News of the Three-Nation Wind, Earth, and Lightning Alliance reached not only the other Shinobi Villages, but Konoha as well.
"Have you sent word to Chisen?"
Inside the Hokage Building, Tsunade looked at Uchiha Izumi with a grave expression.
After Uchiha Chisen left the village, Uchiha Izumi took over his duties there. Before leaving, Kijiro had even arranged for Izumi to stay in contact with his Ninja Cats.
"I already had the Ninja Cats deliver the news to Chisen, but-"
"But he still hasn't replied. I don't even know whether he received it."
Uchiha Izumi also understood how urgent the situation was. No matter how much faith she had in Uchiha Chisen, this was an allied force of over ten thousand!
In fact, by the time Konoha received the news, the Earth, Wind, and Lightning Three Nations' allied forces had already grown to more than sixteen thousand!
Like the ninja from the other villages, Uchiha Izumi did not doubt Uchiha Chisen's strength. But she also felt that if he faced over ten thousand ninja, his chakra would surely run out.
"Tsunade, should Konoha-"
Uchiha Izumi looked at Tsunade, hoping she would send Konoha's forces into battle.
As Uchiha Izumi saw it, if Konoha was willing to send troops, then with Uchiha Chisen's strength added to theirs, they should have a fifty-fifty chance against the Three Nations Allied Forces, which numbered over ten thousand.
"We can only send a few elite squads. A large-scale deployment is out of the question!"
To Uchiha Izumi's disappointment, Tsunade shook her head.
In truth, Tsunade wanted to take a hard line too. But having lived through the Second Shinobi World War and the Third Shinobi World War, she knew all too well what would happen if Konoha deployed its forces.
Once Konoha's ninja appeared on