Chapter 453: There Is Only One Way in Front of Us
A strong killing intent emanated from Aoba's body, covering all of Kirigakure's ninjas.
At this time.
Almost everyone was under this haze.
Coupled with the death of Genji.
The Kirigakure ninjas were furious for a moment, but they did not dare to say anything. All of their eyes were focused on Aoba, and no one dared to act rashly.
"Now, I will give you three days."
"During this period of time, you should think about it carefully."
"It's best to retreat within three days."
"Otherwise..."
"Don't blame me for being rude to you, Kirigakure!"
Aoba knew that the atmosphere was almost over. Now that it was time to end, he immediately left these words and disappeared in a flash.
Of course.
He didn't want the meaning in his words to be achieved.
Instead, he wanted this matter to continue to deteriorate.
He was stimulating the anger and courage in these people's hearts.
The more he wanted them to surrender and pretend to be grandchildren, the angrier these people would feel.
Swish!
Aoba's figure flashed and instantly disappeared.
None of the Kirigakure ninjas at the scene moved to stop Aoba. It was not that they did not want to stop him, but they did not dare to.
After all, Genji was already dead.
Moreover, the Third Mizukage had not spoken yet.
They did not dare to act rashly.
After Aoba left, the Kirigakure ninjas at the scene focused their eyes on their Third Mizukage. Their eyes were flashing with anger and doubt, but they still wait for their Third Mizukage's orders.
"Mizukage-sama..."
The Kirigakure ninjas let out a strong doubt. They were somewhat uncertain about Kirigakure's future development. They did not know whether they should fight with all their might or compromise and beg for forgiveness from Kumogakure.
"Everyone."
Third Mizukage spoke slowly. His eyes were still tightly closed. Moreover, his expression had returned to normal and calm. His tone of voice was like still water, giving people a refreshing feeling.
"I know you have a lot of doubts about the village's decision."
"Now I can tell you very responsibly."
"This battle."
"Not only will we not withdraw."
"We have to send more ninjas."
"We have to win."
"And we have to win beautifully!"
The Third Mizukage said loudly. His voice was very loud and he spoke slowly, enough for the surrounding Kirigakure ninjas to clearly hear every word he said.
"OH! OH! OH!"
When the Kirigakure ninjas heard their Mizukage's words, they immediately cheered loudly. Everyone had an excited expression on their faces. After all, after experiencing such a thing, they hated the Third Raikage and did not have a good impression of him.
They were all ninjas.
Ninjas could endure for the sake of the big picture.
However, they were also bloodthirsty.
Now that their Mizukage had clearly told them that they did not need to endure, then who among them was not afraid of death? As long as they were on the battlefield, they would definitely fight Kumogakure to their heart's content.
"Mizukage-sama, can we consider this matter again? If the Raikage dares to come here, doesn't that mean that he has victory in his hands? Should we avoid them?" One of the Kirigakure ninjas asked.
Following this person's question.
The scene immediately became quiet.
The words this person asked were also the doubts in their hearts. No one wanted to affect their Kirigakure's future because of this matter.
"This is the result of my careful consideration."
The Third Mizukage did not avoid this matter. Instead, he directly responded to this question. His closed eyes looked very calm as if there was a special magic that could make people quickly calm down and no longer be restrained by emotions. One by one, they returned to their rational thinking.
"Now, Iwagakure is fighting with Konohagakure."
"The situation in the ninja world is complicated."
"We can't just listen to what the Raikage says. We have to see the current situation with our own eyes."
"We need to figure out whether this is the case or not."
"Then..."
"The first thing we need to think about is..."
"Why did Raikage do this!"
The Third Mizukage said one sentence after another. He used his own method to shift everyone's attention to him, allowing everyone's thoughts to follow his thoughts.
"Yes!"
"Why?"
"Why the Raikage needed to come here personally to say this?"
"It is indeed very strange!"
"This time, Raikage came very abnormally!"
"..."
The people at the scene all realized these questions. Everyone frowned slightly and fell into deep thought. Their heads were filled with question marks. These question marks were brought up by the Third Mizukage. If it was anyone else, they would not have drawn out their curiosity in such a way.
