"How about that? I told you Konoha would definitely win."
In Hidden Mist Village, Jiraiya spoke smugly to Mei Terumi.
Mei Terumi nodded with complicated feelings. Any thought of resisting had completely vanished from her heart.
With this move from Konoha, Hidden Mist Village had no hope of resistance left.
With the Impure World Reincarnation, Konoha no longer needed to fear threats from other shinobi villages or countries.
Under Konoha's pressure, Hidden Mist Village had originally had almost no room to resist. It could only hope that Konoha would go to war with other villages, allowing Hidden Mist Village to seize the chance to break free from Konoha's control.
But now, even Cloud Hidden Village, the strongest village apart from Konoha, had been defeated.
Was Hidden Mist Village doomed to cling to Konoha until it was gradually and completely swallowed up?
Mei Terumi was deeply unwilling to accept it. They had clearly dealt with the Fourth Mizukage, who had caused all the chaos. The village should have been getting better and better.
Ao, now wearing an ordinary eye, understood Mei Terumi's thoughts well.
If he had had any other choice, how could he have so readily handed over the Byakugan he regarded as his most precious trophy?
Hidden Mist Village no longer had a future. The Land of Water had always been a chaotic island nation, with the smallest territory among the Five Great Nations, and it offered Hidden Mist Village very limited support.
After negotiations with the Land of Fire had yielded nothing, it had essentially abandoned Hidden Mist Village.
As long as it did not affect the daimyo's rule, it made no difference whether Hidden Mist Village was led by Konoha or governed itself.
The daimyo of the Land of Water had actually been dissatisfied with Hidden Mist