The Cloud ninja's face darkened.
Was this a joke?
You've transported over three thousand of your daggers to the front line. If we still remained in the Land of Grass to fight Konoha, wouldn't we just be sending ourselves to our deaths?
We Cloud ninjas don't fear death, but that doesn't mean we'll needlessly throw our lives away.
Li Anshi's threat had been evident in that previous battle.
The Cloud Village had later tallied the numbers.
In that battle, a total of over one thousand six hundred Cloud ninjas had participated.
In less than ten minutes of fighting, two hundred and seventy-six had died, and four hundred and thirty-four were injured.
Among the over two hundred dead, Li Anshi alone had killed more than sixty.
This number was close to a quarter of the Cloud ninjas' total casualties.
And this was with Li Anshi barely making a move.
Judging by Konoha transporting Li Anshi's daggers, it was likely that Li Anshi hadn't been carrying many daggers on him that time. Thus, after opening up the battle, Li Anshi hadn't wasted any more daggers on ordinary ninjas.
In the simulations conducted by the Cloud Village's think tank, once Li Anshi possessed enough daggers and attacked with full force, he had the ability to annihilate an entire ninja army in a short time.
Otherwise, how could the Cloud ninjas, who believed in the supremacy of power, be scared into withdrawing from the Land of Grass just because of a piece of news?
Seeing the Cloud ninja remain silent, Li Anshi smiled and put away his dagger.
The Cloud ninja's heart eased slightly.
Although he didn't know what this Konoha fellow wanted, at least he might survive.
Of course, even though Li Anshi's most threatening dagger was put away, this Cloud ninja didn't dare make any rash moves.
Previously, the Cloud ninjas' understanding of Li Anshi mostly came from his daggers.
As for the "Revolving Heaven" Li Anshi used to defend against the attacks of six Cloud Jonin, it was overshadowed by his daggers and hadn't entered the Cloud side's field of vision.
But for this Cloud ninja, Li Anshi's "Revolving Heaven" had directly extinguished any thought of launching another surprise attack on him.
As he had thought before, Cloud ninjas didn't fear death.
But Cloud ninjas wouldn't needlessly throw their lives away either.
If Li Anshi wanted to kill him, this Cloud ninja would naturally fight back desperately.
Whether it was useful or not, it was an attitude, a spirit!
Furthermore, if he could harm Li Anshi, he would also attack him.
But it was obvious that his attacks couldn't affect Li Anshi in any way.
Now, Li Anshi clearly had no killing intent, so he naturally wouldn't be reckless and provoke Li Anshi's killing intent.
"What's your name?"
"Raiya Okazaki."
"You can contact your Third Raikage, can't you?"
"What do you want?"
Hearing Li Anshi ask this, Raiya Okazaki immediately took a few steps back, warily saying to Li Anshi, "Your Excellency Li, I tell you, if you want me to deceive Lord Raikage, that's impossible!"
"Heh, you just need to convey what I'm about to say to your Third Raikage. As for whether it's deception, that's for your Cloud Village to judge for yourselves. Of course, if you don't want to carry my message, then I'll have to go to the Cloud Village directly. At that time, do you think you can resist whatever I say or do in your Cloud Village?"
Li Anshi's laughter made Raiya Okazaki slightly angry.
However, he had to admit that for someone like Li Anshi, allowing him to enter their village was indeed a huge threat.
Encountering him in the wild, they could still use wide-area destructive ninjutsu to fight Li Anshi.
They could even launch a "Tailed Beast Bomb" from several kilometers away.
Hmm, it might even be possible to kill Li Anshi that way.
But if Li Anshi entered the Cloud Village, the cost of using a Tailed Beast Bomb would be too great.
Even if they ultimately killed Li Anshi, the price the Cloud Village would pay would be too high.
Raiya Okazaki's face flushed red and then turned pale, but he couldn't refute it.
"What do you want to say to Lord Raikage?"
"Wouldn't it have been better to do this from the start?"
Li Anshi patted Raiya Okazaki's shoulder.
"Just tell the Third Raikage that the Stone Village has already been defeated, and the Sand Village has signed a surrender document and an alliance agreement with Konoha."
"If you Cloud ninjas don't want to continue fighting us Konoha, then send an envoy with a letter of surrender to Konoha to sign, and compensate Konoha for the losses incurred in this war."
"If you still want to continue fighting, then I will personally pay a visit to your Cloud Village and see what kind of confidence you Cloud ninjas have to fight us."
"Of course, if I see your Cloud ninjas' 'confidence,' I don't mind turning your 'confidence' into a backdrop that makes you even more terrified of me."
"You!"
Hearing Li Anshi's words, Raiya Okazaki trembled with anger, his hands rising and falling.
After taking several deep breaths, Raiya Okazaki finally calmed his emotions.
Taking out a pen and paper from his pocket, Raiya Okazaki used the Cloud ninjas' encryption method to write down what Li Anshi had said, then took out the falcon from his pocket.
"Please, Asayu."
The falcon nodded at Raiya Okazaki, then opened its beak and swallowed the rolled-up piece of paper.
Bang—
White smoke exploded, and the falcon Asayu's figure disappeared before Li Anshi's eyes.
"Your Excellency Li, please wait a moment. Barring any surprises, there should be a response within an hour."
"Tsk, the efficiency of you Cloud ninjas is truly unimpressive."
Li Anshi shook his head.
Konoha village also had intelligence personnel like Raiya Okazaki.
These intelligence personnel all had summoning contracts with certain animal clans.
If there was any urgent and important intelligence, they would use summoning beasts to carry it.
Once the summoning technique was dispelled on one end, the summoning beast would contact other contractors through the summoning contract. Then, the contractors in the village would summon that beast and retrieve the intelligence.
Even if separated by thousands of miles, intelligence could be transmitted within seconds.
Raiya Okazaki said there would be a result in an hour because after the Cloud Village received the news he sent back, they would inevitably hold a Jonin meeting.
At that time, whether to fight or make peace, the Jonin in the village would conduct a war simulation based on the village's situation and Konoha's intelligence. Finally, Lord Third Raikage would make the ultimate decision.
The organizational structure of the Cloud Village determined the weight of the Raikage's words.
Even if the war situation was unfavorable to the Cloud ninjas, if the Third Raikage decided to fight Konoha, the Cloud Village ninjas would go to their deaths for the Third Raikage!
"This hour, you should take this opportunity to bid farewell to your relatives and friends."
"After all, if you Cloud ninjas choose war, I will inevitably kill you first as a sacrifice to the flag."