Sunagakure.
As far as the eye could see, yellow sand filled the sky like a yellow mist.
The Kazekage stood at the highest point. Behind him rose jagged rocky mountains, while the entire village lay before him.
Chiyo and Ebizo stood behind him.
For a time, the three said nothing. Their defeat in the Land of Rivers had plunged Sunagakure into a difficult situation.
After a long while.
"White Fang was severely wounded and has lost his fighting capacity."
Ebizo revealed the intelligence Sunagakure had received.
"I could have killed him then."
The Kazekage was filled with regret.
He had realized it as well. White Fang had possessed no strength left to fight.
If he had not hesitated, he could have killed Konoha's White Fang before Tsunade appeared.
But because of fear, he had chosen to retreat.
Regret filled his heart.
If they had taken away such a major fighting force from Konoha, that would have been enough.
"There was nothing any of us could have done then."
Chiyo's voice carried helplessness.
Though she had lost her loved ones, she had not completely lost her reason. It had seemed like the best opportunity to kill White Fang.
But honestly, who would have dared to make a move?
The shattered mountain range was not far away.
Even Chiyo had not dared.
This could not be blamed on the Kazekage.
"The key is what we do next. Should we reclaim the Land of Rivers battlefield?"
They had already suffered devastating losses in the Land of Rivers, but if they lost the Land of Rivers, they had no idea whether Konoha would attack them.
Yet even if they fought over the Land of Rivers again, they had no ability to invade Konoha.
The Kazekage closed his eyes in thought, then opened them after