Naruto - The Wind Calamity (2)

Chapter 215 : Taking all the Blame!

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Just like others before them, this group too was shocked by what they were witnessing. The Land of Hot Water forces didn't dare to approach this place after confirming Kumogakure's presence. Though they heard the news of floods coming out from here, they stayed away from Kumogakure ninjas. So they never knew about the destruction of the mine.

Even Kakashi was unaware of the truth as Hiruzen didn't inform him about Jiraiya's actions. Tokuhei analyzed the entire landscape and cursed, "The entire mine has been destroyed by those bastards!"

Mifune and Kakashi didn't say anything as they too reached the same conclusion.

Mifune sighed, "We will first have to clean up this place and make new arrangements. Though the surface of the mine has been destroyed, the valuable materials inside it should be safe."

However, he frowned and said, "But Kumogakure has crossed all limits this time. Not only did they mine illegally, they even destroyed the mine before leaving."

Tokuhei looked at Mifune and requested, "Lord Mifune, we have to make Kumogakure pay for their actions. Otherwise, they will keep behaving like this!"

Mifune thought for a bit before shaking his head. He said, "It won't be easy. I believe that they destroyed this mine to clear all their traces. Without any proof, we won't be able to take any action. Besides, though we have threatened Kumogakure, I doubt any of us want a war with them."

Kakashi nodded, "Yeah. It's best if war is prevented. Otherwise, everyone's losses will far exceed the value of this mine. But, we could still make them pay economically."

Mifune replied, "True. But let's leave that to the Daimyos."

He looked at everyone behind them and instructed, "Begin cleaning this place. Also, see if you can find any evidence to prove that the Kumogakure forces were here."

The Samurais and the Ninjas got to work. Mifune said, "Clearing up this mine will take a lot of time. I can't wait here that long. I will wait here until all the countries reach an agreement. Once all countries have signed up, every major village will deploy 50 ninjas to protect this mine and I will leave 200 Samurais here for the same."

Tokuhei and Kakashi nodded. Everyone got to work. However, they didn't find any clues that could be linked to Kumogakure.

With A dropping plans for the invasion, all villages agreed to share the mine. The Land of Iron will be responsible for mining and distributing the chakra metal and other precious metals at the same level among the villages that protected the mine.

So Konohagakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure and the Land of Iron would get those metals equally. Kirigakure couldn't provide the troops and hence was left out. All these 5 countries would pay half the price of chakra metals to the Land of Hot Water. In addition, Land of Hot Water will get all the normal materials mined from the mine.

Later on, A would come to know that everyone blamed him for destroying the mine to cover his tracks. However, since no one had any proof, no one spoke out loud. The realization that he was being held responsible for the enemy's actions sent the Raikage into a seething fury!

Not only did he lose more than 260 capable ninjas, he even had to take the blame for Hiruzen's actions! And the worst part was that he couldn't defend himself. To defend himself, he would first have to admit the fact that Kumogakure was mining illegally inside another country! So A couldn't do anything but suffer in silence!

While the countries were busy discussing the Mine, Fujin was busy training. He had met up with Tamotsu once but spent the remaining time on training. In a week's time, he had already learnt Iron Skin jutsu and Bringer of Darkness Genjutsu. However, he hit a wall.