However, Rasa's order came too late. Mikoto struck again, taking the lives of another group of Sunagakure Ninja.
Pfft!
This time, Rasa was also within Mikoto's attack range. He was stabbed again, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He was covered in wounds and looked extremely disheveled, but he did not die.
It wasn't that Rasa had managed to defend himself; rather, Mikoto deliberately spared Rasa's life.
After all, only a living Rasa can bring benefits to the Kumogakure; a dead Rasa is meaningless to the Kumogakure.
Just as Rasa was critically injured, Hozuki Mangetsu, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, seized the opportunity and captured Rasa alive.
As for the other Sunagakure Ninja, they were unable to get close under the pursuit of the Kumogakure Ninja, let alone provide rescue; in fact, most of them were killed or injured.
Fortunately, Chiyo was prepared. Some of the dead and wounded Sunagakure Ninja were die-hard Rasa supporters, while others were not strong enough. Most of the Elite Jonin were taken away by Chiyo.
Otherwise, after this battle, the strength of Sunagakure will drop to the same level as that of Kirigakure.
"Damn Rasa, he's killed so many Sunagakure Ninja."
Seeing the scattered Sunagakure Ninja fleeing back in defeat, Chiyo couldn't help but curse loudly.
This battle could have been completely avoided, but Rasa stubbornly insisted on it, dragging so many Sunagakure ninjas into it.
Look at Ōnoki of Iwagakure; he barely clashed with Kumogakure before retreating, preserving most of Iwagakure's strength.
" Chiyo, the Fourth Kazekage has been captured alive! What should we do now? Should we go to his rescue?"
The Sunagakure Ninja had escaped reported to Chiyo.
"Serves you right!"
Chiyo cursed loudly. She also wanted to help, after all, Rasa was the Kazekage, after all.
But how could Sunagakure possibly provide aid?
If I dared to go, the Sunagakure would be wiped out.
"Sister, let's retreat first. Since the Hidden Kumogakure Kumogakure spared Rasa's Kumogakure, it means they also want to negotiate with us. We can just wait for them to state their terms."
Ebizo nearby, spoke up to remind him.
Given the strength of the Kumogakure, killing Rasa would have been a piece of cake, but they chose to capture him alive, which shows that the Kumogakure still wanted to extract some benefits from Rasa.
Since Sunagakure cannot rescue Rasa now, the best course of action is to wait for Kumogakure to make its demands.
"There's no other way now."
Chiyo sighed and led the main force of Sunagakure in retreat.
With Sunagakure and Iwagakure fleeing, the crisis in Konoha was considered resolved.
Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi personally led his men to the Kumogakure camp to thank Ziyun.
"No need for thanks. We're just doing our job, taking their money to solve their problems."
"You won't be able to Hokage after this war. Let's choose the most suitable person to succeed Hokage. I think Minato Namikaze is quite good. You should carefully consider becoming the Third Hokage."
Ziyun looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi and said with a hint of threat.
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback, as were Minato Namikaze Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and the others who had come with him to act as his bodyguards.
The reason I say this is because Ziyun noticed that when Minato Namikaze Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze always had a look of hostility in his eyes.
Although he thought he had hidden it well, it was actually useless. Even an outsider like himself could clearly see Minato Namikaze's changes, let alone Hiruzen Sarutobi.
This could ruin Ziyun's recruitment plan, so Ziyun took the opportunity to threaten him.
In fact, Hiruzen Sarutobi had already noticed that Minato Namikaze strangely.
She's not as obedient to me as she used to be, and sometimes she looks at me with a hint of hatred. I don't know why.
The reason he asked Minato Namikaze to deal with the Uchiha Clan issue was to test Minato Namikaze.
As it turned out, Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Fugaku were good friends.
This made Hiruzen Sarutobi even more wary of Minato Namikaze, and he even became unwilling to let Minato Namikaze become Hokage anymore.
Ziyun's words made Hiruzen Sarutobi even more wary, but also Hiruzen Sarutobi in a dilemma.
After all, judging from Ziyun's tone, if Minato Namikaze didn't become Hokage, he might anger the Fourth Raikage.
Afterwards, Hiruzen Sarutobi expressed his goodwill to Ziyun and then left.
After the Third Shinobi World War, Hiruzen Sarutobi realized that if he continued to antagonize Kumogakure, Konoha would have no way out.
Even if there was a deep-seated hatred between them and Kumogakure before, they must put aside that hatred and show goodwill to Kumogakure at this time, otherwise Konoha will perish sooner or later.
