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At the same time, the Iwa ninja underestimated Konoha's intelligence capabilities.
This is an information asymmetry!
"Peace talks are not out of the question!"
Orochimaru laughed and replied, "But the terms definitely won't go as you initially planned! You Iwa ninja should be prepared to pay compensation to Konoha! Otherwise, we wouldn't mind taking the opportunity to launch a counterattack against Iwa ninja! Hehehe!!!"
The initiative has shifted, and if he doesn't seize it, he'll be letting down the intelligence that Yunxiao specifically had the Red Queen pass on.
That's right!
Orochimaru knew about the situation in Iwagakure and Kumogakure, and even the war between Kumogakure and Konoha, in advance because of the intelligence information sent by Yunxiao through the communication bracelet a few hours earlier.
Yunxiao even granted Orochimaru partial access to monitoring satellites.
Currently, Orochimaru can access information about the battles between Kumogakure and Iwagakure within the Land of Earth at any time through Kurenai.
At least until now, the vanguard of Iwagakure has not yet made direct contact with Kumogakure.
The Cloud Ninja have begun looting supplies and are preparing to withdraw!
There was no other way! This was the order left by the Third Raikage before he left.
Without him here, Raikage was also worried about his troops continuing their rampage deep behind enemy lines.
The Iwa ninja will realize this sooner or later; Onoki isn't really stupid.
They're not that easy to deal with!
Chapter 218
"This"
Upon hearing this, the Iwa ninja messenger turned pale, cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and he stammered, "I cannot make this decision!"
Orochimaru chuckled lightly and said, "Then take my words back and send someone who can make the decision!"
"Remember, I'm only giving you half a day. If you don't have a definite answer by then, the peace talks are over! Let's start the war!"
Konoha is not the same Konoha it used to be.
"Ok!"
Soon, the Iwa ninja messenger left the Konoha camp and rushed back to his own camp as quickly as possible, where he met Onoki, who was still there.
He relayed Orochimaru's words and their conversation to Onoki.
"bump!"
Onoki slammed his hand on the table in front of him, shattering it, and roared, "This is outrageous! What is Konoha trying to do, taking advantage of our misfortune? How dare they!"
Elder Kawaki, standing to the side, shook his head helplessly and said, "They really dare to do that! This is no longer the era when the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was in power!"
"Clearly, Konoha's Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his supporters are much more radical. It's basically impossible to drag this out and fool people like before!"
"They've got their eyes on the fact that we can't fight on two fronts right now and are in a hurry to go back and rescue our rear!"
Therefore, Kawaki really misses the Third Hokage!
The same applies to Ohnoki in 03.
Look at what the previous three Hokage did?
They're practically like the spies sent by the Iwa ninja.
Several times, the Iwa ninja instigated wars, but they all lost to Konoha. In the end, the Third Hokage kindly refused any compensation or reparations.
Is there anything more thoughtful than this?
"Hiruzen Sarutobi is a piece of trash! How did he get ousted by a junior? It would have been so much better if he were still in power!"
Onoki muttered a few curses, then waved helplessly at Elder Kawaki, saying, "Elder Kawaki! I'm leaving this peace negotiation to you! I need to get going! I'm afraid no one but me can handle the Third Raikage!"
"As long as Konoha's conditions aren't too unreasonable, let's agree to them! At worst, we'll have to pay a price!"
"We really can't afford to waste any more time!"
"If Konoha really starts a war with us now, the Land of Earth will be in real danger!"
Ohnoki is not someone who doesn't know how to be flexible.
You have to be patient when you need to be.
Once they've repelled the Cloud Ninja and are free to deal with them, they can naturally find a way to retaliate.
He's not one to suffer a loss.
"Yes, Lord Tsuchikage! I will handle this matter well! However, bleeding is inevitable this time!"
Elder Kawaki nodded in agreement.
"We can agree to the conditions, but don't give us all the supplies at once. Give us a little first, and we can delay giving the rest. Just say that it takes time to gather the supplies, and that we suffered heavy losses from the attack by the Cloud Ninja!"
"I believe you understand what playing the victim means!"
"Once we've dealt with the Cloud Ninja, whether or not we give it to them will be up to us! Hmph!"
Ohnoki is very shrewd!
"Uh, isn't that a bad idea?"
Elder Kawaki was somewhat speechless.
Isn't this just being a scoundrel?
Are they even willing to abandon the reputation of an entire ninja village?
"For the sake of the village, what's the point of having any shame?"
Onoki scoffed and waved his hand impatiently: "Alright! That's settled then! I'm leaving!"
After saying that, Onoki left the camp and, accompanied by several ANBU Jonin, quickly headed towards the rear of the Land of Earth.
Konoha, inside the Hokage's office.
"Watergate Bro"
Yunxiao teleported here and was just about to raise his hand to greet Minato when he saw that Minato was actually flirting with Kushina. He was stunned.
Minato: ""
Kushina: ""
Faced with their staring eyes, Yunxiao chuckled awkwardly and said, "Haha, why don't you two continue, and I'll pretend I was never here?"
With that, he turned and prepared to leave.
"come back!"
