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

Chapter 60: Alliance? Enslavement!

"Yakura, huh? Sunagakure has actually transferred this woman away from the battlefield. That's quite interesting." Naraku thought with amusement as he looked at Yakura across from him.

"Are you the leader of Hoshigakure?" Yekura also looked Naraku up and down, a look of surprise appearing on her pretty face.

Clearly, like Iwagakure, Sunagakure is allied with Hoshigakure, but because Hoshigakure is just a small ninja village, Sunagakure's information about Hoshigakure is still based on the past.

“Yes, the old chief has retired, and I will now be the village chief.” After Naraku arrived, Nonou stepped behind Naraku and handed over the leadership to him.

Seeing Yekura's surprise, Naraku naturally used the excuse he had previously used to deal with Mahiru and the others.

"I see. I won't waste any more time. We've come here on behalf of Sunagakure to strengthen our alliance with your village." Yekura gave Naraku a deep look before stating his purpose very clearly.

Naraku smiled slightly: "Strengthening the alliance is no problem, but I wonder if your side has any other requests?"

"There are some requirements, but perhaps it's not convenient to discuss them here." Yekura indicated that she wanted to talk about it after entering the Star Ninja Village.

Naraku waved his hand and said, "I'm very sorry, but because of the tense situation in the ninja world, our village is closed and we are not receiving outsiders for the time being. Let's discuss this here!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Cang frowned slightly.

Many of the Sand Ninja behind her glared at her with hostility.

The Iwa ninja arrived yesterday, but now the Hoshigakure village won't even let them in. This naturally makes people think that the Iwa ninja might still be inside the Hoshigakure village.

The Hidden Stone Village has even reached some kind of agreement with the Hidden Star Village, and now they are just dealing with them.

Of course, Yekura clearly held great prestige within Sunagakure.

Although the Sand Ninja had various speculations, none of them dared to make any rash moves until Pakura made a statement.

"This is somewhat inappropriate. The alliance is of utmost importance; how can it be discussed in such a rudimentary setting? Moreover, as allies, we should not be considered outsiders," Ye Cang said in a deep voice, his brow furrowed.

She would naturally not agree to discuss the alliance here.

After all, one of her purposes in coming here was to determine whether Hoshigakure was colluding with Iwagakure.

If you can't even get into the other village, how can you possibly investigate thoroughly?

No, their attitude of not letting us into the village only makes things more suspicious.

"Then forget it, let's just maintain the original alliance," Naraku said with a smile.

Yekura stared intently at Naraku.

It seems they wanted to glean something from this.

In the end, however, there was clearly nothing to show for it.

Naraku maintained a relaxed demeanor throughout, showing absolutely no sign of guilt.

After a short while, Yecang slowly said, "As far as we know, Iwagakure sent someone to visit your village yesterday. I wonder if your side has reached any agreement with them."

The man in front of me didn't reveal any flaws, so I might as well put the problem out in the open and test him.

"No, in fact, I also arrested their people."

The other party laid out the problem openly, and Naraku did not disappoint them, speaking very frankly.

Seeing the astonished expressions on the faces of Yekura and the Sand Ninja, Naraku calmly continued, "It's quite ridiculous. Iwagakure inexplicably sent people to want me to submit to them, and when they saw that I was unwilling, they even tried to attack me. Naturally, I had no choice but to take action and capture them."

"Are you serious? This is no laughing matter!" After a moment of surprise, Ye Cang quickly confirmed.

"Go to the prison and bring over an Iwa ninja!" Naraku demonstrated with his actions.

Upon receiving the order, several Star Ninjas immediately went to carry it out, and soon, the leader of the Iwa Ninjas, Hiru, was brought over.

Hiruzen is a renowned Jonin ninja from Iwagakure, and is even expected to become an elite Jonin, so it's impossible for Pakura not to know him.

However, Yekura was quite surprised when she saw the Demon Leech being escorted by the Star Ninja like a dead dog, covered in wounds.

"Well, is this evidence sufficient?" Naraku smiled at Yekura.

"That's enough. I was rude just now. I'm willing to apologize for doubting your company." After adjusting her mindset, Ye Cang bowed slightly to Naraku with a solemn expression.

It must be said that, given Yekura's status and strength in Sunagakure, the fact that she bowed and apologized to Naraku, the leader of a small ninja village, showed her considerable respect.

"I accept your apology. If there's nothing else, you may leave." Naraku said to Yekura, waving for someone to send the demon leech back.

“Wait, we haven’t discussed the alliance yet,” Ye Cang quickly said.

Now that it has been confirmed that the other party has not colluded with Iwagakure, there is naturally no problem with strengthening the alliance.