"That Hiruzen Sarutobi guy is actually being so polite, it makes me feel bad about picking a fight."
Kushina watched Hiruzen Sarutobi's departing figure and said with amusement.
Kushina is very unhappy because the Kumogakure ninja she led couldn't even fight against the Iwagakure ninja.
After all, that old bastard Ōnoki ran too fast. He disappeared as soon as he saw the Kumogakure ninja, leaving Kushina with a lot of energy but nowhere to vent it, which made her very uncomfortable.
She saw Hiruzen Sarutobi arrive, which was a good opportunity to vent her frustrations. However, she didn't expect Hiruzen Sarutobi to be so obsequious, making it difficult for Kushina to cause trouble.
So Kushina vented her anger on another unfortunate soul, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, who was captured alive.
"Don't kill him. Take your anger out on him however you like."
After Ziyun gave Kushina some instructions, Kushina took action.
He was beaten so badly that Rasa's injuries worsened, but he just couldn't die.
Rasa was almost beaten to death, but Tsunade's medical skills were no joke; she pulled Rasa back from the brink of death.
His life was saved, but Rasa looked utterly disheveled.
Now, even when Rasa's closest people appear before Rasa, they don't recognize Rasa.
"Damn it, to suffer such humiliation is worse than being killed!"
Feeling neither human nor ghost, Rasa felt incredibly stifled.
At the same time, he also regretted not listening to Chiyo's advice to retreat earlier, otherwise things wouldn't be like this now, and he wouldn't have been so humiliated.
"Oh? You really want to die? Fine, then I'll kill you."
Seeing Rasa's backbone, Ziyun directly pulled out a knife and placed it in front of Rasa, wanting to grant his wish.
"Wait... I... I don't want to die yet."
Rasa quickly spoke up.
He was just saying that out of anger, and the reason he dared to say it was because he knew that Ziyun didn't want him to die and wanted to gain more benefits from him.
If it weren't for the strength of Kumogakure, he would definitely be dead; how could he have been captured alive?
Upon sensing the killing intent emanating from Ziyun, Rasa became frightened; he was truly afraid of dying.
After all, he has already secured his position Kazekage, so there's no need for him to die here.
"Heh, looks like nothing more than a coward who clings to life. If you don't want to die, hand over your Magnet Release, and I might spare your life."
Ziyun sneered.
If there's anything about Rasa that's worth getting, it's Magnet Release.
Ziyun himself doesn't need it, but it might be useful to the ninjas of Kumogakure.
Having mastered Magnet Release, one's strength must have reached at least Kage Level.
" Magnet Release, Kekkei Genkai, can't be taught just by preaching. Even if you were taught, you wouldn't be able to learn it," Rasa said with utter hatred.
"Then you may die." Ziyun unleashed his killing intent once more.
"No, no, Magnet Release can indeed be taught. Sunagakure has a special Scroll of Seals records Magnet Release, but whether you can learn it or not is your problem. It has nothing to do with me."
Seeing that Ziyun was plotting to kill again, Rasa quickly softened his stance.
"You'd better pray you can teach it, otherwise you're still a dead man," Ziyun said coldly.
Upon hearing this, Rasa's face turned green. Was he still going to die in the end? His situation was too difficult.
After all, whether or not one can learn Kekkei Genkai depends not only on the teacher but also on the student's talent.
To master the fusion of the two Chakra Nature Transformation, one must have a precise control over the Chakra ratio, without the slightest error.
If someone has very poor talent, no matter how the teacher teaches them, they won't be able to learn.
After all, he is currently the only one in Sunagakure who can learn the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release, which requires a certain amount of talent.
"Besides handing over the Scroll of Seals from Sunagakure, we also need some protection money to ensure that Kumogakure won't attack Sunagakure."
"As for the price, let's make it 10 billion taels."
After Rasa agreed, Ziyun spoke again.
In fact, Ziyun wanted more, but based on Ziyun understanding of Sunagakure, the village couldn't come up with more than 10 billion ryo.
If it were Iwagakure), Ziyun would definitely add a significant amount to that number.
Soon Ziyun informed Sunagakure of Kumogakure's request.
Surprisingly, Chiyo quickly delivered the money and the Scroll of Seals from Sunagakure herself.
Chiyo didn't actually want to rescue Rasa, after all, she had quite a few conflicts with Rasa before.
The reason Chiyo entrusted so much to Kumogakure was because of Ziyun's words: if they didn't pay Kumogakure might attack Sunagakure.
In order to protect Sunagakure, Chiyo had no choice but to pay such a heavy price, albeit unwillingly.