Chapter 165: The End of the Ninja War
"Lord Kazekage, Konoha hopes to end this meaningless war, and speaking of who provoked the war, it was Lord Kazekage's side, wasn't it?"
Not long after arriving in Sunagakure, Mitokado Homura was brought to the Kazekage Building to negotiate with the Third Kazekage. Only after entering Sunagakure did he realize how many casualties had been caused by that casual remark in the battle report: Minato Namikaze led an assassination squad to raid Sunagakure.
Large areas of houses were destroyed, and Sunagakure's medical capabilities could not handle so many wounded, leaving them to place many civilians in simply pitched tents to await treatment.
Sunagakure had almost no ability to launch a war again; they found it difficult even to defend their national borders. Knowing this, Mitokado Homura felt confident in his heart.
Hearing this, the Third Kazekage slammed the table and angrily said, "If Konoha's White Fang hadn't tried to assassinate the minister of the Land of Wind, and Konoha refused to admit it, how could Sunagakure have started a war!"
"Before that, all of Konoha's garrisoned ninja on the border of the Land of Rivers were assassinated. I believe Lord Kazekage knows who was responsible for that."
Mitokado Homura pushed up his glasses. Right now, Sunagakure had no spare strength, while the ninja on Konoha's borders still had the strength to fight. If Sunagakure insisted on continuing the war, the side that would suffer the greater losses would be Sunagakure.
"It is useless to argue about whose fault it is now, Lord Kazekage. The most important thing is to end the war and heal the wounds. Surely Sunagakure doesn't still hope to profit from Konoha through war? If I may be blunt, that is completely impossible."
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