Chapter 85 - Chapter 87

"So how about you tell us why we are here already?" Onoki was still glaring at Dragon.

"I was getting to it. How can someone that has lived for so long be so incredible inpatient as you? You should spend some time to develop a proper attitude." Dragon said to Onoki which earned him a slap on the table from the dwarf Kage.

"How about I slap you across the room?"

"Okay, let us begin." Dragon said and ignored Onoki's remark.

"I will tell you what I desire. And that is the world. More specifically a world without these pointless wars."

"So what I ask is that you surrender to my empire and become vassal states to me."

Dragon smiled and leaned back on his chair. Now all he had to do was to sit back and enjoy the shit show that was about to occur. He watched the words sink in on the people around the table then started laughing to himself after seeing the anger on Onoki's face.

"WHAT! You drag me here to surrender to you? Are you out of your mind?" Onoki stood up on his chair and waved his arms in the air.

"Calm down, Tsuchikage. At least let Lord Dragon speak."

"You! He destroyed your village, why are you sitting here calling him lord like he's your saviour. You should want to kill him." Onoki shot Yugito down with anger and yelling.

"I have more sense than doing something that would be my people's downfall. And I've come to respect Dragon a lot so what's wrong with me following a path that I believe in." Yugito stood up and slammed her hands on the table.

"You are a naive child! You are not worthy of being a leader!"

"And you are a fossil that is too old to admit the fact that the world needs new directions!" They were both yelling.

"So destroying villages are new directions, are they?"

"Like you can say that! I'm not the one starting world wars." Yugito created a crack in the table thanks to the pressure she was exuding with her hands.

"I agree with the young Raikage. War is not the way to world peace. Why don't we listen to what this man has to offer." The Kazekage finally said his first words since arriving.

"This is enough! I don't need to be here, I am leaving!" Onoki and his granddaughter that followed along as a bodyguard started walking back towards the elevator.

"Now, now, I need you to sit down again, Onoki." Dragon said while Onoki passed his chair.

"Whatever your goal is, it will be over my dead body." He said in disdain.

"That can be arranged." Dragon released his magical pressure on Onoki and his granddaughter, and they both faceplanted on the ground.

"It would be best for all of us if you walk back and sit down." Dragon increased the pressure again and you finally heard a snap from the Tsuchikage.

"STOP! We'll stay!" Kuro said and the pressure disappeared. Kuro rushed towards Onoki and check his body for injuries.

"You broke his arm!" Kuro said and helped Onoki stand up.

"And I can heal it just as easily. So sit back down and this will be the end of it." Dragon hadn't turned to look at them. His gaze was locked on the others in the room. And right now, the Kage's were sweating from that pressure he released.

Even though it wasn't affecting them directly. They could still feel it just as well as Onoki and Kuro could.

"I will be honest with you now that the meagre squabbles are done and over with. I never planned to give you any choice. This world needs a change or it will end faster than any of you can comprehend."

"So sit still and listen for the next minute."

"First of all, you know by now that I destroyed the Cloud village. This was an act mainly done out of anger because several kidnapping attempts on my son."

"Even though I regret destroying the entire thing. It was a much-needed wake-up call for the five villages. You all believe you can go around murdering and kidnapping at your own discretion. That will not fly anymore."

"You will become vassal states to my empire. We will show you how to make a better world, a better future."

"You might not believe in my power to accomplish what I say I will. But let me show you how little you all have mattered to me since the beginning."

"HAH"

Dragon released a short war cry and his aura was released. But this was nothing like what assaulted Onoki. This was so much aura that the entire island started to shake. Dragon's killing intent was released fully and the walls, floor in the room broke apart.

The ceiling had cracks in it and I looked like it would fall apart any second. The Kage's bodyguards had lost consciousness as soon as the aura showed itself.

'A... A... A monster...' Yugito sat there in her chair and was shaking from the terror she was experiencing. It felt like the hand of the Raikage was piercing her chest over and over again.

'This has to be at least a hundred times that of the one-tailed beast. No wonder this man could take the second and eight.' Rasa the Kazekage thought while trying to regulate his breathing.

"This is is insane!! How can someone like this exist? I feel like a flea." Mei sat hunched forward and she was barely able to take a breath.

"This is not my entire aura. If I release it all, the entire world would start to break apart. Do you see it now? I have the ability to change this world however I want."

Dragon waved his hand and Danzo walked up and placed a paper in front of each Kage. He didn't get affected by Dragon's aura so he had a neutral expression on his face as he walked around.

"Sign this and surrender to the Gotei empire. Know that it will never be an alliance. But know that I will make sure all villages will be treated equally. The future will be looking brighter if you sign this paper."

"I hope you make the right decision." Dragon released them from the pressure and the island stopped shaking and everything soon calmed down.

"I.. I am on... Board.." Yugito was having a hard time staying conscious. But she took up the pen that was placed there and signed it without hesitation. She had decided to follow Dragon before coming here. And even more so now. If someone had this much power then they had all the rights to rule the world.

"I believed in you before all of this. And being one of the founders of the leaf makes you the most worthy one to take this step." Hiruzen was the strongest Kage here so he was the one that recovered his composure first.

"Thank you Hiruzen." Dragon bowed to the Hokage.

"You are a village founder?" Mei asked while still shaking somewhat from fright.

"I had a hand in it."

"I see." Mei took up the pen and signed over her village to this vassal agreement.

"I don't like you, but I don't want my granddaughter to die because of my stubbornness," Onoki said while holding Kuro in his arms. And he also agreed and signed over his village.

"Make sure you deliver on your promises." The Kazekage said. He had barely said a word but he was in agreement with the other Kage that going against Dragon was nothing but a suicide mission. That aura alone was enough to destroy an island.

"I am glad you all decided to give me a chance. Now it's time for me to deliver on my promises." Dragon did a hand sign to make it look like a Jutsu. Onoki's arm started to glow green and in a few seconds, his arm was back to normal, almost better than before.

"Thank you." He said and went back to silence.

"So now, let us go over all the benefits of being a vassal state to the Gotei empire." Dragon beckoned for Danzo to deliver the papers he held in hand.

As Danzo went around he was being watched by Hiruzen. The Hokage observed Danzo completely and came to the conclusion that this wasn't the old Danzo at all. This was someone else, and it made him incredibly sad but also relieved.

'Find peace, old friend,' This was the only thing he could think of saying at this moment.

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