Part Time Employee in Konoha - Chapter 233: Sand Done! War is Over!

In the Land of Wind, outside the Sand Village.

Akihara Kagura and Tsunade arrived here together, slightly delayed in their journey. By the time they reached the Sand Village, it was already getting late.

Compared to the Mist Village, the defenses of the Sand Village were considerably more stringent.

Due to long-term erosion by wind and sand, the village had constructed high sand-defense positions outside, serving both to defend against sandstorms and enemy attacks.

Moreover, the Sand Village was quick to receive news.

Their spy ninja heard about the Konoha Village’s declaration of war against the Sand Village in the afternoon and immediately used a messenger hawk to relay the information inside; the Sand Village had just received the news of the Konoha’s declaration of war.

The entire Sand Village instantly became bustling.

Chiyo, a once-retired elder, stood up and promptly convened a meeting with the jonin, assembling all the village ninjas to prepare for the war from the Konoha Village.

“Tsunade, that young girl…” Chiyo sat in the meeting room, her aged face looking rather unpleasant, “to think she’d dare to declare war on the Sand and Mist Villages on her very first day as Hokage…”

Although Chiyo was dissatisfied with Tsunade, she knew that the current Sand Village was no match for the Konoha, just as it had been in the past.

Every genin in the Sand Village knew that they couldn’t defeat the Konoha. Each time during the Great Ninja War, the Sand would attack the Land of Fire only to be promptly beaten down by Konoha ninjas, forcing them to seek peace…

This had happened far too often.

The lower ranks of the entire Sand Village had little confidence; the upper ranks also lacked confidence, yet were constrained by the environment of the Sand Village, having no choice but to consider attacking the Konoha.

Chiyo sighed deeply, fully aware of the situation in the Sand Village, clear that they couldn’t stand against the Konoha, and could only issue orders: “The village must prepare for war, but we also need to send someone to contact the Mist Village so we can coordinate an attack on the Land of Fire together…”

Fortunately.

Tsunade, this opponent, wasn’t rational enough, daring to declare war on two villages simultaneously, giving the Sand Village a chance in this conflict.

At that moment, Chiyo couldn’t have known about the Mist Village’s surrender; even if she had known, she might not have believed it.

What a joke. How could there be a declaration of war in the afternoon and a surrender by evening?

Of course.

Chiyo also wouldn’t know that Akihara Kagura and Tsunade had already arrived outside the Sand Village.

A ninja stationed outside hurried into the meeting room, his face panicked as he reported to all those present: “Lady Chiyo, two Konoha ninjas have rushed into the village, one of them is a Wood Release ninja!”

“What!”

Chiyo’s expression changed dramatically! The expressions of others in the room also turned grim as they recalled the person who had previously tormented Shukaku outside the village.

Just as Chiyo was about to say something, she felt the ground shaking beneath her, her face tinged with unease. What was going on?

Outside the Sand Village.

The village’s tall defensive positions had already cracked.

A giant wooden figure smashed through the defenses with just a couple of punches! The stationed Sand ninjas were already bound by vines, forced to watch helplessly as the wooden figure stepped into the village, each ninja’s face filled with despair…

Akihara Kagura and Tsunade stood atop the wooden figure, easily crossing the Sand’s defense line, controlling the wooden figure as it stepped into the village.

“This is…”

Tsunade’s eyes still couldn’t hide her shock.

The Fifth Hokage finally understood why, when she returned to the village, everyone had emphasized Akihara Kagura’s power, asking about his existence.

Because…

Such power was indeed astonishing!

“Is this… a Wood Release ninja?”

Chiyo stood outside the meeting room, her eyes wide with disbelief and fear as she watched the giant wooden figure enter the village.

“Yes…”

A Sand ninja’s voice was dry and hoarse as he replied: “The person standing atop the wooden figure is that Wood Release ninja named Akihara Kagura, and the other…”

“That’s Tsunade…”

Chiyo’s eyes narrowed as she spoke solemnly: “No wonder this young girl dares to attack the Sand Village, relying on the power of a single person… Immediately have the village’s defense forces attack, we absolutely must not allow them to advance any further!”

