Chapter 399: Ye Cang's Thoughts

"That is to say~"

"Your so-called revenge is to use yourself as bait, making the Sand Ninja Village's high-level completely lose face?"

"Then let them fight like dogs, slaughter each other?"

"From the backyard of the shop came Aimika's incredulous voice."

"Not only her, but even Dong Shilang beside her looked at the calm-faced Ye Cang with a pained expression, not knowing how to evaluate Ye Cang's actions."

"But wouldn't this cause a large number of ninjas in the village to die because of these high-level officials' struggles?"

"Moreover, if the village's high-level officials are unsettled, it might even give other villages an opportunity, wouldn't that…"

"Although Aimika isn't very strong, after all she is a ninja trained by Sand Ninja Village, she still instinctively resists the village's turmoil."

"Aimika, you should know that because Sand Ninja Village has limited resources, most ninjas like to huddle together for warmth, which has caused a strong factionalism in the village."

"These people gather together not to protect the village's safety, but more to better seize the village's already scarce resources."

"The high-level officials and the village's turmoil are only temporary; once their struggle decides a winner, the village can welcome a brand-new future!"

"Saying this, Ye Cang's face showed a hint of longing, as if a Sand Ninja Village united upper and lower, striving together for the village's future, appeared before her eyes."

"……"

"Really… a whimsical idea!"

"He knows this guy is wholeheartedly for Sand Ninja Village, but after being betrayed once, he actually did such a naive thing, which he never expected."

"Have you ever thought about what would happen to Sand Ninja Village if Rasa couldn't control the situation?"

"The struggle among the high-level officials is full of deceit; one misstep and Rasa could be directly taken out by his opponents."

"Then just replace him with a new Wind Shadow!"

"Facing Dong Shilang's question, Ye Cang gave the answer without hesitation."

"No matter what the final result of their struggle is, the ultimate victor will gain the support of everyone in Sand Ninja Village."

"By then, the whole village will be united, and there will no longer be any factionalism, nor will there be anyone like me who was betrayed!"

"Ye Cang is not a narrow-minded person; since being betrayed, she has constantly been thinking about why things turned out this way."

"After thinking it over, Sand Ninja Village's deficit economy, and the resulting high-level factionalism, is a very important cause."

"As for the economy, she has no good solution, but high-level factionalism is a problem she can try to solve."

"Therefore, she created such an opportunity that would cause the village's high-level officials to fight each other."

"I still think… doing this would make the village's future worrisome!"

"Although Ye Cang's approach has some merit, Aimika still thinks it's not good; doing this might badly hurt the village."

"Could it possibly be worse than now?"

"Ye Cang dismissed Aimika's worries with disdain."

"No matter how bad Sand Ninja Village is, it still has a tail and is one of the five great nations. After resting and recuperating for a while, waiting for the next generation to grow up, it will become a great nation again."

"Moreover, to prevent this from getting completely out of control, she also made preparations in advance."

"The reason Rasa was able to receive the news in advance is that she had her disciple go and report it."

"Of course, if Rasa didn't meet Zhenshu, or after meeting him didn't believe the news Zhenshu brought, or responded inappropriately, and died directly in tonight's raid, that would also be his own fault."

"However, looking at it now, with the list she gave, Rasa has controlled the situation well; all that remains is to deal with the backlash from those high-level officials."

"If even this he could turn around, it would only show that the person who defeated him is more suited to be Wind Shadow, and she would be happy about that."

"Forget it, do as you like~"

"This friend of mine has always been opinionated since childhood, and since the deed is done, there's nothing she can do; after all, she is no longer a ninja."

"Rather than worrying about these, it would be more interesting to pay attention to the relationship between that person and the handsome guy beside him, which is far more engaging than these things that don't concern me much."

"Ah! My house!"

"Just as Aimika was about to get a detailed understanding of how far her relationship with the guy who took advantage of her and Ye Cang had gone, her gaze finally shifted to the inside of her own shop."

"On the spot, she let out a piercing scream."

"How could this happen! How could those bastards and the Dark Section people do such a thing!"

"Although she had already realized her shop would likely suffer heavy damage this time, upon actually seeing the front yard's condition, Aimika still found it hard to accept."

"This is what I bought after spending all my savings, hard-earned."

"This shop can be said to be her life's work; in the future she could rely on it for her old age, but now it's been destroyed like this—what is she to do?"

"Entering the inn's front yard, it was originally a desert-themed inn, with wind-blown tapestries, bottles and jars as decorations, thick stone walls, narrow windows, and exquisite wooden lattice doors, all in the unique style of Feng Zhi Guo."

"But now, these beautiful decorations have become utterly ruined; the tapestries are scorched black, the bottles and jars are shattered, and fragments litter the floor."

"At the end of the living room corridor, the broken walls and ceiling expose the cruelty of battle. The paint on the walls is scorched black, and the broken windows let wind and sand howl through the shattered glass."

"In the center of the living room, the once thick and clean carpet appears hacked to pieces by blades, and on it lies a large pool of still-wet blood, filling the whole living room with a foul, bloody smell."

"Sorry, they must have followed me here!"

"Seeing her friend's inn turned out like this, Ye Cang also hadn't expected things to become this way, and inevitably felt a bit embarrassed."

"She hadn't expected that, merely casually picking a direction to escape her pursuers, she would end up crashing headfirst into Aimika's shop, and even bump into Dong Shilang."

"Forget it~"

"These aren't your fault!"

"Just being able to see you again makes me already happy!"

"By now, Aimika also has nothing to complain about; fortunately, the shop's decorations were all done by herself, and restoring them to their original state wouldn't cost much."

"As for renovation, to a ninja it's just a sprinkle of water!"

"These are all small things, but you!"

"Aimika directed her gaze toward Ye Cang, and also toward Dong Shilang, who had not spoken all along."