Sasori then asked Minato, "Minato Namikaze, why didn't you strike just now? If you had killed me, you could have eliminated one of Uchiha Ryou's top generals!"
Minato turned back, standing on the water with a sunny smile. "According to the rules of a samurai, we were having a match. Once the winner is decided, we stop."
"If we continued to fight, it would have been a struggle to the death!"
Minato looked toward Ryou's side. "I believe Ryou-senpai wouldn't want to make things that ugly either!"
Minato did not consider this a war.
If it were a harsh war, Ryou wouldn't have sent a bunch of Shinobi Cats who only knew how to hiss to play drums and gongs.
With his cunning, he would have surely lurked underground and launched a sneak attack on the Shinobi Allied Forces, striking terror into their hearts.
Minato felt that Ryou didn't particularly want to fight the Shinobi Allied Forces deep down; he was only here to block them on Uchiha Madara's orders.
Furthermore, Sasori was Chiyo's grandson.
If Minato killed him, it would be over, but he couldn't imagine how heartbroken that old woman would be.
Besides Ebizo, Sasori was Chiyo's only remaining relative.
Moreover, Sasori wasn't even human anymore!
...
Sasori fell silent at Minato's words and watched him return to the Shinobi Allied Forces' position.
Danzo was the first to accuse him. "Minato, why didn't you kill Sasori? Killing him would have eliminated one of Uchiha Ryou's top generals!"
"Senjutsu—"
Fukasaku jumped in front of Danzo and swung his fist at him.
Though Fukasaku's fist was small, it carried the immense strength of a Sage. In the original work, Fukasaku was a powerful toad who could lift giant stone statues.
With just one punch, Danzo would be smashed into a pulp by Fukasaku.
Fukasaku wasn't joking; he truly wanted to eliminate a scourge like Danzo.
At the critical moment, Minato used the Flying Thunder God to teleport Danzo far away, saving his wretched life.
The Third Hokage comforted Fukasaku, "Lord Fukasaku, please calm down. Danzo is being a bit immature!"
Fukasaku snorted coldly. "How did little Tobirama end up teaching such a radical disciple? He didn't learn any of the good traits, but he inherited all the bad ones!"
The Fourth Raikage snorted, "They say Danzo is the dark side of the Second Hokage. Seeing him today, it's true; he has no grace at all."
Mifune praised Minato's grace. "Well done, Minato. Knowing when to stop is important; the Shinobi World should value harmony!"
Although the Shinobi Allied Forces and the Shinobi Cats army didn't say it outright, they both followed an unspoken rule: stop at the point of victory.
It was just for show. They were all people who didn't support the Eye of the Moon Plan, so why fight to the death over an illusory dream world?
Sarutobi Sasuke looked at the radical and gloomy Danzo, puzzled. "How did the Shimura kid turn out like this? I remember him being a handsome boy; why has he become gloomier as he grew up?"
Jiraiya speculated, "It might be due to repression. My teacher's eldest son, Shinnosuke, already has a wife, but Danzo hasn't even found one yet."
"Ever since my teacher became the Hokage, he's been staying underground. He's probably still a virgin."
Sarutobi Sasuke understood. "So it's repression! No wonder. All psychological problems can be traced back to sexual repression."
"If Danzo could have been like Monkey and found a wife years ago, he wouldn't need to be so gloomy."
On the Shinobi Cats army's side.
Sasori retreated. Fish Ball formed hand seals to activate the spores inside him, and Sasori immediately collapsed, twitching on the ground.
"Sasori, why didn't you kill Minato when you had such a good chance? Are you colluding with the enemy?"
Sasori's heart was full of misery. Had he really fallen so low that even a Shinobi Cats could walk all over him?
Satori enjoyed the mature negative emotions from Sasori. Like Orochimaru, Sasori was a naturally evil person.
People like him were always thinking about how to make the world feel pain. To Satori, he was a great tonic!
Fortune looked up at Satori. "So you are the legendary Mind-Reading Demon who knows all—whether it's anger, delusion, focus, chaos, liberation, or bondage—Satori!"
(￢_￢)ﾉ.
Satori looked down at the small calico cat with disdain. How could a mere grain of sand hope to match half of my power?
Fortune was instantly enraged. "Oh, looking down on me, are you? I'm really going to control you now!"
Fortune formed hand seals, and the spores inside Satori's body activated. Intense electrical currents surged throughout Satori's body.
Satori howled in pain, rolling all over the ground!
Satori had just been mocking Sasori's pathetic state, and in the next second, he entered the same miserable situation.
These Shinobi Cats were simply never-ending!
Ryou's Spore Clone sat on Nekomata. He appeared to be leading the army, but he was actually flipping through the adult magazines Jiraiya had dropped earlier.
It made him rock hard.
Nekomata was speechless. "Master, can you tone it down a bit?"
Ryou smacked Nekomata's head with the magazine. "Mind your own business!"
Ryou then glanced at the river and said in surprise, "What's going on? Is the fight over?"
(＿＿)ノ｜.
All the Shinobi Cats were speechless.
As the saying goes, one softie soldier, a whole nest of softie generals. Whatever the commander is like, the soldiers will follow suit.
They were in the middle of a battle! Yet their commander was busy looking at porn.
Was this still the mighty Great General of their Uchiha Clan?
Ryou smacked Nekomata's head again. "The fight is over, and you didn't think to remind me?"
Matatabi was at a loss for words. It wanted to remind him but was afraid of ruining Ryou's "mood" and getting hit.
But did such a thing even need a reminder?
A commander who doesn't fight and instead reads adult magazines for pornographic content—he deserved to be executed!
Ryou then learned what had happened during the battle from Nekomata.
When Nekomata mentioned that Minato had a chance to kill Sasori but didn't, Ryou fell silent.
Nekomata thought Minato's actions had touched Ryou's conscience.
In reality, Ryou's conscience had long since ceased to exist.
"If Minato acts like this, how am I supposed to steal his wife in the future?"
╮（﹀_﹀）╭
Nekomata sighed in its heart. It shouldn't have expected anything from him.
Ryou then had Fish Ball bring Sasori up.
He patted Fish Ball's head. "Well done, Fish Ball!"
Fish Ball showed a triumphant smile, then asked somewhat hesitantly, "What about that position of Heir?"
"Get lost!"
Ryou sent Fish Ball flying with a slap and then took over Fish Ball's control of Sasori.
"You ungrateful fellow, why didn't you kill Minato?"
...
Sasori didn't want to say a single word. Saying anything would be an insult to his grace.
These guys were all shinobi hooligans with no class at all.
Seeing that Sasori wouldn't speak, Ryou used Wood Release to hang him up and said to the cats, "See that? This is what happens to traitors!"
All the cats trembled, none of them daring to defy Ryou.
This guy didn't follow logic at all.