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It's impossible to find gold in the sand, Kumogakure is taking away a large number of mission orders. If the Sunagakure doesn't join the Kumogakure, it's doomed sooner or later.
So Chiyo and Ebizo left.
"Well, Ōnoki, I don't need to tell you what I want to say, you can think about it yourself."
Seeing that Chiyo and Ebizo had left, Ziyun turned to look at Ōnoki.
Ōnoki shuddered.
The Fourth Raikage is truly a devil; the other village knights are as easy to kill as chickens in his hands.
Ōnoki had no doubt that if he didn't agree, he would immediately become a corpse like Rasa.
The situation in Sunagakure is actually not good, but how much better is Iwagakure?
The village was also suffering from a lack of talent, and even Deidara, the only successor to the Tsuchikage he had any faith in, had betrayed him.
Only his granddaughter Kurotsuchi remained. However, Kurotsuchi was also formidable. The reason she appeared so formidable was because there were no geniuses in Iwagakure.
If I were to die, it would be too easy for Kumogakure to subdue Iwagakure.
"Alright, I promise you, but I also need to speak with the people of Iwagakure and calm them down."
Ōnoki agreed to Ziyun's request.
"Given your prestige in Iwagakure, I'm confident this matter will be handled perfectly."
Ziyun nodded in satisfaction.
Unifying the Shinobi World was much easier than I had imagined.
"You all go with Ōnoki, Chiyo, and Chiyo others to see what the reactions are inside Sunagakure and Iwagakure."
After dealing with Ōnoki and Chiyo, Ziyun dispatched a member of the Kumogakure Anbu, skilled in infiltration, to investigate the internal affairs of Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
After all, although Chiyo and Ōnoki were highly respected, the common people and ninjas might not agree to directly asking the two villages to join Kumogakure.
Because the situation of the Five Great Shinobi Villages has been established for many years and is deeply ingrained in people's minds, such a hasty merger may not be as smooth as Ziyun imagines.
Upon returning to the village, Chiyo immediately convened a meeting with the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure.
" The Fourth Raikage demands our submission to Kumogakure. Do you agree or disagree?"
Chiyo addressed the high-ranking officials, led by Baki.
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa, has just died, Gaara has not yet become Kazekage.
"Of course we disagree! Sunagakure and Kumogakure are both among the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Why should we submit to Kumogakure?"
"That's right, Kumogakure is indeed powerful. If they have the guts, they can come and attack us. Sunagakure is our home turf, why should we be afraid of them?"
Baki protested fiercely.
This is actually quite normal, since Baki has never met Ziyun and doesn't know Ziyun's strength, so naturally he wouldn't agree so easily.
The problem was that once Baki took the lead, others followed Baki and protested.
"And Elder Chiyo, the Lord Kazekage was just killed by the people of Kumogakure for nothing, and you didn't even offer any thanks before accepting 3 billion in compensation?"
What angered Baki even more was that Chiyo and Ebizo had actually bought the Fourth Kazekage's life for 3 billion.
The higher-ups in Sunagakure are utterly incompetent.
Even when Chiyo and Ebizo used their prestige to suppress it, it was to no avail.
"Well."
Chiyo sighed after receiving mostly negative advice.
What should we do?
We need to give the Fourth Raikage a reply in a week. If he still doesn't agree, the Kumogakure army will come knocking.
On the other side, Ōnoki and Chiyo experienced similar things.
The reaction within Iwagakure was very strong; it could be said that almost no one agreed.
After all, the Five Great Shinobi Villages are deeply ingrained in people's minds, and it would be unlikely that they could be merged so easily without bloodshed.
Soon, the Kumogakure Anbu informed Ziyun of this news.
" Lord Raikage, there's no need to delay any longer. Let's launch a full-scale invasion and see if they're still so stubborn then."
"That's how Yotsuki A, who retains the explosive temper of the original work, spoke."
In his view, the Kumogakure had given them a chance by asking them to submit, but these villages were ungrateful.
To put it bluntly, Kumogakure wouldn't even consider impoverished places like Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
"Okay, you're right, let's set off now." Ziyun nodded as well.
It seems these villages won't know how powerful Kumogakure is until some blood is shed.
