"So, you're saying there's nothing else left to discuss?"
Chiyo's face darkened, her voice turning far colder than before.
"Lord Garp, my sister and I have already shown you more than enough respect. But don't mistake our respect… for fear. And certainly not for something you're entitled to."
A cold gleam flickered in Ebizo's eyes as chakra surged within him.
"Hahaha. Ever since I started fighting, I have never once accepted negotiations. From the moment you ran into me here, you were left with only two choices.
Either crawl back to the Land of Wind and live peacefully like your first Kazekage, Reto or I will personally send you to go meet him."
Garp threw his head back in laughter. A dominating aura, the kind that defined an entire era, exploded from him like a raging storm.
The desert border that had seemed calm just moments ago instantly transformed, violent winds howled, sandstorms roared, swallowing the sky in a dusty shroud.
"Garp, I advise you not to be so brazen. Sunagakure has treated you with courtesy due to your past achievements. Yet instead of gratitude, you repeatedly humiliate the elders of my village.
Do you really think this is still the old era?
Do you think Sunagakure has no one worthy of standing before you?
Do you think I would fear you?"
Seeing Chiyo and Ebizo finally standing their ground, Rasa secretly nodded in satisfaction.
This was how Sunagakure's elders should be. These were the subordinates worthy of the Kazekage. Yet his fury didn't subside, if anything, it burned even hotter.
"The Sand of the past, the Kazekage of the past, how they feared you or submitted to you, I don't know. But today, I will say this clearly.
This road… Sunagakure will neither detour around nor retreat from.
If you are willing to step aside, that would be best. If not, then I'll make you step aside.
I swear this upon my title as the Fourth Kazekage, I will never let Sunagakure be trampled or humiliated by you ever again."
Rasa's voice thundered like a storm, echoing as though it could shake the entire border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain.
"Sunagakure is invincible."
"Sunagakure fears no battle."
The thousands of Sand shinobi behind him trembled with excitement.
Their Kazekage stood firm, completely unafraid, even before the legendary Iron Fist. Their blood surged, hearts roaring with pride.
In an instant, the momentum of the massive Sand army shot into the sky, as if even the sandstorms stirred by Garp's presence could be pushed back, if not outright shattered.
"Perhaps I didn't choose the wrong person after all. This is the right Kazekage."
Chiyo looked at Rasa, whose presence blazed like a rising sun, and thought silently.
Ebizo's heart also stirred after hearing Rasa's speech.
The resentment he had felt earlier from Rasa's shouting faded significantly.
A leader willing to fight for the village, one who would not cower before overwhelming strength, such a Kazekage naturally won more loyalty than a coward ever could.
"Garp…. do you see it now?
The era… has changed.
The Sunagakure I lead today is no longer the village that once trembled before you like a cornered beast in the past."
Hearing the roars of his people behind him, Rasa's heart surged with passion.
So what if he was the Iron Fist? So, what if he was a hero of the shinobi world?
No one could stop Rasa from making Sunagakure great again.
"Are you finished?"
Facing the overwhelming display from Sunagakure, Garp's expression didn't change in the slightest. Instead, he casually stuck a finger in his nose.
It was as if the three Kage level opponents and the thousands of Sand shinobi didn't exist at all.
"Sister..."
Ebizo's heart tightened the moment he saw Garp's calm demeanor, as though Sunagakure were beneath his notice.
Under Rasa's fiery declaration, his heated head suddenly cooled.
"There's no turning back now."
Chiyo's eyes sharpened, her aura becoming that of a warrior who had survived countless battlefields.
Sunagakure had no path of retreat left.
If they refused to crawl back to the Land of Wind, then there was only one option left,
to attempt to remove the colossal mountain named Garp, the legend who had loomed over the shinobi world since the Warring States Period.
"The Third Great Ninja War… Sunagakure hereby declares war on you."
Rasa spread both arms wide, and instantly the Sand shinobi felt the desert beneath their feet tremble and quake.
"Move aside, Garp!"
With a thunderous roar, the desert convulsed.
In an instant, a towering tsunami of glittering gold sand surged upward, a colossal wave nearly a hundred meters tall, powerful enough to bury and annihilate everything in its path.
At the same time, Chiyo unfurled her scroll, pop., summoning the legendary Chikamatsu Ten Puppets that had earned her renown across the entire shinobi world.
Beside her, Ebizo completed his hand seals, and his chakra burst forth like a raging river, ready to unleash devastating ninjutsu.
Whoosh… whoosh…
And yet, faced with three Kage level powerhouses and a devastating wall of sand, Garp had closed his eyes.
And was peacefully asleep.
"He… fell asleep?"
Seeing this unbelievable scene, Rasa, who had just declared war with a voice full of righteous fury, felt as though he had punched nothing but air.
His frustration was so overwhelming that his blood pressure spiked to unnatural levels.
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