From Danmachi to God of Ninja

Chapter 92: Chapter 92

The Battle of Withering and Flourishing Valley finally came to an end.

In this battle, Konoha wiped out nearly three thousand Sunagakure shinobi in one stroke, including many elite jōnin and chūnin.

For Sunagakure, such a loss was not enough to leave them completely unable to recover, but it was certainly enough to wound them deeply.

Konoha’s side, however, did not have an easy time either. They paid the price of nearly a thousand casualties.

Some of them had been killed by Sunagakure on the main battlefield, but even more died from the poison gas inside Withering and Flourishing Valley.

That’s right.

Although Kiriya possessed powerful healing magic, there were simply too many poisoned people.

In the end, even after squeezing out the last of his mental strength, Kiriya still could not save all of them. He could only watch in silence as those people left this world.

At that moment, Kiriya felt an unprecedented envy toward Tsunade.

Her exquisite medical ninjutsu, paired with Katsuyu’s ability to split apart and perform Slug: Katsuyu Immense Network Healing, could achieve an enormous range of treatment.

In the original story, Tsunade had relied on this very method to heal the entire village of Konoha, preserving as much of the village’s living strength as possible.

’Maybe I should find a time to properly ask the number one healer in the shinobi world for advice.’

Kiriya thought to himself.

Of course, that was a matter for later.

Right now, Konoha’s top priority was finalizing an armistice agreement with Sunagakure.

Yes.

After their crushing defeat at Withering and Flourishing Valley, Sunagakure’s already limited manpower became even more stretched.

One had to remember that their enemy was not only Konoha, but also the troublesome Iwagakure.

And in terms of threat level, Iwagakure was far above Konoha.

After all, the Land of Fire occupied the best and most fertile land on the continent.

It had little interest in poor, harsh places like the Land of Wind, and under normal circumstances, it had no desire to occupy Sunagakure’s territory.

Iwagakure was different.

Their mountainous homeland gave them an unusually strong obsession with fertile land. Their leader, Ōnoki, was also an ambitious man.

After the war began, he directly sent troops without even declaring war and occupied many of their fertile regions, making the Land of Wind bleed heavily and leaving the Suna-nin grinding their teeth in hatred.

In short, for Sunagakure, although Konoha was powerful, it could still only be counted as a problem at their elbow.

Iwagakure, however, was truly a threat to the heart.

So when Sunagakure realized that it could no longer gain benefits from the Land of Fire, and that continuing would only drag them deeper into the mud, their leadership made a swift decision and opened peace negotiations.

Konoha was also fighting on multiple fronts and faced even greater pressure on manpower, so they held a positive attitude toward Sunagakure’s request for peace talks.

Thus, Sunagakure and Konoha began negotiations in a small town within the Land of Rivers.

In a harmonious and friendly atmosphere, both sides engaged in frank exchanges.

On several topics of mutual concern, they fully exchanged opinions and deepened their understanding of each other.

Overall, the meeting was beneficial, harmonious, and friendly.

The representative of the Land of Wind reviewed the firm friendship between the Lands of Wind and Fire over the years, especially the close political, economic, and cultural exchanges since the Second Shinobi World War, along with their close cooperation in various fields.

He expressed regret over the war that had broken out between the two countries, claiming that it had been caused by the provocation and interference of a great external power, and that this was a wrong war, fought at the wrong time, in the wrong place, against the wrong opponent.

Iwagakure: "..."

The representative of the Land of Wind expressed sincere sympathy for the suffering endured by the people of both nations during this war, and offered deep condolences to the shinobi who had fallen on the battlefield and to their families.

His emotions were sincere, and as he continued speaking, tears began to fall, stirring sympathy among the shinobi from both sides present at the meeting.

Then the Land of Fire representative, Kiriya, spoke.

First, he affirmed the sincere friendship between the peoples of the two nations throughout history, and also reviewed examples of friendly exchanges between them.

But immediately afterward, his tone changed, and he strongly condemned the Land of Wind’s actions in provoking border conflicts without authorization, invading another country’s territory, and harming another country’s people.

