According to the original work, at this time, Pakura was treated as a political sacrifice for the peace talks between Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
Because in the war between Sunagakure and Kirigakure, Pakura's Scorch Release was incredibly powerful, cruelly killing many elite Kirigakure Ninjas.
The condition for Kirigakure to talk peace with Sunagakure was for Pakura to die!
And the brain-dead Sunagakure high-level officials actually agreed! They tricked Pakura, this hero of Sunagakure, into going to talk peace with Kirigakure, sacrificing her to obtain peace.
At this moment, the Sunagakure Elder Council was in a heated argument.
"Uchiha Madara wants our Sunagakure's Shukaku. Should we give it to him?"
"Shukaku has gone berserk many times, and several Jinchuriki vessels in a row have failed. Just as the rumors say, only the bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan can suppress a Tailed Beast's Chakra."
"Where are there any Uzumaki Clan members now? In my opinion, we should just give Shukaku to Uchiha Madara! It's impossible for our Sunagakure to block his military might."
"No, we can't give Shukaku to Uchiha Madara. His Eye of the Moon Plan is to let everyone fall into a world of genjutsu. The Daimyo and nobles of the capital will never agree."
"What if they don't agree? The Daimyo dislikes us so much; if we don't go to battle this time, he'll recruit Ninjas himself to participate."
There was a sharp conflict between the Land of Wind's Feudal Lords and the Sunagakure.
Because of Sunagakure's repeated defeats, the Land of Wind's Daimyo found Sunagakure's incompetence increasingly unpleasant.
This time, the Battle of Kikyo Mountain was another major defeat to Konoha. Although a peace treaty hasn't been signed yet, anyone with eyes can see that Sunagakure has been defeated again and again!
The Land of Wind's Daimyo could no longer tolerate Sunagakure's incompetence. In the annual budget, he directly cut Sunagakure's military budget.
Even the tasks of the Feudal Lords were outsourced to Konoha, clearly telling Sunagakure to go take a hike!
Sunagakure was so short of money that the Village leader, Rasa, had to go to the desert to pan for gold.
In the original work, why did Sunagakure agree to Orochimaru's Konoha Crush plan to attack Konoha?
It was to give Konoha a heavy blow and tell the Land of Wind's Daimyo that they still had skills and could still dance!
Without further economic development, Sunagakure would fall out of the ranks of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
Right now, the Land of Wind's Daimyo is at his most disappointed with Sunagakure, and Sunagakure's days are bitter.
Why are they in a hurry to talk peace with Kirigakure? It's because they have no money and don't want to continue investing funds into defenses against Kirigakure.
The Elder Council meeting room was a bit noisy. Rasa is a defeated Kazekage and truly has no prestige to suppress these Village leaders.
"Stop arguing!"
At this time, an old woman with a withered face, shriveled skin, and purple-gray hair shouted.
Immediately, the Elder Council meeting room fell silent.
This is Chiyo, the Flower of Shinobi who does not decay even when buried by the sands of karma, a Village elder who can lead the sand forward even when withered.
It is currently the Third Great Ninja War. Chiyo has not yet retired and has been leading the Village forward as the Village's Advisor.
Chiyo said to Inuzuka Tsume: "Messenger of Konoha, please tell the Third Hokage that Sunagakure will go to Konoha to participate in the Five Kage Summit."
Inuzuka Tsume nodded, then led Kuromaru out of the meeting room.
After Inuzuka Tsume left, the Sunagakure elders stopped acting: "It seems Konoha intends to unite the four great Ninja Villages to form the Shinobi Allied Forces to crusade against Uchiha Madara."
"Why not take this opportunity to fleece Konoha and obtain Konoha's assistance to supplement the Village's lack of funds?"
"Yeah, yeah, we're so poor we can barely eat. Konoha has money; if they don't give us money, we won't fight."
"Right, the Village and Konoha are still in a state of war readiness. If they don't give us funds, we'll join Uchiha Madara and fight them."
