deltrittennovels Chapter 559 It's the Uchiha again!
Chapter 559 It's the Uchiha again!
A mysterious smile played on Liemen's face as he clapped his hands and flew steadily towards them.
"Wonderful."
"What a magnificent performance."
His voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly, carrying a calmness as if he were watching a play.
"As expected of the legendary White Fang of Konoha, as expected of the purest inheritor of the Will of Fire of the Uchiha clan."
Danzo, Sakumo, and Kagami simultaneously raised their heads and looked at the late-arriving supreme ruler of Sunagakure.
Retsumon landed slowly, standing alone before the collapsing lines of his own side, facing the three towering mountains of Konoha.
He glanced at the mess of puppet parts scattered on the ground, then at Chiyo kneeling on the ground, looking utterly dejected, and then at the calm, expressionless faces of Sakumo and the other two.
The strongest Kazekage in history took a deep breath, seemingly making a decision that could determine the future fate of Sunagakure.
Then, under the incredulous gaze of all the Sand Village ninja, he spoke, his voice hoarse yet genuine: "Konoha's envoy, you have won. Sand Village... concedes defeat."
There was no sophistry, no shouting, and not a single bit of hesitation.
Danzo, who was prepared to hear him continue his act, was momentarily taken aback by Danzo's decisive surrender.
He had anticipated a hundred possible reactions from Liemen, whether it was a blustering threat or a feigned delay, but he never expected them to bow down so completely.
"Kazekage-sama!"
A young Sand Ninja who rushed over couldn't help but step forward, his face full of humiliation and resentment.
Liemen didn't turn around, but simply raised a hand to stop Luosha from saying anything more.
In an instant, he understood all the key points and realized that he and the village were already standing on the edge of a cliff.
Continue fighting? With what? With these defeated soldiers whose will has been completely destroyed?
Retsumon even felt a sense of absurdity, as if the other side was merely conducting a simple armed demonstration, while Sunagakure was going all out, only to end up battered and bruised.
Lost.
The loss was a foregone conclusion.
Given this, as a pragmatic leader, the only thing he can do now is to strive for the most dignified possible outcome for the defeated Sunagakure.
Retsumon straightened his back, the aura of the strongest Kazekage returning to him. He looked directly at Danzo, the man with the clear leader's presence among the three: "State your conditions. Since you are envoys, you are surely not here for mere slaughter."
Danzo snorted coldly, about to speak, when Uchiha Kagami took a half step forward without making a sound, his gentle voice echoing in the canyon.
"Your Excellency Fengying's ability to distinguish right from wrong saves us a lot of trouble."
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Meanwhile, hundreds of meters underground in Sunagakure.
A black fluid with no fixed shape was moving through the rock strata at an extremely fast speed, exuding an ancient and cold aura, as if it were the deepest malice of this land.
Black Zetsu's heart was churning with a restlessness and apprehension he hadn't felt in centuries.
"...What exactly happened to Hiruzen Sarutobi?!"
"How could Tobirama Senju's bastard realism, combined with Hashirama Senju's naive idealism, produce such a monster?!"
Uchiha Kagami!
It's the Uchiha again!
"The plan must be changed..."
The black fluid swiftly passed through the last layers of rock, merging into a bizarre laboratory made of obsidian and phosphorescent minerals.
On the platform in the center of the stone chamber, a young body lay quietly.
Uchiha Ran.
On his chest, black spores rose and fell rhythmically with his faint heartbeat, like a second heart.
"Since we can't shake that big tree head-on..."
A ruthless glint flashed in Black Zetsu's mind. "Then let's plant the most vicious seed from within, and let it rot from the roots!"
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Thousand Winds Canyon.
After uttering those words of surrender, Liemen seemed to have all his strength drained away, and his body swayed uncontrollably.
"Kazekage-sama!"
Luo Sha quickly stepped forward and helped him up.
As he looked at Liemen's face, which had turned deathly pale, the resentment and anger in his heart gradually faded away.
Meanwhile, Chiyo slowly stood up from the ground.
She glanced listlessly at the pile of puppet remains scattered on the ground, the fruits of her life's work and glory, now reduced to a meaningless junk.
She glanced again at the white fang dagger that had once been pressed against her throat, now sheathed, but the dagger's owner didn't even bother to look at her again.
Finally, the gaze fell upon Feng Ying.
This puppetry master, who had always been strong-willed and never bowed to anyone, and the advisor elder of Sunagakure, seemed to have aged decades at this moment.
She staggered, step by step, to stand before Sakumo Hatake.
Then, to everyone's astonishment, she bent her proud back, which had stood for nearly a century, and bowed deeply, deeply, to the enemy who had killed her son and daughter-in-law.
"Please..."
Her hoarse voice was broken by the wind in the canyon.
"Please... spare Sunagakure."
Sakumo Hatake's face remained expressionless.
He simply looked calmly at the gray-haired old man before him, without pity, pleasure, or forgiveness.
He was just a ninja on a mission.
The mission has been completed.
"If only I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place."
A cold, matter-of-fact voice rang out, not from Sakumo, but from Danzo.