After both sides of Sunagakure and Konoha retreated their troops, time passed slowly. It was now sunset, and the afterglow of the setting sun spread down, seeming to bring a strong blood color to the whole world.
The Ishikawa Hill area should probably be called the original Ishikawa Hill area at this time. The reason why it is called so is because the landform here has undergone very complete changes, and it can no longer be seen as it was before the war started.
The ground seemed to have been extremely severely damaged, with pits hundreds of meters wide spread across various areas within a few kilometers, forming extremely awkward basins.
Even on a relatively flat ground, there are countless cracks on the surface, which looks extremely ferocious. It seems that you can see the bottomless abyss below. The overall feeling is as if you have experienced a major earthquake of magnitude 10 or above.
All the hills were flattened, all the weeds disappeared without a trace, and the traces caused by various ninjutsus covered the end of the field of vision. What was left was the endless uneven rock formations, almost as far as the eye could see.
On a towering cliff far away from the original Ishikawa Hill area, a tall figure wearing a black cloak stood silently. Looking at his movements, he seemed to be looking at the vast battlefield in the distance.
The dusk light shone over, and strands of light yellow hair slowly drifted behind the head. The palm holding the sickle was unconsciously clenched, and a haze appeared in the eyes.
The next second, a deep voice slowly came from the mouth covered by the respirator:
"Is this right here?"
The violently turbulent inner emotions were reflected on his face, which looked slightly pale.
Sanshouyu Hanzo stared at the fragmented battlefield motionlessly, and asked his questions to the people behind him without looking back.
Although, he already had the answer in his mind.
"That's right."
The old tone came, and Monzaemon, who was wearing a white robe, took a step forward, turned his head slightly, looked at Hanzo with a gloomy look, and then continued:
"Hanzo, you have violated the alliance agreement with Sunagakure, I think you should know..."
"Our agreement does not include this war."
Before Monzaemon could finish speaking, Hanzo interrupted him very rudely. Then, he still did not look at the other party, but thought to himself:
"Although... I did help you Sunagakure with some things some time ago, I have never been your subordinate. On this point, I hope you can bring a message to..."
As if he suddenly realized something, Hanzo finally turned his head and glanced at Monzaemon, with a trace of undetectable sarcasm flashing in his eyes, but he still maintained the tone of Furui Muha:
"Oh, I almost forgot to ask..."
"Who is in charge of your Sunagakure Village now?"
Monzaemon's face froze and he clenched his fists subconsciously, but the seventy-year-old man's self-cultivation finally prevailed at this moment. He did not do anything after all, but replied calmly:
"I, Chiyo, and Rasa, the current village consists of three of us forming a decision-making group, temporarily exercising the power of the Kazekage until the next generation of Kazekage is elected."
"Hanzo, if you have anything to say, just tell me."
"Of course, if you feel that I am not qualified enough, then next time, I can... invite the other two members of the decision-making team and the wind erosion consultant to come over and talk to you together."
Both sides spoke in extremely calm tones, and their tone of voice appeared to be very harmonious, but anyone present now could clearly detect the smell of gunpowder permeating the conversation between Hanzo and Monzaemon.
"oh……"
He whispered again, the slightly elongated and slightly rising tone of his voice unintentionally revealed Hanzo's inner emotions at the moment, which seemed to be...disapproval?
Noticing that Monzaemon's face was getting livid, Hanzo sneered in his heart. However, at that moment, he also knew that he should not irritate the other party too much, so he simply went straight to the point:
"Monzaemon, after such a huge defeat, I don't think you, Sunagakure, are qualified to negotiate terms with me. The batch of gold you promised before..."
He stared at Monzaemon coldly with his eyes, as if he was going to take action as long as he said "no". Hanzo paused for a moment and finished speaking word by word:
"I hope you can send it to Yuyin Village within a month."
"Otherwise, I will form an alliance with Konoha. I think Konoha will be happy to take this opportunity to completely eliminate you bunch of troublemakers."
Hanzo's tone was very harsh, almost threatening, even though Monzaemon wanted to yell at him for being shameless.
But at this time, Sunagakure's strength has really fallen to the bottom. He really can no longer withstand any storms, and it is not appropriate to continue to provoke powerful enemies.
Therefore, suppressing his anger, Monzaemon gritted his teeth and tried to maintain a calm tone, trying to bargain: "Hanzo, judging from your previous contributions, it seems that you can't earn that much remuneration, right?"
"Just attacking Konoha's supply lines a few times, do you think this kind of thing is worth a billion taels of gold?"
Hearing the figure "one billion taels" and thinking of the value of the gold that was robbed by Lei Luo, Hanzo felt a dull pain in his heart. He frowned and asked:
"Going deep into the heart of the Fire Country and traveling thousands of miles, why is it not worth the price?"
"Don't forget how much risk I took for this."
"As long as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Lei Luo are dispatched at the same time to block my retreat, even I don't think I have the slightest chance of surviving."
Hanzo said with great assurance, and a hint of fear appeared on his face at the right time, but this only attracted a series of sneers from Monzaemon: "Sarutobi Hiruzen and Lei Luo are dispatched at the same time, do you think this is possible?"
"Let's not mention that one of them is the Hokage and the other is the commander of one side, let's talk about their relationship..."
Giving Hanzo a fierce look, Monzaemon snorted:
"Hanzo, no one is a fool. I advise you to put away your greedy face as soon as possible to avoid an ugly death in the future."
"Now the situation in the ninja world is gradually becoming clearer. After the ninja war is over, there will definitely be a battle between the two factions of Konoha. Instead of arguing with us, Sunagakure, here, you might as well take this opportunity to go to the Land of Fire to make a fortune.
"
Automatically ignoring the sarcasm in front of Monzaemon, Hanzo focused on the other person's last sentence, frowning and thinking for a while.
The Fire Nation's resources are naturally extremely abundant, and after the conflict between Konoha's doves and hawks broke out, they obviously had no time to care about other things, so it seems that this matter is going to happen?
However, perhaps sensing that Monzaemon's suggestion seemed somewhat malicious, Hanzo did not rush to give a reply, but softened his expression:
"Your proposal seems good, but I still need to go back and think about it carefully."
"Let's do this, three hundred million." He stretched out his palm and pointed his open fingers at Monzaemon. Hanzo said in a slightly more sincere manner than before:
"It's not easy for you Sunagakure now. Besides, we are all allies after all. As long as you are willing to pay these 300 million taels of gold, the friendship between Yugakure and Sunagakure will last forever."
Sensing Hanzo's expression at this moment, which seemed to be a little moved by his previous proposal, Monzaemon thought for a while and replied with a fake sigh:
"This one billion taels of gold was supposed to be your reward for participating in this war and helping us defeat Konoha. The attack on the supply line was essentially just an added bonus."
"But Hanzo, since you have talked to this extent, then 300 million will be 300 million. As you said, Amegakure's friendship is indeed very important to us Sunagakure now."