A new round of confrontation between Kumogakure and Konoha began.
"Waves in the waves, waves in the waves..." Funan sang and danced.
The Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee, on the other side, looked at him dumbfounded.
Killer Bee wanted to join in the song, but his brother glared at him, making him shrink away not daring to say anything.
Since the war, Kumogakure has suffered great losses, far more than Konoha.
If Killer Bee continued doing stupid things at a time like this, the Raikage would personally teach him a lesson.
"Uchiha Funan!" The Fourth Raikage roared. "Konoha have no intention of negotiating?"
Funan's rap began: "Bakayaro, I don't negotiate, I'm the boss, Konoyaro, wait, that's your loss, Konoha will send someone, you see, Oh yeah!"
The Fourth Raikage blinked angrily.
This was a blatant provocation!
The Fourth Raikage felt like his nostrils were smoking.
"What are you looking at?" Funan raised a middle finger to the Raikage and said: "Are you not convinced? Hit me, hit me?"
Raikage exhaled deeply and replied coldly: "If Konoha doesn't want to negotiate, we will continue fighting. Kumogakure is not afraid of them!" The last sentence of the Raikage was sonorous and powerful.
"I'm waiting for you to say this!" Funan rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "So shall we continue? Start today or tomorrow!?"
"I will hit you so hard that your mother won't be able to recognize you. Oh, I can't wait any longer, my great sword is thirsty."
"Wait, wait!" Kakashi and others hurried forward and grabbed Funan.
"Commander, please calm down!"
"What for?" Funan said angrily: "We are Konoha, the first shinobi village, how can we bow to these barbarians? These guys with muscles in their heads should be taught a lesson with fists."
"Commander, the acting Hokage's wish is also to stop fighting." Kakashi advised earnestly: "Besides, we only have 2,000 people."
"The other side has even fewer people than us!" Funan proudly puffed up his chest and said: "This is all my credit."
"Yes, yes, it's all your credit."
The group quickly nodded, using every tactic possible to calm Funan down and prevent him from restarting the battle.
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head, and said to the Fourth Raikage: "Raikage-sama, please withdraw. Konoha will send a new emissary to negotiate with you."
"It will be better this way!" The Fourth Raikage replied, irritated. "You are the ones who should retreat, not us!"
"Bullshit, you still want to fight?" Funan jumped up all of a sudden.
"You, you are going too far!" The Fourth Raikage roared angrily.
Why did they keep fighting? Wasn't it because Funan and the Konoha shinobi kept advancing? Kumo had been forced back again and again, and now, again. Was it never going to end?
"Don't give me that. Are you going to retreat or not? If not, let's continue fighting." Funan sneered and said to Kakashi. "Don't stop me. These guys dare to shout in front of me just because you stop me. If you don't stop me, I will scare this guy to death, and he won't dare to jump in front of me."
The Fourth Raikage was breathing heavily.
Killer Bee put a hand on his shoulder and shook his head gently.
At that moment, Killer Bee seemed surprisingly calm.
The Raikage exhaled heavily, waved his hand fiercely, and shouted: "Retreat!"
The Kumo shinobi began to retreat again.
The Konoha shinobi, eyes shining with excitement, looked at Funan with admiration.
"Long live Funan-sama!"
"Funan-sama!"
"The commander-in-chief is invincible!"
Finally, led by one person, all the Konoha shinobi could not help but cheer.
Funan smiled and waved at the Konoha shinobi.
The shinobi who had survived until now were, unless they were very lucky, experts with special abilities, elite in every way.
These two thousand shinobi, with their admiration for Funan, would be a great support for Funan to ascend to the position of Hokage.
...
On the Kumogakure side.
Hearing the cheering behind them, some Kumo shinobi had their eyes filled with hatred. Some were at a loss. Some others had a pale face.
Before, they were the ones who maintained a haughty attitude towards Konoha. How come it had changed now?
They didn't know it. But many Kumo shinobi were beginning to look at the Fourth Raikage in a different way.
They didn't know much, but they knew that the Fourth Raikage, facing Uchiha Funan, had chosen to retreat again and again.
...
"Just this once!"
"Not once! I have dignity. If you want to go, you go!"
"Do you think I have no dignity? Besides, if you go this time, you are representing me too."
"Hehe, do you really think that person cares whether I represent you or not?"
The ones arguing were Torifu and Shikaku. The reason for the discussion was a request from the battlefront: the village had to send an emissary to negotiate with Kumogakure on behalf of Konoha.
Choosing that person became a big problem.
The first person Torifu thought of was Shikaku.
This is a great opportunity! If he went and came back, he would gain great merit immediately.
However, Shikaku firmly refused, and his attitude was extremely tough. According to him, he had dignity. He hadn't been in the initial battle and, now that they had won, if he was going to negotiate, what would the other shinobi think? He wanted to maintain his reputation.
