Peace talks were negotiations held to restore peace.
Surrender meant ceasing resistance and submitting to the other side.
Surrender and peace talks carried different political implications.
The Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning had started the war, and now that they realized they could not win, they wanted peace talks?
Starting a war whenever they pleased and ending it whenever they pleased-how utterly capricious.
How could it possibly be that easy?
Yanbai had written that lengthy dossier ahead of time precisely because he feared Kima Senju would choose "peace talks" in his haste to end the war.
To Yanbai, agreeing to "peace talks" with the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning was like being bullied, fighting back, and then letting the other party settle everything with a simple apology.
If they were not made to pay a devastating price, would they come back for another round the next time they developed some formidable advanced technology?
Yanbai wanted to ensure that even if they were itching to act, they would not dare make a reckless move.
He would not let these enemies come swaggering over to flex their muscles every time they invented something new.
Yanbai had no interest in their muscles. To stop them from causing trouble, he would send them straight back to the Stone Age.
The plans in the dossier Yanbai had previously sent Kima Senju could only be implemented if both the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning "surrendered."
If it was merely "peace talks," the measures Yanbai wanted to carry out would be difficult to implement.
After a detailed discussion, the Hokage Advisors faced a choice: offend the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, or offend Yanbai?
They made the wise decision. Better to offend the Land of