"Why don't we just kill them all?" Mikoto swung the longsword in her hand, the previous battle had left her quite unsatisfied.
She, fighting one against three, was actually unable to take them down with just taijutsu and Lightning Release, which displeased her.
However, if others knew Mikoto's thoughts, they would surely curse her.
This time, Mikoto was facing the three strongest individuals from Kumogakure, who were also among the top five users of Lightning Release in the entire Ninja World. Mikoto being able to fight three people alone and gain an advantage was extremely impressive, especially since she was only using taijutsu and Lightning Release.
Afterward, she unleashed her full power, crushing the Third Raikage and the others with overwhelming force.
Although they didn't die, their situation was far from good. In this battle, Mikoto could be said to have trampled all of the Third Raikage's arrogance underfoot.
Once upon a time, how arrogant the Third Raikage and his companions were.
After defeating Eight-Tails, the Third Raikage even felt that getting injured during the struggle with Eight-Tails was the most humiliating thing in his life.
Even a Tailed Beast, he could defeat. As for Kazuki, perhaps he was very powerful in the eyes of others, but he, the Third Raikage, was not necessarily without a chance to fight him. All he needed to do was lead Kumogakure to become stronger and develop the strength of their side's powerful individuals.
As A gradually matured, Bee and Yugito also gradually began to control the power of the Tailed Beasts. Kumogakure was originally in a good situation, but Mikoto woke them up.
So the legends of Hashirama and Madara were true.
They didn't unify the Ninja World back then because perhaps they had no intention of unifying it?
But are these two crazy?
If Hashirama and Madara were willing, they could probably easily defeat them. Their predecessors wouldn't even have had the chance to establish Ninja Villages.
With such power, why didn't they unify the Ninja World?
If it were him, he would have unified the Ninja World long ago.
"We Kumogakure will not surrender."
Hearing that Mikoto seemed to want to kill them, the Third Raikage stiffened his neck.
"You can kill us, but you can never kill every single Kumo ninja, or extinguish the seeds of their hatred for revenge."
"Heh heh, it seems you want me to kill all Kumo ninjas. In your heart, do you think I am incapable of killing all Kumo ninjas?" Kazuki folded his arms and looked down at the Third Raikage.
"You think I can't kill all Kumo ninjas, but I think I can."
"You!" The Third Raikage's eyes widened.
He hadn't expected Kazuki to say such a thing.
Listening to Kazuki's words, it seemed he really intended to kill all Kumo ninjas.
Is this guy a butcher?
Doesn't he fear that other villages will unite against him, or even attack Konoha?
Oh, Kazuki himself is a rebellious person. He has already killed countless Iwa and Kiri ninjas?
Even Daimyo and nobles, he has dealt with.
Adding Kumogakure now, it doesn't seem incomprehensible, but doesn't he fear becoming an enemy of the world?
Oh, with the strength of Kazuki, Mikoto, and Kushina, it seems they don't need to be afraid.
"Still unwilling to surrender even now?" Kazuki stared at the Third Raikage and sneered.
"Ultimately, you are willing to disregard everything for your own interests. For your so-called arrogance and dignity, you can sacrifice your own lives, and similarly, you can sacrifice the lives of over a hundred thousand people in Kumogakure. Ultimately, aren't you a group of selfish individuals?"
The population of Kumogakure might exceed over a hundred thousand people. Whether it's Konoha or Kumogakure, they are actually not as simple as just a village.
For Konoha alone, just the registered active ninjas exceeded twenty thousand. This doesn't even count the hidden ninjas from various clans, those who retired due to injury, and various unqualified ninjas. The total number of ninjas in Konoha could very well exceed forty thousand.
And the entire population of Konoha exceeds two hundred thousand. Of course, now after annexing the Land of Fire, Konoha has expanded tremendously.
For a village like Kumogakure to have over a hundred thousand people is very normal.
For Kazuki to slaughter over a hundred thousand people, he could easily do it.
Although this might cause some devastation, with so many ninjas dying, other ninjas will later take their resources, and it won't take even twenty years for these ninjas to grow again.
No one is unsacrificable.
Even the Uchiha clan, couldn't they also be annihilated?
Let alone Kumogakure.
"So, between dignity and the village, what choice will you make?" Kazuki said coldly.
"I don't mind completely destroying Kumogakure. Konoha also doesn't mind completely annexing the Land of Lightning."
Mikoto and Kushina silently watched the Third Raikage and the others.
If the Third Raikage continued to bluster, with just a word from Kazuki, they would definitely not mind eliminating him. Even slaughtering the entire Kumogakure seemed to be nothing.
They possessed benevolence and wished to protect the entire Ninja World, but Kumogakure constantly did things behind their back, which made it difficult to accept.
They even couldn't help but wonder if, should the Ōtsutsuki descend one day, these individuals would pledge allegiance to the Ōtsutsuki and then move to oppose Kazuki and Konoha.
This was not impossible, as Kumogakure's mindset was inherently that of bandits, which, to some extent, resembled the Ōtsutsuki mindset.
"We surrender."
The Third Raikage looked at the imposing Mikoto and Kushina. Kazuki hadn't even made a move yet. Just Mikoto and Kushina alone were difficult to contend with.
If Kazuki were added to that, how would they resist?
Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths?
Or other ninja tools?
The Third Raikage thought of the Chakra Cannon he had conceived earlier. If they had a Chakra Cannon, even if they couldn't defeat Kazuki, they could use it to deter him.
Kazuki could dodge the Chakra Cannon, but what about Konoha?
At that time, would Kumogakure have a means to deter Kazuki and Konoha?
For the future revenge, this time, he would endure.
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