I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 672 When someone is determined to cause trouble, even breathing the same air can become an excuse to launch an attack.

Explosive tags are used in conjunction with traps, or concealed using ninjutsu, or applied to enemies in close combat.

The brightly lit explosive tags pose little threat to ninjas, since they don't have legs and can't reach the enemy; they simply explode at the point of contact.

Therefore, the explosive tags piled up in layers, clustered into boxes, and scattered across the entire port grounds posed no threat to Yagura.

Even without using the Body Flicker Technique, Yagura could easily escape the blast radius of the explosive tags, but this was clearly not Minato's goal, or rather, not Tatsuma's goal.

These explosive tags, once they detonate, certainly won't have much effect on the Mist Ninja, but what about the Mist Ninja?

This port town would be directly destroyed, resulting in the loss of countless properties. If the explosion were to be properly positioned, the real danger would be the consequences of angering the sea.

While the Hidden Mist Village is indeed skilled in Water Release ninjutsu, ninjas are as fragile as straw in the face of natural disasters. If a large tsunami or earthquake were to occur, the Hidden Mist Village would be unable to handle the resulting impact.

Even if the Mist Ninja could do their best to control personal injuries, the resulting property damage would be unacceptable to the Land of Water.

"He who takes a bribe is bound to be beholden to it." Kirigakure had only taken advantage of the situation a year ago to extort money from the Daimyo of the Land of Water. If something like this were to happen now, it would undoubtedly be the beginning of the Daimyo government's purge of the ninja villages.

It's hard to say about other things, but Yagura is certain of one thing: he has essentially secured his position as the Fourth Mizukage.

Therefore, the anticipated outcome absolutely cannot occur. However, Yagura maintained his composure and dignity as a shadow, saying:

"Is Konoha threatening me? How dare you detonate these explosive tags? Are you planning to attack civilians?!"

Ninjas from ninja villages are always forbidden from harming civilians. Of course, this bottom line is relatively flexible, especially during wartime, when it is impossible to completely avoid affecting civilians.

In times of war, people tend to turn a blind eye to incidents that affect innocent bystanders, but if someone actively and specifically targets civilians, then that's a serious matter.

During the Second Shinobi World War, Danzo mobilized Konoha ninjas, which escalated the war by attacking civilians in the Land of Rain.

The number of civilians harmed at the time was not large, but it cost Konoha a great deal of money. In fact, Konoha had to provide the Land of Rain with a large amount of resources after the war to mitigate the impact.

Or, a few years ago, when the Sand Village, Rock Village, and Cloud Village joined forces to attack Kikyo Castle, a civilian town in the Land of Fire, this was an even more direct attack on civilians than Danzo's attack.

The consequences? The consequences were that Konoha not only killed all the ninjas directly involved, but also became the fuse for the current Shinobi World War, igniting this protracted and extremely brutal war.

This time, the number of civilians affected could be thousands or even tens of thousands of times greater than before. If Konoha dares to do this, not only will the Land of Water investigate, but even the Land of Fire itself will probably not allow such a thing to happen.

It's not that the Land of Fire has a conscience, but rather that ninjas belong to ninjas and ordinary people belong to ordinary people. If Konoha ninjas dare to harm so many civilians from other countries, then ninjas from other countries also have a reason to harm civilians from the Land of Fire.

Therefore, in Yagura's view, Minato was simply trying to scare him.

Minato admired Yagura's composure, as he himself had been terrified and lost control of his expression when he learned of Tatsuma's plan.

However, the work that needed to be done still had to be done. Minato said, "Lord Mizukage, I understand that Kirigakure is isolated from information and does not understand the style of our Fourth Hokage, but your Land of Water is not without its own experiences."

Minato's reminder made Yagura suddenly realize that Konoha had done similar things before, such as causing three great floods in the Land of Wind.

When Tatsuma from the Land of Water impersonated the rogue ninja Takasugi Shinsuke, he controlled the tailed beasts to launch indiscriminate attacks, and there were multiple incidents of granaries exploding throughout the Land of Water.

Although the culprit was not caught, everyone knew perfectly well that it was Konoha's doing, so Konoha didn't exist and there was no reason for them to dare to take action.

After all, their Fourth Hokage, Sakamoto Tatsuma, was a madman! Yagura even suspected that the Sakamoto Tatsuma who impersonated Takasugi Shinsuke in the Land of Water was the real Sakamoto Tatsuma.

A pathological, insane, and incurable madman!

Seeing the slight change in Yagura's expression, Minato breathed a sigh of relief, finally managing to frighten Yagura.

Tatsuma did many crazy things, things that, in the eyes of the world, could be described as antisocial personality disorder.

It can't be said that all these actions were actually due to some kind of hardship, after all, Tatsuma's radicalism often frightened people even in Konoha, but as Tatsuma's close friend, Minato understood that Tatsuma was at most a...

A calculating, antisocial madman.

Tatsuma has indeed done antisocial and inhumane things, but he always manages to keep the impact within a controllable range.

However, this calculation is too extreme. Whether it is the Sand Village's flood relief efforts or the Mist Village's food exchange, both require the full efforts of the ninja from these two villages.

The overall impression is that the ninjas from these two villages fought with everything they had to finally resolve the disaster brought about by Tatsuma, and it doesn't seem like the result of Tatsuma's deliberate control.

Even Yagura wouldn't believe that those antisocial and inhumane man-made disasters were actually the result of careful calculation.

"What exactly does Konoha want?!"

Yagura practically gritted his teeth as he said, "Don't even mention compensating with seven ninja swords; that's absolutely impossible!"

"It's not that we can't change the terms."

After Minato finished speaking, Yagura, who was about to explode with anger, suddenly deflated and looked at Minato with a strange expression. After a while, he asked, "So what conditions do you want for you to leave?"

Minato didn't answer, but turned around and looked at Sento, who raised his hand to indicate that he understood, and jogged over with a smile on his face.

However, compared to Minato's smile, it appeared stiff and unsightly. He looked at Yagura and said, "When your Kirigakure invaded our Land of Fire, my Hyuga clan fought to the death."

During this period, our Hyuga clan suffered more than one hundred casualties. We could not find the bodies or the eyes on the bodies could not be found. Therefore, we have reason to suspect that it was you Kirigakure who dug them up.

"How about you offer a hundred pairs of eye rolls in exchange?"

"you!"

Yagura's face flushed red with anger, but his initial burst of energy had dissipated, and he could no longer muster any more. He could only glare angrily at Sento.

In ninja wars, how could one care about the dignity of the dead? It was common for bodies to be completely destroyed or incomplete. Only when ninjas killed their opponents elegantly and then used the best burial and makeup techniques could the bodies be preserved intact.

"If this is what Konoha calls your conditions, then Kirigakure will never agree to them!"

Yagura angrily uttered these words, turned around and started to leave, but Minato asked in a deep voice, "Lord Mizukage, if you insist on this, then Konoha will have no choice but to resort to some non-peaceful means."

"Swoosh~"

The moment he finished speaking, Minato didn't move, but Yagura did. He rushed to the place with the most boxes, and as he formed hand seals, streams of water gathered, clearly indicating that he was going to deal with the explosive tags.

"Stop the water!"

Minato did not choose to act himself, but instead gave the order. Shisui behind him nodded and looked in that direction, forming hand seals.

"The Art of Paper Formation! A Thousand Crows!"

"Bang bang bang bang~"

(End of this chapter)