I will use the ninja world to aid my cultivation of immortality.

Although his attempt to exploit the alliance to gain benefits from Sunagakure was rejected, Rasa surprisingly proposed another way to demonstrate Sunagakure's sincerity in forming an alliance with Iwagakure.

This sincerity is precisely what Yecang is showing.

Rasa actually wanted to give Pakura to Iwagakure as a sign of Sunagakure's sincerity in forming an alliance with Iwagakure.

And he even gave a pretentious reason.

That was during the battle between Sunagakure and Iwagakure in the Land of Birds, when Yekura, as the commander of the battlefield, killed many people from Iwagakure.

It has to be said that Rosa's move was something Onoki had never thought of before.

Similarly, how could Onoki refuse such sincerity?

An alliance is just a piece of paper.

When things really come to a head, he won't hold back at all.

But if Yekura dies, then she is truly dead, meaning that Sunagakure will lose a top-tier fighter.

With Onoki's wisdom, he naturally saw through Rasa's true purpose immediately.

The other party is intentionally using this alliance to suppress dissent.

"No wonder even their own Kage have disappeared. With internal strife in Sunagakure reaching this level and this kind of behavior, I wouldn't be surprised if this village were to fall out of the ranks of the Five Great Ninja Villages one day."

Ōnoki sighed and immediately sent someone to Sunagakure again.

This is a rare opportunity. Now that Sunagakure has a mentally challenged leader, he doesn't want to miss this golden opportunity to eliminate a powerful enemy by the time Sunagakure realizes what's happening.

They cooperated very well.

When the people from Iwagakure arrived in Sunagakure again, the next day, the Sunagakure delegation responsible for negotiating the alliance details set off from Sunagakure to Iwagakure.

After traversing the Land of Birds, the delegation from Sunagakure successfully entered the Land of Earth.

"Lord Yekura, we're almost at the location where we'll be met in Iwagakure." Moving swiftly through the forest, a Sand Ninja estimated the distance, then quickened his pace, arriving beside the leader with a broad smile.

The leader was Ye Cang.

"Okay, pass on a message to the others: when you meet the people from Sunagakure later, remember to be extra careful. Although we're here to form an alliance, we also need to be wary of Iwagakure having other plans." Yecang nodded slightly and instructed the Sunagakure ninja beside him.

"Yes!" the Sand Ninja replied respectfully, and then relayed the message to the others as instructed by Yekura.

As the Sand Ninja left, Pakura's gaze returned to the distance.

However, because of this, she did not notice the twenty or so Sand Ninja following behind her, whose gazes toward her back held a strange undertone.

Chapter 110 Darkening in Despair

It's approaching evening.

The Sunagakure delegation, led by Yekura, successfully arrived at the agreed-upon meeting point with Iwagakure.

This is a valley.

brush!

Upon entering the valley, Yekura immediately stopped when she saw figures dressed as Iwa ninjas ahead.

As she stopped, the Sand Ninja following behind also immediately halted.

Yekura cautiously scanned the valley first, and only after finding no problems did she look at the Iwa ninja opposite her.

The number of Iwa ninja was about the same as hers, around twenty people.

When Yekura looked at one of the Iwa ninja, her eyes suddenly narrowed.

This Iwa ninja was about thirty years old and had a spiky hairstyle.

"It's Kari from the Iwagakure demolition squad!"

Upon seeing the Iwa ninja with his spiky hair, Yekura immediately recognized him.

Just as Sunagakure has an elite combat force like the Puppet Squad, Iwagakure also has an elite demolition squad.

The man before me, Kari, is the captain of the Explosion Squad. He not only possesses the Explosion Release bloodline limit, but he is also extremely strong and is a very famous elite Jonin in Iwagakure.

Information about Hunting flashed through his mind.

Yekura became even more wary of the fact that among the people sent by Iwagakure to meet them was a skilled fighter like Kari.

Normally, if it's just for support, they wouldn't send out any high-profile figures.

