I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

Shikamaru knocked on the table, bringing everyone's scattered thoughts back.

"We have already proposed the conditions for peace, and we have even provided a plan for how you can live a better life in the future. Or are you not satisfied with these and want more?"

Shikamaru's glare grew sharper.

"Or do you want to fight again?"

After that, Shikamaru said goodbye to Gaara. There was no need to say too much on the first day, just to show what Yugakure wanted to express.

At night, Shikamaru and others stayed in the inn arranged by Sunagakure.

Before Shikamaru could rest, there was a knock on the door.

The corners of Shikamaru's mouth turned up slightly, but then quickly pressed them down when he opened the door.

When I opened the door, it turned out to be Gaara's two siblings.

Temari still looked at Shikamaru with an unfriendly look, so Kankuro greeted her.

"When I came out of the Fengying Building, I saw that the lights were still on here, so I thought you were still awake, so I came over to check on you."

Gaara said as he entered the room.

"Oh, Lord Fengying is very busy. He is busy even at this hour."

Shikamaru didn't call Gaara's lie out, but instead gave him a compliment.

"You should call me Gaara. We are about the same age and we even took the Chunin Exam together."

"You're right. It scared me to death at first. I still remember the first time I took the Chunin Exam."

Neither of them mentioned what happened during the day. Shikamaru even poured two cups of tea and acted as if they were chatting.

But this sentence made Temari very unhappy. She stared at Shikamaru, trying to see something. She was scared after the first exam, so what did she matter as a loser?

The two of them were chatting nonstop, and this made Kankuro feel annoyed. He was the first to ask, as he could no longer sit still.

"Shikamaru, what exactly does Amegakure want to do?"

Shikamaru tilted his head back and took a sip of water.

"Senior Ye Lan has already told you about this."

Temari and Kankuro didn't respond for a moment before Gaara spoke.

“Make the world a fairer place?”

"Don't be ridiculous. Isn't this just an excuse for that guy to fulfill his ambition?"

Temari laughed. She didn't believe these high-sounding words at all.

But she looked at Gaara and Shikamaru again, and their faces looked serious for the first time.

Gaara, "Shikamaru, how can you let me trust Ye Lan, or how can I trust the Land of Rain? They took the One-Tail out of my body."

"I don't know much about the plan for the tailed beasts. I only know that all of this is to eliminate the hidden dangers of war. As for the proof..."

Shikamaru met Gaara's gaze and said, "The situation in Iwagakure has proved everything. Spies from various villages have been investigating. You all know the intelligence."

Regardless of whether the war in the Land of Earth has ended or is still ongoing, each village has sent a lot of people to investigate the situation. As long as it does not involve military secrets, Ye Lan will not care too much.

He was eager to tell the world about the situation in the Land of Earth, and tell the common people that as long as they came to the embrace of the Land of Rain, they could live a stable life.

Of course, most villages would portray the Rain Country as an atrocious invader, and it is their usual tactic to say that white is black.

It's just that there will inevitably be curious people who will go to the Land of Earth. Once they get a job and have a stable life, they will naturally publicize the policies of the Land of Rain.

If it weren't for Nagato's situation, Ye Lan wouldn't have needed to use force at all. It would only take a few decades or even a dozen years of development to conquer other countries without a single soldier.

"But the Land of Earth was able to do this because the Land of Earth's daimyo was dealt with by you. Now that the Sand Village is still here, are you going to use the same method?"

Ye Lan was the first ninja to attack the daimyo, and no one else could cross this threshold.

Shikamaru poured another glass of water, "Will the Daimyo of Wind Country be of any help to Sunagakure?"

"But this goes against the ninja code!"

Temari couldn't help but say that no matter how bad the Daimyo was, they had no reason to take action. Besides, after they formed an alliance with Konoha, the Daimyo could at least provide some military funds.

"Rules and regulations are nothing more than ways for rulers to gain power. They draw the lines themselves but do not abide by them. They simply exploit and oppress ordinary people's living space. You have to know that the reason why the world is so corrupt is entirely because of them."

"Born noble? He has two eyes and a nose. He is also an ordinary person. He can get sick and die. He was born among nobles. Can they do whatever they want just because of the rules they set themselves?"

Kankuro opened his mouth. He didn't know what to say, but he looked very powerful.

Shikamaru continued, "If you don't want to be Raingakure, I can do it for you, but the final conditions won't be so generous."

Temari pursed her lips. Shikamaru was trying to force Sunagakure to oppose the daimyos. If Sunagakure really did that, they would definitely no longer be able to form an alliance with Muyou.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire will definitely attack Konoha and Sand Village together.

"Shikamaru, is this why you left Konoha? What on earth did you go through in Konoha?"

Gaara did not continue the topic, but instead asked about Shikamaru's past.

Shikamaru's hand movements paused briefly, then he sighed.

"Gaara, Konoha is different from Sunagakure. Konoha is rotten to the core. I can't change it. In the end, I was forced to leave."

"So you killed the jonin from your own village?"

Temari said coldly.

"I never regretted doing it because too many civilians in Konoha died in that jonin. Even Asuma died."

Shikamaru took the initiative to reveal his scars.

The three siblings all knew who Asma was, but there was something hidden behind how he got connected to this aspect.

"But you are abusing lynching. You can just arrest him."

Temari still didn't want to admit defeat and said stubbornly.

Shikamaru's expression rarely turned grim.

"It won't do anything to him if he's imprisoned. He'll just spend the rest of his life in jail, but the people behind him will still live a comfortable life."

"When I deal with him, I am telling the people behind him that there are people who will speak out for this kind of thing and people who will keep an eye on them."

Temari, "But you are still a villager after all, you have no right..."

"Someone told me a word."

Shikamaru stretched out a finger to interrupt Temari, "If someone slaps you and you slap back, it's not called revenge, it's called fairness. He killed many civilians and tore families apart. I'd rather kill him than let him down."

"Or do you think that the lives of civilians are not lives, and only the lives of ninjas are lives?"

"I..."

"Temari!"

Gaara's face changed and he stopped Temari from continuing. This was beyond what they were talking about.

But Shikamaru continued talking.

"I don't see any hope for change in Konoha. Only in the Land of Rain can I see what Senior Ye Lan himself has endured. He would not allow such a thing to happen in the Land of Rain."