The real reason was that he feared reprisals from Funan. Everyone knew that to go now would be to steal credit.
"Send Shimura Danzo!" Shikaku said maliciously.
Torifu said unhappily: "I am worried that he will not come back after he goes!"
"This..." Shikaku thought about it, and it was really possible.
"What should we do?"
"Let Uchiha Funan take full responsibility!" Shikaku looked at Torifu and said: "I know you want to balance things."
"You have seen how the Sarutobi clan lost more than a thousand shinobi, even Shinnosuke died. But don't forget that the Uchiha clan also lost twelve Jonin not long ago. The strength of the Sarutobi clan is still greater."
"Well, okay!" Torifu sighed helplessly and said: "The twelve Uchiha Jonin are indeed very important, but I always feel something is wrong."
Shikaku was silent. He wasn't the only one who felt something was wrong. Everyone felt it. Even though they saw the bodies, were those twelve Jonin really dead? Without proof, they couldn't confront the Uchiha clan.
…
The front line received the order quickly.
Torifu ordered Funan to take charge of negotiations with Kumogakure, emphasizing that it was to negotiate peace, not to resume war.
Kakashi and others were very satisfied with what Torifu emphasized.
Although Funan was very dissatisfied, he did not say anything. Instead, he proposed many conditions during the peace talks, as if he wanted to force Kumogakure to go to war.
The Fourth Raikage decided not to participate. Anyway, he had already failed and lost enough prestige. He didn't care about the rest. He simply sent out his right-hand man, Dodai.
Dodai calmly neutralized all the offensives of the aggressive Funan.
Funan could be aggressive and irrational, but he couldn't be completely shameless. Although many thought he already was.
After several exchanges, both parties were satisfied. Konoha only needed to win the war to achieve his goal. Asking for more was simply extra profit.
When Funan detailed the achievements, Kakashi and the others were speechless.
"Commander, are you sure that if Kumogakure agrees to all these conditions, will they abide by them?"
Funan didn't care at all and said: "If they don't comply, we continue fighting. Next time, we will destroy Kumogakure. I don't believe that they still won't obey."
Kakashi and the others smiled bitterly.
Major shinobi villages used to honor their agreements to maintain their credibility. Failure to do so would be devastating to its reputation.
However, how could Kumogakure agree to such exaggerated conditions?
Kakashi and the others looked at each other and saw the doubts and solemnity in the others' eyes.
Something strange was happening. But, for Konoha, it was good news. The war was over. In just over ten days, the battle had ended with Konoha as the victor, although not completely.
Kumogakure lost, but not as much as it seemed. The Fourth Raikage consolidated his complete control over the village.
Both sides gained and lost some.
The other villages were bewildered. What's going on? How could they finish so quickly?
Of course, only Iwagakure had that idea. While Kirigakure is still fighting within himself. And Rasa is now Funan's personal toy.
In fact, fortunately, Iwagakure didn't have time to do anything, otherwise, Rasa would definitely attack Iwagakure, and Funan would also mobilize a large number of Uchiha shinobi to teach Iwagakure a hard lesson.
"The war is over!" Funan announced to the Konoha shinobi, who celebrated enthusiastically.
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"Monkey, I miss you so much, do you miss me?"
After half a month, Funan returned to the Konoha meeting room again. Seeing everyone gathered, he fixed his gaze on Hiruzen and, with his arms open, almost hugged him.
Luckily, Shikaku stopped him. Otherwise, a fight might have broken out.
Hiruzen said calmly: "Uchiha Funan, talk nicely."
"Am I not talking nicely now?" Funan looked at Hiruzen aggrievedly and said: "Monkey, you have changed, I don't even recognize you anymore."
"Do you know how much I miss you?"
"Especially the matter of Shinnosuke, after I knew about it, I was so angry late at night... cough, cough!"
Seeing a series of cold eyes, Funan decisively shut his mouth.
Hiruzen was already trembling all over, and his eyes were red. In the past few days, he had barely managed to calm down and let go of the idea of facing the Uchiha at all costs, and now this Uchiha Funan was provoking him again.
"Funan!" Torifu looked at him fiercely, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, okay?"
"Okay!" Funan ignored Torifu's threats, looked at Danzo with a smile, and said: "Danzo, it is said that you are causing trouble again?"
"No!" Danzo denied it without hesitation. That was not what he did, why should he admit it? Even if everyone thinks so, he will never give up.
"Be good, don't deny it, I heard it all!" Funan chuckled and said: "I heard that you posed as an Uchiha to try to assassinate the Kazekage. Tsk, tsk, tsk, you look so brave, do your family know?"
"Funan!" Torifu's words became heavier.
"What?" Funan glanced at Torifu and said: "Is the acting Hokage planning to help Mono and Dandan attack the Uchiha?"
There were a few more coughs at the scene.
Danzo's eyes twitched wildly. Uchiha kid, it's not over yet, right?
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