Chapter 491: The Scythe of Judgment
"If this unreasonable demand, a punishment that overrides the will of all the Mist Ninjas, is forcefully written into the armistice agreement, then I don't see any sincerity on the part of Konoha.
With all due respect, we will never compromise and would rather be broken.
Now it seems that Konoha is indeed strong, and it is no longer comparable to the fog at this time, but judging from the current situation in the ninja world, no matter how strong Konoha is, there is no possibility of completely solving the fog hide...... With so many things in check, it is impossible for you to send a large number of troops to the land of water. β
Mizukage was well aware of the other three ninja villages' restraints on Konoha, and he thought that this general trend was something he could rely on.
"Mizukage-sama, this kind of emotional rhetoric shouldn't come from your mouth, I reminded you to stay sane.
Some things may be difficult for the senses to accept, but a certain fact is on the surface - with the current level of weakness of the fog, it is no longer qualified to continue to be tied with the other four ninja villages.
You do have a certain background, and you are by no means a small ninja village, so you feel that the request to deprive you of your title is unfair, but ...... The current fog is not small or big, and compared to the four great ninja villages, it is only '4+1' at best.
No strength, no status? How can it be.
As the first to invade the Land of Fire and lead to the outbreak of the Great Ninja War, Kigakure must be punished.
Konoha is in a bad condition, but now the fog is even worse, and if you want to terminate the negotiations and continue the war, I can only say...... Give it a try.
Let me remind you again, your enemies are not necessarily Konoha or Iwakure, Yunyin or the like, so you should really be naΓ―ve to think that they are allies...... When it's too weak, no one minds taking the opportunity to take a bite. β
In this kind of thing, Hanyu's attitude is rare to be so tough.
Fog Yin threatened to suspend negotiations? He didn't believe it at all, the six-tailed man pillar force was still in his hands.
Nuclear deterrence is deterrence before it is released, and it is not so terrifying after it is released, so it is indeed a wise move to leave him behind instead of directly killing the six-tailed human pillar force before.
"And I think we are tolerant enough, we don't advocate completely depriving the Fog Hidden and Mizukage of the title, this is respecting the tradition, heritage and glory of the Great Ninja Village, the period of everything is only ten years, after ten years, your strength has recovered, and you can naturally take back what belongs to you.
Even the constraints of the armistice agreement have the possibility of ending early, for example, in the next war, Konoha suffered a defeat that was even more serious than the fog, then you can immediately tear up this agreement, lose the ability to restrain substantively, and the so-called agreement is just a piece of waste paper. β
The Hyuga brothers, who accompanied Hanyu to negotiate, couldn't help but look sideways. Hanyu-sama really doesn't speak human words, is this how the big guys communicate in such a serious negotiation situation?
Of course, the fourth generation of Mizukage couldn't just flip the table like that, he was just bargaining.
Interestingly, the real and substantial economic and military punishments were quickly accepted by the Fog Hide, the tone had been set, and the next step was to negotiate a suitable figure.
But in terms of "false name", Wuyin is particularly stubborn...... Because the status of the five ninja villages and the name of the water shadow are not just false names.
The "five hooligans" can "do whatever they want", and the small ninja village can only be shrouded in the shadow of the big ninja village.
"The name of the Five Shadows was decided by the five ninja villages many years ago, and if Konoha asked Mizukage to 'disappear' because of a defeat...... I don't think that's something Konoha can decide on her own. β
The Five Shadows really have to be regarded as an "international title", they are the strongest group composed of the strongest ninjas, and those who have the name of "Shadow" must have both the strength of the ninja village and their own strength.
If there is a sixth village chief in the ninja world who wants to get the title of "Shadow", it is not theoretically impossible, but he must obtain the unanimous approval of the five major ninja villages.
Based on the same principle, if the Five Shadows kick people out, do they also have to follow the principle of "unanimous approval"?
Could it be that Mizukage still wants a "one-vote veto"?
