Iwagakure had been preparing to ally with Kumogakure.
But had that alliance pact even been in effect for an hour?
Hadn't Uchiha Minamoto slaughtered Fourth Raikage A right after those two treaties were signed?
To borrow the Konoha Military Police Force's terminology...
What Iwagakure had done wasn't even a "crime." At most, it was an "attempted crime"!
But Uchiha Minamoto couldn't care less about any of that!
Iwagakure wanted to oppose Konoha?
Even wanting to wasn't allowed!
Even wanting to was a crime!
"Lord Tsuchikage."
Uchiha Minamoto leaned back, his scarlet [Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan] fixed on Ōnoki across from him.
"I came all the way from Konoha to Iwagakure. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to leave empty-handed, would it?"
Under those red eyes, Ōnoki was drenched in sweat. He shook his head without thinking.
"It wouldn't!"
Uchiha Minamoto continued.
"And it wouldn't be appropriate to destroy Iwagakure just because it wanted to join forces with Kumogakure, would it?"
Ōnoki shook his head so hard it almost became a rattle, saying repeatedly,
"That would be even less appropriate!"
Could Uchiha Minamoto wipe out Iwagakure?
Judging by the mountain-cleaving strike his Perfect Susanoo had just unleashed...
If the [Heavenly Cloud Sword] had delivered a "vertical chop" instead of a "horizontal slash"...
There probably wouldn't have been many people left alive in Iwagakure!
That was also the fundamental reason Ōnoki had surrendered at lightning speed.
Refuse to surrender, and the village would be destroyed.
Surrender, and at least its people could survive.
"It seems we've reached a consensus."
Uchiha Minamoto raised his wrist and summoned two treaty documents with [Summoning Technique: Lightning Blade Creation].
They were the "Fire-Water Security Treaty" and "Fire-Lightning Security Treaty" that Uchiha Minamoto had previously signed with Kirigakure and Kumogakure.
"You've already read the contents of these two