Shisui knelt on one knee and said respectfully:
"They agreed to ransom the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki with the spoils they plundered from the Land of Fire over the years. Their people are waiting at the front lines for the exchange."
Xuandou nodded at that.
Those spoils were quite substantial.
Grain, weapons, gold, silver, cloth...
Kumogakure had toiled for three years, only for Hidden Xuan Village to reap all the benefits.
With this money, the Land of Hot Water's finances would improve considerably, and the Uchiha clan treasury would gain another sizable sum.
"Take the Raikage and Killer B to the front lines for the exchange."
Shisui nodded.
"Understood."
He rose and left.
Xuandou leaned back in his chair and considered his next moves.
Controlled by Kotoamatsukami, the Raikage had already become his hidden pawn.
Sending him back was more valuable than keeping him captive.
If handled properly, he might be used to annex the entire Land of Lightning outright when the time was right!
The Raikage could continue being the Raikage in Kumogakure while secretly serving Hidden Xuan Village.
Once the time was ripe, the Land of Lightning would be his for the taking!
Shisui's exchange with Kumogakure went smoothly.
Having been thoroughly terrified by the Uchiha's slaughter, Kumogakure did not dare try any tricks during this exchange.
Soon, news of Kumogakure's defeat spread throughout the Shinobi World.
When Sunagakure and Iwagakure first received the news, they merely took it as a trick Konoha was using to deceive them into withdrawing.
"The Uchiha helped Konoha? What a joke!"
"Konoha drove the Uchiha out. We'd be lucky if they didn't take advantage of the crisis, and now they're helping?"
Rasa slapped the intelligence report onto the table, his face full of disbelief.
But once they sent out shinobi