"Aura?"
Under this Aura, Frien was almost unable to speak, but still looked at Tetsusai in confusion.
Tetsusai's expression was grave, a bead of cold sweat slid down his forehead.
He explained intermittently, "Yes... I heard... Queen Sara's enemies... will be overwhelmed by a tremendous pressure... so many enemies lose courage before the battle even starts."
"We call it... Aura!"
Sara looked at the three from Sunagakure and calmly said, "It's not that complicated. I just linked the aura of the entire Roran to myself."
"My people might be weak individually, but united, they are not so easily shaken."
Tetsusai pleaded, "Queen Sara... we only came to form an alliance... could you spare us this time?"
Sara looked toward Rurisha, a flash of killing intent passing by.
"Then... what about her?"
Rurisha's face turned pale. Under Sara's deliberate targeting, she couldn't speak.
But she gritted her teeth tightly, her eyes full of hatred, as if to say, try touching me and see what happens?
Tetsusai suddenly felt the Aura on him ease, understanding that Sara was letting him speak.
He said in frustration, "Queen Sara, Rurisha's situation is special. Her family is related to the daimyo of the Land of Wind, and she's always been unruly."
"I'll restrain her once we return."
Sara did not follow up on what Tetsusai said, and only asked, "So, what she said was true?"
Tetsusai gave a bitter smile. He could see Sara's killing intent and quickly tried to dissuade her.
"Queen Sara, if you kill her, it will indeed be very troublesome. Her relatives dote on her. It really could trigger a war."
Sara only calmly replied, "I understand."
The next moment, the chakra hands binding Rurisha suddenly exerted force.
Crack!
Rurisha's whole body was twisted like a pretzel. Before she could even cry out in pain, she was dead.
Sara, as if throwing away trash, tossed her now limp, mud-like body to the ground.
"This!", Tetsusai's eyes widened, looking at Sara in disbelief.
Sara said indifferently, "Using my people to threaten me, this is the result."
"I don't want trouble, but I'm not afraid of it either. Whether or not I kill her today, she would have come after me later anyway. Since that's the case, I might as well kill her now."
"Go back and tell Sunagakure, I'm not afraid of war. If they want to fight, then fight."
Tetsusai and Frien were too shocked to speak.
At this moment, they deeply understood the weight behind the title of the Purple-Robed Dragon King.
But the cost... might be a bit too great.
The negotiations could no longer continue. Tetsusai looked at Frien and finally said, "Let's go."
The two left dejectedly.
After the two used Body Flicker to leave far away, a Roran minister nearby voiced his concern, "Queen, offending Sunagakure might bring great trouble."
However, Sara only replied calmly, "It's fine. I'll handle this matter. You all just do what you need to do."
Seeing the queen's confidence, the minister immediately breathed a sigh of relief...
———
Soon after, Sara met with Obito and the others again.
Obito keenly sensed the killing intent on Sara and asked, "The negotiation didn't go well?"
Sara said angrily, "Yeah, they even tried to threaten me with my people. It infuriated me. Are all the Five Great Shinobi Villages like this?"
Obito showed a faint, sarcastic smile, "That's right, all the same. There are always some idiots."
"That's why I say, if you haven't gotten involved with this world, it's best not to get involved at all."
Sara nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Now I'm a member of Akatsuki. If I get into trouble, Lord Madara will help, right?"
Obito smiled, "Madara may have many issues, but he's very protective of his own."
"Actually, Sara, Sunagakure may not even dare to go to war with you."
Sara said in distress, "But I killed someone who looked quite high-ranking among them. Even that team leader thought it could likely provoke a war."
Obito said lightly, "The premise of war is that they still have strength left. Sara, Kikyo Mountain is destined to give Sunagakure a painful lesson."
Sara was shocked, already having realized something, "You mean..."
Obito nodded, "Yes. After all, I'm a Konoha shinobi. I should do something as well..."
———
After chatting with Sara for a bit more, Team 7 began their journey back.
By the time they returned to Kikyo Mountain, the situation was already extremely tense, and the number of wounded in the camp had significantly increased.
Rin almost immediately joined the medical team, while Obito and Kakashi were brought to the command tent to meet Orochimaru.
Before anyone could speak, a spatial ripple flashed, and Minato, who was always elusive during war, appeared as well.
Minato looked at Obito and Kakashi and gave a slight smile, "How did the mission go?"
In fact, Minato knew there were no problems with Obito's Roran mission. What he was asking about was something else.
Something that was a big deal for all of Konoha.
Obito naturally understood what teacher Minato meant and slowly said, "The process had almost no complications. Everything went smoothly."
Minato suddenly felt a strange emotion arise in his heart.
'So Danzo is just dead like that?'
Died so quietly, so naturally, like those Sunagakure shinobi killed by him.
He showed a faint smile and simply said four words, "I understand now."
Orochimaru watched the scene with great interest.
He felt there was subtext between Minato and Obito, but lacking intel, he couldn't figure out that his collaborator was already dead.
He only thought Minato and Obito were discussing something that had happened in Roran.
'Minato, too, is keeping secrets...', Orochimaru looked meaningfully at Namikaze Minato.
Messages had already come from Konoha. The Third Hokage was beginning to build momentum for Minato, promoting his outstanding performance at Kikyo Mountain.
But in doing so, it seemed they deliberately ignored Orochimaru, the actual commander-in-chief, so that even though he had made great contributions, his reputation was now dim.
This was like making the ox plow the fields but not letting it eat grass.
Honestly, Orochimaru was somewhat disappointed.
He didn't have to be the Fourth Hokage, but at the very least, Teacher Hiruzen should have asked for his opinion.
He chuckled to himself inwardly, 'Teacher Hiruzen, your actions are truly disheartening.'
Of course, on the surface, Orochimaru showed nothing. The war was still ongoing, and as the frontline commander, he knew what mattered most.
He quickly adjusted his mood and looked at Obito, asking, "Did Queen Sara agree to a non-aggression pact with Konoha?"
Obito nodded, took out a sealing scroll, and retrieved the contract from inside, "Queen Sara has already signed the contract. We just need to send it back to Konoha and have Lord Third sign it. Then we'll have no worries."
Orochimaru licked his lips. Regardless of the hidden details, this was the result he wanted.
He said, "Another S-rank mission completed. You're really excellent."
Then, he looked toward Minato.
"I have another mission here for Team 7, excluding Rin. The mission is very dangerous, but only you can handle it."
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