Be Polite Before the Fight!

"Puppet old hag!"

"Old fart with air tube!"

In the center of the battlefield between Amegakure and the Land of Wind, Hanzo stood at the forefront of the Amegakure forces, wielding his weapon. Similar to Hanzo, the elder of the Sunagakure, Chiyo, also stood at the forefront of the Sunagakure forces.

The two were positioned about three meters apart, locking eyes and calling each other by the nicknames they had given.

These nicknames were bearable for Hanzo, but for Chiyo, who was in her middle age, hearing the words "old hag" really angered her.

However, today was different from usual. The two sides were preparing for peace talks, so Chiyo had to temporarily suppress her inner anger.

"This ceasefire requires compensation from Amegakure." Suppressing her anger, Chiyo went straight to the point.

"Do you still want to continue fighting? Puppet old hag!" Naturally, Hanzo would not agree to Chiyo's compensation demands. Regardless of the fact that he hadn't been defeated yet, the battle was evenly matched, with the Amegakure at most slightly disadvantaged. Even if Hanzo wanted compensation, Amegakure had no money, let alone resources to offer.

"Hanzo! Have you got any tricks left now that I've neutralized your toxins?" With a stern expression, Chiyo spoke in a threatening tone.

"Why don't you give it a try?" Knowing that he couldn't afford to be weak at this moment, Hanzo responded with a firm tone.

While Ame and Suna were starting their negotiations for a ceasefire, Danzo, who had been lurking in Amegakure, received the news promptly. At the same time, Danzo also received the news from the village that the ninja forces had gathered and arrived at the border between the Land of Fire and Amegakure.

Now everything was in place, with the right timing, location, and personnel!

Feeling good about the situation, Danzo put down the intelligence in his hands, looked up, and smiled at the three ninja in front of him.

"Hanzo and Chiyo have started ceasefire negotiations. Be prepared for a surprise attack; it could start at any moment!"

"I can't wait!" Left hand pressed on the right fist clenched in preparation for battle, Tsunade, eager to make a name for herself in protecting her younger brother, shone with anticipation and couldn't wait to say, "Let's fight already!"

So violent! Whoever marries this little princess in the future is really going to suffer!

Looking at Tsunade, who was about to burst with excitement, Danzo, in his heart, couldn't help but feel moved.

I wonder how the situation is on the side of Amegakure?

Lost in his thoughts, Kizaru, who was planning to rescue Tsunade, gazed absentmindedly at the ceiling of the room.

"When the Land of Rock dispatches troops to Amegakure, our Iwagakure will..."

"Chuckle!"

Hearing the sudden laughter, Onoki angrily slammed the table and looked toward the direction where the laughter came from.

"You damn brat, are you looking down on the ninjas of Iwagakure?" Seeing that the one laughing was Kizaru, Onoki asked angrily.

"I'm really sorry! I just remembered something funny." Kizaru, who was daydreaming, replied sincerely upon hearing Onoki's question.

"Darn it!" Feeling dismissed, Onoki became even angrier.

"Lord Tsuchikage, please calm down!" Hiruzen intervened to appease Onoki, giving a helpless look to his disciple behind him.

"This disciple of mine always manages to create some big trouble."

"Kizaru is just a kid under ten years old. Please be understanding!" Trying to excuse himself, Hiruzen said.

"A kid?"

Facing Hiruzen's attempt to excuse his disciple, Onoki was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment.

Looking at the smiling Third Hokage and the laughing Kizaru with the Two-Tails on his shoulder, Onoki, who felt he had no chance of winning, could only sit down again, suppressing his anger.

Frustrated, but unable to fight!

"This time, when we go to Amegakure, Iwagakure is willing to send ninjas to assist Konoha in stopping Hanzo's ambitions." Sitting down again, Onoki looked at Hiruzen and continued with the main topic.

"If Hanzo casually starts a war, we cannot stand idly by. If Lord Tsuchikage is willing to send troops, that's excellent." Hiruzen politely replied.

While Kizaru, who had just regained his focus, was listening to the conversation, he suddenly remembered an important matter.

Tsunade's brother, Nawaki, had been wanted by other ninja villages on the black market, and there was a substantial bounty on him.

