Chapter 224: I Am Not Good at Running
The sky over the Land of Hot Water's border, which had just been clear, was suddenly covered with dark clouds. The Konoha ninja army spontaneously cleared a path. Uchiha Douhuan stepped forward unhurriedly, arriving before the Cloud army's formation. The Fifth Hokage's divine robe behind him fluttered wildly in the wind.
"Oh? Are you willing to surrender?" Uchiha Douhuan looked down at Shee from above, his eyes flickering.
If possible, he didn't actually want to start an all-out war with the Cloud at this time. After all, if their two sides were to enter a full-scale war, then that old fool Onoki and Terumi Mei, who was bent on retaking the orthodoxy of Kirigakure, would certainly not waste this opportunity. At that point, it would directly become the Fourth Great Ninja War.
And with Konoha's current strength, although Uchiha Douhuan was confident in winning this great ninja war and completing the unification of the ninja world even if they started now, this did not align with his plan to accumulate strength, speedrun the unification of the ninja world, and then gather the ninja world's power to fight against the future alien crisis.
If they fought now, the entire ninja world would inevitably be severely damaged. Even after completing the unification, Uchiha Douhuan would have to spend a considerable amount of time cleaning up the mess of the ninja world. He hadn't forgotten that in the current ninja world, besides Kaguya who was sealed on the moon, there was another Ōtsutsuki clan member hiding in the shadows, watching covetously.
Therefore, facing Shee's proactive surrender, Uchiha Douhuan also temporarily halted his actions. He looked down at Shee from above and spoke coldly, "You want to surrender? Fine. Have your people voluntarily lay down their weapons, and then, voluntarily accept having their chakra sealed."
"Alright! Please give us some time, Lord Hokage!" Shee looked at the increasingly violent thunder in the clouds and hurriedly nodded. The current priority was to preserve the lives of these ninjas on the battlefield as much as possible.
"You only have 10 minutes. Otherwise, you can go talk to my Lightning Release: Kirin," Uchiha Douhuan said unhurriedly, with the thunder at his back.
"Yes, thank you for Lord Hokage's mercy," Shee said, simultaneously beginning to issue the order to lay down weapons.
After receiving this order, the white ninjas in the Cloud formation immediately dropped their weapons and formed queues. But the Black ninjas seemed not very convinced by the order Shee gave.
"We've lost so many brothers, and both Lord Raikage and Lord Killer Bee are seriously injured. Are we just going to surrender like this?" a Black elite Jonin of the Cloud said, his face covered in blood.
Facing the wavering morale in the ranks, Shee was also extremely helpless. At this moment, he couldn't help but miss the old Cloud Village where everyone, regardless of skin color, was united. But ever since rap culture became prevalent in the Land of Lightning, Shee understood that things could never go back to the way they were.
"This is an order!" At this moment, Shee could only be firm. Otherwise, once the lightning in the sky fell, all of them, whether Black or white, would become charcoal-like corpses.
"Hmph, are you white people trying to seize power while Lord Raikage is injured? Don't even think about it!" this Black elite Jonin said through gritted teeth.
"You shut up! Do you want everyone to be buried with you?" Shee scolded angrily.
"Do you still think A can continue to be the Raikage?" a white ninja said through gritted teeth. "If it weren't for him provoking Konoha in the first place, how would we have ended up in this situation?"
"You bastard, have you forgotten the Will of Lightning?" this Black Jonin roared back, not yielding an inch.
"All of you, shut up!" At this time, Shee was also infuriated by this dispute arising from such a reason as skin color and, gritting his teeth, forcefully stopped the argument. "The Raikage is not here right now, so I am the supreme commander of this war! We are surrendering now to preserve the village's effective strength, for the future of the village! So, all of you, put aside your ridiculous color-based opposition and obey the orders!"