All of a sudden.
Everyone had already realized the problem.
"Genji-sama is indeed dead!"
The Third Mizukage continued to speak. He directly took out one of the angry points of the crowd, which was Genji.
Genji was highly respected in the Country of Water.
There was no one who could replace him.
But...
In fact, there was a little secret joy in his heart.
Genji's death.
For him.
It was not completely a bad thing.
It would indeed cause the Country of Water to lose a heavyweight backbone and also cause Kirigakure to lose a person who could make a final decision in many decision-making matters.
However.
At the same time.
The Third Mizukage's authority was directly magnified.
His decision would no longer be restricted by Genji. There would not be a person above him who could speak.
Moreover, that person could easily veto his arrangements with a single sentence.
How could he allow others to snore on the side of the couch?
The Third Mizukage respected Genji very much. However, he had tolerated Genji for a long time. He had even pretended to be indifferent to political affairs most of the time. However, it was useless because his concern was useless. Many decisions were taken by Genji.
The more he acted like this.
The more he lost his will to fight.
Now that Genji was dead, he found that the Kirigakure ninjas at the scene had focused their attention on him again, waiting for him to make the decision for them.
This feeling was really too good!
The Third Mizukage enjoyed it very much. If he was given another chance to choose, he still did not want Genji to live.
Feeling the attention of the Kirigakure ninjas around him, the Third Mizukage still maintained his calm expression, but the lines on his face were indeed much brighter.
"Genji-sama's death is indeed related to Raikage!"
"Raikage has just proved this point in front of all of us!"
"The Scroll of Water Release Ninjutsu that Genji-sama practicing was deliberately given to him by Raikage after he reversed the content, causing Genji-sama's blood to reverse and die."
"But then again..."
"I don't think Raikage came here to kill Genji-sama!"
"Genji-sama's death in Raikage's plan should only be a coincidence. It could even be said to be an accident."
"If I'm not wrong..."
"The Raikage used water-release ninjutsu in front of Genji-sama, not to anger Genji-sama to death, but to show off his powerful fighting strength. He has already told us that the Scroll of Water Release Ninjutsu we rely on has no effect at all."
The Third Mizukage said a series of words that made everyone feel unbelievable. If he did not say these words, these people would never dare to think about it, and they would not dare to believe it.
But...
Now hearing these words.
It made them feel that it made a lot of sense.
It seemed that this was the case in the first place.
All of a sudden.
Everyone nodded.
Their thoughts were still following the Third Mizukage's train of thought.
No one raised any objections.
This scene was a scene that the Third Mizukage dreamed of. He didn't know how long it had been since he felt such a unique feeling.
There was no longer Genji!
This feeling was really too comfortable!
This was also why he did not react too strongly when Genji died in front of him. Raikage had done the best thing for him by accident.
"According to the above analysis..."
"Genji-sama was practicing the wrong Scroll of Water Release Ninjutsu. His death was already destined. It just happened that it happened just now."
"I didn't say that for Raikage."
"We should separate these two things when we judge this matter. This way, we won't be blinded by what happened and lose our judgment."
"In this way..."
"Assuming there is no Genji-sama appearance, there will be no Genji-sama's death."
"In that case, Raikage won't use the ninjutsu on Scroll of Water Release Ninjutsu, and he won't tell me about the Scroll of Water Release Ninjutsu. He will just use his Lightning Chakra Mode and come to Kirigakure alone to tell us about those threats just now."
"Here comes the question."
"Why did he do this?"
Third Mizukage was in a very good mood. It was precisely because of this good mood that his thoughts became incomparably fast and his thought process became abnormally smooth.
The Kirigakure ninjas at the scene followed Third Mizukage's thoughts and also thought of this topic. However, they still did not know what was going on.
"I understand."
After pondering for a moment, the Third Mizukage slowly nodded. His voice was not very loud, but it pulled everyone's attention back to him.
"When Raikage came here, he did not kill a single person. He only knocked out two people and was only showing off in front of us. However, he did not really fight. Do you know what this means?"
