Land of Night 27 years.(Konoha 18 years)
In early March, the Land of Night troops jointly located by Land of Hot Water and Konoha, under the command of Kakuzu and Yuroketsu, began to gradually withdraw from the frontline battlefield.
Before the evacuation, Izayoi, as the leader of the Special Assault Department team, exchanged prisoners captured by each other on behalf of Land of Night and Hidden Cloud Village.
The things brought back include two heart clones of Kakuzu, six Jonin, two Upper Samurai, and a certain number of Chunin and Intermediate Samurai.
Of course, Land of Night caught not many Hidden Cloud Village ninjas here. There were only two Jonin and a dozen Chunin in total.
Land of Night The one who captured the most prisoners was the main force led by Land of Lightning Yayoi. They captured hundreds of prisoners, including the big fish "Ai".
By mid-March, Land of Night's troops were fully withdrawn from Land of Hot Water to Land of Fields for rest and recuperation. As long as Cloud-Mist Allied Forces did not enter Land of Fields, Land of Night would no longer join forces with Konoha to participate in the battle.
However, during this period, an appalling incident occurred in Land of Fields--
That is, during the process of evacuating Land of Fields, the Hidden Cloud Village armed squad behind enemy lines seemed to vent their dissatisfaction with the peace talks with Land of Night. They angrily aimed their butcher knives at Land of Fields Daimyo and some nobles, and looted most of the treasures in their mansions.
Considering that it was Hidden Cloud Village troops behind enemy lines who did this, or a team directly under Kinkaku Ginkaku brothers, many countries would not find it strange.
Even among the notorious Hidden Cloud Village ninjas, the Kinkaku Ginkaku brothers are the most notorious.
Although some countries think there is something weird in this, they can't say where the weirdness is at the moment. In addition, there are all witnesses and physical evidence, it is indeed Kinkaku and Ginkaku Unit. Even if they want to investigate, there is no direction to investigate.
More importantly, they are also worried that if they investigate further, they may find something not so good, such as the giant crocodile hiding under the water that has never appeared.
After all, Land of Fields's top management disappeared overnight, and Land of Night's reaction was also abnormal.
Apart from scolding Hidden Cloud Village indifferently, there was no next step. Instead, he became more active in promoting a truce with Hidden Cloud Village.
In late March, Land of Lightning's Land of Night main force also successfully completed the prisoner exchange with Hidden Cloud Village, returning hundreds of Hidden Cloud Village ninjas, including 'Ai', to Hidden Cloud Village.
Apart from being a little depressed, 'Ai' was fine, which made many Hidden Cloud Village executives breathe a sigh of relief.
As for the hundreds of Hidden Cloud Village ninjas who returned, only a few were disabled and unable to work as ninjas.
But they are ninjas after all. With their physical fitness and prosthetic limbs, their mobility is still far beyond that of Ordinary People. They may not be able to do combat and complex ninja work, but they can still do some simple logistical work.
Even a disabled ninja is still a ninja, and is not at the same level as Ordinary People.
In addition to these, Yayoi also deliberately returned the body of Hidden Cloud Anbu minister Kapui to Hidden Cloud Village, which is a small addition.
But in order to prevent Hidden Cloud Village from getting any information from Kapui's corpse, Yayoi directly destroyed Kapui's brain, and then repaired the strange wounds caused by Red Spider Lily's parasite on the rest of his brain, so that no one could find any useful information.
In April, Konoha and Cloud-Mist Allied Forces in the Land of Hot Frost realm started fighting fiercely again.
In order to make up for the lack of Land of Night's support, Tobirama had to continue to use the old bottom of Konoha to replenish troops to the front line.
Fortunately, the truce between Land of Night and Hidden Cloud Village caused a rift in the relationship between Hidden Mist Village and Hidden Cloud Village, so that on the battlefield, Hidden Mist Village gradually became inactive, greatly reducing the pressure on Tobirama.
This was mainly due to Hidden Mist Village's strange stance during the truce between Land of Night and Hidden Cloud Village, which made Hidden Cloud Village also start to worry about whether this ally would suddenly backstab, and the cooperation would not be as close as before.
On the other hand, it is also the battlefield of Iwagakure, and the main force of Hidden Mist Village over there is in urgent need of strong support.
Just when fighting broke out again here, Yayoi of Land of Lightning, after exchanging the last batch of prisoners with Hidden Cloud Village, led his troops and withdrew from the territory of Land of Lightning without any delay.
Before leaving, he also took with him thirty fully loaded super-large ocean-going cargo ships.
