Chapter 206 (1/2)

After he reached a ”consensus” with Minato, Ryo said to the 3rd directly: ”Hokage sama, you refusing to step in and punish them will just make the Mist Ninjas feel Konoha is their playinground!”

The 3rd's face was a bit stiff. He knew all too well that any excuse he's come up with wouldn't be satisfactory to Ryo.

But the 3rd World War had just ended. While Konoha won, victory came with tragic losses in lives.

The bulk of Konoha's losses were among Chunin and Genin ranks. Chunins numbers especially dropped drastically, by around 40%.

The 3rd knew that Konoha would win a 4th world war if it was to break out at that time. However, the price that Konoha's future would have to pay would be too heavy. The 3rd wasn't going to simply allow it to happen.

”Ryo, calm down! You were one of Konoha's commanders during the war. Don't things seem better to you with the village leaving battles behind?” The 3rd tried to persuade him again.

”The battle wasn't behind Rin; Rin died in battle! If the village is not willing to support me, I can go to the Mist on my own!” After Ryo finished his words, he activated his Sharingan!

The 3rd saw the exquisite pattern on Ryo's eyes, and he was dumbfounded!

”Ryo, is this the Mangekyo Sharingan?” The 3rd's was trembling slightly.

Ryo nodded, with his eyes bright, and then got the entire office swallowed in Ice Chakra!

Immediately, the 3rd felt he had been lost in an ice cave for an eternity.

With Ryo opening his Mangekyo, the atmosphere in the office got more and more tense. The 3rd said nothing for a long time. In fact, he was reconsidering the pros and cons of facing the Mist.

After a good while, the 3rd sighed. ”Ryo, I still can't let you go out there to provoke war.

Ryo did not want to argue anymore, and he just turned around to leave.

In fact, Ryo's plan had been working well, for the 3rd actually chose peace.

By showing his Mangekyo, Ryo made sure that the 3rd would feel that he could indeed go to the Mist on his own. With that, the 3rd should feel great pressure, and turn to the calmer Minato for help.

While Minato did ”agree” with Ryo view, the 3rd believed firmly that he would put Konoha before revenge.

”Hokage sama, I can temporarily promise that I won't attack the Mist, but I must get to the truth behind this. Shin had mentioned that the Mist Ninjas were killed by a powerful Kage tier, I need to know who that was, and I will not stop looking!”

The 3rd heard Minato's words, and he immediately rushed to approve with his terms, promising to sent the Anbu to do a research of their own.

”The Anbu? Hehe! Hokage sama, how do you expect that we would find the results of the investigation credible?” Ryo said with a cold smile.