The Third Mizukage threw out another question.
However, he did not give the Kirigakure ninjas enough time to think.
Thus, he answered the question himself.
"The reason is very simple!"
"Raikage is not here to start a war!"
"He is here to seek peace!"
The moment the Third Mizukage said this, the Kirigakure ninjas on the scene immediately gasped and not daring to believe their ears.
They had all experienced what had just happened.
Was this conclusion that a normal person could come up with?
But...
They just couldn't find any problems.
After all, they had been following the Third Mizukage's line of thought. It seemed that this was all true.
But this thought really made them feel scared!
"Raikage doesn't want the war to continue!"
"Otherwise, he doesn't need to talk so much nonsense!"
"He can lead a ninja troop to launch a surprise attack on our Kirigakure!"
"With his strength, he will definitely set off a bloody storm when he has already come here!"
"But he didn't do so!"
"He only continued to flaunt his dominance using words. His mouth is very powerful and his body is very honest!"
"As for why he did this..."
"If I'm not wrong, the current Kumogakure is under a lot of pressure when facing Iwagakure. The battle between us and them involves too much of their energy, making them unable to concentrate on fighting as a result."
"Because of this reason."
"We just needed to attack Kumogakure more forcefully!"
The Third Mizukage's thoughts gradually came to a complete circle. He came to his own conclusion and found the most reasonable point in these judgments.
Of course.
He did not think that the Third Raikage was a fake one.
After all, the ninja world did not have such a powerful camouflage technique. Not only could it be disguised in appearance, but it could also be maintained while in Lightning Chakra Node.
It was impossible to do this!
"Right now, there are only two paths in front of us!"
"One is to fight to the end with Kumogakure!"
"The other is to negotiate with Kumogakure!"
"Then why should I choose to fight with Kumogakure?"
The Third Mizukage still used his unique way of asking questions, bringing the thoughts of the people around him into his train of thought.
"If we negotiate for peace, then there will be no more battles between us and Kumogakure. This way, we may benefit on the surface, but Kumogakure is really the biggest beneficiary. They can focus on fighting against Iwagakure, and all the sense of urgency will disappear."
"If we, Kirigakure, have not launched this war against Kumogakure and still have an alliance with Kumogakure, then there is no problem."
"But a damaged mirror cannot be fixed like before!"
"Once Kumogakure recovers for a period of time, they will use all their energy to deal with us, Kirigakure."
"When that time comes..."
"We, Kirigakure, will be passive!"
When the Third Mizukage said this, his tone paused. He knew that the people at the scene had already thought of this. Everyone knew what the consequences would be, so he did not continue to speak in this place.
"So..."
"There is only one way in front of us."
"That is to defeat Kumogakure!"
"Fight hard!"
"Bring out the reputation of our Kirigakure in one fell swoop!"
"Let our position in the Five Major Ninja Villages not appear so humble!"
The Third Mizukage used his way of thinking to straighten things out. After he explained everything, he found that this was really the case.
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"..."
The Kirigakure ninjas followed the Third Mizukage's line of thought. They all thought of this point. They also understood that the Third Raikage did not want to fight. Coming here looked majestic, but in fact, he was just fierce but weak. He did not dare to kill anyone easily, otherwise, it will start a war.
As for why he didn't say something soft.
From their point of view, they directly think that Raikage's character likes to pretend to be aggressive, and it was easy for them to find flaws if he speaks soft words, so he did such a contradictory thing just now.
Thinking of this...
The confidence of the Kirigakure ninjas became stronger.
The more afraid the other side was, the more excited they were. The more unyielding the other side was, the more they wanted to see the other side struggling under them.
This could stimulate the feeling of their most primitive conquest.
"Pass my order!"
The Third Mizukage immediately spoke. His tone was no longer gentle but revealed an unquestionable dignity. If not for the fact that he couldn't speak before, he wouldn't be willing to be a gentle Mizukage.
"Gather Kirigakure ninja army immediately in half an hour and launch an all-out attack on Kumogakure!"
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