A gambler who ends up with nothing in gambling can only gamble his life with others.

As an old man who has existed since the Warring States Period, Ohnoki deeply understands that this is not the Warring States Period, but his only bottom line is that he will not expect mercy from his enemies.

He once thought that a peaceful world would be born.

However, decades ago, when he accompanied his teacher, the Second Tsuchikage, to negotiate in Konoha and was beaten to the ground by Uchiha Madara, he deeply understood a truth.

The weak will be bullied by the strong.

The strong will not negotiate with the weak. The strong only needs the submission of the weak, while the weak can only survive.

Only by becoming the strongest person can you not be bullied by others.

Therefore, Onoki will not expect mercy and mercy from the Kingdom of Ghosts, nor will he put the hope of regaining the land on the negotiation table.

The so-called agreement is meant to be torn up and has no binding force at all.

As a Tsuchikage, he must use his own methods to defend the interests of the village and the country, even if it means dying together with the enemy.

There were mixed feelings in Loess's eyes, could this be considered his last words? He still realized that Iwagakure's crisis was urgent and he needed him, the Tsuchikage, to arrange his funeral arrangements as soon as possible.

"I understand, father... No, Lord Tsuchikage, if that day comes, I will implement this order!"

Nodding, in response to Onoki's words, Huang Tu walked out of the tent resolutely.

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Iwagakure's new round of threats came faster than expected.

After hearing the news, Shiraishi laughed with interest: "In the beginning, it was still five thousand ninjas, but now it has become the threat of ten thousand ninjas... It seems that the bottom line of this Tsuchikage is constantly bouncing.

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As for Shiraishi's remarks that add insult to injury, Liuli could only regard it as a malicious behavior by the other party who showed no respect for the elderly and the young.

Although she has no idea of ​​respecting the elderly and caring for the young.

However, Iwagakure's attitude at this time had to be carefully considered.

After all, if Iwagakure really does this, regardless of any means, it will indeed bring huge trauma to the country of ghosts.

"I thought that swallowing up the entire western part of Earth Country would force Iwagakure to take this path... I didn't expect it to come sooner."

Liuli said.

"The elderly will indeed consider the crisis more carefully and become more crazy."

Shiraishi put away the joke on his face and turned serious.

If Iwagakure is really put on a dead end, there is a high probability that Iwagakure will really act like this. As for the small probability behavior that is impossible to happen, Shiraishi would not dare to gamble with the lives of millions of people.

Although it is despicable, I have to say that this is indeed a good means of self-protection.

The cannons of the Kingdom of Ghosts have been placed at their doorstep, and they can invade the land of the Kingdom of Earth again at any time. It is not up to the Tsuchikage to pick and choose what bottom line rules to follow.

Human beings are capable of anything once they cannot survive.

Otherwise, how would the bandits that can never be eliminated in the ninja world come from?

Although some of them do want to get something for nothing by committing evil, but more robbers are civilians who have no choice but to do so.

They cannot survive without robbing food.

Although the current Iwagakure and Earth Country have not reached that point, if the Oni Country continues to go to war, it will be a matter of time before they embark on this path.

The people of the Kingdom of Ghosts are their primary targets for revenge.

"Want to fight back?"

"It's not necessary. After all, the other party's bottom line has already been opened. Just squeeze their bottom line further."

Shiraishi shook his head.

Ohnoki assumed a posture of dying together, so Shiraishi would not be stupid enough to bet against him.

After all, the stakes of both parties are not at the same level.

For the country of ghosts, this is a big disadvantage.

And when Iwagakure said these words, didn't it mean that they had already acquiesced in their hearts that there was no way to take back some of the land in the western part of the Earth Kingdom that was captured by the Demon Kingdom?

They did not demand the return of the land, but used these threatening remarks to force the Kingdom of Ghosts to stop attacking.

On the surface, Iwagakure has the upper hand, but in fact the bottom line has been lowered and loosened.