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Chiyo was speechless. She really didn't know if these people had any sense of the big picture at all?
The end of Ninjas and the end of the world are almost here, and they're still thinking about money?
This kind of person is only fit for dreams; in dreams, you can have everything!
Suddenly, with a bang!
The door to the Elder Council meeting room was kicked open, and everyone froze when they saw the newcomer.
They didn't even get angry at this person for intruding so rudely into the Kazekage's Office.
Because this person was none other than Pakura—who was being used as a political sacrifice for the peace talks with Kirigakure!
Pakura has birch and green hair tied into a high bun on top of her head, and she wears a combat outfit mainly in deep black.
Her eyes are sharp, her gaze indifferent, exuding a capable combat aura.
Seeing it was Pakura, Rasa secretly formed a seal.
He wasn't sure if Pakura had discovered that she was being used as a political sacrifice?
Pakura shouted: "Why were you in such a hurry to call me back? Are the peace talks with Kirigakure no longer wanted?"
On her way to Kirigakure Village, Pakura was preparing to talk peace with Kirigakure people.
But midway, a Ninja from the Village with a Summoning Hawk arrived and told Pakura that something big had happened in the Village and to end the peace talks with Kirigakure immediately.
The elders and Rasa exchanged glances and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Pakura's brains had been sacrificed to her chest; she hadn't realized she'd been sold out yet.
If not for the threat of Madara, the elders would never have let Pakura return. Perhaps by now, Pakura's beautiful back would have been full of Kunai.
But there was no choice. Pakura is a Kazekage candidate with the strength of a Kage. Facing the threat of Madara, the elders had to rely on Pakura's power.
The framing of Pakura was only done by Rasa and a few members of the Elder Council. Chiyo and Ebizo were both a bit confused about why Pakura had gone to Kirigakure.
Rasa retracted his seal and threw the documents on his desk to Pakura.
He even lectured: "Pakura, remember to knock next time you come in."
"Hmph!"
Pakura snorted. She and Rasa were political rivals. If Rasa hadn't been the Third Hokage's disciple and the Third Kazekage hadn't taught him Magnet Release...
Most of the elders in the Elder Council supported Rasa.
The person sitting in the Kazekage's Office now should have been her, Pakura.
Ebizo is the wise man of Sunagakure. He glanced at Rasa and some of the Sunagakure elders with guilty consciences, instinctively sensing that there was something fishy about Pakura being sent to Kirigakure.
Pakura had killed so many Kirigakure Ninjas that they hated her to their core. How could she be sent as Sunagakure's envoy to talk peace with Kirigakure?
Wasn't this like a married daughter being like water poured out, never to be recovered?
Ebizo and Chiyo exchanged a look, both guessing the conspiracy Rasa and the others had against Pakura.
Pakura's way of doing things could win the support of low-level Ninjas, but the high-level officials had long seen her as a thorn in their side.
Chiyo's gaze became sharp. For the sake of the Village's overall situation, she couldn't tell Pakura about the high-level officials' conspiracy now.
But she had to warn Rasa and the Elder Council members.
Sunagakure is already at the bottom of the Five Great Ninja Villages, and these people are still eliminating dissidents?
Each generation is worse than the last!
After reading about Madara and the Eye of the Moon Plan, Pakura sneered: "Ridiculous. Uchiha Madara is resurrected and plans to collect the Nine Tailed Beasts to release Infinite Tsukuyomi?"
"Hmph! This might just be Konoha's Strategic Blackmail. I must personally go to Amegakure to investigate."
Chiyo quickly stopped the reckless Pakura: "Pakura, I know this is hard to believe, but it's the truth."
"Uchiha Madara has been resurrected, and the Village has already begun preparing for war."
"This..."
Since Chiyo, the most prestigious person in the Village, said so, Pakura couldn't treat it as fake news.
"Uchiha Madara... has really been resurrected?"