Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

"Okay, we should go to rest."

"Speaking of which, Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade are really slow in coming..."

Yuina pulled the still timid Ito Toru out of the central tent and returned to their rest area.

Under the moonlight, Minato Namikaze and Kushina, who were snuggling together, witnessed this scene from a high place and both smiled.

"Good night."

Day two.

"Ha~~~"

Toru Ito got up listlessly with two big dark circles under his eyes.

Before him, Yuina had already gone out full of energy.

"What is this all about..."

Ito Toru muttered to himself, fumbled for his toothbrush, washed up, and then forced himself to walk out of the tent door.

"Morning, Ito-kun."

Minato Namikaze walked towards him with a look of fatigue on his face.

"Morning to you too, Minato-kun."

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, which said it all.

"Jiraiya-sensei and Tsunade-sama asked me to come find you."

"Ah, are they finally here?"

"He arrived at midnight yesterday and said he wanted to discuss the follow-up arrangements."

"Okay, let's go together."

As Ito Toru said this, he couldn't help but yawn again.

After fighting non-stop last night, even he felt a little tired.

It didn't take long before the two of them arrived at the central tent together.

Walking into the tent, Tsunade and Jiraiya were standing on either side of the table.

There was a map on the table. Ito Toru took a look and saw that many places on it were ticked, indicating that the strategic goal had been achieved.

At present, all the lands and fortresses in Konoha have been recovered.

The symbols of Kirigakure and Kumogakure were isolated.

Looks like good news.

"Are you here?"

Jiraiya looked at the two with a smile: "I have heard about what happened yesterday. I didn't expect that you could actually fight against the Mizukage. It's really amazing..."

There was relief in his eyes.

"In this case, the situation is almost settled!"

"But... there has been no news from Kirigakure yet, which is a bit strange."

Hearing this, Toru Ito and Minato Namikaze looked at each other again.

It would be strange if the news came so quickly!

I don't know if Yagura, who was knocked unconscious, is awake now...

The Mist Camp on the other side was unusually quiet, so quiet that it was suffocating.

This silence is not peaceful and tranquil, but is filled with a heavy and depressing atmosphere.

Even birds flying in the sky will deliberately avoid this area.

rustle……

The Mist Ninjas in the camp were still patrolling in an orderly manner as usual.

However, when patrolling, many people would unconsciously look towards the tent in the middle of the camp, with deep worry and concern in their eyes.

"Is Lord Mizukage really okay?" A Mist Ninja asked cautiously in a low voice.

"He should be fine...but he looks really worrying."

Another Mist Ninja looked around and saw no one else, so he responded softly, "He hasn't shown up for a long time since he came back from attacking the Konoha camp alone last time."

"Something's not right..."

The third Mist Ninja frowned and speculated in a worried tone: "Could it be that he was injured and that's why he can't show up?"

"If this continues, the war will be impossible to fight..."

"Yeah yeah."

"We were the ones who backstabbed Konoha in the first place, and we don't know how much compensation agreement we have to sign."

The Mist Ninjas are all quite pessimistic.

Especially when people gather together to discuss things like this, a gloomy atmosphere slowly spreads.

Just as their discussions were getting louder and louder.

"What are you talking about?"

Suddenly a light voice was heard.

The sound was very plain, but it was like a poisonous snake suddenly swimming through the quiet water, startling everyone!

Some people turned their heads in horror, only to see a Kirigakure ANBU wearing a mask with strange patterns standing beside them, staring at them with cold eyes.

In an instant, many people were frightened to the point of breaking out in cold sweats. They were forced into silence and dared not speak anymore.

"Why aren't you talking? Weren't you talking happily just now?"

There was a scarlet light flashing in the eyes of the Kirigakure Anbu.

"You actually talked nonsense about Mizukage-sama behind his back. If I wasn't short of manpower right now, I could have killed you all, you know?"

The Mist Hidden Ones didn't dare to say a word and could only lower their heads and accept the scolding in silence.

But anger was rising in my heart: You just put on airs in front of your own people. When Lord Mizukage went to fight alone, you were not there to help.

I really hope the Konoha ninja can deal with you sooner!

Of course, these words could not be said to their faces, otherwise the brutal Kirigakure Anbu might really wipe them out.

Although brutal, the opponent's strength was indeed above theirs.

So they could only swallow their anger.

"Hmph! A bunch of trash."

Seeing their cowardly appearance, the Kirigakure Anbu also felt uninterested.

"Behave yourself and do your patrol! If I catch you gossiping again, I'll pick two of you at random and kill them!"

"Did you hear that?"

"heard it……"

"get out!"

The quarrel outside became louder and louder, as if it was about to break through the tent, and naturally it also reached the tent.

"Lord Mizukage, you should have heard it. People in the camp have been in a panic recently. It's not a good idea for you to hide away like this." Qing looked anxiously at Yagura who wrapped himself tightly in front of him, and persuaded him earnestly.

"..."

Got no response.

"At least...can you get out of the quilt first?" Qing sighed helplessly and continued to persuade.

In front of him was Yagura, who had wrapped his body tightly in the quilt.

At this moment, Yagura had a dull expression and lifeless eyes, completely losing his previous vigor and confidence.

He curled up in his bed like a child who didn't want to face reality.

"There's no way to fight."

Yagura was very discouraged.

"If a small captain of Konoha is so difficult to deal with, I don't know how strong the other characters are!"

"I really don't know how to fight this battle."

"But at least we have to prepare some bargaining chips for the peace talks."

Qing was like a housekeeper, analyzing the situation carefully at the side.

"Otherwise, if we just negotiate directly, it will be no different from surrendering."

"Don't have to feel too much psychological pressure. Didn't the Sand Village surrender? The Rock Village also negotiated with Konoha."

"They lost even more miserably than we did."

After hearing these words of comfort, some color returned to Yagura's face.

"really?"

"real!"

Qing nodded seriously: "And we, the Kirigakure Anbu, will continue to support you as always!"

"That's good... Where's Mei Terumi?"

"She is on guard duty at the outermost edge to prevent Konoha from attacking."

"...That's it."

Yagura breathed a sigh of relief.