Chapter 807: Heated Negotiations!
"However, you overlooked one important aspect." The Sunagakure side tensed up as Homura and Koharu refused to accept their argument. Fujin suddenly sighed and muttered, "When I suggested we discuss civilly, I didn't mean you should lie through your teeth. Are you here to negotiate or did Sunagakure just promote two scapegoats to sacrifice?"
Yura and Arisa frowned as Fujin glanced into their eyes and continued, "I was the one who fought the reanimated Fourth Kazekage. We had a nice little chat before I sealed him. He accepted that Sunagakure had allied with Otogakure with the intention of attacking us long before he was killed by Orochimaru. While he was regretful of his decision, it doesn't absolve Sunagakure from their crimes."
The Sunagakure ninjas weren't surprised. On the contrary, they expected Konoha to use this point. Arisa cursed in her mind, 'Talk civilly? Not lying? Asshole, follow what you preach! As if Lord Kazekage would accept that after we were defeated!'
She quickly replied, "No, that doesn't sound correct. Lord Fourth would never break his word and renege from our Alliance despite our difficulties. I believe that Orochimaru might have controlled Lord Fourth and made him say those things."
Fujin immediately replied, "That's not the case. By then, Orochimaru was defeated by Lord Third and had escaped like the coward he is. Besides, telling whether someone is controlled or not is rather easy to tell. Not to mention, he also gave us some more interesting information.
Unlike your claims, he said that Sunagakure had been preparing for war for over half a year. Thousands of ninjas were trained extensively to attack us and prepare for the aftermath. Tell me, do you think we'll believe that he manipulated everyone in your villages for over 6 months and yet no one realized?"
Before the Suna ninjas could reply, Inoichi added, "Don't bother trying to cover this up. We cross-checked the recent activities in your village. There is no doubt about this. Your village was closed off for others for several months preceding the attack. We didn't bother looking much into it back then since we had no reason to be suspicious, but now it is crystal clear what you were planning."
The room became silent as the Konoha ninjas stared intensely at the Sunagakure ninjas. It was as if they couldn't wait to launch a war against Sunagakure. The two Daimyo were nervous. The Fire Daimyo thought, 'This is very different from Konoha's earlier ways of negotiations. They've generally been more forgiving in order to get peace.
Of course, that might be their intention today too and they may be turning up the heat to get what they truly want. Still, Konoha has become like how they were before the start of the Second Great Ninja War. Their recent victories are no flukes. Their military might has recovered!'