"Assassination..."
After the long silence had pushed the atmosphere to its most stifling point, Mitokado Homura finally could not bear it any longer. He broke the oppressive silence and voiced this last resort.
It was also the only method he could think of.
"No. The Land of Earth delegation is already within the Land of Fire. We have missed the best opportunity to assassinate them outside the village, and if it happens inside the village, no one will believe that the Land of Earth delegation was assassinated by people from another ninja village. Instead, the Land of Earth would use it against us. Assassination would only be digging our own graves."
However, Utatane Koharu rejected his suggestion the moment his words fell.
It was not as though she had never considered assassination, but the best opportunity had already passed. No, it should be said that it was never an option worth considering. Even if Konoha intercepted the Land of Earth delegation outside the Land of Fire, the Third Tsuchikage could still make an issue of it.
After all, given the current situation and the general desire among the people for stability, no country would choose to assassinate a delegation—not even the Land of Lightning, which bore a grudge against them. At that point, the Third Tsuchikage would only need to fabricate some evidence. Regardless of whether Konoha was truly behind the assassination, they could pin the blame on Konoha.
Then, after some manipulation, it would not be strange for them to claim that Konoha had sabotaged the Peace Alliance.
The outcome would still be the same.
Under the current circumstances, nothing could happen to those six members of the delegation. That was the fundamental reason they were so constrained. The safety of those six people directly determined whether the Peace