As a leader, Orochimaru was busy and had many unavoidable social obligations. After exchanging a few words with Aburame Tetsumaru, he hurriedly excused himself.
After seeing Orochimaru off, Tetsumaru slipped out to grab some snacks. Then he sipped his wine and slowly ate. Sure enough, the food-loving nation's way of drinking suited him best: treating alcohol as a flavor rather than simply drinking for the sake of drinking.
After drinking too much, his thoughts began to wander. Tetsumaru started letting his imagination run wild, but eventually his mind settled on the coming war.
It was the first war he had ever participated in across two lifetimes, and it had already dragged on for over four years. World War I in Europe would have nearly ended by then, yet things here were still dragging along with no clear outcome in sight.
Yes, in Tetsumaru's view, the Land of Wind and the Suna Ninja were about to fall, but that did not mean the war itself was about to end.
Konoha was effectively surrounded by enemies. Even after crushing the Suna Ninja, it would still have two even stronger enemies to deal with. As for the Land of Water, it was busy committing suicide and did not need to be considered at all.
Earth and Lightning had deep reserves and shrewd leaders. They had cautiously preserved their national strength, leaving them with formidable military power even now. If those two joined forces against Konoha, Konoha today might truly be unable to win. Fortunately, they were hereditary enemies who could not even stand the sight of each other, so there was no possibility of cooperation.
That was how the Konoha Ninja saw things, but not Tetsumaru. He felt that the Konoha Ninja were selectively blind.
Did they really not understand how unpredictable the