"We lost. Name your terms!"
Raikage A looked dejected.
This felt worse than being killed!
The Kumogakure Shinobi all wore expressions of shame and anger.
The Raikage's dignity was Kumogakure's dignity.
The moment the Raikage said those words, Kumogakure had lost every last shred of face!
"Lord Raikage, forget about us!"
"A Kumogakure Shinobi's destiny is to die on the battlefield!"
"It doesn't matter if we die, but you can't do this, Lord Raikage!"
"Kumogakure Shinobi die fighting! We never surrender!"
The Raikage swept his large hand through the air, cutting them off.
"Without you, would Kumogakure still be Kumogakure?"
"How could I support an entire village by myself?"
The Kumogakure Shinobi fell silent.
They understood his reasoning. They simply refused to accept it!
Zhou Cheng smiled. If I don't squeeze a fortune out of them, all these injuries I suffered will have been for nothing!
"Pay Konoha two hundred million ryo in compensation!"
"Pay me personally another hundred million ryo!"
"Hand over all Lightning Release Ninjutsu below S-Rank!"
"Hand over all your advanced Kenjutsu!"
Zhou Cheng's demands were utterly outrageous. No one could accept terms like these!
Never mind Kumogakure-even everyone on Konoha's side was dumbstruck by his demands.
Holy crap!
Aren't those terms a bit excessive?
Are you trying to provoke Kumogakure into another fight?
Only an idiot would agree to terms like these!
Sure enough, the Kumogakure Shinobi erupted when they heard Zhou Cheng's demands!
"Lord Raikage, let's fight!"
"These terms are an insult to us!"
"Better to die fighting than suffer this humiliation!"
Three hundred million ryo!
That was several years of Kumogakure's income.
Without those three hundred million ryo, Kumogakure could forget about ever making a comeback.
And Lightning Release Ninjutsu and Kenjutsu were the foundations of Kumogakure's strength.
Sharing those with others would cost