"Sand Village!"
"Rasa!"
"If I don't kill you, I swear I'm not human!"
A look of intense hatred appeared in the Third Mizukage's eyes.
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen were the Mist Village's immense wealth.
Before, the Sand Village secretly colluded with Fuguki Suikazan, leading to Fuguki Suikazan's betrayal. Now, they had directly killed four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, causing heavy losses to the Mist Village.
Directly causing the Mist Village to lose five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Even if the Mist Village's talent reserves were abundant, they couldn't withstand such reckless consumption.
Moreover, the loss wasn't just five ninja; the ninja swords were also lost along with them.
Samehada was taken away by Fuguki Suikazan.
This time, the Helmet Splitter, Hiramekarei, Nuibari, and the Kiba blades—not a single one was left behind, all taken by Rasa.
This meant that even if the Mist Village had Jonin who could fill the vacancies, without the ninja swords, it would be impossible to reach the level of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen; they would be much inferior.
And what would happen now that the Sand Village had obtained those four ninja swords?
"Trash!"
"All trash!"
"Went to kill a single Baki, ended up losing four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and didn't even manage to kill him."
"Dying themselves is one thing, but they even gifted the ninja swords to the Sand Village."
The Third Mizukage was too furious and couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of fresh blood.
The Mist Village's situation was already not good, and now with this blow, what should the Mist Village do next?
The Third Mizukage gradually came to understand how Rasa felt before.
However, compared to the Mist Village's future, the Third Mizukage was more worried about the current situation on the front lines.
Without Jinin Akebino and the others, what would happen to the frontline ninja army under the pressure of the Sand army?
With this worry, the Third Mizukage opened the second letter.
"Yagura Karatachi——"
The Third Mizukage's eyes flickered.
"Forging a secret letter to obtain the position of commander——I have to say, he has some quick wits."
"Did none of those officers discern it?"
"No, it's very likely they saw through it but didn't expose it. They couldn't handle the frontline situation well, so they wanted Yagura Karatachi to take the blame."
"A bunch of irresponsible cowards."
"With Yagura Karatachi doing this, the Mist army can be stabilized, but facing the Sand army, they are still at a disadvantage."
"The Mist Village here needs Genji to hold the fort."
"My body is too severely injured; it will be difficult to recover anytime soon."
"Jinpachi Munashi also needs to stay in the village."
"Since that's the case, let Juzo Biwa end his pursuit mission first and return to the front lines."
Yagura Karatachi's actions made the Third Mizukage breathe a slight sigh of relief.
However, he also felt that Yagura Karatachi's actions were too bold.
"Forging a secret letter from me, the Mizukage. If I really pursued this, it would be a capital offense."
"Considering his motive was good, the death penalty can be waived, but punishment is inevitable."
"After the war ends, punishment will be meted out as due."
The Third Mizukage continued reading.
"Yagura Karatachi proposes an alliance with Konoha? Does he have a way?"
The Third Mizukage narrowed his eyes slightly.
"But he didn't say what specific way. Not even telling me, the Mizukage? Does this guy have some special relationship with Konoha? Could an alliance with Konoha actually harm my Mist Village instead?"
The Third Mizukage pondered seriously.
However, currently, there were only three choices before the Mist Village.
One was to be prepared for a long-term disadvantage in the future and fight a protracted war with the Sand Village.
Just like the Sand Village before.
But the difference was, the Third Mizukage didn't have a system like Rasa's.
The second was to admit defeat directly and retreat to the Land of Water.
In this case, the Sand Village would definitely not let the matter drop, so the Mist Village would also have to prepare for war reparations.
The third was to ally with Konoha.
The first and second were not results the Third Mizukage wanted.
Why should the Mist Village, which had such a huge advantage before, now compromise and admit defeat to the Sand Village?
"Allying with Konoha... if Konoha really agrees, it seems there wouldn't be any major harm to the Mist Village, and it wouldn't be worse than the first two scenarios."
Before long, the Third Mizukage wrote a reply, agreeing to Yagura Karatachi's suggestion.
Under the Third Mizukage's order, a Mist intelligence ninja headed toward the Land of Fire at the fastest speed.
Upon receiving the reply, Yagura Karatachi went alone to Konoha.
"Hidden Mist Village, Yagura Karatachi requests an audience?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned slightly.
"What is someone from the Mist Village doing in my Konoha?"
During this period, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt the pressure had eased slightly.
The Uchiha clan rebellion dealt a heavy blow to Konoha.
The Rock army seized this opportunity and had already fought their way into the interior of the Land of Fire.
Now Konoha had to constantly divert manpower to strike at the Uchiha rebel faction. There was no other way; if they didn't strike, the Uchiha rebel faction would harass Konoha.
Even though Konoha controlled rumors relatively well, there would still be some voices.
"Lord Third, as Hokage, did not handle the Uchiha matter well."
Regarding this, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't explain.
After all, he was indeed the Hokage.
If anything happened to the village, he couldn't shirk responsibility.
But with the Kaguya clan rebellion and the Beni-yama clan rebellion, gradually, discussions like this became fewer among the crowd.
After all, there was more than one rebellious ninja clan.
And there was more than one ninja village facing rebellion.
People would feel that perhaps this was a problem of the times.
"I really can't understand what these Uchiha are thinking in their heads."
Facing the immense pressure brought by the Rock army, Hiruzen Sarutobi tried withdrawing the manpower targeting the Uchiha.
But the result was that as soon as the Konoha ninja were withdrawn, the Uchiha harassment of Konoha came.
This forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to arrange those Konoha ninja back again.
"Does this Uchiha hate my Konoha that much?"
"Truly the naturally evil Uchiha."
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought for a while, then nodded.
"Let him come. I want to see how he plans to persuade me."
But in Yashiro Uchiha's view, this wasn't about hate or not.
It was that as long as Konoha lived, the Uchiha could not possibly have good days.
Once this war ended, if Konoha was still alive and well, the Uchiha would inevitably face an extremely terrible situation.
A ninja clan, and a broken one at that, even if it was the Uchiha, contending with a large ninja village was unrealistic, unless a powerful existence like Madara Uchiha could appear.
Therefore, Yashiro Uchiha was willing to make some sacrifices to allow the Hidden Rock Village to cause greater damage to Konoha.
"Only if Konoha is destroyed can my Uchiha live."
"Otherwise, when the war ends, it will be difficult to find a foothold for my Uchiha in the entire ninja world."
"Even if we join other ninja villages, we can only live under someone else's roof, no different from Konoha."