Chapter 353: Exhortation and Surrender
After taking one last deep look at Zerotail's embryo, Rope Tree pressed his curiosity and instead of immediately trying to activate it, he re-pulled the handle back on, closing the hole under his feet.
Now is not the time to satisfy your curiosity, and there is still some finishing touches to be done on this war.
Rope Tree glanced at the high-ranking officials of the Sky Country who had collapsed at the edge of the main hall, including Shennong, who was suspected to be the emperor's son, all of whom gave up the struggle and stayed quietly on the floor as if they were dead corpses.
Under the Rope Tree's perceptual secret technique, the inner emotions of these people could not be hidden, and a small number of them were indeed unconscious because of the battle just now, and some of the others were completely desperate for the status quo of the Empty Country, and some simply pretended to be dead because they were afraid.
Of course, there are also many loyal and righteous people who are full of hatred for the rope tree, but because of a certain hope, they suppress the killing intent and stay quietly in place like the others, avoiding attracting the attention of the rope tree.
Especially the future villain Shennong, who should have been able to escape this catastrophe, had the strongest hatred in his heart at this time, but he endured it alive, at least on the surface, it looked calm. It is worthy of leading the remnants of empty forbearance in the original book, and he is the villain who has endured for more than 30 years.
In short, the hearts of these high-level people are full of dark emotions, and it is no wonder that the Emperor of the Sky Country would take a risk just now, and among these people, maybe he can really find a sacrifice that activates the Zero Tail.
Just as the rope tree wanted to wake up these "corpses" who were pretending to be dead, a sound of neat footsteps came from outside the hall.
It turned out that White Fang led a group of shadows to hurry over, just like the police who are always late in film and television works, and they will not show up until everything is over.
Glancing at the "corpses" lying on the ground in the main hall, as well as the rope tree standing by the stone pillar, all the dark parts have already judged the general situation.
Although he is very confident in the strength of the rope tree, as a subordinate, he can't help but worry about the commander who will go into battle in person.
White Fang breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but cautiously ask, "Minister Rope Tree, are you okay?"
As the predecessor and subordinate of the rope tree, Bai Fang, who is also a shadow-level powerhouse, does not need to call him an adult, nor can he call him by his name, so at the suggestion of the rope tree, he is commensurate with his position to show respect, and this habit White Fang has not changed for a while.
In fact, according to the rules, he should be called "Commander of the Rope Tree" or "Lord Commander-in-Chief" like other high-ranking members of the ninja army.
However, Rope Tree himself didn't mind much about this, this special name can show the difference in the relationship between the two, Rope Tree smiled and nodded in response: "Captain White Fang, don't worry, although the enemy's strength is slightly higher than estimated, but it is no problem for me at all." Oh, the Emperor of the Empty Land has been slain by me! This is also a king-to-king showdown! ”
Rope tree pointed to the dry corpse on the ground and said that his feelings for the legendary popular character of White Fang have always been special, and as a master of the same level, he also intends to compare with it, but so far, he still has some confusion about the strength of the other party. Except for the three generations of old men and the three ninjas and others, White Fang is the only existence that can get along with him on an equal footing, so he speaks more casually in front of him.
Looking at the high-spirited genius boy in front of him, Bai Fang couldn't help but be a little worried in his heart, he was worried that this talented genius ninja would be arrogant because of the more and more aura and achievements on his body, and there would be an accident.
So as a senior, he couldn't help but advise: "Minister Rope Tree, as the "jade" on the chessboard, although it is the strongest existence, it is also the biggest weakness, once you are caught and killed, you will lose the whole game.
As the commander-in-chief of the whole army, it is the safest choice to hand over this battle to me and other dark departments to execute, at least to keep a certain amount of manpower around in case of contingencies, rather than risking breaking away from the large army alone and opening up another battlefield. ”
As a shadow-level powerhouse with seniority older than Sannin, White Fang is indeed qualified to advise Rope Tree, and the dark department present also feels that his minister's behavior is inappropriate, so even Jinjiu, Balang and other henchmen did not say anything to stop it, but just watched silently from the sidelines. This is already a change of direction.
When Rope Tree heard the words of the White Fang, he also knew that he had recently gained a lot of confidence in himself because he had obtained Kaleidoscope, Reincarnation Eye, Nine-Tails and other powers, so he behaved a little too much.
Maybe this is the common disease of the strong, who has mastered the great power of the superior who can resist the desire to fight and obediently stay in the rear? Therefore, the cases of the fall of the strong in the ninja world will continue to happen, and even the shadows of the major ninja villages will inevitably die, and few will die.
Although what White Fang said made sense, Rope still felt that his hole cards were enough to deal with all situations, and he smiled a little embarrassedly: "With the Flying Thunder God Technique, I can get out of battle at any time, so there is no need to worry about my safety." ”
White Fang shook his head and said: "More than ten years ago, the strength of the first and second Hokage surpassed the ninja world, but the unexpected fall of the two adults caused huge losses to Konoha, these tragedies are still vivid, I hope Minister Rope Tree can take warning!" ”
The example given by White Fang made Rope Tree a little speechless for a while, these two were his ancestors, and even now he didn't dare to say that his strength could surpass any of them, so he could only nod and accept White Fang's advice: "What the White Fang Team Leader said is extremely true, I will definitely pay more attention to my life in the future to ensure my safety!"
It's just that the war is important now, and it's not too late to talk about these things in the future, so what is the situation of the war on the ground now?"
Seeing that the rope tree changed the topic, Bai Fang did not dwell on the problem, and quickly entered his role, and replied in a serious tone: "Two seven hundred and eighty-four empty ninjas in the imperial city were captured, one hundred and thirty-eight were executed on the spot for attempting to resist, and all the empty ninjas have been caught and none of them have fled!" We didn't suffer any casualties! All the captives have been placed in their cells. ”
Hearing this, Rope Tree nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, I Konoha has won this battle, and the next thing is to deal with the aftermath." ”
Rope Tree looked down at the "corpses" on the ground and then said, "Your Highness Shennong, and all the adults, you have also heard it. Now that the Empty Country is gone, do you choose to surrender to us Konoha on behalf of the Empty Country, or do you want to be martyred for your Majesty?"
"Surrender! I represent... The Land of the Void...... Surrender unconditionally to the wooden shout! Shennong suppressed the hatred in his heart, and reluctantly raised his head and said with difficulty to the rope tree. He knew that there was no point in continuing to hold on now, and that there was only hope if he saved his life.
After hearing about Shennong's decision, other high-level officials naturally had no need to insist on it anymore, and they surrendered one after another.
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