" Ziyun, let me go. I haven't been in a fight in ages."
Wherever there's the sound of fighting, there you'll find Kushina.
Upon hearing about the events involving Sunagakure and Iwagakure, Kushina immediately came to Ziyun's side, eager to try her hand at it.
"Go if you want to, and beat up anyone who disobeys."
Ziyun directly granted Kushina authority, allowing her to lead a large army to attack the two major villages.
Kushina's strength is now truly at the Super Kage Level.
Having mastered the Perfect Sage Mode and Awakening the Magma-Magma Fruit, Kushina's strength was enough to sweep through Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
Kushina immediately led 3,000 Kumogakure troops on their way.
" The Kumogakure has really sent a large army."
Upon hearing this news, Chiyo and Ōnoki could no longer sit still.
Furthermore, they learned that the opposing leader was Kushina, which made Chiyo and Ōnoki tremble even more.
Kushina rose to fame during the Third Shinobi World War, where she single-handedly took on the Konoha, routing Konoha in defeat.
If it weren't for Minato Namikaze's repeated interventions, the Konoha High Command would have been eliminated during the Third Shinobi World War, and none of them would still be alive today.
"What should we do? If we really fight Kumogakure, we'll definitely lose badly."
Ōnoki and Chiyo joined forces to discuss countermeasures.
They have completely lost the will to fight against Kumogakure.
Because they hadn't recovered from the last major war, they didn't have any extra troops to commit to such a battlefield.
Furthermore, Sunagakure was so poor that the ninjas' tools were all old; how could they possibly defeat their opponents?
Baki and the others, however, were eager to try, feeling that the Kumogakure was going too far, so they prepared to fight back directly.
" Kushina, I hope you can spare those Sunagakure, treat the main enemies as Baki and the others, kill them, and I can make Sunagakure submit to Kumogakure."
Chiyo found Kushina that Chiyo night and provided her with a list of Kumogakure Sunagakure who disagreed with submitting to Kushina, hoping to plead with Kushina on their behalf.
Chiyo was confident that if she could eliminate loud opposition figures like Baki, she could persuade the others.
Most importantly, seeing the strength of Kumogakure will prevent the Sunagakure ninja from being fooled by Baki and his group like before.
To save the lives of most of the ninja in Sunagakure, it was necessary to sacrifice the lives of a small number of ninja; this was an unavoidable situation.
"Huh? Are you telling the truth? Why should I believe you?"
Kushina couldn't believe Chiyo, a shrewd woman who was already in her seventies or eighties.
"How about this, I'll leave Gaara here as a hostage. If you don't trust me, kill him immediately."
Chiyo had no choice but to sacrifice herself as the One-Tail Jinchuriki.
" The One-Tail Jinchuriki, is that it? Okay, I can trust you."
Seeing that One-Tail Jinchuriki, Kushina had no choice but to trust Chiyo; this was the greatest sincerity Chiyo could offer.
Kushina soon arrived at Sunagakure Kazuma.
Without a doubt, Baki and his group were no match for Kushina. In their first direct confrontation, Baki and more than a dozen other ninjas on the Chiyo that Chiyo had handed over to Kushina were all killed.
The formidable strength of Kumogakure left a deep impression on the Sunagakure ninja.
" Yotsuki A, you lead a thousand ninjas to guard this place. I'm going to meet that Ōnoki."
Kushina thoroughly enjoyed the battle, so she decided to go and cause trouble for Iwagakure.
Meanwhile, after the crushing defeat in the first battle, Chiyo appeared at the right time to comfort the people of Sunagakure and tell them the final choice.
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" Kushina made her move, Sunagakure suffered heavy losses. Many high-ranking Sunagakure members who disagreed with submitting to Kumogakure were all killed by Kushina."
Upon receiving the news, Ōnoki immediately convened an emergency meeting.
The expressions of the Iwagakure leaders immediately changed.
Kushina was very strong; this was common knowledge throughout the Shinobi World.
Furthermore, Kushina had a fiery temper and loved fighting, a fact well-known throughout the Shinobi World.
Now that Kushina, such a fiery hottie, has come knocking, it's impossible for nothing to happen without some bloodshed.
" Lord Tsuchikage, I think we should submit to Kumogakure."