The Tsuchikage was also scared and worried!

At this time, it is not advisable to stimulate Iwagakure's behavior. There are countless examples of greedy and greedy snakes swallowing the elephant, and finally dying... Even if the Earth Kingdom is captured, the Demon Kingdom will not be able to occupy it all, because the territory of the big country is too large, and in the end it will only

It makes other countries cheaper in vain.

And it is even more irrational to risk being retaliated by Iwagakure.

"You mean commercially?"

Liuli thought of something.

"It's not just business, there are many ways to squeeze their bottom line."

Shiraishi looked at the map of the ninja world hanging on the wall.

A dotted line is drawn on the western territory of the Kingdom of Earth. To the west of the dotted line, it has become the territory of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

There are several locations marked with red circles, which will be the mineral resource-rich areas that the Kingdom of Ghosts will focus on next.

Today's situation in the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Earth is similar to that of tigers and humans enclosed in a secret room.

Although human beings who are trapped in a situation of no escape are weak, if they continue to be forced, they will burst out with a strong will to survive before death, chipping a few of the tiger's teeth and biting off a few pieces of the tiger's meat. Although it will not cause death, it will

Let the tiger know the pain.

However, if a door is opened in the secret room, humans will avoid the tiger's edge and escape.

In this way, with the constant opening of the door, humans continue to escape. In the process of escaping, they gradually become exhausted and lose the power to resist.

In the end, the tiger effortlessly ate the human and enjoyed an extremely satisfying meal.

What Shiraishi needs to do now is not to stimulate Earth Country and Iwagakure in one step, but to erode their bottom line step by step from other aspects.

After all, as long as the bottom line is broken through for the first time, it will be broken through for the second and third times, and then there is no end.

In the past, Shiraishi liked to tie forehead protectors to Ayane's eyes and play games. Ayane was very resistant at first, but after repeated requests, she couldn't withstand the hard work, so she slowly let go of her resistance and became

I was extremely obedient, and finally started to put on forehead protectors on my eyes voluntarily and voluntarily.

And all of this was the result of his hard work...

"Besides, that arms agreement can almost be torn up."

A few years ago, the Kingdom of Ghosts did still need accumulation, but it is no longer needed now.

Actions to support small countries will be more rapid in the future.

It just so happened that this alliance of the four major powers gave Shiraishi the reason to tear up the arms agreement.

"Do I need to go there for the next negotiation?"

Liuli asked next.

She doesn't like so-called negotiations, but if she wants to end this war, she still needs a negotiation as a perfect ending ceremony.

However, considering that the Hokage of Konoha would also appear on the scene, Liuli felt that it would be better if he or Ayane took the lead.

Shiraishi originally wanted to say that he could just go there by himself, and it wouldn't take long anyway, but then he thought of the same problem as Liuli.

For former teachers, I always have mixed feelings.

Moreover, with the outbreak of this war, there is no room for relaxation between the two.

No matter what expectations the two sides had for each other, under such contradictions, they could only move towards confrontation.

"Then please, I will work with Lin to re-modify the fire elf's body."

Shiraishi dropped these words and left the empty conference room.

This means that subsequent negotiations will be fully handled by Liuli.

Since he and Tsunade are on opposite sides, they can only be treated as enemies.

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When the store was about to close late at night, only Sakura's family of three were left in Haruno Barbecue Restaurant, with no other customers present.

"Your mother and I don't have time to take care of you these days. How about it, Sakura, are you busy with tasks lately?"

The head of the family, Haruno Zhao, spoke normally and asked Sakura how her recent mission life was going.

Sakura had just returned from training and was already very exhausted, but after eating a piece of barbecued meat, she immediately regained her energy.

I didn't feel strange about my father Haruno Zhao's question. It was just the most normal communication between family members.

"There is no such thing as being busy. I am busy at the hospital in the morning, or doing odd jobs for the teacher, and in the afternoon and evening, I am just practicing."

Sakura replied.
To be continued...