Land of Fire, Leaf Ninja Village, Root base.
A month ago, the Shinobi World War had begun as everyone expected, yet in a way no one had anticipated.
To those in the know, it seemed the war had been caused by the long-standing conflict between Sunagakure and the Rain Ninja being unexpectedly ignited, followed by Iwagakure seizing the opportunity to make its move.
But only Danzo knew that Root had played a part in it as well, though his original intention had not been to start a war.
Danzo lightly rubbed a Healing Tag between his fingers, his expression flickering uncertainly.
Root had risked their lives to bring back a large number of Healing Tags, yet for some reason, most of them had failed. At first, Danzo had thought his subordinates had brought back counterfeit goods.
Only after trying one himself did Danzo believe that Kumogakure had truly created something so remarkable.
If Kumogakure's "allies" had not revealed it due to their own circumstances, perhaps hardly anyone in the Shinobi World would have known about it.
This was clearly something that could change the way shinobi fought.
Yet the hundreds of Healing Tags he had acquired had inexplicably failed one after another. Danzo had been frantic, and Root's people had spent considerable time before discovering the true reason.
It turned out that two Healing Tags could not be placed too close together, especially not stacked against each other. Otherwise, they would interfere with one another and fail.
However, by the time they realized the cause and hurriedly separated the captured Healing Tags for storage, only a dozen or so out of the hundreds remained intact.
Although they had obtained some important intelligence, Root's losses had not been small. Danzo had originally believed they could reverse-engineer them, but now only around