Sunagakure.
Kazekage's Office.
Although Sunagakure had withdrawn early and suffered no losses in this operation,
not a single one of Elder Kazuo's men had been stopped.
For Sunagakure, that only made matters worse.
The consequences of an Elder like this betraying them were extremely severe.
Leaving aside the intelligence Kazuo knew, such as the village's barrier system, Anbu patrol patterns, which Sunagakure experts they had, and what special techniques they possessed.
Now, because of Elder Kazuo's betrayal, all of it would become known to Konoha.
Beyond that, the intelligence on Sunagakure's current supply routes was even more important.
The reason Sunagakure could still hold on was because merchant caravans from Kumogakure and several other countries
were still transporting supplies to them.
After all, some countries still hoped that Sunagakure could hold out a little longer.
Now, Konoha might attack all those supply routes.
Thus, Pakura was not only revising the village's patrol routes and barrier nodes, but also drawing up new routes for transporting supplies.
However, Senyo's appearance had placed enormous pressure on Pakura, and her expression was grim.
"Lord Kazekage, you should rest for a while."
"Even if Elder Kazuo has defected, it will not be that fast before the people on his side can organize and make use of that intelligence."
Seeing Pakura working herself to the bone, Baki could only keep sighing.
At his words, Pakura rubbed her temples and said wearily,
"That is true, but I will feel more at ease if we make the changes sooner."
"But if Uchiha Senyo takes the field, we have no way to counterbalance him."
Baki fell silent. He had lived through the last Great Ninja War and narrowly escaped death.
Even after several years, he still vividly remembered Senyo's two-hundred-meter-tall Susanoo.
"At present, our only option is to set