<h4>Chapter 129 - Ch129. The conclusion of the war</h4>


    With the demise of thousand high-ranked Iwa ninjas, the war came to a screeching halt.


    Iwa was put on a heavy stopper since their ranks suffered immensely and their overall power dropped. Plus the families of strong and influential ninjas were usually other strong and influential ninjas. Needless to say, Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Butcher, as they started to call him in Iwa, became the public enemy number one.


    Despite everyone in Iwa wanting nothing more than to kill him, they didn''t have enough power to continue the war. Many died, a lot of money was wasted, the country became poorer and the Daimyo was pushing for the war to end for almost half-year now. The loss of one thousand ninjas was just thest straw. A very painfulst straw at that.


    Iwa... ceased all hostilities.


    Sunagakure gained a considerable edge at this time and could push deeper in Land of Earth territory but they had their own problems. The new Kazekage, Rasa, was utterly incapable of having a cordial rtionship with the Wind Daimyo. In short, the vige suffered a shortage of supplies andcked mary support.


    Rei thought the Wind Daimyo was an idiot since the second Suna lost the war, his head would roll and the Land of Wind would either get a new ruler or copse into a brutal civil war between the various nobles and their territories in the country. Both options were quite nasty... s, the Wind leadership just didn''t see it.


    This made Rasa unable to continue the war and also cease all hostilities with Iwa. In short, Suna was now out of the war and exactly nothing changed between Iwa and Suna from what was before the war. No borders were redrawn, no mary satisfaction was paid, nothing. The war was aplete waste of time and lives. The only thing that really changed was that both viges were now weaker... this having a much worse effect on Iwa than Suna. Then again, Suna was much weaker than Iwa initially anyway.


    Kumo wasplicated. They wanted to continue warring, if only against Konoha but since the 3rd Raikage died, A, the new Raikage wanted to hear nothing about a more offensive approach. Especially after the debacle near the shores of the Land of Earth where thousands of Kumo troops were destroyed by mercenaries of all things. That sealed the deal and Kumo became defensive in nature.


    As for Konoha... nothing changed. Through the entirety of the war, they were on the hard defensive, creating stalemates and barricading their enemies from attempting to cross the border of the Land of Fire. Rivers of blood flowed to ensure the war was fought in smaller countries between the major nations.


    And while the war was as good as over when Minato triumphed against Iwa''sst offensive, for the next few months, a sort of a cold war continued since no peace treaty was signed. The date of such signing was currently in a month in the Land of Iron. Half-year the countries just sat on their eggs, watching and waiting for what would happen while trying to preserve whatever strength they had remaining. And when they realized their enemies had no strength to continue... only then was decided the war would end.


    Konoha however cemented their position as the strongest nation and as the one that came out on the top in this conflict, the second Minato became the Fourth Hokage. There was an incredible blockade to that by the Uchiha n that wanted one of their own as Hokage, the Hyuuga that wanted a n ninja other than an Uchiha as the Hokage, and surprisingly by the Aburame and Inuzuka ns that didn''t think having someone with such a ridiculous Bingo Book picture should represent the vige. After all, Minato did be a sort of aughing stock all over the nations despite his SS-rank. One peek at his Bingo Book picture and nobody would take him seriously.


    This meant Minato was on the edge. The most influential ns didn''t want anything but say f.u.c.k you to his face for various reasons while the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and many nless shinobi wanted him in the office. Surprisingly the Ino-Shika-Co ns decided to stay strictly neutral in this conflict. Well, the Nara n did and everybody knew who called shots in that particr alliance.


    And then, much to Yozora''s amus.e.m.e.nt, it all came crashing to the decision of the Senju n. With the influence Tsunade''s n had in Konoha, her word could either make or end Minato''s career. And Tsunade did exactly as was expected of her. She safeguarded Rei''s interests and made sure to get a whole lot of concessions for herself by giving Minato her vote. In short,e the next war, she would not even be expected to help Konoha and they were utterly unable to make a missing-nin out of her. Considering the economical advantages in favor of the Biri-Biripany she asked for... Minato ended up wanting to rip his hair out after that particr meeting with ''old blond greedy hag''.


    Needless to say, he underestimated the range of Tsunade''s hearing and was… reprimanded for such an insult. Poord couldn''t leave his bed for a week due to pain. Thankfully, it took only a week for Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and the entire council to seed in begging Tsunade to finally heal Minato''s injuries that even the best of the best medic-ninjas in the vige couldn''t heal.


    The second the war officially ended, Tsunade would be out of the vige too without anyone being able to stop her, no matter what kind ofw or regtion they pull. No way was Rei having his sweet gentle Tsu in the vige when Kyuubi gets ripped out of Kushina and this way it would at least be all legal rather than having Tsunade run away and depend on Hiruzen''s softness for his students. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #.-the-conclusion-of-the-war_51191575446879060 for visiting.


    Minato became the Fourth a week after his legs were finally pulled out of his ass, nobody said Tsunade was particrly merciful, and that meant Konoha had SS-rank ninja as the Kage and the God of Shinobi as someone who could move freely. Hokage, after all, could not leave the vige for long periods of time either due to his administrative obligations or because he was the main protector of the vige. But with Hiruzen no longer being the Hokage and his newfound ability to be sent into the field...


    Yup, the war really ended in the favor of Konoha, now it only had to be officially doc.u.mented. No matter what Kumo would like to proim, they didn''t have enough firepower to even utter a word against Konoha and other nations didn''t either. In the end, Konoha once again prevailed as exceptional ninjas rose during the conflict, their path paved by the rivers of Konoha fresh blood. As usual...


    And while the other nations were preparing to attend the treaty meeting, the Mizukage was preparing to attend the treaty meeting AND schemed onest stunt during this war. After all, no vige would have their respective Kage in their vige since every single one of them was heading to the Land of Iron shortly and as long as his n happened before he put his signature on that damn paper saying the war was over, nobody could legally say anything to Kirigakure about being underhanded. As if he left the killing of Himeno unanswered.


    Little did the Mizukage and the other leaders of viges knew... he was not the only one seeking to take advantage of Kageless viges.