"Then Mizukage-sama can win the opinions of the other three ninja villages, they naturally have the possibility of supporting you, but the important thing is still one point - the comprehensive ability of a village is the cornerstone of all status.
And we're not trying to make the water shadow disappear, we're just asking you to hide for a while, which is a reasonable punishment. β
During the Second Ninja War, the Fog was blown up once, and now that the Third Ninja War has just begun, the Fog Hide has been bombed again. This ninja village first lost a large number of manpower, and after a slight recovery, it ushered in a second loss, so in essence, the fog has been reduced to a second-rate.
It is possible that the strength of the fog will slowly recover after many years, but there is a problem in this, the fog that has lost the status of the five great ninja villages and the title of water shadow, will the other four ninja villages welcome and recognize them when they return?
The answer to this question can be referred to what happened to the Thousand Hands clan within Konoha.
"For the history of a ninja village, ten years is not a long time, but it is definitely not a short time...... We can take a step back, temporarily lose one of the Fog Hidden and Mizukage titles, and keep one of them, so that I can suppress the opinions of all the Fog Hidden Ninjas. β
Hanyu just smiled at this statement that both sides took a step back, and then said:
"Doesn't that sound good......
But I refused.
Mizukage-sama, do you think we're making this request to bargain with you? β
Who is confused here, the fog is the water shadow, the water shadow is the fog shadow, and retaining one of them is equivalent to preserving the political status of this ninja village - the political imagery of the fog and the water shadow is one and the same, and they are unified.
In the negotiation between Hanyu and Mizukage, he is the strong side, so even if this negotiation is very difficult, there will always be one side that will give in, and the one who gives in will only be the weak side.
After the death of the third generation of Mizukage and the ascension of the fourth generation of Mizukage, the ambitions, expectations, determinations, and even all the pursuits of the fog were poured out in this war, so with the defeat of the war, all this has been shattered.
In fact, the four generations of Mizukage did not expect the worst outcome in their hearts, there is always the possibility of defeat in the war, but what he didn't expect was that the defeat came so quickly, and the consequences that the fog would have to bear were so serious...... Everything was much worse than the worst Mizukage had imagined.
The most wrong thing about the war's estimation in advance is that in terms of Hanyu's strength, a ninja who can change the direction of the war by himself has not appeared for more than 30 years.
If Hanyu had been in his heyday more than 30 years ago, he would not have been able to do what he is now, but he is afraid of comparison...... In the era of the pillars, the strength of a person whose status can be on a par with him can also be imagined.
When the war began, and Kirigakure quickly defeated the Konoha Front and defeated Shimura Danzo, the four generations of Mizukage thought that they would soon get close to the goal they had set, but then Kirikure collapsed...... The turning point of victory and defeat was so abrupt that at this time, Yakura actually had a sense of vanity that Nan Ke had a dream.
But reality is reality because sometimes it's so cruel that you want to run away from it.
While Hanyu was negotiating with Mizukage, some of the Mist Ninjas and Konoha Ninjas were allowed to move freely, and the Mist Ninjas entered the Mist to tidy up the ruins, while Konoha began to collect the remains of the war dead.
The seven hundred Konoha ninjas who followed Hanyu to attack the land of water, after the end of this battle, there were only five hundred left...... In terms of friend and foe, such losses are actually not much.
Because of the initial defeat, Konoha lost half of the eastern front, so Hanyu had to lead the rest of the people to attack the land of water, and because of the subsequent loss of the Konoha brigade in the country of water, Hanyu would be obsessed with the punishment of the fog - in a word, this was not Hanyu's war alone, and the result of the war was the common reputation of everyone.
After collecting the bodies of the war dead, in order to slightly weaken the pertinence of both sides, Hanyu left the Fog Hidden ...... with the Konoha ninjas In order to ensure the fairness of the appearance, Mizukage led the same number of mist ninjas to follow Konoha to act together.
Next, the venue for the negotiation was changed to the Daimyo Castle of the Land of Water.
Compared to the fog, it is more political to start negotiations in the Daimyo City.