Mei Terumi sighed and slowly uttered one word: "Reneging."
"They seem to want to hole up and refuse to come out. They have no intention of honoring their earlier promise."
Reneging?
Gekkō Raito almost laughed aloud. Those two old foxes were far too naive. Did they think they could escape by hiding in their shells?
Was this some kind of comedy?
But on closer thought, as long as Kirigakure did not launch a full-scale attack, this turtle-shell strategy really could let them cling to life.
As long as they sealed their villages and stayed inside, embarrassing as it was, it still amounted to backing down in another form. What did their pride matter, as long as they did not have to pay?
If Mei Terumi were in charge, she might have let the matter drop. After all, war exhausted the people and drained the treasury.
But Gekkō Raito was no saint. They wanted to take advantage of him?
Dream on.
They had not even settled the score for attacking Kirigakure, and now they wanted to dodge the reparations too?
There was no such easy deal in this world.
A cold smile curled Gekkō Raito's lips. He turned to Kyuji on the other side. "Do you have any plans for this?"
Kyuji froze for a moment, then immediately realized that his boss was testing him.
"If you hadn't returned, my lord, I would have taken Ming and Kisame and charged straight into Kumogakure!"
"I would have turned Kumogakure upside down! Since they can't bear to part with their money, they can repay that debt with their shinobi's blood!"
As he spoke, murderous intent surged around Kyuji, and the vicious gleam in his eyes made him look ready to devour someone.
The plan was certainly simple and brutal, and it suited Gekkō