Kushina stood up abruptly from Minato's arms. Minato looked at Yunxiao speechlessly and said, "Hey you! Can you please not just teleport into my office like that?! That's a bit much!"
"Luckily, I managed to repel those secret guards today, otherwise they probably would have rushed out immediately!"
Yunxiao's behavior reminded him of what he had seen before, the behavior of Jiraiya, Tsunade, and others when the Third Hokage was still in power.
They all just randomly barged into the Hokage's office.
People climbed through windows, kicked down doors... you name it.
Minato used to find it amusing, but now that it's his turn, he suddenly feels that this must be prohibited.
"That's it!"
Kushina chimed in, hands on her hips, looking at Yunxiao and saying, "Little Yunxiao, you're getting more and more disobedient! Shouldn't you have gone to support the front lines? Why are you back now?"
Minato's expression turned serious as he asked, "Yes! Has something happened at the front lines?"
"Oh! It's nothing really!"
Yunxiao smiled and shrugged: "I severely injured Yeyue Ai, captured and sealed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and also nearly killed the Third Raikage who came from the Land of Earth using the Heavenly Delivery Technique. He's basically crippled!"
"Then, the Cloud Ninja surrendered! They wanted to negotiate peace!"
"Look! The front lines are short of people in this area, aren't they? Neither Jiraiya nor I are good at this! So I came back to ask you for help!"
"Hurry up, I need to get back with my men as soon as possible! The Cloud Ninja probably won't be able to wait! Hehe!"
The one who's really in a hurry right now isn't Konoha.
However, in order for the Cloud Ninja to have enough strength to fight against the Rock Ninja and engage in a protracted war of attrition, Yunxiao felt that it was necessary to complete the peace talks with the Cloud Ninja as soon as possible.
"what?"
Minato and Kushina were both taken aback upon hearing this.
Minato jumped up from his seat, looking at Yunxiao with excitement, and said, "You said you've already defeated the Raikage and the others? The Cloud Ninja have also been defeated?"
"Yes!"
Yunxiao nodded matter-of-factly: "You know how strong I am, Minato-kun! A mere Raikage or an Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is no match for me!"
"That night, I took care of Moon Mist with just one punch!"
Upon hearing this, Minato's eye twitched, and he looked at Yunxiao as if he were looking at a monster, saying, "I've fought that Ye Yue'ai before. She's very strong, her speed is second only to my Flying Thunder God Technique, and her ninjutsu and taijutsu are terrifying! Definitely a Kage-level shikigami!"
"And the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is even more out of the question! That's a perfect Jinchuriki! And you defeated him so easily!"
"Especially the Raikage, I've heard that he can go toe-to-toe with the unsealed Eight-Tails, his strength is terrifying, I'm afraid I'm far from being his match, yet you crippled him?"
"Are you even human?"
He felt that since Yunxiao's last battle with Uchiha Madara, his strength had probably improved significantly.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to take down the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki so easily and seemingly without any injury.
This kind of being who could single-handedly crush an entire ninja village and dominate a battlefield reminded Minato of the legendary First Hokage.
This is probably the image that the first generation had in the eyes of the world back then.
Yunxiao is worthy of being called the God of Ninjas.
"Tsk tsk!"
Kushina clicked her tongue in amazement and said, "You're pretty good, kid! Do you have any video footage of the battle? Send it to us so we can take a look!"
"Oh! Right! Kurama just told me to tell you 'Well done!' Obviously, the Eight-Tails seems quite pleased with how badly you thrashed it!"
At this moment, within the sealed space inside Kushina's body, Kurama was indeed laughing like a husky: "Hahaha! That arrogant guy Gyuki has finally met his match?"
"Hahaha! When I finally get the chance to see it again, I'm going to laugh at it for a whole year! Hahaha!!"
Then, it suddenly frowned slightly and said, "However, this Uchiha brat is giving me an increasingly dangerous feeling!"
"It actually made me feel like I had thorns in my back! No wonder it could so easily crush the Bull Demon!"
"This guy's strength seems even more terrifying than that of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju back in the day!"
"Besides, if I didn't sense it, this guy's body is full of Sage Chakra, right?"
"Normal Sage Mode?"
"This is incredible! This is incredible!"
"And isn't the power of those Sharingan a bit too exaggerated? Even the old man's Rinnegan didn't have such terrifying power back then, did it?"
"Luckily, it's not the Rinnegan, otherwise..."
In short, Kurama has been very well-behaved lately, and has even been willing to communicate and interact with Kushina.
It's precisely because the power of the clouds is so strong that it doesn't dare to cause trouble.
Even if Kushina were willing to let it out now, it probably wouldn't want to go out!
Lately, it has been reminded of the fear it felt when it was dominated by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.
In its view, Yunxiao is more dangerous than the two of them combined back then.
"As expected, the ninja world is too dangerous! The sealed space is much safer!"
Nine-Tails couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Chapter 219
"Yes! Just have the Red Queen send it to you!"
Yunxiao shook his head with amusement, then said to Minato, "Minato-nii, you should arrange for a few people skilled in negotiation to come with me as soon as possible! Remember to pick some tough ones! I think Nara Shikaku-senpai is good! You can pick two more!"
"Alright! I'll have the secret service go and fetch someone right away!"
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