"Why do you all think I'm dead?"
Aomi leaned down, inspecting Pakura's full body of wounds and her gradually fading breath, flicking his fingers lightly.
A touch of glowing green medical chakra healed Pakura's injuries, pulling her back from the brink of death.
Her body felt warm, and Aomi's medical ninjutsu quickly eased her physical pain...
But it was replaced by fear, substituting physical suffering with a terror that made this Scorch Release master's heart race, as if it would explode at any moment!
"I guessed it... I really guessed it right!"
Pakura looked at Aomi in panic, countless images flashing through her mind!
In the decisive battle between the Ninja Alliance Army and Aomi...
Pakura was the one who first used ninjutsu to attack Aomi, considered the one who opened the gates of hell...
Starting with her Scorch Release, to the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release, Onoki's Dust Release...
Beginning with the Ninja Alliance Army's proudest jutsu.
Any bloodline limit that Aomi laid eyes on would be instantly copied by this man and unleashed with several times more ferocity, brutally annihilating the Ninja Alliance Army!
Pakura really couldn't understand...
Why, after witnessing such a hellish scene, did Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, still dare to provoke Konoha?
"What did you guess right?" Aomi sighed and said:
"Tell me, I always feel that there's a deep misunderstanding about me in the Ninja World..."
Pakura clenched her teeth and said fiercely, "Don't worry, we definitely won't misunderstand you!"
"The Hidden Sand Village, The Hidden Cloud Village, The Hidden Rock Village... It's recently being rumored that you used a kinjutsu to obtain god-like strength in the Ninja World, and your long absence is because you need healing, using secret techniques to seal yourself in the Land of Water for recovery..."
"I have long told all the ninja that this is another one of your baits, just like using a peace treaty as a pretense to weaken us and deliberately lure us into warfare!"
With the healing of medical chakra, Pakura's body gradually regained strength, and she barely stood up, choosing to face Aomi standing rather than lying down, as she prepared to meet her end...
Aomi observed Pakura's resolute demeanor and smiled.
It was because of ninjas like Pakura that there were still some in the Ninja World, who were the backbones of each village, they needed to know that it was for the good of the entire Ninja World...
They feared death, but when they surpassed the threshold of fear of death, this one-sided stimulus couldn't bring them greater emotional shock but required giving them hope from another angle...
Otherwise, directly slaughtering those Ninja Alliance Army members on the battlefield wasn't a difficult task for Aomi.
For Aomi, the so-called Kage-level weaklings and the firm beliefs of Jonin ants were as precious as gold coins...
Binding their emotions to himself, vigorously swinging them back and forth, continuously pulling them, so that all the emotions in their hearts were completely squeezed out, attributing all strength to Aomi alone.
Simply killing would be like tasting a piece of good meat by just blanching and eating it raw without any seasoning...
It would be a waste of resources.
"You say I'm luring you into starting a war, but isn't that unreasonable..."
Aomi raised an eyebrow: "No matter how you put it, I was the one who first advocated for a peace agreement. It is these Hidden Villages starting wars that have the biggest problem, right?"
"Over the years, the arms race among major Hidden Villages has intensified. Is it just Konoha's doing? Or do you think Konoha should display all its powerful ninjutsu, new-style ninja tools, and intelligence about strong individuals in public to deter you?"
Pakura was speechless.
Intelligence is the most important resource in the Ninja World, bar none...
For dealing with ninjas, who are like glass cannons, just like the recently attacked Pakura, her Scorch Release could instantly annihilate hundreds of ninjas in the right circumstances...
But her own defense was incredibly fragile compared to her attack capability.
Just a ninja blade, a handful of shuriken, was enough to take Pakura's life.
Having intelligence on the opponent means that even Kage-level figures like Onoki and Sarutobi Hiruzen can easily lose their lives under targeted and comprehensive strategies.
"You... you are right... but so what?"
Pakura's death-defying aura weakened significantly, but she still stubbornly said:
"Did I guess wrong this time?"
"Aren't you repeating the same trick, all for the grand unification of the Ninja World and to alleviate your current demonic reputation in it, creating rumors to launch wars again once these Hidden Villages are defeated, so you have ample reason to go on a killing spree, annexing all Ninja Villages?"
This was Pakura's true thought.
But Aomi laughed and waved a hand: "Righteousness, reputation? I never cared about those things you mentioned..."
"You might think I'm a Konoha Ninja and would have concerns about the peace ideals established by the First Hokage, then you are wrong."
Aomi raised a finger and said softly, "To kill one is a sin, to kill ten thousand makes a hero, and to slaughter nine million makes a hero among heroes!"
"Do you think that after this war, having killed so many invaders, Konoha Village will still have voices of opposition against me? And even if there are opposing voices, would I care?"
"As for the Ninja World's reputation, do you think your words could match the power of my jutsu?"
Aomi squinted playfully:
"You wouldn't think... I would treat the Daimyo with the same courteous respect as those Kage, right? I simply don't have the time to deal with them, it doesn't mean I need to look at them directly."