Inside the tent:
"Teacher, why did you agree to Senju Tobirama last night? Aren't you violating the alliance?"
Ōnoki looked puzzled.
"There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests."
Mu replied indifferently.
"Ah, so your outward friendliness was all fake?"
Ōnoki asked with wide eyes.
"Hmm… emm…."
Mu sighed slightly, then said, "This Ninja World is like that. Although we've fought side by side, behind the scenes, it's all for our respective Villages. Once the common enemy is gone, the honeymoon between us also ends."
"Ah! But I'm a Guiteng-Wu shipper! I ship you two so hard!"
Ōnoki wailed, his face full of regret.
Mu froze: "What did you say?"
"What strange thing is a Guiteng-Wu shipper?"
Ōnoki reacted, quickly covering his mouth: "N-nothing!"
Mu's face darkened, and he immediately understood.
"Shipping everything will only harm you!!"
"I almost died at that guy's hands before!!"
"And you're still shipping us?!"
"What if I ship you and Danzo Shimura? Would you like that?!"
Mu rubbed Ōnoki's head hard.
"Teacher, who is Danzo Shimura?"
"Oh, Teacher! Now the entire Ninja World Allied Forces are shipping you two! As the saying goes, 'hitting is loving, scolding is caring'…" Ōnoki said with a mischievous grin.
"Alright, alright, hitting is loving, scolding is caring, is it? Then these injuries on me, do you want them?"
Mu said, tapping Ōnoki's forehead.
Ōnoki looked at the bandages on Mu and imagined himself covered in bandages in the future…
Eek!
Forget it.
Just then, Mu sensed Hōzuki Gengetsu and the others rushing towards them.
Mu raised an eyebrow, then looked at Ōnoki: "You should step aside for a moment, someone's coming."
Ōnoki nodded obediently, then quickly went behind the screen and sat down.
Soon,
Hōzuki Gengetsu led Shamon and Second Raikage in.
All three were surprised by Iwagakure's sudden decision to abandon the attack on Konoha.
"Wu, I don't understand. Why did Iwagakure withdraw its troops? Victory was within reach. Wouldn't it have been better for us to push in?"
Hōzuki Gengetsu sat on the table, looking puzzled.
"Yes, Konoha is clearly a house about to collapse right now. As long as I give it a kick, it will crumble!"
Second Raikage said arrogantly.
"Yes, yes!"
Shamon also nodded.
Mu just calmly drank water and shook his head.
"If you want to fight, then you fight. If you conquer it, then Konoha will be divided by you. We, Iwagakure, will not participate."
"We, Iwagakure, need to go back and digest our war gains."
Mu's meaning was clear.
If you want to fight, go ahead, I'm not participating, and the profits will be yours to divide, it has nothing to do with me.
Hearing that Iwagakure would not participate in the final division of Konoha,
A hint of secret joy and doubt flashed in their eyes.
One less Village meant their Villages could gain more benefits. How wonderful!
Mu slightly narrowed his eyes, looking at them, saying nothing.
"In that case, we shall part ways here."
"Our cooperation with you was great. I hope we can maintain peace and avoid war!"
Second Raikage stepped forward, shaking Mu's hand seriously.
Shamon also stepped forward and shook his hand: "Wu, take care!"
Mu looked at the two sincere people, slightly stunned.
He could only lament the terrible relationships in the Ninja World. If there were no wars or various conflicts of interest involved, he might have become good friends with them.
"You two also take care. After the Ninja War, what are your plans?"
Mu asked.
"Me… After finishing Konoha, I'll go back south, see you in the south. I'm planning to plant pole beans in Sunagakure and set up bean poles."
Shamon said.
"You can grow pole beans in the desert?"
Second Raikage's eyes widened.
"Then I absolutely have to come over and kick down your bean poles!"
Hōzuki Gengetsu said with a mischievous tone.
"I hope the next time we meet, it's as the Kages of our respective Villages!" Mu said seriously.
Smiles appeared on their faces.
After this battle,
When they returned to their Villages, they would all be the undisputed Kages of their respective Villages!
"Take care! After I destroy Konoha, I'll also hurry back."
Second Raikage said.
"From now on, it'll just be our Four Great Shinobi Villages in the Ninja World. We must get along well!"
Shamon also nodded.
Mu couldn't help but smile wryly at their words.
These two truly believed that destroying Konoha was a sure thing.
Then Shamon and Second Raikage left.
Only Hōzuki Gengetsu remained.
Hōzuki Gengetsu quietly gazed at Mu, a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
"Hey! Wu, you fellow, you didn't make some deal with Senju Tobirama, did you?"
Hōzuki Gengetsu said, stroking his chin.
Although he wasn't sure, he always felt that this friend, who was both an enemy and an ally, had something else on his mind.
Mu's eyes widened!
"What kind of talk is that!?"
"We are an unbreakable alliance! How could we do such a thing behind everyone's backs!?"
Mu said with a serious face.
"Oh?"
Hōzuki Gengetsu slightly narrowed his eyes.
"If I'm lying to you, may my mother die!"
Mu directly patted his chest and said.
"Oh~"
Hōzuki Gengetsu nodded, half-believing.
Since the other party had made such a harsh vow,
It seemed he had no choice but to believe it now!
After Hōzuki Gengetsu left,
Ōnoki slowly walked out.
"Teacher, I remember you were an orphan, weren't you?"
Ōnoki said, his face a bit hard to keep straight.
"That's why I dared to make such a vow."
Mu slowly took a sip of tea and said.
Astonishment flashed in Ōnoki's eyes.
For the younger Ōnoki,
Mu's methods were too unethical…
The Ninja World is too deep, I want to go back to the countryside!
"I never thought that the First Ninja World War would end in just half a month…"
Ōnoki said with a sigh.
"It's not short."
Mu took a sip of water.
He remembered that the Fourth Ninja World War only lasted four days.
....
Late at night, Mu received the Ninjutsu scroll sent by Senju Tobirama.
After confirming its authenticity, Mu put it away.
At the same time, he also received terrible news.
"Shodai(1st)-sama is sick?"
Mu slightly focused his gaze on the Iwagakure Anbu.
"Yes, Mu, ever since Shodai(1st)-sama returned from that war, he started having diarrhea and various other adverse symptoms."
The Iwagakure Anbu replied respectfully.
"Did the doctors diagnose the cause?"
Mu slightly raised an eyebrow.
"It seems it was a food mold infection that caused Shodai(1st)-sama's old injuries to relapse…"
The Iwagakure Anbu replied.
"Alright, I'm going back immediately!"
Mu said indifferently.
After the Iwagakure Anbu left,
Mu walked alone under the Gekko.
Mu slowly closed his eyes.
Old Man Ishikawa seems to be nearing the end of his life…
Am I going to succeed him so soon?
From now on, he would be the true power holder of Iwagakure.
Mu flew to the summit of Kikyo Mountain. From here, he could almost see the edge of Konoha in the distance.
Suddenly, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
"It's already snowing in Konoha, so it should be snowing in Iwagakure soon too…"
Mu slowly raised his hand, watching the snowflakes melt in his palm.
....
After Mu withdrew his troops,
Hōzuki Gengetsu also chose to withdraw his troops.
His reason was that he felt Hidden Mist's logistics couldn't keep up, and even if they occupied the central part of the Land of Fire, they wouldn't be able to gain actual control. Additionally, Hidden Mist's base was primarily on an island, so it was best to quit while they were ahead.
Meanwhile, Sunagakure and Kumogakure continued to wage war on Konoha.
They urgently needed Konoha's Bloodline Limits to strengthen their Villages.
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