Chapter 248: Defeat Is Fine, but There Is No Compensation!

Old lady Chiyo's eyes were complicated.

"In this attack, except for the serious damage to the buildings, the casualties in the village were not serious. Most of the ninjas who died were killed in order to intercept the puppets, and most of the ordinary residents were killed by the debris of the buildings."

This is a typical warning.

It was not aimed at killing people, but to blow up some buildings to give a warning to the Third Kazekage and other villages.

Don't make trouble, otherwise you will suffer the consequences. Pay the money if you should, and forget it if you should.

Otherwise you will regret it.

The Third Kazekage did regret it a little. If he had known, he would not have questioned it. As a result, the puppets fell on the Sand Village and used the Sand Village as a test subject for warning.

"Has the situation on the battlefield changed?"

The Third Kazekage suddenly asked this.

Chiyo's face suddenly changed. She opened her mouth, not knowing how to report to the Third Kazekage about the war, because she had suffered a lot at the hands of Orochimaru during this period.

The situation is unfavorable?

Seeing Chiyo like this, the Third Kazekage knew that nothing good would happen on the battlefield.

So he was too lazy to ask Chiyo any more, and directly picked up the scrolls and documents on the table and started reading.

Since you can't say it, I'll read it myself.

After quickly flipping through several scrolls and documents, the Third Kazekage's face became more and more ugly.

If he didn't know that Chiyo didn't dare to deceive him, the Third Kazekage would even want to ask her why she suffered a big loss at the hands of Orochimaru.

Damn, is there any need to continue this war?

Chiyo sighed inwardly, waiting for the Third Kazekage's questioning.

She had an unshirkable responsibility for the war being fought like this, and she underestimated Orochimaru.

"How is the material support for the village?"

The imagined anger did not come. The Third Kazekage suddenly asked about this. Chiyo was stunned for a moment and answered truthfully:

"Not very good. The village's war supplies are consumed very quickly, but the replenishment speed cannot keep up with the consumption speed. In addition to the impact of the war, the prices of various materials have risen rapidly, and we have also been greatly affected."

Because of the impact of the war, the prices of various materials have soared. It is not only the Sand Village that is affected. It can be said that the countries and villages in the entire ninja world are within this range.

Including Konoha.

The villagers of Konoha are constantly disgusted with the war. In addition to the sacrifice of many ninjas and the breakup of many families, the rising material prices are also one of the more important reasons.

The things that could be bought with one hundred taels of silver now need to be doubled. The prices are constantly rising. The things are not as good as before, but the income has not increased. No one can stand this.

In the short term, everyone can still bear it and choose to support the village to fight. After a long time, the number of people who can't support it begins to increase, so all kinds of complaints begin to emerge in the village.

There are even many villagers who began to protest the war.

Konoha, which is rich in resources and can be completely self-sufficient, has reached such a point. The situation of Sand Village can be imagined with one's toes.

The Third Kazekage fell silent immediately, and the anger in his heart dissipated.

He knew the financial situation of the village well, and the rising prices made the already poor finances even worse.

"Chiyo."

After a long silence, the Third Kazekage put down the scroll in his hand and said faintly: "Do you think this war still needs to continue?"

Chiyo's heart skipped a beat.

She realized that the Third Kazekage didn't seem to want to continue fighting Konoha because Sand Village was about to collapse.

On the other hand, Konoha could only tighten its belt and continue to fight you, and the advantage was still on Konoha's side. Konoha could fight however it wanted.

Konoha could continue to fight, but Sand Village couldn't.

The situation in the village was not optimistic, Chiyo admitted, but the war had lasted for almost three years. If it suddenly ended at this time, the Third Kazekage would probably have to bear a lot of blame.

And once the war starts, you can't stop it just because you want to.

At this stage, if the Sand Village wants to stop the war and make peace, it needs to see if Konoha agrees first.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as the war continues, the final winner must be Konoha. Since the winner is us, why should we stop the war?

Keep fighting under pressure!

Beat until your Sand Village can't hold on, beat until your Sand Village completely admits defeat.

Only in this way can Konoha gain more benefits.

"The village can't hold on anymore."

The Third Kazekage sighed: "And the old guy, the Third Hokage of Konoha, is an indecisive guy, and the pressure he faces will not be small. If we propose peace talks first, we may be able to reduce a lot of losses for the village. After all, this war........."

Can the village win?

The last sentence was not said by the Third Kazekage, because Chiyo knew it well, and there was no need to say such words.

In a war, the defeated party needs to pay a heavy price, and all kinds of compensation are enough for the Sand Village to drink a pot. If we choose to shake hands and make peace before the war is decided, then the compensation issue cannot be put on the table.

We just don't want to fight anymore, not defeated.

So there is no war reparations!

"Will Sarutobi Hiruzen agree?"

Chiyo was shocked. She didn't expect the Third Kazekage to have thought of this.

"We can contact them first."

After thinking for a while, the Third Kazekage decided to give it a try. If Konoha is willing to shake hands and make peace and end the war, then it is not impossible to stop the war.

It is better to make peace midway than to accept the failure of the war and accept heavy war reparations.

The Sand Village has already owed a large debt, and the Third Kazekage does not want to bear more debt.

"Lord Kazekage, let me, the old woman, go to Konoha and let me take the responsibility of the war." Chiyo took the initiative to stand up and take the blame.

The war failed, and someone always has to take the responsibility, so Chiyo chose to do it herself.

The village needs someone to stabilize the situation. The Third Kazekage cannot be the one to take the blame. She, Chiyo, is the most suitable candidate. At worst, she can retire.

The Third Kazekage did not refuse Chiyo's request.

Because he himself knew that it was better for Chiyo to take the blame than for him.

If he took the responsibility for the failure of the war, it would have a great impact on his reputation.

"No, we can't go directly to Konoha. We need to send someone to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to apologize to the Daimyo first and express our idea of ​​stopping the war."

Go directly to Konoha?

Negotiations would definitely be difficult. If we bypass Konoha and go directly to the Fire Country Daimyo's mansion, it would be another matter.

The Daimyo certainly doesn't want the war to continue.