Inside the Sand Village, powerful siege crossbows were set up.

These siege crossbows seemed somewhat primitive, but they were the only large-scale weapons that could be utilized. However, they were powerless at that moment.

The villagers of the Sand Village were panicked, running around in fear of being trampled by the wooden figure, each ninja bravely charging forward to battle with the wooden figure, risking their lives to protect their homeland!

But…

It was useless.

Any attack on the wooden figure was futile.

A wooden dragon emerged from the figure, swiftly moving through the Sand Village, and wherever it passed, towering trees sprouted, binding any running Sand ninjas with their branches and vines, draining their chakra…

Atop the giant wooden figure.

The caster calmly observed everything unfolding.

“It seems I see someone in charge.”

Akihara Kagura’s gaze noticed Chiyo atop a building, controlling the wooden figure step by step as it approached, the ground of the entire Sand Village trembling continuously!

“This guy…”

Chiyo watched the approaching wooden figure, her heart also trembling, yet she stubbornly wanted to muster the courage to fight, fiercely pulling out her puppet scroll!

“Still want to fight?”

Akihara Kagura looked at Chiyo with interest, reminding her: “Just by a single order from Lady Tsunade, everyone in the Sand Village will be buried here, leaving you as the only survivor; you might not have enough time left in your life to bury them all…”

“…”

Tsunade’s eyes twitched.

Hearing Akihara Kagura say this, Tsunade felt like a villain, yet she couldn’t really pinpoint any fault…

“Tsunade!”

Chiyo immediately ignored Akihara Kagura, trying to maintain her dignity as she looked at Tsunade: “What exactly does the Konoha Village intend to do? We have already agreed to negotiate with Konoha…”

“There will be no negotiations.”

Akihara Kagura, while secretly absorbing chakra, spoke on behalf of his superior: “The Sand Village’s only option is unconditional surrender, awaiting Konoha’s decision!”

“Don’t be too arrogant…”

Chiyo stubbornly clenched her remaining teeth.

“Lady Chiyo.”

Akihara Kagura furrowed his brows, looking at Chiyo with some confusion: “Are you perhaps too old, with not much time left, wanting to drag the entire Sand Village down with you?”

“…”

Tsunade’s vision darkened.

Akihara Kagura’s external attitude was perhaps a bit too forceful!

However, Chiyo had no choice but to accept this forcefulness, her face filled with reluctance as she looked at the Sand Village, all the ninjas bound to the trees, powerless to resist.

“We… agree.”

Chiyo could only close her eyes.

With all the people of the Sand Village under enemy control, what right did she have to negotiate terms, her age already advanced, it was merely a humiliation…

“I can commit suicide to apologize to the Konoha…”

Chiyo took a deep breath, looking around at all the Sand ninjas: “I just hope you can spare these young children…”

“That’s not up to you!”

Akihara Kagura interrupted Chiyo, stating: “Lady Chiyo, have the Sand Village immediately announce its surrender to the ninja world, and as for you, come back with us to the Konoha right now to sign the unconditional surrender agreement, everything else can be discussed later…”

“The Konoha won’t kill too many…”

Tsunade tried to reassure Chiyo, her old adversary.

“Young girl, this time…”

Chiyo stared at Tsunade atop the wooden figure, feeling a bit stifled.

“Do I need to remind you?”

Akihara Kagura immediately interrupted Chiyo’s disrespectful remark, coldly warning: “Standing before you is the Fifth Hokage of the Konoha, Lady Tsunade; show some respect, or I will immediately kill all the people of the Sand Village!”

“…”

Tsunade sighed deeply.

The new Hokage’s expression turned somewhat strange.

