"The Cloud Ninja decided to negotiate peace?"
When Kushina heard the news, she immediately found it unbelievable. They had been fighting to the death not long ago. Could this be a plot?
Tsunade, however, knew some of the inside story. Konoha also had people gathering information within the Land of Lightning. She said, "It's probably true. Even if they don't negotiate, they can't hold out much longer. If this drags on to the end, Konoha will definitely win at a terrible cost. But even if they negotiate, the Cloud Ninja will demand an outrageous price. There was already a precedent ten years ago."
When the Second Raikage prepared to negotiate peace with the Second Hokage, he had acted like a bandit: I lost, but you have to compensate me!
They simply seized any secret techniques or bloodline limits they took a fancy to, without the slightest sense of propriety, justice, integrity, or shame. Even Karn knew to wear a mask when doing something like that, but Kumogakure made no attempt to conceal it.
Tsunade continued, "They might relent on Karn, but I reckon they absolutely won't give up on the Six Paths Tools..."
"Who says we're giving them the Six Paths Tools? The boss gave these to me."
Kushina immediately said, "I'm not afraid of them even if we keep fighting. They're the losers, yet they still make so many demands. Give me a little more time, and I can capture their village's jinchūriki!"
Tsunade knew Kushina wasn't boasting. Her Adamantine Sealing Chains were highly effective against Tailed Beast Jinchūriki. In the last battle, if the young A hadn't freed himself up to come to the rescue, Kushina would have captured the Two-Tails' jinchūriki.
Now, apart from the Third Raikage, no one in Kumogakure could handle Kushina. But even if