"Your Majesty, Daimyo, I will stick to Iwagakure's position. The employment relationship agreement signed by the first Tsuchikage and the Earth Country more than forty years ago will not change no matter how much time passes."
"I, Onoki, am not a treacherous villain like Lei Luo, and Iwagakure is not a village like Konoha that has lost its ninja tradition."
"The will of stone passed down to me by the first generation of adults. I have kept it in mind for so many years. Stone means perseverance and unshakable, and it also means - keeping your promise and following you to the death!"
"As long as the Kingdom of Earth lives up to Iwagakure, and you, Lord Daimyo, live up to Iwagakure, then I will always be on your side. No matter how the outside world changes, it will not affect us Iwagakure!"
In the capital of the Kingdom of Earth, deep in the Daming Mansion, in a certain study.
The Daimyo of Earth Country looked across the desk at the man who suddenly stood up - the short old man with serious eyes and a flushed face. Listening to the other person's decisive words, he nodded slowly.
Immediately, he raised his hand and pressed it, signaling the elderly Tsuchikage not to get excited and to sit down and talk slowly if he had anything to say.
Seeing Onoki sitting down again with some indignation, the Daimyo of Earth Country breathed a sigh of relief, but showed a slightly teasing smile on his face.
Just listen to him say:
"Lord Tsuchikage, I naturally believe in Iwagakure's position. It's just that what happened in the Land of Fire has had a great impact on our Daimyo family. Some elders are stupid and force me to talk to you. Isn't this the same for me?
Is there no way?"
First, he decisively threw the blame to the family elders, indicating that he had no intention of distrusting the Tsuchikage. Noticing that Onoki's expression softened slightly, the Daimyo of the Earth Country thought for a while, then quietly changed the subject and said:
"How are the preparations for the war with Konoha going?"
Hearing the daimyo's tone became more serious, Onoki quickly adjusted his mentality, calmed down, and replied with a serious look on his face:
"Since the end of the last war, Iwagakure has been making preparations. As of today, the village already has 205 jounin and chunin..."
Silently listening to Ohnoki's report on Iwagakure's development in recent years, to be honest, the daimyo was not interested in these things at all, but he still listened patiently, and his behavior was different from any previous meeting.
What is affecting him? What is affecting his attitude towards Tsuchikage? The answer seems self-evident.
"Are you sure you can defeat Konoha?"
After Onoki finished speaking, the daimyo did not make any comments on Iwagakure's combat prowess. He just asked him what he was interested in, his eyes full of expectation.
Sensing the look in the daimyo's eyes, Onoki instinctively wanted to say that he could, just like the last ninja war, to bring confidence to his sponsor, but when the words came to his mouth, after hesitation, he still lowered his head and whispered:
"Not sure."
Rairo, who can defeat Uchiha Madara head-on, is not something that any Iwa ninja is qualified to contend with. Even he, the Tsuchikage, is no exception.
Moreover, for such a powerful person, it would be meaningless to rely solely on numbers to siege him.
As one of the few ninjas in the ninja world who can fly, Onoki knows very well how difficult Lei Luo is, who can also fly and may be faster than him.
What's more, the time ninjutsu...
What a dangerous ability...
Even for a guy like Uchiha Madara, he will only die if he is approached. Even Ohnoki has been practicing continuously in the past few years, and his strength has also improved a lot, but he still defeated Lei even a little bit.
Luo had no confidence at all.
As soon as the war breaks out, Lei Luo lets go and kills...
Then Iwagakure's defeat may be just a matter of time.
As long as an ordinary strong person can grasp the information and analyze the characteristics of his abilities, then with Ying's strength, he will not be helpless no matter what.
Corello...
The more information you learn about this guy, the more desperate you become. Long-range attacks can severely damage the Kyuubi in an instant, and you can shoot air cannons that are tens or hundreds of meters long and wide with your bare hands. The flying speed is at least Mach 10 or above.
The body stops for a moment, and then the neck is slaughtered. Such a monster...
Is it really something humans can handle?
The daimyo was keenly aware of the dejected look in Onoki's eyes. The Tsuchikage, who was always getting stronger and stronger, seemed to have really reached his twilight years when he could no longer hold a sword. This made him...
He snorted fiercely and couldn't help but mocked:
"Why, Two Scales Ohnoki, where is the will of stone you just advocated? No matter how strong Lei Luo is, isn't he still a human being?"
"As long as you are a human, you must have weaknesses. If your hard power is not enough, you need to use your brains to make up for it. I don't believe that we can't defeat a mere rebel with all the strength of our country!"
"The power of an earth-popping country?" In an instant, Ohnoki was shocked when he heard the words coming out of the daimyo's mouth. He subconsciously opened his eyes wide and stared blankly at the gloomy daimyo.
Then, Tsuchikage heard words that almost made him unbelievable:
"In this war, the Kingdom of Earth will definitely win even if it kills every last one of its citizens!"
"If we don't have supplies, we'll impose taxes or go to neighboring small countries to rob them. If we don't have manpower, we'll use all the funds in the Daiming's treasury to recruit mercenaries from the entire ninja world!"
"If our combat strength is not sufficient, we will unite all the ninja villages of Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Clouds, Rain, Hidden Rain, Hidden Grass, Takigakure and send troops together!"
"Konoha must be destroyed, Lei Luo must die. This war belongs to both ninjas and ordinary people. There is no failure, no surrender, and no one can survive alone! This is a real world war!"
After yelling the above declaration at the top of his lungs, the daimyo lowered his head panting, with a look of madness in his eyes. Seeing Ohnoki stunned and stunned, he slowly exhaled a long breath, his tone gradually turned calm, and said the last sentence
:
"I will negotiate with the Daimyos of the Land of Thunder and the Daimyos of other countries, the Konoha Kumogakure Alliance? Haha, there will only be Konoha, which is like an island, and... the world alliance."
The changes in the Country of Fire, the new daimyo who was completely transformed into a puppet, the formation of Congress, the introduction of the electoral system...
One after another, these incidents kept stimulating the nerves of the Daimyo of Earth Country, causing him to finally explode in front of the Tsuchikage at this moment.
He openly attacked the daimyo, supported the puppet daimyo, took over the country's power, changed the administrative legislation, and even let a group of untouchables vote to decide on the new ruler...
What the Fourth Hokage did seriously violated the bottom line of the ruling class of the old society. It could be said that he trampled the face of the nobles under his feet, crushed them back and forth wantonly, and even spat on them in the end.
This is no longer a matter of the ninja world. As the Daimyo of Earth Kingdom said, this is a matter of the entire old society and the new society. Ninjas are just one part of it. Daimyos, nobles, officials, businessmen, generals, soldiers, civilians...
No one can survive alone!
Lei Luo brought democracy and freedom to the Fire Country, and the people of the Fire Country were happy for this, but the name of the Earth Country neither cared about the people nor the development of the country.
The electoral system and constitutional monarchy of the Land of Fire is like an extremely ferocious virus. It is something that can really shake the foundation of the daimyo's rule. The daimyo of the Earth Country does not want this virus to spread to his country.