At that moment, she seemed to understand why her teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen, had always relied on Shimura Danzo and the Root Division, the existence of this department being too beneficial for a Hokage…

There was no need for her, the Hokage, to argue strongly and reason with people, as the Root Division would actively protect a Hokage’s dignity, voluntarily handling some inconvenient matters for her.

Except sometimes a bit extreme…

But compared to what this department had done, this bit of extremeness was nothing; no wonder the Old Man and Shimura Danzo always argued, yet Hiruzen still insisted on having Danzo serve as his advisor.

The Root Division…

Truly a political blade for foreign affairs!

“Alright.”

Tsunade patted Akihara Kagura’s shoulder, her gaze towards Chiyo becoming gentle, the victor already standing on high ground, no longer needing to coerce with words.

“Lady Chiyo.”

Tsunade looked at Chiyo’s uneasy expression, taking the initiative: “Indeed, you still need to come back with us for a trip, because the Konoha ninjas are still waiting for us to bring back a representative from the Sand Village to discuss matters after the Sand’s surrender.”

This was purely nonsense.

Inside the Konoha Village’s meeting room, they were still discussing matters of war.

However, Tsunade was someone who understood politics, she wasn’t just some naive girl; she didn’t care about lying, nor about losing face in front of her subordinates.

“…”

Akihara Kagura’s gaze towards Tsunade was faintly strange.

This Fifth Hokage… was also a master!

“By the way, the Mist Village’s ninjas have already surrendered.”

Tsunade watched Chiyo’s face fill with shock, casually mentioning another fact that scared her old adversary: “Right now, the representative from the Mist Village who has surrendered is also in the Konoha, that representative is also a woman, we can properly discuss post-war matters…”

“Is that so…”

Chiyo felt she had aged a few more years.

If the Konoha and Mist were still in a state of war, Chiyo was still considering whether to remind them during discussions that the Sand Village could also become an ally of the Konoha to jointly attack the Mist…

But now…

It seemed…

Konoha had already prepared everything.

Inside the Konoha Village.

The Konoha actually hadn’t prepared anything.

Even the people in the meeting room were still waiting for Tsunade to return, waiting to discuss with the new Hokage how the war should be fought.

The ninja summoning order hadn’t yet been issued, weapons and equipment weren’t ready, and the organization of the ninja army hadn’t even started…

The village’s chief military advisor, Nara Shikaku, hadn’t even had time to plan, but it seemed like the plan had already been disrupted, leaving this Konoha strategist somewhat confused…

Perhaps…

The only thing they had managed…

Was to tell everyone in the village that the Konoha was going to war.

Just as these people in the meeting room were still waiting, three figures appeared in the meeting room, Akihara Kagura using the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Tsunade and Chiyo back.

“This is…”

Nara Shikaku saw Chiyo brought back by Akihara Kagura and Tsunade, somewhat shocked as he looked at the elder: “Is this really Lady Chiyo of the Sand Village?”

“Yes.”

Tsunade returned to the village, checking the time in the meeting room: “At four o’clock in the afternoon, I announced at the inauguration ceremony the declaration of war against the Sand and Mist Villages…”

“Now it’s three o’clock in the morning, I announce the end of the Konoha’s war against the Sand and Mist Villages, both villages have completely surrendered to the Konoha, representatives have come to the Konoha to sign the surrender…”

“In short.”

“Everyone, this war is over.”

“…”

Everyone present was somewhat caught off guard.

“Pfft…”

A Jonin ninja who was drinking tea spat it out, feeling the world was a bit absurd: “Less than twelve hours, and this war is over? Did Lady Tsunade really declare war?”

Is this really not a joke?

Because Tsunade had announced the war against the Sand and Mist Villages at the afternoon inauguration ceremony, many people in the village were somewhat dissatisfied with the new Fifth Hokage!

And yet…

In less than twelve hours…

The Sand and Mist Villages announced unconditional surrender.

“It seems…”

“Like nothing ever happened…”

Kakashi doubted life as he looked at the ceiling of the meeting room.

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