Clap, clap, clap~
After everyone's excitement had passed, Sano Nobuhisa clapped his hands and said, "All right, everyone, quiet down for a moment. I still have something to say!"
At his words, everyone quickly fell silent.
Looking at the conference room as it grew quiet again, the smile on Sano Nobuhisa's face gradually vanished, and his expression turned serious.
Seeing this, everyone immediately knew that what Sano Nobuhisa was about to say next was definitely not good news.
In fact, that was exactly the case.
He cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "According to the news sent from the village, although we and Iwagakure have now reached a ceasefire agreement, the formal signing of the contract will still be one week from now."
"One week from now?"
Hearing this news, everyone in the conference room could not help but frown.
There was no other reason. Iwagakure's performance in this negotiation had truly been too wishy-washy. Either they should simply refuse to agree to a ceasefire and both sides could keep fighting, or they should directly settle the matter.
And the result?
Never mind the four rounds of negotiations that had dragged on for twenty days before this. Now that they had already decided on a ceasefire, they had delayed the signing of the agreement by another week. Wasn't this obviously inviting trouble the longer the night dragged on?
Everyone present could not think of any reason why Iwagakure would do this, but Qian could guess a little. It was nothing more than the voices of opposition within Iwagakure being too strong, forcing Ōnoki to compromise.
It was true that Ōnoki held unquestioned authority within Iwagakure and had great prestige, but when it came to an issue involving the interests of all sides, he still had no choice