"We have to help."
Hearing Minato Namikaze's question, although Chiba knew there was a scheme behind it, he did not hesitate and answered with certainty.
"We have to help?"
Minato Namikaze was taken aback.
Of course, he did not think Chiba was unaware that there had to be a plot involved, nor did he think Chiba failed to see the stakes.
Kirigakure had made no moves throughout the entire Third Shinobi World War. Now that the war was practically entering the stage of peace talks and alliance-building, they were openly launching an attack. It was impossible for there to be no scheme behind this. And Kirigakure's reasons could not possibly be as simple as taking advantage of Sunagakure's misfortune. Although Sunagakure had suffered severe losses, its village defenses had not weakened by much. A mere twenty people was far too little; that would be underestimating Sunagakure too much.
The key was, would Kirigakure underestimate Sunagakure? They would! Because Sunagakure had suffered heavy losses, they would underestimate it. Otherwise, they would not have crossed the continent to attack Sunagakure directly. Kirigakure lay isolated overseas in the far east, while Sunagakure was located in an inland desert in the far west. For Kirigakure to attack Sunagakure itself, they would have to travel such a vast distance, with Iwa and Konoha, two major ninja villages, in between. If Kirigakure did not underestimate Sunagakure, how could they possibly make such a move?
At the same time, they would not.
What he meant was that Kirigakure could not possibly underestimate Sunagakure to this extent. Trying to attack Sunagakure with only twenty people was obviously taking them too lightly. No matter what, Sunagakure was still one of the great ninja villages. In the previous Ninja World Wars, it had been a powerful village capable of confronting