"What's going on?"
Watching the white pigeon perched on her shoulder, looking around curiously at the beautiful but suspicious woman and the boy before it, Hada Kazune frowned slightly and spoke.
"Watanabe Kensei just left, and the reply has already arrived?"
Hada Ichiba also looked at the pigeon, frowning as he spoke.
Without a doubt, this white pigeon was one of Konoha's carrier pigeons, or rather, ninja pigeons, specially used for communication. The reason it had landed on Kazune was naturally because Konoha had another message for her.
But Watanabe Kensei had only just left with the strategy to seek opinions. Setting aside whether the plan had even reached the relevant people in charge at Konoha, even if it had, reading the strategic explanations on the map would take time. Even if that took no time, assessing the feasibility of the strategy would still take time. Moreover, this was a major operation involving every military aspect. As a major shinobi village, Konoha had more and better-established institutions than Kusagakure. Even if considering the strategy took no time, notifying every department would still take time. There was no way a reply could have come this quickly.
In other words, Konoha could not possibly be replying now.
"Could something else have happened?"
In response to Hada Ichiba's words, Hada Kazune spoke as she grabbed the pigeon from her shoulder and removed the letter tied to its claw.
"Who knows?"
Hada Ichiba replied.
It probably wasn't about the strategy. Judging from how Konoha had directly informed Kusagakure after deciding on the one-month delay before... Hmm...
It was probably some new notice.
At the same time, this thought crossed Hada Ichiba's mind.
He already had a vague guess.
"I see... so that's what it is."
At that moment, a knowing smile appeared on Hada