Rasa's Backup Plan, the Hidden Cloud's Two-Tails!

Pakura clutched Qian Ye by the collar, smearing all her tears across his black combat uniform.

She cried as she cursed Qian Ye for being a bastard.

Qian Ye did not dodge.

He let Pakura grab him, his expression completely unchanged.

"Driven you into a corner?"

Qian Ye spoke.

His voice was not loud, yet every word pierced Pakura's heart.

"Have you gotten something wrong?"

"It was Sunagakure that started this war."

"It was also Sunagakure that coveted the Land of Fire's land and resources."

"And it was Sunagakure that first crossed the border and threw Explosive Tags into Hidden Leaf's positions."

Qian Ye reached out and pried Pakura's fingers from his collar one by one.

His movements were not forceful, but he gave Pakura no room to refuse.

"How many Hidden Leaf ninja did you kill for the sake of seizing resources?"

"Did those who died at Kikyo Pass deserve to be killed by you?"

"At the very least, Sunagakure was the first to cross the border in this war."

"If you won, you could occupy the Land of Fire's territory and seize Hidden Leaf's resources."

"Now that you've lost, you turn around and accuse Hidden Leaf of driving you into a corner?"

Qian Ye sneered.

"Where in this world is there such a bargain?"

Pakura froze where she stood.

Tears still hung on her face.

Her lips trembled before she finally forced out a sentence.

"The Land of Wind doesn't have land as fertile as the Land of Fire."

"The daimyo has cut the village's military funding again and again. Many Genin can't even receive proper ninja tools."

"If we do nothing, Sunagakure will only grow weaker and weaker!"

Qian Ye stared at her.

"So Hidden Leaf's people deserved to die?"

"Because Sunagakure can't survive, you can cross