He emphasized that the Land of Wind bore an inescapable responsibility for this war.

It was precisely because of their greed, their ignorance of war, and their arrogance that they had so easily been provoked by an external country, causing the flames of war to spread between the two nations, plunging the people into suffering and dealing severe damage to their economy and culture.

The Land of Wind needed to bear primary responsibility for the war between the two countries.

Of course, the instigation of a third-party force was also an important reason.

Here, he would not name and criticize a certain Iwagakure Village.

Iwagakure: "..."

Kiriya spoke with passion and proposed that the two countries establish a new type of national relationship based on mutual respect, non-aggression, non-interference, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence, laying a solid political foundation for friendly peace and long-term development in the shinobi world.

Kiriya’s speech as Konoha’s representative received unanimous approval from the attendees, and the meeting hall rang with long-lasting applause.

The joint communiqué issued after the meeting fully affirmed the consensus between both sides, bringing a faint ray of peace to a shinobi world long covered by the clouds of war.

The above was the official announcement from Sunagakure and Konoha.

In reality, the arguments between the two sides had been extremely fierce.

They attacked each other with words, spit flying everywhere, and the mood became so heated that it nearly turned into a full-blown brawl.

Orochimaru was never the type who liked wasting effort arguing, so he recommended Kiriya as the representative for this negotiation.

Of course, just in case, he also assigned a deputy representative to assist him.

As the MVP of the Battle of Withering and Flourishing Valley, Kiriya was unbelievably arrogant when facing Sunagakure.

His nose was almost pointing at the ceiling, and that petty, successful-villain look of his nearly made the Sunagakure representatives explode with anger.

Once emotions rose, flaws inevitably appeared in their wording. Konoha seized those openings and attacked relentlessly, making Sunagakure’s representatives turn blue and pale with anger, yet leaving them helpless.

If your fists were not hard enough on the battlefield, then naturally, you could not act tough at the negotiation table. Their momentum could only keep falling.

But when Konoha proposed that Sunagakure compensate them for all of Konoha’s losses during the war, Sunagakure finally exploded.

What kind of joke was that?

Who didn’t know that Sunagakure was currently the poorest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages?

If they gave all their money to Konoha, were the people of Sunagakure supposed to go drink the northwest wind?

Not to mention, the war between Sunagakure and Iwagakure was about to begin. This was exactly when they needed to spend huge amounts of money.

If they handed over their funds now, wouldn’t that be sending Suna-nin to die for nothing?

So Sunagakure stiffened their necks and acted like poor tough guys, practically saying, "Money? No. Lives? Take one if you can."

That attitude also angered Konoha’s side.

"If this won’t work and that won’t work either, it seems we can only settle things on the battlefield," Konoha’s deputy representative said firmly.

"Then fight! You think we’re afraid of you?" Sunagakure refused to show weakness. "Lady Chiyo has developed some new things. This would be a perfect chance to test them."

Konoha’s side immediately calmed down.

During the previous battle at Withering and Flourishing Valley, Chiyo’s poison gas had left far too deep an impression on them.

Every Konoha shinobi felt wary of it, so naturally they were unwilling to push Sunagakure too hard and risk driving them into desperate action.

"As for the reparations, the amount can be discussed," Konoha’s side finally relented.

"Acceptable."

Sunagakure’s side also breathed a sigh of relief and silently praised Chiyo’s foresight.

’When the enemy fears that you have a weapon of mass destruction, you’d better really have one. That makes way too much damn sense.’

In the end, after a round of bargaining, Sunagakure paid a certain price, and the peace agreement was finally settled.

The war between the Lands of Wind and Fire had finally ended.

After the war, Konoha’s side was jubilant, while Sunagakure’s side felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Both sides began adjusting their strategic deployments, preparing to seize the initiative in the next phase of the war.

The clouds of war had only split open for an instant before once again covering the shinobi world.

And at this moment, what was Kiriya doing?

He was training in an extremely important technique of course!

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