Chapter 93 - 93 (1/2)
”Flying Thunder God? I did not expect Konoha to have another user of that technique besides Minato Namikaze!” Onoki held his waist, with immense pain showing upon his face.
Ryo ignored Onoki's words. Instead, Orochimaru interfered saying with a bit of sarcasm: ”Onoki, it's a pity that you've lost this time as well.”
”Hey! Ryo Yamanaka! Hand over Roshi's body!”
”Old man, You're not that dumb! Are you in a position to ask for such a thing?”
Ryo knew that if he stayed firm, Onoki, a man fit to be Kage, would come back to reality and start to negotiate.
Onoki clearly could not afford letting Roshi's corpse in Konoha's hand. In the world of Ninjas, information derived from an enemy's corpse is of utmost value.
”Ryo Yamanaka, what will it take for you to give Roshi's corpse?”
”It's very simple. The Rock must immediately withdraw from the borders with the fire country, and not try to invade Konoha. If you agree, I'll give you Roshi's corpse immediately. If you don't, then I'm afraid that intelligence from Roshi's brain will be spread to all five major countries. Never forget that I'm a Yamanaka; you know our clan's special techniques I believe.”
Listening to Ryo's conditions, Onoki became hesitant. Roshi was of extreme importance to the Rock, as a living man, or even as a corpse.
He was one of their Kage tier fighters, and the Yonbi Jinchuriki. He had performed countless tasks for his village, and only god knew how much intelligence his brain held. If his body felt into Konoha's hands, no one could even imagine the grave consequences.
But that the same time, the Hidden Rock were at a disadvantage on the battlefield. Pulling out their troops would hit the Ninja's morale greatly on all other battlefields.
Ryo did not urge Onoki, and waited quietly for his decision. In mid air, the latter held his waist and though it over again and again, and then finally accepted Ryo's offer.
Seeing Onoki agreeing, Ryo put Roshi's body back into the scroll, and handed it over directly to his foe.
In reality, Onoki did not expect Ryo to hand over the corpse so quickly, and he kept staring at the kid.
Ryo found himself being stared at by Onoki's ”deep love” eyes and had immediate goose bumps:
”Oy Oy Oy, I don't like men! Stop staring at me!”
”Ryo Yamanaka, you've directly handed over Roshi's corpse; don't you fear that this old man might back out on his word?” Onoki didn't pay attention to Ryo's nonsense, and directly asked about what's in his heart.
”I believe that you, a Kage, would never do such a shameful thing. Even if you happen to disappoint, I'm confident that we can defeat you either way.” Ryo said with confidence.
”Oh, Konoha is indeed a cradle of geniuses. Before you, there was that kid Minato Namikaze, and now here's Ryo Yamanka. Rest assured, this old man will keep his promise and withdraw his troops. I'll see on another battlefield!” After that, while holding his waist, Onoki flew away from Konoha's camp.
”Is it just me, or did he say that they were withdrawing their troops?”
”I heard the same as you!”
”Did we just get victory?”
”Well… probably?”
All over Konoha's camp, that was the kind of dialogue that took place. Konoha's Ninjas were somewhat in disbelief that victory would come so simply.
At that moment, Ryo was also a little bit surprised that just Roshi's corpse was enough to push Onoki to withdraw.