that if he wants to negotiate, he should come to the border in person." Danzo handed the prepared scroll to Ryoma.

"Yes."

Ryoma nodded, selected a few Root members from the crowd, and left.

"Send the news back to Konoha as soon as possible. This time, the news won't be blocked by Sarutobi, right?" Danzo asked Shisui as he walked towards the temporary camp.

"Please rest assured, we have promoted the newspaper throughout the Land of Fire according to your instructions."

"Regarding matters on the battlefield, and even some meritorious deeds, it is no longer limited to word of mouth. There will be dedicated personnel to write about the war reports here."

"Every contribution you make to Konoha will be truthfully presented to every citizen of the Land of Fire." Shisui replied.

Danzo nodded in satisfaction.

Darui and Yugito on the side were a little at a loss. Do the people of Konoha like to do this kind of thing to spread their names?

Because Shisui's speed was particularly fast, before leaving the village, Danzo specifically arranged for Shisui to take charge of collecting newspapers throughout the Land of Fire.

Although newspaper companies exist in the Shinobi World, most of them only dare to report on matters among civilians, such as what happened to which household, where a fire broke out, and so on.

Because people in the Shinobi World pay more attention to strength, no one pays attention to things like newspapers.