Chapter 996: ...the fire color staining half the ninja world

At this moment, Shibuki was miserable; he never expected that his previous submission to Mizunuki Ryosuke would lead to the current result.

Mizunuki Ryosuke's words pointed directly at Konoha. Combining this with the current situation, even if Shibuki were stupid, he would know that a great war against Konoha was likely about to unfold under Ryosuke's orchestration.

When gods fight, mortals suffer.

Especially since these people were targeting Konoha, the undisputed hegemon of the ninja world!!!

Let alone the currently fragmented Takigakure, even in its peak period, Takigakure would never dare to provoke Konoha in the slightest.

Because of its geography, Takigakure was already extremely close to Konoha, so it had an extraordinary understanding of Konoha's strength.

Given Takigakure's current situation, wanting to find trouble with Konoha was purely a dead end.

But then again, Konoha is not easy to deal with, but is this Mizukage in front of him a pushover?

Takigakure had already boarded Kirigakure's ship; wanting to get off now was basically wishful thinking.

Shibuki never expected that he thought following Mizunuki Ryosuke was walking on a broad road, but who knew it was actually a pirate ship heading toward a path of no return.

Shibuki wanted to speak several times, but when he saw Mizunuki Ryosuke's serious face, he chose to swallow his words and then gulped twice.

Besides Shibuki, the other person who was equally shocked and at a loss was the Land of Iron's General Mifune.

Although he already knew roughly about Mizunuki Ryosuke's purpose, when everything really happened before his eyes, he still couldn't help but be stunned.

After all, that is Konoha!!

Although Konoha at this moment was not as invincible as it was when the God of Shinobi Senju Hashirama was alive, it was still a behemoth that would make the ninja world tremble if it moved!

Have you not seen that not long ago, Sunagakure and Amegakure, both at their peak, attacked Konoha at the same time, but the final result was that both were defeated?

Although there was the reason that Sunagakure did not use its full strength, when had Konoha ever used its full strength?

Besides Mifune and Shibuki, the other three mostly had normal expressions, as if they were not surprised by Mizunuki Ryosuke's words.

"You all might think that I am just showing my hand by saying this, finding a seemingly bright and great reason, and that my ultimate goal is just to launch a war against Konoha."

"But the truth is really not like that; the source of the ninja world's turmoil is indeed Konoha of the Land of Fire."

Mizunuki Ryosuke said in a very sincere tone. After hearing his words, Mifune and the others didn't react much, but the Third Kazekage and the Third Raikage on the other side appeared to be listening attentively.

"Lord Mizukage, why do you say that?"

Not only that, the Third Raikage even chose to ask directly, his dignified face still full of composure.

It was hard to tell from his face whether he was genuinely asking or just going along with it for Mizunuki Ryosuke's sake.

Hearing the Third Raikage's question, Mizunuki Ryosuke just nodded seriously, then turned to face the ninja world map behind him and began to explain.

"Everyone, listen to my reasons, and you can judge for yourselves."

"As you can see, the red in the map actually represents Konoha."

"And the places other than red are other countries and forces in the ninja world."

As he spoke, Mizunuki Ryosuke raised his hand and pointed to the ninja world map before him.

In an instant, the red that originally only occupied an area in the center of the map began to spread continuously toward the surroundings, until it occupied about half of the ninja world.

Seeing the red range continuously rendering the entire map, the expressions of Rasa behind the Third Kazekage and Bee behind the Third Raikage changed at the same time.

The areas that changed color at this moment were precisely the small countries surrounding the Land of Fire.

Starting from the Land of Rice Fields, which was closest to the Land of Fire, the Land of Whirlpools, the Land of Hot Water, the Land of Bears, the Land of Rainbows, the Land of Rivers, the Land of Grass...

Dozens of small countries were all stained with a bright red color in a short period of time.

This is the color of fire, and it also symbolizes Konoha's influence and say within these small countries.

Looking at it now, the fire-red that was originally only in the center of the ninja world had now spread to cover a full half of the ninja world! ===== CHAPTER 998 =====