"That's roughly the situation. According to the intelligence gathered by the Ninja Magistrate, Demon Country is finished."
When Mimi finished speaking, everyone erupted into an uproar.
"More than ten million people in Demon Country are gone?"
Mimi glanced at the man. Could he not listen properly for once?
"No. The general means the millions of people around Demon Country Capital, not everyone in the country."
"Utterly insane! Sand Hidden Village is utterly insane!"
"We must bring the situation under control as soon as possible and stop them from running wild!"
Everyone was furious as they discussed launching an attack on Sand Hidden Village.
Everything had originally been proceeding step by step, but they had suddenly encountered an unexpected situation.
"Is our strength in Demon Country sufficient? Sand Hidden Village sacrificed ordinary civilians to create a large number of Human Puppets. Their strength will inevitably surge. To be safe, we should probe and attack cautiously. In any case, Demon Country is already gone. There's no use panicking now."
"What are you talking about? The general already said that Human Puppets have an extremely contagious nature, like a plague. If we don't stop them immediately, more than just this many people will die. Besides, their numbers will surge again after they absorb enough material. The longer we delay, the more troublesome it will become."
After intense debate among the Jonin representatives at the meeting, the Fourth Hokage finally made a decision.
"Mobilize our forces and head to Demon Country. Resolve the Human Puppet incident as soon as possible. We must firmly contain Sand Hidden Village's Human Puppets within Demon Country. They must not cross the Thunder Pool by even half a step."
This was the worst situation Konoha could accept.
Tsunade could already envision the devastation that would follow once the Human