"Lord Jingyi, the Hokage requests your presence."
Looking at the Hokage Guard Team member in charge of errands before him, Jingyi stared at him speechlessly.
"You're on duty again today?"
"Yes..."
The Hokage Guard Team ninja smiled awkwardly and subtly urged Jingyi to hurry. It was an emergency.
Since it was something important, Jingyi could only leave notes for Kushina and Nawaki, telling them to figure out food themselves when they got back—either cook for themselves or eat out.
As for Little Blondie, the kid was handy enough that there was no need to worry about him going hungry.
It was still the same group from last time.
The only difference was that Jingyi did not run into that fatty, Torifu Akimichi, on the way this time.
When Jingyi entered the Hokage Office, he spotted that massive mountain of flesh at a glance.
Noticing that everyone present wore fairly grave expressions, Jingyi merely nodded at Torifu Akimichi in greeting before sitting down on the sofa.
After Jingyi took his seat,
the Third Hokage spoke.
"Everyone, there is some bad news. An envoy from the Daimyo's Court delivered a letter personally written by the daimyo. As for its contents, I think you all already have an idea. Sunagakure has successfully persuaded the daimyo, and he hopes the village can hold peace talks with Sunagakure and end this war."
"Doesn't he know how much the village will lose by doing this?" Utatane Koharu was furious.
How had Sunagakure persuaded the daimyo?
Those people were way too good with their mouths.
They had previously popped up and talked other villages into holding the Five Kage Summit. Now, after only a few days, they had persuaded the daimyo.
So the daimyo agreed to peace talks between the two villages.
He had even specifically written