One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

In a bottomless, human-shaped crater, the Third Raikage stood with disbelief on his face, a trickle of blood spilling from his mouth.

"How could your strength have improved to this extent in less than two months!"

"I have lost this time, but your demands are too unreasonable. Even if I were the village's leader, I couldn't agree to all of them!!!"

"You can kill me, and even Ai!"

"But no matter how strong you are, you can't withstand the full force of the Hidden Cloud Village's retaliation. You can't protect every single Kusagakure ninja..."

The dragon pattern on his right arm emitted a faint glow in the pit. Cao Zhi calmly stepped on Raikage's chest, looked at his disheveled appearance, and responded seriously.

"Conditions can be discussed, but you must declare defeat in the ninja world and issue a public apology!"

The Third Raikage wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Ahem, I understand, these are fine..."

"Then you can pull your leg back!"

Kusashiki withdrew his leg, then ignored the Raikage, whom he had severely injured, and returned to the Land of Grass alone.

With the return of the Third Raikage to the delegation, the details of the peace talks were quickly finalized, including a non-aggression pact between the two villages, a one-time compensation of 300 million ryo from Kumogakure to Kusagakure, and some high-level Lightning Release ninjutsu!

Originally, the Third Raikage wanted to hold out for a while in terms of the amount of money, but the border of the Land of Lightning was invaded by Onoki's son, Kouta, who personally led the invasion, resulting in heavy losses.

Without further ado, the Third Raikage, though ostensibly visiting Kusagakure this time, brought along subordinates who could use the Heavenly Delivery Technique.

So they hastily signed the agreement and rushed back to Kumogakure to support the border...

With the arrival of the first compensation and supplies from Kumogakure, Kusagakure began releasing people, but Kusagakure played a trick.

The first batch of released were the Cloud Village Jonin, released according to their ninja rank. Due to the preparation of supplies, the second batch of resources was delayed by half a month. The Chunin and Genin were also tormented by the lack of water and food for half a month, and were only given a bite to eat and drink when they were on the verge of death.

They deliberately tortured Chunin, while the Genin were treated well with good food and drink. In the same cell, three people would be randomly selected to receive better treatment.

Under such circumstances, these ninjas who are being treated differently will definitely face even stricter scrutiny. Although it may not be very effective, it might annoy the Hidden Cloud Village and perhaps alienate them from the village...

As for betrayal, it's highly unlikely. After all, the rules of Kumogakure stipulate that any rogue ninja will be hunted down and killed. This high-pressure policy prevents any betrayal from happening...

Due to the death of the group leader, the casualty rate of the Night Watchmen reaching nearly three-quarters, and the deaths of many veteran Grass Ninja, a large number of positions became vacant...

Kusashi decided to promote the young and promising soldiers who had performed well on the battlefield, and the three Kusashi ninja were removed from their original positions as shadow guards.

Because of his skill in confinement techniques, Wuwei was promoted to warden, specifically to oversee criminal ninjas. He was also tasked with building a new medium-sized prison city as his permanent base…

Having witnessed the brutality of border wars, Yahiko volunteered to guard the border, leading a 500-strong ninja army composed of civilian ninjas to take over the position of the Dragon Clan and be responsible for border security.

Kisame was already quite strong due to his previous work in the Anbu, and after obtaining Samehada, he became even more powerful!

Now in charge of rebuilding the Night Watch, he has become Cao Zhi's right-hand man, but the other party is not very interested in Cao Ying's position.

Furthermore, Kusashi is in his prime and is not in a hurry to train the next Kusashi...

The Dragon Clan has now become an important source of medical ninjas, essentially withdrawing from the front lines and taking on logistical and medical support duties...

The rest of the clan bravely sacrificed themselves in this war to protect the members of the Uzumaki clan and were rewarded with a large number of Fire Release ninjutsu. As a reserve ninja army, they were specifically responsible for external wars. During this period, Kusashi personally trained the members with outstanding talents!

The Blood Pond Clan is known for its exceptional talent in genjutsu. At least the ninjas who have awakened the Blood Dragon Eye have ocular power comparable to those with ordinary Sharingan. Although their genjutsu ceiling is only comparable to the three-tomoe Sharingan, it is still quite impressive!

