Chapter 193
Sand Hidden Village.
Luo Sha stood in front of the window in the Fengying Building, looking at the raging sandstorm outside with some hesitation in his eyes.
In the room, besides him, there was his trusted jonin Maki, and a man wearing a Cloud Ninja forehead protector, with a stern face and a black eye patch.
"Tell the Raikage that the Sand Village does not intend to continue participating in the war." After a long silence, the Kazekage Rasa shook his head and said.
"Konoha was on the verge of collapse in the previous wars with Kumogakure, Mistgakure, and Iwagakure. If Sandgakure joins forces with us at this time, we can completely break through Konoha Village and divide up a large amount of resources and supplies from it.
By then, the Sand Village will be able to quickly recover with this supply. Lord Kazekage, are you really not going to consider our proposal?"
Dodai, who was the messenger of the Hidden Cloud Village and the right-hand man of the Third Raikage, emphasized after hearing Rasa's refusal.
"But the Sand Village no longer has any extra strength." Luo Sha's expression was a little cold. Since he had already made the decision, he would not change it easily.
The Sand Village has not been able to rest and recuperate in the past two years. After all, the Ninja World War was a war that affected the entire Ninja World. Although the protagonists after Kumogakure and Sand Village are Konoha, Iwagakure and Mist Village, the entire Ninja World is in chaos.
There were wandering ninjas, samurai, and ninjas from enemy villages who had fled to the Land of Wind, and small-scale battles often broke out within the Sand Village.
In order to secure his position as Kazekage, he had sacrificed many opponents and suppressed a rebellion in the past two years. The current Sand Village is in tatters and in need of reconstruction.
Tsuchida's words sounded very good. As long as Konoha Village could be conquered and a large amount of war compensation could be obtained, Sand Village could indeed recover quickly. It would also greatly enhance his reputation.
But all that is based on success, and after the success, the Raikage keeps his promise.
Those barbarians from the Hidden Cloud Village!
The credibility here in the Sand Village is not very high!
Even if the other party tears up the agreement at that time, can the Sand Village turn against those barbarians?
Luo Sha knew it was impossible!
If the current number of ninjas in the Sand Village is to be restored, it will take at least two years to train a new generation even with sufficient investment.
In the previous war with the Hidden Cloud Village, the Hidden Sand Village was severely damaged, and even the reserve Genin were sent to the battlefield.
The ninjas in the village are now either suppressing rebellions, taking on missions, or maintaining law and order, but their number of ninjas is such that they can no longer control the stability within the Wind Country.
"Lord Kazekage, are you just going to let him leave like this?"
After seeing off the Kumogakure envoy Dodai, the senior ninja Maki returned to the Kazekage's office and looked at Rasa who was still standing in front of the window and asked softly.
"Let him go. The Sand Village can no longer withstand another war."
Luo Sha rubbed his eyes. Although he sat on the throne of Kazekage as he wished, only after sitting in this position could Luo Sha realize how difficult it is to hold on to this position.
The village is in a mess. The recruitment of manpower, the acceptance of tasks, the training of the new generation, the allocation of resources, the suppression of those who disobey, as well as the scolding and dissatisfaction from the daimyo and nobles of the Wind Country, all make Luosha, who once sat in this position with high spirits, full of worries.
In the situation where the funding from the Daimyo of the Wind Country was drastically cut as a punishment for the failure of the war, Luo Sha even had to use his free time to go deep underground in the desert to pan for gold in order to subsidize the village's expenses.
Perhaps he will become the first Kazekage of the Sand Village to use his bloodline limit to make money for the village?
"What do you want to say?" Luo Sha, who had a headache, glanced at Maki who was hesitant to speak, sat back in his seat, and took the initiative to ask. "Do you really think that the alliance with Kumogakure will not succeed?" Maki hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.
In his opinion, Konoha is indeed at its lowest point in power. The Hidden Rock Village has broken through one border defense line after another, and it once made people think that he could really push the Iwagakure army to the gates of Konoha.
If the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Sand Village joined in the encirclement and suppression at this time, Konoha would almost certainly lose.
If the Sand Village could take a bite out of Konoha, it might be able to escape the current quagmire.
"I'm not sure." Luo Sha shook his head.
"That……"
"I just don't want to gamble." Luo Sha spread out a scroll, looked at the information on it, and explained.
"The strength of the Cloud Village and the Rock Village is strong enough, and the support and investment from the daimyo behind them are enough for them to afford to lose.
But the Sand Village can't afford to lose.
Even if Konoha loses in the end, with our current strength, what can we gain by joining in except being sacrifices?
"The benefits promised by the Raikage? What can we do if he excludes us? Are we going to start a war with Kumogakure again?"
"As for Konoha, I don't think it's in dire straits. It still has the strongest Jinchuriki, and the village's Kage has not yet stepped onto the battlefield.
In any case, it is not a desperate situation. What's more, the three ninjas are all here, the Yellow Flash, the Instant Body Shisui, the Fierce Eyes Fugaku, and the Shadow Shikagawa who has captured the Five-Tails Jinchuriki."
As he spoke, Luo Sha shook his head again, both his eyes and tone were filled with envy and jealousy towards Konoha.
Maki also understood the meaning of Luo Sha's words. Since Konoha still had so many strong people, it was obviously not a desperate situation yet.
The Sand Village, which is short of manpower and has suffered heavy losses, is not worth gambling with the little vitality it has just recovered. Once the war starts again, how much combat power can the Sand Village bring out?
The two elders, Chiyo's sister and brother, have voluntarily withdrawn from the power center of the village. The One-Tailed Jinchūriki Furufuku also died of old age. The One-Tailed Shukaku was extracted by the Kazekage before the Jinchūriki died and sealed into a sealing device, waiting to be sealed into the body of the new Jinchūriki.
Ye Cang of the Burning Escape?
Maki shook his head when he thought of this man who had often gone out of the village to carry out missions since Luosha succeeded as the Kazekage. The other party was indeed loyal to the village, but there was friction between him and Lord Luosha.
"You will lead the team to escort the Cloud Village envoy away." Luo Sha ordered, "Also, after escorting them out of the Wind Country, you will go to Konoha to reveal the information that the Cloud Village may participate in the war to the Hokage."
"Yes, sir!" Maki bowed.
……
The land of thunder.
Yunyin Village.
A streak of lightning collided with a huge monster with eight tails. Despite the disproportionate size, the lightning actually had the upper hand.
He quickly turned around under the Eight-Tails, and like a flash of lightning that was bent into ninety degrees, he appeared above the Eight-Tails' head. In the sudden blazing and roaring lightning, a sturdy man with a mask on his face raised his leg high up and chopped down at the Eight-Tails below like an axe.
(End of this chapter)