After Shee truly got angry, this man who had always been the Raikage's right hand, relying on his usual prestige, forcefully took command of the army. Then, under the gaze of Uchiha Douhuan in the sky, the remaining Cloud ninjas laid down their weapons.
At this time, Uchiha Douhuan also dispelled his Susanoo and landed on the ground. After a series of hand seals, he laid out a large-scale sealing jutsu formation on the ground and signaled the other party to line up and walk forward.
Shee sighed and then took the lead in walking onto the sealing formation. In no time, a series of sealing jutsu runes wrapped around his body, sealing all his chakra.
Shee also had some knowledge of sealing jutsu, so the moment he was sealed, he began to probe the sealing jutsu runes on his body. However, after some exploration, he could only shake his head with a bitter smile. His sealing jutsu proficiency was not bad, but at this moment, he couldn't even understand the runes on his body.
After the remaining Cloud troops had all accepted the seal, the ninjas from Konoha's side also stepped forward to receive the prisoners.
The cumulonimbus clouds in the sky, without Uchiha Douhuan's guidance, simply turned into a torrential downpour after a round of ordinary lightning and thunder, washing away the blood on the battlefield.
At this time, Uchiha Douhuan and Sarutobi Hiruzen also came before Shee.
"You must be Shee, the one that fellow A calls his right and left arm. A pleasure to meet you," Uchiha Douhuan said coldly.
"It should be I who says it's a pleasure to meet you. Konoha's Azure Lightning Douhuan truly lives up to his reputation," Shee said. Although his body was covered in sealing jutsu runes, unable to call upon a single bit of chakra, and he was even handcuffed, when facing Uchiha Douhuan, he still maintained his basic composure.
"To be honest, I thought you would retreat directly," Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile, sizing up the man before him.
"I am not good at running," Shee said after shaking his head. "Besides, I don't think we could have escaped the range of your Lightning Release ninjutsu in a short time, Lord Hokage."
"Heh heh, compared to your Raikage, you are much smarter," Uchiha Douhuan laughed. "If the Raikage of the Cloud Village were you, I think none of this would have happened."
Facing Uchiha Douhuan's almost provocative question, Shee chose to tactfully ignore the topic. After all, he didn't want to become the Takagi Shōban of the Cloud Village.
"I wonder how Lord Hokage intends to handle us?" Shee asked.
"Heh heh, that will depend on the sincerity of your Land of Lightning," Uchiha Douhuan said. "In any case, you will all stay in a prison in the Land of Hot Water for a while first."
Seeing this, Shee could only remain silent in response.
Soon, the group of Cloud prisoners was escorted to a prison in the Land of Hot Water. And Kakashi, after throwing the Two-Tails into the Tailed Beast Protection Area within the country, came to the Land of Hot Water's territory to guard this group of prisoners.
As for whether the Two-Tails would run rampant after arriving at the protection area, Saiken, who had been eating and drinking well in the Tailed Beast Protection Area recently, and the team of Fū and Chōmei, who currently served as the rangers of the Land of Fire Tailed Beast Nature Preserve, would teach their little sister the rules properly.
After Kakashi took over the guard duty for the prisoners, Uchiha Douhuan also returned to Konoha overnight.
If the Cloud wanted to get this batch of prisoners back, it would be nothing more than ceding land and paying reparations, but these matters couldn't be resolved in a short time. On the contrary, the current Uchiha Douhuan had more important things to do.
This was, after all, the first military conflict Konoha had experienced since he took office. Although they had won a great victory this time, because of the special identity of the catalyst for this conflict, if Uchiha Douhuan could not properly handle the post-war affairs, it could easily lead to wavering morale within Konoha Village under the machinations of some people with ulterior motives.
Therefore, after returning to the village, Uchiha Douhuan directly ordered that the names of the ninjas who sacrificed themselves in this military conflict be carved onto the Konoha Hero Memorial Monument. He also announced that in three days, a public memorial service would be held for the fallen ninjas.
(End of chapter)
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