Therefore, together with a small number of small and medium-sized ninja clans, they formed the first Grass Village Police Force!

They are specifically responsible for maintaining village order and security, and also have a certain degree of autonomy, possessing their own prison cells, but the only detainees are ordinary criminals!

Smaller ninja clans were interspersed among them, responsible for mediation and cooperation...

The Uzumaki clan hasn't changed much, except that the level of protection has increased. After all, the Third Raikage had been inquiring about the Uzumaki clan's location before he left.

This guy is a kidnapper...

After being rebuilt from the ruins, Kusagakure, with its funds replenished, began a new round of development. Of course, of the other three small ninja villages that participated in the war, apart from the field ninja and the frost ninja who were forced to participate, Takigakure was purged by Kusagakure...

Hidden behind a giant waterfall, Takigakure Village welcomed three guests a month later.

Kakuzu, dressed in black, pointed to the waterfall not far away.

"This is the entrance to Takigakure Village..."

Kusaji nodded calmly. He decided to take action against the neighboring country only after everything in the village had stabilized. His first target was Takigakure Village!

He raised his right arm, and then a blue light wave, still in the shape of a dragon, blasted into the waterfall, causing a violent explosion and splashing up a large amount of water. Many fish that were killed by the shockwave floated on the surface of the river.

The three of them then waited quietly in place, and sure enough, a few moments later, more than ten ninja from the waterfall emerged.

When they saw that the newcomer was wearing a Grass Ninja headband, they immediately felt something was wrong. One of the ninjas leading the group seemed to recognize Grass Ninja, after all, the other party had previously cleared the battlefield with four Sea Release techniques, which was quite shocking.

Kusashiba put his hands on his hips and pointed at Takishinobu, who recognized him.

"You, it's you. Go inside and tell Takikage to come and greet the guests quickly!"

The Takigakure ninjas, who had never been on the battlefield, took out shuriken and various throwing stars from their sleeves.

"How dare you spout such nonsense outside our Takigakure Village!"

"Insulting Lord Takikage? You three are asking for death!"

Kisame, who had been silent all along, suddenly flashed forward, raised Samehada and slashed down without even blinking.

In the end, only Takigakure, whom Kusashi had specifically requested to stay, remained in the arena; the rest had gone to the Pure Land…

Kisame placed Samehada back on his back, his tone indifferent.

"Insulting the shadows of grass is a capital offense!"

Kusashita gave a thumbs up in his heart. Now, it's so much easier to show off when you go out with Kisame!

Soon, Takishinobu entered the waterfall, trembling. A short while later, an old man with a scar on the tip of his nose appeared outside the waterfall.

"Lord Kusakage has come from afar, please forgive my poor hospitality..."

Cao Zhi subconsciously looked at the other man's arm and found no signs of water being cut off. The old man probably understood what Cao Zhi was thinking and clapped his hands gently.

Then dozens more ninja emerged from the waterfall, including two tall ninjas who were dragging a man with a severed arm.

"I am now the acting Takigakure of the village. This guy caused a misunderstanding between Takigakure and Kusagakure. His clan has been executed. Now I hand the sinner over to Lord Kusagakure!"

The one-armed man, his eyes filled with hatred, struggled desperately to break free of his restraints, but to no avail. Cao Zhi remained expressionless, simply bowing her head and speaking to him.

"If you do something wrong, you should admit it and stand up straight when you're going to be beaten. It seems you haven't been doing very well since you came back. Well then, I'll give you a quick death!"

Suddenly, the other person's eyes turned to terror. A huge female monster appeared and devoured the one-armed man whole.

The old man who claimed to be Takikage's agent was about to clasp his hands in farewell when Kusashiba called him back.

"Who said this is the end of it?"

"Now we can talk about the compensation for lost wages, emotional distress, and ninja tool damage incurred by Kusagakure during the war, as well as..."

"I'm really annoyed by Fei!"

The old man watched as Cao Zhi stormed towards him, and a bead of cold sweat rolled down his forehead.

"No problem, no problem, Takigakure will definitely take full responsibility..."