Even if one wants to gain benefits through a show of force during alliance negotiations, that should wait until the negotiations are underway.

of course.

Until the people of Iwagakure take any truly dangerous actions, Yekura can only remain vigilant.

Tap tap tap.

Like Yekura, the Iwa ninja, led by Kari, also saw the arrival of Yekura and the other Sand ninja immediately.

Seemingly without any ill intent, Kari led the Iwa ninja directly towards Yekura and the others.

Seeing this, Yecang temporarily suppressed his vigilance and led the Sand Ninja behind him to meet the enemy.

"Gentlemen of Iwagakure, we are the delegation from Sunagakure who have come to you to discuss an alliance. This is our identification."

When they were about five or six meters apart, Yekura stopped and, while speaking to the Iwa ninja opposite her, took out her identification card from her ninja tool bag and threw it to the Gari opposite her.

He reached out and caught the identification document.

Instead of opening it to check, Kari subtly exchanged a glance with one of the Sand Ninja behind Yekura, and then immediately turned his gaze back to Yekura opposite him.

With a grin, Shou said, "The renowned Blazing Release user, Yekura, I was originally quite disappointed that I couldn't go to the battlefield of the Bird Country to fight you, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity now."

"What—"

Kari's words caused Yekura's expression to change slightly.

The other party's attitude didn't seem like they wanted to form an alliance at all; on the contrary, they seemed to want to deal with me.

Startled and suspicious, Ye Cang opened his mouth to question her.

Before she could finish speaking, a series of whooshing sounds suddenly came from behind her.

Years of fighting had ingrained an instinct that made Yekura's hair stand on end.

But just as she was about to dodge, her body became unusually slow and out of control.

It was as if she was no longer the famous Scorching Release user, but a genin who had just graduated from the ninja academy.

Let's look behind Yekura.

The dense, whistling sound came from a barrage of shuriken and kunai.

Keep in mind that the Sand Ninja were waiting behind Yekura.

Now that someone has attacked Pakura from behind, the only ones capable of doing so are undoubtedly the Sand Ninja who are considered Pakura's comrades.

A sudden betrayal.

In addition, the body is abnormally slow.

A barrage of shuriken and kunai hurtled through the air, about to strike Yekura's smooth, beautiful back.

call! ! !

A sudden gale struck.

Just as the Sand Ninjas, who had been shooting shurikens and kunai, were grinning and waiting for their sneak attack to succeed,

Suddenly, a fierce gust of wind swept in from the side, just enough to knock away the shuriken and kunai that were flying towards Yekura.

As the whirlwind swept away the shuriken and kunai, the slow-moving Pakura finally leaped to the other side, escaping the midst of the Sand Ninja and the Rock Ninja.

Landing not far away, Ye Cang, his steps faltering, looked at his former companions with a pale face and a mixture of shock and anger.

"Kill her quickly!"

The sneak attack was disrupted by a sudden gust of wind, and the grinning Sand Ninja were startled. They hurriedly roared and pounced on Yekura.

Normally, they wouldn't dare to fight Ye Cang.

But it's different now.

This was not only because they received orders from Rasa, but also because Yekura had already been poisoned by them beforehand.

Although this poison is not lethal in order to avoid alerting Yekura, it has an extremely strong effect on suppressing chakra.

The more chakra extracted, the faster the poison takes effect.

Chakra is the source of a ninja's power.

Even a top-tier fighter like Yekura might not be able to defeat a newly graduated genin if her chakra is severely suppressed.

"Did Sunagakure poison Pakura?"

The garrison and the Iwa ninja did not participate in the attack on Pakura.

The main problem was that Kari, as the leader, didn't take action.

The reason why Gari did not make a move was because he realized from Yotsumura's unusually slow reaction that Sunagakure might have poisoned Yotsumura.

After all, since the birth of puppeteers, Sunagakure has been unparalleled in the ninja world when it comes to the art of poison.