Some of these are war reparations collected by Hidden Cloud Village.
However, these things are not what Yayoi values most.
Among the three major war reparations, Yayoi only values the second and third items.
Heavenly Transfer Technique's teleportation Ninjutsu is of great strategic significance to Land of Night. After a little thought, Yayoi can think of using this Ninjutsu to summarize more than a dozen different tactical plans to further enhance Land of Night's mobility on the battlefield.
This Ninjutsu, in the eyes of Yayoi, is simply worth more than a hundred fully loaded freighters.
As for the third article Land of Fields Ordinance, it is considered a verbal agreement and will not appear in the formal armistice agreement.
After all, this kind of thing is not visible to the public, Yayoi will not leave it to anyone.
Only after completing this matter, Yayoi will return 'Ai' to Hidden Cloud Village safe and sound. Fortunately, Hidden Cloud Village did not fool him on this matter.
Without the Land of Fields Daimyo and aristocratic faction who opposed the intervention of external forces in affairs, Yayoi felt that everywhere in Land of Fields was filled with the atmosphere of freedom and wealth, and the sky suddenly became clear.
What he has to do next is to eat Land of Fields, the delicious piece of fat meat that he has been eyeing for a long time.
Compared with the land and population of the entire Land of Fields, the small amount of war compensation given by Hidden Cloud Village is not even an increase.
"Friends Hidden Cloud Village, there is no need to send them away, just come here."
On the deck of the port cargo ship, Yayoi nodded to the Hidden Cloud Village ninjas below.
"..."
Kōmon and other high-level executives Jonin all had twitching corners of their mouths.
This statement is too ambiguous. I don't know how dirty they are, but I still think they have such a good relationship.
Although they did not know each other without fighting, as the one who was beaten, Kōmon and others could not be happy.
The reason why they came here to 'farewell' Yayoi is also very simple, that is, to watch each other and not to make any mistakes at the last moment.
Only when they see each other leave the Land of Lightning border with their own eyes can they truly feel at ease.
Not long after, the freighter fleet carrying the Land of Night troops gradually drifted away from everyone's sight, gradually becoming the size of a sesame seed, and could disappear at the end of the coastline at any time.
"Speaking of which, it's hard to imagine that the security of this port is so good."
At this time, a Hidden Cloud Village Jonin glanced at this port town. During the more than a year of rule by Land of Night, the people here not only were not in chaos, but lived and worked here in peace and contentment. It did not look like they had been invaded and occupied.
After Land of Night came, the quality of life seems to have improved a lot compared to the past.
Well, except for nobles and wealthy businessmen.
He was really impoverished, and every stitch and thread was stripped away.
"Not just here, the rest of the occupied areas are also similar. Only the exile caused by the initial fighting spread caused many casualties."
"That's not all. Some old and faulty facilities have also been sorted out and renovated, and they have been completely preserved by Land of Night. They were demolished before leaving."
In addition, Hidden Cloud Village Jonin spoke, and they also felt incredible in their words.
At first, they all prepared to clean up the mess left by Land of Night, but in the end they discovered that the mess they imagined did not exist, and the situation was much better than they imagined.
As for the supplies that were taken away by Land of Night, to be honest, Hidden Cloud Village felt distressed, but not particularly distressed.
Land of Night has only stayed here for more than a year. No matter how hard we recruit people to rush the work, it is impossible to empty out Land of Lightning's resources in the west.
What's more, the place occupied by Land of Night is only a part of the western region, not the entire western region.
"What a formidable opponent."
Kōmon is also inspired by this.
Stopping violence and imposing prohibitions are the ultimate interpretation of violence.
If it were Hidden Cloud Village, this kind of thing... No, if it were any other country or ninja village, it wouldn't be possible.
Although he is hostile to Land of Night, he has to admit that after this confrontation, he has completely understood the power and terror of this country.
If next time...
Maybe there will be no next time. He is very old. Even if Hidden Cloud Village conflicts with Land of Night again in the future, it will be beyond his control.
Not to mention that he will be fired from his position soon.
If the war here is defeated, there must be someone who stands up and takes the responsibility.
'Ai' who was next to Kōmon stared at the voyage fleet on the coastline on the sea without saying a word, but the humiliation and determination in his eyes made his heart not seem as calm as on the surface.
Become stronger!
Do whatever it takes to make yourself stronger and make Hidden Cloud Village strong!
This thought was rooted in 'Ai''s mind, like a nightmare that could not dissipate for a long time.
The reason why he did this was not to prove how great he was, but to tell everyone that the dignity he had lost must be regained personally!