Thinking about the tears almost shed by Tsunade at the hospital entrance and the injuries sustained by Nawaki just a couple of days ago, Kizaru made up his mind. After the negotiations, he would talk to Onoki and try to persuade him to cancel the bounty on Nawaki.

Waiting for this took four or five hours, lasting until the afternoon.

After nearly six hours of negotiation, Konoha and Iwagakure, Hiruzen and Onoki, finally reached a consensus.

The two sides agreed that after the talks were concluded, they would send messenger teams to each other's villages, establishing mutual assistance and mutual retreat as allied relationships.

At the same time, during the negotiations, the two sides reached a tentative plan, which was to jointly hold a Chunin Exam for the entire ninja world after the end of the war in Amegakure.

Both sides wanted to use this exam to showcase their close ally relationship to the entire ninja world.

Hearing his teacher voluntarily bringing up the Chunin Exam during the negotiations, Kizaru immediately had a not-so-good premonition.

Considering that he had just graduated three years early and had only been on two missions, Kizaru, who was not yet ten years old, was just a lowly Genin according to the village's official classification.

Could Sarutobi-sensei be this shameless?

With his hands crossed in front of his chest and touching his chin, Kizaru fell into contemplation.

Carefully recalling the usual style of his teacher, Kizaru felt that he might indeed be shameless!

"It's so terrifying! Sarutobi-sensei!"

Just as Kizaru was silently complaining about Hiruzen in his heart, the meeting between the two sides officially ended. The Third Hokage, Hiruzen, and the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, both left their positions and stood up.

They shook hands, and both of them wore seemingly sincere smiles on their faces.

"After the war, I'm really looking forward to the Chunin Exam!" Holding hands with Hiruzen, Onoki smiled and said.

Although Konoha had a super genius like Kizaru, Onoki was confident that, at the level of Genin, Iwagakure's ninjas were no less than Konoha's.

"Yeah! I'm looking forward to it too!" Hiruzen smiled in response.

It seems that Kizaru's promotion will have to wait a bit longer!

After shaking hands, the two old foxes' smiles on their faces became even brighter.

Having said that, Hiruzen and Onoki released their hands and walked out of the earthen house together.

"Lord Tsuchikage, can you wait for a moment?" Walking out of the house, Kizaru, who remembered the important matter, took the initiative to speak.

Everyone present looked at Kizaru, especially Onoki and Hiruzen, who looked at Kizaru with one questioning eye and one warning eye.

Confusion filled Onoki and Hiruzen was the one to warn against causing trouble.

"Sensei, I'd like to have a private chat with Tsuchikage, is it okay?" Facing Hiruzen's warning gaze, Kizaru calmly asked.

In response to Kizaru's question, Hiruzen did not immediately reply but looked somewhat puzzled at Onoki.

"Oh! I wonder what it is?" Onoki looked at Kizaru and asked.

"It's a personal matter," Kizaru replied.

Nodding, Onoki considered for a moment and then agreed, "Sure."

"Tsuchikage!" Behind Tsuchikage, as the Tsuchikage's guard, an Iwagakure Jonin urgently spoke.

Raising his hand to stop his subordinate from speaking, Onoki smiled and said, "We are allies with Konoha now! If Konoha's junior wants to talk to me, I'm happy to oblige!"

After saying that, Onoki took the initiative to walk to Kizaru's side.

Looking up at Kizaru's tall figure, Onoki's expression remained unchanged. Hands behind his back, he used ninjutsu to float.

Facing each other, Onoki pointed to a distant giant rock and said, "Let's go over there!"

"Thank you very much, Tsuchikage!" Smiling, Kizaru expressed his gratitude.

"Kizaru, don't be disrespectful to Tsuchikage!" Looking at Kizaru, Hiruzen reminded.

Already stepping forward, Kizaru, with his back to Hiruzen, raised his hand and waved.

"Don't worry, sensei!"

After saying that, Kizaru followed Onoki to the back of the distant rock.

Flying next to the giant rock, Onoki and Kizaru faced each other and Onoki asked, "Speak! What brings you to me?"

"Tsuchikage, I hope you can cancel the bounty on Senju Nawaki!" With courtesy before aggression, Kizaru smiled and asked kindly.

