Seven days passed in a flash.
Konoha and Iwagakure officially signed a Peace Treaty.
Yechen did not know whether, in this life, the Rock Ninja sent to handle the handover had still attempted to assassinate Shikaku Nara and the others, only for Rasa and his men to intervene and rescue them.
Whatever the case, the Peace Treaty had been signed. That was a fact.
In Yechen's eyes, a treaty like this was sometimes nothing more than a scrap of paper. Still, at a time when everyone wanted stability, it could serve a purpose.
Even if Ōnoki wanted to restart the war now, Yechen believed plenty of people within Iwagakure would step forward to oppose him, arguing that they could not damage the village's credibility.
That was what a piece of paper could accomplish.
However, this was different from the treaty Konoha had signed with Sunagakure.
Since Iwagakure was in a relatively better position, it had only signed a Peace Armistice Treaty with Konoha. The two sides had not formed an alliance.
That was also why Iwagakure did not participate in the joint Chunin Exams held in later years.
Inside the stronghold at Sea-Viewing Cliff.
Yechen instructed his subordinates to stay vigilant. Especially lately, news of the ceasefire had left the people at every stronghold distracted. Everyone was thinking about peace, and their defenses had grown much slacker.
If Kirigakure attacked during this period, it would catch them badly off guard.
Fortunately, his concerns proved somewhat unnecessary.
For some time afterward, there was no movement from Kirigakure.
They neither launched an all-out offensive nor withdrew. Much like Iwagakure before them, they seemed unable to make up their minds.
Yechen suspected that factions within Kirigakure were also vying with one another over whether to end the war and how to end it.