Seemingly to show her stance, Yekura no longer insisted on entering the Star Ninja Village and directly took out the prepared alliance agreement.

Naraku did not refuse and took the agreement to read it.

Since it is about strengthening the alliance, the new agreement naturally adds many requirements compared to the original agreement.

That's right, that's the requirement.

Although Hoshigakure and Iwagakure are said to be allies, in reality, Hoshigakure is dependent on Sunagakure.

Therefore, even the original agreement mostly consisted of various demands made by Sunagakure to Hoshigakure.

For example, when accepting missions, the Star Village must not accept missions that harm the interests of the Sand Village.

Furthermore, when Sunagakure needs manpower support, Hoshigakure must provide full assistance.

Furthermore, a portion of the entire Bear Kingdom's tax revenue must be handed over to the Wind Kingdom.

Although Sunagakure would provide protection to Hoshigakure and Kuma-no-Kage under various conditions, it is undeniable that the alliance between the two is essentially Kuma-no-Kage sucking the blood of Kuma-no-Kage.

If the Star Ninja Village were still the same Star Ninja Village, this blood-sucking behavior wouldn't actually be considered too excessive.

After all, it's better to be a victim of bloodsucking than to lose one's country.

But things have changed now.

With Naraku in charge, he naturally wouldn't tolerate his territory being exploited and exploited.

Therefore, he didn't really want to pay attention to even the original alliance agreement.

As for the new agreement now.

"Here you go. Also, please pass on a message to Chiyo and Ebizo: From this day forward, our Land of Bears declares itself a neutral country!" Naraku tossed the agreement back to Yekura, speaking expressionlessly.

What you call strengthening the alliance, to put it nicely, is an alliance; to put it bluntly, it's enslavement.

The new agreement includes additional requirements that not only change the exploitation of resources from being merely bloodsucking to being drained dry, but also require a complete military takeover of the Bear Country.

Given such an agreement, it's already a testament to Naraku's good character that he didn't immediately back down.

"What do you mean?" Yekura's expression changed immediately upon hearing Naraku's words after receiving the agreement.

Naraku coldly replied, "It's simple, our alliance with your Sunagakure village is over!"

"Do you even know what you're saying?!"

Before Yekura could express her opinion, the Sand Ninja behind her began to stir restlessly, with some even shouting angrily at Naraku.

Chapter 61 Naraku VS Haku

“Our leader has made it very clear that our Star Village has ended its alliance with your Sand Village. Now, please leave immediately and withdraw from the Land of Bears.”

Nono, who hadn't spoken since Naraku's arrival, now looked coldly at Yekura and the group of Sand Ninja.

Although she hadn't seen the contents of the agreement, it wasn't hard to guess from Naraku's reaction that it must be extremely harsh.

Furthermore, she was well aware of Naraku's attitude towards war, so when Naraku expressed his support, she did not hesitate to offer her assistance.

"What, are you going to make a move?" After glancing at the enraged Sand Ninja, Naraku finally fixed his gaze on Pakura across from him.

Yecang took a deep breath and stared intently at Naraku, saying, "Since you have the courage to dissolve our alliance, you must be very confident in your strength. Then let me experience it for myself."

It was impossible for them to leave in such a disgraceful manner.

Not to mention the inability to explain to the village, she herself wouldn't be easily intimidated by a few words.

“Strength determines the right to speak, very well, then let me also witness the Scorching Release!” Naraku calmly accepted the challenge.

In the end, this world is all about strength.

Naraku was not surprised that Yekura had challenged him to a duel.

Soon, at Naraku's request, the battleground for the two was set in a nearby open space.

Upon their arrival, Nonou, the Star Ninja, and the other Sand Ninja all stepped back, leaving the area to Naraku and Yotsumura, who were standing facing each other.

"Make your move, let me see why Konoha has classified Kokushiro as an S-rank rogue ninja and why he has an 80 million ryo bounty on his head!"

As both sides stepped back, Yekura, who was in a standoff, lowered his body slightly, raised his hands in front of him, assumed a fighting stance, and shouted at Naraku in a deep voice.

She had already recognized Naraku's identity.

Hearing Yekura's words, Naraku remained expressionless, took a step forward, and walked directly towards the other party.

Seeing Naraku walking straight towards her, Yekura's eyes narrowed slightly.

He had revealed the other person's identity to put psychological pressure on them, but to his surprise, the other person was completely unaffected and walked straight toward him.

Could it be that the opponent is truly so confident in their own strength that they believe they can easily defeat them?

"Burning Escape·Steam Kill!"

With a thought in mind, Yekura made a decisive choice.