Slightly furrowing his brows, Onoki naturally couldn't admit to the bounty mentioned by Kizaru.

"I don't understand what you mean. Iwagakure has never collaborated with the black market," Onoki denied.

"Oh-ho!" Laughing, Kizaru changed his wording. "I hope Iwagakure can assist me in removing the bounty on Nawaki."

Konoha has given birth to a genius like Kizaru. If that Nawaki inherits his grandfather's talent, the future of Konoha will become even more terrifying.

Thinking about this, Onoki tactfully declined, "I really want to help, but Iwagakure has no dealings with the black market. It's really a case of having the will but not the power."

Seeing Onoki refuse again, Kizaru's smile faded a bit, and a serious expression appeared in his eyes.

"Well, if something happens to Nawaki, I'll be very sad! If something terrible happens at that time, I'm really sorry." Using a serious tone, Kizaru looked directly at Onoki.

"Are you threatening me, Konoha's brat?" Onoki glared, and his tone became serious.

"No, no, just a friendly reminder!" Waving his finger, Kizaru said with a reminder.

After saying that, Kizaru no longer looked at Onoki but turned to face the mountainous area in front.

"Here comes the attack!"

Seeing Kizaru's serious tone, Matatabi didn't dare to make trouble at this moment, and she frowned at Onoki without good temper. Matatabi silently jumped down from her shoulders.

Lifting his right foot, armed with Haki, using his Devil Fruit ability, particles of light continuously gathered. Coupled with the peak-level physical qualities of an Admiral, and the use of the Navy's Rokushiki, all the abilities Kizaru currently mastered were fused into a golden crescent-shaped slash.

The airflow was driven, the earth was shaking, and even the space seemed to be torn apart. Representing Kizaru's strongest attack, the slash with the power to destroy heaven and earth flew rapidly towards the front.

One mountain, two mountains, three mountains...

After slashing through the mountains, the golden slash, still not exhausted, continued to soar. It heavily slashed on a distant mountain.

Several loud noises, the mountain began to collapse, dust was raised, and a strong seismic wave came from a distance, making the entire plain tremble.

Flying in the air, next to Kizaru, Onoki, who witnessed the attack, was most impressed.

Struggling to maintain composure, Onoki's heart was also surging.

If no one stops Kizaru's attack, the entire Iwagakure would have been destroyed.

Looking at Kizaru, who was so relaxed with his hands in his pockets, not even a drop of sweat on his face.

Onoki gained a more intuitive understanding of Kizaru's strength.

This guy is really a monster!

"Lord Tsuchikage!"

"Kizaru!"

Such a big movement naturally attracted the attention and astonishment of the ninjas of Konoha and Iwagakure on the plain.

Ninjas on both sides, including those hidden in the dark, appeared one after another, forming a confrontational posture, coming to Kizaru and Onoki's side.

"Hold on!" Onoki turned his head to look at his subordinates who had already assumed a fighting posture, and said to stop them.

"Kizaru, calm down!" Hiruzen also gestured to calm down Konoha's ninjas after gesturing to Kizaru. Then, he turned to face Kizaru and asked urgently, "What happened?"

"I just asked Tsuchikage to help me with some guidance on ninjutsu." With his hands in his pockets, Kizaru explained with a smiling face.

"Yes!" The scene of the slash was still vivid in his mind. Onoki, who didn't want to conflict with Kizaru and Konoha, cooperated and said, "The disciple of the Hokage really surprises people!"

"Hahaha! This child still needs a lot of guidance from you!" Although he knew that something must have happened between Kizaru and Onoki, Hiruzen followed the steps and said.

"I don't have the ability to guide this kind of genius! " Onoki said sincerely.

"How long does this child need to practice and grow! If he did anything disrespectful just now, I'm willing to apologize on behalf of my disciple." Eager to please, Hiruzen took the initiative to take over the responsibility for Kizaru.

Shaking his head, Onoki looked back at Kizaru.

His eyes were filled with complex emotions, and Onoki compromised and said, "I agree to your request."

"Thank you so much, Tsuchikage!" Seeing Onoki agree, Kizaru's smile returned to his face.

Looking at Onoki, then at Kizaru, Hiruzen's curiosity about the conversation between the two was evident.