"Uncle Ōnoki!"
"It's me! Little Shasō!"
"I even attended your wedding when I was a child!"
On the desert, before the two armies,
Shasō was pushed forward.
Ōnoki, floating in the air, frowned slightly upon hearing this.
"Shasō? I don't recall anyone by that name at my wedding, do I?"
Ōnoki scratched his head, looking puzzled.
He genuinely remembered that name wasn't on the guest list.
"No, no, no! My father was Shamon, and I was just a baby then!"
"Grandpa Mu and I even exchanged letters, and Grandpa Mu attended my father's funeral."
Shasō said with a smile.
Ōnoki slapped his forehead; he did remember now.
It was true.
"What are you here for? Let me tell you first, the unification of the Ninja World is a grand strategy set by my master and cannot be changed."
"If you're trying to protect Sunagakure based on personal favors, please go back!"
Ōnoki, however, appeared rather unfeeling.
"Uncle Ōnoki, my intention is to ask if you could offer some preferential treatment. Sunagakure doesn't want to continue the war. There are many pro-Iwagakure factions within Hidden Sand Village who are willing to surrender to Iwagakure."
"We hope Iwagakure can give us some preferential treatment and not wipe us out entirely."
Shasō said with utmost sincerity.
Ōnoki raised an eyebrow slightly: "I offered you these conditions before. Why didn't you agree then? Now that I'm at your doorstep, you're telling me this..."
He remembered offering similar conditions to Sunagakure before.
They didn't say anything then.
Now that he was getting tough, they knew to surrender?
The car hit the tree, and you knew to turn?
The stock rose, and you knew to buy?
Snot ran into your mouth, and you knew to wipe it?!
"You've got it all wrong, Uncle Ōnoki! I was always pro-Iwagakure. I was locked up by Chiyo and Ebizo, which is why I couldn't speak up sooner!"
Shasō's expression was helpless, shouting that he was wronged and that it truly wasn't his fault.
Ōnoki pondered for a moment.
"Mostly yes, but I must take down Chiyo and Ebizo, those two elders who advocated for war!"
Ōnoki said sternly.
Ōnoki was still clear-headed, believing that if these two were not captured, Chiyo and Ebizo would be detrimental to the situation.
"Uncle Ōnoki, if you catch them, then don't catch me~"
Shasō said, staring with pitiful eyes.
Ōnoki raised an eyebrow slightly, a smirk playing on his lips.
...Iwagakure, Central Ishijo Prison.
This was a prison specially built by Ōnoki to detain key individuals!
Those who could enter this prison were not ordinary people.
This prison held leaders of small countries, nobles, generals, samurai of large countries, and even Kage of villages, or elders of large villages since the Third Great Ninja War.
"Ouch!"
Chiyo and Ebizo were thrown into this prison.
"You two arrived quite early!"
"I thought your Sunagakure could hold out a bit longer!"
"Didn't expect it to fall so quickly..."
At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi was lying on a bed, smoking, his eyes wide as he watched Chiyo and Ebizo being thrown in.
"Damn it! Hiruzen Sarutobi, why are you here too?"
Ebizo's face darkened when he saw Hiruzen Sarutobi.
During the Second Great Ninja War, Sunagakure and Konoha had many clashes.
"Right! What kind of terrible cell is this, men and women locked up together!"
Chiyo looked around with displeasure.
"Tsk tsk... Don't struggle, you two. When in Rome, do as the Romans do~"
Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes, smoking.
Actually, he didn't expect to get out either.
His strength was sealed.
If he got out, those extreme Uchiha and those "War Hawks" of Konoha would probably tear him apart... "Are we just going to spend the rest of our lives in prison?"
Chiyo and Ebizo were somewhat unwilling.
"Damn it! They promised preferential treatment, but I ended up in prison! That bastard Shasō!"
Ebizo said somewhat angrily.
"You two, don't even think about escaping. I presume your powers have also been sealed, right? Instead of continuing to struggle, why not be like me, smoke occasionally, there's even a menu here, order whatever you want to eat, it's quite nice."
Hiruzen Sarutobi smoked, clearly having given up.
Whatever happens, happens. It is what it is.
Chiyo and Ebizo couldn't help but find such a Hiruzen Sarutobi somewhat amusing.
"The Ninja God of yesteryear has become a coward..."
Chiyo mocked coldly.
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately became agitated upon hearing this.
"Chiyo! What do you mean?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi abruptly sat up from the bed.
"Then I ask you!"
"Am I wrong to slack off?!"
"My opponents were Grandpa Mu, Hōzuki Gengetsu, Ōnoki, and Kakuzu!"
"This lineup, even my teacher might not be able to handle it!"
"What do you want me to do?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at the two with wide eyes.
"Then why don't you look for your own problems?!"
Chiyo couldn't help but retort.
At these words, Hiruzen Sarutobi's powder keg was ignited.
"Becoming Hokage in your teens, having to deal with those old geezers right after taking office, with two out of three disciples not pulling their weight, and your son being a surrender-advocate—why don't you look for your own problems?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi unleashed a barrage of words at Chiyo and the other person.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi! Don't take your anger out on us just because you couldn't defeat the Old Tsuchikage!"
Chiyo snorted coldly.
Smack!
"Hmph! I couldn't defeat the Tsuchikage, but can you?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi glared at Chiyo.
"Hmph! But we can defeat you!"
Ebizo, seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's pathetic state, punched him directly in the face!
Hiruzen Sarutobi covered his face in shock.
His eyes shifted from shock to fury.
"Summoning Jutsu..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was about to summon Enma to go on a rampage, but then realized his powers were sealed.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, it's time to settle our old scores!"
"During the Second Great Ninja War, we generally couldn't defeat your Konoha, but now, we have two people!"
"Right! Now we're all in the same boat. My son died at the hands of your Konoha's White Fang. Since the White Fang is gone, we'll pin it on you!"
Chiyo and Ebizo, both with sinister smiles, slowly walked towards Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Indeed! Sunagakure's overall strength couldn't defeat Konoha.
But now, Hiruzen Sarutobi was alone.
And his powers were sealed.
We absolutely must take advantage of this situation to settle old scores!
"What are you two doing?!"
"Don't come any closer! If you do, I'll call the Iwagakure prison guards!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart fluttered in panic.
Darn it, there are two of them!
"Don't come any closer! Ahhh!"
"Bang bang bang smack smack smack thud thud thud!!!" (Hitting sound effects)
Hiruzen Sarutobi was finally beaten to the ground by the two.
"W-w-w... Danzo, why weren't you more cowardly? If you were still here, the two of us would definitely have beaten these two bastards!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but think of Danzo, rubbing away his tears.