Rasa's entire chakra flow was sealed by Minato, completely cut off.
He could no longer suppress the injuries from earlier when hit by the Rasengan, and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Minato took the opportunity to catch his collapsing body.
Rasa still wanted to resist, but he was seriously injured and had lost chakra supply, already extremely weak, and had lost the ability to counterattack.
He could only lift his head and look at Minato, "You're not going to kill me?"
Minato shook his head, "Killing you won't stop this war; it would only cause the Suna shinobi, who have lost their leader, to fall into chaos and become even more crazed."
Rasa already understood what Minato was planning, "So, you want to use me to threaten the Suna shinobi into stopping?"
"Damn it!"
If looks could kill, Namikaze Minato would have already been killed by Rasa.
Clearly, their Sunagakure had launched a full-scale assault on Konoha with the strength of the entire village.
Clearly, Konoha was being attacked by the three major shinobi villages and couldn't dispatch too many forces to Kikyo Mountain. In terms of numbers and high-end combat strength, they had an overwhelming advantage and the situation looked very promising.
But ever since Namikaze Minato's team arrived, the situation took a sharp downturn. First, Konoha's camp gained an excellent medical ninja, greatly boosting their logistics support.
Then, Minato launched relentless harassment on them, making them miserable, forcing them to go all out and launch a total assault.
In the end, on the frontlines, one-on-one, he wasn't even a match for the Yellow Flash and was captured alive.
A village's Kage being caught like this, utter disgrace.
'Why does Konoha have so many talents?'
'First White Fang, then the Sannin, and now even the Yellow Flash?'
Although the terrifying White Fang who killed many in the Second Shinobi War had committed suicide for a laughable reason.
But Konoha's talent reserves just kept coming.
'Why doesn't Sunagakure have such good fortune?'
Rasa cursed in his heart, wishing he could curse out the ancestors of Konoha for eighteen generations.
But Minato only smiled slightly, "Kazekage-sama, you should have realized it too, even in frontal combat, you gained nothing."
"To avoid more casualties, a ceasefire is the best option."
Rasa began to hesitate. Previously, he thought Konoha lacked high-end combat power and could be completely suppressed through this.
But after fighting, he realized that wasn't the case at all.
Besides Orochimaru, Konoha still had the Yellow Flash, and aside from the Yellow Flash, the medical ninja Rin wasn't simple either.
Moreover, now that he'd been captured and lost combat ability…
The situation had completely reversed.
As long as Orochimaru and that Nohara Rin could continue to hold off Chiyo and Ebizo, the Yellow Flash would be free to act.
If he started killing on the battlefield, just the thought of it made one's blood run cold.
Thinking of this, Rasa's heart sank. Continuing the fight really would be irrational.
'But... can Sunagakure really give up just like this?'
This war, Sunagakure had no choice but to fight.
The goal wasn't just to retaliate fiercely for Konoha's previous despicable actions.
It was more to prove to those nobles, merchants, and lords of the Land of Wind who went to Konoha to post missions, that choosing Sunagakure was the wise decision.
If they lost even this battle, their mission commissions would decrease more and more until eventually, they'd become poorer and poorer…
That would just be a slow death.
Rasa's eyes became firm, "Konoha's Yellow Flash, you're impressive. Being defeated by you head-on, I accept that!"
"But don't think you can persuade me into stopping the war!"
"I'm not afraid of death, and I won't drag the village down. If you want to use me to threaten the village, I'll immediately declare: everyone, fight to the death without retreat!"
At this, Minato grew troubled. Rasa really wouldn't budge no matter what.
Especially now, the surrounding Suna shinobi were closing in, surrounding him and Rasa.
He had no choice but to hold a kunai across Rasa's neck, restraining him from behind, and said to the surrounding Suna shinobi, "Back off, or I'll kill your Kazekage."
The surrounding Suna shinobi hesitated but eventually stepped back obediently.
Earlier, when Minato ambushed Rasa, they had noticed the shift in battle and wanted to support.
But the Yellow Flash moved too fast, flashing here and there, they couldn't keep up. Intervening rashly would only cause trouble for their own Kazekage.
So they could only stand by helplessly.
Now that the battle had been decided, it was the worst possible outcome.
Their Kazekage was caught, they could only act with extreme caution.
Seeing this, Rasa shouted, "Don't worry about me. Follow the orders of Elder Ebizo and Chiyo. If I die, Elder Chiyo will temporarily act as Kazekage!"
Minato frowned, he couldn't let Rasa keep talking. Who knows what he might say next.
Therefore—
WHOOSH!
Minato disappeared from the battlefield with Rasa.
The surrounding Suna shinobi watched the two vanish, staring at each other, they didn't know what to do.
They had no choice but to follow Rasa's earlier order and move toward the location of Chiyo and Ebizo...
———
The news of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa being captured quickly spread across the battlefield.
The four currently engaged in battle, Orochimaru, Nohara Rin, Chiyo, and Ebizo, also received the news.
They tacitly paused their fighting.
Orochimaru couldn't help but chuckle darkly and said in a hoarse voice, "Minato really is surprising, he actually pulled this off."
He looked at Chiyo and Ebizo, sticking out his tongue to lick his lips, "You two... still want to keep fighting?"
Since Rin joined, the tide of battle on his side had gradually stabilized and even turned to his favor.
Chiyo and Ebizo looked grim, their Kazekage was actually captured. Truly unexpected.
Earlier, they thought that even if the Yellow Flash of Konoha was troublesome, his offensive power was lacking. Even if Rasa couldn't threaten him, he should at least be able to protect himself.
Now it seems, that wasn't the case at all.
What surprised them even more was, they thought that with two against one against Orochimaru, even if something unexpected happened with Rasa, they could disengage and support.
But Rin's involvement changed everything. They couldn't even disengage, and the longer it went, the worse it got.
They saw the shadow of Tsunade in Rin, whether in her outstanding medical ninjutsu or terrifying brute strength.
And even worse, Rin, like Killer Bee of Kumogakure, was a perfect jinchūriki with massive chakra.
Combined with regeneration ninjutsu, she was practically immune to attrition, any injuries were instantly healed.
The two even suspected that Rin alone could drag both of them down.
So, Ebizo exchanged a glance with Chiyo, who nodded, then looked at Orochimaru and said seriously, "Let's cease fire for now. Continuing would benefit neither side."
Orochimaru had already intended this. Although after the news of the Fourth Kazekage's capture spread, Sunagakure's momentum was hindered and their assault slowed…
If they seized this opportunity to counterattack, they might gain a lot.
But Sunagakure had too many people. His goal was only to hold Kikyo Mountain and force Sunagakure to retreat, not to fight to the death. That would do Konoha no good.
So he said calmly, "Let's fire the ceasefire flares together. I trust you won't try anything shady with this."
Chiyo and Ebizo looked at each other and nodded.
Ebizo pulled a flare from his robe and looked at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru chuckled and also pulled out a flare.
Both sides fired the flares at the same time.
Immediately, two flares exploded in the air.
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